PMQ Seed 2023 KIDS CONNECT Summer Camp (Junior Primary) — Ant Islands

PMQ Seed 2023 KIDS CONNECT Summer Camp (Junior Primary) — Ant Islands

In today’s ever-changing world, we want to encourage kids to venture beyond the digital realm and their own classrooms, and to engage with the community in ways unique to childhood. To paraphrase renowned Italian educator Loris Malaguzzi, a child has three teachers: his/her elders, the environment, and the peers he/she grows up with. Through the process of group play, kids are able to learn social skills such as empathy and collaboration, which are essential to the practice of creativity.

This year’s PMQ Seed carries the theme “Kids connect”—our goal is to stimulate the innate originality and imagination available to all little ones, and tap into the power of connection amongst peers. We hope to help kids build a sense of belonging in the community through exchanging ideas, diving deep into autonomous explorations, and working together on experimental projects. We know these extraordinary experiences will play a major part in kids’ development of foundational skills in tomorrow’s world.

Programme Contents (Junior Primary - for local students promoting to P3 or P4)

PMQ Seed Summer Camp (Junior Primary) program 'Ant Islands' is set in a world of imaginary floating islands. Our teaching team will turn the venue into an ocean filled with small islands, and have students work in teams as island animals who must complete a series of missions together. Over the course of three days, students will build skills necessary for self-expression, team communication, and creative problem solving. Each session will feature a simple woodworking experience in which students can create their own imaginative pieces under professional guidance.

*The programme content is subjected to change.

About the teaching team

MUDWORK, an art and design studio founded by artists Chung Wai Ian and Ng Ka Chun in 2013, uses sculpture and installation to explore the contemporary state of urban space, community, and nature.

Date:（Each class lasts for 3 days)：

Class A2：17/7 - 19/7 (Mon - Wed)

Class A3：24/7-26/7 (Mon-Wed)

Class A4：31/7-2/8 (Mon-Wed)

Time: 10:00-16:30 (Lunch time：12:30 – 14:00)

Venue: Qube, 2/F, Block A, PMQ (35 Aberdeen Street, Central, Hong Kong)

Class size: 24 students per class

Target: Local primary school students promoting to P3 or P4

Language: Cantonese

Fee: Free (An amount of HKD$180 shall be paid as deposit, the full deposit will be refunded to participants upon their completion of the entire programme.)

Others:

Participants are entitled to have 1.5 hour lunch break every day, lunch is not included. 

Participants should bring their own drinks and must wear casual wear, pants and trainers (no sandals).

Loose-fitting clothes and long jewellery are not allowed. For long hair (over shoulder-length), please tie it up

Please note there will be sawdust during woodworking progress, and hence participants should self-confirm not allergic to any material.

Remarks:

Applicants who join the programme will be deemed to have accepted the Enrolment Procedure, Remarks, Terms & Conditions.

The decision of PMQ Management Co. Ltd shall be final should disputes arise.

Disclaimer: The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides funding support to the project only, and does not otherwise take part in the project. Any opinions, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials/events (or by members of the project team) are those of the project organizers only and do not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Communications and Creative Industries Branch of the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau, Create Hong Kong, the CreateSmart Initiative Secretariat or the CreateSmart Initiative Vetting Committee.