Beginning in 2012, Sm-ART Youth is designed to nurture creative learning for underprivileged primary students and aims to demonstrate arts for transformative educational change. Programmes include constant year-round exposure to diverse arts disciplines in and outside of the classroom such as Cultural Days. The project is based on inter-generational teaching and learning. Participants of different ages are benefitted from volunteers training and participation, practical opportunities for interns from MA in Expressive Arts Therapy.
The 2018 – 2020 cohort marked the end of the project. Sm-ART Youth has enabled in total 155 underprivileged primary students to nurture a questioning habit of mind, to understand the self and beyond, and to locate meaning in their young lives.
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Hours of Regular and Online Classes
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Days of Cultural Days with Workshops
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Showcases
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Training Workshops for Volunteers
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Primary 4 – 6 Students from 5 Schools
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Artist Educators
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Trainees from MA in Expressive Arts Therapy, HKU & Teaching Assistant Interns
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Adult Volunteers
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Hours of Parents and Students Evaluation Meeting
Christian & Missionary Alliance Sun Kei Primary School (Ping Shek)
The students enjoyed the multisensory and experiential learning. They tried to use different methods to communicate and collaborate with each other. Both students and teachers learnt a lot from Sm-ART Youth during the year. Their teaching method acts as a reference point for my own teaching and has really helped my professional development.
We took the lesson outdoors. The Sm-ART Youth tutors prepared a number of recycled cardboard tubes as the primary creative tool. The kids discovered it could be used as a listening device and tried it out with great curiosity. It was a great opportunity to nurture their creativity and get them fully involved in the activity.
Lee Kwan Ho
Teacher
Ma On Shan St. Joseph’s Primary School
The Sm-ART Youth programme has made me more willing to answer questions in class because I learnt that there are no wrong answers. It gave me the confidence to at least try. In addition, Sm-ART Youth allowed me to understand my strengths better.
Zhu Pei Yuan
P4 student
St. Bonaventure Catholic
Primary School
I see an education rainbow. As education practitioners, we cannot accomplish everything exactly as we would like. Sm-ART Youth is like a rainbow in the education field – it is something we cannot always find but always long for.
Cheung Wai Ching
Principal
The Mission Covenant Church Holm Glad No. 2 Primary School
I learnt about culture and different ways of learning. I have changed and have become more tolerant of others, more expressive and open minded. What I really like about the programme is that I can learn through play and not have to do a lot of homework.
Jerry Wang
P6 student
This has been an interactive, dynamic learning year and I have grown with the students. Sm-ART Youth has inspired me to question and understand different art forms. I really appreciate the resources afforded to this programme.
Anna Chau
Volunteer
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