Press Invitation: HKU Jockey Club Intergenerational Learning and Reading Project Graduation Ceremony
傳媒邀請函：香港大學教育學院「賽馬會跨代學習與閱讀計劃」畢業典禮

HKU Jockey Club Intergenerational Learning and Reading Project
Graduation Ceremony

The Jockey Club Intergenerational Learning and Reading Project (the Project) will hold a graduation ceremony on January 7, 2023 (Saturday) for its young-old (aged 50+) graduates to celebrate their joyfulness and achievements with families and friends. This innovative project, which spanned over one year, aims to help young-olds stay young cognitively. It serves as an intergenerational and life-enriching collaboration by engaging young-olds as teachers for children mainly from K3 and P1 in a series of educational and interesting intergenerational activities, including (1) reading children books and creating higher-order thinking questions about the stories, (2) writing digital books, (3) storytelling, (4) poem recitation, (5) sing-along, and (6) drama activities.

The Project, administered by the Faculty of Education of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, has brought significant improvement to seniors’ cognitive health and psychological well-being through intellectually challenging regular trainings. The Project has built a large young-old community with members who share the same interests. Under the Project, members practised to memorise lyrics and scripts, and developed communication skills and teamwork spirit. They made new friends and were happier than they could ever think of. Happy seniors are more likely to have better mental and physical heath, and would be less dependent on the government’s medical and welfare services, hence may help easing the government’s financial burden in the long run.  

Members of the media are welcome to attend the event to learn more about how the Project has benefitted the young-olds and the children they taught, and how it could help reduce government expenditures in the long run. Details are as follows:

Date:                               January 7, 2023 (Saturday)
Time:                               10:30 am – 1:30 pm (Media registration time: 10:20 am)
Mode:                              Face-to-Face
Venue:                            Grand Hall, Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre, Centennial Campus, HKU,         

                                        Pokfulam, Hong Kong (HKU MTR Station Exit C1)
Rundown:
10:30 am – 10:35 am    Welcome speech 
                                        Dr Samuel Chu, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, HKU
10:35 am – 10:55 am    Keynote speech 
                                        Professor Matthew Kaplan, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education,

                                        College of Agricultural Sciences, Pennsylvania State University (via ZOOM)
10:55 am – 12:00 nn    Award presentation ceremony
12:00 nn – 1:30 pm       Showcase performances 
                                        - Intergenerational Choir
                                        - Storytelling Champions 
                                        - Intergenerational Drama Team
Language:                      Cantonese (supplemented with English)

For media enquiries, please contact Ivy Chan, Project Manager of the Jockey Club Intergenerational Learning and Reading Project (Tel: 3917 4314 / Email: ivychan6@hku.hk), or Ms Emily Cheung, Senior Manager (Development and Communications), Faculty of Education, HKU (Tel: 3917 4270 / Email: emchy@hku.hk).

December 29, 2022
 

香港大學教育學院「賽馬會跨代學習與閱讀計劃」畢業典禮

由香港大學（港大）教育學院推行、香港賽馬會慈善信託基金贊助的賽馬會跨代學習與閱讀計劃（下稱「計劃」）將於 2023年1月7日（星期六）舉行畢業典禮，讓一眾young-olds學員（年輕長者，即50歲或以上人士）與家人朋友歡聚一堂，慶祝加入計劃一年多後的喜悅和成就。此創新計劃旨在幫助年輕長者保持認知活力，愈老愈年輕。計劃包括跨代合作，由年輕長者擔任小朋友（幼稚園高班至小一學生為主）的老師，進行許多極具教育意義和有趣的跨代活動，例如：（1）閱讀兒童書籍，創造相關高階思維問題、（2）編寫電子書籍、（3）講故事、（4）詩歌朗誦、（5）唱遊以及（6）戲劇活動，加深兩代人的了解和認識，互相尊重，有所裨益。

計劃提供一系列挑戰智力的定期訓練。透過活動，年輕長者的認知和心理健康有明顯改善。他們練習背誦歌詞和劇本，培養溝通技巧和團隊合作精神，共建擁有相同興趣的大群組，並從而結交更多新朋友，活得更快樂。活動讓長者在認知上保持活力，為他們的健康上也帶來益處。而長者愈健康，愈能減少他們對政府醫療福利的依賴，長遠或能有助減輕政府的開支負擔。

現誠意邀請傳媒出席典禮，以了解計劃如何讓參與活動的年輕長者和學童受益，間接幫助減輕政府財政負擔。活動詳情如下：

典禮日期：     2023 年 1 月 7 日（星期六）

時間：             上午 10 時 30 分至下午 1 時 30 分（傳媒登記時間：上午 10 時 20分）

模式：             面對面

地點：             香港薄扶林香港大學百周年校園李兆基會議中心大會堂（香港大學地鐵站 C1 出口）

典禮流程：

10:30 – 10:35    致開幕辭

                          香港大學教育學院副教授朱啟華博士

10:35 – 10:55    活動致詞

                          賓夕法尼亞州立大學農業科學學院農業經濟、社會學和教育系Matthew Kaplan教授（透過ZOOM）

10:55 – 12:00    頒獎典禮

12:00 – 13:30    表演項目    

                              -  跨世代合唱團表演       

                              -  故事演講冠軍的個人表演                               

                              -  齡世代話劇團表演

語言：             粵語（輔以英語）

傳媒查詢，請聯絡「賽馬會跨代學習與閱讀計劃」項目經理陳穎珊女士（電話：3917 4314 / 電郵：ivychan6@hku.hk）或香港大學教育學院高級經理（發展及傳訊）張可恩女士（電話：3917 4270 / 電郵：emchy@hku.hk）。

2022 年 12 月29日