Human (students) : Nature  

In Time Of “Co-Learning Squad Workshops” 1st Progress Sharing Exhibition 

 The In Time Of “Co-Learning Squad Workshops” visited three schools in Hong Kong last academic year, focusing on the theme of coexistence and collaborating with teachers to hold interdisciplinary workshops. 

Throughout these sessions, students explored local rivers, examining their ecological relationships and reflecting on how to restore and enhance the connection between humanity and nature . Through collaborative efforts, they expressed their visions of coexistence through creative projects. 

The exhibition showcases the creative processes of each group and invites everyone to start from their daily lives and practice restoring their bond with nature through shared learning experiences. 

 

In Time Of “Co-Learning Squad Workshops” 1st Progress Sharing Exhibition 

Date: 15 November to 1 December 2024 

Location: Shop 210 AIRSIDE, 2 Concorde Road (near the Atrium) 

Time: 12pm – 7pm 

Limited copies of the Learning Progress Sharing Publication will be available at the venue. 

 

In Time Of “Co-Learning Squad Workshops” 1st Progress Sharing Exhibition (Sharing Session) 

Date: 30 November 2024 (Saturday)  

Time: 2:30pm 

This is a free event.  

 

Participating Schools (Collaborative Education Partners): 

Lok Sin Tong Wong Chung Ming Secondary School (San Po Kong) 

Christian Alliance Cheng Wing Gee College (Tai Wai) 

Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School (Tuen Mun) 

 

Curatorial and Execution Team:

Chief Curator: Sandy Chan  

Tour Educators: Kimmy + Jacky + Arabii + students + Sandy  

Exhibition Photos by: Sandy + Kimmy + students + Chung Wai Ian 

Visuals (Key Visual) Design & Illustration (promotion and exhibition): Sadie Lau  

Exhibition Brochure Design & Illustration: TC 

Documentation Video Production & Photography: tommytfortwo 

Exhibition on-site Production: POINTSMAN Company Ltd 

 

Education Team Members:

Project Chief Curator: Sandy Chan  

Arts Educators: rebeka tam + Sunny Wong + Chung Wai Ian  

Ecological Educator: Louis Fung  

Teaching Assistant: Kimmy Chan  

Teachers:  

Miss Lam (Visual Arts) at Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School  

Miss Tsang (Visual Arts) at Christian Alliance Cheng Wing Gee College  

Miss Choi and Miss Leung (Visual Arts) at Lok Sin Tong Wong Chung Ming Secondary School  

 

Enquiry on “Co-Learning Squad Project”:

Sandy Chan (Project Chief Curator)  sandy.chan@nanfung.com  

Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School (Tuen Mun)

Participating school : Yan Oi Tong Tin Ka Ping Secondary School (Tuen Mun) 

“Co-learning Squad” Workshop Creative Project : “The Animals’ Home” 

The school is close to forested hills, and there is a spacious greenhouse meticulously maintained by the head gardener on the lower ground level of school campus. When we brought up to the students an incident encountered by students from Lok Sin Tong Wong Chung Ming Secondary School during a field study – an ant nest (their home) being flooded — everyone naturally recalled having come across a dead butterfly on campus.

In the workshop, two groups of students conducted research and interviews, and drew on their own experiences from the field-study day. Each group designed and created a prototype of an “animal home” tailored to the needs of teachers, students, and animals on campus: a “home for butterflies” and a “home for turtles”. Through this, they learned how to create art work with site-specific considerations for the greenhouse and school community, providing a concrete example to promote the vision of living in coexistence on a school campus.

Field study of Hong Kong rivers: Tuen Mun River (and the nearby Tuen Mun Park and Tin Hau Temple)

Creative media: woodwork, drawing, handicrafts

Participant group: Form 4 Visual Arts students

Group 1: Yau Tsz Yee, Chan Lok Yee, Ho Yuen Kei

Group 2: Zheng Kit, Chan Ka Yee, Cheng See Fan

Christian Alliance Cheng Wing Gee College (Tai Wai)

Participating school : Christian Alliance Cheng Wing Gee College (Tai Wai) 

“Co-learning Squad” Workshop Creative Project : “Board Game on Living in Coexistence” 

 Three student teams each drew on their everyday experiences, trying to uncover incidents related to “coexistence” from memories of their journey from home to school. Through each student’s unique text-and-image creative style, they developed these into “sharing cards” and questions. During the gameplay, students came to rediscover that the nearby communities of Tai Wai and Tai Po are full of vitality, with different forms of life striving to coexist—perhaps that’s what a life in community is all about?

On a table at the exhibition site, a set of “sharing cards” from the “Board Game” is on display, along with dice handmade from collected cardboard collected from the neighbourhood, handcrafted and illustrated by the students (each group created one dice). The students hope that the audience can further discover their own ideas about coexistence through such interactive participation on-site. 

Field study of Hong Kong rivers: Tai Po River (and the surrounding community, including the Egret neighbourhood, Yuen Chau Tsai Park, and the nearby seafront) 

 

Creative media: drawing, handicrafts  

Participant group: Form 4 Visual Arts students 

Group 1: Chu Wan Ching, Cheung Ka Hin, Tang Sze Man 

Group 2: Lam Ching Man, Chan Chung Yan, Fok Pan Yu 

Group 3: Ng Ka Hei, Man Wan Yan, Yu On Kiu  

Lok Sin Tong Wong Chung Ming Secondary School (San Po Kong)

Participating school : Lok Sin Tong Wong Chung Ming Secondary School (San Po Kong) 

“Co-learning Squad” Workshop Creative Project : ” Community in Coexistence” 

Each students group created a “small coexistence neighbourhood” displaying various architectural design and public facilities demonstrating different “visions of living in coexistence”, they also gave a special name for their own neighbourhoods.  

In the exhibition space, you will see an L-shaped assemblage of small communities — this alignment is a learning example sharing how five different groups of students could further explore on “coexistence”: an attempt to link five distinctive neighbourhoods into one integrated whole — the “District Community in Coexistence”. 

Field study of Hong Kong rivers: Tan Shan River (Fanling North) + Kai Tak River (San Po Kong) 

 

Creative media: ceramics, drawing, spatial intervention  

Participant group: Form 3 students from “Humanities and Technology curriculum”

Group 1: Mok Yeuk Lam, Tam Sze Yan, Yuen Choi Yi 

Group 2: Tsang Tsz Fung, Yu Tong Yuk, Lee Cheuk Hin , Ng Shek Wan 

Group 3: Tsui Tsz Lam, Wong Tsz Yin, Ng Ngau Tin, Lui Hau Ying 

Group 4: Chan Tsz Yung, Leung Tsz Wah, So Wing Hin, Lam Mun Sun 

Group 5: Fong Hei Tung, So Siu Sze, Tso Pak Yin, Chan Yan Ching