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The Junior Police Call (JPC) nurtures youngsters to become future leaders and crime fighting partners through diversified activities. This year, a new strategy was launched to rebrand and enhance JPC’s image. In addition, JPC organised the first STEM-Up HK Innovation and Technology Competition to unleash young people’s potential in innovation and technology and nurture them to become social leaders. A total of 78 awards were presented to 133 awardees at the award presentation ceremony of the competition on October 16. Among the awardees, two teachers shared with OffBeat their experience in providing guidance to students in the competition.
Mr Wong Shing-yuen, a teacher of Chan’s Creative School, was awarded the Best Instructor Award of the Junior Primary School (Creative Proposal) category. He pointed out that he had recommended suitable students to participate in the competition by observing their characteristics. He expressed that most competitions available in the community are for senior students and not suitable for junior students to join. He thanked JPC for providing this platform which allowed junior students to unleash their potential and learn about the innovative ideas of students from other schools. Mr Wong was very glad that his students became more active and confident throughout the competition. He said, “Parents and teachers need to be more patient in listening to students’ ideas and guiding them to express themselves. I would like to thank the organiser for caring for junior students by giving them the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities, as well as recognising the efforts of parents and schools.”
Ms Lam Ka-ka, a teacher of S.K.H. Li Ping Secondary School, was presented with the Best Instructor Award in both Junior Secondary School and Senior Secondary School categories. Ms Lam’s school has been actively promoting STEM education for many years. Back in 2014, the school sent students to participate in a science competition in the United States. Ms Lam said, “The competition organised by JPC is a very good platform for students to demonstrate their creativity. During the competition, students exchanged ideas with the adjudicators and obtained valuable opinions and inspiration to improve their entries. It was a very valuable experience.” Ms Lam expressed that the competition not only brought positive influence to the students, but also enhanced their self-confidence and interpersonal skills. The competition also enabled students to explore their interest and direction for future development. Therefore, she fully supports students to participate in this kind of large-scale science competition and would recommend students to participate in next year’s competition.
This year, the competition received an overwhelming response and more than 1 000 students from 160 schools participated in the event. The competition successfully connected various schools and police districts and enhanced their communication. JPC will organise the competition again next year and looks forward to the participation of more schools and police districts.
