Programme Details

Programme Background

WSD has been promoting water conservation to the public through various channels. The younger generation in particular is our main target. In order to cultivate the sense of water conservation among students, we have been organising different activities including School Roadshow and School Water Audits, etc. in primary schools.

To strengthen the collaboration with schools, we compile a teaching kit for the "Cherish Water Campus" Integrated Education Programme - Primary School (IEP) with the integration of theory into practice. We aim to develop a culture of water conservation in primary schools and cultivate water saving habits among youngsters through interesting and interactive activities.

The stakeholders of this programme are whom involve in primary school education. Since water conservation topics covered in the IEP are parts of the environmental protection education, schools may adopt suitable materials from the kit in General Studies lessons, Class periods, Life Education lessons, morning assemblies, activity weeks or any other occasions.

Programme Objectives

• Educating and facilitating students to establish good water saving habits in their daily lives, and learning more about water characteristics and related concepts
• Enhancing students' knowledge on water resources protection and the issues concerning global water resources
• Encouraging students to put their knowledge of water conservation into practice at home, in school and community
• Encouraging students to spread the message of water conservation to their peers, families and respective communities, so as to lower the domestic water consumption per capita
• Introducing WSD's mascot - Water Save Dave to students, and strengthening their impression of Water Save Dave
• Facilitating a smooth transition from the IEP kindergarten

Programme Content

IEP is divided into three phases (see the table below) and organised in every school year. To facilitate an effective implementation of IEP, the WSD has refined the teaching kit and provided schools a Teaching Resources DVD* in the school year 2019/20. The “Cherish Water Campus” Teacher’s Portal for Primary School (“Teacher’s Portal”) has also been launched in August 2020 to provide teachers an easier access to information on water resources and IEP.

Sample of Teaching Resources DVD

* A Teaching Resources DVD includes the followings:

1. Lesson Plans
2. Worksheets
3. Activities Kit
4. Games
5. Teaching Videos
6. References
7. Suggested Activities and Worksheets

Please refer to the hyperlinks below for details of the activities.

Reward Mechanism

• Upon completion of the activity, school shall submit the relevant information through Teacher’s Portal to WSD for record. A certain amount of “water drops” (see the table below) will be obtained after the proofs of the activity are verified by WSD.
  
  Phase 1

  Activity	Water Drops
  Teaching Materials for Classroom Activities: Worksheets / Activities Kit	3 (for each grade)
  Teaching Materials for Classroom Activities: Teaching videos Topic 1: A Precious Water Resource Topic 2: Milestones of Hong Kong Water Supply Topic 3: From Source to Tap Topic 4: Quality Water Topic 5: Water and Life	2 (for each topic)
  School Roadshow	2
  Borrowing of Game Booths	2
  Visiting H2OPE Centre	8
  Visiting Waterworks Installations	8
  Borrowing of Exhibition Panels	2

  Phase 2

  Activity	Water Drops
  School Water Audit	10
  Home Water Audit	8
  Education Camp on Water Conservation	10
  Who is Wasting Water behind the Curtain?	8
  Mall and Restaurant Water Audit	8
  Project-based Learning: Recycled Water	8

  Phase 3 (Intra-school or Inter-school competitions themed on water conservation)

  Activity	Water Drops
  Slogan Design Competition	5
  Lyric-writing Competition	5
  Story Competition	5
  Drama Script Writing Competition	5
  Notice Design Competition	5
  Banner Design Competition	5
  Poster Design Competition	5
  Flow Controller Design Competition	5
  Robot Design Competition	5
  Drama Performance Competition	7
  Short Video Competition	9
  Water Resources Debate Competition	8
  Water Resources Quiz Competition	7

  Others

  Activity	Water Drops
  Participating in water conservation activities organised by other organisations	5 (for each activity)
  Teacher Training Workshops	5
  Activities participated/organised cover all three phases of IEP	3
  School Water Consumption Competition (compared with water bills in previous year; must provide required bills to WSD before the end of the school year)	7

• Schools will be ranked according to the number of "water drops" that they have accumulated within a school year, with respect to the districts they belong to.
• School sponsoring bodies, Principals, teachers and students with active participation in the IEP will have a chance to be awarded.
• A “Water Conservation Campus” banner will be presented to participating schools which join at least 3 activities in IEP, and the schools will be accredited as a “Water Conservation Campus” as recognition of the efforts.

Awards

WSD will assign the participating schools into Hong Kong's 18 districts with reference to the Education Bureau's school list and award Gold, Silver, Bronze Prizes etc. to the schools which have accumulated the greatest number of "water drops" in each district. Details as follows:

Schools

• Grand Champion
  • Only one Grand Champion will be awarded.
  • Awardee should have participated in activities covering all three phases of IEP in the particular school year, and have accumulated the highest number of water drops among all participating schools in Hong Kong.
• Gold Award
  • One Gold Award will be awarded in each district.
  • Awardee should have participated in activities covering all three phases of IEP in the particular school year, and have accumulated the highest number of water drops among all participating schools in the district.
• Silver Award
  • One Silver Award will be awarded in each district (WSD may adjust the number of silver awardees if necessary).
  • Awardee should have participated in activities covering all three phases of IEP in the particular school year, and have accumulated the second highest number of water drops among all participating schools in the district.
• Bronze Award
  • One Bronze Award will be awarded in each district (WSD may adjust the number of bronze awardees if necessary).
  • Awardee should have participated in activities covering all three phases of IEP in the particular school year, and have accumulated the third highest number of water drops among all participating schools in the district.

School Sponsoring Bodies

• Excellent School Sponsoring Body Award
  • The School Sponsoring Body of the Grand Champion winning school will be presented with the “Excellent School Sponsoring Body Award”.
• Winning School Sponsoring Body Award
  • The School Sponsoring Bodies of the awardees of Gold, Silver and Bronze Awards in 18 districts will be presented with the “Winning School Sponsoring Body Award”.

Principals

• Outstanding Leadership Award
  • Principals of the Gold Award winning schools in 18 districts will be presented with the “Outstanding Leadership Award” to recognize their contributions.

Teachers *

• Outstanding Planning Teacher Award, Outstanding Guiding Teacher Award
  • To commend teachers for their support of IEP and contributions to water-saving activities, awards will be presented to teachers participating in the IEP. If a participating school is awarded the Gold, Silver or Bronze Award, teachers can run for the “Outstanding Planning Teacher Award”. For participating schools which are not awarded the Gold, Silver or Bronze Awards, teachers can also run for “Outstanding Guiding Teacher Award”

Students *

• Water Conservation Star Award, Water Conservation Pioneer Award
  • To encourage and recognise the efforts of students on water conservation, awards will be presented to students participating in the IEP. If a participating school is awarded the Gold, Silver or Bronze Award, students can be nominated for the “Water Conservation Star Award”. For participating schools which are not awarded the Gold, Silver or Bronze Awards, students can also be nominated for “Water Conservation Pioneer Award”.

* Upon completion of all activities in a school year, teachers can complete and submit the Report of Programme Review and Nomination Form through Teacher’s Portal to run for Teacher’s Award and nominate students to run for individual awards.