Why aren’t I allowed to take my creation home?

The short answer… because I said so. Are you ready for the long answer?

We want you to focus on having fun, creating something original and using your imagination for its own sake, not for the sake of the end product.

We would love you to collaborate with others; maybe one friend, maybe someone you’ve never worked with before, perhaps a group of friends will work on something together or maybe you’ll create something on your own… possibly a combination of all of the above; you have time to play.

We don’t want people arguing or getting upset about who made what and who gets to keep what and we think if you are given the chance for that to happen, it will happen.

There is NOT room on our school buses for many of the creations; it is not fair for some to take it home and not others, so we are just saying NO.

If you are desperately sad to part with what you have created here are some options for you.

1. Take a photo or get a parent, teacher or friend to take one for you, Mrs. Hossack will be taking photos all day long, so ask her to snap one for you.

2. If it is something that either JUST you worked on, or only students from your class, and it is NOT enormous, ask your teacher if you can keep it in your classroom for a little while.

3. Do it again… it may be even better second time around… invite some friends over and have your own Cardboard Challenge. If you love what you do on the day of the cardboard challenge, go home and keep creating… that is the joy of creating with your imagination, and limited, re-useable and recyclable materials.

One more sleep until our Global Cardboard Challenge

The winner of the Challenge of the Week was KMI ! Well done to the smallest group in Elementary school for bringing in the MOST boxes!!! 66 all up of Shoe Boxes and Cereal Boxes

This was our last of the three challenges, the first TWO were won by 3ED… Next week, you are welcome to bring in ANY cardboard you like, and bring it to outside the ES Library or keep it in your classroom.

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS 

We need you on September 26th if you are available to come in and help us during our Global Cardboard Challenge.The best time to come in would be in the morning, as we will kick off with a brief assembly in the Auditorium first thing.We then require you to help cut/paste/glue/staple/cheer/encourage/supervise/enjoy watching your children create in this amazing hands on event.

Students will be working together in grade levels, areas yet to be decided, and we are hopeful for a rain free day!

If you think you can be of assistance in any of the above ways, please contact your child/children’s homeroom teachers and let them know you are ready to help. The ‘making’ part of the day should be over by lunchtime, so then you could have lunch with your child if you wish… in the afternoon, we move on to playing/showing off creations and the all important CLEAN UP, where your help would really be appreciated.

Thanks, and please contact kimbra.power@saschina.org if you have any questions

Challenge of the Week – Tuesday September 9th-Friday September 12th

GRANOLA BOXES AND TOOTHPASTE BOXES

Challenge of the Week – Monday September 1st-Friday September 5th

TOILET ROLL DRIVE

Please bring in as many toilet rolls as you can (empty of course) and drop them in your classroom box outside the Elementary Library. The class with the MOST toilet paper rolls by Friday 10 am will win a free ice cream from Mrs Power. So… start collecting this weekend…

For some inspiration on just what you can do with a little old toilet roll… see here! Let the Challenge begin!

Power of Creative Play

Give a child a cardboard box and some inspiration and imagination comes to life. We call this Creative Play, and fueling it is one of the most important thing we can do to prepare children for the future. It develops valuable 21st century skills and prepares kids to be next-generation innovators.

Here is information about the Cardboard Challenge, and why we do it at SAS Pudong Elementary School.

In 2012, a chance encounter between a filmmaker and a nine-year-old entrepreneur sparked a worldwide movement celebrating creativity, play and the power of imagination.

Inspired by the short film, ‘Caine’s Arcade’, the Global Cardboard Challenge is an annual event presented by the Imagination Foundation that celebrates child creativity and the role communities can play in fostering it.

Here is the Caine’s Arcade video that triggered the creation of the Imagination Foundation; they then founded the Global Cardboard Challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ul9c-4dX4Hk&feature=youtu.be NB you will need a VPN to watch most of these clips if you are in China.

Now, be dazzled as you see your own SAS students spend a day, imagining, creating and playing with Cardboard, on September 27th 2013.
Here is the video of SAS ES students taking part in the Second Annual Global Cardboard Challenge

http://videonew.saschina.org/watch_video.php?v=R54YXGD51H36

Please read more about the Global Cardboard Challenge and the Imagination Foundation here. http://imagination.is/our-projects/cardboard-challenge/

You can also watch the very first Caine’s Arcade video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faIFNkdq96U&feature=youtu.be

Finally, here is the TedxTeen talk Caine did https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRCrAT1YcTo&feature=youtu.be

Now, what can YOU do to help?

We need cardboard… lots and lots of toilet rolls, cereal boxes, and better still big BIG boxes…

Have you recently moved? Can you put us in touch with a friend who runs a shipping company? Do you work for a company that may be able to sponsor this day, like the Mattress Firm has in the USA.

Please e mail me at kimbra.power@saschina.org if you can help