
CoolThink@JC Competition 2025
Subsequent to initial judging by a panel of experienced assessors, the following teams have been shortlisted for the Final Round:
*in alphabetical order
Scratch
School Name | Team Name | Student Name | Student Name | Student Name |
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Baptist Lui Ming Choi Primary School | 5B Scratch | Chan Yan Hei | Cheung Cho Ming | Chow Ching Chit |
Canossa School (Hong Kong) | CSHK數學勇者 | Ko Yan Ting Athan | Choy Yick Chai | Tan Yanzi Gigi |
Diocesan Preparatory School | 三思而行 Think Before You Act | Au Karlson | Ko Tsz Sun | Wong Yat Long |
G.T. (Ellen Yeung) College Primary Section | Coding完美主義隊 | Siu Ming Sang | Leung Hiu Fung | Cheung Ching Ho |
Good Hope Primary School Cum Kindergarten | Storm Scratchers | Li Sheung Ying | Poon Yi Nam | Chong Sin Kiu |
Hong Kong Baptist Convention Primary School | 聯小精兵 | Leung Lok Yin | Tang Ho Yan | Tsoi Kei Wang Ciaran |
Hong Kong Southern District Government Primary School | 南官第2隊 | He Chor Yin | Kwok Wai Nok | Cheung Tin Wing |
Hong Kong Southern District Government Primary School | 價值觀小博士 | So Chak Long | Li Hiu Lam | Ng Kin Ting |
Kowloon Tong Bishop Walsh Catholic School | 編程小隊A | Chu Ho Him | Fan Chit Lun | Ng Hok Man |
Kowloon Tong Bishop Walsh Catholic School | 編程小隊B | Law Ka Hay | Cheung Fuk Yuen | Zou Ka Yui |
Methodist School | AI復康小隊 | Mak Shun Wai | Man Yi Hang | Lee Chin Sing |
PLK Stanley Ho Sau Nan Primary School | 識食小隊 | Lam Ho Yu | Ng Pui Hei | Yip Chun Fai |
Sai Kung Central Lee Siu Yam Memorial School | LSY Buddies | Wong Sau Him | Chiu Tin Yat | Yeung Ho Yin |
St. Francis Canossian School | 數理小先鋒 | Chan Sze Ham | Chung Hay Yee Chloe | |
St. Francis Canossian School | 健康小勇士 | Chau Yee Ching | Poon Jane | Yeung Hoi Ki |
St. Mary's Canossian School | SMCS | Lai Ching Tung | Leung Sin | Poon Tsz Lui Audrey |
The Education University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Primary School | Jcps01 | Chen Yiduo | Chen Ada | Kung Sui Hong |
Tung Chung Catholic School | 東天編程隊 | Hoang Gia Minh | Lam Hing Yu | Law Sin Hang |
TWGHs Hok Shan School | HSS學鶴隊 | So Sum Yau | Chu Ka Hei | Yee Ho Tsam |
TWGHs Tsoi Wing Sing Primary School | 東華三院蔡榮星小學 | Lai Ho Hong Cayden | Lee Zoek Kwan | Chow Yuet Ki Hannah |
App Inventor
School Name | Team Name | Student Name | Student Name | Student Name |
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AD & FD POHL Leung Sing Tak School | LSTS | Kwok Hiu Yeung | Wong Ching Yim | Ma Rufus |
C.C.C. Heep Woh Primary School | 協小一號 | Huang Jun Yan Cavan | Tong Nislly Bonan | Zhang Ho Him |
Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) Primary School | 小數「掂」 | Wong Chi Ming | Lai Ho Tim Elton | Cheung Wing Chun Kayden |
Chan Sui Ki (La Salle) Primary School | 陳瑞祺STEAM特工隊 | Yeung Ethan Man Him | Chan Chun Yat | Chan Lai Kan Reagan |
Fukien Secondary School Affiliated School | ABC Earth Hero | Ngan Lit Ngai Alvin | Iu Chun Bong Bon | Chang Hok Lai Caton |
Fung Kai Innovative School | 夢幻BB守護隊 | Tang Wai Ching | Wong Chun Hei | Wang Cheng Xi |
Fung Kai No.1 Primary School | MediScan | Huang Hoi Ying | To Tsz Ching | Yeung Ching Hei |
Hong Kong Baptist Convention Primary School | 浸聯關愛長者小隊 | Pang Tsz Wai | Wong Tze Ling | Wang Sze Hang |
King's College Old Boys' Association Primary School No.2 | 英二 STEAM 小精英 | Ma Hong Yin | Wong Sum Yau | Mak Hoi Kiu |
Lok Sin Tong Leung Wong Wai Fong Memorial School | 梁校STEAM小隊 | Chan Yik Shu Odin | Cheung Ho Wan | Lee Ngo Chi |
Marymount Primary School | AGM | Wong Audrey | Gina Ip | Zhao Xiao Wei Marsha |
Marymount Primary School | MoneyWise - AI Team | Tse Sum Yee | Yau Gwyneth | Kwong Hay Yu Vivienne |
Methodist School | 循道小teen才 | Tam Yuet Him | Kwan Yat Nok | Leung Ching Yan |
PLK Women’s Welfare Club (WD) Fung Lee Pui Yiu Primary School | 馮李佩瑤隊 | Ip Kwan To Sj | Kim G. Na | Chow Hiu Ching |
Sam Shui Natives Association Huen King Wing School | 禤景榮 | Choi Sum Yi Amanda | Law Ho Tin | Wong Ho Yip |
Tai Po Old Market Public School | 八舊叉燒 | Pang Yuet Kiu Candice | Chiu Yuet Yee | Wong Yi Ching |
The Education University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Primary School | 「駕勢」賽小發明家 | So Alva Chung Yi | Wong Shun Yan | Lam Shanice |
TWGHs Hok Shan School | HSS | Sin Sheung Yee | Tam Tsz Yau | Ng Hey Yin |
Wong Tai Sin Government Primary School | 黃官P6組 | Ho Ka Ho | Huang Yayin | Lam Hiu Fung |
Yaumati Catholic Primary School | 掘柑掘桔掘國寶 | Choi Hei Shun | Law Pak Sing | Ng King Chun |
Background and Objectives
CoolThink@JC Competition 2025 (“The Competition”) is created and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, co-created by The Education University of Hong Kong, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and City University of Hong Kong (“The Organisers”), co-organised by Association of Computational Thinking innoCommunity Teachers, and supported by Education Bureau, Hong Kong Education City, Association of I.T. Leaders in Education and The Hong Kong Association for Computer Education. The competition targets all Primary Four to Primary Six students and aims to promote Computational Thinking (“CT”) Education, enhance students’ awareness and interests on CT through coding and problem solving skills, enable students to apply their knowledge and skills on CT to solve problems, enhance creativity, innovation and coding techniques as well as encourage collaboration.
Competition Rules & Schedule
9 December 2024 (Mon) |
Briefing Session |
10 December 2024 (Tue) |
Registration Starts |
20 February 2025 (Thur) |
Deadline for Registration |
5 January 2025 (Sun) – 20 February 2025 (Thur) |
Entry Submission via Google Form, including a 3-min video (in mp4 format, less than 300MB) / slide presentation (not more than 15 slides), submission form and parents’ consent form, Deadline: 20 February 2025 (Thur) |
8 March 2025 (Sat) – 15 March 2025 (Sat) |
First Round Assessment |
26 March 2025 (Wed) |
Notification of Shortlisted Finalists |
26 March 2025 (Wed) –
4 April 2025 (Fri)
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Finalists will have to:
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11 June 2025 (Wed) |
Finalists will have to:
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23 June 2025 (Mon)
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Finalists will have to:
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5 July 2025 (Sat) AM |
Final |
5 July 2025 (Sat) PM |
Grand Final and Awards Presentation Ceremony |
Rules of the Competition
- Participating schools and teams must attempt with their best effort in the competition.
- Each team can submit only one solution for the competition.
- The App must be developed by members of the team using Scratch or App Inventor and operated properly. If participating team choose to join Scratch Category, please note that only MIT Scratch (online version) (https://scratch.mit.edu/) or MIT PRG AI Blocks platform (https://playground.raise.mit.edu/main/) can be used. If participating team choose to join App Inventor Category, please note that only MIT App Inventor 2 can be used (https://appinventor.mit.edu/). Other version of Scratch and App Inventor will not be accepted.
- All entries must be originally created by the students and have not been previously published or submitted in any prior competitions.
- If participating teams have used generative AI tools in their entries, they must declare which parts were generated when submitting the works. If no declaration is provided, the Organizers will consider the whole submission as the team’s original creation. Should the Organizers find generated content that was not declared, the team may be disqualified.
- Finalists must demonstrate their entries onsite at the competition venue.
- Each team will only be allowed to change one team member once, and must notify the Organisers in advance.
- Participating teams should not disturb other participants.
- Damage to any facilities is not allowed.
- Food and Drinks are prohibited in the competition venue.
- Illegal and improper behaviour is prohibited.
- Team may be disqualified if found to have violated the above regulations.
- The Organisers reserve the rights to make final decision.
Eligibility, Format and Judging Criteria
Eligibility
a) The competition accepts entries from teams from all Hong Kong schools, each team to be formed by three students (limited to Primary Four to Primary Six students in the academic year of 2024/2025). Each school may send at most five teams.
b) Each team must be registered to the competition through their responsible teacher.
c) Each participant must gain their parent/guardian’s consent to participate in the competition.
Format and Judging Criteria
First Round
- The participating team will identify a problem they encounter in daily life (Please click here for an example) or a need in subject learning and produce a 3-min video (in mp4 format, less than 300MB) or in slide presentation format (not more than 15 slides) to describe the problem and the solution using computational thinking and coding technique (Scratch or App Inventor), and submit the video or slide presentation (either one format, zipped file not accepted) via Google Form provided by the Organisers, together with a completed submission form and parents’ consent form before the deadline.
- There are two categories in The Competition, including Scratch Category and App Inventor Category. Each participating team can choose either ONE Category upon their preference.
- If participating team choose to join Scratch Category, please note that only MIT Scratch (online version) (https://scratch.mit.edu/) or MIT PRG AI Blocks platform (https://playground.raise.mit.edu/main/) can be used. If participating team choose to join App Inventor Category, please note that only MIT App Inventor 2 can be used (https://appinventor.mit.edu/). Other version of Scratch and App Inventor will not be accepted.
- All entries received from the First Round will be assessed by Assessors. 20 entries from each category (40 in total from 2 Categories) will be shortlisted for Final.
- Shortlisted teams entering the Final competition will use Scratch or App Inventor, based on their selected category, to develop solution in a specific period.
Final
- Finalists will present their solutions and the Apps they developed to the Judging Panel.
- The Judging Panel will select 4 teams from each category (8 teams in total from 2 Categories) to enter into the Grand Final.
Grand Final
- 8 Grand Finalist Teams will present to the Grand Judging Panel.
- The winning teams, including Champion, First Runner-up, Second Runner-up, Merit Team from each category and the following Awards (as below table) selected from 40 participating teams, will be decided by the Grand Judging Panel. The competition result will be announced immediately on the same day, followed by the awards presentation ceremony. The Grand Judging Panel will be comprised of prominent members of the society, and professionals from the education, information technology sector and business sectors.
Judging Criteria
Judging criteria include creativity, innovation, functionality, interface design, coding skills and use of technology as well as team collaboration.
Awards
Champion (Scratch) |
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Champion (App Inventor) |
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First Runner-Up (Scratch) |
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First Runner-Up (App Inventor) |
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Second Runner-Up (Scratch) |
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Second Runner-Up (App Inventor) |
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Merit (Scratch) |
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Merit (App Inventor) |
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The Most Creative and Innovative Award (Scratch) |
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The Most Creative and Innovative Award (App Inventor) |
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The Best Functionality and Design Award (Scratch) |
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The Best Functionality and Design Award (App Inventor) |
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The Best Coding Technique Award (Scratch) |
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The Best Coding Technique Award (App Inventor) |
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The Best Use of Technology for Subject Learning Award (Scratch) |
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The Best Use of Technology for Subject Learning Award (App Inventor) |
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The Best Team Collaboration Award (Scratch) |
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The Best Team Collaboration Award (App Inventor) |
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The Best AI Application Award (Scratch) |
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The Best AI Application Award (App Inventor) |
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The Best Value Education Award (Scratch) |
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The Best Value Education Award (App Inventor) |
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Outstanding New School Entry Award (Scratch) |
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Outstanding New School Entry Award (App Inventor) |
- Each team member of the above awards will receive a medal/certificate and prizes.
- Each team of Champion, First and Second Runners-up awards will receive a trophy.
All finalists will be awarded:
- Certificate
All participants will receive an e-Certificate of Participation.
Registration and Other Information
Registration
Interested students can register online through your school teacher on or before 20 February 2025 (Thur).
Others
- Copyrights of the ideas/Apps are owned by the participants themselves.
- The Organisers reserve the right to amend, extend and interpret the competition guideline and rules without prior notice.
- The Organisers reserve the rights to exhibit students’ ideas/Apps.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Can the participating teams be formed by students from different grades (e.g. One P.6 students with Two P.4 students)?
A: Yes, as long as the team members are students from P.4 – P.6 in the academic year of 2024-2025, they would be eligible.
Q: Can the video be submitted via YouTube, Vimeo or even mailed in a USB drive?
A: No, the video must be submitted via the Google Form provided by the Organisers, the format of the video should be mp4 and not greater than 300MB in file size.
Q: Are teams needed to present the same thing they did at the Final if they enter the Grand Final in which the Final and Grand Final will take place on the same day?
A: Yes. And if the team feels that they have much to improve after the Final, they might well demonstrate an improvement in the Grand Final.
Q: Are English and Putonghua also permitted to be spoken during the competition, aside Cantonese?
A: Yes.
Q: Where may I find the submission form and the parents’ consent form?
A: Registration will start from 10 December 2024 (Tue). For each team, you are required to provide the names and classes of the three students, as well as contact information of the teacher-in-charge. After completing the registration, you will receive a confirmation email. The e-mail will include a Google Form link and other relevant documents. Please fill in the Google Form, as well as upload the 3-min video (in mp4 format, less than 300MB) / slide presentation (not more than 15 slides), parents’ consent form and submission form to the Google Form on or before 20 February 2025 (Thur).
Q: Is there a definition with regard to “Daily Life Problems”?
A: No, there isn’t a strict definition. Daily life problems can range from home, school and community. The participating teams may think from the perspectives of parents, teachers, students, persons with disability, pets, and even general end-users, trying to imagine what kind of “Daily Life Problems” they are encountering. Please click here for an example.
Q: During the First Round, would the Assessors be assessing the film editing skill or shooting technique employed?
A: No, film editing skill and shooting technique would not be assessed during the First Round. The 3-minute video aims at describing a daily life problem and the solution using computational thinking and coding technique.
Q: Are the developed Apps allowed to connect with external devices or sensors, e.g. mBot, Arduino, METAS?
A: The organiser has no objection to connecting external devices to the developed Apps, but please note that if your team choose to participate in Scratch Category, only MIT Scratch (Online Version), or MIT PRG AI Blocks platform can be used. If your team choose to join App Inventor Category, only MIT App Inventor 2 can be used. Other version of Scratch and App Inventor will not be accepted.
2024 Highlights
About CoolThink@JC
Seeking to inspire digital creativity among students and nurture their proactive use of technologies for social good from a young age, CoolThink@JC is a computational thinking education initiative created and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, and co-created by The Education University of Hong Kong, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and City University of Hong Kong. In collaboration with local educators and the world’s leading experts, CoolThink@JC empowers teachers with high-quality teaching materials, learning platform, and professional development programmes. Since 2016, CoolThink@JC has trained more than 1,500 teachers and benefited over 100,000 primary students with CoolThink classes.
The project’s learning materials were adopted and adapted by the EDB in 2023 for its published “Enriched Module on Coding Education for Upper Primary Level”. The CoolThink curriculum is now adapted and integrated into the curriculum for all upper primary students.
