My Story:
A New Literacy Project for Upper Primary Students through Photo Autobiography
FOR PARENT
Content Overview
This project aims to equip children aged 9-12 (Primary 4-6) with the literacy skills and confidence to narrate their own stories by leveraging multimedia tools, especially professional and digital cameras. Since many ESL learners find writing in English challenging, we aim to use visuals as a priming tool to help learners generate, visualise, and organise ideas before writing. This project is targeted at students from low-income families and marginalised groups, who often have limited access to tools and resources and hence struggle to improve their literacy skills and academic performance.
During classes, we will first show them sample work of some photo autographies and a mind map for them to generate the ideas, followed by a brief introduction to some simple photography techniques. Students will have hands-on experience on trying to use digital devices, such as digital and professional cameras, as well as tablets. As they have familiarised themselves with the basic operations of the devices, they will bring along the tools for a photo walk inside the school or in the neighbourhood and capture moments that could represent their personality and identity. Finally, they will learn to write captions for the photos and connect the ideas into a comprehensive passage.
Problems that Kids are Encountering
Limited resources
Lack of access to English learning and inadequate opportunities to use digital
Low Confidence
Less exposure to new items and tools than their peers
Insufficient Communal Support
Limited exposure to people from a diverse cultural background
Outcome of The Project for Kids
Literacy Improvement
Enrich their vocabulary; improve their spelling and grammar; enhance creativity
Confidence Building
Feel more confident about writing and their own identity
Community Engagement
Know and respect the different cultural backgrounds of classmates; Feel closer to their peers
Problems that Kids are Encountering
Create a Ripple Effect
The kids could inspire other family members, empowering them to express their identity and dreams more bravely
Social Mobility
Students with improved confidence, literacy and communication skills know how to seek out opportunities and take control of their lives, improving the living quality of their family in the long-run
Meeting the Tutor - Amy
Founder | Project Manager | Educator
Amy is the founder and main photographer of Little Stories and the project manager of “My Story”. She liaises with schools and funding bodies, oversees the project to promote education initiatives through visual storytelling and digital technology.
Having advanced her studies at the University of the Arts London, Amy is dedicated to crafting and capturing precious moments filled with profound artistic insights and emotional resonance. Majoring in education at the University of Hong Kong, she is also an educator who offers children and young people with warm guidance and patient support.
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