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COIL 3.0 2021-22

COIL 3.0 Day 5 Highlights

COIL 3.0 Day4 Highlights

COIL 3.0 Day1 Recap

Lo and behold. COIL 3.0 finally welcomes its day-one activities. It’s the first time we have ever gathered all the participants with principals, teachers, and students from the Netherlands, the Philippines, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. With our ice-breaking games, we get to know first-hand what it’s like for everyone to come from different cultural backgrounds. And after our two-hour session, we successfully compiled our cultural factsheets and debated the most controversial yet relatable topics.


Kick-starting our day, we got our principal, Dr. Gary Harfitt to deliver our grand opening speech. While acknowledging the efforts of the organizing committee, he inspired all the participants to continue their efforts to develop a cross-cultural understanding through the opportunities to interact with people from different backgrounds at COIL 3.0. With his words of encourgagement, all our activities on that day were as smooth as planned. The amount of feedback and engagment from everyone was even higher than expected.


Another highlight of the day would be the sharing done by our guest of honor, Dr. Florence Lau. Being someone who started CantoGather, an NGO focusing on language education for non-Chinese-speaking students, Dr. Lau has been involved in many community-based campaigns. Her NGO aims to empower the NCS to overcome their day-to-day challenges. Although she is not from the education field, she still managed to collaborate with different experts, developing the most suitable pedagogical methods for students who might be less advantaged or find it challenging to assimilate with their Cantonese-speaking counterparts. Her journey from guiding a small Chinese class to the community-wide programs involving many has empowered not only the language learners but also the volunteers and everyone involved.

And today, she once again managed to inspire our participants to stay humble and make great use of our power to give back to society. It’s safe to say that after hearing what she had in mind, we all have learned to not just live on our own. Instead, we could share our perceptions and differences. Eventually, we could co-construct a tight-knit community where we all find our similarities underneath.

With our upcoming days of COIL 3.0, we are certain that a more accepting society could be established. At the end of the day, communication and understanding are what lead to unity and a genuine community. Please also keep supporting our future activities and we can’t wait to have you join us on this journey of sharing peace and kindness as well!

Highlights of our Pre-COIL Etiquette Workshop and Dry Run on 13/4

Finally, COIL3.0 is about to start! In our dry run today, we get to meet with participants from the participating schools around the globe. Throughout our breakout room discussions and various activities, countless ideas were exchanged and we could see everyone so eager to share what they have from their cultural backgrounds. Despite our differences, we have surprisingly developed lots of shared opinions in our debates. It seems we have truly reached a mutual understanding and even a consensus even though it's only a two-hour rehearsal session.


In our formal round of COIL3.0, we can't wait to contribute even more to building a sustainable community with reduced conflicts and more importantly, peace. Stay with us and check out more on our journey to the 17 sustainable development goals raised by the United Nations!

What is COIL?

The world has changed due to the pandemic and with it, our excursion programmes will be changing as well. The Excursion Team is excited to share that we are organising the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL), an international virtual exchange programme, to offer all Hopers an opportunity to continue to discover diverse cultures and develop long-lasting global friendships.

COIL 3.0 : Sharing Peace Across Borders

This year, our theme is “Sharing Peace Across Borders”. With COVID restrictions and physical borders set between the exchanging schools which span across the globe, we are, unfortunately, unable to hold any physical exchange programmes. Students do not have the chance to serve the community, nor are they able to communicate with people of different countries. However, our collective aim to promote peace and positivity in our community still does not alter. For peace and prosperity for all of mankind and the planet, now and into the future, we must meet the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations, which are an urgent call for action by all countries - developed and developing - in a global partnership.


In COIL 1.0, students had the chance to join a virtual exchange to meet new friends and interchange culture. In COIL 2.0, community service was incorporated to show care amid the pandemic. This year, besides cultural exchange, we would like to advocate for peace and increase students' sense of global citizenship, working together to move towards achieving the goals set by the United Nations.


What are you waiting for? If you are interested in taking part in COIL 3.0, please sign up below by 25th March 2022 (Friday). Click here to access the application form. As spaces are limited, come and join us as soon as possible!

Event date and time

25-28/4

16:00-18:00 (HK, Shanghai & the Philippines)

10:00-12:00 (The Netherlands)


29/4

16:00-17:00 (HK, Shanghai & the Philippines)

10:00-11:00 (The Netherlands)

Schedule

Day 1 (25/4 Mon)

Opening ceremony

Ice-breaking games

Competition details

Sharing by guest speaker Dr Florence Lau from CantoGather

Getting to know your groupmates

Days 2-3 (26-27/4 Tue-Wed)

Student-led discussions

Consultation period with teacher facilitators

Building of booths

Day 4 (28/4 Thur)

Fair

Day 5 (29/4 Fri)

Highlights

Prize ceremony

Game 1: Fill in the culture

Each participant will be given a culture fact sheet. Have fun chatting with everyone to learn about each other’s culture and fill out the sheet!

Game 2: Where is that?

Participants will take turns to draw a landmark from their country/region. The other participants will have to guess that landmark based on the drawing. Unleash your inner artist! If it is an especially hard guess, a few choices of landmarks will be given to help you out. After guessing, everyone will learn more about the landmark from the participants of the country where the landmark is from.

Game 3: The Tea, The Controversy

Participants can share your most controversial opinions on anything, from apples (food) to zebras (animals). Or you could go all serious and discuss why solar energy is better than nuclear energy. After all, Margaret Heffernan, an entrepreneur, CEO writer and keynote speaker once said, "For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument and debate!"

Booths

You will have the opportunity to work in groups with students from different schools around the globe and collaborate to build booths on days 1-3. You may build informative booths showcasing cultural exchange, offer virtual products/services or set up a game booth, which should all reflect peace and cultural exchange based on your group's results in the above games. Then, you will set up the booths in a virtual fair on day 4 and engage in a friendly competition with other teams! Teams will be judged based on the number of visitors to their booths, teamwork, value of peace shown and cultural exchange, and the winning team will be announced on day 5!

Peace in Action

Yoga for Peace

Find your rhythm and breath in Yoga Flow, combining static postures with dynamic transitions guided by the breath. This class brings the perfect balance of heat to the body using the strength, balance and flow, at the same time alignment principles used to deepen the practice. Suitable for anyone looking to stretch their bodies with moderate physical effort.


Equipment: A yoga mat, yoga blocks (optional) and an open heart :)

Date: 17th March 2022

Time: 17:00-18:00

Quota: 30 students

Teacher-in-charge: Miss Wing Cheung

Click here to join now!

Peace in Relationships

Have you ever encountered conflicts with the people you cherish, your family, or even your closest friends? Because of the conflicts, maybe you even did something you regret doing. Then, this activity is for you. We would guide you through the emotions you experienced during interpersonal conflicts and help you realise the underlying reasons for your actions. With this newly-gained self-understanding, you can reconcile with the people around you and most importantly, reconcile with yourself.


Date: 30th March 2022

Time: 17:00-18:00

Quota: 20 students

Teachers-in-charge: Mr Boris Lau and Mr Wind Yu


Click here to apply by 25/3!

Peace for Equality

Have you ever heard about Neurofibromatosis? Here is your chance to experience it first-hand in this experiential workshop where guests will share their own experience and obstacles in life. Want to know more on how to offer support to them? Join us below!


Date: 4th April 2022

Time: 14:00-15:00

Quota: 20 students

Teachers-in-charge: Miss Ring Cheng and Miss Judy Man


Click here to apply by 25/3!

Participating schools

Schools from all around the world are involved in COIL 3.0! We hope students' sense of global citizenship can be developed and international friendships can be built through this programme.

Virtual School Tours


Coming Soon


Beijing No.15 Middle School

Sarasas Ektra School

Colegio De La Salle
La Salle College
Good Hope School


Coming Soon


La Salle Green Hills

High School Attached to Shanghai Normal University

Munsang College

Asynchronous session

CantoGather

CantoGather is a non-profit organisation which aims to achieve social inclusion and social integration in Hong Kong. The word CantoGather means “where we can together”, sharing the same language, same opportunities and same heart in a society. It offers individualised Chinese language teaching programmes to non-Chinese speaking students to help them grow in confidence and competence. It also offers meaningful and interactive multicultural education activities for both Chinese and non-Chinese neighbours to break stereotypes and build relationships, promoting peace in society.


This year, we are honoured to have Miss Florence Lau, the Chief Executive Officer of CantoGather as our guest speaker on the first day, and as one of the judges on the last day of COIL 3.0. Click here to learn more about CantotoGather!

Organising committee

Chairperson;

5D Grace Lee


External relations:

5D Hayley Li （vice chairperson）

1C Yeung Ching Yi

4B Gladys Poon

4F Hazel Luk

5F Wong Pui Pui


Multi-media:

5D Umay Yau（vice chairperson）

3B Subie Tam

4D Phoenix Chan

5B Assumpta Chum


MC:

4D M.S. Abinaya（vice chairperson)

2B Cherrish Lo

2C Veronica Lui

4D Yannes Ngan

4F Pheobe Wong


Programme:

5D Mabel Lie（vice chairperson）

4B Venus tang

4F Chau Hei Tung

4F Chloe Cheng

FAQs

1.How is COIL 3.0 different from COIL 1.0 and COIL 2,0?

Back then, COIL 1.0 was launched in order to let students have the chance to join a virtual exchange to meet new friends and interchange culture as physical exchanges were prevented by the pandemic. Subsequently, in COIL 2.0, community service was incorporated to show love and care in the community amid the pandemic. For more details of the past COILs, you may refer to the highlights below. This year, in COIL 3.0, besides cultural exchange, we would like to advocate for peace, which is to move towards achieving the 17 sustainable development goals set by the United Nations together, and increase participants' sense of global citizenship.

2.What is the purpose of building booths?

We hope that participants can increase their understanding of peace, and despite not being able to join physical exchange tours, still be able to interchange culture through the building of booths with international students. By setting up the booths in a Fair, we hope that participants can also share their knowledge on peace and promote this spirit to each other, further encouraging peacefulness and making an impact in the society as a whole.

3.How can I communicate with my groupmates without meeting face-to-face?

The whole event will happen on Zoom. On day 1 (25/4), there will be ice-breaking games for you to get to know your groupmates. Then, you will have your first formal meeting with your groupmates and your teacher facilitator(s), during which you will decide the meeting times of the next 2 days and start discussing the details of the booth. During days 2 (26/4) and 3 (27/4), groups will have your individual meetings with your teacher facilitator(s) to brainstorm ideas and design your booths. Day 4 (28/4) will be your chance to shine! Your booths, offering virtual products or services will be set up in a virtual Fair for all participants to visit. The last day - day 5 (29/4) will be the prize ceremony, where the winners will be revealed on Zoom!

Highlights

COIL 3.0 Day 5 Highlights

COIL 3.0 Day4 Highlights

COIL 3.0 Day1 Recap

Lo and behold. COIL 3.0 finally welcomes its day-one activities. It’s the first time we have ever gathered all the participants with principals, teachers, and students from the Netherlands, the Philippines, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. With our ice-breaking games, we get to know first-hand what it’s like for everyone to come from different cultural backgrounds. And after our two-hour session, we successfully compiled our cultural factsheets and debated the most controversial yet relatable topics.


Kick-starting our day, we got our principal, Dr. Gary Harfitt to deliver our grand opening speech. While acknowledging the efforts of the organizing committee, he inspired all the participants to continue their efforts to develop a cross-cultural understanding through the opportunities to interact with people from different backgrounds at COIL 3.0. With his words of encourgagement, all our activities on that day were as smooth as planned. The amount of feedback and engagment from everyone was even higher than expected.


Another highlight of the day would be the sharing done by our guest of honor, Dr. Florence Lau. Being someone who started CantoGather, an NGO focusing on language education for non-Chinese-speaking students, Dr. Lau has been involved in many community-based campaigns. Her NGO aims to empower the NCS to overcome their day-to-day challenges. Although she is not from the education field, she still managed to collaborate with different experts, developing the most suitable pedagogical methods for students who might be less advantaged or find it challenging to assimilate with their Cantonese-speaking counterparts. Her journey from guiding a small Chinese class to the community-wide programs involving many has empowered not only the language learners but also the volunteers and everyone involved.

And today, she once again managed to inspire our participants to stay humble and make great use of our power to give back to society. It’s safe to say that after hearing what she had in mind, we all have learned to not just live on our own. Instead, we could share our perceptions and differences. Eventually, we could co-construct a tight-knit community where we all find our similarities underneath.

With our upcoming days of COIL 3.0, we are certain that a more accepting society could be established. At the end of the day, communication and understanding are what lead to unity and a genuine community. Please also keep supporting our future activities and we can’t wait to have you join us on this journey of sharing peace and kindness as well!

Highlights of the Pre-COIL Etiquette Workshop and Dry Run of COIL 3.0

Finally, COIL3.0 is about to start! In our dry run today, we get to meet with participants from the participating schools around the globe. Throughout our breakout room discussions and various activities, countless ideas were exchanged and we could see everyone so eager to share what they have from their cultural backgrounds. Despite our differences, we have surprisingly developed lots of shared opinions in our debates. It seems we have truly reached a mutual understanding and even a consensus even though it's only a two-hour rehearsal session.


In our formal round of COIL3.0, we can't wait to contribute even more to building a sustainable community with reduced conflicts and more importantly, peace. Stay with us and check out more on our journey to the 17 sustainable development goals raised by the United Nations!

Highlights of COIL 2.0

COIL 1.0 and 2.0 were held virtually with much success in collaboration with schools around the world. Though limited the interactions were, fun and creativity were limitless. Feel free to enjoy past highlights by clicking on the buttons on the right, or by watching the video below.

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