Imagine your Kids A-Z avatar visits Hong Kong for the very first time. You become its tour guide! Where do you take your avatar – the Peak, night markets, heritage trails, outlying islands, local schools, or your favourite neighbourhood spots? Describe the places you visit, the food you eat, the people you meet, and what your avatar learns about Hong Kong’s culture. Unleash your imagination and embark on an amazing journey together!

Please write “My Avatar Discovers Hong Kong” as the topic, and submit it with your Kids A-Z avatar picture.

  • Lower Primary (Grade 1-3), the word limit is 50 – 150 words
  • Upper Primary (Grade 4-6), the word limit is 80 – 200 words

Objectives:

  • Inspire students to express unique observations of Hong Kong through creative writing
  • Strengthen storytelling skills and a love for reading
  • Encourage cultural exploration and identity thinking
  • Build confidence in sharing local stories
Competition Worksheet
Student Writing Guide
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Awards (for each group):

  • 1st: Book Voucher $300 + Fabulous Gift
  • 2nd: Book Voucher $200 + Fabulous Gift
  • 3rd: Book Voucher $100 + Fabulous Gift
  • 10 x Merit awards: Book Voucher $50

*All winners will get the cert. from Learning A-Z
*Result announcement: End of June

School Distinction Award:

Trophy for the top 3 schools with the largest number of participants.

Judges

From Learning A-Z Professional Development Team, USA. The award assessment will be based on spellings, punctuation, grammar accuracy, sentence fluency and overall presentation of the student’s writing as well as the Avatar design.

Application & Submission

  • To apply, school can fill in the online application form
  • School can click here to download and print out the competition worksheet, and click here to download and print out the student writing guide.
  • School can collect all student’s work, email or mail to us. Students can also submit on their own
  • Email the scanned copy to: [email protected]
  • Mail the hardcopy to: mangoSTEEMS HK
    Room 3703-05, 37/F, 9 Wing Hong Street, Cheung Sha Wan, Kowloon, HK
  • Submission Deadline: 15 May 2026

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Student Writing Guide

DRAFT your ideas and IMAGINE your avatar

Get ready to write by thinking about your avatar’s superpower adventure! Here are some questions to spark your imagination:

  • Where do you take your avatar on its first trip (for example, Victoria Peak, Temple Street night market, Tai O outlying island, neighbourhood primary school, or local Cha Chaan Teng)?
  • What exciting things do you do together?
  • What fun challenges or surprises do you face along the way?
  • How do you and your avatar use Hong Kong’s cultural elements to make the trip unforgettable?
  • What surprising lessons does your avatar learn about Hong Kong?

MAKE UP your avatar

  • Login for your Kids A-Z account
  • Click Star Zone → Avatar Builder, make up your awesome avatar to match the theme.
  • You can earn stars by doing READ, LISTEN, QUIZ activities.
  • Print screen the picture, adjust the size for printing. Paste on the worksheet for submission.

You can READ some books in Kids A-Z – Reading Room > Leveled Books, to get some writing ideas.

Here are some books on different levels for reference.

After writing, you can READ, CHECK and EDIT your work before submitting it.

Writing checklist:

  • My beginning paragraph tells about the topics and feelings of it.
  • The middle paragraph describes my ideas. Each idea has details.
  • I use descriptive or sensory words.
  • Each sentence is complete and makes sense.
  • The last paragraph has an interesting idea and details that sum up the topics.
  • Use correct spelling, capital, lowercase letters, punctuation, preposition, tenses, etc.
Before Writing

DRAFT your ideas and IMAGINE your avatar

Get ready to write by thinking about your avatar’s superpower adventure! Here are some questions to spark your imagination:

  • Where do you take your avatar on its first trip (for example, Victoria Peak, Temple Street night market, Tai O outlying island, neighbourhood primary school, or local Cha Chaan Teng)?
  • What exciting things do you do together?
  • What fun challenges or surprises do you face along the way?
  • How do you and your avatar use Hong Kong’s cultural elements to make the trip unforgettable?
  • What surprising lessons does your avatar learn about Hong Kong?

MAKE UP your avatar

  • Login for your Kids A-Z account
  • Click Star Zone → Avatar Builder, make up your awesome avatar to match the theme.
  • You can earn stars by doing READ, LISTEN, QUIZ activities.
  • Print screen the picture, adjust the size for printing. Paste on the worksheet for submission.

You can READ some books in Kids A-Z – Reading Room > Leveled Books, to get some writing ideas.

Here are some books on different levels for reference.

After Writing

After writing, you can READ, CHECK and EDIT your work before submitting it.

Writing checklist:

  • My beginning paragraph tells about the topics and feelings of it.
  • The middle paragraph describes my ideas. Each idea has details.
  • I use descriptive or sensory words.
  • Each sentence is complete and makes sense.
  • The last paragraph has an interesting idea and details that sum up the topics.
  • Use correct spelling, capital, lowercase letters, punctuation, preposition, tenses, etc.

Rules:

  • Late submission will not be accepted.
  • The competition result will be announced at the end of June.
  • Writing must be on the worksheet provided, including the school name, student name and class information.
  • Writing must be the original work of the student. Plagiarism is not allowed.
  • In case of any dispute, the decision of mangoSTEEMS HK and Learning A-Z shall remain final.