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Junyuan Primary School

P6 VIA

Primary 6 students designed and led activities for the elderly at Lions Befriender Active Aging Centres, bringing joy to seniors through games, crafts, and sing-alongs.

Last updated 18 August 2026
Five young students in white uniforms read a colorful book together at a table in a school library.

Befriending the Silver Generation (Lions Befriender Active Aging Centres)

Our P6 students embarked on their VIA programme “Befriending the Silver Generation” over a period of three months. In collaboration with the school’s i.Innovate Committee, our students were led to design and create activities through the Design Thinking Process. For this VIA program, students first carried out research on issues affecting the silver generation, the needs of the elderly and ways to engage them. With their findings, the students then got into groups to design and create activities specifically for the elderly. Students were given a chance to conduct these activities for the elderly at the Lions Befriender Active Aging Centres. The elderly were enthralled and entertained by the energy by our students. They gamely participated in all the games, crafts and sing-along sessions organised by our students. The excitement was so contagious that the elderly requested for the games and activities to be left at the centre for them to play again.

It was indeed a meaningful learning experience for all the Primary 6 students who took part in this VIA program. We hope to inspire all our students to continue to contribute actively in our community.

Two young boys crouch near an elderly woman seated in a wheelchair, all wearing masks indoors.
Several people gather around a white table with cardboard food cutouts during an activity with elderly participants.
Elderly people and school children gather around a table playing a board game indoors.
Girls in orange skirts perform karaoke for seated elderly people in a decorated community room.
An elderly woman in a floral shirt interacts cheerfully with a group of students outdoors near a building.
Elderly women and younger people interact around a table playing a board game together indoors.
Handmade cardboard foosball game with clothespin players on rods and "GOAL" painted on the front.
Junyuan Primary School students sit at a table with elderly people, engaging in a group activity together.
Students sit on blue chairs in a classroom facing a projected screen, with text reading Getting ready to zoom with our elders.
Students and elderly wearing masks gather in a room, interacting with a classroom shown on a TV screen via video call.