Rules and Roles

Schedule for video submission and adjudication:

•Video submission: any time from 14 March to 30 April 2022. Late submission will NOT be accepted.

•Schools will be grouped for adjudication. This will be done by a computerised lucky draw in early May.

•The judging will be conducted from mid-May to mid-June. Participating schools will be informed of their results by email, and a letter will be sent to the Principal of the winning schools in late June. All competition results will be available on the e-platform on or before 30 June 2022.

•The prize-giving ceremony will be conducted in early July 2022 (date and venue to be confirmed).

Submission of the video:

Step 1

The video should be in MP4 format.

Step 2

Title the video, e.g. ABC Primary School_The Three Little Pigs.

Step 3

Upload your school’s video to a folder in your school’s Google Drive.

Step 4

Submit the Google Drive link via NET Section’s Google Form. (To be provided later.)

Step 5

Please make sure that the link you shared is set to “anyone with the link”.

Adjudication:

Rules for video editing:

There should be no zooming in on the puppets while students’ performance is being video-recorded;
Special effects (see No. 3 of the judging criteria) can only be used during the video-recording of students’ performance and not after; and
The visual and sound quality should be good enough for adjudication purposes.

Remark: If schools do not follow the above rules, marks will be deducted.

Reminders:

Use the puppetry tent with real backdrops and props.
The tent may be borrowed from the NET Section (https://nets.edb.hkedcity.net/page.php?p=434) or your school may purchase one.
As one of the activities in support of the Campaign on “Promoting Positive Values and Attitudes through English Sayings of Wisdom 2021/22”, the puppetry competition this year encourages participating schools to incorporate into their puppetry performance the campaign’s overarching theme of “Hope” or the sub-themes from “My Pledge to Act 2020/21” featured last year (i.e. “Be Grateful and Treasure What We Have, Stay Positive and Optimistic”).
For samples of the final product of the winners’ videos, please refer to this link: https://nets.edb.hkedcity.net/page.php?p=466
Please take a photo of the five performing students with their puppets on their hands and the two teacher coordinators.
The photograph should be shot right after the video shooting and submitted with the video in the link.
Please refer to the above link for winners’ photos.

(1) Expectations

Schools:

must send the EDB NET and one LET to attend the professional development workshop on puppetry in October 2021 and the cluster meeting in January 2022.

Teachers will need to:

participate fully in all puppetry activities at the professional development workshop;
use what they have learnt to prepare their students for the competition.

Students will need to:

participate fully in any training sessions organised by their teachers in preparation for the competition; and
participate in the competition by staging and performing a 5 to7 minute puppet show.

(2) Conditions of Entry

The ‘Story to Stage’ entry form must be submitted between 25 August 2021 and 10 September 2021. Late applications will NOT be accepted.
If the competition is over-subscribed, the applicants will be selected through a lucky draw.
The story title and the team members’ names will be collected in January 2022, after the cluster meeting.
Certificates of Achievement will be distributed to the schools at the end of the competition.

(3) Student Participants

Each school can enter one team only.
A team consists of 5 puppeteers (performers). The team must be made up of students from Primary 4-6 (KS2). All students involved should play a part in the performance.

(4) Performance

Only one teacher may stay backstage during the performance.
Please note the penalties:

1) 30 marks deduction for an extra teacher or student backstage.

2) 10 marks will be deducted for every minute or part of a minute over or under in performance time.

(5) Preparation

Teams may use commercial and/or hand-made puppets.
Teams should practise setting up to avoid time penalties.
Scripts should be practised, revised and refined prior to the competition.
Time your performance to avoid penalties.
Teams must provide their own music/sound effects.