Upcoming Activities
Screen Free Day 2023
Screen Free Day is a day for children across the world to put aside and refrain from using their mobile devices. Children are given the opportunity to embark on quizzes, spend time with their family in creative ways and submit creative reflections to stand a chance to win a reward! The first iteration of Screen Free Day was held on 18 June 2022 and was hugely successful. We will be holding Screen Free Day again in 2023. Read more about the inaugural event at this page!
My Screen Use Diary
One new material that our international team of medical students from Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines is producing is our Screen Use Diary. Inspired by the concept of Primary School student diaries, our Screen Free Day Booklet is a month-long tracker for children to record their daily screen use. The booklet is equipped with structured ways to record the hours and ensures children are able to reduce their screen time. We believe that parents would find this especially useful as well. Our booklet is meticulously designed, having included Tips of the Day, a calendar and a section for reflective writing. Space is allocated within the booklet for parents to leave comments, for children to play colouring games and to embark on small quests and objectives. The team at Project Heads Up is hopeful this element of self-directed learning would be a strong feature in the booklet to promote the cultivation of good habits in young children. Booklets will be distributed by our partner institutions, and you can also find a soft copy of it here.
Inclusive educational campaign for special needs children
Project Heads Up intends to extend our campaign’s reach to that of children with special needs. We truly see plenty of value in putting together an inclusive education campaign for special needs children because we believe children with neurodevelopmental conditions struggle more with managing their screen time. In the following months, Project Heads Up is eager to work with our contacts to conduct our outreach and curate campaigns accordingly for different groups of special needs children.