Happy Pets, Happy People

Each year since 2015, every Primary 4 student is given a Happy Pets, Happy People jigsaw puzzle depicting different pets and their respective care and needs.

The programme is supported by the Garden City Fund (GCF), NParks' registered charity and IPC.

Learning objectives

Tailored to complement the Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) lesson (Unit 5 - An Open Mind, Lesson 3), the puzzle set aims to:

• Educate and promote the importance of animal welfare.
• Teach responsible and considerate pet ownership, reinforcing the values of care and responsibility.
• Foster a humane and gracious society for all to co-exist in greater harmony within our City in Nature.

Conducting the programme

Images above: Children can learn the importance of animal welfare when putting together the Happy Pets, Happy People jigsaw puzzle.

Each Primary 4 student is given a jigsaw puzzle set depicting a common pet such as a rabbit, hamster, dog, cat or terrapin.

The puzzle set can be used in the following ways:

• As a trigger activity before students participate in class discussions for the lesson.
• As a Family Time activity.

We also provide the following resources:

Loan of exhibition panels