Preparing your child for the Children's Character Festival

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True Tales of Gratitude

On 22 March 2026, we asked you to create your own true story based on acts of gratitude. You drew and wrote about your experiences, then presented them to an audience and adjudicators at the Children’s Character Festival. Afterwards, you received comments about your story's content and delivery. Thanks for joining us, and we'll see you again when applications open for our March 2027 Children's Character Festival in September 2026.

How to get started come September

Calculate your event age using the calculator below
Find your theme based on your event age
Create a true story based on your event age's theme
Submit the registration form
Perform your true story at the Children's Character Festival in March 2026

Find Your Event Age for 2027

Calculate your child's event age

The event age is the age your child will be on the day of event in 2027. Applications are currently closed until September 2026.

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Festival Ambassador

The Hon Bernard Charnwut Chan GBM GBS JP

"The Children’s Character Festival offers an important and inclusive addition to learning. Helping our children to develop kindness, respect, perseverance, and other values from a young age does not only build character, but also fosters the next generation of empathetic and responsible citizens. By sharing true stories, children are able to express themselves through their own experiences while gaining the confidence to present them to a supportive audience.

I encourage children to join the Children’s Character Festival and wish all participants the joy of creating their true tales, and every success in presenting them."

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Guest of Honour

Ms Lucilla Leung, Former Headmistress, St Paul’s Co-educational College Primary School

“Gratitude is one of the most important character virtues and is one that can be nurtured and developed from a young age.

I am honoured to be the Guest of Honour for the Children’s Character Festival 2026 on the theme of gratitude, and look forward to seeing students share their stories on who and what they are grateful for.”