In order to learn more about the development of the English subject, the deployment of resources within the school and the community, as well as the characteristics of the school-based curriculum in Hong Kong, fifty-five English teachers from Chongqing visited our school on 4 th November 2008. We made use of the opportunity to share our visions and missions with the Chongqing teachers. We were delighted to have Mr. Bolin, the Deputy Project Director of the EDB and Ms Poon, the Senior School Development Officer of the EDB participate in this meaningful event. There was a guided tour to the Language Resource Room and the Multi Media Learning Centre where the visitors found out more about self-access online learning. The tele-conferencing with principal Hiew of Sabah Tshung Tsin Secondary School (STTSS) further deepened the understanding of the Chongqing teachers about the English Debate and Public Speaking competitions jointly organized by STTSS and Lee Kau Yan.

On Saturday 1st November, a conference was held at Queen's College in Causeway Bay to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the NET scheme in Hong Kong . Two of our students, a current one, Wong Man from 7A , and a former one, Jeannette Siu, were asked to speak at the conference about their NET. There were several distinguished guests at the conference, including Prof Amy Tsui of HKU, Mr Michael Suen, Education Secretary and Dr K K Chan, Deputy Secretary of Education. Both Jeannette and Cat spoke very clearly and eloquently and were excellent ambassadors for our school. They also chatted very freely and easily with the VIP guests.

About 15 English teachers from SKH Li Ping Secondary School visited our school on 14 March 2008. We had a sharing session on the teaching and administrative roles of English teachers and both parties benefited a lot from the function.

In November 2006, Ms Chau and Ms Lai were invited by the Hong Kong Catholic Diocesan Secondary Schools to share the successful application of EES (English Enhancement Scheme). More than 200 teachers from the local Catholic schools took part in the seminar. They were impressed by the strategic planning and thoughtful process the English Department went through prior to the writing of the proposal. Participating teachers also found the sample of the proposal and PowerPoint slides of the professional dialogue very useful

Our Principal, Jonathan Lai was invited by the Principal of Chi King Primary School to illustrate the gap between the primary and secondary English curriculum to the parents of P.4 and P.5 students. Mr. Lai highlighted the key elements of mastering the language and informed the parents of effective ways to prepare students for the new secondary English curriculum. Two S.4 students, Jennifer Li and Nicole Chan shared their successful English learning experience in junior forms. The participating teachers and parents found Mr. Lai's speech very informative and humorous. They were also impressed by the strategic planning of the English Department of LKY and the high language proficiency our students displayed in due course. After the sharing, Mr. Lai, Ms Chau, Ms Chan and the S.4 students further discussed the strategies of learning the language with the parents in small groups with sincerity. We all had an enjoyable yet meaningful evening at Chi King Primary School.

On 12th May 2007, Mr. Lai, Ms Chau and Mr. Man were invited by the Association of Heads of Wong Tai Sin Secondary Schools to share the successful application of the English Enhancement Scheme at the function entitled 'The Knowledge Fair of Creative Teaching and Learning'. Mr. Lai focused on the experience of vision sharing to team building through the EES application. The school also took this opportunity to re-engineer the English curriculum with collaborative effort from varied subject panels and functional groups. Ms Chau summarized some key points of the EES application and the difficulties encountered when implementing the EES programs. She also illustrated how to integrate the EES programs into the formal and informal curriculum of the English Department. Mr. Man elaborated the viable ways to encourage students to complete the online English programs. We sincerely exchanged views on educational theories and practices with the educational practitioners.

On 5th January 2007, Principal TANG King-Chi and the senior and junior form coordinators of Ning Po College visited the English panel of Lee Kau Yan Memorial School. The coordinators for English Department of Fanling Rhenish Church Secondary School also joined the sharing. The discussion focused on the management of the English panel and effective ways to promote an English rich environment.
In the meeting, Ms Chau, Ms Lai and some of the coordinators shared their experience in running the panel and some successful activities organized last year. Principal Lai gave a warm welcome to the visitors and also illustrated how the school management tendered support to enhance English learning and teaching at school.
Useful ideas were exchanged and friendship developed among the English teachers of the three schools.

On Thursday 14th December, a group of Secondary NETs based in the Wong Tai Sin district met at Lee Kau Yan Memorial School to discuss issues relating to the teaching of English in Hong Kong. Ms Andrea MacKenzie, the Regional NET Coordinator, based with the EMB, briefed us on the new English Curriculum. She also described in detail the role of EMB NET coordinators.
In the second half of the meeting, Mr. Croft gave a presentation on the use of blogs with ESL classes. This was very well received by those attending. Mr. Croft has now been asked to give further presentations at other area meetings. Following his presentation, the NETs exchanged other ideas to enhance teaching practice and agreed to hold the next regional meeting in February.

On 12th December 2006, two Mingpao journalists observed the English lessons of S.4 students. They wanted to explore how students learn English through Language Arts. Ms Chau and Ms Shek adapted TV commercials regarding the total ban on smoking to facilitate active learning. Principal Tsen of Tshung Tsin Secondary School also observed the lessons on line. He highly praised the innovative teaching approach and the performance of our students in his on-line interview with the journalists. The journalists were impressed by the pedagogical sound strategies, commendable performance of our students and the nurturing environment of the school.
After the class observation, the two journalists conducted a group interview with students and teachers in English. We were delighted to share our successful experiences in the teaching and learning of English through Language Arts. The two journalists could definitely see the benefits of this approach as they were amazed by our students' confidence displayed in the lessons and the interview.

On 1st November 2006, Principal Lai, Ms Chau and Ms Lai were invited by the Association of Chinese Middle Schools to share the successful application of the English Enhancement Scheme. More than 200 principals and teachers attended the sharing session. They were all impressed by the strong team spirit generated among the staff members of Lee Kau Yan.