The applications for the PLPs for the 2023/24 s.y. are now open. The deadline for application is 28 April 2023.

Call for entry! We are accepting submissions from primary and secondary schools until 30 April 2023.

Four competitions are conducted by the NET Section in the 2022/23 s.y.

The NET Section's storytelling videos provide models to inspire teachers, parents and children to bring stories alive in their own way and through their own imaginations.

The storytelling techniques videos introduce tips for creating a reading-friendly environment at home and ways to make storytelling come alive with visuals, props, games and activities.

Guided Reading ‘Lite’, a series of videos created during the learning from home and half-day school period, ensures that all P1 to 3 students from both programme and non-programme schools continue to receive guided reading instruction.

Space Town Go!, a web-based resource platform designed to support the implementation of Space Town and PLP-R/W for P1 to 3, gives early readers access to over 200 story and sound books and interactive games for the learning of phonics, high frequency words and content words.

Good Practices in English Language Teaching

The Space Town Literacy Programme for KS1 (Space Town) is an enhanced version of the Primary Literacy Programme - Reading and Writing (Key Stage 1) (PLP-R/W). It embraces additional aspects such as e-learning, self-directed learning and a student self-evaluation tool.

The Keys 2 Literacy Development (Keys2) programme aims to develop students’ reading and writing skills progressively throughout Key Stage 2. It incorporates a variety of learning and teaching strategies to enrich schools’ English Language curricula.

The Development of Text Sets (DTS) is a real-life literacy programme with the goal of investigating the design and use of text sets to inform and support the development of effective strategies to enhance students' literacy development. The design/development of text sets is in line with the latest trend of curriculum development in Hong Kong.

Seven Seed projects are implemented by the NET Section in the 2022/23 s.y.

PDNETwork is the platform which hosts the NET Section’s online workshops for primary English language teachers.