The KWN workshop took place on October 10, 2008 at headquarter of Panasonic UK in Berkshire, UK, following the workshop held in Canada in August and in Germany in September. 36 students and six teachers from three KWN UK teams attended the workshop hosted by Panasonic UK called "BBC television journalism workshop". The students and teachers learned the key points for developing films by using KWN video reports, the UK training pack and BBC news reports. Mr. Ian Cameron, a news editor for BBC and also one of the KWN Global Contest 2008 premier judges, lectured on how to make the TV programs or video films that will be able to attract viewers with its story telling, pictures and language, etc. The workshop gave valuable experience to the attendees. Panasonic UK is planning to hold a total of seven workshops throughout the months of October until November.

The 2008 National KWN Contest was held in Australia on September 4. Among entries from 75 participating schools, Mooloolaba State School's "Planet Earth" topped six categories: Regional, National Primary School, Queensland Primary School and National Spotlight Awards for Writing, Videography and Editing. "Planet Earth" discussed the rate at which the world is using energy and how we can make a difference before time runs out. As the regional winner, the school will represent Australia at the Asia Pacific Regional Awards Ceremony which is planned on being held in Bangkok in December. The school also became the first to enter as a national winner in the Global Contest 2009.

Students and teachers from Kowloon Tong School from Hong Kong, the Grand Prix winner of the KWN Global Contest 2008 in Communication Category, visited Beijing from August 10 to 13 as part of the Grand Prix prize package. They attended the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games and visited Beijing Fangcaodi Primary School to meet its KWN team. The Beijing students welcomed the Hong Kong students with traditional Chinese dances, piano performance and screening of a video they produced. The Hong Kong students also showed their award-winning video. The trip gave the Kowloon Tong students a "once-in-a-lifetime experience" as they said.