新金山中文学校校长信箱 (16/07/2026）Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School Principal’s Message
第三学期开学通知
(English version available in the end)
各位老师、同学和家长：
大家好！我校2026学年第三学期本周末（7月18日、19日）正式开学，到9月12日、13日结束。
在过去的假期里，我校各年级教师在假期休息之余通过参加年级组教研活动和参加各种专业培训（包括教材培训、2026年高考辅导指导、课堂管理技能、中华文化以及紧急抢救等）为新学期的教学作好了教学准备。
在假期里，我校部分师生应邀赴中国参加了海外华裔青少年寻根之旅夏令营活动。他们在中国期间恰逢沿海地区遭遇强台风，师生们听从主办方的安排及时紧急转移疏散，体现出我们澳大利亚团队集体精神，也留下了一段面对突发情况发生时如何应对的难忘的实战训练的经历。我校还有部分学生经我们推荐和介绍参加了墨尔本紫成阁举办的“小君子学习营”活动。我本人受邀请参加了该学习营的结营式看了学生们的参营汇报表演，我发现在中华文化、中华礼仪、中国历史和传统习俗等方面的学习中，所有的学生都有收获都很高兴还都依依不舍，可见主办方确实是精心准备、认真办营才能取得了成功的。现场有些我校学生家长特意来跟我反映，说他们是听了新金山老师的介绍后抱着试试心态让孩子参加的，现在发现这活动太好了，希望下次提前通知他们。
在第三学期，照学校惯例将在各年级学生中组织开展各项学习比赛活动，比如，在1-3年学生中举办学生写汉字比赛，在4-9年级学生中举办学生朗诵比赛，在10年级以上学生中举办学生演讲比赛等（具体比赛事宜另行安排）。
此外，我校将动员并组织学生参加维多利亚州中文学校联络会举办的第六届“华文杯“2026维州华裔青少年中文短剧—学中文故事。我在这里再把比赛的相关要求跟大家简要介绍一下，学校会请班主任参与组织协调，也欢迎有兴趣的学生和家长组队向班主任老师报名参赛。
本次比赛是以3人短剧形式进行，内容要求（1）讲述个人学习中文过程中的趣事与成长经历；（2）表现与父母在学习中文或文化认知上的分歧与理解、和解过程；（3）展示在学习过程中对中华文化的理解与体验，如传统习俗、节日文化等；（4）呈现中西文化对比与跨文化交流的真实情境与思考。比赛按日校年级分三个组别：1-4年级组、5-8年级组、9-12年级组。我校将在第三学期举办初赛，选出三个组别组最优秀的团队代表学校参加维州的决赛。欢迎对此有兴趣的学生可以自愿组成团队、编排短剧报名参加比赛。
第三学期覆盖冬季且又逢多雨时节，请大家注意保暖、注意驾车安全，尤其特别提醒家长们在校园附近泊车时注意看清标志以免受罚。
好，我们本周末校园见！
胡培康
校长
新金山中文学校是一所教育部认可的旨在保护儿童安全的社区语言学校，如果您对我校的有关儿童安全相关政策有任何疑问或建议，请登陆我校网站 https://xjs.vic.edu.au/child-safety/或致电98881688进行查询，也可发邮件至[email protected]
Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School
Principal’s Message
Dear teachers, students and parents,
Welcome back to XJS. Our Term 3 starts from this weekend on 18/19 July and ends on 12/13 September.
During the past school holiday, we have organised a couple of training sessions for our teachers including teaching materials training, 2026 VCE final exams preparation, class management skills training, Chinese culture learning and first-aid training and they are now ready for the Term 3 teaching.
In the last few days, some of our students and volunteer teacher attended the Chinese Culture Camp in China. During their stay in China, they happened to experience a powerful typhoon that struck the country’s coastal regions. Following the organizers’ instructions, our students and staff evacuated promptly in an orderly emergency relocation, demonstrating the strong team spirit of our Australian delegation. It also became an unforgettable emergency evacuation drill experience for all the participants.
During the school holiday, some of our students also took part, through our recommendation and introduction, in the “Little Gentlemen Learning Camp” organized by Melbourne Zee Cheng Khor Moral Uplifting Society. I was invited to attend the camp’s closing ceremony and watched the students’ final presentation performances. I found that all of the students had gained a great deal in terms of Chinese culture, Chinese etiquette, Chinese history and traditional customs. They were all very happy and reluctant to leave, which shows that the organizers had indeed made meticulous preparations and managed the camp with great care, leading to its successful outcome. Some parents approached to me on the day specifically to share their feedback. They said they had enrolled their children with a “let’s give it a try” mindset after hearing the introduction from our teachers. Now they’ve found the activity to be excellent and hope they’ll be notified again next time.
In Term 3, various academic competitions will be organized as usual for students of different year levels. For example, a Chinese handwriting competition will be held for Years 1-3 students, a recitation competition for Years 4-9 students, and a speech competition for students in Year 10 and above (specific arrangements for the competitions will be announced separately).
In addition, our school will encourage and organize students to participate in the 6th “Chinese Language Cup” 2026 Victorian Chinese Youth Chinese Short Drama Competition – *Learning Chinese Through Stories*, organized by the Victorian Association of Chinese Language Schools. I would also like to briefly go over the competition requirements here again. The school will ask class teachers to help coordinate participation, and interested students and parents are welcome to form teams and register for the competition through their class teacher.
This competition is conducted in the form of a short play for a team of three people. The content requirements are: (1) telling interesting stories and growth experiences in the process of learning Chinese; (2) showing the differences, understanding and reconciliation process with parents in learning Chinese or cultural cognition; (3) showing the understanding and experience of Chinese culture during the learning process, such as traditional customs, festival culture, etc.; (4) presenting real situations and reflections on the comparison of Chinese and Western cultures and cross-cultural exchanges. The competition is divided into three groups according to day school year levels: Years 1-4 group, Years 5-8 group, and Years 9-12 group. Our school will hold a preliminary competition in Term 3 to select the best teams from the three groups to represent XJS in the finals in Victoria. Students who are interested in this are welcome to voluntarily form a team and choreograph short plays to sign up for the competition.
Term 3 falls during winter and the rainy season. Please keep warm and drive safely. We would especially like to remind parents to carefully check parking signs when parking near the school to avoid fines.
Let’s see you on campus this weekend.
Yours sincerely,
Kevin Hu, Principal
Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School is a DET-accredited Child Safe community language school. If you have any concern and suggestions regarding the school’s child safe policy, please feel free to visit https://xjs.vic.edu.au/child-safety/ or call us at 9888 1688 or email us at [email protected]
