新金山中文学校校长信箱 (03/06/2023）Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School Principal’s Message

各位老师、同学和家长：

大家好！首先跟大家报告一下：上个星期六，我校VCE中文部举办了2022年高考表彰暨2023年高考动员大会。2022年的毕业生们因三年疫情几乎所有的课程都是在线学习，他们克服各种困难在高考中取得了优异成绩，使得我校的中文教学继续在维多利亚州名列前茅。这次，VCE中文部专门邀请去年的VCE高分学生来分享成功的经验和心得，请VCE高分指导老师作经典点评。同时，向所有2023年12年级的学生发出高考动员，希望他们珍惜时光、千锤百炼、不负韶华考出最好的成绩。会上，学校向去年高分学生和他们的指导老师颁发了奖牌、奖状。阅读报道请点击。

此外，我想跟大家报告最近的几项重要活动（部分活动可马上报名参加）：

第一，2023年第一批赴中国寻根之旅完成组团。在我校VCE中文部、精英中文部和Mt Waverley总校老师和家长们的支持和帮助下，有14位同学入选首批赴中国浙江省宁波市参加寻根之旅活动。寻根之旅营员和家长的预备会已于日前召开，主办方侨联已发正式邀请函，营员和领队老师正抓紧办理签证申请。这里，特别要向中国驻墨尔本总领事馆表示衷心的感谢。从2011年至2019年，我校有近700位学生参加了赴中国各地的文化寻根活动，每次在办理签证申请时总领事馆领导和侨务领事们都给予高度重视和支持，师生们的签证申请非常顺利。我们也保持了在中国期间无事故和无延期滞留的良好记录。其它的寻根之旅活动一旦敲定我们会及时通报。

第二，数个网上夏令营即将开营。网上夏令营和寻根之旅是专为帮助海外华裔青少年学好中文和中华文化而设计并广受我们华校师生和家长们的欢迎。在过去三年期间，我校每年有数以百计的学生参加了网上夏令营活动，通过听故事、看视频，打卡做作业等形式，学到了中华文化和才艺知识，增加了学习中文的兴趣，提高了中文水平。根据侨联的规定，凡参加网上夏令营并被评为优秀营员的学生在寻根之旅报名时享有优先。

目前，网上福建夏令营厦门营、甘肃武威营将在本月中旬开营，广东肇庆营、浙江余姚营将在第三学期开展（这几个网上夏令营对接有几个不同的寻根之旅营的营员名额）。我们鼓励四年级以上的学生报名参加网上夏令营活动，特别希望九、十、十一年级的学生通过参加网上夏令营和寻根之旅活动增强中华文化知识。我们的老师将会在网上夏令营活动中担任志愿者班主任，帮助学生完成网上夏令营的任务，也希望能跟学生们一同去中国参加文化寻根活动。网上夏令营报名可重复报名、不受限制，报名请点击。

第三，华裔学生国际书法比赛。我校学生牛婉清、郭以琳、杨羡尧等同学在麦灿明老师的指导下在第22届“茶花杯”国际华裔学生书法比赛中分别获得二等奖、三等奖。在这里向获奖学生和老师表示祝贺。第23届“茶花杯”国际华裔学生书法比赛将于今年8月底举办，比赛配合第十九届亚运的举办，弘扬亚运精神和“心心相融，@未来”的主题口号，展现中华文化精神和内涵。欢迎对书法有兴趣的学生报名参加，我校将给参赛学生提供免费书法写作辅导。报名请点击。

最后，祝大家有个好心情，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,

I would like to let you know last Saturday a 2022 VCE Commendation Ceremony was held on the senior campus of MWSC. Our VCE students graduated in 2022 have gone through various difficulties and challenges in Covid-19 period and achieved excellent results in their final VCE exams. Outstanding graduates were invited to share their learning experience with current VCE students and senior VCE teachers made great speeches encouraging Year 12 students to try their best in VCE learning. High score achievers in 2022 and their instructors were presented awards for their great efforts and achievement. Please read the reports in detail by clicking here.

I would like to introduce you some important events organised by XJS (you can participate in some of them right away):

1. The enrolment for the first Chinese Culture Camp in China in 2023 has ended. With great support from teachers and parents of different campuses, 14 students have been accepted to participate the Zhijiang Camp in June. We have organised the first meeting for the participants and their parents and they are applying for Chinese visas now with the invitation letter from China. I would like to present my sincere appreciation to the Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Melbourne for their great support. From 2011 to 2019, about 700 students of XJS have participated in the Chinese Culture Camp in China and the front desk staff and consuls for foreign affairs of Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Melbourne have given great support making sure the visas for our students could be processed smoothly. We have also kept a good record of non-incident in China and non-delay returning to Australia. I will let you know the reports of other camps when available.

2. Several online Chinese Culture Camp are coming soon. The online Chinese Culture Camp is designed for youngsters born outside China learning Chinese culture and history and the event has been largely applauded by our students and parents. In the last three years, hundreds of XJS students have participated in the events learning Chinese culture through listening to stories and watching videos online and their interest in Chinese language and culture has been greatly encouraged. According to the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, the excellent participants in online Chinese Culture Camp would enjoy the priority enrolling in Chinese Culture Camp in China.

At moment, Xiamen Camp of Fujian and Wuwei Camp of Gansu would start in mid-June and Zhaoqing Camp of Guangdong and Yuyao Camp of Zhejiang would be available in Term 3 (there would be some places available for the camps in China separately). Students above year 4 are highly encouraged to join the online Chinese Culture Camp especially Year 9, 10 and 11 students who would benefit a lot in better understanding Chinese culture. Our teachers would take the roles of class teachers in online Chinese Culture Camp as volunteers supporting students in culture learning and they would be very happy to accompany our students in the events in China. You are more than welcome to join more than one online Chinese Culture Camp by clicking here.

3. We are pleased to announce that NIU Wanqing, GUO Yilin and YANG Xianyao have gained the Second Prize and Third Prize in the 22nd Camellia Cup Overseas Chinese Students Chinese Calligraphy Competition under the instruction of the teacher Mr MAI Canming. Big congratulations to them. The 23rd competition is scheduled in August with the theme “Heart to Heart, @Future”. If you are interested in Chinese calligraphy, please feel free to join and free training sessions would be provided to the registered students. Please click here for details.

Keep happy and warm in this winter and see you this weekend on campus.

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].