新金山中文学校校长信箱 (05/05/2023）Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School Principal’s Message
各位老师、同学和家长：
大家好！上个星期，我们第二学期开学第一周有不少新生报读我校，为了保障教学质量、做好班级管理，我们对部分班级的学生安排作了调整。感谢家长们的支持和配合，部分班级调整工作进展顺利。
首先，我要特别跟大家报告一个我校毕业生荣获维州青年成就奖的好消息。
据澳洲著名的七号电视台报道：上个星期五晚上，维多利亚州表彰了12位最优秀、最聪明的年轻人，授予他们青年成就奖（Young Achiever Awards），其中华裔林诗雨医生（Dr. Victor Lin）因癌症研究和社区慈善工作获得了最高荣誉奖。林医生从小在我校学中文，VCE中文高考获高分，维多利亚州VCE高考状元。家长跟我分享这个喜讯时也令我想到了林医生的姐姐林诗佳，他们姐弟俩品学兼优，姐姐也是从小在我校学中文，2010年VCE中文高考获得满分，现在也是一位颇有成就的医生。家长表示在新金山中文学校学习时，他们遇到都是好老师，中文学习对他们的成长很有帮助。我为林诗佳、林诗雨姐弟俩感到骄傲，同时也相信我们现在的学生会像他们一样将来在各行各业取得成就。
其次，我要跟大家报告一个特别的好消息：2023年中国寻根之旅活动下半年正式启动。
我校从2011年起每年组织学生赴中国文化寻根，截止2019年共有近700位学生参加过在中国各地举办的寻根之旅活动。寻根之旅活动因文化内容和活动形式丰富多彩，让学生们学到了中华传统文化知识和传统文化才艺，饱览名胜古迹、美丽山水，品尝各地美食等，极大提高了学中文和中华文化的兴趣，对VCE中文高考的文化研究提供宝贵的帮助，对海外华裔后代的文化认同产生极大的影响，因而广受师生和家长们的欢迎，每年的名额供不应求。但因受疫情影响，寻根之旅活动暂停了三年，改为网上夏令营形式开展。据最新消息，鉴于全球疫情逐渐缓解，寻根之旅活动主办方中国侨联决定从2023年7月1日起将恢复在线下举办海外华裔青少年赴中国开展寻根之旅活动，今年全世界共有3000名华裔学生有机会可参加中国各省市承办的寻根之旅活动。
我校在墨尔本福建籍社团负责人的大力支持和中国福建省侨联领导的关心下，目前争取到今年九月假期赴中国福建参加寻根之旅的部分名额。此外，我校还在争取今年12月假期赴中国广东的寻根之旅活动等。寻根之旅活动为非营利性，具体费用、活动内容、日期等信息稍后公布。
根据中国侨联的规定必须是12岁以上的学生且由中文学校批准方可报名（不接受学生个人向侨联报名），参加过网上夏令营并获得优秀营员奖励的学生优先。
如果您的学生、您的孩子，或者您本人有兴趣参加寻根之旅活动，但是您从来没有参加过网上夏令营活动，或者参加过但没有被评上优秀营员的，现在有机会报名参加今年的网上夏令营活动，争取在活动中评上先进（只要坚持每天打卡听故事、看视频，完成小任务的都有机会）。报名参加网上夏令营请点击。如欲了解前几年网上夏令营的情况，欢迎大家到我校官网查阅：www.xjs.vic.edu.au
期待大家的参与。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,
Last week was the first week of Term 2. Due to the enrolment of some new students, we had to rearrange some classes to ensure the quality of teaching. Thanks to the support and cooperation of the parents, the class rearrangement went smoothly.
First, I would like to report some good news from one of our previous students. According to the report of 7 NEWS, last Friday night, 12 Victoria’s best and brightest young minds were celebrated at the 7NEWS Young Achiever Awards. and one of XJS’ previous student 27-year-old doctor Victor Lin took out the top honour, the HR Gurus Career Achievement Award for his cancer research and community charity work. Victor Lin is a full-time doctor at Royal Melbourne Hospital. Victor co-founded the Youth Australians’ Cancer Initiative, which provides a platform for young people to assist others in understanding cancer better. He also co-founded Teaching for Impact, an organisation that assists high school and medical students in Victoria and New South Wales through free online tutorials and lectures and a state-wide mentoring program. Victor started his Chinese language learning at XJS from young age and got high score in his VCE Chinese exam and obtained the All-Round VCE High Achiever Award. When the parent told me this good news, it reminded me Victor’s sister, Shijia Lin, who also got full score in 2010 VCE Chinese exam and is now working as a doctor as well. Their parent told me they were so lucky to have wonderful Chinese teachers at XJS and the Chinese language learning has contributed a lot in their all-round development. I’m very proud of Victor and Shijia and I believe our students would make great achievements as they do in various lines in the future.
Secondly, I would like to let you know that 2023 Chinese Culture Camp (in China) would resume later this year.
XJS has encouraged students to participate in Chinese Culture Camp in China since 2011 and about 700 students have benefited from the event up to 2019. The Chinese Culture Camp in China has enriched students’ experience in Chinese traditional culture, arts, places of history and Chinese gourmet, encouraged students to learn more in Chinese language and culture and provided great support in VCE students’ detailed studies. The event has made great impact on young people’s culture recognition for students with Chinese culture background and has been largely applauded by students and parents. Due to pandemic impact, the event has been suspended for three years and turned into online event. As the world is recovering, the event would resume from 1 July 2023 and about 3000 students with Chinese background all over the world would be given opportunities to participate in the event in various provinces and cities in China.
With the great support from the community leader from Fujian and leaders from Fujian Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, XJS has obtained some places in Fujian Chinese Culture Camp in September. We are also striving for some places in Guangdong Chinese Culture Camp in December. The event is non-for-profit and the detailed information including costs, itinerary and dates would be announced soon.
According to the FROC requirements, students over 12 years old approved by local Chinese language schools are permitted to register for the event and students are not accepted to register directly to FROC. The students who have been awarded Excellent Participants in Online Chinese Culture Camp in the last few years would be given the priority to register for the event.
If you are interested in the Chinese Culture Camp in China yet have never participated the Online Chinese Culture Camp, you are more than welcome to join our online event and try to get the Excellent Participant award (you are expected to listen to the stories and watch videos online everyday and complete your learning tasks). Please click here for online event registration. For more information about the previous online Chinese Culture Camp, please visit our school website at www.xjs.vic.edu.au.
Look forward to your participation. 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].
