新金山中文学校校长信箱 (06/09/2024）Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School Principal’s Message
笔画春秋 传承文化
(English version available in the end)
各位老师、同学和家长：
大家好！今天在这里跟大家报告一下：上个星期日（9月1日）晚，中国驻墨尔本总领事馆举办了教师节招待会，邀请在维多利亚各大高校、各中小学以及华校的中文教师代表参加。世界各国设立教师节宗旨就是要向教师这一职业致敬，尊重老师，尊重教育。中国的教师节定为9月10日，从1985年起正式确定至2024年为第40个教师节。总领事馆房新文总领事和刘东源副总领事、陈小冬副总领事等领导邀请维州大、中、小学校和华校的中文教师到总领事馆作客，既是对所有教师的尊重，更是对在海外从事中文教育的教师的褒奖。
澳大利亚公立学校和大学的中文教育始于1960年代的墨尔本，虽然不是西方国家中最早的，但无疑是发展最好的国家之一。在维州，开设中文课的中小学学校多，学习中文的学生人数多。澳大利亚主流传媒时代报在两年前曾统计公布，在维多利亚州有超过9万中小学生在学习中文，中文在语言类教学中排名第一。在维州华社，墨尔本早在1909年就有澳大利亚第一家中文学校，后因受白澳政策影响不得不关闭。如今，在维州华社有几十所中文学校，注册学生1万8千多，学中文学生人数在整个维州社区语言学校学生人数中排名第一。这是所有在维多利亚州当中文教师值得骄傲的。
总领事馆特意在招待会正式开始前向大家推荐播放了一部名为“笔画春秋”的艺术短片。影片中，澳大利亚华裔青少年用歌声表达了他们对汉字之美的认知和对中华文化的敬意。影片由墨尔本魔镜艺术教育策划，宋晓光导演，匠心之作，值得推荐观看（观看请点击）。特别值得一提的是，该艺术片中学生们演唱的“笔画春秋”歌曲的词作者是我校高中部资深教师陈东风老师。歌词全文如下：
日出彩云间，海天水连空。 南北畅通无阻，空中眺远虹。 春江潮涌故土，乘骑江南烟雨，现一群大鸿。 笔笔画山河，字字写春秋；心中有阳光，处处架彩虹。
千公顷，都如镜，映秀峰。 无风浪起，惊现书山老翁。 遥指长江黄河，直解汉字天机，原来有楚雄。 笔笔画山河，字字写春秋；心中有阳光，处处架彩虹。
“笔画春秋”的歌词内容体现出作者深厚的文字功底，它歌颂了汉字的美妙和博大精深，由澳大利亚华裔青少年演绎这首歌也反映出中文教育旨在传承文字、传承文化。我在这里向陈东风老师表示敬意。我希望大家在观看这部艺术短片后能对汉字有更多的了解，培养学习中文的兴趣，学好中文和中华文化。
本周末是我校第三学期的考试季，除了早教、学前，各个年级会安排统一考试。我祝同学们考试顺利。
顺便预告一下：按惯例，我校1-12年精英班招生考试将于11月中旬（第四学期）举行，且精英班招生考试不收取任何考试费用。请大家留意第四学期公布精英班招生通知。
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 Sunday (1 September), the Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of China in Melbourne organised a Teachers’ Day Reception inviting the Chinese teacher representatives from local primary, secondary schools and universities in Victoria. The Teachers’ Day has been observed to pay respect to educators and teachers on 10 September in China since 1985 and this year is the 40th anniversary. The invitation from the Consul General Xinwen Fang, the Vice Consul Generals Dongyuan Liu and Xiaodong Chen has showed their respect to all the teachers and acknowledgement to the contribution the educators have made in Chinese language education in Australia.
The Chinese language education in government schools and universities started in Melbourne from 1960s and has turned well-developed if not early developed among western countries. In Victoria, there are quite a lot primary and secondary schools offering Chinese language lessons with huge number of students who are interested in Chinese language learning. In a survey published two years ago on The Age, over 90,000 primary and secondary school students were learning Chinese, making the language of Chinese the top learnt community language in Victoria. The first Chinese school in Melbourne started in 1909 and later closed due to the impact of White Australia Policy. Nowadays, there are dozens of Chinese language schools with about 18,000 students, making the number of Chinese language learners the top among all the community language schools in Victoria. It makes us so proud as Chinese language teachers.
Before the event, a short music video named Chinese Culture in Strokes was presented. The Chinese youngsters have been showing their understanding of the beauty of Chinese characters and their respect to Chinese culture with their beautiful vocals. The music video is produced by Mirror Drama Studio and directed by Xiaoguang Song. Please click here to enjoy it. I would like to mention the lyric of the song is written by one of our senior Chinese teachers Mr Dongfeng Chen. The lyric shows teacher Chen’s strong writing skills, appreciating the beauty and broad and deep meaning of Chinese characters and indicating the purpose of Chinese language education in inheriting language and culture. I would like to present my sincere respect to Mr Dongfeng Chen. I hope you enjoy the music video, understanding more in Chinese characters and being motivated in Chinese language and culture learning.
This weekend is the test week of the term. Students of all year levels except early-learning and prep students would sit end-of-term exams this weekend. I wish you all the best in the exams.
By the way, as usual, the selective entry tests for Year 1-12 Accelerated Chinese Program would be scheduled in mid-November (in Term 4) and the tests are free of charge. Please pay attention to the test notice in Term 4.
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].
