本周末学校照常上课通知
本周末学校照常上课通知
(English version available in the end)
各位老师、同学和家长：
大家好！我校2024学年的教学已经拉开了帷幕。欢迎老生返校，欢迎新生加入。根据学生点名统计：上个周末，全校有3500位学生到校上学。这是令人高兴的事，是学生和家长们对我校的信任和支持，更是对中华文化的认同和重视。我注意到有不少非华裔家庭将孩子送来我校学习中文，这是澳洲多元文化社会的可喜现象，我们一定会给这些学生的中文学习提供应有的帮助。
由于本星期六为中国农历正月初一（春节），是华人的传统新年。有家长因家里举办新年活动提出希望孩子本周临时换到周日上课，也有家长提出学校能否过年放假等建议。我个人对此表示深深的理解。但是，由于今年第一学期时间短（一共才8个教学周），教学任务紧，决定本周末照常上课。同时，鉴于周日班级比周六相对来说要少一些，教师人数也少，因此无法满足学生本周末从周六换到周日上课的请求。恳请同学和家长们谅解！
上个周末，开学第一天有些同学就想更改上课时间、有想要换班，以及部分班级学生人数较多需要分班等。我了解到还有为数不少的学生还在海外，其中有因几年疫情原因这次回国探亲过春节的，他们不久会重返我们学校。因此，我校将会在几个星期内根据生源的具体情况对班级安排作适当调整，尽可能安置好每位学生。但因我校学生多可能实在无法满足每学生的单个需求，我们会如实说明并请大家谅解。
此外，我在本星期一参加了教育部委托维多利亚州社区语言学校协会给社区语言学校校长举办的培训，现将培训中的几项重要内容报告如下：
1， 儿童安全。所有社区语言学校都是教育部认可的旨在保护儿童安全的社区语言学校，必须制定完善的儿童安全保护政策；所有社区语言学校的教职员工必须持有有效的Working with Children Check 证件，必须定期参加儿童安全培训并签署保护儿童安全的协议。社区语言学校保障校园安全，对任何语言和行为暴力零容忍。
2， 学生注册。教育部规定所有在社区语言学校学习的学生每年必须注册一次，学生需要提供与其向幼儿园、小学和中学提供的相同的个人信息（包括姓名、性别和出生年月日等）。社区语言学校必须在今年3月18日之前向教育部上报所有学生的注册信息供教育部审核，以此作为教育部给社区语言资助和购买公众责任险的重要依据。
3， 语言教学。教育部要求所有社区语言学校必须根据教育部制定的社区语言教学大纲的要求组织开展语言教学，有VCE语言教学资格的学校必须根据高考局制定的教学大纲的要求进行VCE语言教学。同时，维州教学质量监管机构将定期到社区语言学校检查教学和校园安全情况。
我校一定严格按照教育部的各项规定管理好学校的教学和行政事务，我们恳请学生和家长配合我们做好各项具体的工作，尤其是学生注册工作。我们已经做到了绿色办公—在线学生注册、网上转账付费，百分之九十五以上的家长已经成功给做好，感谢家长们的支持和配合。我也注意到全部在线工作难免也会给一些家长带来不便，如有困难请到校区办公室，我校员工有义务帮助您解决。当然，我也希望听到家长的反馈意见和建议，以便我们改进并在将来做得更好。
本周末是中国农历新年，在这里给大家拜年：祝各位龙年吉祥、健康平安、阖家幸福、学业进步、万事如意！
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 all the returned and new students. According to our attendance record, last weekend, 3500 students attended school, which is very positive. It shows trust from our students and their parents as well as their recognition and focus on Chinese language and culture. I’ve noticed that many non-Chinese background families send their children to XJS and we would provide them necessary support in their Chinese language learning.
This Saturday is the Spring Festival, the New Year in Chinese tradition. Some parents would like to transfer their children from Saturday to Sunday due to their family celebration for the New Year and some parents ask whether there will be a day off on Chinese New Year. I fully understand their concerns, however, there are only 8 teaching weeks in Term 1 and we have to keep on teaching and learning this weekend. As there are less classes on Sunday with less teachers available compared with Saturday classes, we might not be able to transfer students from Saturday to Sunday this weekend. I hope parents and students could understand it.
Last weekend, some students requested to change class time or transfer classes and some classes had to be split due to their large size. I’ve also known that there are quite a few students who are still overseas visiting their extended family members and they would return to XJS soon. Therefore, we might need to adjust classes in the following weeks based on the actual situation of the week and some students’ personal requests might not be able to be satisfied. We would let you know the situation if your requests have to be denied and we are very sorry for it.
On Monday, I attended a CLV training session for all the CLS principals and I would like to let you know some important information received:
1. Child safety. All the CLS schools are child-safe community language schools accredited by DET with all the relevant child safe policies. All the teachers, admin staff and volunteers are holding valid Working With Children Check and have to attend child safe training and sign Child Safe Code of Conduct. Community language schools have to ensure the child safety on campus and have zero tolerance to any language and physical abuse to children.
2. Student enrolment. DET requires all the students of CLS schools to register their information each year and the information provided should match what are provided to their childcare, primary and secondary schools (including name, gender, date of birth, etc). All the CLS schools are expected to submit students’ information to DET by 18 March and the information would be used for DET funding application and public liability purposes.
3. Language curriculum. DET requires all the CLS schools to deliver language teaching based on the language curriculum of DET and VCE Single Study Providers is required to deliver VCE teaching based on the curriculum of VCAA. Moreover, VRQA would regularly check the teaching and campus safety onsite.
XJS would observe all the relevant teaching and administrative requirements of DET and your understanding and cooperation would be much appreciated, especially the work of student enrolment. We’ve moved most of our work online such as online enrolment and online bank transaction and over 95% of parents have done it very well which we sincerely appreciate. I’ve also noticed that it brings some inconvenience for parents who are not confident working online. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to visit our offices onsite and our admin staff would be happy to assist you. I also would like to hear your feedback and suggestions to improve our work in the future.
This weekend is the Chinese New Year. I wish you a prosperous Year of Dragon. Keep safe and healthy, have a happy family, enjoy your learning and wish you all the best.
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].
