新金山中文学校校长信箱 (08/09/2023）Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School Principal’s Message

假期毕业班加课、口语模拟考试和中秋、才艺等假期活动通知

各位老师、同学和家长：

大家好！本周末（9月9日/10日），我校第三学期顺利结束。第四学期10月7日/8日开学。在放假之前，有些学校组织举办和推荐的活动跟大家介绍一下：

第一，毕业班口语模拟考试。我校12年级毕业班的学生已经进入高考倒计时的冲刺阶段，为帮助他们增加信心，训练考场经验，学校将在本次假期（9月23日/24日）给所有毕业班的学生举办统一的口语模拟考试，同时安排在9月16日给12年级学生统一加课。

除此之外，学校应学生和家长的要求会组织专业教师举办口语、写作和阅读理解等强化训练，请同学们留意老师的通知自愿报名。

所有12年级的同学们：加油！

第二，寻根之旅活动。我校和澳中青少年交流协会合计32位学生和领队受侨联邀请将在假期（9月16日—28日）代表海外华裔青少年赴中国福建省泉州市参加文化寻根活动。由于这是经过三年疫情之后从今年7月起刚开始恢复举办的活动，因此名额相当有限，而报名学生比较多，最后所有报名学生都经过了面试才被入选。有些学生因各种原因错过了报名向学校提出能否作特殊考虑。我很理解这些学生迫切希望参加寻根之旅活动的心情，我们学校和澳中青少年交流协会已多次跟侨联磋商，很遗憾这次实在无法给我们增多名额，希望这些同学下次留意报名通知。

这里，预祝寻根之旅福建泉州营取得成功，祝师生们平安、满载而归！

第三，中秋活动。我校校区合作伙伴墨尔本紫诚阁将于2023 年 9 月 23 日（星期六）下午5:30分至晚8点，在他们的会所（Unit 1. 14-26 Audsley Street. Clayton South VIC. 3169）举办亲子同乐中秋联欢活动欢迎我校师生和家长参加（学生4岁以上均可由家长陪同参加）。参加的学生将获得灯笼并参与灯笼游行。费用每位$10（除了学生有灯笼之外，还有月饼和盒装晚餐）。

有不少家长还记得紫诚阁曾连续数年赞助我校学生的写字比赛和朗诵比赛，对那里也比较熟悉。本次中秋活动因场地因素限额参加，名额有限，报名从速，请点击：https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/lanterns-for-allzck-tickets-707812094027（报名截止：9月18日星期一）。

第四，华裔青少年才艺比赛。由维多利亚州华文学校联络会举办的第二届“华文杯”—2023年维州华裔青少年才艺大赛，经过校内动员，学生自愿报名，目前已进入到我校初赛、复赛阶段。请所有报了名的学生留意查看关于比赛要求的具体通知，并按照要求参与比赛。

第五，“我们的故事”征稿。第二届“侨见·我们的故事”中华文化海外传播活动正式开始，本届活动以“家的故事”为主题，讲讲你和家人的故事，包括家人在海外（侨居国）奋斗、创业的故事，家庭生活中的温馨故事，家训、家风、家书、家乡等相关故事，家国天下和符合主题要求的其它内容。

所有年龄12-30岁青年、青少年，以单人或多人组合形式报名参加。作品要求：短视频，仅限中文、英文。主题突出、语言准确、结构合理、表达流畅（图像：采用16:9横屏画面和主流视频格式，分辨率及帧数不低于1080/25p（1920*1080像素，每秒25帧；时长：3-5分钟）具体要求请点击。截稿时间：11月10日（星期五）。

第六，教研活动。照常规，我校各年级都会在假期举办年级组教研活动，这是学校对每个学期教师教学工作的回顾和总结，也是教师间分享经验促进教学质量提供的一个重要途径。最近，有家长给我写信谈了对我们中文学校使用的教材、教学方法乃至考试复习的一些看法。我谢谢这位家长并会把家长提出的问题转给各年级组的老师们，希望能听到这些在教学第一线老师们的反馈，然后再跟我们学校社区的所有成员一起来讨论如何改善教学这个重要的话题。

这里，跟大家推荐一个国内侨务部门专门帮助海外华校和华裔青少年学习中华文化知识和才艺的一个新平台“华语. 侨心”，只要在YouTube里搜索“华语侨心”就可看到不少制作质量相当好的文化才艺兴趣课（包括24节气、国画书法等），可丰富假期生活。建议进入“华语侨心”平台后点击右上角的“订阅”，这样一旦有新的内容（比如即将到来的中秋、重阳等）你可第一时间获得甚至参与直播活动。

最后，祝大家有一个快乐的春天的假期生活！下个学期见！

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 our Term 3 ends this weekend (9/10 Sept) and Term 4 starts on 7/8 October. I’d like to share with you some holiday events coming during the term break.

1. Year 12 mock oral test. The final VCE exams are approaching soon. To provide Year 12 students with some extra practice, mock oral tests would be available on 23/24 September and some extra classes would be arranged on 16 September for Year 12 students.

2. Chinese Culture Camp in China. 32 students and group leaders from XJS and Australian Chinese Youth Exchange Association (ACYEA) have been invited to participate in the Chinese Culture Camp in Fujian (16 Sept to 28 Sept) learning local history and culture. The event has been resumed this year after 3 years’ pandemic and places are confirmed after interview process. It’s a pity that some students have missed the registration due to various reasons. I fully understand their passion in participating the event and ACYEA and XJS have negotiated with local offices of All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese for more places. However, it hasn’t been very successful. I hope they could get the chance next time. I wish the event all the best and hope all the participants could return with rich experience and harvest.

3. Moon Festival event. Our community partner ZeeChengKhor Melbourne is organizing a Moon Festival event on Saturday 23 September (5:30pm-8pm, Unit 1, 14-26 Audsley St, Clayton South, Vic, 3169) inviting our students (4-year-old and above accompanied by parent), parents and teachers to join the event. The participating students would be given a lantern as a gift and could join the lantern parade on the day. Cost: $10 per person (moon cakes and dinner packs would be available). The places are limited. Please feel free to click the link for registration (due on Monday 19 September): https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/lanterns-for-allzck-tickets-707812094027

4. Overseas Chinese Youth Talent Show. The 2023 Overseas Chinese Youth Talent Show Victoria organized by Chinese Language Schools Association Victoria is ready for the first-round competition. All the registered students are expected to read the relevant notice and join the competition as indicated.

5. Our Story short video competition. Our Story short video competition is inviting students to present their stories themed on ‘the story of family’, talking about their family, how their family members thrive in their country of residence, the sweet moments in their family life and stories about their family’s motto and values.

Students 12-30 years old are welcome to join the competition as individuals or small groups. The short video is in Chinese or English only with focused theme and clear narrative and well-structured presentation (short video should be in 16:9 horizontal screen, recorded in major video format, 1080/25p, 3-5 minutes). Please click here for details. The registration is due on Friday 10 November.

6. Teacher’s seminar. As usual, we would organize teacher’s seminar during term break to present teachers an opportunity to reflect what has been taught in the term and share teaching experience with others. Recently, a parent raised concerns regarding our textbooks selected, teaching methods and testing preparation. I appreciate the feedback provided by the parent and would pass the information to our teachers. I hope they could think about it and work with all the community members on how to improve our teaching and learning.

In the end, I wish you a pleasant and enjoyable spring school holiday. Let’s see you next term.

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].