新金山中文学校校长信箱 (12/05/2023）Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School Principal’s Message

寻根之旅和网上夏令营活动报名的说明

各位老师、同学和家长：

大家好！我在上个星期的“校长信箱”里跟大家报告了中国侨联将从今年7月起恢复举办海外华裔青少年赴中国的文化寻根之旅活动。这个消息很快引起大家的关注，我们不少家长来电来函询问如何给孩子报名，一些老师来询问如何成为领队教师。我对此感到特别高兴，这说明了寻根之旅活动是深受海外华裔家长、学生和华校老师们欢迎的，也说明了中国侨联恢复举办寻根之旅活动的举措非常及时。

为做好组织我校学生赴中国寻根之旅的工作，我在这里专门跟大家讲一讲“寻根之旅“和”网上夏令营“及其报名事宜。

寻根之旅活动是我们把学生带到中国，学习中华文化和才艺，游览名胜古迹，品尝各地美食，让海外华裔后代增强民族认同，担当民间交流的和平使者。活动时间在12天左右，能满足我们海外华人希望让子女回到祖（籍）国体验中国文化和了解中国国情的迫切需求，深受我们海外华校师生和家长们的欢迎。我校从2011年至2019年每年定期组织学生赴中国文化寻根，分别在上海、广东、湖南、河南、云南、安徽、福建、河北、天津和浙江等省市参加各地侨办、侨联举办的海外华裔青少年寻根之旅活动，平均每年参加人数80位。

2020年起，因全球疫情寻根之旅活动不得不停止，但中国侨联即时推出面向全球华裔青少年的 “亲情中华. 为你讲故事“网上夏令营活动，通过线上听故事、看视频，了解民风民俗、观赏名胜古迹和营员自己打卡、做作业、才艺表演等形式，帮助海外华裔青少年在疫情居家期间继续学习中文和中华文化。网上夏令营活动12天左右，受到我校师生、家长们的欢迎，从2020年至2022年我校组织学生分别参加了广东、浙江、福建、广西、北京等省市举办的网上夏令营活动，平均每年参加人数800多位，其中有近200位同学被评为” 优秀营员 “（根据侨联的规定，网上夏令营优秀营员在报名参加寻根之旅活动时优先安排，优秀班主任在申请担任领队时也将优先安排）。

“寻根之旅“和”网上夏令营“是两个目标完全相同但因大环境变化而形式不同的面向海外华裔青少年中国文化学习活动，因而广受海外华校师生和家长们的欢迎。今年上半年我们将继续组织学生参加网上夏令营活动，下半年组织学生赴中国寻根之旅。由于刚恢复寻根之旅活动名额极其有限，我们对所有12岁以上的学生开放报名，并将严格按照侨联的规定优先安排网上夏令营的优秀营员。

如果你没有参加过网上夏令营的，现在就可以报名参加，请点击报名。

寻根之旅和网上夏令营活动均为非营利性的活动。寻根之旅活动的主要费用为往返国际机票、国际旅行保险，以及因寻根之旅活动规定每10位学生必须有一位领队教师（不可是家长）而产生的一定的行政费用，在中国学习、旅游和食宿、交通费用全部由中国侨联承担。因而，所有报名的学生和学校推荐的领队均需经过侨联的审核批准。

目前，我校将有20个名额有机会参加在9月假期举办的赴福建寻根之旅活动。此外，由于我校学生积极参加浙江省侨联举办网上夏令营（余姚营、慈溪营、象山营等），营员打卡完成任务（作业）成绩优秀，同时积极参加宁波市侨联举办的汉字棋国际邀请赛和书法国际邀请赛并取得优异成绩，宁波市侨联计划将特别给我校30个名额在第二学期假期赴宁波寻根之旅活动。（我校学生曾于2019年赴宁波参加寻根之旅，相关活动报道请点击）。

如果你年满12岁，有兴趣想参加今年的寻根之旅活动当营员或领队，请点击报名。因名额有限今年没有参加的学生或教师，将在明年的寻根之旅报名录取中优先安排（所有报名的学生和老师请注意：你必须持有有效的护照或赴中国的有效旅行证件）。

有关寻根之旅活动的具体内容将会通知给所有报名的学生和教师，学校办公室不接待咨询，请大家谅解。

最后，天气渐冷，请大家注意保暖，多保重！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,

As you have known from our previous Principal’s Message, the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese has decided to resume onsite Chinese Culture Camp in China from July 2023. The news has attracted great attention of students and parents and we have received quite a few enquiries regarding registration, which shows that the event is largely applauded and it is the perfect timing for ACFROC to resume the event.

I would like to give you more information today about the Chinese Culture Camp in China. The purpose of the event is to provide youngsters outside China authentic experience in Chinese culture and arts, places of history, Chinese cuisine to encourage them to play the roles of culture exchange ambassadors. The duration of the event is about 12 days when youngsters outside China would have the opportunity to experience Chinese culture and understand the society of China with their own eyes. XJS has organised students to participate in Chinese Culture Camp from 2011 to 2019 visiting Shanghai, Guangdong, Hunan, Henan, Yunan, Anhui, Fujian, Hebei, Tianjing and Zhejiang etc and each year about 80 students have benefited from the event.

In 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the event had to be withheld and a new online Chinese Culture Camp was organised by ACFROC and participants were expected to listen to Chinese stories online, watch videos about Chinese history and places of interest and complete relevant learning tasks while they were doing remote learning. The 12-day event was also welcomed by students and parents. From 2020-2022 we have organised about 800 students each year to participate Guangdong Camp, Zhejiang Camp, Fujian Camp, Guangxi Camp and Beijing Camp etc and about 200 students have been awarded “Excellent Participant“ (according to ACFROC, the Excellent Participant receivers would have the priority to be accepted in Chinese Culture Camp in China and “Excellent Supervisor” receivers would have the priority to be accepted as Camp Leaders in in Chinese Culture Camp in China).

The online and onsite Chinese Culture Camp share the same purpose of encouraging Chinese culture learning among youngsters outside China. This year, we would still run online Chinese Culture Camp in semester 1 and the Chinese Culture Camp in China would be organised in semester 2. Due to the limited places for the onsite event, the Chinese Culture Camp in China is only accessible for students over 12 years old and would prioritise to those who have been awarded Excellent Participant in online Chinese Culture Camp.

If you haven’t participated in online Chinese Culture Camp, you have the opportunity to enrol now by clicking here.

The online and onsite Chinese Culture Camp events are non-for-profit. The main cost of Chinese Culture Camp in China includes international flight, international travel insurance and administration costs (according to ACFROC, every ten students should be accompanied by a leading non-parent adult). The costs including learning, travelling and accommodation in China would be covered by ACFROC. All the participants and camp leaders name list would be reported to ACFROC for approval.

Up to now, we have been given 20 places to participate in the Chinese Culture Camp in Fujian in September during Term 3 school holiday. Moreover, as we have actively participated in the online Chinese Culture Camp organised by Zhejiang Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (including Yuyao Camp, Cixi Camp and Xiangshan Camp, etc) and Chinese Character Chess Competition and Chinese Handwriting Competition organised by Ningbo Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, we now get 30 places to join Chinese Culture Camp in Ningbo during Term 2 school holiday (for our 2019 Chinese Culture Camp report in Ningbo, please click here for details).

If you are over 12 years old and would like to join our Chinese Culture Camp in China in 2023 as participants or camp leaders, please click here for registration. As the places are limited, if you are not able to get in 2023, you will be put on the waiting list for 2024 events (Please be aware: you will need valid passport or valid Chinese visa or travel permit for travelling to China).

The detailed information about the Chinese Culture Camp in China would be given to participated students and teachers later. The Chinese office is not available for enquiries about the event. Thank you for your understanding.

It’s getting cold recently. Please keep warm and take care. 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].