新金山中文学校校长信箱 (14/09/2024）Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School Principal’s Message

放假暨毕业班模拟考试训练通知

(English version available in the end)

各位老师、同学和家长：

大家好！我校今年第三学期的教学本周末结束。从下个星期一（9月16日）至10月11日放假，第四学期10月12日/13日开学。

放假期间，我校12年级各个班级因高考训练的需要保持上课（具体上课安排请留意班主任老师的通知）。其中，9月28日/29日为统一的口语模拟考试训练。请12年级的同学们站好高中中文学习的最后一班岗，在今年的VCE中文高考中考出好成绩。

此外，我校在上个星期周末举办了维州华校中华文化知识大赛初赛，共分1-3年级组、4-6年级组、7-9年级组、10-12年级组等4个组别的赛场。按照比赛规定，每个组别将选出前三名学生代表学校参加维州华校中华文化知识大赛的复赛和决赛。由于参加初赛的学生们的成绩相当接近难分胜负，部分组别不得不临时增加了考题。学校会向各个组别名列前茅的学生发出通知并安排培训并希望他们在维州决赛中取得好成绩。

今天，我还想跟大家介绍一下我们学校租用的最重要日校— Mt Waverley 中学（Mount Waverley Secondary College，简称MWSC）。MWSC创建于1964年，今年是该校建校60周年。上个世纪六十年代，由于Mt Waverley 地区人口快速增长，政府在学校目前的高中部校区开设了高中中学 Mt Waverley High School。建校初期只有73位学生、6位教师和1位行政人员。到上个世纪九十年代，学校更名为Mt Waverley Secondary College，增加了如今的初中部校区并在2008年重建，2012年工程完工时由当时的教育部长马丁. 迪克森先生亲自揭幕。如今的MWSC中学已成为维多利亚州最大的公立中学之一。该校在上个星期请来当年的第一批学生举办了建校六十周年的校庆活动。

我们学校自1994年租用MWSC中学以来至今已有整整30年，我们不仅见证了MWSC中学的发展，从单一高中部校区到同时拥有高中部校区和初中部校区（在维州公校中极为罕见），而且我们学校也随着日校的发展而发展，从单一的在高中部校区上课到同时在高中和初中部两个校区上课，极大地满足了来自维州各地周末要来我校上课的学生的需求。

特别值得一提的是，在过去的30年里MWSC中学的校长、管理团队和教师们换了好几拨，但是他们对我们中文学校的支持始终不变，对我们在周末因管理不善给日校教师周一上课带来的不便和麻烦没有简单严罚，我们总是有事共同商议解决。我从2008年起跟MWSC的历任校长建立起联络机制，至今还保留着每周一次固定的会面，我们关心对方学校的发展并提供力所能及的帮助。可以说，我们社区语言学校和正规日校建立了良好、密切的社区合作伙伴关系。因此，我在此祝贺Mt Waverley中学六十周年校庆，并向MWSC中学校长Karen Wade女士、学校管理层团队和教师们致以崇高的敬意。

最后，祝大家有一个快乐的春季假期生活。我们下个学期见！

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,

Our Term 3 ends on this weekend and the school holiday starts from next Monday on 19 September. Term 4 starts on 12/13 October.

During term break, our year 12 classes would still go on due to the preparation of VCE final exams (please check the class notice from your teachers for details). The mock oral test would be scheduled on 28/29 September. I wish you all the best for year 12 students and hope you could make a great achievement in the final VCE exams.

Last weekend, the first round of Chinese Culture Quiz Competition was conducted on campus for 4 different year groups. The top three students from each group would be selected to attend the second-round and final competition as the representatives of our school. Due to the great performance of the participants, we have to offer extra questions to decide the winners. The selected students of each group would receive notice from the school soon and a special training would be arranged for them later. I hope they could get a good result in the final competition.

Today, I would like to let you know the history of the school of Mt Waverley Secondary College. MWSC was established in 1964 and this year is the school’s 60th anniversary. In the 1960s, due to the Victoria’s rapid population growth, Mount Waverley High School was established on the current Senior Campus. Initially, there were only 73 students, 6 teaching staff and one staff member in the office. In early 1990s, the school changed its name to Mount Waverley Secondary College and added the Junior Campus. In 2008, the Junior Campus was rebuilt and in 2012 the campus was officially opened by the Hon. Martin Dixon MP, Minister for Education. Nowadays, MWSC has turned to be one of the largest public schools in Victoria. Last week, the school’s first group of students were invited to attend the celebration of its 60th anniversary.

It has been 30 years since XJS first rented the campus of MWSC in 1994. We have witnessed the development of MWSC, from one senior campus to both senior and junior campuses (which is rare in Victoria schools). XJS has also developed from only running classes on the senior campus to running classes on both campuses on weekends, meeting the needs of local students and even those from other areas who are interested in Chinese language learning.

I would also like to mention that in the past 30 years we have received continuous support from the MWSC although the school’s principals, management teams and teachers have changed a lot. They have never criticised us harshly on the trouble and inconvenience we have brought to them and are always ready to solve the problems with us. Since 2008, I have established a communication routine with the principals of MWSC and organised a face-to-face meeting with their principals every week. We care about each other school’s development and concerns and provide support as much as possible. As a community language school, we have proudly established a healthy and cooperative relationship with local mainstream school. I would like to present my sincere congratulations to MWSC for its 60th anniversary and pay my respect to the school principal Mrs. Karen Wade, its management team and all the teachers at the school.

I wish you a wonderful Spring holiday and let’s see you in Term 4.

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].