新金山中文学校校长信箱 （26/08/2022）Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School Principal’s Message
各位老师、学生和家长：
大家好！本周末为第三学期第7个教学周，有关学期期末考试和学生各项中文技能比赛活动已经或即将举办。这里跟大家分别介绍一下：
首先，我校将首次组织学生参加“海外华裔青少年华文水平测试（简称”华测“）。华测是为测量海外华裔的祖语水平而设计的测试，是“汉语交际能力标志与评测体系研究”的阶段性成果，在中国暨南大学华文学院王汉卫教授带领下研发（我校使用的《中文》课本系暨大华文学院出版）。华测侧重考学生写汉字、认汉字的能力，与我们现在的中文学习密切关联但也有不同，学校组织学生参加华测也是一种尝试。我们计划在本学期最后一周3-9年级（包括中文高级班）学生参加华测作为期末考试的重要部分，参加测试学生的费用由学校承担，为此班主任老师会请家长们登记您的孩子最后一周是否出勤，以便准备预订试卷。
其次，照惯例，每年第三学期我校将举办学生写字朗诵比赛，旨在弘扬中华文化、继承中华民族的传统礼仪，同时为学生提供一个展示中文书写、汉语表达能力和文学艺术天赋的舞台，锻炼学生中文书写能力和汉语口语能力，陶冶学生情操，增进学生对汉语文字语言艺术的感受能力，促进中文书写艺术及汉语朗诵艺术在海外的发展和普及。1-3年级学生将参加“汉字书写（铅笔）比赛”，这将作为3个年级的期末考试内容之一。3-11年级学生将参加朗诵比赛，这也是他们本学期期末考试内容之一。朗诵比赛各年级的优胜奖将代表学校参加维州华校学生朗诵大赛决赛。
还有，我校VCE中文部从8月中旬已开始连续3周在12年级学生中开展学生学术检测活动。活动严格按照高考要求进行，为考生们提供了一次了解自身中文水平的机会。同时，也为老师更好的掌握学生成绩，有的放矢地进行后续教学工作提供了契机。参加的学生们努力准备、积极参与，争先恐后的锻炼和提升自己。
再有，首届五大洲华裔青少年国际汉字棋邀请赛将于本周末在中国宁波市举行，世界各国的参赛选手们将通过下载APP软件在线参赛。我校有40 多位学生将参加本周末举办的汉字棋国际邀请赛。比赛开幕式将在本周五（8月26日）北京时间下午3点半（墨尔本时间下午5点半）举行，Zoom 会议室直播，观看请点击：https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82689233837?pwd=M21PdHFMd1N1RWJjVjc2anZ4Sk9BZz09，Zoom会议号：826 8923 3837 密码：943081
此外，跟大家转发两个通知：
- 凡是参加过第二学期假期网上夏令营和中华文化大乐园的同学，您将有机会领取到JRW物业管理公司赠送的奖品，请点击：网上夏令营 中华文化大乐园
- 第三学期假期中华文化园活动报名已经开始，本次活动主办方作了精心策划，准备了精致丰盛的才艺道具和礼物，有不少亮点。通知发出即日已有30多位学生报了名，名额有限，有兴趣参加并在9月5日之前完成报名的将会获得$60的费用优惠，查询报名请点击此处
最后，祝大家健康平安！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,
This weekend is the 7th week of Term 3. I would like to inform you the information about the coming events and end-of-term exams as below.
- XJS would organise students to participate the “Overseas Chinese Youth Chinese Proficiency Test” (“Hua Ce”) for the first time. This test is designed to evaluate the Chinese language proficiency of students born outside China, based on the study of Standards and Assessment System of Chinese Communication Skills Evaluation organised by professor Hanwei Wang of Chinese Language College of Jinan University of China (our textbook series Chinese is also published by this organisation). Hua Ce is expected to evaluate students’ ability of writing and recognising Chinese characters which is related to but different from our current Chinese language learning and it is the first time XJS participates Hua Ce. XJS plans to make Hua Ce as the end-of-term test in the last week of Term 3 for all the year 3 to year 9 students (including advanced classes). XJS would bear the cost of testing and class teachers would request parents to report whether their child/ren would be present in Week 9 for test paper ordering purpose.
- As usual, Chinese Handwriting Competition and Reciting Competition would be held in Term 3, aiming to provide a stage for students to present their talents in Chinese handwriting and Chinese oral presentation, which could also practice their writing and speaking skills. Year 1-3 students would attend the handwriting competition which is also part of the end-of-term exams for the three year levels. Year 3-11 students would attend the reciting competition which also forms a part of their exams. The well-performed students in reciting competition would be nominated to participate in the final round of Chinese Reciting Competition among students in Chinese language schools in Victoria.
- VCE Study Competition has been organised since mid-August among Year 12 students. The competition not only presents an opportunity for students to understand their levels in Chinese language learning, but also allows teachers to know how much students have grasped in their learning and what can be done for their future learning. The participated students have been quite active in the competition and tried their hard to improve themselves through the event.
- The first Chinese Character Chess Competition is scheduled on this weekend at Ningbo, China and participants would join the competition through the designated APP. Over 40 XJS students would also attend the event. The Opening Ceremony is scheduled on Friday 26 August at 5:30PM (Melbourne time) online. Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82689233837?pwd=M21PdHFMd1N1RWJjVjc2anZ4Sk9BZz09，Zoom ID：826 8923 3837 Zoom Password：943081
Moreover, I would like to inform you the two notices below.
- All the participants of Online Chinese Culture Camp and onsite Chinese Culture Camp in Term 2 break would be able to collect the gifts provided by JRW Property International. Please click: Online Chinese Culture Camp onsite Chinese Culture Camp
- Term 3 Spring Chinese Culture Camp is now open for registration. The organiser of the event has made excellent preparation with abundant learning materials and gifts. Over 30 students have been enrolled on the first day when the registration is available. Places are limited. If you are interested in the event, you could enjoy $60 discount if payment is made by the 5th For details, please click here
Best regards,
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].
