各位老师、同学和家长：
大家好！先要跟大家重点讲一讲我们VCE中文部的一件大事。照惯例，我校每年会在第一学期举办表彰会，奖励在上个学年在中文高考中获得高分的学生。在2019学年，我校共有96位学生在VCE中文第一语言、第二语言、第二语言高级组和IB中文高考中取得高分好成绩（IB中文6位学生再次全部满分）。此外，在取得中文高分的我校学生中，有15位去年高考总分超过ATAR99分，有3位学生还获得维多利亚州高考全科冠军。
表彰高考高分学生，请他们分享学习经验和方法，是我校的传统之一。很遗憾，今年因受疫情影响无法举办表彰仪式。我们VCE中文部精心策划了一个别开生面的网上表彰仪式，邀请高分学生和指导老师相聚在“云表彰平台“，以每人献唱一句同时滚动播放96块金牌的特殊形式来庆贺成功、庆贺青春、庆贺美好未来。
“爱自心中开，歌从云端来 – 新金山中文学校2019年度高考表彰大会“将在5月9日/10日（本周六/周日）上午10:15分正式开播，整个仪式大约6分钟。这是我校历史上的第一次，欢迎全校老师、同学和家长们届时一起观看、一起分享学好中文的快乐：
此外，我校还有一项传统是每年组织学生赴中国开展文化寻根之旅，学习中华文化知识和技能，促进中文学习。去年我们与澳大利亚宁波同乡会联合组织了45位师生赴杭州、余姚和宁波等地参加寻根之旅活动，取得了圆满成功。今年虽受疫情影响无法成行，但中国侨联推出一项新的帮助海外华裔青少年学习中华文化、学好中文的活动 — “亲情中华，为你讲故事”的网上夏令营。我们可以在澳大利亚通过每天观看2个10分钟的视频参加这个活动。故事主要由“凯叔讲故事”提供，内容涵盖说文解字、姓氏起源、成语寓言、名著名人、人文地理、风景名胜、历史溯源、防疫知识等。按照学生年龄分组进行。
参加网上夏令营活动不收取任何费用，具体报名请参阅学校网站上的通知：https://xjs.vic.edu.au/2020chineseculturecamp/
最后，要再次向各位老师、同学和家长们表示感谢！上个星期我们全校学生的出勤率继续高达97%。
让我们本周末“云课堂”上再见！
胡培康
校长
新金山中文学校
Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School
Principal’s Message
Dear teachers, students and parents,
I would like to inform you a very good news of the school regarding VCE students. Normally, in Term 1, a VCE ceremony would be organized to present awards to students who achieved high scores in VCE exams in previous year. In 2019, 96 students gained outstanding scores in VCE Chinese First Language, Second Language and Second Language Advance and IB Chinese (all of our 6 students achieved full score in IB Chinese). Among these outstanding students, 15 students got 99+ in ATAR and 3 students were granted the Premier’s VCE Awards as Top All-Round VCE High Achievers.
It has been the school’s tradition to present awards to the previous year’s VCE high achievers where they would share their experience and learning tips with current VCE students. Due to the COVID-19, we have decided to transfer the ceremony online this year, inviting the VCE high achievers and their teachers to sing a song together “Tomorrow Will be Better” while presenting the gold medals of the 96 students and encourage all the VCE students this year to work hard and work together.
The virtual ceremony for 2019 VCE high achievers would be available online at 10:15am on 9/10 May (Sat/Sun). The ceremony is about 6 minutes and it is the first time we organize the VCE ceremony online. You are more than welcome to join us at https://youtu.be/R4-LOpYyKQs.
Each year, the school has another tradition, organizing students to participate in Chinese culture camp visiting Chinese cities and experiencing authentic Chinese culture. Last year, 45 students and teachers visited Hangzhou, Yuyao and Ningbo and the culture trip turned out to be another success. This year, the Chinese Culture Camp turns to be an online event as well. Participants are expected to watch two 10-minute videos each day on Chinese history, culture, tradition and tourist sites. The activity is free of charge. Please feel free to read the relevant information in details at https://xjs.vic.edu.au/2020chineseculturecamp/.
I would like again to appreciate the efforts all the teachers, students and parents have taken in online learning and last week 97% students attended our online classes. Good job!
Let’s meet at the virtual classes on this weekend.
Yours sincerely,
Kevin Hu
Principal
Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School
