各位老师、同学和家长：
大家好！紧张有序的第二学期即将过去，我们大部分校区将在6月20日/21日后放假，东南区和Brighton校区将在6月27日/28日后放假。我要感谢所有老师、同学和家长，在这疫情特殊时期克服种种困难支持学校，坚持中文和中华文化的学习。
由于年初起受疫情影响，我校第一学期延迟开学和提前放假也影响到教学计划的实施。因此，学校决定第三学期提前开学，即，7月11日/12日开学，9月19日/20日结束，共计11个教学周，弥补所有所缺的课。
基于对多元文化社区的健康和安全的考虑，教育部规定目前暂定第三学期所有社区语言学校暂时保持网络教学。第一步，先安排VCE11、12年级学生返校学习，然后根据疫情警报等级状况再做安排。师生们的健康安全始终是我校最重要的大事，虽然我们全校教师已经做好了重返校园授课的准备，但我们必须将听从教育部的安排，在社区环境安全、师生和家长们放心的情况之下重返校园。我相信，我们很快会在校园内跟大家相会的。当然，教育部有任何新的规定安排，学校会在第一时间及时向大家通报。
此外，从本星期日（6月14日）起，我校将有870位学生参加由中国侨联主办的“亲情中华，为你讲故事”网上夏令营活动。这是我校历史上报名参加某一项活动人数最多的一次，也是我们第一次以网上听故事的形式开展夏令营活动，更是家长们第一次可以亲身参与的亲子互动，跟孩子们一起学习中华文化，探索中文语言的奥妙。请家长们珍惜这个难得的机会，在两个星期里每天坚持花些时间带领孩子参加学习与互动，跟我们学校、中国侨联一起配合办好这个活动，并期待着将来您的孩子参加学校组织的赴中国开展文化寻根之旅活动。
我在这里需要特别指出的是：按照中国侨联的统一规定，本次活动免费（不收取任何费用）。我们870多学生分成了34个班级，每个班级将配备一位班主任老师每天向同学们发布夏令营提供的故事音频，每天做学生完成任务的评判。所有班主任老师都是网上夏令营活动的志愿者。为此，我恳请并感谢所有家长对老师们的工作给与支持和配合。
预祝所有同学在本次网上夏令营活动中取得收获并圆满完成夏令营的各项任务！
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,
Term 2 is coming to an end soon and for most campuses Term 2 would finish on 20/21 June except for Noble Park and Brighton campuses where Term 2 finishes on 27/28 June. I would like to thank all the teachers, students and parents for their consistent contribution and support to our Chinese language and culture learning at this very difficult time.
Due to the late commencement and early finish of Term 1 during the hit of COVID-19, we now decide to start Term 3 earlier than usual. Thus, Term 3 would start from 11/12 July and finish on 19/20 September with 11 weeks in total to make up all the classes missed.
Considering the health and safety of our multicultural communities, the DET has decided that all the community language schools would keep on online learning in Term 3. VCE 11 and 12 students would go back to school as the first stage and the next steps would be arranged once the COVID-19 alert is eased. The health of our teachers and students are always our first priority. Although our teachers have fully prepared for going back to school, we have to follow the instructions of DET making sure the learning environment is safe for all the community members. I believe we will see each other again on campus very soon and I will inform you any update once there are any new instructions from DET.
From this coming Sunday (14 June), 870 students would participate in the Online Chinese Culture Camp which is also the most participated activity in the history of our school. This is not only the first time that students join the Chinese Culture Camp by listening Chinese history and culture stories online, it is also the first time that parents could join their children in the event sharing the experience of Chinese language and culture learning. We encourage all the parents to participate the event actively with their children within the two weeks and hope they could win the chance of joining the Chinese Culture Camp in China in the future.
I would like to remind you that this event is free of charge according to the requirement of the Chinese organizers. 870 students would be placed in 34 classes with one volunteer teacher in each class sending Chinese story audios every day to students and comment the tasks students have submitted every day. Therefore, it would be much appreciated if parents could present respect and support to all these volunteer teachers during the event.
I wish all the participants enjoy your experience and accomplish all your learning tasks successfully in this online Chinese Culture Camp.
See you this weekend.
Best regards,
Kevin Hu, Principal
Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School
