各位老师、同学和家长好！
本周末是我校第二学期最后一个教学日，除了东南区和Brighton校区下周补课之外，从6月22日起学校放假了。第三学期将于7月11日/12日开学，9月19日/20日结束，请大家做好准备。
教育部基于对社区语言学校师生健康安全的考虑，目前规定第三学期我们还需暂时保持网课教学，一旦疫情紧急状态消除后才可返回校园上课，我们的老师们已经同时做好了网课和返校上课的准备。VCE11、12年级学生被允许在第三学期返校上学，但是必须征得给我们租用教室的日校的同意。因此，各校区VCE11、12年级学生上课的安排，请以学生所在的班级班主任老师的通知为准。
照惯例，第三学期我们还将会给学生们发放作业本（有些班级还需发教材）。由于不少日校规定为了校园的安全周末不对外开放，这给我们带来一定的困难，我们各校区将不得不考虑选择合适的时间和场所分发作业本等。这里，恳请大家注意各校区的通知（特别是领取时间和地点），请予谅解和配合为盼。
上个星期日（6月14日），我校有760位学生参加了由中国侨联主办，广东省侨联、深圳市侨联和余姚市侨联分别承办的“亲情中华.为你讲故事”网上夏令营第四期活动，还有120位同学将参加从6月29日起的第五期活动。
从网上夏令营开营几天来的情况看，大部分学生在家长的帮助下每天积极参加“打卡”，完成小任务，并且交出了非常出色的好作业。我注意到，有学生因为年龄小和家长无法提供中文辅助受困惑，也有学生觉得网上夏令营每天提供的四个故事内容浅问题太简单。这是正常的情况，坚持参与总会有收获的，我们的班主任老师也会照常提供帮助的。现在29位夏令营班主任老师每天要花好几个小时组织管理班级，他们表现出高度的认真和负责任的工作态度。我要给所有的老师们点赞。令人可喜的是，在网上夏令营开营仪式上，各个校区的50多位各个班级的营员代表们的发言个个相当棒，他们通过视频发表的对夏令营期待的演讲水平高，也反映出我校的中文教学质量好。我要给所有的学生们点赞。再有，40多位家长的发言也很精彩，他们对中华文化的理解，对海外华裔青少年如何传承中华优秀文化的重视，对中国侨联举办的此次 “亲情中华. 为你讲故事”网上夏令营活动的认可和参与，以及他们对我们中文学校和老师们的信任和支持，再次表明了我们的家长们素质高。我也要给所有的家长们点赞。
在第二学期即将结束之际，回顾我们学校在第一学期末和第二学期所面临的百年不遇的特殊困境下，我们被迫从实体课堂转入网上教学，全校老师、同学和家长们一起表现出了强大的凝聚力，我们克服种种困难，坚持在网上保持学习中文和中华文化，这个值得我们学校社区的每一位成员引以自豪。
基于此，我代表学校向所有教职员工、学生和家长们表示衷心的感谢！我相信，随着疫情状况的好转，我们很快会在校园内相会。
最后，祝大家有一个愉快轻松的假期生活。我们7月11日/12日网上再见！
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,
This coming weekend is the last week of Term 2 and school holiday starts from 22 June except for Noble Park and Brighton campuses where students are expected to have their last week of learning for Term 2 on 27/28 June. Term 3 starts on 11/12 July and ends on 19/20 September.
Considering the health and safety of our teachers, students and parents, we would keep on online learning in Term 3 based on the instructions from DET. We would not go back to school until the COVID-19 is eased and all our teachers are now ready for both online learning and face-to-face learning if required. VCE 11 and 12 students are permitted to go back to school in Term 3 if the mainstream schools from whom we rent classrooms allow us to do so. Therefore, all the VCE 11 and 12 students are expected to follow the instructions from their teachers of the campus.
In Term 3, students are expected to have new exercise books (or textbooks). However, as some mainstream schools do not allow us to use their campuses in Term 3 due to hygiene concerns, we have to find another suitable place and time to hand out exercise books and textbooks. Please follow the instructions from your campus (especially the book collection time and venue) and thank you for your understanding.
Last Sunday (14 June), 760 students participated in the Online Chinese Culture Camp and there would be 120 more students join the camp from 29 June. It seems that most students were able to accomplish the learning tasks everyday with their parents’ help and performed really well. However, there were some students who found the learning tasks either too difficult or too easy for them. I have to say it’s quite normal during your learning journey and you will benefit from this journey as long as you keep on doing it and our teachers would try their best to support you. Our volunteer teachers took several hours everyday providing supports to students and working really hard to make sure students benefit from the activities. I would like to present my sincere appreciation to all the participated teachers. On the Opening Ceremony of the event, over 50 students made a speech presenting their wishes and expectations for the event. I was really impressed by their level of Chinese speaking skills. Over 40 parents also presented their understanding on Chinese culture learning, their appreciation for the organizers of the event in China and for the contribution of all the volunteer teachers and their support on children’s Chinese language learning. I would like to give a big thumb to all our parents.
When I look back at the time we’ve gone through in Term 1 and Term 2, I’ve realized how hard our teachers, students and parents have worked to make the transaction from face-to-face learning to online learning successful and how strong our bonds between parents and teachers are at this very difficult time. I am very proud of every one of you in our school community. I would like to say thank you to all of you and I believe we would see each other again on campus when the COVID-19 is eased.
I wish you a happy and safe school holiday. Let’s see you again online on 11/12 July.
Best regards,
Kevin Hu, Principal
Xin Jin Shan Chinese Language and Culture School
