各位老师、同学和家长：
在我们大家齐心协力的努力下，我们顺利度过了一个曾经因疫情复发而短暂停顿的2021年第一学期。大家在重返校园后遵守疫情期间实施的各项规章制度，为校园内所有人的健康安全做出了贡献，我向大家表示由衷的感谢！
第一学期的学习本周末结束了。第二学期我们将在4月17日/18日开学，请大家做好准备。
我今天要跟大家报告一个好消息：由中国侨联等单位组成的世界华人学生作文大赛评委会不久前公布了第二十一届世界华人学生作文大赛上获奖名单，新金山中文学校、东区中文学校和西区中文学校榜上有名，成绩斐然。其中：
新金山中文学校VCE中文部王慧明老师辅导的学生邵兟麒参赛习作《口罩归国记》脱颖而出，荣获大赛特等奖（全球20个名额，澳大利亚唯一一位）。新金山中文学校、东区和西区中文学校分别有学生获得一等奖、二等奖和三等奖的等级奖，获奖的优秀作文的学生作者多达近百位。
本次比赛是目前世界上水平最高的华人学生作文大赛。全球39个国家和地区共有300多万学生参赛，大赛评委会专家评审团本着公开、公平、公正的原则，严格执行初审、复审、终审+复核的稿件评审制度，一等奖和特等奖获奖稿件全部采用中国各省专家评委交叉阅卷+评委会统一复核的评审流程，并且进行内容查重，严格过滤抄袭、拼凑稿件。全球仅千分之四的学生获得上述特等和一至三等等级奖。
大赛评委会还给我们近50位老师颁发了“优秀指导老师奖”，他们是：
东区中文学校肖勉凤、劳昕、汪献平、申立华、刘丽华、刘娜、李春春等老师；
西区中文学校游月华、谌峥、许可、赵卫红、郭向明、陈合民、徐萩玥等老师；
亲子学校徐敏、黎阳、黄世刚、谈思敏、韩译雪等老师；
精英中文部吴明、薛兰花、刘近知、徐佩芬、李想、张世銮、蔡丹虹、崔红爱等老师；
VCE中文部王慧明、刘幸嫦、周韧、山蓝、方颖、任莉莉、王野秋、苏培、吴春光等老师；
Mt Waverley总校崔红爱、张楹、王惠兰、金思敏、龚懿、高艳艳、蓝丽华、廖婉妤、杨阳、陈巧萍、赵文翔、李娴等老师。
我要向所有获奖学生和他们家长以及指导老师们表示祝贺！这个成绩再次证明了我们学校为社区提供了优质的中文教育，我们中文学校的老师和学生是最优秀的！
这里，我还要跟大家介绍一个全球性的学生华语朗诵大赛活动：由中国华文教育基金会主办的第四届全球华语朗诵大赛已经启动。在海外定居或在海外出生的3-18岁（分组别）华裔青少年均可参赛。朗诵内容：儿童诗歌、古诗、散文、杂文、寓言、小说、故事都可，个人参赛，限时4分钟，无配乐、无自我介绍，无需剪辑，MP4格式原视频，每人只可提交一次。有兴趣参加的同学可在假期里自我训练一下，并请注意新金山中文学校网站www.xjs.vic.edu.au上公布的参赛报名方法。下个学期开学第二周（4月25日，星期日）为视频递交截止期。然后我们统一报给大赛组委会。等候你的参加！
最后，祝大家有一个休闲快乐的假期生活，我们下个学期4月17日/18日见！
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,
Thanks to your contribution and cooperation, Term 1 is coming to the end although there was a short break due to the snap lockdown in Melbourne. I would like to present my sincere appreciation to all of you for following the COVID-19 rules and regulations on campus and creating a safe learning and working environment for all of us.
Term 1 would end on this weekend (27/28 March) and Term 2 starts on 17/18 April.
Today I would like to let you know some good news received recently. Students from XJS, ECLS and WCLS have been granted awards in the 21st Chinese Language Writing Competition. Our VCE student Shenlin Shao is granted Special Award (there are 20 Special Awards granted world widely and it is the only one in Australia) under the instruction of Ms. Huiming Wang. Among the three schools, a couple of students have been granted the First Prize, Second Prize and Third Prize and over hundred students have received awards.
This competition is the top-level Chinese language writing competition in the world and over 3 million students from 39 countries have participated the event this time. After serious marking and reviewing, only 0.4% of participants have received awards. 50 teachers from XJS, ECLS and WCLS have also received Excellent Instructor Awards. I would like to present my congratulation to all the students who have received awards, their parents and their instructors. This excellent outcome has once again demonstrated our high quality of Chinese language teaching and our teachers and students are the best.
Here comes another worldwide competition: the 4th Chinese Language Speaking Competition organised by Chinese Language and Culture Education Foundation of China. Students aged from 3 to 18 (in different age groups) born or living outside China are qualified to participate in the competition. The speaking presentation can be in the forms of nursing rhymes, poems, essays, fables, novels or stories within 4 minutes in MP4 format with no background music, no self-introduction and no editing. One student can submit only once. If you are interested, please fee free to visit our website at www.xjs.vic.edu.au for registration details. You could practice during school holiday and submit your presentation by the second week of Term 2 (Sunday, 25 April). After receiving your presentation, we would submit all the collected work to the organizer in China. Your participation is welcome!
I wish you a pleasant and relaxed school holiday and let’s see you again in Term 2 on 17/18 April.
Yours sincerely,
Kevin Hu, Principal