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Dear students,

I hope you have had a great learning experience in Term 1 so far. I am writing to let you know that this Wednesday will mark the end of our Term 1 study and the classes will not run during the school holiday (no class on 13th and 20thApril).

Classes will resume on Wed 27 th April in Term 2 at the same time at the same venue.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any question. I wish you all a great and safe Easter Break!

Regards,

Juncai

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Dear students,

I am glad to announce that our three levels of Mandarin classes for adults will start on Wednesday 23 February. New students or existing students please enrol for this year's class via our community class webpage.

I look forward to seeing many of you next Wednesday.

Regards,

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新年快乐！Xin Nian kuai le.
Happy New Year everyone,

Community members and existing students who are interested in the Community Mandarin lessons for 2022,

Please wait for further notice regarding the language classes this year. We are finalising our staffing process and hopefully we will be able to start this year's class very soon.

Regards,
BSSC Community Chinese Language Program

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Dear students,

I hope this email finds you all well.

As we get close to the end of semester one, I would like to this opportunity to congratulate all on your effort and successful completion of your first semester learning of Chinese Language. I would also like to thank Ms Xu, Ms Tang and Ms Zhao for great work in all these classes. 谢谢！

Below is a few important dates you need to be aware of:

Starting from today, when you come into the Language Centre building, please use your mobile phone to scan the QR code to check-in as required by the Health Authority. If don’t have a mobile, you can use our sign-in sheet provided by our Chinese teachers.

23 June, today will be the last lesson of this Term

School holiday starts 26 June to 11 July

Term 3 lessons start from Monday 12 July and 14 July at usual time for different classes

Please let me know if you have any question.

I hope you all have a safe and restful holiday break.

Regards,.

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Mandarin Lesson Cancelled this Wednesday 2 June 

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Mandarin Lesson Cancelled this Wednesday 2 June 

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Dear students,

I hope you all are well and may have some time for your language revision during lockdown.

Due to the current lockdown in Victoria, the Mandarin lessons this Wednesday will be cancelled. We will send out further udpate about future lessons when we receive more information about the restriction. You may want to use the time to revise what you have learned so far. Also please feel free to email your Chinese teachers if you have any question.

Keep safe and we hope to see you soon.

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Monday 15 & Wed 17 Feb Community Lessons Cancelled

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Monday 15 & Wed 17 Feb Community Lessons Cancelled

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Dear students and parents,

Following the Government's announcement regarding the new statewide lockdown until 11:59 pm Wednesday 17 Feb, our community lessons that are scheduled on Monday 15 and Wednesday 17 Feb will be cancelled. Classes will resume if the lockdown is not extended and no further restriction is announced then. I will email everyone again when there is further update.

Stay safe and I look forward to seeing you soon.

Regards,
BSSC Community Chinese Language Program

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“Following the Government’s announcements regarding new statewide restrictions that came into effect at 11:59pm on Wednesday 3 February, there is new guidance for schools regarding the wearing of masks. People aged 12 and over must wear a fitted face mask when in public indoor spaces unless there is a lawful reason not to.  Students aged 12 or older must wear a face mask indoors when at school, unless…an exception applies.   School staff are not required to wear face masks while teaching or caring, but those who wish to do so, can. Staff must wear face masks in indoor areas of the school when not teaching or caring.  Visitors to school sites must also wear masks when indoors”.

Regards
BSSC Community
Chinese Language Program

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Class time updated for Non-Chinese background kids class

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Class time updated for Non-Chinese background kids class

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Dear parents,

There was an error on the website about the time period for Non-Chinese Backgrounds Kids Class. It has now been updated. The correct time should be on Monday from 3:50-4:50 pm instead of 4:40-6:40pm. Please refer to the updated version.

Regards,
BSSC Community
Chinese Language Program

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Dear students and parents,

新年快乐（Xin Nian Kuai Le）Happy New Year！As the COVID19 restriction eases in Victoria, we are hoping to resume the community classes onsite in Term 1. This will of course be subject to any changes of the situation as we get close to the start of the first lesson.

If you are considering restarting or continuing your learning of Chinese language and culture at BSSC Confucius Classroom Program, please head to the following pages for online registration. There are some changes in regards to room allocation for the adult class, and time & day change for some of the kids classes.

Please register as soon as possible because we will have a cap number for different classes.

Adult classes

https://bendigomandarin.weebly.com/community-class.html

Kids classes

https://bendigomandarin.weebly.com/community-kids-lessons.html

Note to beginner class students:

If you were a student in the beginner class last year and didn’t attend the online class this year, you will still register the beginner class.

If you have been attending the beginner online class with Ms Tang in 2020 and would like to continue that mode, we will be in touch with you as to what time and which day the online lesson will be on.

Measures we plan to put in place onsite include:

If you are not feeling well or exhibit any flu symptom, please do not come to the class

Your teacher will take the roll and mark your attendance

Space out tables and allow bigger class to be in the bigger room

Separate and shorter break time for different classes on Wednesday (7 minutes for each class between 5:45-6:06, which will be advised by your teacher)

Students use hand sanitiser as they come into the Language Centre

Kitchen will be closed, so no hot drink will be provided until further ease of restriction

Afternoon tea will not be served until further ease of restriction

Students should bring their own drink and snack if they need to

Student maintain 1.5 metres between each other

Bring your own face mask with you just in case you need to use it

bring your own stationery items

Please let us know if you have any question regarding the community class. I look forward to seeing many of you in the new school year.