秋天让新府学的校园有了韵味，颜色分明，在秋日的暖阳中，让我们一起走进新府学外国语学校的11月。
第十一届校园赛圆满结束，95%学生晋级城市半决赛
什么是Good Talk国际青少年双语演讲大会(原“地球村”国际青少年双语演讲大赛)?这是一个面向全世界青少年共同参与的一个赛事，在这个赛事上，各国青少年用非母语的英文或中文进行交流与比拼，大赛以双语言为媒介、以演讲为形式。
大会分为中国精英双语演讲大会、海外双向双语交流大会、世界名校校园巡回演讲三大板块，秉承“中国学生‘世界化’、世界学生‘中国话’”的宗旨。在每届大会中，拟定同一个主题，中国学生以英文演讲，国际学生以中文演讲。大会开始于2009年，一年一届的活动在中国、新加坡、澳大利亚、美国、丹麦等世界多个国家举办。旨在通过不同国家的青少年使用第二语言演讲交流，推进中英双语在全世界的普及、加深各国青少年对彼此文化的认知与理解，以及选拔具有国际影响力的青少年外交人才。
今年，新府学初小部是第二届参加此项赛事，在校园初赛中，新府学的孩子们以出色的英文表达能力、良好的表现力、颇具特点和风采的演讲内容等，95%报名了此项比赛的孩子通过校园初赛，顺利晋级城市半决赛。通过比赛和交流，提升了孩子们的学习热情和社交能力，也激发了孩子们更加关注中国文化。
在12月份，Good Talk将迎来城市半决赛，新府学的孩子们将挑战新的话题，在更大的舞台上自信的表达自己，向世界传播中国文化。当孩子们自信的站在舞台上时，结果已经不是最重要的了，因为他们已经战胜自己，那么，他们就具备了面向世界和未来的勇气。
多元期中测评，鼓励学生全面发展
11月第一周，新府学初小部的孩子们进入了期中测评周，对孩子一个阶段的学习进行全面评估。期中测评小学涉及的学科包括中文、英文、中文数学、英文数学、IPC、舞蹈、音乐、美术、体育;初中涉及的学科包括中文、英文、中文数学、英文数学、自然科学(物理、化学、生物)、人文与社会、艺术、体育等。
期中测评不仅包含笔试，还包含持续一段时间内孩子们的综合成绩，在外教教授的部分学科里，还包含学生面试。艺术、体育学科组方面，测评更是涉及到孩子们对基础知识或技能的掌握、学科运用能力、表现能力以及平时学校艺术体育活动方面的参与度。
每位学生家长将在期中测评之后收到一份全面的评价报告，里面不仅包含孩子的测评成绩，还包含每一位任课老师对学生的综合性评价。这样更利于每一位家长了解孩子的情况，也让每一位孩子更了解自己的进步，我们鼓励每一位新府学学生不仅仅关注在某一方面取得的成绩，而是积极学习和参与到各个学科组及活动当中，鼓励学生全面发展。
新府学学生在国际金牌数学竞赛
AMC中喜获佳绩
全球超大规模的校际数学竞赛——澳大利亚数学竞赛(AMC)的竞赛成绩于上周在官方微信和网站发布，新府学学生最终超90%的学生斩获奖项，其中一、二、三等奖获奖比例均高于此项赛事的平均获奖率。
澳大利亚数学竞赛(AMC)是全球超大规模、历史悠久的金牌校际数学竞赛，这项比赛有41年历史，总计32个国家1450万名学生参与，由国际权威学术机构澳大利亚数学联合会(AMT)举办。新颖的题型和多语言试题让全球的数学爱好者们得以在数学领域深刻切磋，共同学习，并深刻认识数学在实际生活应用中的重要性。
参加国际数学竞赛是新府学“数学+”教学体系中重要的组成部分，从三年级开始，新府学数学开始进行分层教学，根据孩子的具体学习情况，进行因材施教。通过数学课程的分层设置，思维训练，从而培养学生理解数学知识、分析问题逻辑、从而解决数学难题的能力，真正提升学生的数学逻辑思维能力。数学是基础学科，也是最重要的学科之一，未来也将成为中国学生申请国外顶尖大学的优势学科之一，通过数学建立良好的逻辑思维能力及分析问题解决问题的能力，帮助学生延伸到其他自然科学科目，并拓展其他领域的发展。
多维度家长会，家校共育助成长
本周五，新府学初小部将召开各个班级的集体家长会。接下来的两周时间内，家长可以与中外教班主任及各学科课任老师，约一对一家长会，进行更深入的沟通。
新府学在每个学期期中、期末都会开展多种形式的家长会，根据学生成长的不同阶段，从不同维度加强家长联合及沟通。我们始终相信，家校共育是最好的教育方式。学校与家庭是相互配合的统一体，只有当家校的教育理念、教育行为、教育态度达到高度一致时，孩子才能够在一个安全且健康自由的空间里成长，才能够形成正确的人生观和价值观。
11月末，学校还将为家长们提供走进校园的机会，家长们可以走进孩子们的课堂，和孩子们一起上课，分享孩子们在学校成长的点点滴滴，分享孩子们在学校的故事。
孩子们成长的每个阶段都独具他们的年龄特点，他们的性格及行为习惯形成也与家庭教育有着密切的关系。当孩子们走进学校时，他们需要的是老师与家长高度配合，共同参与他们的成长，两者缺一不可。我们期望每一个孩子身心健康的成长，当他们逐渐成人时，他们可以更加自信勇敢的面对自己、面对未来和这个世界。
2019/11
The Xin Fuxue GoodTalk Campus Competition promoted 95% of its Contestants to the national Semi-finals
What is the GoodTalk (Global Village) Youth Bilingual Speech Conference? It is a competition that attracts the participation of young students from across the world. These students communicate and compete using their non-native language. In all, the conference takes the form of a bilingual speech contest.
GoodTalk consists of three speech competitions, namely the GoodTalk Speech National Finals (China), the GoodTalk Global Village Children & Youth Bilingual Speech Convention in Singapore and School Campus Speech Tour in the world. The mission is to “allow Chinese students to go international and teach international students Chinese”. Each year, Chinese students give Chinese Language speeches and international students gave English speeches under a designated topic. Starting from 2009, this annual event has been held in China, Singapore, Australia, America, Denmark, and other countries. Through speeches and communication in a second language, GoodTalk aims to promote English and Chinese languages around the globe and deepen the young generation’s understanding and knowledge of different cultures and cultivate young diplomatic talents that have international influence.
This is the second year that XFA elementary and middle school have participated in the GoodTalk competition. In the school-based competition, our students presented enlightening speeches, showcasing their fluent English and expression abilities. 95% of the participants were successfully promoted to the national semi-finals. This competition and communication inspired students’ passion for learning, improved their social ability and aroused their interest in Chinese culture.
The GoodTalk national semi-finals are to be held in December when our students will be faced with more challenging topics, express themselves on a bigger stage with greater confidence and spread Chinese culture to the world. When they stand on stage with confidence, the result becomes the least important issue. What’s important is that they dare to take challenges in the future.
Diversified mid-term assessments promoted all-round development of students
XFA elementary and middle school students took the mid-term examinations during the first week of November. The subjects accessed in elementary school include Chinese language, English language, Chinese Mathematics, English Mathematics, dance, music, arts, and sports. The subjects accessed in middle school include Chinese language, English language, Chinese Mathematics, English Mathematics, natural sciences (physics, chemistry, biology), humanities and society, art, sports, etc.
The mid-term examinations include not only written tests but also the comprehensive scores for the first quarter of the year. In some disciplines taught by foreign teachers, interviews are also included. In art and sports, the assessment is related to the children's mastery of basic knowledge or skills, the ability to express themselves, and participation in school athletic competitions.
Each student's parents will receive a comprehensive evaluation report which includes not only assessment results, but also comments from every subject teacher. With this report, parents can better understand the learning of the child and the child can know more about their progress. We encourage every student to actively learn and participate in various subjects and activities, instead of a certain subject or aspect, to develop in an all-round way.
XFA students won the international mathematics competition AMC
The results of the Australian mathematics competition (AMC), the world's largest inter-school mathematics competition, were published on the official WeChat and website last week. More than 90% of XFA students won prizes, among which was first, second and third prizes were higher than the average winning rate of the competition.
The Australian mathematics competition (AMC) is one of the world's largest and oldest inter-school mathematics competitions. The 41-year old competition, with 14.5 million students from 32 countries, is organized by the AMT. The innovative questions and multi-language questions enable math lovers all over the world to learn from each other in the field of mathematics and have a deep understanding of the importance of mathematics in practical life.
To participate in the international mathematics competition is an important part of the "Mathematics Plus" teaching system of XFA. Starting from the third grade, XFA students begin to carry out differentiating teaching of mathematics, teaching students following their aptitude and their specific learning conditions. Through the differentiating setting of mathematics courses and thinking training, students can be trained to understand mathematics knowledge, analyze the logic of problems and solve mathematical problems, to truly improve their mathematical logical thinking ability. Mathematics is not only a basic subject but also one of the most important subjects. In the future, it will become one of the advantageous subjects for Chinese students to apply for top foreign universities. Through mathematics, they can build good logical thinking ability and problem-solving ability to help themselves in learning other science subjects and help with their development in other fields.
Parent-Teacher Meetings
This Friday, each class in elementary will hold a collective teacher parents meeting. Then, over the next two weeks, parents will have one-on-one teacher parents’ meetings with Chinese and foreign teachers and subject teachers.
Each quarter, the XFA staff will carry out a variety of forms of teacher parents’ meetings to strengthen the communication with parents according to the different stages of students' growth and from different dimensions. We always believe that home-school education is the best way of education. School and family are the unity of cooperation. Only when the educational concept, educational behavior and educational attitude of the school and families are highly consistent, can children grow up in a safe, healthy and free space and form a correct outlook on life and values.
At the end of November, the school will also provide an opportunity for parents to visit our campus. Parents will have a chance to sign up and come in to view their child’s class.
Every stage of a child contains it’s own age characteristics. The formation of their personality and behavior habits is closely related to family education. When children go to school, they need a high degree of cooperation between teachers and parents to cultivate their growth. We hope that every child will grow up healthily both physically and mentally. When they become adults, they can be more confident and braver to face themselves, the future and the world.