万能学术励志奖颁奖礼
我校于12月1日（星期四）举办了一年一度的休业式，在活动进行的开端，为了奖励同学们在成绩上的有所进步，万能有限公司就此颁发了万能学术奖给各班同学，勉励同学在学习的道路上能继续前进。此外，行政代表莫壮燕副校长也代表全体师生感谢万能集团并告诉全体学生学习最重要的是知识追求，自我提升的需求及获得赞赏。
感恩出现在生命中的人
他表示，参与仪式的所有学生，都经历了两年疫情的考验，也令大家拥有了更多的新体验。苏校长认为疫情犹如一面镜子，它映射出了人类生活的各方面，但无论如何，自律终究可以让每个人走得更远、更精彩。这几年，学生们才华横溢，参与了国内外各方面的比赛，并获得佳绩。学校为学生创造更多的机会及舞台，丰富了学生们的中学生涯。
最后，苏校长认为每个人都是幸福的。因此，我们要感谢且珍惜前人所播下的种子，也要继续为后人播种，让兴华教育继续保持精彩。
接着，由苏校长及许梅韵副校长颁发各级学业优异奖，同时也与谢锡福老师一同颁发第一届兴华文学奖。最后，苏校长亲自颁发初三毕业文凭予班级代表。
为推广艺术文化与精神，我校于11月29日至30日，举办了一年一度的师生美展。由于疫情而经历了两年线上美展后，今年的师生美展终于再次回到了实体展览。藉此，为期两天的美展期间，教务处亦安排了各班学生参观美展校方以收集各学会及各单位老师以及学生的作品来举办这次展览。
此次参与展示的作品制作主要有7个单位之多，即美术科研组、美术学会、书法研习社、摄影学会、漫画学会、水墨画选修课、商业美术选修课，并且每个单位都拥有属于自己的区域展示师生作品。展示的作品可谓琳琅满目，让人目不暇给，其中包括了漫画作品、摄影作品、广告设计、电子描绘、水墨画、书法作品、陶瓷、蜡染、速写、水彩与水粉画、剪贴作品等等。不仅如此，早前于9月3日（星期六）举办的绘画比赛得奖作品以及初中和高一文商美术课堂中的优秀作品也同样于此次美展进行展示。
我校美术兼职教师谢盛财老师，亦带领了高一文商平、高一文商智以及高一文商勇的学生制作了名为《疫后重生，共创辉煌》之装置艺术作品。该作品形状为正十二面体，形似新冠病毒，并展示于此次的师生美展中央位置。作品的宗旨为纪念人民与突如其来的“新冠病毒”在抗争中的点点滴滴，让大家更了解人们对疫情的看法，并希望通过探索藏在角落深处对世间的关爱，改变对于“新冠病毒”原本浅薄的看法，加强人们的对自身的信心以及思考上的突破。在制作作品的过程中，各班学生收集了家长、老师以及同学们的字条，记录大家对疫情所带来的影响之看法，并投入模型的塑料瓶子中。其中苏进存校长对于此次疫情及针对此作品也给予大家一番共同勉励的话。
我校图书馆顺利于11月7日至11日在仁爱广场举办了为期四天的校园书展。书展的时间为早上8时至下午4时，吸引了许多师生前来观看。书展有售卖各类国际书籍、文房四宝、手帐和文具等，柜台处也摆放了一些尚嫩芽初开的盆栽，吸引学生前往观赏。
时隔两年后，校园书展才得以恢复正常运作。书展不仅是提供师生购书方便的渠道，也能营造校园阅读风气以及借此鼓励同学们多阅读。在提高同学阅读质量的同时，也奠定了他们浓厚的阅读兴趣。
以影片呈现不同场合的礼仪
首先，初一忠班和孝班的同学皆以影片的方式呈现了生活中不同的礼仪。前者通过《转换课室礼仪》影片，说明同学在转换课室或列队去礼堂、讲堂时，应遵守 “快、静、齐” 三大原则，行进者靠左走，避免与迎面而来的同学相撞。此外，后者以名为《网络礼仪》的影片描述了在互联网上进行交流所需遵守的行为规则，也提到了在网络世界中应互相尊重，不该传播不当的消息。
初一爱班、以影片《电讯礼仪》呈现主题。通过名为《通讯礼仪》的影片，他们告诉我们，在发讯息或打电话时，都应该以文雅的语气和字眼与人沟通。此外，在线上集会时，我们不应该私下发讯息，也不要在评论栏和朋友聊天，应该做个文明的观众和听众，遵守通讯礼仪。
无独有偶，初一廉、初一智和初一勇班的同学都以拍摄影片的方式来呈现《厕所礼仪》。不同的是，初一廉班的同学将重心着重在“学校厕所”，通过影片提醒同学在使用学校厕所时应保持卫生，也不应该在厕所里玩水，避免其他同学滑倒。智班同学在影片中示范了厕所的正确与错误使用，也提醒同学们须把厕纸丢进垃圾桶里。勇班同学则提醒道，即使在厕所有很多人的情况下，同学们也不可随便插队，在上完厕所后也应该冲水。
初一义班的同学以戏剧的方式来呈现《问安三部曲礼仪》。通过表演，他们提醒了同学在行问安三部曲时应该注意的事项。比如：当上课铃声响起，同学应坐在教室里等待老师进班；在站立时，同学应抬头挺胸，不弯腰驼背；在鞠躬时，同学身体应向前倾斜自然弯下。
《兴华月报》2022年10&11月号
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三班学生讲解上课及用餐礼仪
初一礼班的同学也通过论述方式来呈现《转移课室》，其中提到在转换课室时应“快，静，齐”，避免打扰其他还在上课的同学，也避免耽误上课时间。此外，初一仁班的同学以论述方式呈现《餐厅礼仪》，提到在吃饭用餐时餐桌礼仪的常识。举例来说，在公共场合喝汤、咀嚼时绝不出声，也不可以大声地发出打嗝声。
初一各班利用多元化的形式呈现今年的主题——《礼仪》，相信所有初一生在参与本次级联论坛后有更多的体验与反思。
首先，林老师为大家介绍什么是压力。他指出，压力是压力源和身心反应共同构成的体验过程，而压力源往往分成外在与内在事物。当我们感到压力或焦虑时，首先要做的就是切断自动化思维和反应。此外，我们应该觉知自己的情绪与想法，并稳定身体。疏解焦虑情绪与神经紧绷的技巧可分为三大类，不同的焦虑程度可按不同的技巧来疏解焦虑情绪。
对于焦虑程度较轻者，林老师建议他研发的一种方法——转移负面情绪。首先，眼睛观上方并深呼吸，再想象说出五样东西，最后再一次深呼吸。焦虑程度一般者，则可尝试“爬五指山呼吸法”。首先，将左手手心朝上，在吸气时用右手手指沿着左手拇指向上移动，呼气时再沿着左手拇指向下移动。随着呼吸移动所有手指，便能让焦虑的心情平静下来。
最后，若是焦虑程度严重者，林老师推荐“1:2呼吸法”，即吸气和呼气的时间之比，例如：吸气3秒、呼气6秒；吸气4秒、呼气8秒。同时，林老师也表示，可在呼吸过程中手按虎口，更容易达到预期效果。此外，焦虑程度严重者还可尝试“蝴蝶拍呼吸法”。首先，把常用的手放在肩膀上，再把另一只手搭在常用的手上，让人有较安稳的感觉。接着，用两只手轮流拍打肩膀，同时亦可配合“1:2呼吸法”。
于分享会正式开始前，王舒慧老师通过Google Form向参与者提问了几道有关巴赫的选择题来为当天的主题做铺垫。随后，郑理轩老师为陈子虔博士做了一些简单的介绍后，便播放了一部两年前由陈博士所拍摄的《追寻巴赫》纪录片，借此引入本次分享会的主角—— 巴赫。
巴赫是谁？
为了能使参与者们能对巴赫具有初步的了解，陈博士向参与者介绍了巴赫的身份以及其生平。他表示，巴赫是一位巴洛克时期的德国作曲家，如今被后人尊称为“西洋古典音乐之父”，虽然后人对他个人具有极高的评价，但巴赫的一生其实并不容易。在他十岁那年，他的父母就已意外逝世，往后的人生里也有不少人质疑他的音乐。在巴赫的童年时期，他就时常在圣乔治教堂演唱经文歌和担任清唱剧的诗班，因此他较为熟悉教会音乐或管风琴曲。
实际上，巴赫在音乐史上的地位是极高的，他之所以被称为“音乐之父”，是因为他使用了超过1500年的音乐元素及当时著名的音乐风格，创造了1000多部高质量的作品。另外，他的作品不仅演奏难度非常大，而且还复杂多样化。正因如此，他的创举深深影响到了整个西洋古典音乐的发展。
音乐之神？音乐之父？
对于有些后人过度神化巴赫一事，陈博士则认为巴赫其实也和普通人一样爱享受，并非无欲无求的圣人。最典型的例子，是一次巴赫出差同客户用餐后，稍不留神使得用餐开销过大。他不好向上级报销此次的消费，便临机一动，将墨汁泼洒在拥有其签名落款处的收据位置上，这样就能假装此次用餐的消费者只有客户们，不包含巴赫本人。从上述实例来说，巴赫虽然在音乐史上的地位是扮演着“西洋古典音乐之父”这一角色，但过度神化巴赫，只会让后人越来越无法了解真实的巴赫。
It is noticed that many students are well aware of the use of Google Translate in their daily life. While the convenience is appreciated, over-dependence on the online translation tool may form some limitations in learning new vocabulary, be it for their writing, projects or other English-related activities. In order to provide more suitable and helpful resources to students, the English Language Centre invited Mrs Siow, who has 33 years of teaching experience in the English language from the ELC, to share with all the Senior One students the use of appropriate online tools to facilitate their learning of the English language. The main focus of the workshop was to introduce online collocation dictionaries as references for students. Overall it was a fruitful session, and we hope that students will use these resources in the future to better their language proficiency.
From this workshop, I have learnt a few phrases that I didn't think could go together. The use of collocations dictionary was something useful and it could help me with sentence constructions and essay writings. It definitely helped increase my knowledge. It is fun having seminars like this once in a while. Ms Yew Fong conducted the workshop by asking interesting questions and had some interesting giveaways for students who took part during the Q&A session. If there's a similar activity in the future, I hope to learn more vocabularies that are more advanced and also useful in life.
《兴华月报》2022年10&11月号
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Critical thinking is a core competency that students need to develop by the end of their secondary education. Mr Tom Linley provided a critical thinking practice by using the works of Bansky, an anonymous street artist from Bristol who paints thought provoking pieces of artwork, as a point of discussion. Mr Tom showed the students a few of his pieces, and encouraged students to discuss the meaning behind the artwork. He was impressed at some of the responses given by our students. During the Q&A session, Mr Tom was asked what the biggest handicap that would cause someone to be less able to develop critical thinking was, to which he answered ‘narrow-mindedness’. He emphasised the importance of keeping an open mind, while at the same time being able to stand on your own principles and opinions and not be swayed by others too easily. It is alright to agree to disagree. We would like to thank Mr Tom for his insightful sharing and hope that our students can think more critically in the future.
From the 7th to the 29th of November, the English Language Centre, in collaboration with the Guidance Department, teachers, staff, students and parents contributed over 400 units of necessities to the Grace Home Old Folks Home. Teachers, students and staff took tags that had the home’s wishlist (such as toiletries, supplements and foodstuff) hung on the ELC Christmas tree and donated them based on their own budget. Some teachers and students contributed as a class (both English and original classes), and some students got their parents involved as well. There were also societies and departments that contributed to the cause. The response was so overwhelming that the Christmas gifts took up all the space under the Christmas tree. We would like to thank all participants for gifting the home with their daily needs, sharing love and hope to the residents of Grace Home.
Mr Liu Kiu Chin (Head, Co-curriculum Department)
“It is more blessed to give than to receive.” This is truly a meaningful statement. During festive seasons, sharing our blessings is a wonderful thing, because as we celebrate, we can share our joy and blessings with those who may feel that it’s just another ordinary Christmas. We believe that they will feel our warmth and love as they receive our gifts, and feel joy in their hearts. Lastly, the Co-curriculum Department wishes one and all a Merry Christmas.
Yew Jin Harn (S2Athens)
When Miss Wendy encouraged us to participate in the Season of Gifting activity, we, S2 Athens, agreed to it immediately. All of us, including Miss Wendy, contributed RM2 each to buy a gift for the elderly in Grace Home. We originally wanted to buy large muscle pain patches but it didn’t work out since we could only buy a few packets with the money we had. We then settled on buying floor cleaners instead and our class monitors were able to purchase eight bottles of floor cleaners. We boxed them up, wrote that it was from S2 Athens and Miss Wendy on the tag, and placed it under the Christmas tree at ELC. We sincerely hope our act of kindness will fill the hearts of the residents at the old folk's home with warmth and happiness on Christmas day.
《兴华月报》2022年10&11月号
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“绘画是记录大自然的一种方法，独具慧眼的画师才能将它表现得淋漓尽致。”我校美术教科研组于9月3日（星期六），早上8时举办校园现场绘画比赛。其宗旨为培养同学对美术的兴趣，提高学生的美术素养。本届共吸引了357名学生前来参赛。
首先，由谢金聪老师为当天的揭题礼掀开序幕。谢老师在致辞中说道，生活是艺术创作的唯一源泉。她表示创作者在生活中必须具有敏锐的观察力，不断吸收新鲜的生活感受，呈现出来的画作才会具有感染力。
接着，苏进存校长指出，美术的魅力在于它给予人们无限的想象力及创作空间。兴华中学长期以来致力于发展人文校园，并重视学生们德、智、体、群、美、劳，“六育”的发展。现场绘画比赛是学生们展现自我才艺的平台，同时能达到让学生感受、欣赏、发现并创造“美的效果”。
比赛依初一至高三级分成六组，并分别在几个场地进行。各组参赛者必需在三小时内根据所指定的题材来完成绘画作品。各组的绘画题材有初一组：铅笔素描；初二组：1. 美好的一天、2. 我的校园生活、3.学科与我；初三组：1. 排球比赛、2. 图书馆一角、3. 惊喜；高中组：户外写生。
这也是后疫情一场大型的实体校园活动，参赛者在校园各角落寻找作画灵感，把对美的感受一一画出。
11月28日（星期一），我校于陈开蓉大讲堂举办2022兴华中学器乐独奏比赛决赛。从初赛将近100多份作品中，筛选出20位参赛者入围决赛。本次比赛由音乐科教研组主办，课外活动处与音乐中心协办。参赛者演奏的乐器包括了钢琴、小提琴、吉他、口琴等等。
本次比赛的评审为陈慧贤老师、徐瑞丰老师及王伟光老师。评审老师们以音乐性、准确性、技巧、诠释和舞台表现几个方面评分。奖项分别有金奖、银奖，以及由观众票选的最佳人气奖。所有的演奏结束后，评审老师们也为众参赛者的演奏进行点评，给予意见并提供相对的改善建议。
《兴华月报》2022年10&11月号
https://www.hinhua.edu.my/ebook/2210&11hinhuamonthly/mobile/index.html
The English Language Centre is now in its 5th year of organising the poster competition. This competition aims to encourage students to demonstrate their collaboration skills and bring their understanding to life in a fun way. Additionally, it fosters creativity and encourages students to showcase their talents through the making of posters.
This year, students at each level were assigned the following themes: “Kindness” (Junior 1), “Social Media Safety” (Junior 2), “Wildlife Conservation” (Junior 3), “Fake News” (Senior 1), “Ecosystem Restoration” (Senior 2) and “Money Matters” (Senior 3). The participants were encouraged to submit their posters digitally or in hardcopy. Not only has this competition created a platform for students to collaboratively showcase their creativity and imagination, it also required them to create written and visual texts in English. All the participants are to present a description explaining the choice of colours, visuals and graphics, the wording or slogan created and the message conveyed through their artwork.
There were altogether 138 poster submissions, making the selection difficult for the judging panels. The judges were pleased to see students’ creativity in designing their posters with appealing and vibrant colours. Moreover, the illustrations used on the poster are closely connected to the theme, with well-conveyed messages and comprehensive descriptions in relation to their images, colours and layouts. There were participants who cohesively blended the content and design to create meaningful purpose/cause. However, there is still potential for development. Participants are advised to pay closer attention to the assigned themes in order to create an informative poster. Overall, the participants have put in a great effort to create stunning posters with meaningful messages based on the themes.
We would like to congratulate the winners and express our deepest gratitude to all participants. The winning entries will be published in the Hin Hua Love Reading Ezine magazine and uploaded to the ELC Google Sites.
