Boris Johnson given warning over plans for longer school days and five-term years

鲍里斯·约翰逊对延长在校时间和五学期制的计划提出了警告

Longer school days, shorter holidays and five-term years are all on the table to help kids catch up - but Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman warned they had a mixed record

为了帮助孩子们迎头赶上，延长在校时间、缩短假期和五学期制都被提上了日程，但教育标准局总督察阿曼达·斯皮尔曼警告说，他们的成绩好坏参半

The head of Ofsted has issued a sharp warning to Boris Johnson over plans for longer school days, shorter holidays and five-term years.

英国教育标准局局长向鲍里斯·约翰逊发出了一个尖锐的警告，警告他不要计划延长在校时间、减少假期和五学期制。

Tory Gavin Williamson today confirmed the three drastic options were on the table as part of an 18-month catch-up plan for kids.

保守党党员加文·威廉姆森今天证实，作为一项为期18个月的儿童赶超计划的一部分，这三个极端的选择已经摆在了桌面上。

But Ofsted chief inspector Amanda Spielman said similar ideas have not been a “long-standing success in the past” and “I don’t think many of those have persisted”.

但英国教育标准局总督察阿曼达·斯皮尔曼表示，类似的想法“在过去并没有取得长久的成功”，而且“我不认为这其中有多少还在持续”。

She said kids have been “lonely, bored, miserable" in lockdown and should get the “full ration of schooling”, but the government must "learn from" experiments in the past.

她说，孩子们在禁闭中“孤独、无聊、痛苦”，他们应该得到“全部的教育”，但政府必须从过去的实践中“吸取教训”。
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She told Sky News' Sophy Ridge on Sunday: "There’s no point adding time here and ridding time there if you don’t get a groundswell of support.

周日，她告诉天空新闻的索菲·里奇:“如果你没有得到大量的支持的话，在这里增加时间、那里减少时间都是没有意义的。”


Boris Johnson is looking at a string of catch-up plans (Image: Getty Images)

鲍里斯·约翰逊正在研究一系列赶超计划(图1)

"If children simply don’t turn up for extra time or summer schools for example, you could end up putting a lot of effort into something that doesn’t achieve the obxtive.

“比如如果孩子们根本不去参加课外活动或暑期学校，你可能会把很多努力都投入到无法实现目标的事情上。”

"So my concern is to make sure we go with the grain of what parents will embrace to make sure all children get the very most out of their education."

“所以我关心的是确保我们遵循家长们的想法，确保所有孩子都能从他们的教育中得到最大的收获。”

Ms Spielman also said she was looking forward to the prospect of secondary pupils - who return this week - no longer having to wear masks in the classroom after the Easter holidays.

斯皮尔曼还表示，她期待着那些本周回国的中学生在复活节假期后不再需要在教室里戴口罩。

She said: “We’ve been told the face mask guidance will be reviewed at Easter I think. So I love the idea of children being able to come back in the summer term able to see everybody fully.”

她说：“我们已经被告知，我认为在复活节期间将重新审议有关口罩的规定。所以我很高兴孩子们能够在夏季学期回来，能够完全地看到每个人。”


Children will return to England's schools from tomorrow (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

孩子们将从明天开始返回英国的学校（图2）

It comes after the Education Secretary said longer school days, shorter breaks and five-term years were on the table.

之后，教育部长表示，延长在校时间、缩短假期和五学期制都在讨论之中。

Gavin Williamson said the issued would be considered in a lengthy review by the government's catch-up tsar Kevan Collins.

加文·威廉姆森表示，政府的“赶超专员”凯万·柯林斯将在一份冗长的审查报告中考虑发布这一消息。

Asked if the school summer holidays could be shortened to help pupils catch up or schools could move to a five-term year, Mr Williamson told Sky News: “It’s a whole range of different proposals that we’re looking at.

当被问及学校是否可以缩短暑假来帮助学生们迎头赶上，或者学校可以改为五学期制时，威廉姆森先生告诉天空新闻:“我们正在考虑一系列不同的建议。

“Whether it’s a five-term year, whether it’s lengthening the school day.

“无论是五学期制，还是延长上课时间。”

“But also measures such as enhancing the support we give to teachers, supporting them in their professional development, making sure they can be the very best of themselves.”

“亦或是加强我们对教师的支持，支持他们的专业发展，确保他们能做最好的自己。”

Asked again if changes to the school holidays were seriously on the table, he added: “We’re looking at holidays, we’re looking at lengthening the school day, we’re looking at a whole range of measures.

当再次被问及改变学校假期是否会被认真考虑时，他补充道：“我们正在考虑假期，我们正在考虑延长在校时间，我们正在考虑一系列的措施。”

“We’ve asked Sir Kevan Collins to leave no stone unturned. For us, we see this as one of those moments a little bit like the 1944 Education Reform Act that came out of the second world war.”

“我们已经要求凯冯·柯林斯爵士想尽一切办法。对我们来说，我们认为这有点像二战后出台的1944年教育改革法案。”

He said Sir Kevan Collins would be looking over 18 months at a “whole series of options and changes”.

他表示，凯冯·柯林斯爵士将在18个月内考虑“一系列选项和改变”。

He added: “It’s not just all going to be in one day when it’s all announced, there’s going to be a whole series of actions we are going to undertake to improve the life chances and education of children from the most disadvantaged backgrounds, but actually all children.”

他补充说：“这不仅仅是一天宣布的结果，我们还将采取一系列行动来改善处境最不利的儿童的生活机会和教育，实际上，所有儿童都将如此。”

Teachers' unxs have branded the catch-up announcements a "distraction" from efforts to get kids back in England's classrooms from tomorrow - a move the unxs say should be phased like in Scotland and Wales.

教师工会给赶超公告贴上了“分散注意力”的标签，“分散了”人们努力让孩子们从明天起回到英国课堂的注意力。工会表示，这一举措应该像在苏格兰和威尔士那样逐步推行。

NASUWT General Secretary Dr Patrick Roach said on Friday: “Teachers and school leaders do not need this distraction from the Education Secretary. They are working hard to finalise their preparations to reopen fully on 8th March.”

教师工会秘书长帕特里克·罗奇博士周五表示：“教师和学校领导不需要因教育部长分心。他们正在努力完成准备工作，以便在3月8日全面重新开放。”

He added: “Rather than dredging up tired ideas Gavin Williamson should be focusing his time and energy on supporting the work of teachers and schools, ensuring that schools reopen safely on Monday and that everything that can be done is done to keep them open.”

他补充说：“加文·威廉姆森不应该重提那些令人厌倦的想法，而应该把他的时间和精力集中在支持教师和学校的工作上，确保学校周一安全开学，并尽一切可能保持学校开放。”

Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education unx, warned ministers against piling fresh pressure on teachers.

全国教育联盟联合秘书长凯文·考特尼警告部长们不要给教师们施加新的压力。

“Any proposals to change term times or holidays will need to consider that teachers already work more unpaid overtime than any other profession, and that excessive workload is the reason that many teachers and school leaders leave teaching,” he said.

他说：“任何改变学期或假期的提议都需要考虑到，教师的无薪加班已经超过了其他任何职业，工作量过大是许多教师和学校领导离职的原因。”