Yangtze River Daily Wuhan client september 23 news 22 at 5:30 p.m., outside the gate of Chucai Primary School in Hanyang District, a school bell rang, many students are not looking for parents waiting nearby, but go straight to the commissary to buy snacks. "Hungry! Hurry up and recharge your energy. A fourth-grader said he had to buy snacks almost every day after school.
It is not unusual for a commissary outside the school to be surrounded by students from school. At the beginning of this semester, the Wuhan Compulsory Section School implemented a delay in school, and the school time was delayed by about 1 hour compared with the past, and it has become a basic consensus for children to shout "hungry". The Yangtze River Daily reporter learned that some schools have noticed this problem and plan to open afternoon tea so that children will no longer be hungry for class.
Reporter Investigation:
Hungry, once out of school, first go to the food stall convenience store "punch card"
At 5:30 p.m. on the 22nd, a reporter from the Yangtze River Daily came to Visit Chucai Primary School in Hanyang District, and within 10 minutes of school, about 10 students came to the food stall to buy something to eat. "After school, I was a little hungry, and when I got home, I guess I would have to eat later, so I had a hot dog and then a drink." A fourth-grader said he had been here almost every day after school to buy snacks to eat since the semester.
A variety of fried skewers are especially popular with students. (Photo by reporter Ai Chenguang)
At 5:40 p.m. on the 22nd, the gate of the Poyang Street Primary School in Jiang'an District slowly opened, and the parents who had been waiting outside the school gate for a long time began to close the circle, and many parents had prepared milk, fruits, cakes and other foods. "It's almost rush hour, it takes half an hour on the way home, the little guys are hungry fast, and every day they have to make some food and drink to pad their stomachs." Grandma Liu's granddaughter is in the third grade this year, and every day when she leaves the school, she shouts: "Grandma, I am so hungry!" To this end, she is responsible for picking up the children, and now she has a new task - to prepare some food for her granddaughter to "suppress hunger".
At 6:10 p.m. on the 22nd, at the entrance of Wuhan No. 2 Middle School Guangya Middle School, the first wave of seventh-grade "after-school tide" poured out, and the newly renovated Zhongbai Supermarket across the street also became lively. The reporter counted that from 6:15 to 6:25, in just 10 minutes, 32 students wearing school uniforms walked into the store, the drink and snack area was the most popular, about half of the students preferred carbonated drinks, and a small number of students chose fast food pastries.
After school "punching in" convenience stores, middle school students "hungry" prefer self-sufficiency. (Photo by reporter Xiang Jie)
"Hungry! Lunch is already a memory of 6 hours ago. A boy told reporters that the lunch provided by the school is not bad, every day is a meat and vegetarian combination, usually there are three patterns, and a cup of yogurt or fruit will be provided. However, no matter how delicious the lunch is, he will not "return to the bowl", because if he eats too much, he is prone to drowsiness and affects the afternoon study.
How to deal with:
There are schools brewing to solve the problem of after-school services for students "hungry"
"The most urgent thing is to solve the problem of children's hunger during after-school care, so as to really relieve our worries." In the reporter's interview, solving the problem of children's "hungry" has aroused great resonance among parents.
Ms. Huang, a parent of a seventh-grade student in Qingshan District, said that since the school launched the after-school service, the school began to be released in batches at 6:30 p.m., and the child was already hungry when she saw her. Although the school provides a delicious lunch, the child often has to eat two bowls, but it really can't withstand six or seven hours. Considering food safety issues, the school currently prohibits students from bringing their own food into the campus, and sometimes, she will let the child secretly bring a little bagged snack, but the child does not dare to take it out to eat, for fear of violating the school rules and affecting the class honor.
Worried about the child's hunger, parents are the first to feed. (Photo by reporter Xiang Jie)
While the school provides after-school services, how to further alleviate the worries of parents? The reporter learned from Wuchang Experimental Primary School that the school is preparing to provide appropriate refreshments for students' delayed care in the afternoon to solve the practical problem of students' hunger.
Zhang Jiguang, the principal of the school, observed that the general school is to provide lunch for students around 12 noon, if the delay is released to about 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the students need enough energy and a clear mind to support the nearly 6 hours in the afternoon, if they do not eat a good lunch and take a good nap, then the afternoon learning is inefficient, and the delayed hosting service is even more inefficient or even ineffective. "There are quite a few children who cry out that they are hungry at four or five o'clock. The school is currently in consultation with the logistics, communicating with parents, providing small snacks for children in the afternoon and cushioning their stomachs. Zhang Jiguang said.
According to reports, in order to let the children eat a good lunch, the school "customized" large, medium and small bowls of rice for children with different amounts of food, and not enough students can "make another meal". Every day at noon, the school guarantees that children take a nap for 40 minutes, and it is recommended that parents prepare nap pillows for their children to create an environment where students can sleep peacefully as much as possible.
"I believe that the purpose of 'double subtraction' is to promote education back to its essence, so that every child can progress and become a better version of themselves." Zhang Jiguang said.
(Yangtze River Daily reporter Xiang Jie, Ai Chenguang, Yang Feng, Guo Lixia)
【Editor: Shu Xiao】