When the holidays bid farewell to the "third semester" - the first winter vacation observation after the "double subtraction"

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, 11 February: When the holiday bid farewell to the "third semester" - the first winter vacation observation after the "double subtraction"

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How did the children live during the first winter vacation after the "double reduction" policy was fully implemented?

Xinhua News Agency reporters found in interviews in various places that under the strong guidance of policies, this winter vacation is further bidding farewell to the old impression of the "third semester", and children have got rid of heavy homework and do not have to "carry school bags in cram school transfers", but mostly exercise in the sports field, enjoy free reading, and taste the fun of labor.

Put down your school bag and have fun in sports and interest development

"You don't have to rush to cram school like in the past, you can do what you like." Dong Mohan, a 4th grade student of the Changbaidao No. 2 Branch of Shenyang Railway Fifth Primary School in Liaoning Province, said happily.

During the winter vacation, she often came to Baiqingzhai Ski Resort early to start practicing the fore and back edge skills of snowboarding. "Exercise for 1 hour a day and it's done!"

Get up at 8 o'clock every morning, start with a 1-hour schoolwork study, then arrange calligraphy, painting reading, and outdoor sports... This is the winter vacation schedule set by Ding Yuchen, a 5th grade student at Binhu Road Primary School in Nanning, Guangxi.

"The child has more free time, can do what he likes, and feels that he has become happier." Ding Yuchen's mother, Sun Jiejing, said that after the "double reduction", she was originally a little anxious, but found that the child was more conscious, and everything could be seriously invested. Ding Yuchen, who used to exercise less, also learned to swim during the holidays and found fun in sports.

In the past, winter and summer vacations have always been the "golden period" for off-campus training in disciplines. At the beginning of the holiday, the Ministry of Education issued a notice requiring all localities to conscientiously do a good job in the "double reduction" work during the winter vacation, and strictly prevent the occurrence of problems such as the illegal opening of offline discipline training institutions in the compulsory education stage and the illegal offline discipline (including foreign language) training for preschool children aged 3 to 6.

The reporter recently visited more than 10 discipline training institutions in Yinchuan, Ningxia, and found that the provisions of "off-campus training institutions shall not occupy national statutory holidays, rest days and winter and summer vacations to organize discipline training" have been well implemented, and many training institutions have closed their doors and looked through the glass into the air.

In Huangpu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, some middle school students are stepping out of books, into natural and social life, and participating in winter vacation study activities. On the first day of the event, the children came to Gufengyuan Farming Culture Park to observe different types of trees up close and learn about trees. They can design their own study routes, visit the Guangzhou Maritime Museum, beidou museum and drone exhibition hall, etc., experience different excitement in different places, and gain different knowledge.

The Youth Practice Base of the Education Bureau of Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, held a three-week "Winter Vacation Interest Class" carnival, including sunshine football, happy basketball, children's fighting, and six-stringed piano. "I enjoy every lesson in the interest class and make a lot of new friends." Student Dan Gami said happily while changing his jersey.

(Subtitle) Mainly in the practice class, winter vacation homework basically bid farewell to the "sea of questions"

The reporter found that this winter vacation, under the "double reduction" policy, there is less written homework for "writing and writing", more novel practice of "playing and playing", and children have more time and space for thinking, innovation and exploration.

"Morning: folding quilts, sweeping the floor, calligraphy, reading; afternoon: washing dishes, wiping tables, running, cycling; evening: washing socks, mopping the floor, writing a diary..." This is the winter vacation homework table of Zhu Yanjin, a third-grade student at Shenxing Primary School in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province.

Beijing 4th grade student Meng Xuanya's winter vacation homework has been basically completed. "This is a science assignment I completed with 3 classmates, using waste materials and manual methods to design a dynamic car." She said that after many trials, she finally succeeded and was very proud.

In the children's homework, elements such as the "Winter Olympics" and "Year of the Tiger" appear frequently and are very popular. The students of Xinghaiyuan Primary School in Hefei, Anhui Province, received a different New Year gift " ""Tiger" Special Winter Holiday Activity Manual", full of strong fun in the Year of the Tiger. Through the "Reading Tiger", "Labor Tiger", "Healthy Tiger", "Patriotic Tiger" and other sections, the activity manual guides the "little tigers" to love reading, work more, exercise diligently during this holiday, feel the new year customs, health and epidemic prevention, and care about national events such as the Winter Olympics.

In order to let the children learn in practice, the teachers put a lot of effort into the design of homework.

Zeng Qingyu, vice president of the Beijing Chaoyang District Academy of Education, said that the teaching and research department organized teaching and research personnel from 15 disciplines to guide the winter vacation homework of each school, and the winter vacation homework covered various disciplines including language, mathematics, English, music and body beauty, and labor, with rich content, diverse forms, pictures and texts, and paid attention to the satisfaction of students' individual needs.

"In the design of winter vacation homework, we follow the principle of personalization and flexibility, and present students with a kind of 'menu-style' winter vacation homework." Chen Feiyu, a teacher at Daxing Experimental Primary School of the Beijing Academy of Educational Sciences, said that for example, in mathematics homework, the focus is not on doing problems, but on guiding students to pay attention to mathematics in life. Lower elementary school students can pay attention to the New Year's money, shopping lists for New Year goods, price tags for purchased items, etc., and senior students can use the knowledge points related to "measurement" by designing school bags.

In Taiyuan, Shanxi, Li Xiaoting, a parent of a student, said that in the process of accompanying her children to complete practical homework, the parent-child relationship and family relationship became more harmonious. "In the past, when a child was asked to write homework, the child was nervous and the parents were worried. Today's homework is diverse and flexible, but the knowledge learned is not much at all. She said.

Happier holidays, more rewarding growth

"Everyone pay attention to my demonstration, two fingers should be aligned at the chest cavity, and then the other palm should be pressed on the finger, the two hands began to press down, and the body weight was pressed on the palm..." On the afternoon of January 19, more than 80 children in the 2022 winter vacation public welfare care class of the "Colorful Holiday" in Tongnan District, Chongqing City, were divided into small groups to learn the knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation under the demonstration of volunteer teachers.

Xiong Jia, the person in charge, introduced that this public welfare care class is held by the local youth activity center without charging any fees, and the purpose is to alleviate the problem of "nursing difficulties" for primary and secondary school students during the holidays and help children spend a safe and meaningful holiday.

Fine arts and painting handicrafts, recitation of classics of traditional Chinese studies, safety and self-help knowledge, tug-of-war jump rope competition, rural revitalization study... Here, the organizers combined the actual situation of the students and the professional characteristics of the volunteer teachers, and carefully designed a variety of interest practice courses, which were welcomed by students and parents.

After the initial practice of the summer, many schools' winter vacation care classes have become more successful.

Kowloon No. 3 Primary School in Huangpu District, Guangzhou is a rural primary school. The school's winter vacation care class cleverly designed the "Book Restoration Class", which combined labor classes with art creation. Principal Lin Qifang took out the old villain book in the school library, taught the children how to paste and repair, drew a new cover to replace the old cover, and replaced the old book with a sense of age, so that the students could feel that the labor could be so "vivid".

Under the "double reduction" policy, the concept of some parents is changing, from excessive attention to academic performance to more attention to the overall growth of children, focusing on parent-child interaction and companionship.

"In the past, I and my children were tired, but I didn't necessarily know how good the effect was." Li Xiaoting said that in the "double subtraction" environment, she is also reflecting on the past educational concepts and methods, "scores can not become the only standard to measure children, healthy and comprehensive growth is more important."

Liu Yuxi, a first-grade student in Yinchuan City, made a "tiger hat" with her mother a few days ago. He first drew the tiger with a watercolor pen and orange cardboard, then cut it along the line and finally assembled it into a hat. Although several rework and repaints during the process, the little boy did not get discouraged and finally did it with the help of his mother.

Mom Li Yun said: "In the process of making 'tiger hats' together, I saw his strengths, such as liking to think about making small things, and also saw his lack of flexibility in hands. As a parent, we should give him more encouragement and support to accompany him to grow up slowly. ”

In Lanzhou, Gansu Province, Chen Liang, a parent of a student, said with great feeling that the "double reduction" reduced the children's mechanical repetitive homework burden and the fatigue of rushing to "catch up" on weekends. At the same time, a lot has been added: children have more interaction and communication with parents; children have more freedom to choose interests... People with clearer hearts and more autonomous development will have a more positive future development.

The Ministry of Education wrote in a letter to the parents of primary and secondary school students across the country during the winter vacation: "Life is like a long run, start to avoid sprinting, thin hair needs to be thick." When the holiday is no longer the "third semester", practical exploration replaces the make-up lesson brush, and the children will save more energy to grow up in an all-round way, so as to better meet new challenges. (Reporters: Wang Feifei, Li Ziwei, Zheng Tianhong, Wang Ying, Ai Fumei, Zhao Wanwei, Bai Liping, Lin Fanshi, Ren Liying, Ke Gaoyang, Zhou Chang, Li Jian, Wu Jiangmin) (End)