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on august 30, a beijing evening news reporter learned from the beijing municipal education commission that starting from this fall semester, all compulsory education schools in the city will make an overall coordinated optimization of the recess arrangements. in principle, a 15-minute recess time will be implemented to provide more relaxed recess time, guide teachers and students out of the classroom, into the outdoors, and into the sunshine, to enjoy a healthier and more vibrant campus life, and promote the healthy physical and mental development of students.

"a quarter of an hour between classes"

students have more time to go outdoors

the optimization and adjustment of the break time allows students to have more time to rest during each break, so that they can go out of the classroom, relax and exercise appropriately. on the premise of ensuring quality, the school adjusts the length of the big break and implements a 15-minute break arrangement.

after the optimization and adjustment, the arrival time in the morning, the dismissal time in the afternoon, and the lunch break in the primary school remain unchanged; in the junior high school, except for the dismissal time being slightly delayed by 5 minutes, the arrival time in the morning, lunch and lunch break remain unchanged overall. the city's compulsory education schools will independently optimize and adjust the recess arrangements according to local conditions and school conditions, and guide cadres and teachers from "recess activity managers" to "recess activity co-participants" to provide better support for the healthy growth of students.

relevant officials from the beijing municipal education commission said that all primary and secondary schools will use the adjustment of break time as a starting point to improve the mechanism of cultivating morality and cultivating people, effectively promote the transformation of education and teaching from "management-oriented" to "education-oriented", and guide school cadres and teachers to actively design and actively participate in student break activities. all schools will add necessary sports equipment on campus to create a more suitable break environment for students, guide students to use the break time to go out of the classroom to relax, socialize, and do moderate activities to make full physical and mental preparations for subsequent learning.

enriching class schedule

ensure students have fun

"we should attach as much importance to recess as we do to classes, and guide students to use recess to walk out of the classroom, relax, socialize and engage in appropriate activities outdoors, so as to fully prepare themselves physically and mentally for subsequent classroom learning and make their daily learning and life at school more relaxed." a relevant person in charge of the beijing municipal education commission said that the adjustment to recess is aimed at deepening the supply-side structural reform of in-school education, adhering to the overall idea of ​​"big subtraction, small addition" and "multiple channels and new carriers", and using the appropriate increase in the length of students' recess as a small start to promote the improvement of the quality of school education, fully implement the core literacy-oriented education goals, and promote the healthy physical and mental development of students.

both the city and district levels will also strengthen supervision and inspection, further standardize the order of education and teaching, strictly prohibit delays and early class times, arbitrarily shorten the duration of students' recess activities, set unnecessary constraints on students' recess activities, and resolutely put an end to the problem of prohibiting students from leaving the classroom during recess, to ensure that recess requirements are implemented.

beijing primary and secondary schools

make good use of "small breaks" by combining movement and stillness

during a student's school day, the break is a "critical little thing" that beijing's primary and secondary schools pay special attention to. guided by the concept of "health first", primary and secondary schools across the city have conducted many useful explorations in extending the break time and enriching the content of the break.

beijing no. 161 middle school has implemented the "15-minute break" policy since 2010, proposing to "seize every minute of learning, rather than seize every minute to study". by ensuring students have 15 minutes of break between classes, the school guides students to be "time management role models" and improve the concentration and efficiency of classroom learning. when designing the school culture and space environment, no. 161 middle school fully considers the various needs of teachers and students during breaks, and through the careful design of corridors, plantations, art exhibition areas, etc., the campus can be stopped anywhere. the school also implements open management of sports equipment, setting up sports equipment sharing areas in public areas such as playgrounds and table tennis tables, so that various sports equipment such as basketball, volleyball, table tennis, badminton, etc. are within reach and can be used freely.

while ensuring the length of recess time, some primary and secondary schools in beijing have also taken the initiative to "tap potential" and expand the forms and content of recess activities. not only have they set up educational games such as mazes in the corridors, but each class is equipped with a toy box and a miniature library with chess and handicraft games, as well as various types of books that students can choose from.

at the primary school affiliated to beijing medical university, the activity area of ​​the campus is less than 20 mu. the school has proposed a strategy of "small venue, big sports" to allow children to fully exercise in a limited space. the school has divided the playground into 9 activity areas and set up 9 activity items such as shuttlecock kicking, skipping rope, hopscotch, and crawling on hands and feet for students to choose from.

at beijing no. 11 zhongguancun science city school, the school's physical education teaching and research group has developed a series of recess game courses based on the characteristics of the school's students. the facilities and equipment required for this course are very simple, and only need to be pasted on the ground with environmentally friendly tape. once the ground game needs to be upgraded, it only needs to be torn off lightly. at the same time, the school also actively mobilizes students' participation, allowing students to find suitable materials themselves and plan different recess games with teachers.

at the primary school affiliated to communication university of china, the school sports team also studies and promotes fun sports games suitable for recess based on the laws of students' physical and mental development, and guides each class to scientifically arrange recess activities to achieve the purpose of scientific exercise, combining education with entertainment, and promoting students' physical and mental health.

in shijingshan district, the district education commission has coordinated the arrangement of "sunshine sports" activities during the 30-minute break between primary and secondary schools in the district, guiding students to participate in outdoor activities and look into the distance to relieve visual fatigue and strengthen their bodies.

in addition to creating a variety of activity spaces and equipment, some primary and secondary schools in beijing have also used ingenuity to achieve scientific, orderly and safe management of students' recess activities.

dongsiqitiao primary school in dongcheng district changed the bell for the end of get out of class to "music + warm reminders during class breaks", which cleverly reminded children of the precautions during class breaks. for example, the bell for the end of the first class was "the bell rings, drink water", which reminded students to drink water in time during class breaks from a health perspective; during the lunch break, the bell was "don't chase, don't fight, we can all do it", which reminded them from the perspective of safety and order. the school corridor has small seats with a variety of books, and the walls of the corridor are printed with warm reminders such as "walk slowly and don't chase, be friendly, civilized and disciplined". in addition, dongsiqitiao primary school has set up multiple guarantees to ensure the safety of students' activities during class breaks. for example, during class breaks, there are teachers on duty in the corridors on each floor to remind students not to fight in the corridors. at the same time, the school also has student volunteer services for middle and high grades to guide students to do activities well and assist teachers in organizing activities during class breaks.

source: beijing evening news reporter li qiyao