Continuation of shortening summer vacation and canceling school events New Corona 2nd June 23:03

Elementary and junior high schools have been reopened all over the country, but there are many places that are shortening summer vacation or canceling school events such as athletic meet to secure class time and prevent infection.

When we surveyed 23 wards of 20 ordinance-designated cities nationwide and Tokyo, which has the highest number of infected people, those who replied that the summer vacation was "shortened" or "considering shortening" are in Kumamoto Except for 42 municipalities, the total number of elementary and junior high schools was 5221. As you can see, almost all local governments were shortening or considering shortening summer vacation.

The shortened period depends on the local government, but it means that the shortest period is 10 days and the longest period is 24 days.

In addition, there are many places to reduce school events. Regarding the three school events of athletic meet, school festival, and school excursion, the local governments who replied “to cancel” or “consider canceling” any one of them in order to prevent infection and secure class time are Kitakyushu, Fukuoka City, Saitama. City, Kawasaki City, Arakawa Ward, Itabashi Ward, Edogawa Ward, Katsushika Ward, Koto Ward, Taito Ward, Minato Ward and Setagaya Ward have a total of 1176 elementary and junior high schools.

Some schools devise lessons to maintain school events

Some schools try to keep the school event organized by devising lessons. This is Higashidai Elementary School in Mitaka City, Tokyo. I just restarted the class on the 1st and the school was closed for about 3 months.

Yuji Yamashita says the delay in learning is worrisome, but he still wants to leave school events such as athletic meet and school excursion. Regarding the reason, Principal Yamashita said, "Children will grow greatly at school events. At the athletic meet, we will encourage each other and acquire the ability to work to the end. I want to do it while devising it" It was

So what do you do with the delayed classes? In the 6th grade, 186 lessons have not been taken compared to the same period of the average year. At school, classes are held on Saturdays, but they are trying to survive by devising the classes themselves without shortening summer vacation or eliminating school events.

What we are working on is "compression" in the class. For example, in the Japanese language of the sixth grade, you usually learn four "story" such as "cactus flower" and "Hiroshima no Uta" in one year, but the school decided to put together two similar units. It is said that it is possible to reduce about 20% while maintaining the quality of the lessons normally held 24 times.

In addition, we will conduct online supplementary lessons after school so that children do not lack understanding. Rather than making a 7th hour and teaching more than 30 students all at once in the classroom, I think that it is possible to provide detailed guidance to a small number of children online while preventing infection.

Principal Yamashita says, "It's been an exceptional year, but I don't think it will work in the conventional way. I would like to devise what I can do to improve the power of children." ..

Expert "Events should be carried out by devising opportunities for human growth"

Former principal of the elementary school and visiting professor Shinji Endo of Waseda University Graduate School of Teachers said, "Since the school has been closed for a long time, there are some ways we can not shorten summer vacation and events, but the school is not a place to study. I think that it is necessary to devise as much as possible because school events such as meetings are a place for children to learn how to build human relationships and solve problems, and to be a step where they can grow greatly in human terms.'' ..

On top of that, “teachers should have been really good at making such ingenuities, but now they are overwhelmed by infection prevention and have no room to think about it. It is also important to make efforts to reach."