“停课不停学”：高考英语时事热点拓展阅读(十八).pdf免费

2020 年高考英语时事热点拓展阅读(十八) Passage1英国学校新规：家长接孩子每迟到5分钟罚1英镑。 英语头条    Parentswill be fined £1for every five minutes if they are late to pick up their kids at a Kent school.Teachersat Holy Trinity CofE Primary,in Gravesend could even ring social servicesifthe children are still waiting to be collected at 4 pm.And if parents cannot be contacted,kidswill be admitted into the care of the local authority. The new policy to prevent even a ten minute late pick-up hasleftparentsfurious. Oneparent said, “Asparents ofthe school we were shocked to receive this information from the school. Gravesend is a poor area and many parents struggle to work due to the cost of childcare. Lots of schools finish around the same time and this means that it is a struggle to get kids on time. The school used to let kids wait in the library, then we were told the library was closed for refurbishments. The school offered an after-school club a couple of years ago,but this wasclosedbytheheadmaster with littlenoticebecauseit didnt makeenough money.” But the school says the costs are to cover teachers staying late to supervise the children.Headmaster Denise Gibbs-Naguar said, “The policy was introduced this week to ensure all our children are collected from schoolon time;thisisfor each individual child’sbenefit aswell as for the whole school. School finishes at 3:30 pm but the number of uncollected children is increasing.They are still at schoolat 4pm.The schoolisnot ableto sustain thiscostwhich isused to pay the staff for supervising those children. What’s more, pupils who are collected late often show signs of anxiety and distress asthey dont know wheretheir parent or carer is andworry that something may havehappenedtothem.As ofMonday afternoon,I hadnot received any response from parents or carers about the policy, but I always encourage families to con