British teaching unions Sunday cautiously welcomed governmentplans to extend school openin

British teaching unions Sunday cautiously welcomed government

plans to extend school opening hours for pupils ages under 14 that 【M1】______

are aimed at allowing parents working longer and keeping kids out 【M2】______

of trouble. Education Secretary Ruth Kelly was Monday to set out a

680-million-pound (1.02-billion-pound, 1.21-billion-dollar)

programme to transfer schools into community centres. 【M3】______

A senior Education Department source said, "Respect is a

two-way street and we know that if we want to keep kids hanging 【M4】______

out and causing trouble, and if we want their parents to go out to

work to support the family, the days of schools opening 9 am—3 pm

are over." Responding to the news, a spokeswoman for the National

Union of Teachers said, "The 680 million sound like new money, but 【M5】______

across 23,000 schools, it will be spread very thinly." Schools did not

necessarily have the capacity or resources to meet the government's

wishes, she added.

Children would be able to turn up early to school for so-called

breakfast clubs and stay lately playing sport or doing homework 【M6】______

under a shake-up of the school day to be known as "Kelly hours".

Prime Minister Tony Blair has said the government's plans for

opening schools from 8 am to 6 pm would end the culture of

"latch-key kids" come home to empty houses after school. 【M7】______

Schools in Britain generally begin at 9 am, closing at six hours 【M8】______

later, although some have already began to extend the learning day,

A prospectus for the scheme was to be sent to schools and local

councils. Writing in the document, Kelly said, "From my visits of 【M9】______

schools, I know that the best are delivering extended services

already. They know that children will be better placed to achieve

their full potential if they are in childcare What allows them to 【M10】______

complete their homework, keep fit and healthy and have fun."

Schools would be free to choose what activities they offered.

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