On September 1, a student prepared to return to the classroom with textbooks for the new semester at the Xindian Central School in Qiubei County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Southwest China’s Yunnan Province. This is the first day of school, students are starting a new campus life with a variety of activities.(Photos: Xinhua)

In the morning of the first day of school, all the students clean together with laughter and whispers. Xindian Central School is located in the stony desertification mountainous area. It is a nine-year school with 2,710 students and 135 teachers. Principal Yin Shoufu said that doing cleanings can not only improve the environment of campus, cultivate the habits of hard work and staying healthy, but also help to prevent and control the epidemic and ensure the health of teachers and students. Therefore, the “first lesson” starts with doing a cleaning.

Students are playing games and doing exercises in PE classes at Xindian Central School in Qiubei County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Southwest China’s Yunnan Province. “During the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, we strive to consider our work well and meticulously.” Principal Yin said that a certain number of medical masks were stocked before the school started.

Students are given access to computers at Xindian Central School in Qiubei County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Southwest China’s Yunnan Province. Full-time staff are arranged at the school gate to measure the body temperature of students entering the campus and disinfect all the items. More than 20 faucets have been added to the campus to make it more convenient for everyone to wash their hands. Soap and hand sanitizer are also placed on the washstands.

Students listen during Chinese class at Xindian Central School in Qiubei County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Southwest China’s Yunnan Province. After school starts, disinfection will be carried out twice a day on campus, and students will take their body temperature three times a day. (Compiled by An Bowen)