New Starting Point, New Changes, New Expectations - Observations on the Beginning of Autumn School

Shenyang, September 2nd (Xinhua) - It's another season for the start of the school year, with the sound of books returning to the campus and the dream chasing youth setting sail again... Xinhua reporters walked into schools in Jilin, Hebei, Liaoning, Guangdong and other places, feeling the longing and hope of the new semester.

New starting point: Schools in disaster stricken areas resume as scheduled

This summer, many places in Hebei and Jilin suffered from typhoon, rainstorm and flood disasters, and some campuses were flooded. After desilting, disinfection and sterilization, maintenance of school buildings, and opening of school at borrowed sites... Recently, schools around the country have opened as scheduled.

On the first day of school, the Central School of Raoyang Town, Raoyang County, Hengshui City, Hebei Province welcomed a group of students from Dongcaolu Primary School in Raoyang Town. Due to severe damage caused by the disaster, Dongcaolu Primary School is temporarily unable to start classes at its original location. Students need to board at the Central School in Raoyang Town for a period of time. Li Shengjia, a sixth grade student at Dongcaolu Elementary School, walked into a strange environment, surprised and excited. "The sudden arrival of campus life makes me feel very novel," said Li Shengjia.

At the Zhao Liuwu teaching site in Liuchu Town, Raoyang County, students returned to the campus as scheduled. Previously, this area was affected by heavy rainfall, with accumulated water exceeding 1 meter at one point. Before the start of school, the floor of the classroom at the teaching point has been completely repaved and disinfection and sterilization, and the walls have also been painted.

Students from Ping'an Town Central Primary School in Shulan City, Jilin Province walked into the campus. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Shuangxi

"Thank you for protecting us and helping the villagers escape the danger," Guo Xiaoyan, a student from Class One of Central Primary School in No.8 Town, Yushu City, Jilin Province, wrote in a letter to the uncles of the Changchun Branch of the Jilin Armed Police Force. Guo Xiaoyan said, "A few days ago, I found that the blackboard in the class was filled with blackboards and opening messages drawn by uncles. I was very excited.". In early August, Yushu City was hit by floods, and the Changchun Detachment of the Jilin Armed Police Force participated in flood relief efforts. In order to encourage children returning to school, the armed police soldiers drew blackboard posters before the start of school, becoming a beautiful scenery on the campus for the new semester.

New Changes: Doing a Good Job in Science Education Addition in "Double Reduction"

On the morning of September 1st, first-year student Liang Shuti walked into Wanghu Road Primary School in Heping District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province. She was greeted with a new semester Star Energy Medal. "The theme of the first lesson in the new semester of the school is' Dreaming of Wanghu, Wisdom Leading the Future '." Li Hongxia, Vice Principal of Wanghu Road Primary School in Heping District, Shenyang, introduced that' after the start of the school year, we will also focus on creating project-based learning, such as' The Development of a Detective ', to promote students' scientific investigation and interdisciplinary learning, and their ability to solve problems in life through practice. "

On September 1st, Class 6, Grade 5 of Wanghu Road Primary School in Heping District, Shenyang City, held the first class with the theme of "Technology makes life better". Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Pan Yulong

"This is a temporary slice of onion epidermal cells that I made to observe the epidermal cells of onions," said Gong Chenxi, a student from Class 3 of Grade 6, in a science class at Changqing Primary School in Erdao District, Changchun City, Jilin Province.

Wang Yahui, a science teacher at Changqing Primary School, introduced that she participated in multiple professional trainings at the provincial, municipal, and district levels before the start of the school year, and designed new teaching plans and plans for science courses. "On the one hand, it has changed the previous teacher led approach to inspire students to engage in independent exploration and research; on the other hand, it has increased the number of experiments. Now, there is one experimental class per week, and each class has small experiments," said Wang Yahui.

New expectation: to be the best version of oneself

"I heard from my mother that the primary school I am going to is a school with particularly strong sports skills, and I also want to be a sports enthusiast like my older brothers and sisters there," said a first-year freshman at Tiyu East Road Primary School in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. Zeng Lihong, the principal of Sports East Road Primary School, said that sports are the best gift for students to grow up healthy. In six years, children will gain one thing - the spirit of sports, which is self-discipline, self-improvement, confidence, and self love, to be their best selves.

The sunshine is brilliant, and the autumn is clear and refreshing. The first-year students from the junior high school department of Northeast Yucai Bilingual School in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, lined up neatly to present their military training achievements at the opening ceremony. New student Lou Yidan said that the national defense education conducted by the school before the start of the school year was unforgettable. "I will devote the spirit learned from military training to my future learning and life, not to disappoint my youth, and truly become a useful person for my country and the people."

"From junior high school to the broader mountains and seas of high school, we need to quickly 'bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, change our thinking, and adapt quickly'. Jiao Guoxin, a mathematics teacher at the Second Middle School in Hengshui City, Hebei Province, said that the high school curriculum is complex and the amount of knowledge is large, and we need to be prepared to work harder.". At the same time, he encouraged his classmates to cultivate a spirit of seeking truth and critical thinking, and to use it as the standard for his own value judgment that is beneficial to society, national development and progress, and the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.