Students in quake hit areas have resumed classes in makeshift schools. It seems it'll take time for students and teachers alike to go back to normality. Our reporter Zhou Jing visited a primary school in Xiang'e Township of Dujiangyan city.

Reporter:

You're hearing a teacher in Haihong Primary School in Xiang'e teaching students how to prevent an outbreak of epidemic after an earthquake. In fact, many schools that have restarted classes in Sichuan province are conducting lessons on earthquakes and disaster prevention.

Though the main building of the school miraculously survived the quake, over 40 students were attending classes outdoors. Huo Rongjing is one of them.

"My family is OK. When the earthquake struck, the teacher guided us to safety."

Early on in an interview with CRI, Huo Rongjing looked expressionless and didn't speak much. It took her a long time to be in a state of mind to describe how the disaster affected her.

Grade six student Ren Ting says she's too traumatized by the tragedy to appear for her exams.

"I'm not sure I can give my graduation exam. But I really want to continue studying in a middle school."

Haihong Primary School has around 250 students and 11 teachers, all of whom escaped the May 12th quake unscathed. But for these little kids, the scars of the quake run deep. Chen Li is a teacher there.

"Some students fear another disaster will strike again. Some introverted kids remain silent, or in a daze, while the extroverted ones express their sadness and fear more openly. Till now, the parents of 10 kids there are still missing."

Xiang'e Township has three schools, one middle school and the other two primary schools. So far, only Haihong School has reopened. The middle school was reduced to rubble during the Wenchuan quake with nearly all of its 400 students buried in the ruins.

Zhou Jing CRI News.