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Teacher Chen Fen is giving a lesson on traffic signs. Road accidents are the second largest cause of injury death among children in China.

Students listen attentively.

A girl held up a traffic sign in her presentation.

The student’s textbook on life skills for migrant children. The students also learn about how to cope with urban life, how to make friends in schools, how to react during emergencies and so on.

A lively discussion on life skills.

Local students have parents who pick them up after school.

Migrant children usually have to go home by themselves, or with their friends living in the same neighbourhood.

Siqi’s family reunited only 6 months ago. “Now I can have dinner with both mama and papa every night!” he hasn’t seen much of his father since he was a year old as his father left home and worked in Wen Ling.

Siqi and his parents. Siqi’s father said, “I left my elder son (for the job) when he was only 5, we haven’t lived together since then. He is now 18 years’ old. I don’t want to leave Siqi behind again.”

10-year-old Xiaoying comes from Yunnan Province. She comes from Naxi ethnic group and only arrived 6 months ago. Her parents, working in a car parts factory, think teachers in Wen Ling are “more attentive”.

Siqi’s teacher Chen Fen.

Zheng Yang, 9-year-old, comes from Sichuan Province. His father is a carpenter, the ground-floor room where the family lives has six chairs made of different materials, including one made of white marble.

“I want to be the President of China,” says Ten year old Xiaokai, from Shaanxi Province. His favourite subject in school is Chinese literature.