Pupils adapt to new normal of safe distancing as Singapore schools reopen

Primary 6 pupil Japhanie Tan of Jing Shan Primary School wiping down the table in the canteen after finishing her lunch on Tuesday (June 2) Despite restrictions such as having to wear face masks throughout the day, not talking to friends without masks on and walking in single file at least 1m apart, Japhanie was delighted to be back in school after nearly two months of not seeing her friends in person. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Sitting in single file in their classroom, according to their class register numbers, a class of Primary 6 pupils ate their home-packed food in silence.

This was an unusual scene at Jing Shan Primary School in Ang Mo Kio on Tuesday during recess. Previously, the pupils would typically be playing games.