kate atkins is the principal. is the timing right? >> children need to play with each other and they need to be learning and developing, soond i think that we have to do everything that we can do in order to make the school as safe a place as possible for children and staff to come to. and also that there might be changes that we need to make as we go along. >> reporter: so you have to be able to imprevies? >> yes. >> reporter: schools around the world are impreviesing. in shanghai they're taking temperatures as kids return for the first day of the new term. in france, where a recent rise many virus ineffects forced the government to admit that not all classes could safely reopen today as plands, everyone over age 11 now has to wear a mask, even in class. germany has already experimented with differet measures for weeks. so far, the results look hopeful. kate atkins says the success of any school is about turning this adversity into a lesson for life. >> what we want to do is help our children understand and make sense of the world ar

kate atkins is the principal. is the timing right?en need to play with each other and they need to be learning and developing, soond i think that we have to do everything that we can do in order to make the school as safe a place as possible for children and staff to come to. and also that there might be changes that we need to make as we go along. >> reporter: so you have to be able to imprevies? >> yes. >> reporter: schools around the world are impreviesing. in shanghai they're taking temperatures as kids return for the first day of the new term. in france, where a recent rise many virus ineffects forced the government to admit that not all classes could safely reopen today as plands, everyone over age 11 now has to wear a mask, even in cl

kate atkins is the school's principal. is the timing right? other. they need to be learning and developing. so i thiave to do everything that we can do in order to make school as safe a place as possible for children and staff to come to. and there might be change we need to make as we go along. >> reporter: you have to prime . >>yes. >>eporter:ools around the world are improvicing. in shanghai they are measuring distances and taking temperatures as kids return. in france where a recent rise in virus infections forced the government to admit not all classes could safely re-open today as planned everyone over the age of 11 now has to wear a mask even in class. germany has already experimented with different measures for weeks. so far the results look hopeful. kate atkins says the success of any school is about turning this adversity into a lesson for life. >> what we want to do is educate how our children understand and make sense of the world around them. >> reporter: and make it fun. >> yes. >> reporter: so a big challenge remains. infections