Journeys to school
Orkney island, Scotland
Jordan lives on Orkney island and can see his school from his garden. But to get there, he needs to catch a ferry because the school is on a different island. If he ¹ misses the ferry, he ² doesn't make it to school. Sometimes Jordan has to stay after school to make up for the missed lessons. He ³ doesn't stay. ⁴ falls behind if he
Trong Hoa, Vietnam
The children in the village of Trong Hoa have to swim across a 15-metre river in order to get to their school. If they ⁵ are not careful, their clothes and books ⁶ get wet. So they put them in plastic bags and secure them tightly. They use the bags to help them float across the river.