Alby starting reception at Martlesham Primary Academy (Image: GEMMA CLARKE)
Many youngsters in Suffolk and north Essex are marking a real milestone this week with their very first day in reception class.
Chloe starting year three at Dale Hall Community Primary School, Ipswich (Image: SAMANTHA BRAY)
It’s a day they will remember all their lives - and which their parents will also remember with pride.
Lida starting Year 4 at Sidegate Primary School, Ipswich (Image: SAM RAHMATI)
MORE: 5 ways to help your child deal with back to school anxietyGoing back to school and starting a new year is also a milestone for older children, who have all had a lot of disruption over the past months, losing out on a lot of school due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Lola starting Year 1 at Claydon Primary School (Image: KATIE HERMAN)
Of course, schools have made many changes to ensure safety, but it’s now hoped families will be able to get back into the routine of children going to school, meeting their friends and feeling more sense of normality.
Honey-May starting Year 6 at Gorseland Primary School, Martlesham Heath (Image: VAL NICHOLSON)
Ena-Lillian, aged nine, and Monia, aged five, in Year 1 at Hillside Primary in Ipswich (Image: SHARDEL BORN)
William, six, and Darcie-Leigh, seven, going to Sprites Primary Academy in Ipswich (Image: NICOLLE TAYLOR)
Violet, four, starting reception at Witnesham Primary School (Image: Faye Ellis)
Seth, aged five, going to Claydon Primary School (Image: Marie Collins)
Skylar, aged four,on her first day at Gorseland Primary School (Image: DANIELLE CLARKE)
Jessica, five, going to Britannia Primary in Ipswich (Image: KIERAN DOGGETT)
Sebastian, 10, of St Mary's Catholic Primary School in Ipswich (Image: Archant)
Kyle starting Year 6 at Debenham Primary School (Image: WENDY CRANE)
Alysia is starting Year 2 at Claydon Primary (Image: ABII JADE)
Evie, four, starting at Rushmere Hall Primary School (Image: ABBIE CURTIS)
Sienna, four, starting reception at The Oaks Primary School in Ipswich (Image: MELISSA WELCH)
Ava is going back toYear 1 Springfield Infants School in Ipswich (Image: Harriet Robinson)
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