Just look at the smiling faces of these four and five-year-olds loving their early school days.
The beaming pupils in 71 classes of Reception year pupils featured in our First Class 2024 supplement, published in the Daily Echo last week.
Now they appear in our online gallery for the first time.
The 24-page supplement and web gallery showcase the youngsters showing off their fresh uniforms in their first days of school.
Our photographer visited more than 40 Southampton and Hampshire infant and primary schools to capture as many young faces as possible.
If you didn't pick up the supplement and would like a keepsake of your child and their classmates in print, there's still time to order a back copy.
Call 0800 953 0227 or email deliveries@newsquest.co.uk.
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