YOUNGSTERS in Chard and Ilminster have started their school journeys by joining their reception classes.
Parents and guardians have dropped their children at the school gates for the first time, letting them meet their new teachers and classmates.
To celebrate this milestone, the Chard and Ilminster News has put together a supplement packed with pictures from the town's reception classes.
The photos are from Manor Court, Avishayes Primary School, in Chard, Herne View Primary School in Ilminster, and Neroche Primary School in Broadway.
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