IT'S the time of year when the Evesham Journal runs our ever-popular First Days At School feature.

So here is a gallery of some fabulous pictures recording for all time the beginnings of school lives for so many youngsters across the town and beyond.

There are so many fresh-faced smiling children, seemingly undaunted by what must have been the most difficult beginning to an autumn term all headteachers and staff can remember.

See reception classes pictures from further afield here

Here's a list of the schools appearing in this gallery, with pictures supplied by hard-working staff.

• Church Lench CE First School

• Abbey Park First And Nursery School

• St Richard’s CE First School

• Bowbrook House School

• Flyford Flavell Primary School

• Eckington CE First School