Youngsters across Deal and Dover have started school - and we were there to capture this momentous occasion.

Our hugely-popular First Class supplements will appear in the East Kent Mercury and Dover Mercury week on sale on October 11, featuring pictures of your child and their new school friends.

It will be an unmissable opportunity to have a lasting keep-sake of their start to school life so make sure you pick up a copy.

Schools taking part are: All Souls Primary School; Capel-le-Ferne Primary School; Castle Hill Community Primary; Cheriton Primary School; Christ Church CEP Academy; The Churchill School; Elham CEP School; Folkestone Primary Academy; Harcourt Primary School; Hawkinge Primary School; Hawkinge Primary School.

Hythe Bay Primary School; Lyminge Primary School; Lympne Primary School; Mundella Primary School; Palmarsh Primary School; Saltwood Primary School; Sandgate Primary School; Seabrook Primary School; Selsted Primary School; Stella Maris Primary School; St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School; St Eanswythe’s Primary School; St Marys Primary Academy; St Martins Cep School, Folkestone; St Peters CEP.