Photographer Alice Mills went to the primary schools across both areas to take pictures of their youngest students.
She captured all the smiling faces of the first class pupils, who started school in this most unusual of years.
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You can see all the pictures in our gallery below.
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![Year R at Rowlands Castle Primary School in Whichers Gate Lane, Rowlands Castle.](https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjZlZjM1ZmFjLTNlNDctNDRiNC1hNTE1LTQzYjQ0ZjBmMWQ5Mjo0Y2RjMGM0Yi01YTdhLTRmYWUtOWZiMy1kODc0YmFlZDNhNTU=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
5. Rowlands Castle Primary School
Year R at Rowlands Castle Primary School in Whichers Gate Lane, Rowlands Castle.Photo: Alice Mills
![Ruby Class at Bidbury Infant School in Fraser Road, Bedhampton, Havant.](https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmEyOGM3MWI1LTA1MTQtNDE2Yy05N2U5LTlkZWJiYTUyNWE2NTo3ZTdkZDBlYS01NTRiLTRiY2YtODNjMy04Yzc1NDdjZmJjYmY=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
6. Bidbury Infant School
Ruby Class at Bidbury Infant School in Fraser Road, Bedhampton, Havant.Photo: Alice Mills
![Diamond Class at Bidbury Infant School in Fraser Road, Bedhampton, Havant.](https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjExNTMyZDZhLThmNTMtNGY5Ni05ZTNlLTViZmU3NzE2MDJjNTpiMDgyZjgzMi1jODE5LTQ0YjMtYjg5NC1mMGVlY2RjOTIzYjI=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
7. Bidbury Infant School
Diamond Class at Bidbury Infant School in Fraser Road, Bedhampton, Havant.Photo: Alice Mills
![Sun Class at Hart Plain Infant School in Hart Plain Avenue, Waterlooville.](https://www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmRlNzQ3MzIwLWQwNjktNDAwNS1hNTNkLWY4YzA4OTUxMjRlMjphN2VmMzRlMi0xZjUwLTRjMDYtYWUyYi1jODJiMzIwNDNmN2M=.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=640)
8. Hart Plain Infant School
Sun Class at Hart Plain Infant School in Hart Plain Avenue, Waterlooville.Photo: Alice Mills