YOUNGSTERS in Weston-super-Mare 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.


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To celebrate this milestone, your Weston Mercury has put together a supplement packed with pictures from the town's reception classes.

Our First Class supplement features pictures from 14 local primary schools:

  • St Martin's Church of England Primary School, Weston
  • Walliscote Primary School, Weston
  • Mead Vale Community Primary School, Weston
  • Haywood Village Academy, Weston
  • Locking Primary School, Weston
  • Milton Park Primary School, Weston
  • Oldmixon Primary School, Weston
  • Herons' Moor Academy, Weston
  • Bournville Primary School, Weston
  • Windwhistle Primary School, Weston
  • Mendip Green Primary School, Worle
  • Banwell Primary School
  • Ashcombe Primary School
  • Uphill Primary School

Parents and families can pick up their copies now to keep as a souvenir.

Relatives of older children and teenagers can keep an eye on the Mercury website for our coverage of exam results later this summer.