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Back to school

For thousands of Nelson district children, the freedom enjoyed during the summer vacation gave way to reading, writing and arithmetic at the beginning of last month. For most it was a return to familiar routine. But for the many five-year- olds who were getting their first taste of school, it was a big day.

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At Nayland College, Mark Whelan, Ken Lawson,, Robert Alford, Tony Clark, David Dinwiddie, Bruce Ensor and Don Black help out with the distribution of books.

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Cases await their owners outside the assembly hall at the Nelson Girls' College.

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First assembly for the year at the Girls' College

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"Getting to know you" is the first job for teacher Lyn Gibbon, who has a rapt audience of five-year-olds at Hampden Street School.

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Infants at St Joseph's with their teachers, Sisters Juliana and Antonita (in their new habits)and Miss Day (extreme right).

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Arriving back at Nelson ready for another year, are pupils of Salisbury School, Richmond