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.
You can see all the pictures in our gallery below.
Look out for our photos of Havant and Waterlooville pupils which we will be sharing on Wednesday.
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She captured all the smiling faces of the first class pupils, who started school in this most unusual of years.