Like every first day of anything, it can be scary but at Bryanston Primary School the first day of Grade 1 was smiles all around.
Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles waved goodbye to their precious ones as they embarked on their educational journey.
Sandton Chronicle journalist Aneesa Adams was there to capture the tender moments on 15 January.
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