Younger pupils return to their classroomspublished at 11:39 Greenwich Mean Time 22 February 2021
Pupils wait to enter Ysgol Hamadryad in Cardiff this morning
Wales' youngest pupils are returning to the classroom in the first step towards reopening schools.
Most children have been learning from home since December after a sharp rise in Covid cases.
Children aged three to seven are starting a phased return to face-to-face teaching, along with some students on practical college courses.
Education Minister Kirsty Williams said on Sunday she hoped more pupils would return if cases continued falling.
Lisa Freeman's four-year-old son Ethan was returning to his reception class at Ysgol Hamadryad in Cardiff on Monday.
She said he was "very nervous" and he did not really talk about going back to school, so they had "broached the subject slowly".
Ms Freeman said she was concerned there would be further school closures as it had "very much affected him".
"Hopefully this is the last time - I think it would be really harmful to pull him out of school again," she said.
Image source, Lisa FreemanLisa Freeman said her son Ethan had struggled with online lessons