A Leeds headteacher said he is "buzzing like a fridge" after schools fully reopened for the first time since the third coronavirus lockdown.
Chris Dyson, headteacher of Parklands Primary School in Leeds, said attendance was "pretty much 100 per cent" as pupils arrived after two months of learning from home.
Earlier this year he was one of many headteachers scrambling to sort out laptops for remote learning amid Government delays.
But today marks a positive step towards normality.
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"The staff are excited, the kids are excited," Mr Dyson said. "They’re looking fresh, their school uniforms have never looked as great.
"It’s the excitement of seeing their friends again and the excitement of being able to sit in a classroom learning."
The headteacher said pupils had no issues with handwashing or social distancing.
"They’ve got responsibility, they’re fully aware of social distancing and keeping their distance," Mr Dyson said.
"One of the big positives and benefits of concentrating on handwashing is it’s kept away the usual winter tummy bugs, so that’s a really big positive.
"We’ve got all the windows open in classrooms for ventilation. I walk in and think 'It's a bit chilly' but they don’t care, kids don't feel the cold.
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"At playtime earlier there were about three with coats on and the rest were running around in t-shirts."
The news comes as Prime Minister Boris Johnson told the country today an increased risk of transmission is "inevitable" as schools open up - but the millions of vaccines handed out since January are having an "encouraging" impact.
He told a Downing Street press conference: “Of course, there will be a risk of increased transmission, that’s inevitable if you open up schools for millions of kids across the country. That is going to happen.
“But we think that we can do it now in the way that we are because we have the proportion of the population vaccinated that I described, the groups one to four, having had the immunity bedded in after least three weeks.
“As I said earlier on, we will continue to be driven by data and not dates as we approach the next steps – April 12, May 17, June 21, we will continue to assess where we have got to."
