As the county's newest pupils spend their first days and weeks in school - we are preparing to capture those special moments for a wonderful keepsake.

The first school term of the new school year is now underway and hundreds of four and five-year-olds are making tentative steps into the world of learning.

Our photographers will be criss-crossing the county from now until October, to capture the moments that will stay with these youngsters and their parents forever.

Once again we will then be bringing all of these pictures together for our hugely popular First Class specials.

The colourful, brilliant annual supplements, which could be held in memory boxes for years to come, will be available from Wednesday, October 9 inside your local KM paid-for newspaper.

These include the Kent Messenger, Medway Messenger, Gravesend and Dartford Messengers, Sheerness Times Guardian, Sittingbourne News, Kentish Gazette, Kentish Express, East Kent Mercury, and the Folkestone and Hythe Express.

And if you're worried about forgetting to grab your copy (not forgetting a copy for the grandparents and other family members too!) then sign up to our My Kent Family newsletter.

The email, which includes all of the latest news and events especially for families in Kent, drops into inboxes every Friday and in October will include that all important First Class reminder days before First Class is released.

You can sign up to the My Kent Family newsletter, and other KM Group emails, by clicking here.