They may all be teenagers now but we are remembering the days when these Sunderland and East Durham youngsters were having a great time at Busy Bees, Premier, Buttercups and Just Learning.
Relive these 11 great reminders of nursery school scenes from 2011 to 2014, all courtesy of the Sunderland Echo archives.

9. Fancy that, it's Buttercups
Let's step back to 2012 for this lovely scene. Toddlers from Buttercups Nursery were photographed at the start of their fancy dress charity walk at The Bunnyhill Centre. | se

10. Haway the Busy Bees
Sunderland were in a final in 2014 and one year old Alfie Harrison was thinking about joining in the cup fever at Busy Bees Nursery, Fulwell, | se

11. Outstanding in Rosemary Lane
Celebrating five outstanding Ofsted reports at Rosemary Lane Nursery School was acting head teacher Jill Jones in 2014. She had some helping hands from pupils Katie Stirman, Zac Brown, Charlie Greathead and Amy Dodds. | se

