This is what pupils got up to in years gone by, at Grangetown Juniors, Pallion, Barnes Juniors and Usworth.
Mill Hill pupils got computer savvy in 1996 and Sunderland High School students raised money in 2007.
Swot up on these memories, courtesy of the Echo archives.
1. Plenty to do back at school
A new term for these pupils and this is how they spent it. | se
2. Great at Grangetown Juniors
Creatures from Homer's Odyssey were the star attraction at Grangetown Junior School when the story of Ulysses was told in 1974. | se
3. Back to Nature in 1974
Children from Pallion Primary School took advantage of the nature bus at Hylton Castle in 1974. | se
4. A photo from the Usworth fete
Some of the third year pupils who made decorations for the Usworth School fete in 1975. Left to right are Lesley Barker, Tracey Oliver, Lorraine Ellison, Angela Lewins and Pauline Stearman. | se