PUPILS across the Borders have returned to the classroom.
Schools had been shut since March due to the coronavirus pandemic.
But students were welcomed back for the new academic year this morning (Tuesday).
Our photographer Helen Barrington was invited to Kelso High to see the youngsters make their return.
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