While learning maths, sciences and languages are essential to get a foothold in the competitive jobs market, it’s easy to forget that time at school can also be fun.
The smiles in these photos from our archives show the happy side of a day at school.
![Helen Bagnell and Ben Barnes, front, with team members from Brookfield Community School's 'Company One' selling Dollie bags at the Young Enterprise market in 2007.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjYyOGM4NWVlLWYzYzQtNGE4MC1hYmExLTgxN2IyMDViZGQ5Njo4YzExZTA4Mi1jODk4LTQyYmQtODFiYS0xNjVjYmRiNDNjYzY=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
5. Creative crew
Helen Bagnell and Ben Barnes, front, with team members from Brookfield Community School's 'Company One' selling Dollie bags at the Young Enterprise market in 2007. Photo: Marisa Cashill
![Connor Farrow, Joseph Sadler, Lucy Donnelly, Ethan Chandler of St Mary's Primary School with awards picked up as winners of Chesterfield In Bloom 2010.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmQ2NDk1MTkyLWNjNTAtNDg3Yy05YzAxLTQyYjUzNjgwM2EzOTo0MDZjNWVmNC04NzFlLTQ4NzUtODUwNC1jNTYxNzJmM2I4MTk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Winning bunch
Connor Farrow, Joseph Sadler, Lucy Donnelly, Ethan Chandler of St Mary's Primary School with awards picked up as winners of Chesterfield In Bloom 2010. Photo: Bernard Jones
![Jonathan Dade, Chloe Worstenholme, Assunta Esposito, Adam Wilbourn and Sara Smith in Newbold Community School's production of Bugsy Malone in 2006.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOmEwNjZkMDFlLWU2OTUtNDllNi1hZDMxLTFhM2NjZDUyODEwZToxZjQzZDdlMi1hN2NlLTRjMjgtYTQyMy1iZThkODJhMDkwMTg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Prohibition era
Jonathan Dade, Chloe Worstenholme, Assunta Esposito, Adam Wilbourn and Sara Smith in Newbold Community School's production of Bugsy Malone in 2006. Photo: Terry Walden
![Nine-year-old Beth Moores, second right, is the winner of a design competition for a new mural for St Mary's Primary School in 2006. She is pictured with Janusz Oles, 6, Jessica Bailey, 10 and Alex Hewitt, 10, left to right.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjkwZDhhNDBkLTI0NDItNGFlZC05ODcxLWJlNzQ1ZjNkMTJiZjo4YWZlMWEwYy1jZWI3LTRkMTMtYWJhNS0xNGU4MjllMWY2NzA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Arty kids
Nine-year-old Beth Moores, second right, is the winner of a design competition for a new mural for St Mary's Primary School in 2006. She is pictured with Janusz Oles, 6, Jessica Bailey, 10 and Alex Hewitt, 10, left to right. Photo: Marisa Cashill