Grade Six teacher David Murphy welcomes students on the first day of school, 2012, at Simon Fraser Elementary School in Vancouver. Similar scenes will play out across B.C. on Monday and Tuesday. (John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail)

On a day when teachers returned to classrooms around the province with varying levels of enthusiasm (see pictures below from Twitter and Instagram), we say it’s a good time to end the B.C. teachers’ strike liveblog and leave Politics Live to upcoming municipal election campaigns. Thanks for reading and sharing.

Remember to pick up a copy of Saturday’s Globe and Mail newspaper for extended coverage of the end of the labour dispute.

Feeling very heavy hearted. Trying hard to regain startup enthusiasm. Faced with cleaning & moving furniture #bced pic.twitter.com/Q1oxNXEQ18

— Anne-Marie Fenn (@amcfenn) September 19, 2014

3 degrees & I'm scrubbing desks on a day this govt thinks we get paid to do nothing. #bced for u! Not bitter at all! pic.twitter.com/Z6GwYuv1VL

— gurjitpattar (@gurjitpattar) September 19, 2014

Shared set of 10 laptops (among 3 classes), older than the children who will be using them. #thisismyclassroom #bced pic.twitter.com/qyF3Dp5cnQ

— Scott McCafferty (@ScottMcCaff) September 19, 2014

Pete the Cat is back in the classroom #bced pic.twitter.com/cdpIGxenuF

— Sandi Purdell Lewis (@BCrubberboots) September 19, 2014

Setting up my class today. I better get off twitter as I only have one day! #bced pic.twitter.com/FpnprQRTlD

— Janine Fraser (@Janfra2) September 19, 2014