First day for Obama kids at Washington school

Sasha and Malia Obama will arrive at their new school today, protected from physical attack by the US Secret Service.

daddy's little girls: Sasha (left) and Malia Obama

Sasha and Malia Obama will arrive at their new school today, protected from physical attack by the US Secret Service.

The girls aged 7 and 10 will be educated on separate campuses at the private Sidwell Friends School.

Some of the school's highly motivated parents are rumoured to be hoping that their children might provide access to the social circle of the Obamas.

Some have already been asked not to speak to the press who will be camped outside the school.

Pupils have been told to be respectful of the privacy of their new classmates or merely to say "no comment" when approached by the media.