PUPILS at a York primary school have continued their centenary celebrations.

New Earswick Primary School officially opened in 1912, but is celebrating its centenary for a full year. Pupils, aged between five and 11, have created a series of events to mark the occasion.

This week, more than 150 people gathered for the final event in the celebrations, which had mainly been organised by deputy head teacher Jo Slack.

Carole Dickson, head teacher, said: “She did very well. This was the culmination of the year of celebration.

“We had an open day to which parents, past pupils and teachers, villagers and people from the community were invited to come along and join us for a picnic and a tour around the classrooms.”

Each class had been allocated a decade from the last 100 years to inspire the decoration of their classrooms, and the class given the 1940s turned their reading corner into an air raid shelter.

Mrs Dickson said: “We also buried a time capsule, and the children were given commemorative keyrings, then performed the evolution of dance through the decades, before everyone else joined in. We went from the Charleston to Gangnam Style.”

Mrs Dickson said the only negative points on the day was not being able to find the time capsule buried for the millennium, and the fact Gary Barlow did not answer children’s letters requesting he write a song to celebrate the event.

She said: “That was the only disappointment, he did so well for the Queen’s jubilee last year.

“We buried a new time capsule, and made strict detailed instructions as to where it is. It was a lovely, special day.”