Successes at Kendal's Queen Katherine School in 1994

Some 1,500 books were collected and shipped to the Sacred Heart School in Anjuna, Goa, by Kendal Lions, who organised the appeal.

Two of the organisers from Kendal Lions also visited the Indian school to find they had built a grand bookcase for their treasured books.

SMILES: A-level students who organised a fund-raising aerobics session in aid of LEPRA in 1993

The Lions were given numerous letters thanking pupils of Queen Katherine School for their gifts.

The books sent included classics, geography books and children’s adventure stories. The thank you letters showed that among the most popular offerings were Enid Blyton’s Famous Five books.

Teacher Will Garnett said: “We have had over 100 letters and some of the pupils here are writing to the Anjuna children and asking them if they would like a penfriend.”

THANKS: Holding some of the cards received from pupils in India who had received books from Queen Katherine School in 1994

In 1994, pupils at Queen Katherine School were given insulation board, plastic sheeting and adhesive tape – and told to make hovercrafts.

Undaunted, 130 pupils set to work and by the end of the day had created weight-supporting machines, complete with vacuum cleaner motors.

Led by Professor Harry Marsh from Durham University, the purpose was to give pupils an open-ended engineering challenge.

GATHER: A trio of sixth formers beat five other teams to win the Kendal heat of the Business and Professional Women’s Club schools public speaking contest in 1993. Kendal club president Beryl Greenwood is pictured presenting the award

The culmination of work in technology for Year 7 students in 1993 was to organise and run a successful party.

The party theme was ‘pirates’, to tie in with the school’s summer fete, and 226 pupils invited a total of 238 children from eight different primary schools to share the fun.

Students designed and created letters, posters, tickets, badges, games and prizes, while cooks fed 400 hungry mouths.

WORK: Queen Katherine School Year 9 pupils Michael Thorp (left) and Paul Crombie-Noble, both 14, each received gold awards after scoring more than 75 points in the UK Schools Maths Challenge in 1993

The suffering of people with leprosy so touched the hearts of Queen Katherine School A-level students that six of the girls decided to do something to help in 1993.

They organised 200 students and teachers into taking part in a Cardio-Funk aerobics session, raising £1,000 for LEPRA, which cares for leprosy sufferers.

The pupils were Alison Ytreoy, Rachel Mansley, Sarah Carter, Leanne Airey, Hannah Bowker and Johann Broomfield.

BATTLE: On the plank during a pirates party in 1993 are battling mateys Hannah Caton and Katherine Pickering, cheered on by cutlass-waving crew

Success was also seen in the 12 months before.

A trio of Queen Katherine School sixth formers were victorious against five other teams as they won the Kendal heat of the Business and Professional Women’s Club schools public speaking contest in 1993.

Kendal club president Beryl Greenwood presented the prize.

Year nine pupils Michael Thorp and Paul Crombie-Noble brought further success to their school after they impressed the judges by racking up impressive tallies of more than 75 points in the UK Schools Maths Challenge.