STUDENTS have been lending a hand with preparations for their school's anniversary.

Darlington pupils Lauren Simpson, 14, Jenny Hunt, 14, Adam Armstrong, 15, and Andrew Finn, 15, from Hum- mersknott School and Language College, helped set up a display for the school's 50th anniversary celebrations.

Later this month, the celebrations will get under way for the school, which opened as Darlington Girls' High School on November 15, 1955.

It became Hummersknott Comprehensive School in September 1968, when the school became co-educational.

Pupils have been putting together a display of school memorabilia and photographs.

All pupils, teachers, and their partners who have attended the school are welcome to attend the events.

A range of activities, from a night of musical entertainment with the Smokin' Spitfires on Saturday, to guided tours of the school from Saturday to November 18, will take place.

Celebrations will culminate in a dinner on Saturday, November 19. Tickets for all events can be booked from the school on (01325) 241191.