Poetic pupils of Spring Grove Junior School put together a booklet of their work. Class seven wrote their poems after reading The Magic Box, by Kit Williams. The poems were desktop published on a computer, illustrations were drawn and the book put together

Six pupils of Newsome High School went 'on air' for a one-hour special radio broadcast. Sarah Potter (back left) and Darren Crowther (back right) and from left front: Ruth Peck, Sarah Ridsdale, Sukhban T Dhesi and Helen Blythe planned and scripted their own news, views and music for the slot

Danielle Leatham and Nicola Senior, for the girls, and Martin Hirst and Adrian Gill, for the boys, won the Christmas break tournaments at the Kirklees badminton youth coaching scheme. Badminton of England official and former chairman of Middlesex, Alex Broadhurst, presented the prizes and is pictured with some of the players

Pupils of Clough Head Junior and infants School, Golcar, staged their very own old time music hall event in Slaithwaite Civic Hall. All the school's 77 pupils took part in the show which had the theme of the ages of man

A Christian concert staged by Scissett Music Centre raised £130 for a minibus appeal. The money came from a raffle at the Dewsbury Town Hall event and prizes were given by local businesses. The money was to go towards a minibus appeal at Turnshaws School, Kirkburton. Pictured receiving the cheque from some of the musicians was 16-year-old Anna Robertshaw, whose brother Gary was a pupil

It may not have got to number one in the charts for Christmas, but youngsters at Huddersfield's Elim Church were delighted with their first venture into the music business. The 25 members of the Laser Club, a group of nine to 13-year-olds meeting each Wednesday at the church, recently recorded a song called Jesus Light of the World

A Victorian toy shop formed part of Newsome High School's Santa's Grotto. The shop was made by art teacher David Hampson and Susan Kaye, of the library resources staff. It was visited by a number of local children and their parents. Each received a small gift and a personal letter from Father Christmas. Senior citizens from the local community also attended the evening and were served with mince pies and hot drinks

Capt Smirk and the crew of the Starship Raffleprize featured in Golcar Primary School's Christmas prioduction. Around 80 children from the Manor Road school took part in the two nightly performances for parents and friends

Green-fingered pupils of Meltham County Primary School planned to buy their own greenhouse thanks to a local church. Pupils from the school on Birmingham Lan are pictured receiving a £1,000 cheque from the Rev Tony Vigars, centre, of St James' Church, Meltham Mills, which donated the cash

Young Newshounds found out all about the Examiner when they visited the newspaper's press hall. Pupils from Manor Road Junior, Infant and Nursery School, Golcar, saw the film Making Headlines and watched the presses rolling when they called at the Aspley centre

Fartown High School girls Shahada Parveen, Paminder Kaur, Ann-Marie Carwin and Manjinder Sandhu show off their clothes they had made at school to Corrione Scandling, group training officer for the Huddersfield and District Textile Training Group

Percy the Police Car made a crowd of new friends when he visited Kayes' First School, Clayton West. Percy, with Holmfirth accident prevention officer Pc John Bryce, pictured right, called at the school to teach the boys and girls about road safety and the Stranger Danger rules

Children at Mount Pleasant Infants School took part in a special project which involved writing and replying to letters from Mr Bear during his imaginary travels around England. The project, part of the children's National Curriculum studfies, was organised by teachers Mrs Audrey Allsopp, front left, and Mrs Edwina Paynter, front right, and advisory teacher Mr David Bowgett, back, who are pictured with youngsters from Class 1 A/P

These youngsters from the Victoria Wade School of Dancing, Almondbury, bought £100 worth of toys for the Examiner Christmas Toy Appeal. Five-year-old Erica Booth, left, and Nicole Pearson are pictured with the toys and some of the other youngsters who helped to raise the money with a Christmas show at Huddersfield's Venn Street Arts Centre. Spurr's newsagency in Leeds Road, Huddersfield, raised £9.44 with a collection bottle. Sprites newsagents in Manchester Road, Linthwaite, collected new toys for the appeal

Nearly 30 pupils of Moldgreen Junior Infants and Nursery School were busy with knitting needles to produce this blanket. The children, aged between five and seven, presented the blanket to the Huddersfield Oxfam shop to go to Mozambique. The knitting was organised by teacher Mrs Pat Smith and helpers were Mrs Mary Coates, who put the squares together, and Mrs Janet O'Melia

These lads of Upperthong Under 14s were likely to have known the rules backwards as the men in charge of them were referees Steve Lamb and Richard Poulain. The two officials, Lamb, left, and Poulain, right, were pictured with the team before their 3-1 victory over Team of the Month Cumberworth. The team were, back, from left, James Leeming, Jordan Beevers, Alistair Parkin, James Smith, Simon Turton, Jonathan Vann, Ben Adam, and front, Adam Bence, Daniel Biddlecombe, John Riley-Dibb, Craig Furze, Nicky Castle and Paul Whiteley