Gallery: The ‘sports mad’ champions of Black Combe School in 1996

A week of games-related projects concluded with the school's own version of the Olympics opening ceremony, which included the carrying of an official torch and the re-creation of the famous Los Angeles 1984 Five Rings trick.

CYCLE: Cycling proficiency certificate winners at Black Combe School in 1987

Pupils held different-coloured pieces of paper above their heads so anyone looking from above would see the traditional five rings.

During the week pupils raced against time to draw up the different and colourful flags belonging to the 197 countries which were due to compete in Atlanta that summer.

And the children were asked to spell several Olympic and athletics-related words in a spelling test.

At the end of the week, several pupils stepped up to the rostrum to receive gold medals for their work during the week.

They would be able to wear them proudly and say that they were the first gold meal winners of that year's Olympic Games, months before they officially began.

In 1997 pupils at Black Combe School were flying high with their new six-metre-wide parachute canopy.

After the school was awarded £200 by the town council for being overall winners in a civic pride competition, headteacher Chris Driver asked the children what they wanted him to buy.

He said: "The children won the competition so I thought we'd ask them what they wanted us to do with the money before we spent it.

SPORT: The netball team at Black Combe School in 1994

"One pupil suggested a swimming pool - I told him it was too expensive and he replied: 'Just a small one then',"

Other suggestions included a computer, a park, text books, black boards for the classrooms and other equipment for the school.

Once all the suggestions were put forward a unanimous decision was made to get a parachute canopy for the children to play in.

PARACHUTE: Black Combe School pupils get to grips with their new parachute canopy in 1997