GIRLS at a North Yorkshire school have been celebrating the golden jubilee of the Boarding Schools’ Association.

The teenagers at Ripon Grammar School were among thousands of boarders around the country to create time capsules to mark National Boarding Week.

Amy Goodwin, 13, of Potto, included an account of boarding life for girls in Johnson House at the Ripon school, which included information on current affairs and the girls' predictions for what the future will be like.

She wrote to the eventual finders: "We all agree that technology will have moved on loads. People think you travel around on hover boards and all own smart watches. We hope there will be world peace and that the boarding house doesn't have the same computers."

She ended her account: "My advice for enjoying boarding is just to be yourself. Have fun, enjoy life and stay true to yourself. Goodbye to the people of the future."

A school tie, a photograph of Johnson House, menus, a timetable, a school calendar and an account by head of house Ruth Smith were among other items included in the time capsule to reflect school life.

The girls also added a loom band bracelet with instructions, a tea bag, photocopied bank notes and a full set of coins, a page of logos for well-known brands, stamps and sweets.

They also acknowledged their area with a pin for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance - the school's chosen charity – as well as a tourist guide and a Ripon Hornblower wooden lucky penny.

Simultaneous burials took place across the UK with notes kept for future boarders to unearth and open the time capsules in 25 years' time.