Pupils at Queen Elizabeth School have dedicated their last day to Sophie Harrison.

The 18-year-old, who lived in Beech Close, Faversham, with her parents Martyn and Christine, died in a road accident in Rheims Way, Canterbury, last month .

In memory sixth-formers held a day full of various antics paying tribute to her fun personality.

Sophie would have been sitting her A-level exams in the next couple of weeks.

A leavers’ assembly organised by the students was held on Friday.

They looked back on their time at the school and remembered the events of the past year, holding a thoughtful celebration of Sophie’s life.

The 130, Year 13 students at the school in Abbey Place, Faversham, had to move their plans for a petting zoo and stripper forward to Wednesday.

They had been due to finish and begin their study leave for their up and coming A-levels on Friday.

However, suspecting students were planning to unleash a day of disruption, teachers surprised them with just a day’s notice that they were bringing the leaving date forward.

This meant that not all of their pranks could be rearranged in time.

This year’s chickens and gold fish in the bike shed and a TV room in the stairwell pales in comparison to previous leaving sixth formers, who broke into the school in the middle of the night and repainted the common room.

‘Difficult year’

Students had been warned of the repercussions of causing criminal damage to school property and reminded not to disrupt other pupils at the school who on Tuesday were sitting exams.

Mary Poynter, 18 is hoping to study journalism at Cardiff in September.

She said: "It has been a really difficult year for all of us, but we are giving Sophie the end to school she would have wanted.

"If she had still been here she would have led the day and been at the forefront of all the plans. She was such a fun person.

"We get on well with all the teachers and respect them but this is just our way of leaving a mark and saying thank you.

"Our plans were quite tame compared to others in the past. We didn’t want to cause too much trouble but just have a little bit of fun."

Head teacher David Anderson added: "They really pulled out all the stops and managed to strike the balance between good taste and humour.

"It has been a long-standing tradition for the sixth form to hold days like this before they leave and this year’s, Year 13 have been very sensible about things, but still managed to have fun at the same time.

"It is important they let off steam and hopefully they will remain focused for their exams.

"The assembly they held last week which paid tribute to Sophie was extremely moving and outstandingly well put together."

"It has been a difficult year for the students but they have stayed strong. They have been a superb year group who have contributed to the school fantastically.

"We will miss them very much and it will be sad to see them go."