Pupils donned their blue seude shoes, Beatles suits and outrageous Abba outfits to celebrate their school’s 50th birthday.

Youngsters dressed as famous figures from the past half century of pop during a fun day to mark the anniversary of Kirkhill Primary in Newton Mearns.

And they had a visit from former head teacher Allan Millar, 83, who was in charge from 1974.

The school opened its doors on September 1, 1960 with a roll of 134 pupils and in the care of the first ‘heidie’ David Carslaw.

There are now 610 pupils at Kirkhill and current head teacher Yvonne Donaldson invited former pupils, staff and parents along for the celebration.

Mr Millar, who took over the reins from Mr Carslaw on January 7, 1974 and stayed in the job for 17 years, said he had a very happy time at the school and hoped the children enjoyed it as much as he did.

He told them: “The school has altered a lot since my day. When I left there was one computer per class, now there are dozens.”

He said he felt nostalgic standing in the hall in which he had conducted so many assemblies.

At the celebrations P6 and P7 pupils put on a show for the audience to reflect the timeline since 1960.

The youngsters dressed as icons, including Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Abba, Take That, The Spice Girls, The Simpsons, Super Mario and Buzz Lightyear and Woody from Toy Story.

A birthday cake with the school crest was cut by the school’s youngest pupil, four-year-old Andrew Yeats and the eldest, James Kenney, 11.

Ms Donaldson said: “We had a great day celebrating our half century and it was good to see that so many mums, dads and grandparents came along.

“In fact, some parents were former pupils of Kirkhill.

“We are also very proud we were awarded our first Green Flag this year, which was raised when we opened our eco garden earlier in the year.

“Developing our eco garden with its wildflower mound, outdoor classroom, living willow tunnel, sensory flower beds and orchard was an important part of achieving this award.

“And last year we buried a time capsule in our garden.

“We all think Kirkhill is a great school and we hope the primary is still around and as great in another 50 years.”