WHEN little Anisa Kabir lost her fight against cancer her school friends and teachers refused to forget about her.

Anisa was a five-year-old pupil at All Saints Primary School, Farnworth, who died last February after being diagnosed with a brain tumour.

Now, a year on, the school is on the verge of completing a peace garden dedicated to Anisa which her sister, year five pupil Samera, has helped to design.

Looking around the garden yesterday, Samera, aged 10, said: "It is so beautiful. I think this is a very nice way to remember my little sister."

The first sign of Anisa's illness came in December 2000 when she fell in class one day and had to be taken to hospital.

Reception class teacher Julie Franklin said: "She was just a sweet and lovely little girl, very quiet and good.

"Three weeks after we found out she had the illness she was gone, it was tragic. The whole school was upset so we decided to do something to remember her."

Mrs Franklin and year five teacher Yee Greenhalgh decided to turn a courtyard into a multi-sensory garden taking the Eden project in Cornwall as inspiration.

Pupils helped to design its wind chimes, pagoda and fountain, and wrote messages on stepping stones in memory of Anisa.

Her youngest sister, Isma, and cousin, Aaqab Pervaiz, are also pupils at the school.

Aaquab, aged 10, said: "I am pleased we can remember my cousin, I especially like the wind chimes."

The school received a £1,000 grant from the Government-funded education and enterprise centre as well as donations from local businesses.

Mrs Greenhalgh said: "I think it helped the children to talk about Anisa because when it happened they were quite upset. It is something positive they can remember her by."