By Madeleine Darbyshire

A SONG performed by schoolchildren to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee will help raise money for charity.

The three minute and 13 second song was written by Stuie Ellerton and Wil Taylor of the Northern School of Contemporary Music, in Darlington.

It has been practised over the past year as part of extra-curricular activities at the town’s Harrowgate Hill Primary School by a select group of auditioned pupils, aged between seven and 11 years.

The group, made up of school rock band and choir members, has been given plenty of guidance by Mr Ellerton and Mr Taylor, but teacher Gemma Sanderson said the pupils have really enjoyed taking on the project for themselves.

Staff believe the school’s Jubilee song is among the first produced so far.

Mr Ellerton, who has been involved in various projects at the school over the past two years, said: “The school has been the most supportive I have ever taught in. The children took to the song like a duck to water”.

Miss Sanderson said: “Everybody at the school is proud of how much the children have achieved so far.”

It is hoped to produce a CD to sell to parents, carers, and the local community.

Staff are appealing for businesses across the region to get in touch if they are interested in helping to promote the sale of the song.

A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to the Great North Children’s Hospital, in Newcastle, with the rest paying for prioduction costs.

The band will be giving a performance of the song in an assembly at the school on June 1.