The sound of music could be heard from Nessfield Primary School, in Keighley, as children sang their hearts out to raise money for Children in Need.

The sponsored sing kicked off the school’s ‘Music Week’ on a high note.

The school hall was filled with song without a break from 9am-3pm.

Music co-ordinator at the school Christine Gledhill said: “We started off with the whole school and choir singing together and then changed it around so different classes sang on a rota basis — otherwise they would have lost their voices!

“We got the children to pick some of their own songs and they learned some in advance — they sang traditional children’s songs, action songs and some more modern, upbeat ones.

“I think learning to sing in front of an audience boosts their confidence and they will remember it when they are older, if they are going for an interview or something, they can say — ‘I did that so I can do this’. When they learn songs, in maths and science they can remember things better too.”

Hip hop artist Andy Brooks, aka Testament, arrived in school the next day to teach children how to beat box, which Ms Gledhill said the children “absolutely loved”.

They also spent Music Week learning how to mix decks and assessed each other’s musical talent using an X-Factor-style programme.

The school is now aiming for a silver award from Sing Up, an organisation helping children to “find their voice” after the Government announced in 2007 that it would invest £40 million over four years in a national singing programme.