AMBITIOUS pupils from Lawn Primary School will join a mass bid to top the UK music charts three times – and smash a Guinness world record in the process.

The Biggest Band will see 10,000 youngsters, plus some celebrities, gather in Wembley Arena tomorrow to record three cover tracks in aid of the charity Save the Children.

Organisers also hope to broadcast one of the performances live on radio – smashing the record for the most people singing live on a radio broadcast.

The band will perform and record three cover singles: It’s Alright by East 17, Boys and Girls by Pixie Lott, and Just Haven’t Met You Yet by Michael Bublé.

Among those taking part are 50 children, aged seven to 11-years-old, from the Lawn Performing Arts Club, plus five teachers from the school.

Deputy headteacher Kelly James said: “The style, I think for some of the them, is quite different, especially those who are more classically based, but it gives them the chance to be more free and sing the songs they are used to hearing.

“It’s exciting. They have never done anything this big. To sing as 10,000 people is going to be completely different. It’s just something they will remember forever, even when they are 74.”

The pupils from Lawn are not the only Swindon youngsters taking part in the record-breaking attempt.

They will be joined by 45 children from Gorse Hill Junior School, Sevenfields Primary School and Swindon Academy.

Sue Kershaw, headteacher of Gorse Hill, which is putting forward 15 children from its choir, said: “I’m really excited. I think it’s a real privilege – and to be recorded as well. You never know, they might be number one.

“It’s just an experience they probably wouldn’t have otherwise. And it’s also about raising money for a great charity.”

The Biggest Band – organised by events company Mother Events – will mostly involve children, aged from five to 16-years-old, from schools across the UK, as well as other groups such as local choirs.

The choir will also include 20 celebrities, who have not yet been named.

The day will start with a warm-up concert from famous acts including pop group Twenty Twenty, singer Alexa Goddard, and dance act Twist and Pulse.

Jon Bourgerie, 30, who originally lived in Blunsdon and now owns London-based Mother Events, said: “It’s going to be an unbelievable day.

“What we are putting together and what we have put together already is pretty crazy."

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