Stoke by Nayland Primary School kids in Christmas single

Hundreds of pupils from 21 schools, including Stoke by Nayland Primary School, where many children have roots in the city, got together to record a Christmas single earlier this year.

The song, Children of the World, was written by music teacher Chris Warren and is being used to raise money for Save the Children.

Chris has been inspiring his students by writing Christmas songs for more than a decade, but this is the biggest effort yet, with all the schools in the St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust taking part.

The inspiration for this year’s song came to the 34-year-old at the end of a busy day.

He said: “My wife laughs at me because my best ideas come to me just before I fall asleep. I often start singing a song and scurry away to the spare room.

“For this one, a phrase came to me – ‘children of the world’. Normally I have the lyrics and a bit of music in my head, but with this, I started with one lyric and started writing what I expected to be a nice poem, but a song came from it.”

Almost 900 schoolchildren, ranging in age from four to 11, gathered in a church to record the track.

Teacher - Chris Warren, 34, who wrote the song (Image: Chris Warren)

Chris added: “The children loved it and I’ve had lots of nice feedback from the other schools. They all went back to their schools and were buzzing.”

The song has raised almost £300 so far for Save the Children, a charity which helps to make sure children in the UK and around the world keep safe, healthy, and learning.

St Matthew’s Primary School in Ipswich, where Chris works, has long supported the charity and pupils will rock their best Christmas jumpers to raise money for the organisation on Friday.

“The children already know about the charity and we like supporting them because of the work they do to help children,” the teacher explained.

To listen to the song and support the charity, visit justgiving.com/page/children-of-the-world.