Hoping to be record breakers

Children are hoping to be singing and signing world record-breakers after a performance at a Lichfield school.

The 65 pupils and staff from Queen's Croft Special School are looking to join other legends in the Guinness Book of World Records to get the most people singing and signing a song at the same time.

The group at the Birmingham Road school joined over 4,000 others across the country yesterday to sing and sign Sunshine in My Heart for Afasic speech and language charity.

Gemma Rhodes is a Makaton sign language regional trainer at the school who helped organise the record attempt.

She said: "We are a school for children with special needs so it is apt for us to take part in this attempt.

"The pupils have absolutely loved it and have been really, really excited about it, stopping us in the corridor asking when the next rehearsal would take place.