Highgate Primary School
THE HIGHGATE PRIMARY SCHOOL CHOIR’S VERSION OF THE BEATLES’ ‘WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS’ FEATURING AN INTRO BY LIAM GALLAGHER
Fundraising for Highgate Primary and Blanche Nevile Primary School Association
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The Gwythers hit upon the idea behind GOODSTOCK after seeing how much of a difference Highgate Primary has made to the community, witnessing how it helped so many children flourish after previous struggles in the education system.
Working in partnership with Blanche Nevile School for the Deaf and Highgate Family Centre, the school excels at helping children with autism, ADHD, Down’s syndrome and deafness by playing to their strengths, utilising a range of different therapists, and encouraging children’s creativity through music, arts and sports.
With the government cutting funding, the school is struggling financially, and this single release is an attempt to bring the local community to come together and raise much needed funds for the children. Highgate Primary in particular helps a lot of neurodiverse children and further financial cuts will have a devastating effects on their mental health.
Christopher Eccleston lives locally and has stepped up to become an official ambassador of the GOODSTOCK project. He has experience of the excellent work that the school does and is well versed in the needs of neurodiverse children after his work on the BBC television drama 'The A Word'.
He is available for interview along with the co-head teachers William Dean and Rebecca Lewis who said:
At Highgate Primary we pride ourselves on our genuinely inclusive ethos, but inclusion comes with a financial cost. With school and SEN funding as it is, maintaining great provision requires creative approaches. The opportunity for our children to work with industry professionals at The Church Studios on such an exciting project has been a fantastic experience for everyone involved – and knowing that any money that is raised will support children to get the support they need, makes this project even more special.
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