Pupils from Archbishop Sancroft school have helped produce a 12-track CD of popular music called Hit That and it goes on sale next week.

Every aspect of the CD’s production has been handled by the pupils.

The tracks were performed by the school band, the school choir, student rock bands and individual soloists.

The title track by the school band is a cover of the Offspring song Hit That.

Other numbers include Heatwave, Video Killed The Radio Star and Chasing Cars, as well as some original pieces written by pupils.

Head of music Paul Tarrant said the financing of the album, including the installation of the new 32-track digital studio used in its production, came from the school’s Music Enterprise Initiative.

It is the third music CD produced and released by the school’s own record label Sound Basis Records.

“The students have done everything, from the recording and mixing, to artwork and layouts, and getting it professionally manufactured and printed,” said Mr Tarrant.

They contacted the manufacturers themselves for costings, decided who to out-source production to, took pre-orders to ensure there was a demand, agreed on an optimised price to sell at, and also ran a competition for the CD cover design.

“It’s a good way of creating cross-curricular study for the students in music, art, ICT and maths,” said Mr Tarrant.

“It’s nice for them to produce an end-product, it has a real feel-good factor and the kids have been involved in the financial side throughout.”

Any profit from the sale of the CD will be ploughed back into the school’s Music Enterprise Initiative for future projects.

Hit That goes on sale from the school office at Archbishop Sancroft High School in Wilderness Lane, Harleston, next week and costs £6.

judith.foster@dissexpress.co.uk