Students and teachers from Oakbank School fought it out in the Battle of the Bands.

The contest, which was held in aid of Children in Need, was attended by more than 300 people. Six bands, one of which was fronted by head teacher Chris Thompson, played two sets each.

Ticket votes from the audience were then counted and the two favourite bands went through to a grand final play-off, where the winner was decided by a clapometer vote.

Head of IT Tony Salter helped organise the event. He said: "It's a forum for the musicians to play together as a band. It also made a lot of sense to do it for charity -- we managed to raise £186."

n The Keighley school also hosted the final to its very own version of Pop Idol.

Thirty students auditioned for the competition and the contestants were whittled down to a remaining six for the grand final. The finalists performed three songs, which were judged by year seven, eight and nine pupils. Maths teacher David Hoyle also played an important part in the final decision. He said: "I was the Simon Cowell character, but tried not to be as cruel as he is."

The final six performed songs from the likes of Christina Aguilera, Leanne Rhymes and Olivia Newton-John.

Town Mayor Councillor Nancy Holdsworth presented the overall winner with a prize -- a chance to produce a CD and have promotional photographs taken to start a portfolio.

In the picture (right) Town Mayor Councillor Nancy Holdsworth presents the prize to Pop Idol winner Amy Crowther.

Pupils from Oakbank also treated teachers to a special lunch.

The school raised £120 for Airedale Hospital's Children's Ward when Asian pupils invited teachers to make donations in return for a feast of traditional Indian dishes. The event was supported by Azeem, Super Wok, Mango, Pizza Grill and Raja's.

The school also had a visit from classical Indian dance teacher Rashmee Attawala, from Kala Sangam.

She provided students with a demonstration and held a number of workshops to teach students the skills of Indian dance. The visit was made possible by a grant from Keighley firm Drake and Tonson, which provides funding on a regular basis.

Mohammed Arfan, the bi-lingual home schools liaison mentor, and Lynne Blackburn, head of ethnic minority achievement, organised the events.

Mrs Blackburn said: "The dancing has been absolutely fantastic for the pupils because it's new to most of them."