Students at Burford School will be dancing the night away to raise money for the school's link with a college in Uganda.

About 200 pupils will be taking part in the Dancethon on Friday starting at 8pm and finishing at 8am on Saturday.

Last year the event raised £4,000 and organisers hope to raise even more this year. The money will be used to complete a new library for the school and community at Kalangala, the main town on the Ssese islands on Lake Victoria.

The link was established five years ago and this summer a party of 11 students and four teachers will be travelling to Uganda to help with the building project and experience life on the islands.

A group of 14-year-old girls have devised a special routine to open the fundraising dance. event and teams of eight will dancedancing in teams of eight will continue in the hall all night.