TALENTED young musicians appeared on Blue Peter after winning a BBC competition to compose a piece of music.

The five pupils from Fairfields Primary School beat teams from hundreds of other schools across the country after creating the one-and-a-quarter minute soundtrack to accompany a clip from Wallace and Gromit.

Using instruments including a piano, flute, recorder and rainmaker, the children attempted to capture the mood of the clip, as well as adding sound effects.

The team visited the BBC studios in Salford as part of their prize, where their soundtrack was recorded by top technicians.

They also took a trip to Aardman Animations, in Bristol, the home of Wallace and Gromit, where they were given a tour.

The footage of them working in the studio was shown on Blue Peter, and all the children were presented with a Blue Peter badge.

Heidi Francis, eight, said: “It was really fun and it was a new experience. We literally screamed when we found out we had won. It was really exciting going on Blue Peter.”

Francis Lappin, nine, added: “It was really fun. First of all, I had no idea how to do it. We got into groups and I used a piano for most of it.

“I almost cried happy when I found out we had won. It was really fun but it was embarrassing seeing myself on TV.”

Kathy May-Miller, music teacher at Fairfields Primary, in Council Road, Basingstoke, said: “I was looking for something to do with our able students and came across this competition to write background music and sound effects for a clip from Wallace and Gromit.

“We spent some time thinking about what mood was being shown in the film, and making music to show the right mood and different sounds.

“I knew that they had done really well and I was proud of the work they had produced. To win a national competition was amazing.”

Pupils announced that they had won the competition in a special assembly to which parents were invited.