The winners of the KM Charity Team’s annual Walk to School Song Contest have been announced, with the five best young choirs enjoying a special day in the recording studio.

Primary and nursery school choirs from around the county submitted versions of S Club 7’s pop classic Reach, with five being chosen to record them at Independent Music Productions in Wincheap.

The judges decided the overall winners were Priory Fields in Dover, and gave the prize for best lyrics to Staplehurst School near Maidstone.

The other three highly recommended schools were St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary, the Canterbury Primary School, and St Matthew’s High Brooms C of E Primary in Tunbridge Wells.

KM Charity Team chief executive Simon Dolby said: “All of these children thoroughly deserved their day in the recording studio.

“Their performances were absolutely fantastic, and it’s wonderful to see schools embracing Walk to School so enthusiastically.”

Parents can now buy special CDs of the recordings of their children singing their versions of Reach.

The winners will also be invited to perform the song at two major events next year organised by the KM Charity Team - the Green School Awards in February and Buster’s Big Bash in May. Buster’s Big Bash is a free annual celebration of the KM Walk to School campaign - and the reading reward scheme Buster's Book Club - and takes place in Canterbury’s Dane John Gardens.

The Song Contest is run by the KM Charity Team in association with Independent Music Productions (IMP) and supported by 3R’s Teacher Recruitment.

Next year, the song for the contest will be Katrina and the Waves’ Walking on Sunshine.

The KM Charity Team also run the green travel scheme Active Wow (Walk on Wednesday). The scheme has been rebranded as Super Wow for next academic year and schools joining by July 1 will get entry into a prize draw to win 400 books. Schools have until the end of the summer term to join at a 20% discount.

Contact Sarah Clyne at sclyne@thekmgroup.co.uk or on 0844 264 0291 or visit www.KmWalkToSchool.co.uk/Wow