YOUNGSTERS took to the stage to perform their Christmas play for friends and families.

The pupils of Heathfield Primary School, Darlington, performed The Twelve Days of Christmas.

The year five and six children dressed in colourful costumes for the production, while pupils in years three and four helped with the music.

The stars of the play include Shannon Randhawa, as Lady Mary, Katie Dodsworth as the maid, Harry Cornish as Captain Jack and Ian Hutchinson as the postman.