TEACHERS at a Derbyshire school have created a dance video as part of the year 11 leavers' celebrations – for the third year in a row.
This time, it is the turn of chart hit Gangnam Style to get the Mill Hill School treatment and it has already had 6,000 hits on the internet.
The original video is the most-watched and most-liked video of all time on YouTube.
More than 40 staff from the Ripley school were involved in the video, with teacher Huw Lloyd taking the lead role as singer Psy.
It is now established tradition for teachers at the school to create a lasting memory for pupils of their time at the school.
Last year, 18 teachers danced to Run DMC's It's Like That. The previous year, the school re-enacted Peter Kay's version of Is This The Way To Amarillo.
Mr Lloyd, who is the school's key stage four director of learning, has taken a key role in all the films.
He said this year's was the biggest and best video yet.
He added: "It took a lot of planning and we had a sixth former, Michael Hawley, who did the editing. It looks very professional.
"We started thinking about what we could do this year as soon as we finished last year's video.
"We were thinking about doing the Harlem Shake but, because Gangnam Style was so big, we thought it would be great to re-enact it.
"There were between 40 and 50 staff involved and even a couple of staff members who had left the school came back and got involved with the filming."
Mr Lloyd said all the footage was shot after school and in the teachers' own time.
He said: "We keep it a secret from the pupils who are leaving, so we had to make sure it was all filmed when they wouldn't be in school.
"We showed it to the students in the leavers' assembly and they absolutely loved it.
"They were in fits of laughter.
"It's a great way of saying goodbye to the students and shows them that teachers are human."
Mr Lloyd said he was thrilled with the reaction to the film but that a change of role meant he would not be in charge of making next year's.
He said: "It's definitely been the biggest and best yet but my role changes next year and I won't be in charge of year 11.
"I am passing on the baton to the head of year for next year and look forward to seeing what they produce for their year group. I'm sure it will be equally as entertaining and funny."
