24/03/2017 Newsround

Hello, Jenny here with your Friday Newsround.

First up, yes, today is Red Nose Day - a day when celebs,

like Comic Relief founder Lenny Henry, get silly,

and loads of you pop on your Red Noses to raise money

Raising money for Comic Relief, the first ever Red Nose

Since then the nation's noses have been changing colour all in the name

of helping to tackle poverty in the UK and around the world.

Since Comic Relief began it's raised a whopping ?1 billion!

This year DJ and TV presenter Sara Cox

has spent 24 hours - yes, 24 hrs - dancing to '80s music,

And everyone's looking forward to the the big

One thing lots of grown-ups are talking about is a short film

made with the stars of Love Actually.

It was a big movie that came out in 2003, but what do

But Comic Relief is all about the ways people

across the UK try to raise money and make a difference.

This school in Essex made a gigantic paper chain to raise money!

They even broke the world record - the old record was 3.2 kilometres -

but this morning it was beaten by 200 metres.

300 children from this school in Suffolk did a giant Mexican wave.

And 160 children in Norfolk did a flash mob dance all dressed up

Well, that looked like so much fun, we had to get involved ourselves.

Martin went to a very special school in Aberdeenshire in Scotland to find

I've come here because, in 2015, the pupils at this school

raised over ?21,000, and that's more than any

And this year, they're trying to beat it.

OK, so I want to know what you've been doing

So, obviously we've mountains of red noses, and we also made cakes.

What did you do for Red Nose Day this year?

We went to Tesco's and we raised quite a lot of money, and we also,

we are doing loads of different things in classes.

I want to know what else you're doing.

I think that's going to make the most money, right?

Mrs Martin, one of the deputy headteachers here,

Last year, we had the girls from the office in the stocks

This year we thought we'd give them some extra support and some extra

Tell me, what makes your school so special with the fact

that they can raise over ?21,000 in one year?

We've got some fantastic hard-working staff, pupils,

and the parents have all got behind it to support us.

OK, Mrs Martin, I'm going to leave you to it, good luck.

No, there's an empty stock there, that one's for you!

And it's not just Martin getting involved.

You've been sending us comments and pictures

First up is Alisha from Hastings, whose school is raising money today.

Next we have Fraser who's 10, Erica, 9, Heidi, 7, and Skyler, 2,

who all dressed up "funny for money" at school.

Eight-year-old Izzy, from Reading, has also been in touch,

to say that she's been making bookmarks, to sell and raise

Class 2KK from Weston-super-Mare say their school has been dressing

They've already raised ?564, and will be telling their favourite

Finally, Orla from Oxford says at her school, people can pay money

to vote which teacher does a rap battle, and which

Sport now, and tonight it's a massive night for Wales

They take on the Republic of Ireland in Dublin,

They need to win to have any real chance of reaching the World Cup

And even with the power of Gareth Bale on their side,

boss Chris Coleman says both teams are evenly matched, on all levels.

Very similar in terms of a lot of passion, a lot of energy.

So no matter what anybody says, what won't be forgotten is the game.

When the whistle blows, get at it, just get into it and let's see

That's all from the team today, but I'll be right here all weekend,

bringing you the latest news, so make sure you don't miss it.