A SCHOOL has raised money for a teaching assistant who lost her life to melanoma this year. Longshaw Junior School in Blackburn asked the children to dress in white or something shiny last Friday to honour the memory of Lynn White, who was a teaching assistant for year six. The school raised £750 for East Lancashire Hospice, where Miss White was cared for. She diagnosed with melanoma in October and died on February 17. Deputy Headteacher at the school, Jonathan Berry said: “She was the beating heart of our school. “She changed a lot of children’s lives for the better and was a great example to all of us.