End of Term 4 O'Clock Club

# Where do you go when you know nobody can understand you?

# When it's just too much to handle

# What do you end up somewhere you never planned to?

# Wash that stress out like it was shampoo

# You should stay, it can change

# There's good days and bad days

# But one day down the line this time is sure to stop

# So the only time is now 4 o'clock, 4 o'clock, 4 o'clock... #

-You done that history homework, Ryan?

-Yeah.

-Ash?

-Just doing it now.

-By which I assume you mean, just copying mine?

-Exactly.

-Erm, Ryan?

-Hmm?

-Athlete's foot powder?

-Ohh-ohh!

Mate! Minger powder. Ryan's got minging feet.

I've never seen that before in my life. Give it back.

-Not that it's mine. Ash!

-Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Don't make fun of Ryan. It's not his fault he's got a disease, yeah? Agh!

-I touched him!

-G-G-Guys, cut it out. Miss Andress is...

CHILDREN GASP

CHILDREN LAUGH

W-W-Well, on the bright side, miss, you won't get...

-..athlete's foot on your face any more.

-Detention!

Let's brace ourselves for the last week of term. Right.

-Have you got any plans for summer?

-I'm off to Spain.

-Are you?

-What about you? Looking forward to getting fired on Friday?

What, my assessment? Byron's not going to fire me.

Telling me off is the one thing that genuinely makes him happy.

Yeah, you'll be fine. This term's gone like a dream(!)

Mr Carter, I won't be able to give you my final assessment

until the last day of term. I hope that's all right.

That's fine, sir.

-Keep me hanging on!

-That's good. You've another week to impress him.

Yeah, five days to turn a bunch of hell-raisers into model pupils.

Piece of cake!

So, prize night.

Last year's speaker was a guy that owned a balloon-pump factory.

Not even a balloon factory but a balloon-PUMP factory.

-How do we liven it up, then?

-Any ideas, Ash?

# Yeah, just do it Yeah, yeah, do it, bam-bam-bam... #

Oi, I was listening to B-Mode.

We were speaking about how we can liven up the prize night.

Well, monkeys make any event go out with a bang.

Especially cheeky ones.

-You should know. You've got a brain like a monkey.

-The music room?

-Well, trust you three to be late.

-But fashionably so, fashionably so.

I was saying, seeing as it's our last week before summer break,

I was thinking of having a special musical detention.

Better not be classical music!

-All right, Zoe-Marie, thank you.

-Why thank me, cloth ears?

I ain't done nothing.

So, basically, what I'm thinking is, you write a song or a rap

about how you could do things differently, yeah?

I might even ask Byron if we can perform it at the prize night.

Ooh, prize night(!) I'd rather suck one of Ryan's toes.

LAUGHTER

-Look, I'm going to go next door and get set up.

-I'll help you, sir.

-No, don't worry.

-Honestly, sir, it's no bother.

-OK, fine.

The rest of you, I'm trusting you to behave while I'm gone.

-I ain't rapping with this lot.

-Yeah, we've met B-Mode,

which is better than performing with a bunch of detention losers.

You really don't see the irony in what you just said, do you?

Wait a minute. We can get B-Mode to come to the prize night

and then he can give the speech.

Yeah. When B-Mode says yes, you can ask Father Christmas and Doctor Who.

# It's all coming together at the right time

# I might be the guy lighting up the prize night

# People are going to freak when they see B-Mode

# Me and Nate will play it cool Just a guy we know

# Everyone will praise my name

# And the keynote will never be the same again

# And I'll say it to anybody who wanted to listen

# This time, man, it's going to be different

# So from this point on

# It'll never be the same again

# Never be the same again

# And I wanna see you prove me wrong this time

# It'll never be the same again

# Never be the same again

# I should never forget just why it was I came back

# So sick and tired of hearing all the same chat

# From all of my mates Cos they were trouble, like me

# But they never saw how much more I might be

# With a textbook and an HB pencil

# Byron's blinded He can't see the potential

# Who else has these credentials?

# I left school as a problem child I've got to smile

# Because from this point on

# It'll never be the same again Never be the same again

# And I wanna see you prove me wrong this time

# It'll never be the same again Never be the same again

# This year's prize night? Got it covered

# So smart I go over your head just like a toupee

# Cash in my ideas at the bank

# When you go home happy Remember me to Frank

# Ahh! #

Listen up. Josh Carter will make this year's prize night the best one ever!

Shut up, Carter, you big head!

Talking of big heads, Ryan said your head is way too big to fit in this.

-Are you saying I've a big head?

-I wasn't saying anything!

Yeah, you were like, "Zoe-Marie's got a head like a pumpkin!"

At least I ain't got a pinhead like you, you pin-head pin-face.

Your head is so small it's like a bean with eyes.

You shouldn't be called Ryan. You should be called Mr Mini Head.

You should prove that your head's not that big.

Yeah. Get a load of this.

No, don't do that, it's stupid!

We'll see who looks stupid when I've got my head in this thing.

-LAUGHTER

-Now who looks stupid, stupid.

Poor Mr Carter. You've gone out your way to inspire them this term,

but some of them are as bad as ever.

Actually, people seem enthusiastic about what we're doing today.

Sir, you know as well as I do that it's only a matter of time

-until something goes wrong.

-Agness, you need a little more faith.

CLATTERING

Get it off me! Quick. Get it off me!

Get it off my head! Get it off me!

The poor girl had to be cut free by firemen!

We're lucky there wasn't permanent damage.

Sadly, the same can't be said for the school tuba.

I just wanted to do something different for the detention kids.

-I didn't mean to...

-Your first duty was supervision, Mr Carter,

and in that respect, you have failed in the highest degree.

I heard about Zoe-Marie.

Yeah. Byron gave me a massive carpeting. Again.

Thanks to you, my department has to find money for a new tuba.

Forgive me if I don't have a lot of sympathy at the moment.

-But you said I should...

-Impress him? You certainly got MY attention.

-So sorry to hear you'll be leaving us.

-What?

No, Byron's decision isn't going to be made till the end of the week.

No. Of course.

It's been interesting working with you, Mr Carter.

This is your doing.

# Down, down, down

# I let myself down, down, down

# I let everybody down, down, down

# Just another epic fail

# It's just another epic fail

# Come on, Mr Carter, your time's up The usual suspect in the line-up

# Now I can't stop moping around Maybe I should go throw in the towel

# Byron will never give a good report

# The man has never said anything good before

# So why would he start here after all I've done in the past year?

# All the times that I fight with the staff, ahhh

# All the time I was lying to Byron

# What's the point and why was I trying?

# All the times that I double-crossed Josh

# He must've had enough of that tosh

# I tried to make a difference at first

# Only succeeded in making it worse They should call me Mr Poo

# Cos that's what everything I touch turns into

# If I leave, who's going to say I miss you

# Look at all the failure I've been through

# I should quit before the report Excellent, good, average or poor

# It's a fact it's not worth running from

# Yep, it's time to find another job

# Down, down, down

# I let myself down, down, down

# I let everybody down, down, down

# Just another epic fail

# It's just another epic fail. #

Oh, hello, lovely. Did you have a good day?

Yeah. Kind of.

-What are you doing?

-Oh, just sorting through these bills.

I don't know what I'd do if we didn't have your wages coming in

to help pay for all of this.

Shelf-stacker...?

HE SIGHS

Florist!

HE LAUGHS

Hey - is that my phone?! Oi! You don't touch that.

What are you doing, anyway?

NN-Nothing.

W-W-What were you doing?

Nothing.

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

Look, I ain't giving up, all right?

We've got six weeks of summer ahead of us.

I ain't having people forgetting how much of a legend I am.

-I need B-Mode's direct line.

-Where will you get that from?

-It's in Nathan's phone.

-He's not going to let you have it.

That's where you plugholes come in.

So, sir, do we have what it takes to become street-dance champions?

Maybe. And if you practise.

-Can you show us, sir?

-No, Ash, it's... What are you doing?

You don't want to get sweaty - athlete's foot!

-Basically...

-I'm not dancing.

THEY ALL TALK AT ONCE

I don't have time for this. Can I have my jacket back, please?

I just remembered - there's somewhere I've got to be, sir.

-Yeah.

-Thanks, sir.

-Bye!

Give something back to the kids, yeah? Yeah, man.

I'd love to give the speech. Totally.

Yeah, that would be excellent, B-Mode,

um, my old friend.

Yeah, it'll be ice cold. I might even squeak out a couple of tunes.

No freaking way?!

Nate, are you all right, bruv?

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT Yeah.

-It's just your voice sounds a little different.

-I've just got a cold.

Anyway, I've got to go. See you Friday, B-Mode.

Yeah.

Spread the news - Josh Carter has officially saved prize night.

Now all I gotta do is tell Byron the good news.

-Hey, bruv, give us a hug.

-Hey! What's that for?

-You just looked like you needed it.

-Aw. Thanks, bruv.

MOBILE RINGS

-Hello?

-Bruv, I've had a crazy idea - you should join me on stage.

We'd be massive together. Speak later, yeah? Peace.

Hey, Josh, you're not going to believe what happened today.

If it happened to you at school, it's probably not that interesting.

Yeah? Well, check this out, right?

I'm packing up my desk, because...

Well, just because. ..and my phone rings, and it's B-Mode.

And he offers me a job!

I mean, honestly, bruv, the timing could not be better.

So, um...

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

So, look, um, I'm thinking of, you know, quitting teaching.

HE HUMS

Josh, I know this is a lot to take in,

but you must have something to say.

# Yeah, do it, do it Yeah, do it, yeah, yeah, yeah. #

Yeah... Well, I'm hearing you. I'm hearing you.

Dear Mr Byron...

I regret to inform you...

..of my decision...

..to leave Elmsbury.

KNOCK ON DOOR Enter!

Oh, tell me, what do I get the woman who has everything?

Vouchers?

I am not getting my mother vouchers!

OK. Um...this is for you.

I'll look at it later.

Quitter.

This means we'll get some total ploppy for detention next year.

THEY ALL SPEAK AT ONCE

Late again?

Yeah, cos I was just getting Byron's permission

-to bring B-Mode to the prize night.

-So what?

All right. Don't thank me all at once.

Well, your brother's just told us that he's resigned.

-What do you mean, resigned?

-As in leaving Elmsbury.

What?! Since when?

I told you the last night.

You were all, like, "Yeah, yeah, come on, do it."

I was listening to B-Mode. You idiot!

-Oh.

-Maybe you would know if you weren't so out of touch.

I'm not that out of touch, Josh.

-B-Mode offered me a gig.

-What? B-Mode didn't mention that to me.

When did you speak to B-Mode?

Josh, what have you done?

So, when you were talking about this prize night gig,

I thought you were offering me a GIG gig, like, a job.

I was just trying to do something cool for my school.

B-Mode don't like being deceived.

Come on, bruv.

We'll have to find something else to fall back on.

Look, if you do need someone else to join your crew,

-you could do worse than Nathan.

-Josh, leave it.

He still has it. I've heard him rapping in the shower.

And he has no job, B-Mode.

-No other skills, no talents.

-Yeah, I think you've said enough.

Look, he'll end up on the streets,

-trying to sell his body parts for medical research.

-Let's go.

It's not like you owe it to him. He gave you your first big break.

You know what? I do have a hole in my crew.

I could do with a new hype man. You up for it, Natty?

You serious?

Yeah, well, he wants his own dressing room, first pick of the girls,

a solid-gold toilet, the standard stuff.

HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

We'll talk business tomorrow night.

So you're still coming to prize night?

-B-Mode honours his commitments, yeah.

-Nice one, B.

Thanks, bruv.

Well, it's about time you got back to doing something you're good at.

Soon you'll be standing where I am, Natty-C -

with the world at your feet.

I'm glad he's going.

Yeah, the less teachers in this school, the better.

Who are we on about again?

-Mr Carter.

-I got tuba-itis cos of him.

There's no such thing as tuba-itis.

Yeah, there is. It's like trumpet syndrome, but it's worse.

Either way, detentions was a lot more interesting with Mr Carter.

Yeah, it beat just doing lines.

Let's face it - he's the best teacher we ever had.

We should do something to say thanks.

-We should get him.

-We're not getting him a monkey.

It needs to be something special.

-What?!

-We need you.

..which brings us to the award for Best Sporting Achievement,

which goes to Sanya Zuvela,

for her success in this year's borough judo competition.

This is well boring!

-We shall now take a short comfort break...

-Yes!

..while we prepare for the final prize of the evening.

-You assured me B-Mode would be here.

-He's on his way, sir.

He just phoned me up to say he stopped off

at the hip-hop supplies wholesale...retailer...people.

-HE CLEARS HIS THROAT

-Hi. Hello, everyone.

Could I have Ryan, Ash, Molly, Zoe-Marie, Agness and Josh up here?

Please.

I know these aren't exactly the kind of kids

you expect to see up on stage at prize night,

but having spent time with them in the 4 O'Clock Club

and I think they deserve a prize too.

So, Agness, you win the award for being helpful.

Thanks, sir. What do I get?

You get to help me give out the other awards.

-Good idea, sir.

-Yeah.

And, Molly, you win for intelligence, stubbornness

and well-placed sarcasm.

Zoe-Marie, I know a lot of people think you're overly aggressive.

Shut up and give me my award, all right?

-Right.

-Thanks. Soz for interrupting.

Ash, I wish I could be as upbeat as you every day.

Try having your brain removed.

Josh, you win for being my brother.

That's like an award for being born.

And, Ryan, you win for courage.

Cos you're scared of everything, but you do it anyway.

Only cos they make me.

Thank you. We ARE on a timetable.

-As I was saying, this year has...

-We wanted to say something.

So, just as we rehearsed, yeah? Let it flow. All right?

MUSIC BEGINS

# This is a special message to Mr Carter from

-# Zoe-Marie!

-Agness!

-# Ash!

-Ryan!

-Molly!

-Josh!

# Before you, we always hated school

# The truth is, we still do

# But only a little bit

# Who'd have thought you'd be more than just another just another idiot?

# Before you, we always hated school

# The truth is, we still do

# But only a little bit

# Who'd have thought you'd be more than just another just another idiot?

# I just want to say thanks to Mr Carter

# I used to punch hard Now I punch less harder

# And I try not to lose it

# Now I only punch pillows because they don't get bruises

# I'm really impressed with you, sir

# Because you really were quite rubbish at first

# But I've learned from you that sometimes I give too much chat

# You're probably right about that

# Let me tell you that I love monkeys

# Tall ones, short ones, fat ones Trust me

# Furry, funky monkey's through... Oh, we think Mr Carter's cool

# Most teachers reckon I'm a know-it-all

# Kind of makes it harder when I go to school

# But you were different from the very first week

# Thanks for seeing the boy behind the geek

# Before you, we always hated school

# The truth is, we still do

# But only a little bit

# Who'd have thought you'd be more than just another idiot

# Before you, we always hated school

# The truth is, we still do But only a little bit

# Who'd have thought you'd be more than just another idiot?

# When I misunderstood I feel awkward

# Like me and Zoe-Marie on fast-forward

# As if I'm talking a whole different language

# Thanks for taking the time to understand it

# I never thought I'd see the day where I gave you praise

# But here it is, bruv, take it away

# I must admit I thought How could it work?

-# You and a school is like a cow and a church ALL:

-Weird!

# But now that you're here I kind of realise

# I should have no fear

# Cos who better to watch my back than my own flesh and blood

# And this ain't jokes this is just love... #

-Three cheers for Mr Carter! Hip, hip!

-ALL: Hooray!

-Hip, hip!

-ALL:

-Hooray!

-ALL:

-Hooray!

# Before you, we always hated school

# The truth is, we still do But only a little bit

# Who'd have thought you'd be more than just another idiot?

# Before you, we always hated school

# The truth is, we still do But only a little bit

# Who'd have thought you'd be more than just another idiot? #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

I can't believe you did that for me, man.

Well, it is kind of my fault that you resigned, so.

You think I actually made a difference?

Well, d'oh. The kids here love you, you know?

You're going to be missed.

SCREAMING

Yes! J-Carter - the man, the legend.

I should never have resigned.

-What about the letter?

-The letter?

-Excuse me. Sorry! Hi, B-Mode.

-Bye, B-mode.

Yes! It's here.

So just to recap on my main points, yeah?

Stay in school. Don't disrespect adults.

Eat five fruit or vegetables a day.

Peace out!

Bring back balloon-pump guy!

Wise words there, Mr Mode.

And now for the climax of our evening, the final award -

Teacher of the Year.

This year, the award goes to...

Mr Carter!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

What have I done now?!

Would you come on up to the stage?

-What is it?

-The Teacher of the Year award.

Who do you want me to give it to?

It's for you.

What?!

You said I'd failed.

After that stuff with the tuba and everything else.

Mr Carter, Nathan, you have tried harder than any teacher

I've seen in a long time,

and we only fail in life by not trying.

And I shan't be needing your resignation.

This isn't my resignation letter.

This...is my resignation letter.

-Isn't it?

-N-N-No.

That was the gift voucher I was going to give to my mother

for her birthday. LAUGHTER

See? Told you? Best prize night ever.

# How did time fly so fast? Yesterday seemed like the start

# From the beginning right to the last

# All the fights are in the past

# For everything that we argue on

# There were good things we can't prove wrong

# Maybe we'll do it all again

# Can't believe it's the end of term

# Remember the ups And the downs

# Love that noise

# That's the sound of everyone being glad about

# How the future is mapping out

# All our friends gathered round arguments don't matter now

# If you're on your own, grab a pal everybody clap and shout

# You know me I can get by on my own

# But I'm twice as strong with you, yeah

# When these school days

# Come to an end, you'll change

# So let's enjoy this moment, right

# Let's enjoy this moment, right

# Let's enjoy this moment, right

# Let's enjoy this moment, right

-# So many memories

-I can't choose one

-# So many friends

-I can't lose one

# Zoe-Marie, Agness, Molly Ash, Ryan Melanie, Andress, Emo, Byron... #

# Ha! Yeah, can't forget Byron.

# Today, man, I almost liked him

# And what about you and Ms Poppy

# You never know, man, one day properly

# Oh, yeah, well you keep on dreaming

# I will, that's how I feel this evening

# What, like anything's possible?

# Yeah, school used to feel horrible

# I know what you mean, man sometimes school's a joke

# Without a punchline

# I even hated the Elmsbury emblem

# I guess you can learn a lot from detention

# You know me, I can get by on my own

# But I'm twice as strong with you yeah

# When these school days

# Come to an end you'll change

# So let's enjoy this moment, right let's enjoy this moment, right

# Let's enjoy this moment, right let's enjoy this moment, right

# You know me, I can get by on my own

# But I'm twice as strong with you, yeah

# When these school days come to an end you'll change

# So let's enjoy this moment, right let's enjoy this moment, right

# Let's enjoy this moment, right let's enjoy this moment, right. #

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

# But I'm twice as strong with you, yeah

# When these school days come to an end you'll change

# So let's enjoy this moment, right let's enjoy this moment, right

# Let's enjoy this moment, right let's enjoy this moment, right. #