0:00:02 > 0:00:03This is Dockbridge High,
0:00:03 > 0:00:05a school just like yours, a school like any other,
0:00:05 > 0:00:10a place where bright young minds are taught by some of the wisest,
0:00:10 > 0:00:13most respected members of the teaching profession.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17Our cameras filmed for a year to find out what life is really like
0:00:17 > 0:00:21for the students and their teachers at this most ordinary of schools.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23SIREN BLARES
0:00:23 > 0:00:25Welcome to Class Dismissed.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29SCHOOL BELL RINGS
0:00:29 > 0:00:32It's the geography field trip this afternoon
0:00:32 > 0:00:35and Dave, the site manager, is preparing Lorraine,
0:00:35 > 0:00:37the school bus.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40Oh, my Lorraine. She's a beauty.
0:00:40 > 0:00:422.2 litre engine.
0:00:42 > 0:00:44Four-speed gearbox.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46Single-side door.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Retractable sidestep.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52Hard-wearing carpet trim. I could go on.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Central locking.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57Adjustable driver's seat.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59CD player. Cup holder...
0:01:04 > 0:01:07And, now, we are ready to roll.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09ENGINE SPLUTTERS
0:01:13 > 0:01:15ENGINE SPLUTTERS
0:01:16 > 0:01:21Lorraine!
0:01:21 > 0:01:23School trips are the best.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26Yeah, sitting at the back of the bus, eating sweets.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29No, an opportunity to learn outside of the classroom.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32Yeah, what he said.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36Yeah! School trip!
0:01:36 > 0:01:38There's a palpable buzz of excitement at the idea
0:01:38 > 0:01:41of spending the afternoon away from school.
0:01:41 > 0:01:42Woohoo!
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Is it the school trip today?
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Psych. School trip!
0:01:53 > 0:01:55Before the fun of the school trip can begin,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58there's a morning of boring lessons to get through first.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00That is...if a teacher ever arrives.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07- PANTING:- So...
0:02:08 > 0:02:13..if a man was meant to be at school at 8am...
0:02:15 > 0:02:16..and...
0:02:18 > 0:02:22..travel time minus cornflakes, showering and dressing
0:02:22 > 0:02:25still equals 30 minutes...
0:02:28 > 0:02:30..what is the very latest time
0:02:30 > 0:02:33that the man should have woken up this morning?
0:02:34 > 0:02:35Yes, Tahj?
0:02:35 > 0:02:367.30am, sir.
0:02:37 > 0:02:397.30!
0:02:40 > 0:02:44And for an extra mark, where might he buy a new alarm clock?
0:02:44 > 0:02:45A shop, sir.
0:02:45 > 0:02:46Thank you, Tahj.
0:02:49 > 0:02:50Quiet reading!
0:02:56 > 0:02:59SCHOOL BELL RINGS
0:03:01 > 0:03:06- My favourite lesson's ICT. - Yeah, ICT.- It's so much fun.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Good morning, Mrs Hackvinda.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18Oh, good morning Mr Potter. Aaja, aaja.
0:03:18 > 0:03:23It's a lovely day for embroidery, hai na?
0:03:23 > 0:03:28I'm sure it is, Mrs Hackvinda, but shouldn't you be teaching ICT?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30Sorry, sorry...
0:03:30 > 0:03:34I will start the lesson as soon as I finish reading this book.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38To be honest, I'm not sure if Mrs Hackvinda
0:03:38 > 0:03:41is really cut out for teaching ICT.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43She's just a little old lady.
0:03:44 > 0:03:48But the children do seem to enjoy her lessons.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51HE CRICKS NECK
0:03:52 > 0:03:53As you were.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04OK, everyone, the ender dragon's gone.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Chalo. Action stations.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11Power up and game on.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17I've unlocked every level of Mario Kart,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20packed in-form Ronaldo on FIFA
0:04:20 > 0:04:24and Stampy wants to join my world on Minecraft,
0:04:24 > 0:04:28- so let's make this quick, no? - PUPILS:- Yes, miss.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30Miss, can you help me with a cheat code?
0:04:30 > 0:04:35Let me just pwn this noob and I'll be right with you.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Miss, miss! Boss alert!
0:04:37 > 0:04:39OK, clan. Control, alt, delete.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42Emergency crash mode.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Everything OK in here, Mr Hackvinda?
0:04:44 > 0:04:47Calm, Mr Potter, puttar.
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Except I'm going to have to re-spawn myself.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55- I'm sorry? - I mean, I've lost my thread.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Well then...
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Carry on.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08Game on.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12SCHOOL BELL RINGS
0:05:12 > 0:05:16Break time and Dave is getting a professional opinion
0:05:16 > 0:05:17on how to fix Lorraine.
0:05:17 > 0:05:20What do you think's wrong with her then?
0:05:20 > 0:05:22Doesn't look good, I'm afraid, Dave.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25It's your spark plugs, you're going to have to get them replaced.
0:05:25 > 0:05:27But it's the field trip this afternoon.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Oh, and you might need your oil topped up in a few weeks.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Cheers, Bill.
0:05:37 > 0:05:38What?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40SCHOOL BELL RINGS
0:05:42 > 0:05:45Product design teacher Mr Oakley is teaching his class
0:05:45 > 0:05:47some important life skills.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49Oak.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Man's best friend.
0:05:52 > 0:05:55OK, listen up, fellas.
0:05:55 > 0:06:00As a man, you never know when you might need an emergency canoe.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03That were a bad day, that.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06But I got through it...thanks to wood.
0:06:06 > 0:06:10So, today's man task is to carve a canoe
0:06:10 > 0:06:14out of a single piece of oak.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18So, I need two strapping young men to come up and help us.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21Er... Oh, you two young fellas.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Come on, up you come.
0:06:23 > 0:06:24I'm not a man.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Now, this is a big day for you, fellow-me-lads.
0:06:29 > 0:06:34I remember when I whittled my first object out of a single piece of oak.
0:06:34 > 0:06:38I slept with that wooden teddy till I were a grown man.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Maybe five or six years old.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46Gloves and goggles on, and hold log steady, chaps.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50Now, I begin by taking me manly chisel in me manly..
0:06:50 > 0:06:52Ahh! A spider!
0:06:52 > 0:06:54Sir, it's only tiny.
0:06:54 > 0:06:58Ahh! Is it on me? I don't like it. Is it in me moustache?
0:06:58 > 0:07:01Ah! It's in the moustache! I want me mum! I want me mum!
0:07:01 > 0:07:02Ah! Ah! Ah!
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Ah! I don't like it!
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Lunch time, a time when most accidents happen,
0:07:07 > 0:07:11so school nurse Mr Hart is on high alert.
0:07:11 > 0:07:12He's choking!
0:07:15 > 0:07:19Patient is female and appears to be aged between eight and 45.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21She is suffering from a chronic respiratory condition.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Can you hear me? Two blinks for yes.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27- MUFFLED SPEECH - She's babbling incoherently.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29I just coughed, sir, I'm completely fine.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31Patient is showing signs of distress.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Hart, looks like you're going to have to operate.
0:07:36 > 0:07:38HEART RATE MONITOR FLATLINES
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Sometimes you just have to let them go.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46It's finally time for the school trip.
0:07:47 > 0:07:48School trip!
0:07:49 > 0:07:53HE IMITATES ROBOT Shotgun back seat!
0:07:57 > 0:08:01PUPILS LAUGH
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Righty-ho, class.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Are we all prepped and ready to go?
0:08:07 > 0:08:10- PUPILS:- Yes, miss. - Mrs Crampon, one small problem.
0:08:10 > 0:08:15Now, who's in charge of the safety dinghy? Good-o.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Then on we get.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19Can I talk to...?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22I need to speak to Mrs... I need to speak to Mrs Crampon.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25Can I get...? What are you doing? Let me on.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27Don't hit me with that.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Come along, Billy, stop messing around.
0:08:33 > 0:08:34Sorry, miss.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37Not everyone is going on today's trip.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41In fact, even those who are are still in the playground.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45Substitute teacher Miss Openshaw is covering Mr Capp's class.
0:08:45 > 0:08:50Some people come to teaching through another similar job,
0:08:50 > 0:08:55like prison guard or lion tamer.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59But I used to have a job doing the recorded messages in a call centre.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03CALL CENTRE MUSIC PLAYS
0:09:03 > 0:09:05- IN PHONE OPERATOR VOICE: - Please hold...
0:09:05 > 0:09:07We're trying to connect you.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Good afternoon and thank you for coming to English.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Please hold, your education is important to us.
0:09:22 > 0:09:23- MUSIC STOPS - Thank you for waiting.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27In which language would you like to learn English?
0:09:27 > 0:09:31- English.- You've chosen to learn English in English.
0:09:31 > 0:09:35The book you are studying is Oliver Twist.
0:09:35 > 0:09:39Which character from Oliver Twist would you like to discuss?
0:09:39 > 0:09:41Bill Sikes.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- OK. I think you said hill mites. - Bill Sikes.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47OK, I think you said big bikes.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Bill Sykes.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52OK, I think you said small trikes.
0:09:52 > 0:09:53Nancy.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56OK, I think you said Nancy.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Yeah, I did.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00In Oliver Twist,
0:10:00 > 0:10:05how does Nancy use a false identity in order to help Oliver Twist?
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- Well, basically, she...- Please hold.
0:10:09 > 0:10:11MUSIC PLAYS
0:10:13 > 0:10:16- MUSIC STOPS - Please continue to hold.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18Your answer is important to us.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22MUSIC PLAYS, PUPILS SIGH
0:10:29 > 0:10:30In another part of the school,
0:10:30 > 0:10:35Mr Nasal is using a free period to do some marking.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37He's making sure every page is covered.
0:10:37 > 0:10:41Unclear hypothesis, minus one mark.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Writing in biro, minus one mark.
0:10:44 > 0:10:45Ah-ah-ah-choo!
0:10:47 > 0:10:50Snot on the page, minus one mark.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53Go away!
0:10:53 > 0:10:58- Oh, hello, Mr Nasal. - Miss Spray, come in.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03So, how...
0:11:03 > 0:11:05how are things going in the science prep room?
0:11:05 > 0:11:07- Intoxicating.- What?
0:11:07 > 0:11:11Oh, just a little joke because of the toxic chemicals, you know.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15Oh, ha-ha-ha. Classic, Miss Spray, I must remember that one.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18I...I was just wondering if I could borrow a Petri dish.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21Oh, yes, of course. Have my favourite one.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25I wonder...
0:11:25 > 0:11:27if you're free,
0:11:27 > 0:11:30if you'd like to join me for some lunch in the canteen sometime.
0:11:30 > 0:11:32I'd be delighted.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34Just make sure you wash your hands first.
0:11:34 > 0:11:35What?
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Because of the intoxicating material... What you said...
0:11:39 > 0:11:40Yeah, very good.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Until then, Mr Nasal.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49Till then, Miss Spray.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50Ah.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53MUSIC: Lovin' You by Minnie Riperton
0:11:56 > 0:11:58Ehh...
0:12:00 > 0:12:02A+.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05A+.
0:12:05 > 0:12:06A+.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08Meanwhile, in the playground,
0:12:08 > 0:12:11Mrs Crampon's survival instincts have kicked in.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Righto, everyone, no need to panic.
0:12:14 > 0:12:17We've got everything we need to survive out here
0:12:17 > 0:12:18for a month or more.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20Plus, I phoned the garage.
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Plus, we can just go home.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24We need to choose a leader
0:12:24 > 0:12:28or we'll dissolve into anarchy almost immediately.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30I nominate myself.
0:12:31 > 0:12:35Excellent. So, I'll give out jobs.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Hannah, you need to fetch water - four gallons, please.
0:12:38 > 0:12:43Elliott, Nathan, Emily, build a shelter that'll sleep 12.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Billy, Tahj, we need food if we're to survive.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Fetch my fishing nets.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52The rest of you - on firewood.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56But the garage will be here soon.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59Nonsense, man, we'll never make it.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03I'll take first watch from the highest vantage point.
0:13:03 > 0:13:04Give me a bunk up.
0:13:08 > 0:13:10SCHOOL BELL RINGS
0:13:10 > 0:13:13The day is over and there's disappointment
0:13:13 > 0:13:16that the field trip didn't go ahead as planned...
0:13:16 > 0:13:18It's well unfair.
0:13:18 > 0:13:20I know, I really wanted to go fishing.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23..while others have made the best of a bad situation.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25# The wheels on the bus go round and round
0:13:25 > 0:13:28# Round and round Round and round
0:13:28 > 0:13:31# The wheels on the bus go round and round
0:13:31 > 0:13:34- # All day long. # - It's like she's mocking us.
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Don't listen to her, Lorraine.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39# Round and round Round and round... #
0:13:39 > 0:13:43And Dockbridge High closes its gates on another day.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46MUSIC: Lovin' You by Minnie Riperton
0:13:48 > 0:13:51Gross.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- # It's more than a feeling - More than a feeling
0:13:54 > 0:13:58# When I hear that old song they used to play
0:13:58 > 0:13:59# More than a feeling
0:13:59 > 0:14:03- # I begin dreaming - More than a feeling
0:14:03 > 0:14:08# Till I see Marianne walk away
0:14:09 > 0:14:14# I see my Marianne walkin' away. #