0:00:02 > 0:00:04A school just like yours.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07For two years, our cameras have followed day-to-day life here.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09There have been highs and lows.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14We returned for another year to find out how these talented
0:00:14 > 0:00:18teachers continue to excite and inspire a generation of young,
0:00:18 > 0:00:21eager minds at this most ordinary of schools.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23SCREAMING
0:00:23 > 0:00:24This is Class Dismissed.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28BELL RINGS
0:00:31 > 0:00:35It's Wednesday, and while some staff welcome the pupils...
0:00:35 > 0:00:37Hola! High five, fam.
0:00:37 > 0:00:38Morning, sir.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44..child-fearing headteacher Hillary Head, has decided to pretend
0:00:44 > 0:00:48that they don't exist by keeping her eyes shut.
0:00:48 > 0:00:49And then we'll tour the science blocks,
0:00:49 > 0:00:52loop 'round the playing field, and pop into the changing room...
0:00:52 > 0:00:54Ow! What was that?
0:00:54 > 0:00:56What did I trip over?
0:00:56 > 0:00:57Was it a chair? Was it a...
0:00:57 > 0:00:59A chair! You tripped over a chair.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02A chair? Who left a chair in the middle of the corridor?
0:01:02 > 0:01:05- What an idiot!- I don't know, Madam.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07- It's all very, very regrettable. I agree.- Idiots!
0:01:07 > 0:01:10All I'm saying is there are other people who might be better
0:01:10 > 0:01:12suited to the headship job.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18BELL RINGS
0:01:20 > 0:01:23Due to an outbreak of diarrhoea in the history department,
0:01:23 > 0:01:27today's lessons will be covered by new supply teacher, Mr Valachi.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30As he arrives, he receives a warm Dockbridge welcome.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36I am a form of salutation used across the nation.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38I sound like yellow.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40I am, of course...
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Yeah, I'm in a bit of a hurry.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43- ..hello.- Yeah, hi.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46Er, the name's Valachi. I'm covering history today.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50- The agency sent me...- Yes, OK. Here you go. Here's your pass.
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Great, could you tell me how to get to me class?
0:01:53 > 0:01:56Well, yeah. That's what I'm doing, so, just listen, OK?
0:01:56 > 0:01:59I am confinement, but I open minds...
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Forget it, I'll find it myself.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03I was just getting there.
0:02:05 > 0:02:06Impatient!
0:02:06 > 0:02:08BELL RINGS
0:02:08 > 0:02:12It's not long before both lessons and Juan Castenetta's hips are
0:02:12 > 0:02:15in full swing, as Year 10 start the day with Spanish.
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Today, we will learn one of the most important
0:02:20 > 0:02:23lessons in the whole of Spain.
0:02:23 > 0:02:28A Spanish dance as old as time, as passionate as the ocean,
0:02:28 > 0:02:32as lively as a prawn in a spicy paella.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34So, let me ask you this -
0:02:34 > 0:02:35can you do the fandango?
0:02:35 > 0:02:39# Thunderbolts and lightning very, very frightening, me. #
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Well, can you?
0:02:42 > 0:02:43I'll take that as a no.
0:02:43 > 0:02:47We will learn it together. Everyone up, vamos. Up, up, up.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50Sir, could you teach us some real Spanish?
0:02:50 > 0:02:52Like, some of the words?
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Words?
0:02:55 > 0:02:58You have all the words you need right here.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02THEY LAUGH
0:03:02 > 0:03:06Now, before we can dance the fandango, we need the castanets.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14HE PLAYS THE CASTANETS
0:03:14 > 0:03:15And now we can begin.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18First, you move your hips like this.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24Si, and you move your arms like this.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Asi.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29And then you stamp your feet like this.
0:03:34 > 0:03:35Good!
0:03:35 > 0:03:37Good!
0:03:37 > 0:03:39It's... It's just I'm not sure this is going to help in the exam.
0:03:39 > 0:03:44Feel the rhythm rising up inside of you.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Feel the passion
0:03:47 > 0:03:53coming from your h-...
0:03:53 > 0:03:54..heart.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57Feel it in your body.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Feel it in your soul.
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Feel it in your...
0:04:01 > 0:04:03THEY GASP AND GROAN
0:04:03 > 0:04:04..head.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06I definitely felt that in my head.
0:04:07 > 0:04:13And that, my friends, is Spanish.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16I can even do the fandango with my eyebrows.
0:04:16 > 0:04:17Look at this. Look.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20# La-la-la-la-la-la. #
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Ole! Huh?
0:04:26 > 0:04:29Break time, and while supply teacher Mr Valachi is still looking for
0:04:29 > 0:04:31his classroom...
0:04:34 > 0:04:38English teacher, Mr Capps spots a new craze in the playground.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44- Oh, what's all this then, guys? - It's a new game, sir.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47- Everyone's been playing it. - Oh, yeah, yeah.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Can't get enough of, erm...
0:04:49 > 0:04:51I've completely... What's it called again?
0:04:51 > 0:04:53- Bundle.- Bundle, yes!
0:04:53 > 0:04:55Bundle, 'course.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Bunds!
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Bun-dacious.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02You know, over the weekend I was swapping them all over the place.
0:05:02 > 0:05:04Erm, throwing them.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08Tapping them? Ruffling them? Shuffling them?
0:05:08 > 0:05:10Stacking them into pairs. You put them into pairs.
0:05:10 > 0:05:12OK, there's two teams.
0:05:12 > 0:05:13There's no teams.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17- If you don't know, it's fine, sir. - Yeah.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18HE LAUGHS
0:05:18 > 0:05:21Obvs, I'm just pulling all your legs. Banter.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24No. Yeah, but seriously, guys, that game's old news.
0:05:24 > 0:05:27Yeah, I've been far too busy with a brand-new craze...
0:05:32 > 0:05:35..the water bottle challenge. See, how it works is that...
0:05:35 > 0:05:37Yeah, yeah. We know how it works. You flip a water bottle.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Yeah, but not just that, Billy.
0:05:39 > 0:05:41You've got to get it to land upright.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Yeah, it was a thing ages ago. We know.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45- Yeah, but do you though?- Yes.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46- Yeah, but do you though?- Yes.
0:05:46 > 0:05:47- Yeah, but do you though?- Yes.
0:05:47 > 0:05:49- He doesn't know.- I do.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52I'll show ya.
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Ugh!
0:05:53 > 0:05:55You know the bottle's meant to have a lid on it, right?
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Yeah, 'course!
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Banter!
0:06:06 > 0:06:09After break, Year 10 are in with Miss Fun-With-Numbers
0:06:09 > 0:06:13although she seems to think she's teaching a much younger class.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Now, since you've been so good all term,
0:06:18 > 0:06:22I decided that we're going to skip making pasta pictures of
0:06:22 > 0:06:29mummy and daddy today, and instead, I'm going to read you a story.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30THEY GROAN
0:06:30 > 0:06:31Won't that be fun?
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Yes, fun.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Fun!
0:06:36 > 0:06:42Now, what do we need to be when we listen to a story?
0:06:42 > 0:06:44Four years old.
0:06:44 > 0:06:45THEY CHUCKLE
0:06:45 > 0:06:46Oh, I'm sorry, Billy.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48Do you not want to hear a story?
0:06:48 > 0:06:50Honestly, no, miss.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Oh, well. I'm sorry, Billy.
0:06:53 > 0:06:57If you don't want to hear a story, then you'd better leave.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- Seriously?- Yes.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01- Off you go.- Great!
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Now, are the rest of you sitting comfortably?
0:07:05 > 0:07:06Then I'll began.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13Once upon a time, there was a very naughty little boy,
0:07:13 > 0:07:15and his name was Billy.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19Billy was very rude,
0:07:19 > 0:07:24and he thought he was too grown-up to listen to stories.
0:07:24 > 0:07:25Not this again.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30What a naughty little boy.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32But don't worry, boys and girls,
0:07:32 > 0:07:37because naughty boys ALWAYS learn their lessons.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40When Billy came into his lesson the following week,
0:07:40 > 0:07:44he discovered that he had to learn quadratic equations.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49And for every single one he got wrong,
0:07:49 > 0:07:51he had to do a lap of the playground...
0:07:53 > 0:07:55..in his mum's nightie.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Oh! Hello, Billy.
0:08:03 > 0:08:07Have you decided that you DO want to hear a story?
0:08:07 > 0:08:11- Yes, miss.- Lovely!
0:08:11 > 0:08:13SHE CLAPS
0:08:14 > 0:08:15BELL RINGS
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Next, Year 10 are in history,
0:08:22 > 0:08:26but their supply teacher is still having trouble finding his class.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Excuse me!
0:08:33 > 0:08:35With more than 90 classrooms,
0:08:35 > 0:08:38finding the right one is a harder task than expected.
0:08:44 > 0:08:45SHE SCREAMS
0:08:45 > 0:08:47Just when it looks like he'll miss the lesson altogether,
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Mr Valachi finally arrives.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54I made it! I made it!
0:08:54 > 0:08:57With no help whatsoever, I'm here on time.
0:08:57 > 0:08:59Now, turn to page...
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Er, sir, we've only got a few seconds left of the lesson.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04No point really, now.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07It's fine. It's fine. We can do this.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09We've got loads of time.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13So, er, Roman invasions, straight roads.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Julius Caesar eating grapes a lot.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17The Anglo-Saxons, they were all right. The Vikings.
0:09:17 > 0:09:201066, er...
0:09:20 > 0:09:22..the Battle of Hastings. A bit gruesome, let's not dwell.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Domesday Book, the Magna Carta,
0:09:24 > 0:09:26The Black Death!
0:09:26 > 0:09:27Sir, we're going a bit quickly.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Then write faster!
0:09:29 > 0:09:32Agincourt, Bosworth, Henry VIII getting married all the time.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33What's that all about?
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Establishmentarian, that's what.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Elizabeth I, Shakespeare, Drake,
0:09:38 > 0:09:42Guy Fawkes, Queen Victoria, World War I, abdication crisis,
0:09:42 > 0:09:46World War II, man on the moon, power dressing,
0:09:46 > 0:09:49Ian Rush drinking milk, Oasis, the Millennium bug.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50It didn't happen!
0:09:50 > 0:09:52And...
0:09:52 > 0:09:54..Brexit!
0:09:54 > 0:09:59And that's it. That is history. Is there any questions?
0:09:59 > 0:10:00BELL RINGS
0:10:00 > 0:10:02You're out of time. I'm sorry.
0:10:02 > 0:10:06Now, my next class is in room 472.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08Does anyone know where that is?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10It's at the other end of the school, sir.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12'Course it is.
0:10:12 > 0:10:13THEY LAUGH
0:10:13 > 0:10:15BELL RINGS
0:10:15 > 0:10:17It's lunchtime, and in the library,
0:10:17 > 0:10:21Mrs Winstone is doing something she doesn't like not one little bit.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26I don't like this, not one little bit.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29You think I'm just going to let you walk into my house
0:10:29 > 0:10:30and disrespect me like this?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33I just need an extension on this book.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37I thought we were family, and this is how you treat me?
0:10:37 > 0:10:39But...we're not family.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41You're just my librarian.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Think you're a wise guy, do ya?
0:10:43 > 0:10:47I can make things very easy for you, Jasmine...
0:10:47 > 0:10:50..or very, very hard for you.
0:10:50 > 0:10:51What do you want from me?
0:10:53 > 0:10:56When you're old enough...
0:10:56 > 0:10:58..I want you to marry my nephew.
0:10:58 > 0:10:59What?
0:11:03 > 0:11:06I agreed, but only so I could keep the book for as long as I like.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12I may have made a mistake.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14BELL RINGS
0:11:18 > 0:11:20The day ends in art with Mr Rhomb,
0:11:20 > 0:11:23where the first assignment is to find the teacher.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Some educators feel that the imparting
0:11:31 > 0:11:35of knowledge can be done through long instructional presentations.
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Do you mean they teach us lessons?
0:11:37 > 0:11:39Art cannot be taught.
0:11:39 > 0:11:42It can only be embodied.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45Today, you shall all be the art.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Do not be afraid to become your vision.
0:11:49 > 0:11:51I want to understand what inspires you.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Begin.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Time's up.
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Exquisite.
0:12:10 > 0:12:11You embody serenity.
0:12:11 > 0:12:15You are life. You are vision. You are art. What are you?
0:12:15 > 0:12:16I am art.
0:12:17 > 0:12:21Emily, you have painted your canvas with your heart. What are you?
0:12:21 > 0:12:22I am art?
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Incredible.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29I am art.
0:12:29 > 0:12:31Yes, Martin.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32Yes, you are.
0:12:32 > 0:12:35Yeah. Yeah, I am.
0:12:35 > 0:12:36BELL RINGS
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Class, you may go, but remain art.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Except you, Billy.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Your vision was somewhat one-dimensional.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Stay and try again.
0:12:49 > 0:12:50What are you?
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- I am art.- Disgusting.
0:12:53 > 0:12:55- I AM art.- Mundane.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57- I am ART?- Obtuse.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59BELL RINGS
0:12:59 > 0:13:02It's the end of the school day...
0:13:02 > 0:13:04..and everyone's eager to go home.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09Wait, do I just leave this with you?
0:13:09 > 0:13:14That will be determined when you answer me these questions three.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16My first is in potato.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19Please, my bus leaves in two minutes.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21Well, just get the next one, cos this is brilliant.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23You're going to want to hear it, OK?
0:13:23 > 0:13:26The answers you seek lies in the path of retribution...
0:13:26 > 0:13:28HE SCREAMS
0:13:28 > 0:13:31But while most can reflect on a successful day's learning,
0:13:31 > 0:13:34Billy is still struggling to BE art.
0:13:34 > 0:13:36- I am art.- Jejune.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38- I am a-art.- Ersatz.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- I am art?- Sophomoric.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44- I am art.- Lacklustre.
0:13:44 > 0:13:45- WHISPERED:- I am art.
0:13:45 > 0:13:46No.