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.
0:00:31 > 0:00:32The start of the school day,
0:00:32 > 0:00:35and an opportunity for pupils to catch up on everything
0:00:35 > 0:00:38that's happened since they last saw each other.
0:00:38 > 0:00:40And I was like, "No way."
0:00:40 > 0:00:42And he was all like, "Way."
0:00:42 > 0:00:45And I was like, "No way."
0:00:45 > 0:00:47BOTH: No way.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49Way, literally.
0:00:49 > 0:00:52Teacher coming through. Coming through!
0:00:52 > 0:00:53Yes, I'm a teacher.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55Hey, look, it's weird kid.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57I'm a teacher!
0:00:57 > 0:00:59I love that kid.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00BELL RINGS
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Punctuality is very important at Dockbridge,
0:01:05 > 0:01:08and with just seconds to go until the first lesson,
0:01:08 > 0:01:10one pupil needs some help.
0:01:12 > 0:01:14Er, hello?
0:01:15 > 0:01:18Hi, yeah, can you help me? I'm just trying to find...
0:01:18 > 0:01:24Ah, ye have travelled from distant lands for the knowledge ye seek.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26Kind of, I was just wondering where...
0:01:28 > 0:01:33Those who ask questions should beware of the answers they may find.
0:01:36 > 0:01:37I'm going to be late!
0:01:37 > 0:01:39Yeah, OK, just wait.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43SHE PANTS
0:01:43 > 0:01:46If help you seek from such as me,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48then first you must answer riddles three.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52I just want to know where the design block is.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Yeah, well, I just want to give you three riddles.
0:01:54 > 0:01:56So, just wait for this, cos it's very good.
0:01:56 > 0:01:58Ah...
0:01:58 > 0:02:00If the design block be your destination,
0:02:00 > 0:02:04then three riddles for your consideration.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06I'm just going to find it myself.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09You must follow the light of the m-...
0:02:09 > 0:02:11Never mind!
0:02:12 > 0:02:13SHE SIGHS
0:02:13 > 0:02:16Did I feed my dog this morning?
0:02:17 > 0:02:19BELL RINGS
0:02:19 > 0:02:22The day starts with history, and Miss Kinder wastes
0:02:22 > 0:02:25no time in reminding the class that she's definitely a teacher.
0:02:27 > 0:02:30Listen, I haven't got time to discuss altering electricity
0:02:30 > 0:02:32payments right now.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34I've got a class to teach, because I am a teacher.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Sorry, you know what it's like.
0:02:38 > 0:02:39Bills, bills, bills.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Well, you wouldn't, because you're children.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44But I certainly would, because I'm a teacher.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Why is weird kid being weird?
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Mmm, what a lovely black coffee.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51Oh, it's so bitter. Mmm, yum.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Er, where do you think you're going?
0:02:54 > 0:02:57- To the toilet. - Not until you ask more politely.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01OK, can I go to the toilet, please, weird kid?
0:03:01 > 0:03:02Oh, just go!
0:03:03 > 0:03:08Now, today we're going to be talking about the history of cinema.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13And talking of cinema, I went to Return Of Doom Island last night.
0:03:13 > 0:03:14Was it scary?
0:03:14 > 0:03:17No, because I'm an adult! I mean, yes.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19Yes, it was very scary. Some people were very scared.
0:03:19 > 0:03:21Especially when the zombies...
0:03:21 > 0:03:22SHE GASPS
0:03:22 > 0:03:23Or when they...
0:03:23 > 0:03:25SHE WHIMPERS
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Or the bit when they...
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Some people cried all the way through.
0:03:30 > 0:03:31Not me, though, because I'm very mature
0:03:31 > 0:03:33and don't get scared by movies.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36How about the bit when the head zombie comes in and goes...
0:03:36 > 0:03:38SHE SCREAMS
0:03:38 > 0:03:41Someone's done a proper stink in the toilet.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42THEY LAUGH
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Where did weird kid go?
0:03:44 > 0:03:45BELL RINGS
0:03:48 > 0:03:52In Geography, today's lesson is being taken by part-time
0:03:52 > 0:03:56supply teacher and part-time street performer, Mr Busk.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Donate to learn? What's that about?
0:04:12 > 0:04:15Er, sir, the lesson can start now.
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Welcome, children. Oh, ain't it windy?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33Now, today, we're going to be learning all about...
0:04:35 > 0:04:36About what, sir?
0:04:41 > 0:04:45..how to pass your GCSEs with flying colours.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Sound good, son?
0:04:48 > 0:04:49THEY GROAN
0:04:49 > 0:04:53How much is it going to take for you to teach us the full lesson?
0:04:53 > 0:04:54Tenner.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04Come on, guys. Donate to learn. Come on, everybody.
0:05:04 > 0:05:05BELL RINGS
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Breaktime, and Mrs Mark spots an old enemy while on
0:05:11 > 0:05:13playgrounds duty.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21What do I think of Marcella?
0:05:21 > 0:05:25The girl that my Markie may or may not have been dating?
0:05:25 > 0:05:28That female is not good enough for my Mark.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33But as breaktime monitor, I have to make sure everyone is happy.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Even if it is...
0:05:35 > 0:05:36..her.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40You all right?
0:05:40 > 0:05:41Yeah, I'm fine.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43OK, great.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45It's just...
0:05:46 > 0:05:48..my friends.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54They just literally, like, mugged me off.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57They mugged you? You mean, they stole some of your things?
0:05:57 > 0:06:01No, I mean they mugged me off, like, literally.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03This is very confusing.
0:06:03 > 0:06:06They're being mean about my hair, and now they've left me all alone.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08What! That's outrageous.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Your hair is the only nice thing about you.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15I mean, your hair's lovely.
0:06:15 > 0:06:16Thanks, I guess.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21I like your make-up. You could be a jogger.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23A jogger?
0:06:23 > 0:06:26You know, a make-up jogger on an internet.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Oh, you mean a blogger.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29Thanks.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33You mustn't listen to people like that.
0:06:33 > 0:06:35You probably won't believe me,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38but people used to say nasty things about me.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41No way, that's, like, so not cool.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43Well, I like your dress.
0:06:43 > 0:06:44Oh, well, this old thing?
0:06:44 > 0:06:47Yeah, it's sort of retro.
0:06:47 > 0:06:48Oh, is that a good thing?
0:06:48 > 0:06:51Yeah, retro's like old, but cool.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53What a lovely thing to say!
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- Crisp?- Oh!
0:07:00 > 0:07:04You know, you deserve to be treated better than that by your friends.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07- Do you really think so?- Mmm!
0:07:07 > 0:07:11My son, Mark, would make a very good friend for you.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Oh, no, thanks.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Come round for supper one evening.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18He certainly wouldn't mug you.
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Maybe, whatever.
0:07:19 > 0:07:22- Wonderful, it's a date. - It's not a date.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24You're going to love Mark.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28After all, I do, and we're not so different you and I.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29BELL RINGS
0:07:33 > 0:07:37In PE, newlyweds Mr and Mrs Love are so in love that they prefer
0:07:37 > 0:07:38to teach together.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44A lot of PE's about teamwork, and what better team than us?
0:07:44 > 0:07:45- There you are.- Oh!
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Here I am.
0:07:49 > 0:07:50Excuse me?
0:07:50 > 0:07:52Oh, sorry. Didn't see you there. We're just so in...
0:07:52 > 0:07:55ALL: Love, we know.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Right, class, who's up for some badminton?
0:07:58 > 0:08:01Now, badminton is all about working together as a team.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04That's a great point, Mr Love, but a better point would be that
0:08:04 > 0:08:07badminton is about hitting a shuttlecock over a net.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08Love you.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10That's so true. Love you too.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13And whilst I do love you too, I'll just mention quickly that
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- teamwork...- We work so well as a team, because we're just so in love.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18And the greatest thing about being in love,
0:08:18 > 0:08:21which I definitely am, is knowing when to let the other person speak.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23It's probably only right I speak now.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- I am so good at badminton, after all.- You truly are, Mrs Love.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Probably not quite as good as me, but that's not important
0:08:29 > 0:08:30when you're in love!
0:08:30 > 0:08:33You're starting to sound like it is important, Mr Love.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37Well, what is important is my love for you and also the fact that I...
0:08:37 > 0:08:38..am better at badminton.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40Where is this going?
0:08:40 > 0:08:42You know what I don't love, Mr Love?
0:08:42 > 0:08:43Your attitude.
0:08:43 > 0:08:46And also, the fact that you're a real, actual poohead.
0:08:46 > 0:08:47ALL: Oh!
0:08:47 > 0:08:50Well, I don't like the fact that YOU...
0:08:50 > 0:08:52..smell of bottom!
0:08:52 > 0:08:54Well, your bottom is a bottom!
0:08:54 > 0:08:55ALL: Oh!
0:08:59 > 0:09:00Love you!
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Love you too.
0:09:01 > 0:09:02BELL RINGS
0:09:04 > 0:09:07In maths with Mrs Hushman, Year 8 pupil Molly is still missing
0:09:07 > 0:09:10her previous teacher, Mr Konnundrum.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13I love the way he'd start every sentence,
0:09:13 > 0:09:17"If a man or a woman, but in this case probably a man,"
0:09:17 > 0:09:20and then he'd tell us about a problem that was just about him.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23- I wish he'd come back from that cruise he went on.- Me too.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Mrs Hushman's not quite as nice.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30Can I please have some quiet!
0:09:30 > 0:09:34There will be no talking, no whooping,
0:09:34 > 0:09:37and certainly no...
0:09:37 > 0:09:38ALL: Shenanigans.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41I said quiet!
0:09:41 > 0:09:43If Mr Konnundrum was here, he'd say,
0:09:43 > 0:09:47if a man or a woman, but probably a man, didn't like shenanigans,
0:09:47 > 0:09:50except he did, he loved them.
0:09:50 > 0:09:54One more word and you'll be straight to isolation.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- YELLING:- Do you hear me?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59Hard not to, to be honest.
0:09:59 > 0:10:00BELL RINGS
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Lunchtime, and over in the playground,
0:10:03 > 0:10:08Mrs Mark has some very exciting news for her son, Mark.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09Oh, Markie!
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- Oi oi, mum at 12 o'clock. - She's not my mum!
0:10:16 > 0:10:18You'll never guess who I was chatting to.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20Who, Miss, who?
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Marcella.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24My girlfriend? Uh, she's not my girlfriend.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Well, I was thinking she SHOULD be your girlfriend.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30She's such a sweet thing, like, literally.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32And her friends were being mean to her,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35so I invited her round for dinner, literally.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37Oh, no, Mum!
0:10:37 > 0:10:38I mean, Miss...
0:10:38 > 0:10:41She's not my miss. I mean, mum.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43You could wear your best shorts.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46Oh, and we could buy those posh fish fingers.
0:10:46 > 0:10:47You know, the gujon?
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Oh, classy!
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Oh, and you could borrow some of your father's aftershave.
0:10:52 > 0:10:53Certainly worked for him.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Please make it stop.
0:10:55 > 0:10:58Oh, this is going to be literally splendid.
0:10:58 > 0:11:01Just you and my new daughter-in-law.
0:11:01 > 0:11:02SHE GASPS
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Do you think she'll call me Mum? No, you're right.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Mrs Mum is more professional.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Why is this happening?
0:11:09 > 0:11:10BELL RINGS
0:11:12 > 0:11:15After lunch, Mrs Hushman's next class is Year 10,
0:11:15 > 0:11:20who are no more pleased to be there than her previous group.
0:11:20 > 0:11:28So, if X over Y is greater than the square root of 678,
0:11:28 > 0:11:30but less than...
0:11:30 > 0:11:32- Mate...- Sh!
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- ..do you hear that noise?- Shhh!
0:11:34 > 0:11:35You'll get us in trouble.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38William, what are you doing?
0:11:38 > 0:11:41HUMMING
0:11:42 > 0:11:44It's Mr Konnundrum!
0:11:46 > 0:11:49If a man or a woman,
0:11:49 > 0:11:53but in this case probably a man...
0:11:53 > 0:11:55Everyone, back to your seats.
0:11:57 > 0:11:58I must have quiet!
0:11:58 > 0:12:00Have you worked out the integer?
0:12:00 > 0:12:06..and if that man gave up his job to pursue his dream of working
0:12:06 > 0:12:07on a cruise ship,
0:12:07 > 0:12:12but that turned into a floating nightmare of noise with
0:12:12 > 0:12:16absolutely no-one doing any quiet reading.
0:12:16 > 0:12:21And so, in a panic, he jumped overboard...
0:12:21 > 0:12:24.. would the class that he abandoned,
0:12:24 > 0:12:27A, take him back,
0:12:27 > 0:12:33or B, reject him in favour of a new,
0:12:33 > 0:12:36probably much more fun teacher?
0:12:36 > 0:12:38A, sir. They take him back.
0:12:38 > 0:12:40Definitely A, sir.
0:12:40 > 0:12:44ALL: A! A! A! A! A!
0:12:44 > 0:12:49Right, I'll take it from here, shall I?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51ALL: A! A!
0:12:51 > 0:12:52Right, then.
0:12:52 > 0:12:57- YELLING:- It's been a pleasure!
0:13:01 > 0:13:04Colin says quiet reading.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08We've done it, Colin!
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Yes!
0:13:10 > 0:13:11BELL RINGS
0:13:14 > 0:13:15It's the end of another day,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18and while certain people are happy to be leaving...
0:13:18 > 0:13:21I've enjoyed my time here!
0:13:21 > 0:13:24..for once, some pupils don't want to.
0:13:24 > 0:13:29And if a man decides to do his business on his own leg to cure
0:13:29 > 0:13:34a jellyfish sting, due to having seen it on a documentary,
0:13:34 > 0:13:38what are the chances that that man will lose his balance
0:13:38 > 0:13:43and land in a terrible mess of his own you know what?
0:13:43 > 0:13:45100%, sir?
0:13:45 > 0:13:46Correct.
0:13:46 > 0:13:47THEY GROAN
0:13:49 > 0:13:50And there was another time when...