0:00:02 > 0:00:04This is Dockbridge High, a school just like yours.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07For two years, our cameras have followed day-to-day life here.
0:00:07 > 0:00:08There have been highs...
0:00:08 > 0:00:09and lows.
0:00:09 > 0:00:11HE YELLS
0:00:11 > 0:00:14We return for another year to find out how these talented teachers
0:00:14 > 0:00:16continue to excite and inspire
0:00:16 > 0:00:19a generation of young, eager minds
0:00:19 > 0:00:21at this most ordinary of schools.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Argh!
0:00:23 > 0:00:25This is Class Dismissed.
0:00:27 > 0:00:30BELL RINGS
0:00:31 > 0:00:35It's Thursday, and lessons are already underway.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37With exams not far off, Year Ten
0:00:37 > 0:00:41are learning some vital German vocabulary with Miss Davies.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43Fahrt.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45- I'm sorry, Miss?- Fahrt.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47That is the first German word you will be learning today.
0:00:47 > 0:00:50Does anybody know what it means?
0:00:50 > 0:00:53- Yes, Tahj?- Is it something you've done this morning, Miss?
0:00:53 > 0:00:58Well, yes, yes, it is. It's the German word for...
0:00:58 > 0:01:00journey.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04- How was your fahrt this morning, Miss?- Well, it was a long one.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06MISS DAVIES TRUMPS
0:01:06 > 0:01:07An eventful one.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09MISS DAVIES TRUMPS
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Once I got going, there was no stopping me.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14MISS DAVIES TRUMPS
0:01:14 > 0:01:15What is so amusing?
0:01:15 > 0:01:18I'm sorry, Miss, it is just such a funny word.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20We had better move on to the next topic,
0:01:20 > 0:01:23which is German words for family members,
0:01:23 > 0:01:27and to demonstrate, I've brought some of mine today.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30This is mein Vater.
0:01:30 > 0:01:32MISS DAVIES TRUMPS
0:01:32 > 0:01:34LAUGHTER
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I love German.
0:01:36 > 0:01:38BELL RINGS
0:01:41 > 0:01:46In PE, teachers Mr and Mrs Love have two overwhelming passions.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Sport and each other.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50I love you, Snookums.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52More than anyone has ever loved anybody.
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Not as much as I love you, Chubby Cheeks.
0:01:54 > 0:01:57- Because that would be impossible. - Yeah.
0:01:57 > 0:01:59Sorry, I forgot where we were then.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02Because we are so in love, sometimes, we only see each other.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05- It's like the rest of the world... - BOTH:- Doesn't exist.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07- BOTH:- Oh!
0:02:07 > 0:02:09So, today, you are going to be playing table tennis.
0:02:09 > 0:02:11That is really lucky for you
0:02:11 > 0:02:13cos one of the greatest players in the world is right here.
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Oh, thank you, darling,
0:02:14 > 0:02:16although I'm not sure you mean ONE of the greatest.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18You mean the greatest.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20Sweetness, how lovely of you to say that.
0:02:20 > 0:02:22That's right.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24The greatest table tennis player in the world is here with us
0:02:24 > 0:02:27- today, and it is, of course... - BOTH:- Me.
0:02:27 > 0:02:28You both think you are
0:02:28 > 0:02:31the greatest table tennis players in the world?
0:02:31 > 0:02:34No, no, no. Emily, I don't think I am, I know I am.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- How about you play each other and see who's the best?- Good idea.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Bring it on, Sugarplum.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Oh, I'm going to destroy you, Light of my Life.
0:02:42 > 0:02:45Oh, yeah, well, get ready to be taken apart, Sweet Apple of my Eye.
0:02:45 > 0:02:49I am going to wipe the floor with you, Pumpkin. "Love you!"
0:02:49 > 0:02:53Not before I completely annihilate you, my old Flower. Love you, too.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Here we go.
0:03:01 > 0:03:02SHE GRUNTS
0:03:02 > 0:03:04HE YELLS
0:03:04 > 0:03:06This could take a while.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08- Hey!- Hoo!
0:03:08 > 0:03:10BELL RINGS
0:03:12 > 0:03:14Break time, and in a big school like Dockbridge High,
0:03:14 > 0:03:17there are always new classrooms to find.
0:03:18 > 0:03:20Luckily, help is at hand.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26Could you tell me where classroom 308 is, please?
0:03:26 > 0:03:30With a jog and a jolt, your path will appear, like a bolt,
0:03:30 > 0:03:35for it lies in wait, this room 308.
0:03:35 > 0:03:38- You what?- OK, you need some more.
0:03:38 > 0:03:42Pass the Woods of Inspiration, across the Valley of Despair,
0:03:42 > 0:03:47- there you will find your chosen lair.- Could you just tell me...?
0:03:47 > 0:03:50I'm sun. I am moon, I am your classroom.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53I am vegetable, I am mineral, I am light
0:03:53 > 0:03:54and I'm...
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Bineral.
0:03:59 > 0:04:00Bineral.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07Nah, it's down there on the left.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Bineral.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14Bineral!
0:04:14 > 0:04:16BELL RINGS
0:04:16 > 0:04:20After break, Year Ten are in drama class, and Mr Christopher,
0:04:20 > 0:04:22Head of Arts, not including actual art,
0:04:22 > 0:04:24isn't making an entrance for once.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28So today's lesson is all about blending into the background.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31You know, which is easy for me, because I'm not an attention seeker.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36Ah!
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Now, I have asked you all to wear black today
0:04:38 > 0:04:42because it has come to my attention that most of you, sadly,
0:04:42 > 0:04:44will never be fabulous enough to become actors.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45Oh, I know, sad, sad.
0:04:46 > 0:04:48But just because you are too talentless,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51it doesn't mean you can't work in theatre.
0:04:51 > 0:04:54Working as a stage hand is just as good...
0:04:54 > 0:04:55Said no-one. Ever.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59OK, so I want you to split into two groups,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02and change the set that is in front of you.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06Now, Group A, I'd like you to move the set offstage.
0:05:06 > 0:05:11- Group B, you'll be bringing on the next set.- What set?- That chair.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14But one person could carry that.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18Oh, Billy, I forget how little you know.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22A chair can take upwards of nine people to move onto stage.
0:05:22 > 0:05:26- SHOUTS:- And lights! Go! Go, go!
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Do it slower, slower.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Just make the most of having an audience look at you.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35It's the only time they ever will.
0:05:35 > 0:05:37OK, excellent work, and lights!
0:05:37 > 0:05:39OK, get offstage. Get offstage.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43Thank goodness the talent has arrived. Moi. And applause!
0:05:43 > 0:05:45APPLAUSE
0:05:45 > 0:05:47Sorry, can you go further back. Don't steal my applause.
0:05:47 > 0:05:53Keep applauding. Go further back. Further. Further.
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Further. And applause.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57APPLAUSE
0:05:57 > 0:05:58Oh, thank you.
0:05:58 > 0:06:00BELL RINGS
0:06:00 > 0:06:03The next lesson of the day is with nursery school teacher,
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Miss Fun With Numbers.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09Boo! Good morning, children.
0:06:09 > 0:06:12It's Thursday morning. So what does that mean?
0:06:12 > 0:06:14We are trapped in here for the next hour.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16I'm sorry, Jasmine?
0:06:16 > 0:06:20- Oh, I mean, it's Class Teddy Time! - That's right, Jasmine.
0:06:20 > 0:06:24It means that whoever's had the class teddy this week
0:06:24 > 0:06:27has to pass it on to somebody new.
0:06:27 > 0:06:32Now, this week, the class teddy has been with...
0:06:32 > 0:06:36- Emily.- Oh, yeah, it was, wasn't it?
0:06:36 > 0:06:38You haven't forgotten about him, have you?
0:06:38 > 0:06:39No, Miss.
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- Look, here he is. - Oh, Mr Teddington Bearbury.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55What have they done to you? Speak to me!
0:06:57 > 0:07:00You've been at the bottom of Emily's schoolbag ALL WEEK?
0:07:01 > 0:07:04Oh, Mr Teddington Bearbury,
0:07:04 > 0:07:07you've had quite the week, haven't you?
0:07:07 > 0:07:11Now, what has Emily had on all week that is so important?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Well, I was practising for my exams.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Selfishly revising for her GCSE exams?
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Tut, tut.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22No, I don't think that she is a BAD girl, Mr Teddington Bearbury,
0:07:22 > 0:07:23she's just not very nice.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Yes, Mr Teddington Bearbury, we can give her a week's detention.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31- Miss!- Silence, Emily.
0:07:31 > 0:07:36So who is going to look after the class teddy this week?
0:07:36 > 0:07:38Come on!
0:07:38 > 0:07:42- It'll be fun.- LAUGHS:- Fun!
0:07:42 > 0:07:44We drew straws over it.
0:07:44 > 0:07:45I lost.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48What is that, Teddington Bearbury?
0:07:48 > 0:07:51You want Tahj to have a tea party with you?
0:07:52 > 0:07:54BELL RINGS
0:07:54 > 0:07:56It's time for General Studies with Mr Scofield,
0:07:56 > 0:07:57who is in a challenging mood.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Hello, and welcome back to General Studies
0:08:03 > 0:08:07with me, your host, Mr Scofield.
0:08:07 > 0:08:08General Studies, the subject
0:08:08 > 0:08:12where literally any topic could crop up and...
0:08:12 > 0:08:15- ALL:- Often does!- Ho-ho-ho!
0:08:15 > 0:08:18What are they like? Let's meet the teams.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21APPLAUSE
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Welcome, Emily.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Now, you have a funny story about a time you were on a trampoline?
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- Yes, I was on the trampoline... - Ho-ho-ho! You couldn't write it.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34Now, let's get on with the show.
0:08:34 > 0:08:36Today, the teams are playing for the chance
0:08:36 > 0:08:39to go on a University Open Day of their choice.
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- ALL:- Ooh!
0:08:41 > 0:08:44For both teams, buzz in when you know.
0:08:44 > 0:08:49The word university is derived from which Latin phrase?
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- Come on. Come on. Come on! - BUZZER
0:08:56 > 0:08:59Dockbridge High Boys. Billy!
0:08:59 > 0:09:01Um...
0:09:01 > 0:09:05Oh, I'm sorry, that's not an answer.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09You lose five points, and, by default, you lose the contest.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12Girls, you are going on the University Open Day!
0:09:14 > 0:09:16APPLAUSE
0:09:16 > 0:09:19For those in our audience and playing along at home,
0:09:19 > 0:09:22the answer was of course Universitas...
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Majestrorum Headsgalorium.
0:09:27 > 0:09:31Ho-ho. Look at them kicking themselves now.
0:09:31 > 0:09:36Well, from all of us here, we'll see you next time in General Studies!
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Ha-ha! Bye!
0:09:40 > 0:09:43BELL RINGS
0:09:43 > 0:09:46Lunchtime, and on the menu today, pie.
0:09:46 > 0:09:48- How much is the pie?- £2.00.
0:09:49 > 0:09:51- Call it £1.50. - What kind of pie is it?
0:09:56 > 0:10:00- Meat.- Meat?- Meat.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03- What kind of meat? - What kind do you want it to be?
0:10:03 > 0:10:07- I like chicken.- Yeah, you've guessed it, it's chicken.
0:10:07 > 0:10:09- It's definitely chicken? - Mostly chicken.
0:10:09 > 0:10:10Have you got beef?
0:10:16 > 0:10:20- There, £2.00. Call it £1.50. - It's the same pie.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23I'll leave it, thanks.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25BELL RINGS
0:10:26 > 0:10:28After lunch, Year Eight are about to learn
0:10:28 > 0:10:31an important lesson in science with Mrs Stein.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40- That is water pressure.- I suppose that was the only way of doing that.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Well, what else would you suggest, Molly?
0:10:43 > 0:10:46That I make you read all about it in a textbook? I think not, no.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48- I'm telling my parents.- Well, do!
0:10:48 > 0:10:51I'll bet they'll be very excited to hear that their daughter
0:10:51 > 0:10:53has come home inspired to talk about science.
0:10:53 > 0:10:54That is not what I meant.
0:10:54 > 0:10:55Here's a towel.
0:10:57 > 0:10:58So, as I just demonstrated,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01when the piston goes in, it shrinks the volume of the cylinder.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03The resulting pressure forced the water out of the pomp,
0:11:03 > 0:11:05and in turn, soaked our Molly.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Right, I need a volunteer.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Molly, you are perfect. Go and stand over there. You will need these.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13The rest of us will perform a detailed study
0:11:13 > 0:11:17on how variable volume and pressure affects velocity over distance.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20Unlucky, sounds well boring.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21Right.
0:11:21 > 0:11:25- Go.- So what you mean is, we just fire water at Molly?
0:11:25 > 0:11:29Yes, that is exactly what I mean. Now, what do we say?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32- ALL:- Stand back, we are doing science.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Excellent, line up, line up.
0:11:35 > 0:11:40In a line, very good. OK, I need three, two, one, fire!
0:11:44 > 0:11:47Woo! Excellent aim.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Right, clear this all up, Molly.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52- ALL:- Sorry, Molly.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55Learning about pressure was fun, wasn't it, Moll?
0:11:55 > 0:11:56Don't talk to me.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58BELL RINGS
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Year Ten's final lesson of the day is maths,
0:12:02 > 0:12:04and Mr Konnundrum has a problem of his own
0:12:04 > 0:12:06that needs solving.
0:12:06 > 0:12:11So, if a man, just simply a man...
0:12:13 > 0:12:20..goes on a romantic first date, with a lady, a real-life lady...
0:12:20 > 0:12:22..and the pretty lady tells the man
0:12:22 > 0:12:25that she has fallen in love with him...
0:12:26 > 0:12:28Hm!
0:12:28 > 0:12:32And then the lady asks the man if she can borrow his phone,
0:12:32 > 0:12:36his car, £700...
0:12:36 > 0:12:39and inexplicably, half of his clothes.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45How much has the man potentially lost
0:12:45 > 0:12:48if the lady hasn't been in touch for over a week?
0:12:50 > 0:12:52Yes, Tahj?
0:12:52 > 0:12:54It could be about £8,000.
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Oh, dear. Oh.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59And for an extra mark,
0:12:59 > 0:13:00should I...
0:13:02 > 0:13:06..or the man, A, wait another week for the lady to get in touch
0:13:06 > 0:13:11and return his things, including his favourite trousers, hm,
0:13:11 > 0:13:14or B, report it to the police?
0:13:14 > 0:13:17Definitely B, sir, report it to the police.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19Right.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21LAUGHTER
0:13:21 > 0:13:22Quiet reading.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26BELL RINGS
0:13:28 > 0:13:30It's the end of another school day,
0:13:30 > 0:13:33and while Tahj is off to see to his Teddington Bearbury duties...
0:13:33 > 0:13:35What's that?
0:13:35 > 0:13:39You want Tahj to give you a hug? Right now?
0:13:39 > 0:13:42..Mr and Mrs Love are in for a long night.
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Game, set and match, in-your-face, Love of my Life.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47I think you'll find that I let you win
0:13:47 > 0:13:49cos I love you so much, Snuggles.
0:13:49 > 0:13:51- Fine, best-of-three?- Bring it on!
0:13:54 > 0:13:56# Must be love
0:13:56 > 0:13:59# Love, love
0:13:59 > 0:14:01# It must be love
0:14:01 > 0:14:04# Love, love
0:14:04 > 0:14:06# It must be love
0:14:06 > 0:14:08# Love, love
0:14:08 > 0:14:11# Nothing more, nothing less
0:14:11 > 0:14:14# Love is the best. #