0:00:02 > 0:00:04# Come on and get on down to the city
0:00:04 > 0:00:07# Where the trains all clatter through
0:00:07 > 0:00:10# Hey! Look at that driver driving
0:00:10 > 0:00:12- # I want to ride that train of blue - Me too
0:00:12 > 0:00:15# I'm looking way up high to the windows
0:00:15 > 0:00:17# Take a peek for an inside view
0:00:17 > 0:00:20# All those people busy working
0:00:20 > 0:00:22# I want to see what they all do
0:00:22 > 0:00:25# Come on, let's weave around the market
0:00:25 > 0:00:27# Do you hear the hullabaloo?
0:00:27 > 0:00:30# Everybody's busy selling
0:00:30 > 0:00:33- # I wanna buy me something new - Me too
0:00:33 > 0:00:36# Look through the arches under the station
0:00:36 > 0:00:38# Down where the pigeons perch and coo
0:00:38 > 0:00:41# Take a taxi ride to the river
0:00:41 > 0:00:44# I wanna drive down the avenue
0:00:44 > 0:00:47# Hey, look at those buses gleaming
0:00:47 > 0:00:50# They look so clean and spanking new
0:00:50 > 0:00:52# All lined up to drive around the city
0:00:52 > 0:00:56- # Let me ting that bell - Ding, ding!
0:00:56 > 0:00:58# Going to ride on round to the school stop
0:00:58 > 0:01:01# Where the children hurry through
0:01:01 > 0:01:03# Sit down, the teacher's teaching
0:01:03 > 0:01:07- # I'd love to learn a thing or two - Me too
0:01:07 > 0:01:09# I love to skip in Riverseafingal
0:01:09 > 0:01:11# Riverseafingal, by the sea. #
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Seven o'clock.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18# Come on and get on down to the city
0:01:18 > 0:01:22- # Where the ferryboat sails are blue - Sails are blue
0:01:22 > 0:01:24# Time to call on Granny Murray
0:01:24 > 0:01:30# She'd love to say hello to you...
0:01:30 > 0:01:32# Me too! #
0:01:33 > 0:01:38Hello, honey pie, come away in and see who's at home today.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41# Granny Murray's house has two at home to play
0:01:41 > 0:01:44# Granny Murray's is home to... #
0:01:44 > 0:01:45Who's here today?
0:01:45 > 0:01:48Well, we've got Ellie and we've got Sean.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51Don't just sit there, my wee cherubs -
0:01:51 > 0:01:55come on, let's get going! What's there, Ellie?
0:01:55 > 0:01:58Oh, beautiful CDs.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Swan Lake. Do you like ballet?
0:02:01 > 0:02:05Oh, this is beautiful, it's by Tchaikovsky.
0:02:05 > 0:02:08Now, wait tilL you hear this.
0:02:08 > 0:02:09That's us.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13MUSIC PLAYS Oh, is that not beautiful!
0:02:13 > 0:02:16It makes you want to dance. Oh, lovely, Ellie!
0:02:16 > 0:02:21Oh, that is beautiful, and tippy-toes!
0:02:21 > 0:02:25Well, we've got Sean, and we've got Ellie...
0:02:25 > 0:02:30..but someone's missing from home today.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32Oh! Not any more.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Whose legs are those coming down the steps?
0:02:35 > 0:02:40Och, it's Mickey John with Rebecca. Hello there!
0:02:40 > 0:02:41Oh, that's beautiful.
0:02:43 > 0:02:45Hello, Mickey John!
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Here we come.
0:02:51 > 0:02:55- Ow!- Mickey John!- Sorry about that. What's going on here?
0:02:55 > 0:03:00Oh, we're being graceful ballet dancers. Graceful as swans.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03But now we'll do something new.
0:03:03 > 0:03:07Why don't we dress Claude up as a floaty swan?
0:03:07 > 0:03:12And we can float over to our chairs, Mickey John, floaty, floaty, floaty!
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Floaty, floaty, floaty, la...
0:03:16 > 0:03:21..Oh, oh, my goodness, you're a wee bit clumsy today, poppet.
0:03:21 > 0:03:24- Aye, I was just trying to listen to the music.- Ahh.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Oh, the music!
0:03:27 > 0:03:29MUSIC STOPS Is that better?
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Oh, it's lovely music, it's just...
0:03:32 > 0:03:35- ..What music is it?- It's Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39- Oh, I must just write that down so I remember it.- Oh, yes.
0:03:40 > 0:03:41There we are.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46- Aww!- Oh, give it here!
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Swan...Lake...
0:03:52 > 0:03:58..by...Tchaikovsky. There we are.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00That's gorgeous handwriting,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03I wish I could write like you, Granny Murray.
0:04:03 > 0:04:07I learned from Mr Lobat in accounts at Nicholson's department store.
0:04:07 > 0:04:10His writing was a work of art.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15He taught me, "Less haste, more grace."
0:04:15 > 0:04:18- Hmm, yeah, I wish I was graceful, but I'm not...- Oh, my!
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Well, you can learn.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24And talking about grace, look at Claude!
0:04:25 > 0:04:30Oh, Claude, my friend Louisa would like to have a ballet dance with you!
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- Daddy!- What's this?- There you are. - Thank you.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35Oh, a beautiful paper butterfly.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40Ha, I'll see you later, my little cygnet, bye-bye!
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Come on, you!
0:04:46 > 0:04:50Now, remember, "less haste, more grace."
0:04:50 > 0:04:53Thank you, I'll see you later.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- Bye-bye, my darling, I'll be thinking of you.- Me too!
0:04:56 > 0:04:59..Will you keep a wee eye on Mickey John?
0:04:59 > 0:05:02Make sure he goes the right way to work!
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Oh! I don't have much time, how can I speed across the river to work?
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- TOOT-TOOT! - That's right, thanks!
0:05:13 > 0:05:16# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry
0:05:16 > 0:05:19# I nee, nee, nee, need to speed to work
0:05:19 > 0:05:22# I'll take a ticket, ticket on a speedboat
0:05:22 > 0:05:25# I'll be, be, be, be, be, be there quite quick.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28# Hurry, hurry, hurry down the river
0:05:28 > 0:05:31# Splashing, splashing, splashing through the waves
0:05:31 > 0:05:34# Whining, whining, whining drives the speed up
0:05:34 > 0:05:37# Chugga, chugga, chugga slows us down
0:05:37 > 0:05:38# Rocking, rocking, rocking to the dock
0:05:38 > 0:05:41# Now splashing, splashing to our stop
0:05:42 > 0:05:45# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry
0:05:45 > 0:05:48# I nee, nee, nee, need to speed to work
0:05:48 > 0:05:51# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry
0:05:51 > 0:05:54# I nee, nee, nee, need to speed to work! #
0:05:54 > 0:05:56Hurry, hurry, hurry!
0:05:58 > 0:06:01And hurry, hurry, hurry, put my tie on!
0:06:05 > 0:06:08All dressed and ready to go.
0:06:09 > 0:06:14Oh! I mustn't forget about Rebecca's butterfly. Now, where did I put it?
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Oh, yes, it's in my bag in the filing cabinet.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Yep, there, we are. Carefully does it!
0:06:22 > 0:06:25Ah, hmm, all in one piece.
0:06:25 > 0:06:29Would you like to spread your wings, Mrs Butterfly?
0:06:29 > 0:06:31All right, then.
0:06:32 > 0:06:33Hi, Mickey John.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Oh! Ow! Hello, Dr Juno, what can we do for you?
0:06:36 > 0:06:41- I popped in to speak to Edgar about our evening class.- Ah, Mr Grant.
0:06:41 > 0:06:43How are the art classes going?
0:06:43 > 0:06:47I had prints made of some of my pictures of swans.
0:06:47 > 0:06:52Oh! Hmm, not bad! Swans are so graceful, don't you think?
0:06:52 > 0:06:55Floaty, floaty, floaty...
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- What are you doing?- Dancing - I've always liked swans.
0:06:58 > 0:07:04You know, I especially like the dancing swans in that, eh...eh...
0:07:04 > 0:07:06..Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08That's a fabulous ballet.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13Dr Juno, could I borrow one of your lovely swan paintings for my class?
0:07:13 > 0:07:16It may help them to come up with ideas for a story later.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Oh, no problem. Take your pick.- Hmm.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25Right, I'd better go and see Edgar. I'll see you later.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30Aww, I wonder how you're getting on, my little cygnet.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33# I love to skip in Riverseafingal
0:07:33 > 0:07:36# Riverseafingal, by the sea
0:07:36 > 0:07:39# I love to skip in Riverseafingal... #
0:07:39 > 0:07:43- Och, I think they've had enough now, do you?- Yeah.
0:07:43 > 0:07:44I think so.
0:07:44 > 0:07:47'What are you doing now, Daddy?'
0:07:52 > 0:07:55Monica?
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- And Aoife?- Here!
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Right! Now, we've got a lot to get through today. But first...
0:08:05 > 0:08:10Ah! Who can tell me what kind of bird this is?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- A swan.- That's right, it's a swan.
0:08:14 > 0:08:17I want you to write down the story of the ugly ducking
0:08:17 > 0:08:20who turned into a beautiful swan.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22Now, to remind you of the story.
0:08:22 > 0:08:25There was once an ugly duckling,
0:08:25 > 0:08:27all the other ducks laughed at him, "Ha, ha!"
0:08:27 > 0:08:31But he was ever so sad and wondered why he was so ugly.
0:08:31 > 0:08:37Then, he found a barn and fell asleep. "Zzzzz, Zzzzz".
0:08:37 > 0:08:40But when he woke up, he had turned into...
0:08:40 > 0:08:44...a beautiful swan! And all the other ducks were amazed
0:08:44 > 0:08:49as they watched him floating down the river, floaty, floa.. Ow!
0:08:49 > 0:08:54Oh, ah, well, you get the general idea, so get on with your writing!
0:08:54 > 0:08:57Huh, it's time for me to get on with some hard work, too.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03# Oh, I whoop with joy when I go to school in the mornin'
0:09:03 > 0:09:06# Teaching with my chums and see the children learning
0:09:06 > 0:09:09# School day, work away
0:09:10 > 0:09:13# I'm learnin', learnin', learnin' when I'm teachin'
0:09:13 > 0:09:17# I'm teachin', learnin', teachin' learnin' teachin'
0:09:17 > 0:09:21# School day, work away
0:09:21 > 0:09:23# Teaching to count and teaching to read
0:09:23 > 0:09:25# Learning about birds and plants and seeds
0:09:25 > 0:09:27# Playing games and sports outdoors
0:09:27 > 0:09:28# Blowing my whistle and keeping the scores
0:09:28 > 0:09:31# School day, work away
0:09:31 > 0:09:33# I'm learnin' learnin' learnin' when I'm teachin'
0:09:33 > 0:09:38# We're learnin', learnin', learnin' when he's teachin'
0:09:38 > 0:09:41# School day, work away
0:09:41 > 0:09:45# Oh, the secretary's smiling as she does her organising
0:09:45 > 0:09:47# The jannie fixes The cookie mixes
0:09:47 > 0:09:48# And the cleaner keeps us shining
0:09:48 > 0:09:52# Oh, I whoop with joy when I go to school in the morning
0:09:52 > 0:09:54# Holding the line in the dinner queue
0:09:54 > 0:09:56# While the cookie cooks and serves a stew
0:09:56 > 0:09:58# Answering the questions where and why
0:09:58 > 0:10:00# How does it work and how does it fly?
0:10:00 > 0:10:03# School day, work away
0:10:03 > 0:10:06# I'm learnin', learnin', learnin' when I'm teachin'
0:10:06 > 0:10:11# We're learnin', learnin', learnin' when he's teachin'
0:10:11 > 0:10:14# School day, work away
0:10:14 > 0:10:16# All the children peep and eye me
0:10:16 > 0:10:20# As they sit and try their writin' I take a look, I mark their books
0:10:20 > 0:10:23# The good ones get a smiley
0:10:23 > 0:10:29# Oh, I whoop with joy when I go to school in the mornin'. #
0:10:29 > 0:10:31All right, Mickey John?
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Oh, the story! Oh...
0:10:35 > 0:10:37I'm here for my lunchtime yoga class.
0:10:37 > 0:10:42Oh, I think it's in the hall. I saw the teacher go past a minute ago.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Brilliant. Why don't you come with me?
0:10:44 > 0:10:49No thanks, Bobby. You're fit and graceful, not like clumsy old me.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50I'd be no good at yoga.
0:10:50 > 0:10:55Nonsense. I'm sure if you just tried it you could be as graceful as me.
0:10:55 > 0:11:00- All right, then. I'll see you later. - Bye, Bobby.
0:11:01 > 0:11:06Oh, I wish I could flutter off and see what you're up to, Rebecca.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14There we are, darling. Oh, sorry, Louisa!
0:11:14 > 0:11:16- No worries.- That's you, my darling,
0:11:16 > 0:11:21we need to hurry up and get our tutus on as we need to get start.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Do we start with a plie?
0:11:22 > 0:11:27Oh, no. Before we start dancing we first have to stretch our muscles.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30Oh, I see! I was in too much of a hurry, wasn't I,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33just like your dad is sometimes, Rebecca!
0:11:33 > 0:11:35'I miss you, Daddy.'
0:11:38 > 0:11:41Have fun at the ballet, my little tutu!
0:11:41 > 0:11:46Oh, it's time for me to read my class's ugly duckling stories.
0:11:46 > 0:11:48Right, eh...
0:11:48 > 0:11:52"Once upon a time there was a..." Oh, what does that say?
0:11:52 > 0:11:57"An ugfol duplu"? I can't read this writing, I'll try another one.
0:11:57 > 0:12:03Ahh, "A long time ago there was a... smallec dougle..." Hmm.
0:12:03 > 0:12:06I can't read this one either, I'll try another.
0:12:06 > 0:12:10"There once was an awful plopus..."
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Oh, I give up!
0:12:12 > 0:12:16I told them to write their stories, and they might be great.
0:12:16 > 0:12:19But I can't tell as I can't read the writing.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Where did the time go?
0:12:21 > 0:12:24At seven o'clock, I dropped Rebecca off at Granny Murray's.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27They were getting ready for ballet later,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30so they dressed Claude as a graceful swan.
0:12:30 > 0:12:35And Granny Murray played me some lovely music from Swan Lake.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37At eight o'clock, I got to work.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Dr Juno showed me pictures she'd painted of swans.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44I asked to borrow one to give my class ideas for a story.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47At nine o'clock my class arrived.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50There was a lot to do and I was in a hurry,
0:12:50 > 0:12:52which made me clumsier than usual!
0:12:52 > 0:12:55I told them the story of the ugly duckling,
0:12:55 > 0:12:58then they all started their own stories.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01At 12 o'clock I collected the stories from my class.
0:13:01 > 0:13:06Bobby invited me to join her yoga class. She's brilliant at yoga!
0:13:06 > 0:13:10So graceful. But I wanted to eat my lunch instead!
0:13:10 > 0:13:14At one o'clock I tried to read the stories, but I couldn't.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18I couldn't read their handwriting! What am I going to do?
0:13:18 > 0:13:23'Now remember, less haste, more grace!'
0:13:23 > 0:13:25"Less haste, more grace."
0:13:25 > 0:13:29Of course! I made the children rush their stories,
0:13:29 > 0:13:34I need to give them longer and teach them to be more graceful. But how?
0:13:34 > 0:13:37- Bye!- Bye, Bobby...oh, Bobby!
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- Yes?- You're just the person. I need your help.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43I need you to teach me to be more graceful...oh!
0:13:43 > 0:13:46What, you? Clumsy old Mickey John?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49All right then, but it's a race against time!
0:13:49 > 0:13:54You're right there, Bobby, it IS a race against time!
0:13:54 > 0:13:56# I've got to do it I've got to do it
0:13:56 > 0:13:58# I've got to beat the clock before the chime
0:13:58 > 0:14:01# I've got to sort it I've got to sort it
0:14:01 > 0:14:04# I've got to do the job on time
0:14:04 > 0:14:06# Like a busy bee I'm going to beat that bong
0:14:06 > 0:14:09# I'm going to finish this job Before I finish this so-o-o-ng
0:14:09 > 0:14:11# Do we think he's gonna do it?
0:14:11 > 0:14:14# Do that job that needs to be do-o-ne?
0:14:14 > 0:14:16# Will he know how to fix it?
0:14:16 > 0:14:19# Will he finish what he has begun?
0:14:19 > 0:14:21# Yes, as sure as we are friends he will get there in the end
0:14:21 > 0:14:24# Because he knows what he should do and work it through
0:14:24 > 0:14:26- # I'm going to do it - He's going to do it
0:14:26 > 0:14:28# I'm going to beat the clock before the chime
0:14:28 > 0:14:31- # I'm going to sort it - He's going to sort it
0:14:31 > 0:14:34I'm going to do the job on time
0:14:34 > 0:14:37# Like a busy bee I'm going to beat that bong
0:14:37 > 0:14:39# I'm going to finish this job Before I finish this song. #
0:14:39 > 0:14:43Right, you've all done some lovely ugly duckling stories.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Problem is, I can't read them,
0:14:45 > 0:14:48so we're gonna practise our handwriting.
0:14:48 > 0:14:54Now, the secret to clear writing is, "Less haste, more grace."
0:14:54 > 0:14:57We're gonna start with the letter 'S'.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00'S' for swan, with music.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04SWAN LAKE PLAYS
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Oh, beautiful!
0:15:28 > 0:15:31I wonder what you're up to, Rebecca?
0:15:36 > 0:15:39Well done, Rebecca!
0:15:39 > 0:15:42You're like a little swan!
0:15:42 > 0:15:43- Do you like dancing?- Yeah!
0:15:43 > 0:15:50Me too! Oh, my, Louisa has got us looking so graceful.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Maybe you could lift me up, Claude?!
0:15:54 > 0:15:58Oh, dear, I think your dad would like this, don't you, Rebecca?
0:15:58 > 0:16:00- Yeah!- So do I.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02'I miss you, Daddy.'
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Mickey John, come away through!
0:16:14 > 0:16:17- Look who's here, Rebecca. - Hello, beautiful girl!
0:16:17 > 0:16:20Hooray, how are you? Have you had a lovely time?
0:16:20 > 0:16:24- Oh, you bet we have, eh? - Say thank you to Granny Murray.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27Come here, my darling. Good girl!
0:16:27 > 0:16:28And it's thanks from me too.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32Your saying, "Less haste, more grace", saved the day!
0:16:32 > 0:16:37Well I never did! Come on, now, you'd better be off.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41- Looking forward to next time!- Me too!
0:16:41 > 0:16:44Come on, let's chat about our time away.
0:16:44 > 0:16:48And I suppose you'll want me to tell you all about my time too?
0:16:48 > 0:16:51# Well, there was...
0:16:51 > 0:16:53# Waving, greeting, hello, meeting
0:16:53 > 0:16:54# Bye-bye, closing, waking, dozing
0:16:54 > 0:16:56# Eating, sleeping, fetching, sketching
0:16:56 > 0:16:57# Painting, stretching, glueing, chewing
0:16:57 > 0:17:00# Sticking up and wiping ro-o-und
0:17:00 > 0:17:03# Washing up and sloshing down
0:17:03 > 0:17:05# Then there was...
0:17:05 > 0:17:06# Hugging, squishing, walking, pushing
0:17:06 > 0:17:08# Dancing, dusting, sharing, choosing
0:17:08 > 0:17:09# Talking, picking, drying, cleaning
0:17:09 > 0:17:11# Saving, failing, loving, joking
0:17:11 > 0:17:14# Losing things and rushing ro-o-und
0:17:14 > 0:17:16# Picking up and putting down
0:17:16 > 0:17:18# Then there was...
0:17:18 > 0:17:20# Playing, running, creeping, jumping
0:17:20 > 0:17:21# Chasing, painting, laughing, giggling
0:17:21 > 0:17:23# Bathing, dressing, singing, swinging
0:17:23 > 0:17:24# Rocking, sliding, hunting, hiding
0:17:24 > 0:17:27# Jumping up and turning ro-o-und.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30# Dressing up and sitting down! #
0:17:32 > 0:17:35What was really special about today?
0:17:35 > 0:17:38Well, Claude was dressed as a swan,
0:17:38 > 0:17:42because we were getting in the mood to do some Swan Lake ballet dancing.
0:17:42 > 0:17:47Mickey John wanted to write down the name of the music we had on
0:17:47 > 0:17:52but he was rather clumsy today, so I showed him my beautiful handwriting.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Later, we went to feed the ducks in the park
0:17:56 > 0:17:59and we saw some gorgeous swans as well.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03They were so floaty and graceful, as they swam on the water.
0:18:03 > 0:18:08Later, Louisa came to show us some ballet dancing.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10The children got dressed up,
0:18:10 > 0:18:13but we couldn't do ballet dancing straight away.
0:18:13 > 0:18:16First, we did some exercises to warm up our muscles,
0:18:16 > 0:18:19then we all did some ballet dancing.
0:18:19 > 0:18:23Louisa showed us how to be graceful, like the swans.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26Even Mickey John learned not to rush things.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29"Less haste, more grace."
0:18:29 > 0:18:33I hope you enjoyed yourself? Me too!
0:18:33 > 0:18:34Bye-bye, honey pie!
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Subtitles by Erika Graham Red Bee Media Ltd
0:18:37 > 0:18:41E-mail subtitling@bbc.co.uk