Weights and Measures Me Too!

# Come on and get on down to the city

# Where the trains all clatter through

# Hey! Look at that driver driving

-# I want to ride that train of blue

-Me too

# I'm looking way up high to the windows

# Take a peek for an inside view

# All these people busy working

# I want to see what they all do

# Come on, let's weave around the market

# Do you hear the hullabaloo?

# Everybody's busy selling

-# I wanna buy me something new

-Me too

# Look through the arches under the station

# Down where the pigeons perch and coo

# Take a taxi ride to the river

# I wanna drive down the avenue

# Hey, look at those buses gleaming

# They look so clean and spanking new

# All lined up to drive around the city

-# Let me ting that bell

-Ding, ding!

# Going to ride on round to the school stop

# Where the children hurry through

# Sit down, the teacher's teaching

-# I'd love to learn a thing or two

-Me too

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea. #

Eight o'clock.

# Come on and get on down to the city

-# Where the ferryboat sails are blue

-Sails are blue

# Time to call on Granny Murray

# She'd love to say hello to you... #

Hello, honey-pie. Come away in and see who's at home today.

# Granny Murray's house has two at home to play

# Granny Murray's house is home to... #

Who's here today?

Well we've got Maria and we've got Carrie.

Don't just sit there! Let's have some fun!

Let's go outside. It's a beautiful day.

Who want's to go on Granny Murray's seesaw?

Ready? Push. Whee!

Ooh, that's fantastic!

We've got Maria and Carrie.

But someone's missing from home today.

Who's coming home to Granny Murray? Who's that?

Who's legs are those coming down the steps?

It's Rebecca!

Yes! With Mickey John. Hello, there!

Hello, Mickey John.

-Come on, darlings. Come and see Rebecca.

-Hello, chaps.

Now we'll do something new.

Why don't we dress Claude up as a big strong man?

Off you go, my darlings.

-Strong man? You mean like me.

-Oh, yes, Mickey John!

So, what have you got planned for today?

I'm taking the children around the city.

-Then we'll all get ourselves weighed.

-What a great idea!

They can learn about heavy things.

It'll make it easier for big school.

Do some children not understand how heavy things are?

It can be tricky.

Take my Rebecca.

She doesn't know why she can't lift me up,

but I can lift her right up in the air, no problem.

Are you Superman in disguise?

No, but I bet I can lift you up.

No, stop it, Mickey John, you can't lift me!

-Let's try anyway!

-No, no, no!

Away with you, now!

-OK.

-Right. Careful, easy does it.

-On three.

-One, two, three.

Ooh!

How did you manage to lift me so easily?

The important thing about lifting things is how you lift them.

Come and have a look.

If I want to lift this big cushion, I bend my leg at the knees,

grab hold of the cushion, and then push up with my legs.

Oh, now I see.

It's amazing what you can learn when you see how something is done.

Will you look at Claude.

Well, you certainly look like a strong man now, Claude.

-Here you are.

-What's this?

A balancing butterfly. This looks like fun, too.

I'll take it to school.

-Thanks, love.

-Goodbye, Dad.

Have fun with Granny Murray.

Come on, pumpkin.

Now, remember.

It's amazing what you can learn when you see how something's done.

Thank you. See you later.

-Bye-bye. We'll be thinking of you.

-Me too!

You keep an eye on Mickey John. Make sure he goes the right way to work.

WHISTLE PEEPS

I don't have much time. How can I speed across the river to work?

HORN BLARES

That's right, thanks.

# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry

# I nee, nee, nee, need to speed to work

# I take a take a ticket on a speedboat

# I'll be, be, be, be, be, be there quite quick

# Hurry, hurry, hurry down the river

# Splashing, splashing through the waves

# Whining, whining drives the speed up

# Chugga, chugga slows us down.

# Rocking, rocking to the dock

# Go splashing, splashing to our stop

# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry

# I nee, nee, nee, need to speed to work

# I'm in, in, in, in, in a hurry

# I nee, nee, need to speed to work! #

Hurry, hurry, hurry.

And hurry, hurry, hurry. Put my tie on.

All snazzy and ready to go!

Oh. Rebecca's balancing butterfly.

# Seesaw Margery Daw. #

Playtime already, Mickey John?

Sorry, Rudi. I was just getting ready for today's lesson.

I believe you(!)

I thought I'd say, "hello" after taking an order from the canteen.

-Why wouldn't the owl sing when it was raining?

-I don't know!

Because he said he was, "To wet to woo!"

You'll like this one.

-What's...

-BELL RINGS

You'll have to save that one.

9 o'clock, here comes my class. Better start work.

I suppose so. I'd better get back to work.

Could you come back later and chat to the class about weighing things?

-It's my special project.

-Sorry. I'm going to be really busy today.

I'll send some stuff over to teach the kids how much things weigh.

-That would be great! See you, Rudi. Bye!

-All the best!

Right. Can you do some silent reading while I take the register?

I wonder if Rebecca has set off on her walk yet?

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me. #

Have a lovely day!

I wish I could be a fly on the wall at the nursery.

What's it like at your school, Daddy?

Special delivery for a Mickey John!

Let's see what Rudi sent over.

Bananas, turnips, oh, and a coconut.

All sorts of things!

I can use these to teach the children about weighing.

-Thanks for bringing them over.

-Bye!

We'll do some weighing later. There's still lots of hard work to do.

My day is so busy!

# I whoop with joy when I go to school in the morning

# Teaching with my chums and see the children learning

# School day Work away

# I'm learning learning learning when I'm teaching

# I'm teaching learning teaching learning teaching

# School day Work away

# Teaching to count and read

# Learning about birds and seeds

# Playing outdoors Blow my whistle, keeping score

# School day Work away

# I'm learning learning when I'm teaching

# We're learning learning when he's teaching

# School day Work away

# Oh, the secretary's smiling as she does her organising

# Janny fixes, cooky mixes The cleaner keeps us shining

# I whoop with joy when I go to school in the morning

# All in a line in the dinner queue As the cooky serves a stew

# Answering - where and why?

# How does it work? How does it fly?

# School day Work away

# I'm learning learning when I'm teaching

# He's learning learning when he's teaching

# School day Work away

# The children eye me as they sit and try their writing

# I take a look I mark their books

# The good ones get a smiley

# I whoop with joy when I go to school in the morning. #

BELL RINGS

-Can I talk now?

-Yes, you can talk now, Louie.

It's lunchtime.

Great! Rudy sent these over.

It's a spare set of scales - very hi-tech!

Is that one of those scales that talks? Let's try it.

Put it on my desk!

One cabbage, wasn't it, darlin'?

This one 'ere. Fresh this morning.

'0.5 kilos.'

Incredible! What will they think of next?

Let's try this coconut.

'1.2 kilos.'

Brilliant, just brilliant!

This'll be very useful later today. Thanks.

No probs, Mickey John. Catch you later!

Now, what can I weigh next?

Ha-ha, course! Rebecca's butterfly.

'Five grams.'

Rebecca would love to see this.

I wonder what she's doing right now?

Come on, my darling. There it is there!

Here we are - a special weighing machine.

It looks fancy. It speaks your weight!

I went on last week and it said, "Granny Murray, stop eating pies."

Let's get the money out.

'16 kilos.'

16 kilos?! Wow! Wait till we tell your dad that one!

Good girl! Wheee!

-'I'm thinking of you, Daddy.'

-I hope you're having fun, my love.

-Hiya!

-Oh, Bobby, what brings you here?

Just gonna show my friend around.

-He's thinking about sending his son here.

-A brilliant choice.

I hope your friend's seen how great it is.

The teachers are incredible, especially me!

We go on trips to museums and we have all the latest hi-tech gadgets

to teach the children about weighing things. Take a look!

Ooh, wow! So how does that work?

There's nothing to it. See this coconut? It weighs...

'1.2 kilos.'

1.2 kilograms!

And this turnip weighs...

'0.8 kilos.'

0.8 kilograms. Amazing, isn't it?

Sort of, but I still don't really understand how much things weigh.

-Hey?

-Just because these amazing newfangled scales

can tell that this turnip weighs 0.8 kilos,

-what does that mean?

-Hey?

Is it heavy or is it light?

Does this turnip weigh the same as three carrots?

I dunno. Call me old-fashioned.

I'd best be off. Good luck with your class later. Bye!

But... I thought the scales

would help the children understand about weighing things.

But maybe Bobby's right. BELL RINGS

One o'clock - time for class to start again.

I want to teach the class about how heavy and light different things are,

but I don't know how! Where did the time go?

At eight o'clock, I dropped off Rebecca at Granny Murray's.

Granny Murray said they'd go for a walk

and weigh themselves, just for fun.

It gave me the idea to teach my class about weighing things.

At nine o'clock, Rudi popped in with a joke.

I told him about my weighing lesson

and he said he'd send some stuff over to help.

At 10 o'clock,

Louie interrupted our silent reading to bring some fruit and veg

for my weighing lesson.

At 12 o'clock, the children went for lunch.

Louie called by again with Rudi's scales.

We had fun as we weighed different vegetables.

At one o'clock, Bobby popped in.

I showed her the scales, but she still didn't understand.

She wanted to know whether things were light or heavy

or whether a cabbage weighed the same as three potatoes.

-The scales can't show that!

-It's amazing what you can learn

when you see how something's done.

Granny Murray said it's amazing what you can learn

when you see how something's done.

I have to make a different sort of scales

where we can see how things balance.

Something like...a seesaw!

The class are waiting for their lesson. It's a race against time!

# I gotta do it I gotta do it

# I gotta beat the clock before the chime

# I gotta sort it I gotta sort it

# I gotta do the job on time

# Like a busy bee, I'm gonna beat that bong

# I'll finish the job before I finish this song

# Do we think he's gonna do it? Do the job that needs to be done

# Will he know how to fix it?

# Will he finish what he has begun?

# Sure as we are friends, he will get there in the end

# Cos he knows what he should do

-# I'm gonna do it

-He's gonna do it

# I'll beat the clock before the chime

-# I'm gonna sort it

-He's gonna sort it

# I'm gonna do the job on time

# Like a busy bee, I'm gonna beat that bong

# I'm gonna finish the job before I finish this song. #

With my new seesaw scale, it's much easier to see

what's heavy or light.

So are you ready to do some more weighing?

-ALL:

-Yes!

OK, this parsnip and this banana.

Which is heavier? Yes?

-Banana?

-Let's see.

Banana.

Parsnip.

Oh, they're about the same!

Right. Now...

A turnip and a lettuce.

Which one is heavier? Yes?

-Lettuce?

-You think the lettuce is heavier?

It's certainly bigger. Let's have a look.

Bit of a tight squeeze.

Turnip.

Oh, the turnip's heavier, even though it's smaller.

You only ever really learn about weights when you see them in action.

Oh, wow! Look at that!

That's a special weighing machine to weigh the lorries.

That must weigh about 50 tons!

That's 20 elephants. Can you imagine?

I bet your dad would love to bring his class to see this.

Talking about Dad, we'd better get home soon.

He'll be here to pick you up, won't he?

That's it, keep safe.

Come on, you two.

Mickey John, come in.

-Look who's here, Rebecca!

-Hello, beautiful girl!

How are you?

-Have you had a lovely time?

-You bet we have!

Say thank you to Granny Murray.

Come here, my darling. Good girl!

And thanks from me. Your saying,

"It's amazing what you learn when you see how something's done,"

-saved the day.

-Well, I never did! Come on, you'd better be off.

-Looking forward to next time!

-Me, too!

Rebecca, let's chat about our time away.

And I suppose you'll want me to tell you all about my time, too.

# Well, there was...

# Playing, creeping, jumping Chasing, baking

# Bathing, singing, swinging Rocking, hiding

# Jumping up and turning round

# Dressing up and sitting down. #

But what was really special about today?

Well, Claude was dressed as a strongman.

Then Mickey John lifted me up and fell over!

That gave him the idea

of teaching his class about weighing things.

Then I took the children to weigh ourselves - brilliant fun!

I hope you enjoyed yourself.

Me too. Bye-bye, honey-pie.

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, by the sea

# I love to skip in Riverseafingal

# Riverseafingal, that's for me. #

# Come on and get on down to the city

-# Where the ferryboat sails are blue

-Sails are blue

# Time to call on Granny Murray

# She'd love to say goodbye to you... #

Me too!