Visiting School Topsy and Tim

# This is our street

# It's where we live

# We love to play together

# Just like you

# Just like us

# And we'll be friends forever

# We can be anything if we close our eyes and dream

# We can play day after day

# And the fun will never end

# This is our street

# It's where we live

# So let's all play together

# Be best friends forever. #

BOTH: Hello! It's us!

-Topsy...

-and Tim!

-We're just getting up.

-Come on.

Tim, Tim! Come on, Tim.

Wakey wakey.

Today, Mummy's taking us to visit big school for the first time

and we're going to meet our teacher.

Kerry said her big brother Jayden got lost the first time

he went to big school.

I know and I hope we don't get lost inside school today. Come on.

-Do think we will?

-Morning, Topsy and Tim.

Are you ready to see your new school today?

-Yes.

-No.

My tummy hurts, Mummy. I don't feel well and I want to stay in bed.

You feel fine to me. Not hot at all.

I think you're worried about your trip to big school.

Come and have breakfast. There you go.

-I'll have your breakfast on the table in five minutes. OK?

-Come on, Tim.

Tim? I've made you a lovely fruit smoothie for breakfast.

I think it'll make you feel better.

-It's yummy, Mummy.

-Good

PHONE RINGS

Hello, Jean.

-OK, hold on. It's Grandma.

-Hi, Grandma.

Come on, Tim!

Yes, I'm really looking forward to it.

Bye, love you.

Thanks, Topsy. Is she still there? Hi, Jean. Thank you so much.

We'll give you a call later. Let you know how it went. OK, bye.

You seem really excited about going inside your new school today, Topsy.

Oh, Tim, why aren't you dressed yet?

I told you, Mummy, I've got a tummy ache

and I want to stay at home today.

Tim, you really do feel fine to me, my twin-tabulous Tim.

Now, I think that your tummy just feels a little bit wobbly

and nervous today because of your school visit.

But do you know what?

If you two stick together today, you'll be fine, OK?

What if we get lost today, Mummy, in big school?

You won't.

PHONE RINGS

I know, Tim.

I know how we can make sure we don't get lost in big school today.

-How?

-I'll show you. Come with me.

This will make you feel better.

-We can make a trail at big school today.

-Why?

That's what they did in the story of Hansel and Gretel, remember?

They put little crumbs in their pockets

and then dropped them out one by one.

Then, they went into the forest.

Yes, they followed the trail of crumbs

back out of the forest back home.

When we go into big school today,

we're going to make a trail of blocks so we don't get lost.

So, imagine we're in big school and I've got lost.

But I've left a trail of these blocks behind me for you to find me.

-OK.

-Let's try it. Count to 20.

-Yes.

-No peeping.

-I promise.

I'll follow the trail and find you.

Seven, eight...

..19, 20. Coming!

Following the bricks and I'll find you.

Topsy and Tim, we need to go.

-Tim, why are there bricks all over the floor?

-I'm looking for Topsy.

Found you.

Topsy and Tim, what's going on?

-There are bricks everywhere.

-Sorry, Mummy.

-It's our trail.

-Your trail? What for?

When we go inside big school today, we're going to make

a trail of blocks so we don't get lost, like this.

-It's a very clever idea but...

-Topsy's brilliant idea.

It's a very clever idea, but I'm sorry,

you won't be allowed to leave a trail of bricks around big school.

But we don't want to get lost, Mummy.

-We're doing what Hansel and Gretel did.

-Topsy and Tim.

Please don't worry, OK?

-You're not going to get lost at big school today. OK?

-OK.

-But Jayden got lost, Kerry told me.

-No, he didn't get lost.

He and his mummy, Dominique, got lost on the way to big school.

They couldn't find it.

We know where big school is, we won't get lost.

Yes, exactly, you see.

And Dominique just phoned to tell me

that I'm allowed to visit your new classroom with you.

-I can go with you at school today.

-Oh, great!

-We won't get lost if you're with us.

-Exactly.

Listen, you need to get dressed and have a slice of toast, OK?

-OK.

-How's your tummy feeling?

Oh, my tummy is a little bit better, Mummy.

Good. Now we leave in ten minutes, Tim, so hurry up. Go and get dressed.

OK, Mummy.

-We got to big school on time.

-We didn't get lost.

And we ran all the way home to telephone Grandma

and tell her all about it.

Hello, Grandma. It was brilliant.

Our teacher's called Miss Terry

and she read us a really good story about pirates.

Yes, here you go, Tim. Your turn.

Hello, Grandma.

Good. Oh, we didn't get lost, Grandma.

And the school is really big.

It's got two playgrounds and two climbing frames.

Thanks, Grandma. Bye. Topsy, speak to Grandma.

-Bye, grandma. Love you.

-Bye.

Yep, Mummy?

Thank you, thanks. All right, thank you so much, Jean. Bye.

I really like our new teacher, Miss Terry.

And that's when Mummy said...

BOTH: You'll see Miss Terry again in a couple of days' time.

You will see Miss Terry again in a couple of days' time, Topsy and Tim.

-She told me she's coming to visit us.

-At our house?

-Why?

It's called a teacher home visit.

-It's so you can get to know one another even more.

-Yes!

I can't wait, I can't wait, I can't wait.

I really, really want her to come right now. Yes!

Are you OK, Tim?

-I wish Tony Ranch was coming to our school, Mummy.

-I know.

He moved house, remember? He's going to a different school.

-I know that.

-Do you like Miss Terry, Tim?

I don't really know. Mummy, my tummy hurts again.

Tim, are you a bit worried about starting school again?

No, I just think I'm really hungry.

Well, it has been a very busy morning.

Come on, let's make some lunch.

BOTH: And that, said Mummy, was that.

BOTH: Hello.

Are you good at remembering?

Can you remember what happened to us today?

This is our Topsy and Tim memory game.

Let's play.

Today, before we visited school, we played a game.

Can you remember what Tim followed on the floor to find me?

Was it a trail of crumbs?

Or was it a trail of bricks?

The answer is behind the jigsaw piece.

Look, the answer is a trail of bricks.

Watch this.

-Tim, why are there bricks all over the floor?

-I'm looking for Topsy.

-Found you.

-Topsy and Tim, what's going on?

There are bricks everywhere.

-Sorry, Mummy.

-It's our trail.

Your trail? What for?

When we go inside big school today,

we're going to make a trail of blocks so we don't get lost.

Great game.

-That was good fun.

-See you soon.

# We can play day after day

# And the fun will never end

# So let's all play together

# Be best friends forever. #