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0:00:00 > 0:00:01- # In school, in school
0:00:02 > 0:00:05- # Come with us
0:00:05 > 0:00:10- # To work and play - from nine until three
0:00:11 > 0:00:13- # In school, in school
0:00:13 > 0:00:17- # Let's read some stories
0:00:18 > 0:00:23- # Everyone in class - are good friends #
0:00:32 > 0:00:35- Hello, everyone. - It's another lovely day.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37- Everyone's ready for school.
0:00:45 > 0:00:50- We're off to see our friends in - Ysgol Sant Curig and Ysgol Llanrug.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- We're going back in time with - the children of Ysgol Sant Curig.
0:01:03 > 0:01:08- We're also heading to Caernarfon - Castle with Ifan and his father.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11- I want to go up there, Dad.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15- Look!
0:01:16 > 0:01:20- Everyone in Barry has dressed - like children from yesteryear.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22- Even Miss Withey.
0:01:23 > 0:01:24- Silence.
0:01:26 > 0:01:28- In you go.
0:01:28 > 0:01:32- She's behaving differently today.
0:01:32 > 0:01:34- She's very serious...
0:01:34 > 0:01:37- ..like the teachers of yesteryear.
0:01:39 > 0:01:45- Yes, we've returned to Merthyr - in 1842, over 150 years ago.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- Show me your hands.
0:01:48 > 0:01:51- All the children must show - they have clean hands...
0:01:51 > 0:01:54- ..before they enter the classroom.
0:01:54 > 0:01:55- Hands.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00- Joni, they're dirty. - Go and wash your hands.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06- Ethan, they're dirty. Let me see.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- Go and wash your hands.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- Poor boys. - Miss Withey is very serious today.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24- There no electricity - to light the rooms today.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27- They're using candlelight.
0:02:29 > 0:02:30- Backs straight.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33- The register next.
0:02:34 > 0:02:35- Llywelyn?
0:02:35 > 0:02:36- Llywelyn?- - Here.
0:02:37 > 0:02:38- Here, Miss.
0:02:39 > 0:02:40- Libby?
0:02:41 > 0:02:42- Rhydian? Back straight.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47- Good morning, everyone.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- Good morning, everyone.- - Good morning, Miss Withey.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- Yuck! Once again.
0:02:52 > 0:02:55- Good morning, everyone.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- Good morning, Miss Withey.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- Thank you. OK.
0:03:01 > 0:03:03- Mathematics.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- Look! - No paper or pencils or computers.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14- A slate and chalk for writing.
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- Are you ready to copy?
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- Away you go.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32- Show me your answers.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- Good, Joni.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44- Ready?
0:03:52 > 0:03:55- School wasn't a fun place to be - in olden times.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59- Stop.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02- Chairs under the table.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05- Stand up straight.
0:04:05 > 0:04:07- Quietly.
0:04:08 > 0:04:10- Backs straight.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- Five times table. Ready?
0:04:13 > 0:04:14- Yes.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- One five is five.
0:04:17 > 0:04:19- Two fives are ten.
0:04:19 > 0:04:21- Three fives are fifteen.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23- Four fives are twenty.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26- Five fives are twenty-five.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28- Six fives are thirty.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33- Well, that was no fun.
0:04:33 > 0:04:37- Our next visitor - will put a smile on their faces.
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- Today, we're celebrating the...
0:04:46 > 0:04:48- Victorian Age.
0:04:48 > 0:04:53- During the Victorian Age, - not all children could go to school.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55- Some were poor.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57- They would be forced to work.
0:04:58 > 0:05:01- Do you know where they worked?
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- In the coalmine.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- Correct. Do you know what?
0:05:06 > 0:05:08- We have a special visitor today.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- Susan Rees from Merthyr.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14- 1842.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- She's never been to a school before.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- We must treat her kindly.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23- And welcome her.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25- Ready?
0:05:26 > 0:05:29- Hello, Susan.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- Hello.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- Hello, Susan. - Would you like to sit down?
0:05:36 > 0:05:40- My master told me - to bring a bucket of coal...
0:05:41 > 0:05:45- ..from the coalmine - and give it to your head teacher.
0:05:45 > 0:05:50- She needs to light a fire in school - to keep you warm.
0:05:50 > 0:05:53- How do you keep warm?
0:05:54 > 0:05:55- We use a heater.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- What's a heater?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01- Something metal which heats up.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- I've never seen one before. - Is there one here?
0:06:04 > 0:06:09- Yes. There's one there, - there and behind you.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- That big thing on the wall.
0:06:12 > 0:06:16- That's what keeps you warm? - It's nice and hot in here.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19- Mam's making Welsh cakes - on the fire.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- Do your mothers cook on the fire?
0:06:22 > 0:06:23- No.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25- No? What do they use to cook?
0:06:26 > 0:06:27- An oven.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28- An oven.- - An oven?
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- I don't understand. - My mother cooks on the fire.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36- She wakes up early in the morning...
0:06:37 > 0:06:40- ..and lights the fire - to cook breakfast.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- Do you know what I have - for breakfast?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- What do I have for breakfast? Yes?
0:06:48 > 0:06:49- Bread and tea.
0:06:49 > 0:06:50- Bread and tea.- - Yes!
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- I have bread and tea. - What do you have?
0:06:54 > 0:06:55- Toast.
0:06:55 > 0:06:59- Straight after breakfast, - I dress quickly.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- Do you know where I go?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04- The coalmine.
0:07:04 > 0:07:10- I'm underground for 12 hours - - 12 hours a day.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14- Dad goes down to the coalface.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17- John and Dafydd go with him.
0:07:17 > 0:07:23- I stay on my own, by the air door.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- Do you know - what Dad and John and Dafydd do?
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- Your father breaks the coal.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35- That's right. My father - breaks the coal at the coalface.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- Big lumps of coal. - Do you know what they do?
0:07:39 > 0:07:41- Put the coal in the cart.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45- That wooden cart is full of coal.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- It's very heavy.
0:07:47 > 0:07:53- Dafydd pulls it through the tunnels - and I can hear the cart coming.
0:07:53 > 0:07:56- I know that I have to open the door.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59- It's heavy.
0:07:59 > 0:08:05- If I don't open and close the door, - there's no fresh air in the tunnels.
0:08:05 > 0:08:07- Do you have a question?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- How did you get here?
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- On the train, the steam train, - this morning.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16- I brought the head teacher - some coal.
0:08:17 > 0:08:21- I'd better take this coal - to the head teacher. Cheerio!
0:08:21 > 0:08:22- What do you say?
0:08:22 > 0:08:24- What do you say?- - Thank you, Susan Rees.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26- Thank you very much.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- Cheerio. Cheerio!
0:08:33 > 0:08:38- Next, we head to Caernarfon Castle - with Ifan and his father.
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- There's another door over there.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00- Wow!
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- Can we go up there, Dad?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06- OK, we'll go up there.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09- This castle is very old.
0:09:10 > 0:09:11- Over 800 years old.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15- Hundreds of people have lived here.
0:09:16 > 0:09:18- No-one lives here now.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24- That's the way in.
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- The fireplace.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Time to play hide-and-seek - before they go.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57- Boo!
0:10:06 > 0:10:07- Dad!
0:10:14 > 0:10:16- Can I buy a horse?
0:10:16 > 0:10:18- OK then.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- It has a red dragon on it.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31- Here's Ifan the knight - with his horse in Caernarfon Castle.
0:10:39 > 0:10:44- Back in school, - it's playtime in 1842.
0:10:47 > 0:10:48- A skipping rope.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57- Hoops.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06- And skittles.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- What do you have here? Skittles.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- How do you play the game?
0:11:17 > 0:11:22- You try and hit these. OK. Do you - want to help me set the skittles?
0:11:27 > 0:11:28- Great.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30- Ready?
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- Well done. What's your score?
0:11:39 > 0:11:42- One, two, three, four, - five, six, seven, eight.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- Excellent. Set it up again, Dylan, - it's your turn.
0:11:46 > 0:11:47- Off you go.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53- Playing cup and ball - looks very difficult.
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- That's enough playing for now.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- It's time to return - to the classroom.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05- I got it in!
0:12:10 > 0:12:15- We've been outside - playing lots of different games.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18- One of them was cup and ball.
0:12:19 > 0:12:24- You can create the cup and ball game - using a polystyrene cup...
0:12:24 > 0:12:26- ..and a ping pong ball.
0:12:27 > 0:12:28- OK, off you go.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- Everyone seems to be having fun now.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19- Hooray!
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- There's the bell.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- Time to go home - after a busy day in 1842.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36- Cheerio. - We'll see you soon in Yr Ysgol.
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