0:00:06 > 0:00:10CHILD: Once upon a time, in a little primary school,
0:00:10 > 0:00:14some children set out on an extraordinary journey.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18Millions of children go on this journey.
0:00:20 > 0:00:24But then they become grown-ups and they forget it ever happened.
0:00:26 > 0:00:31Since we were born, we've looked at these strange squiggles.
0:00:32 > 0:00:34They're everywhere.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36But we can't understand them.
0:00:38 > 0:00:43This is the story of how we learn to break the code.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47It's a mad, bad tale,
0:00:47 > 0:00:49epic in scale.
0:00:49 > 0:00:51Words become swords,
0:00:51 > 0:00:55like driving a plane through the brain.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59We'll find friends, not fiends.
0:00:59 > 0:01:00And we'll be redding...
0:01:00 > 0:01:02Uh, I mean, reading.
0:01:07 > 0:01:13We'll discover for ourselves a magical, mysterious,
0:01:13 > 0:01:18wonderful universe of books.
0:01:21 > 0:01:22- Boo! - CHILDREN STARTLE
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Start getting up
0:01:45 > 0:01:47very slowly,
0:01:47 > 0:01:51as if you're a butterfly coming out of a cocoon.
0:01:51 > 0:01:55You can spread your wings very slowly.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58CHILDREN YAWN
0:01:58 > 0:02:00This is my class.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05And this is me.
0:02:07 > 0:02:11And today is the start of the new school year.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14When some of the children come to Kingsmead,
0:02:14 > 0:02:17they don't know the alphabet. They don't know how to hold a book.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21They don't know which way the pages turn.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24They don't know how to follow the text in a book.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26It's all new to them.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28It's a huge journey.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30A massive journey.
0:02:37 > 0:02:41You can meet the whole world in my school.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44There are 244 children,
0:02:44 > 0:02:4847 different languages,
0:02:48 > 0:02:5015 chickens
0:02:50 > 0:02:52and two rabbits.
0:03:05 > 0:03:09I practise reading a thousand times in 29 minutes.
0:03:11 > 0:03:14You have to look after books because they're precious
0:03:14 > 0:03:17and you can't throw them in the bin.
0:03:17 > 0:03:18- Juh. - KIDS: Juh!
0:03:18 > 0:03:19- Zz. - KIDS: Zz.
0:03:19 > 0:03:20- Uh. - KIDS: Uh!
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- Kk. - KIDS: Kk.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23- Yeh. - KIDS: Yeh.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25- Yeh!- KIDS: Yeh! - Yeh!- KIDS: Yeh!
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- Ss.- KIDS: Ss. - Ss.- KIDS: Ss.
0:03:28 > 0:03:29- Wah. - KIDS: Wah.
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- Vv. - KIDS: Vv.
0:03:31 > 0:03:32- Peh. - KIDS: Peh.
0:03:32 > 0:03:37'Our story begins with these strange sounds,
0:03:37 > 0:03:40'which we say for hours every day.'
0:03:40 > 0:03:45It's called f-o-n-y-x.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47Phonics.
0:03:47 > 0:03:52It's a language that only children can understand.
0:03:52 > 0:03:53- Yh. - KIDS: Yh!
0:03:53 > 0:03:54- Beh. - KIDS: Beh!
0:03:54 > 0:03:56- Qwah. - KIDS: Qwah!
0:03:56 > 0:03:59- Say p-p-pirate! - KIDS: P-p-pirate!
0:03:59 > 0:04:01Make your scariest pirate face.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03KIDS: ARGH!
0:04:05 > 0:04:06Fantastic.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Well done. Give yourself a marshmallow clap.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15Just a little small marshmallow. Just a little small one.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Expectations are very, very high in reception.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23And they are only four years old.
0:04:23 > 0:04:24When I think about when I was in reception,
0:04:24 > 0:04:27I thought the only thing I did was learn how to make my name
0:04:27 > 0:04:29out of Play-Doh. And then they come here
0:04:29 > 0:04:33and we expect them to be reading independently
0:04:33 > 0:04:34by the time they leave.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Ssss. Ah.
0:04:38 > 0:04:43Mm. And ff. And uh. And ah.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46And, erm...
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Duh and nn.
0:04:51 > 0:04:55Ah. Buh. And buh.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57There's no buh there.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Duh, nn.
0:05:00 > 0:05:01Ah.
0:05:01 > 0:05:03Ll.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Ff. Ss.
0:05:06 > 0:05:07Ah.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Sienna.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14I don't know. Does it say that?
0:05:14 > 0:05:16Sienna wants to be a teacher.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19Or she has also told me she wants to be a butterfly.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23She is very, very sweet.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Very caring, very loving.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28But lacks confidence with her reading,
0:05:28 > 0:05:32so she needs a lot of praise just to keep on going.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34N, A, T.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Ink.
0:05:38 > 0:05:40D, A, P.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43Bat.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45M, A, T.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48- Mat.- Nearly, look at the last sound.
0:05:48 > 0:05:54- What's the last sound?- Mm. Nn. - What's the last sound? Nn.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57Nn. M, A, N.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- Nat.- You're nearly there. Are you ready? Watch.
0:06:02 > 0:06:08Mm, ah, nn. Mm, ah, nn.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11- Mum.- Man.- Man.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13- Man.- Man.- Man.- Mam.
0:06:13 > 0:06:19- Man-n.- Man. - Do the N sound at the end.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- Mm, ah, nn.- Mm, ah, mm.
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Is it mm?- Mm, ah, nn.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26Nn. Nn.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- Good.- Nn. Mm, ah, nn.
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- Man.- Man.- Good girl, you're doing good, Sienna.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Like most of the children at our school,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45Sienna lives next door,
0:06:45 > 0:06:47on the Kingsmead Estate.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- INTERVIEWER:- Have you got some books, Sienna?
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Erm, I don't read with the books.
0:06:58 > 0:07:01I don't like having books.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02I don't like books.
0:07:07 > 0:07:08What's wrong with books?
0:07:11 > 0:07:12Sienna?
0:07:12 > 0:07:16- What's wrong with the books? - I just don't like reading.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Look at this!
0:07:21 > 0:07:26She's just crazy, lovable, fun.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28A bit bossy.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30- TOY:- 'Look, I'm a pony! Ha-ha!'
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Lovable. Did I say that already?
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- TOY:- 'Aren't you excited, aren't you, aren't you?'
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Sometimes she's like a little granny.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41And then sometimes she's like a teenager.
0:07:41 > 0:07:43And then sometimes she's a four-year-old.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- Why don't we read this one? You liked this one.- Nah.
0:07:46 > 0:07:48- Please?- No.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50I don't like that.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Where's my favourite book? I found it.
0:07:54 > 0:07:58But, Mummy, I'm not going to read all of it.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00I just want to say the animals.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Tiger.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05Monkey.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08Rhinososaurus.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10- Cowl.- Cow.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13Cow. What are these?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Read it.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17What does it say?
0:08:17 > 0:08:18Little froggies.
0:08:18 > 0:08:19T...
0:08:20 > 0:08:23- Read the letters out, and you'll find the answer.- T...
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- No, you read it.- No, cos I want you to learn.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29T-A-D...
0:08:29 > 0:08:31Tad...
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- Tadpoles.- Tadpoles.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- Is it difficult to get her to read? - Sh!
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- When she's being fussy, it's kind of annoying.- Be quiet!
0:08:38 > 0:08:41It should be her choice what she wants to read anyway.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- Be quiet!- OK, sorry, go on, then.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45- Shush.- B... B...
0:08:45 > 0:08:50- B... Be quiet!- Come on. - Now, lion, baboon with a red bum,
0:08:50 > 0:08:54wildebeest, giraffe, impala...
0:09:05 > 0:09:08William is also in reception.
0:09:09 > 0:09:12He lives with his mum and his brother.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14He's only two.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16Bye, Mummy.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Who's ready? Are you ready?
0:09:33 > 0:09:36'Sienna and William came to the nursery together,
0:09:36 > 0:09:40'so they have already been in the same school for a year.'
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Apparently, William and Sienna are boyfriend and girlfriend.
0:09:48 > 0:09:50What does that mean?
0:09:50 > 0:09:53I'm not too sure. Probably that they just enjoy
0:09:53 > 0:09:55spending time with one another, I think.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57I don't think they even know!
0:09:59 > 0:10:02# If you're happy and you know it, don't squash
0:10:02 > 0:10:06# If you're happy and you know it, don't squash me
0:10:07 > 0:10:10# If you're happy and you know it, kiss me. #
0:10:10 > 0:10:12No!
0:10:15 > 0:10:17- Do you want a jacket potato?- No.
0:10:17 > 0:10:21William, I don't like potatoes either.
0:10:23 > 0:10:25Thank you.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Oh! Uh-oh...
0:10:31 > 0:10:32I don't...
0:10:32 > 0:10:37You hit Mrs Bonbons, bunny head.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38- TEACHER:- Keep eating, please!
0:10:40 > 0:10:42William, don't move. Just stay exactly in that place.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Yeah, there. Don't...
0:10:44 > 0:10:48don't sit down. Can you do it standing up, William?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Um...
0:10:50 > 0:10:52It's going... OK, I'll try.
0:10:54 > 0:10:57Em, yuh. Em-yuh.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Em-yuh!
0:11:00 > 0:11:03So, what's... I don't know what's this one.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05Ff. Ay.
0:11:05 > 0:11:07Ef.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Ff. Eh.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14Ff-ay-ef.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25- I don't get it right. - Oh, why not?
0:11:25 > 0:11:28Because it's so hard.
0:11:34 > 0:11:38'William is very, very self-motivated.'
0:11:38 > 0:11:42He wants to learn, and you can see that in him.
0:11:42 > 0:11:46'I think he has quite a love of reading.'
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Rat. R-a-t.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Ruh, ah tuh.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Rat. And this one says...
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Huh, ah, tuh. Hat.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00And this one says bat.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04Ah... Buh, ah, tuh. Bat.
0:12:16 > 0:12:20CHILDREN LAUGH AND SCREAM
0:12:23 > 0:12:29If you thought reception looks hard, wait till you see Year 1.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32That's my class.
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Let's go. No, no bike, no bike. We've got to move.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45"When we arrived at the park,
0:12:45 > 0:12:51"Sarah and Nick ran across the grass to a big wide path.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55"They were just about to put on their rollerblades
0:12:55 > 0:13:00"when Dad said, 'Look, you can't skate here.'"
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Um...
0:13:02 > 0:13:05My name is Taijah. I am five years old.
0:13:07 > 0:13:08Easy!
0:13:08 > 0:13:10Easy.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12I can just spell everything.
0:13:14 > 0:13:18"'We've found the perfect place to rollerblade,' said Dad.
0:13:18 > 0:13:19"'Yes,' grinned Nick.
0:13:19 > 0:13:23"'And there are no flowers here, either.'"
0:13:24 > 0:13:27You know when they got to the park, they were disappointed.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29Do you know why that was?
0:13:29 > 0:13:33- Because they couldn't rollerblade there.- And why, do you think?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35Because there were flowers.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39That is lovely reading.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12This is my friend Maria.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15She is in my class, Year 1.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21She lives two floors up in a flat just like mine.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Ow, ow, ow, ow!
0:14:29 > 0:14:32- Morning, Maria.- Good morning. - Morning.
0:14:38 > 0:14:40Um...
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Peh.
0:14:43 > 0:14:44Nn.
0:14:48 > 0:14:49Mm.
0:14:50 > 0:14:51Eh.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Mm, yh, eh.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58OK, I can't sound it out now.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03Right, Maria.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Let's look at some letters.
0:15:09 > 0:15:12A, B...
0:15:12 > 0:15:13- C.- Are you sure?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17How about this one?
0:15:18 > 0:15:21- Er...- Have you seen that before?
0:15:21 > 0:15:23- No.- No? How about these, do you know?
0:15:23 > 0:15:25- Zzz.- Good.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28How about this one here?
0:15:28 > 0:15:29Yuh.
0:15:29 > 0:15:31Yep, got that.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- Er...- Have you seen that?
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- No.- Don't worry.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39Er...
0:15:39 > 0:15:42- I don't know that one. - Don't worry. How about that?
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Maria doesn't always retain
0:15:44 > 0:15:49the shape of a letter. So she sees letters not in the way
0:15:49 > 0:15:51that we think she's seeing them.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54- What is this one? - Guh.- Guh.
0:15:54 > 0:15:55- Er, what is this one? - Juh.- Juh.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58- What this one? - Kwuh.- Kwuh.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00- Huh.- Huh. - Juh.- Juh.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03If you watch her very closely,
0:16:03 > 0:16:05she will wait for another child's answer
0:16:05 > 0:16:09and answer just a microsecond after they do.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- Juh.- Juh.- Puh.- Puh.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13- Kwuh.- Kwuh.
0:16:13 > 0:16:14- Tuh.- Tuh.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15- Wuh.- Wuh.- Wuh.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16- Kss.- Kss.
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Wuh.- Wuh.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- Ssh.- Ssh.- Chuh.- Chuh. - Chuh.- Chuh.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24- ALL:- Choo! Choo!
0:16:32 > 0:16:33It's nearly getting dark.
0:16:33 > 0:16:35IN PORTUGUESE:
0:16:41 > 0:16:46'My mum and my dad's language is Portuguese.'
0:16:46 > 0:16:49And I can't speak like that.
0:16:51 > 0:16:52INTERVIEWER: What do you speak?
0:16:52 > 0:16:54Um, my language.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56My language. Like my friends.
0:16:58 > 0:16:59Like my friends.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05But you can understand Portuguese, can't you?
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Yes.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10'But my mum don't know my language.'
0:17:13 > 0:17:15MOTHER, IN PORTUGUESE:
0:17:15 > 0:17:17FATHER, IN PORTUGUESE:
0:17:17 > 0:17:18Mm-hm! Yes.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19MOTHER:
0:17:21 > 0:17:22Where's my kiss?
0:17:28 > 0:17:30You speak Portuguese to her?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32IN PORTUGUESE:
0:17:37 > 0:17:39Yes, OK.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48MARIA GIGGLES
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...
0:18:03 > 0:18:05..Thursday, Friday...
0:18:08 > 0:18:10..Saturday, Tuesday.
0:18:12 > 0:18:13Tuesday.
0:18:18 > 0:18:19Mm-mm.
0:18:21 > 0:18:25Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
0:18:25 > 0:18:30Thursday, Friday, Wednesday... Saturday.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Monday.
0:18:33 > 0:18:34Er...
0:18:37 > 0:18:39Sunday.
0:18:44 > 0:18:45It is.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday...
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- ..Tuesday.- Saturday.
0:18:57 > 0:18:58Saturday.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Mm...
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Tuesday.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- Sun...- Sunday.
0:19:26 > 0:19:27Yeah.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39OK, shall I tell you what we're doing today?
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Yeah!
0:19:40 > 0:19:42OK, we've got a very exciting day
0:19:42 > 0:19:45because we are going to do all our sounds,
0:19:45 > 0:19:46and then we are going to...
0:19:46 > 0:19:49Some of you are going to try some reading.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51- KIDS GASP - Who's excited to read to Hannah?
0:19:51 > 0:19:53- ALL:- Me!
0:19:57 > 0:19:58I can't wait to open this.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03Have a look at the front.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Get your finger.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- ALL:- "Sun...hat...fun."
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Look how Hannah is using one finger at a time.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13Show me that you can do it.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- ALL:- "Sun...hat...fun."
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Right, open it to the first page.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25Right, let's point together. Sienna, get your pointing finger.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27- A. - ALL:- A.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29- Hat.- Hat.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30- Sun.- Sun.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32- Fun.- Fun.
0:20:32 > 0:20:33- It.- It.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35- On.- On.
0:20:35 > 0:20:36- And.- And.
0:20:36 > 0:20:37Run.
0:20:37 > 0:20:40OK, turn the page.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43OK, now this word is called a red word.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45- What's it called?- Red word.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48And red words are very, very tricky. Do you know why?
0:20:49 > 0:20:52Right, red words, you cannot sound out.
0:20:52 > 0:20:54OK. You cannot sound them out.
0:20:54 > 0:20:56So, listen. "Puh-uh-tuh."
0:20:56 > 0:20:58Putt!
0:20:58 > 0:20:59Putt!
0:20:59 > 0:21:01That's not the right word.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03You cannot sound them out. They're trying to trick us.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05This word says "put". What does it say?
0:21:05 > 0:21:07- Put.- Put. Put.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09"I put my hat on."
0:21:09 > 0:21:15If you've read a red word, you'll know it's not so easy to read.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18It doesn't look how it sounds.
0:21:18 > 0:21:25Who thought the oo in too should also be in threw and glue?
0:21:26 > 0:21:29Is this the work of a loony?
0:21:29 > 0:21:34Or a spelling monster sent to confuse me?
0:21:34 > 0:21:37INTERVIEWER: Tell me the hardest word you know how to spell.
0:21:37 > 0:21:42I can spell Vuh-cuh-ah-ruh-vuh-ah-nuh.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44Caravan.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47I know how to spell "suddenly".
0:21:47 > 0:21:48Go on, then.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Sss-uh...
0:21:52 > 0:21:54..duh-uh-uh...
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Is it Y after?
0:21:57 > 0:21:59I think I've forgotten.
0:21:59 > 0:22:03What's the hardest word that you two know to spell?
0:22:03 > 0:22:04Mm...
0:22:05 > 0:22:07Er...
0:22:07 > 0:22:11I just need some more time under the table to think.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13- Mm.- OK?
0:22:19 > 0:22:22- Come and jump up on my horse. - No.
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Climb up! Climb!
0:22:24 > 0:22:25Maria?
0:22:26 > 0:22:32Some books, they're nonfiction, and they give you information
0:22:32 > 0:22:34and I like...
0:22:34 > 0:22:37I don't really like nonfiction books.
0:22:37 > 0:22:39Only a little bit, I do.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42I do like fiction books.
0:22:42 > 0:22:44What are fiction books?
0:22:44 > 0:22:46Fiction books are fairy tales.
0:22:49 > 0:22:53There's stories of strange creatures and imaginary worlds.
0:22:57 > 0:23:02So, the story is called Big Scary Monster.
0:23:03 > 0:23:07"On top of a mountain not very far from here,
0:23:07 > 0:23:11"there once lived a big scary monster.
0:23:11 > 0:23:15"This monster was bigger and scarier than any other creature."
0:23:15 > 0:23:19WIND RUSHES
0:23:23 > 0:23:28"All the other little creatures that lived on top of the mountain
0:23:28 > 0:23:30"spent their days playing happily together
0:23:30 > 0:23:33"among the small rocks and the small plants.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39"But suddenly, when they least expected it,
0:23:39 > 0:23:42"something disturbed the peace.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- "Boo!" - KIDS YELP
0:23:46 > 0:23:47MONSTER ROARS
0:24:01 > 0:24:06The best stories make you understand what it's like to be there yourself.
0:24:10 > 0:24:15I think we've all got monsters living inside our heads,
0:24:15 > 0:24:16trying to get out.
0:24:22 > 0:24:24My monster's a very sad monster.
0:24:25 > 0:24:28MONSTER SOBS
0:24:28 > 0:24:31My monster is a happy monster.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36My monster is called Gerotina.
0:24:38 > 0:24:40This monster gets angry when she roars.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42HE MAKES A GROWLING SOUND
0:24:45 > 0:24:49MONSTER GROWLS
0:24:49 > 0:24:53If I was in the story and the monster was sad,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56I would give the monster a big hug.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59Why would you do that?
0:24:59 > 0:25:00To make him feel happy.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Then he'll never be horrible any more.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19CHILDREN CHATTER
0:25:24 > 0:25:27- MARIA:- Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- WHISPERS:- Come on, sunshine, wake up.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05One, two, three, four...
0:26:21 > 0:26:23- Wash, wash, wash. - HE GIGGLES
0:26:41 > 0:26:43'Doors closing.'
0:26:47 > 0:26:48'Doors opening.'
0:26:55 > 0:26:57'Doors closing.'
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Everybody's cold!
0:27:15 > 0:27:16It's very good for popsicles.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24CHILDREN CHATTER AND SCREAM
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Who has got the start-of-the-year feeling?
0:27:34 > 0:27:37Wow, fantastic.
0:27:37 > 0:27:382000 and...?
0:27:38 > 0:27:41- ALL:- 16!
0:27:42 > 0:27:44INTERVIEWER: OK, take a few steps back.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48HE MAKES "VEHICLE REVERSING" BEEPS
0:28:33 > 0:28:35So, all together, what does it say?
0:28:42 > 0:28:45Tell me what you think about reading.
0:28:45 > 0:28:48I think reading is boring.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52A bit not boring.
0:28:52 > 0:28:53HE COUGHS
0:28:53 > 0:28:54A bit OK.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58And...a bit fun.
0:28:59 > 0:29:03Because you get to learn some new words in it.
0:29:05 > 0:29:08Stephan, can you come back?
0:29:08 > 0:29:10CHILDREN CHATTER AND SCREAM
0:29:13 > 0:29:16Right, we're going to do a little bit of reading.
0:29:16 > 0:29:18This book is called On The Table.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20Can you have a go at reading that?
0:29:27 > 0:29:31I really don't know how to read this.
0:29:31 > 0:29:32Really?
0:29:32 > 0:29:35What do you think's happening in the picture?
0:29:37 > 0:29:39The toy car's on a table.
0:29:39 > 0:29:41Well, that's exactly what this says.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45It says, look, "The little car is on the table."
0:29:48 > 0:29:49A dolly's on the table.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56A ball's on the table.
0:30:00 > 0:30:03And a plane is on the table.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05So boring.
0:30:05 > 0:30:06A bus is on the table.
0:30:06 > 0:30:09Bo-ring!
0:30:09 > 0:30:12This is a boring book.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23Once you've finished, put your pencil in the pot.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26'Some people think there are two Stephans in my class.
0:30:26 > 0:30:30'But the other one is his twin brother, Nicholas.'
0:30:37 > 0:30:40You go to work, you come home.
0:30:40 > 0:30:43The kids go to school, they come home.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47Nobody wants to sit and start doing work.
0:30:48 > 0:30:52But they do it because they know they don't have a choice.
0:30:52 > 0:30:54And that's only because they're young still.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57- Until they grow up a bit older. - Yeah, exactly, because that's it.
0:30:57 > 0:31:00When they get older... They'll be like,
0:31:00 > 0:31:03"Dad, you can't tell me what to do, man, it's my homework!"
0:31:05 > 0:31:07- Will.- W...
0:31:09 > 0:31:10- I...- Ill.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13I...
0:31:13 > 0:31:14L.
0:31:15 > 0:31:17Her.
0:31:17 > 0:31:18Hih...
0:31:18 > 0:31:20Eh...
0:31:20 > 0:31:21R...
0:31:22 > 0:31:23To.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Look.
0:31:32 > 0:31:34Ell, O-O,
0:31:34 > 0:31:36kay.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39Now...Nicholas.
0:31:40 > 0:31:42This.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44Fine. That.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Them. Fine.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48I don't like the T, though.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50You could have done that a bit better.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52All. A, L, L.
0:31:52 > 0:31:57BOTH: 13, 14, 15, 16, 17.
0:31:57 > 0:32:00Plus your two half marks.
0:32:00 > 0:32:03- 18.- 18!
0:32:03 > 0:32:05That's really good.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08'Nicholas is all about solving puzzles.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10'It's just a puzzle of sounds.
0:32:10 > 0:32:11'So Nicholas will do it
0:32:11 > 0:32:16'whereas Stephan doesn't have that ability to do the phonics
0:32:16 > 0:32:18'and piece the word together.'
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Spell "her".
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Huh-rrr.
0:32:23 > 0:32:25- Her.- In letters?
0:32:27 > 0:32:28A?
0:32:30 > 0:32:32R.
0:32:32 > 0:32:33No.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35H-E-R.
0:32:35 > 0:32:36H-E-R.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41That "them" is wrong as well.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44T-H-E-M.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47I'm not going to mark that correct, that one.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51Your N looks like an H and your H looks like an N.
0:32:53 > 0:32:5512, 13, 14.
0:32:55 > 0:33:00- That's a bit better than Nicholas's. - I wouldn't say that.
0:33:00 > 0:33:01Aww.
0:33:07 > 0:33:09You go here.
0:33:09 > 0:33:12Do your homework.
0:33:15 > 0:33:20But the kid thinks he doesn't like reading.
0:33:20 > 0:33:25He thinks books doesn't teach him many words.
0:33:27 > 0:33:31- He has got a good heart, doesn't he? - Yeah.- He's cute.- Cuddly.
0:33:31 > 0:33:32Beautiful speech.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36When he first started talking, oh, wow.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40It was surprising how well he could pronounce the words.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43His main downfall, though, he's stubborn.
0:33:44 > 0:33:47Stephan doesn't understand that reading
0:33:47 > 0:33:49is something that you NEED for life.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02"Children...came...to the house."
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Oh...
0:34:05 > 0:34:06Out.
0:34:07 > 0:34:12"They came to play with Chip."
0:34:12 > 0:34:16Stephan, your brother's trying to read. Can you be calm and quiet?
0:34:16 > 0:34:17"Can..."
0:34:17 > 0:34:20SHE MUMBLES
0:34:20 > 0:34:22Wih-ah-tih.
0:34:24 > 0:34:25Stephan.
0:34:25 > 0:34:26SHE SIGHS
0:34:26 > 0:34:28HE SINGS
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Don't lose your tail, otherwise you won't be a cat any more.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Will you?
0:34:49 > 0:34:53Imagine if you suddenly turned into a character
0:34:53 > 0:34:57from one of the stories you read.
0:34:57 > 0:35:02That's exactly what happens on World Book Day.
0:35:08 > 0:35:13She's probably not going to wear this hat, but I'll give it a go.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17I don't really want a hat.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19I've just made it for you.
0:35:19 > 0:35:22Otherwise you're not the real Cat in the Hat.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26To the side, always with style, OK?
0:35:28 > 0:35:29There you go.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31You look so pretty.
0:35:32 > 0:35:34Cheese.
0:35:35 > 0:35:39I can't believe I forgot your hat. I am so unhappy about that.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43I'm not unhappy. I'm happy!
0:35:49 > 0:35:51You're a big bouncy cat.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53- I'm a skipping cat.- OK.
0:35:53 > 0:35:54Bye.
0:35:54 > 0:35:57I don't know where Purple Class have gone.
0:35:57 > 0:36:02I don't know who you all are, but you all look very nice.
0:36:02 > 0:36:04Good morning, Stephan.
0:36:04 > 0:36:05Morning.
0:36:05 > 0:36:07Good morning, Nicholas.
0:36:07 > 0:36:08Morning.
0:36:08 > 0:36:10Good morning, Maria.
0:36:10 > 0:36:11Good morning.
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- Good morning, Taijah.- Morning.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24I have come as Mog out of Meg And Mog
0:36:24 > 0:36:26because the children requested it.
0:36:27 > 0:36:31I came as Aslan, with my beautiful mane.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38I've come as... Don't you know who I am?
0:36:39 > 0:36:42I've come as a character called Lucky Luke
0:36:42 > 0:36:44from a French comic that I used to love
0:36:44 > 0:36:48when I was younger, that I still have quite a few of his comics.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Thank you.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55World Book Day is one of the most exciting events of Kingsmead.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57It's absolutely brilliant.
0:36:57 > 0:36:59We have got children and staff
0:36:59 > 0:37:01that get really excited about dressing up.
0:37:01 > 0:37:03We talk about books. We talk about characters.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05We talk about the importance of reading.
0:37:05 > 0:37:08Probably one of the best days of the year, actually.
0:37:11 > 0:37:15We are celebrating loving books and reading
0:37:15 > 0:37:17and everything to do with reading.
0:37:17 > 0:37:19Put your hand up if you like to read.
0:37:19 > 0:37:21We love reading.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23I love reading.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25OK. I'm going to show you this.
0:37:25 > 0:37:27Have a look. Use your looking eyes.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32Magnet eyes switched on. Magnet eyes switched on.
0:37:32 > 0:37:36"No-one remembered how she came to the woods,
0:37:36 > 0:37:39"but all knew that it was right.
0:37:39 > 0:37:44"The whole forest took her as their own."
0:37:51 > 0:37:53"Bird taught her how to speak.
0:37:56 > 0:37:59"Bear taught her how to eat."
0:38:01 > 0:38:03"Fox taught her how to play."
0:38:05 > 0:38:08"And she understood and was happy."
0:38:13 > 0:38:17"One day, she met some new animals in the forest."
0:38:20 > 0:38:23"They found her strange.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25"And she found them strange, too."
0:38:31 > 0:38:33"They spoke wrong."
0:38:36 > 0:38:39"They ate wrong.
0:38:39 > 0:38:44"And she did not understand, and she was not happy."
0:38:45 > 0:38:48They made her do things she didn't like.
0:38:48 > 0:38:50Did she want to speak like them?
0:38:50 > 0:38:52- CHILDREN:- No.- No.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54She wanted to speak like the birds.
0:38:54 > 0:38:56Did she want to eat her food with a knife and fork?
0:38:56 > 0:39:00- CHILDREN:- No. - She wanted to use her hands.
0:39:02 > 0:39:07"Everyone remembered how she left, and all knew it was right."
0:39:11 > 0:39:15"Because you cannot tame something so happily wild."
0:39:21 > 0:39:24Good, good, I like this.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27Loo-king. Where is the kih sound?
0:39:27 > 0:39:29Look-ing.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33We've got "ing" in now. Look-ing.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36Ing. Excellent.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39Stephan, sit up.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42Show me that you're ready.
0:39:42 > 0:39:46Stephan, you just wasted all that writing time.
0:39:46 > 0:39:50You will have to miss some break time to get it done.
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Come on, Stephan.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56Sitting up.
0:39:56 > 0:39:57On your chair, properly.
0:40:02 > 0:40:07You didn't write quickly enough when we were doing the lesson.
0:40:07 > 0:40:12You had a long time to do that, and you didn't do it,
0:40:12 > 0:40:16so I'm afraid you will have to miss playtime and do that.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18Because I asked you so many times.
0:40:20 > 0:40:21Didn't I?
0:40:23 > 0:40:25And you just didn't get it done.
0:40:25 > 0:40:26It's very sad.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42Everybody is there doing their thing
0:40:42 > 0:40:46and Stephan is being the clown in the back, in the corner,
0:40:46 > 0:40:50or being loud, talking, having a laugh, having a giggle.
0:40:50 > 0:40:52He is already a fidgety type of person
0:40:52 > 0:40:54so sitting down for five minutes,
0:40:54 > 0:40:59he's going to start picking at his hair, playing with his clothes,
0:40:59 > 0:41:02eating his sleeve, before he starts moving.
0:41:02 > 0:41:05Once he starts moving, you're in trouble.
0:41:05 > 0:41:10And that gets him into these predicaments at school.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17I'm hoping that he takes a leaf out of his brother's book
0:41:17 > 0:41:21and makes those type of changes for himself,
0:41:21 > 0:41:23rather than being forced to do it.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27Go on, then.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Stephan is coming a long way.
0:41:35 > 0:41:37Reading, though - carry on practising,
0:41:37 > 0:41:42because...it takes a long time.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Especially with the four-letter words.
0:41:44 > 0:41:47The quicker he can say them as he sees them...
0:41:47 > 0:41:51We have tried that. We want him to keep up with everyone else
0:41:51 > 0:41:53but the phonics don't work for him.
0:41:53 > 0:41:56Whereas, Nicholas, phonics works fine.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Stephan will get there, definitely.
0:42:10 > 0:42:12Sienna, did you push inside the line?
0:42:14 > 0:42:16Sit on the carpet, please.
0:42:19 > 0:42:23Yes, you need to be making sure that you are listening all the time, OK?
0:42:23 > 0:42:26- I did my name.- Because you could have done much more than that.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Were you play-fighting?
0:42:28 > 0:42:31You are on time out and when we do choosing later,
0:42:31 > 0:42:33you will miss out of the choosing.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37Sienna does find it a little bit tricky
0:42:37 > 0:42:40to cooperate with the other children sometimes
0:42:40 > 0:42:43and also to follow my instructions sometimes.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45Why me?
0:42:45 > 0:42:48Do you always listen to Hannah?
0:42:48 > 0:42:50You're a good girl.
0:42:51 > 0:42:54But sometimes I'm a bit in trouble.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57She's just got quite strong ideas sometimes
0:42:57 > 0:42:59and if she doesn't want to do something,
0:42:59 > 0:43:01she will do any kind of distraction.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05# Ba ba dee, ba da ba da ba ba ba... #
0:43:07 > 0:43:09Learning-wise...
0:43:09 > 0:43:13Very capable. But just sometimes again it's whether she chooses
0:43:13 > 0:43:15to follow what is being asked of her in class.
0:43:15 > 0:43:19Badiba-bam!
0:43:19 > 0:43:21Be quiet!
0:43:22 > 0:43:27- All of you may... - NONSENSE SPEECH
0:43:30 > 0:43:33I don't think I could stress enough
0:43:33 > 0:43:37how important motivation is for children to learn.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40Winds help the animals move through the air.
0:43:40 > 0:43:45It's half the battle, because we need to get them to want to do it.
0:43:45 > 0:43:48We need to get that excitement there.
0:43:48 > 0:43:49KIDS CLAMOUR
0:43:51 > 0:43:54You want the children to want to read all the time.
0:43:54 > 0:43:56You want them to pick up all the books.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59You want them to be proud, show their parents, show the adults,
0:43:59 > 0:44:01"Look what I can do. I can read!"
0:44:04 > 0:44:10Have you seen the croco...diles?
0:44:10 > 0:44:13Said the...what does that say?
0:44:13 > 0:44:14- Frog.- Good.
0:44:14 > 0:44:17"I've seen the crocodile," snapped the crocodile.
0:44:17 > 0:44:22- What do you think he is going to do? - He's going to eat all of them.
0:44:22 > 0:44:23Do you think?
0:44:23 > 0:44:25Good boy. Very proud of you.
0:44:25 > 0:44:28- Have you been practising with your mummy?- Yes.- Good.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36- Are you ready?- Yeah. - Are you ready?- Yes.
0:44:36 > 0:44:37- Are you really ready?- Yes.
0:44:37 > 0:44:40- Are you really, really, really ready?- Yes!
0:44:40 > 0:44:42- BOTH:- Ksss!
0:44:42 > 0:44:44Oh, you both got it.
0:44:44 > 0:44:46- BOTH:- Qih!
0:44:46 > 0:44:47Q.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51- Cih.- Oh, yeah.
0:44:51 > 0:44:52- BOTH:- Lll.
0:44:52 > 0:44:55'We're working really hard with Maria.'
0:44:55 > 0:44:57We're practising the sounds with her,
0:44:57 > 0:45:01so Caz will take Maria and practise her sounds every day.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03This is...?
0:45:04 > 0:45:06- Sh!- Good!
0:45:08 > 0:45:10'There's a few sounds that she's still wobbly with.
0:45:11 > 0:45:13'But she's improved so much,
0:45:13 > 0:45:15'compared to where she was in September.'
0:45:17 > 0:45:20Th...i...n.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22- Thin.- Good girl.
0:45:22 > 0:45:28One, two, three, four. I'm getting better at this!
0:45:28 > 0:45:29Log!
0:45:41 > 0:45:44F...l...ume - flume.
0:45:44 > 0:45:46- Flume?!- The flume!
0:45:46 > 0:45:50- I want to read... I want to read this.- No, I am reading it.
0:45:50 > 0:45:52Give me the book.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54Go and read something else.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56Whatever.
0:45:56 > 0:46:00- SHE SPEAKS QUIETLY - It means you're in love.
0:46:02 > 0:46:06- MAN:- What's love? - It's something when someone,
0:46:06 > 0:46:12when someone likes someone and they don't know what's going on.
0:46:14 > 0:46:17Oh, my goodness! I cannot spell this.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20- M..a - ma. - HE LAUGHS
0:46:20 > 0:46:23BOTH GIGGLE
0:46:23 > 0:46:27Are you both the same at reading, or is one better, or...?
0:46:27 > 0:46:30Well, both of us are a little bit better,
0:46:30 > 0:46:33but Nicholas is the better of.
0:46:33 > 0:46:36- MAN:- Would you like to be in love? - No!
0:46:38 > 0:46:44- Why not?- Because, if we do, we wouldn't be a child any more.
0:46:56 > 0:47:00H-E-R-E. Here.
0:47:00 > 0:47:03B-I-G. Big.
0:47:03 > 0:47:06AN-D.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08- And.- Good.
0:47:08 > 0:47:10I've got...I've got something...
0:47:10 > 0:47:13Nicolas, go back and finish your work.
0:47:13 > 0:47:16You're not finishing the work.
0:47:16 > 0:47:17You're just mucking about now.
0:47:19 > 0:47:24Day. There's two "days", but they are actually different.
0:47:24 > 0:47:30This day and this "they" sounds exactly the same, but...
0:47:30 > 0:47:33I'm so glad you remembered that one
0:47:33 > 0:47:36and I'm so glad you didn't get them confused.
0:47:36 > 0:47:40- Daddy knows I can get them right. - Yeah!
0:47:40 > 0:47:43- Daddy believes in me. - Of course I do!
0:47:43 > 0:47:47And my last one is complete.
0:47:56 > 0:48:00Stephan's reading has come on leaps and bounds.
0:48:00 > 0:48:04So much better now. He's using his sounds more when he's reading.
0:48:04 > 0:48:06'And he's much more confident with his reading.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08'He's enjoying his reading.'
0:48:08 > 0:48:11Brilliant, brilliant work! Look at this word.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14Look how difficult that word is, but you could read it.
0:48:14 > 0:48:15Are you proud of yourself?
0:48:19 > 0:48:21Kangaroos to the door, then.
0:48:27 > 0:48:31Not all of the books we read are fairy tales.
0:48:33 > 0:48:38There are also stories that teach us about the real world.
0:48:50 > 0:48:53"I live with my family in a city close to the sea.
0:48:53 > 0:48:57"Every summer, we spend many weekends at the beach.
0:48:57 > 0:49:01"But we never go there any more, because, last year...
0:49:02 > 0:49:04"..our lives changed forever."
0:49:04 > 0:49:07CHILDREN'S LAUGHTER ECHOES
0:49:10 > 0:49:12"The war began.
0:49:16 > 0:49:19"Every day, bad things started happening around us."
0:49:19 > 0:49:21BOMBS WHISTLE
0:49:24 > 0:49:26"And soon there was nothing but chaos."
0:49:35 > 0:49:37"And one day the war took my father."
0:49:46 > 0:49:48Do you know what it means?
0:49:48 > 0:49:52It's... It's a battle.
0:49:54 > 0:49:58Yeah, in a way. Do you understand what it means?
0:50:00 > 0:50:05It means that her daddy was lost.
0:50:05 > 0:50:07He died in the war.
0:50:07 > 0:50:12- How?- Because war is bad and bad things happen.
0:50:13 > 0:50:17And that's a bad thing that happened to her family.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19'Recently, my grandmother passed away'
0:50:19 > 0:50:22and they saw how sad I was, and they couldn't understand
0:50:22 > 0:50:24why I was being so sad, so I had to explain it to them.
0:50:24 > 0:50:29And I started reading them books where there is a character that dies
0:50:29 > 0:50:32and that character is not coming back like in the games.
0:50:34 > 0:50:36You know, it's something you have to introduce to them.
0:50:41 > 0:50:44"We leave at night to avoid being seen...
0:50:46 > 0:50:49"The further we go, the more we leave behind.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53"We finally arrive at a border."
0:50:58 > 0:51:02- DOG BARKS, PEOPLE SHOUT - "Oh, no. It's the guards!
0:51:02 > 0:51:04"They are looking for us and we must hide.
0:51:08 > 0:51:11"In the darkness, the noises of the forest scare me."
0:51:11 > 0:51:13CREAKING
0:51:13 > 0:51:15"But Mother is with us
0:51:15 > 0:51:18"and she is never scared.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21"We close our eyes and we finally fall asleep."
0:51:25 > 0:51:27- Crying.- Why is she crying?
0:51:27 > 0:51:32Because she had to leave everything behind, because of the war.
0:51:32 > 0:51:35But she is protecting the children.
0:51:35 > 0:51:37Cos that's what mothers do, isn't it?
0:51:47 > 0:51:49"My...dad."
0:51:49 > 0:51:50And then?
0:51:50 > 0:51:54"Used to...
0:51:54 > 0:51:57"be so cool."
0:51:57 > 0:51:58Yes!
0:51:58 > 0:52:01"This is my dad."
0:52:01 > 0:52:03Yes!
0:52:03 > 0:52:07"He s...eems...
0:52:07 > 0:52:10"seems...
0:52:10 > 0:52:13- "pla..."- Pre...pre...
0:52:13 > 0:52:15- "..pretty..."- Yes.
0:52:15 > 0:52:17- "..normal..."- Normal.
0:52:17 > 0:52:20- "..to me."- That's it, well done.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27"My dad having fun."
0:52:27 > 0:52:30- It's a question... - VOICE LIFTS:- "My dad having fun?"
0:52:30 > 0:52:33Is the question.
0:52:33 > 0:52:36"I wish I could have
0:52:36 > 0:52:38"seen it."
0:52:54 > 0:52:56"Anna must choose between..."
0:52:56 > 0:52:59- Um, Elsa.- No.
0:52:59 > 0:53:00- Love?- No.
0:53:00 > 0:53:05- Christophe?- Stop guessing words. How do you know these letters?
0:53:05 > 0:53:08How do you know this word? You have to look at the letters.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11- Huh-eh-rah!- I know, I know!
0:53:11 > 0:53:15- Go on, then.- Her! - "Her sister's life or..."
0:53:15 > 0:53:17ICE CREAM VAN JINGLE PLAYS OUTSIDE
0:53:17 > 0:53:19Ice cream van!
0:53:19 > 0:53:22- Why do we have to practise our reading?- Because it's not boring.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25- Stop it. Why do we have to practise our reading?- Er...
0:53:25 > 0:53:28Because you have to get strong hands.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30Strong hands?
0:53:30 > 0:53:34You have to get ready for Year 1, when you move to your new class.
0:53:34 > 0:53:37Otherwise you're not going to be as good as everyone else
0:53:37 > 0:53:39and you're not going to know what to do.
0:53:39 > 0:53:42- You're not going to be ready. Isn't it?- Yeah.- OK?
0:53:42 > 0:53:46- Yeah.- So have that one sticker and we're going to do some reading.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48She's... I know she can do it.
0:53:48 > 0:53:51You know, she doesn't really have any other difficulties.
0:53:51 > 0:53:55You just have to practise, darling, isn't it? We both have to practise.
0:53:55 > 0:53:59- Yeah.- Because you have to be ready for your new class.
0:53:59 > 0:54:00Yeah.
0:54:00 > 0:54:06- Where's the word "the"...- Hmm... - ..in the front of the book?
0:54:06 > 0:54:08Well done! Where's the word "up"?
0:54:10 > 0:54:14On any of the books. Any of the books. Where's the word "up"?
0:54:14 > 0:54:17- There.- Well done! Where's the word "tiger"?
0:54:17 > 0:54:22- I don't know how to spell tiger. - T-I-G-E-R.
0:54:22 > 0:54:26Well done! What about..."kick"?
0:54:26 > 0:54:28Good girl!
0:54:34 > 0:54:38W-A-I-T. Wait.
0:54:39 > 0:54:43Oh! Why does waiting have to be so boring?!
0:54:46 > 0:54:48SOFT CHATTER
0:54:53 > 0:54:57Let's go to the kids' section. Come on, then, boys.
0:55:01 > 0:55:02Oh, looky, looky.
0:55:04 > 0:55:08- There's toys in the shop as well. - Shall we have a look at books first?
0:55:08 > 0:55:12- Look! Dennis The Menace 3. - Dennis The Menace.
0:55:12 > 0:55:14That's a CD, not a book.
0:55:19 > 0:55:22"..looking out...the window."
0:55:24 > 0:55:26'It's going OK for now.'
0:55:26 > 0:55:29They're paying interest to the books that they're seeing
0:55:29 > 0:55:31and that's a good sign.
0:55:31 > 0:55:34Well, this one does not feel useless.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37This one actually feels quite great.
0:55:39 > 0:55:44'I worry in the sense of what their future will turn out like.'
0:55:44 > 0:55:47I...want...his book!
0:55:47 > 0:55:50'But as long as I know that
0:55:50 > 0:55:54'the two of them are learning at a decent pace,
0:55:54 > 0:55:57'I'll know that, eventually, I won't need to worry.'
0:55:58 > 0:56:01OK, now can we just go to the toys?
0:56:01 > 0:56:03LAUGHTER
0:56:07 > 0:56:09At the end of the year,
0:56:09 > 0:56:13the teachers test us to see what we have learned.
0:56:16 > 0:56:19"She got some fish.
0:56:22 > 0:56:27"Father Bear got some fish, too.
0:56:27 > 0:56:34"We are good at fishing, said Father Bear."
0:56:34 > 0:56:38- Hmm.- Finished. - Nice reading, Stephan.
0:56:42 > 0:56:45When we started this journey...
0:56:45 > 0:56:48words were monsters!
0:56:48 > 0:56:50But now, they've become our friends.
0:56:53 > 0:56:57And who would have thought something so hard...
0:56:58 > 0:57:00..can be so much fun?
0:57:07 > 0:57:13"Sam looked and looked for
0:57:13 > 0:57:16"Little Bear.
0:57:16 > 0:57:21"Mum looked and looked
0:57:21 > 0:57:23"for the bear, too."
0:57:23 > 0:57:27She can read. Yeah, she can read. It's great.
0:57:27 > 0:57:30Um, she didn't make many errors.
0:57:30 > 0:57:32In fact, I was enjoying it so much
0:57:32 > 0:57:35that I didn't record all of the errors.
0:57:37 > 0:57:40In September, she had problems
0:57:40 > 0:57:43recognising the letters, even the single letters of the alphabet,
0:57:43 > 0:57:46and her spoken English wasn't very strong.
0:57:46 > 0:57:51Just the sheer volume of what she's read has helped with her English
0:57:51 > 0:57:54and also her English has helped with her reading.
0:57:54 > 0:57:58I'm pleased for her. These are life skills that she's learning.
0:57:58 > 0:58:01- BELL RINGS, CHILD SQUEALS - Oh, sorry! Sorry!