0:00:02 > 0:00:03SCHOOL BELL RINGS
0:00:04 > 0:00:07Each September, half a million children begin the most
0:00:07 > 0:00:09important year of school so far.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Year 7.
0:00:14 > 0:00:15Boom!
0:00:15 > 0:00:19CBBC have rigged this secondary school with loads of cameras...
0:00:19 > 0:00:23so you can see exactly what happens...
0:00:23 > 0:00:27as they make new friends and get into trouble.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31If you wish to find out how strict I can be,
0:00:31 > 0:00:33then break the rules I set down.
0:00:33 > 0:00:36I'm not spotting make-up there, am I?
0:00:36 > 0:00:38But what they learn here
0:00:38 > 0:00:41will stay with them forever.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Hello there, I'm Mr Thoburn, and I'm a science teacher here.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51'If you've ever wondered what secondary school is like,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54'here's your chance to find out. This is Our School.'
0:00:54 > 0:00:56HE BELCHES
0:00:56 > 0:00:57How can you do that?!
0:00:57 > 0:01:00BELL RINGS
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Conyers School in Stockton-on-Tees,
0:01:04 > 0:01:06where 221 brand-new Year 7s
0:01:06 > 0:01:10will be spending the next five years of their lives.
0:01:11 > 0:01:15This time we're following...
0:01:16 > 0:01:20..on their first few days at secondary school.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24Well, I'm really looking forward to going to secondary school.
0:01:24 > 0:01:26There's that next step up, with all the challenges
0:01:26 > 0:01:29that's going to come in Conyers.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32It was good being in Year 6 because you were at the top of the school
0:01:32 > 0:01:34and everyone looked up to you.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37But now, when we go into Year 7, we're going to be at the bottom,
0:01:37 > 0:01:39and we have to start again.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43My worst nightmare to go at Conyers would be
0:01:43 > 0:01:45not having any friends.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47Oh, I might have it later.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50Not feeling like eating?
0:01:50 > 0:01:53Mwah!
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Time for Adam, Alex and Libby
0:01:57 > 0:02:00to take their very first steps into Year 7.
0:02:01 > 0:02:04First, there's a welcome assembly...
0:02:04 > 0:02:08OK, can we just follow in nice and steadily, please.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11..given by Assistant Head, Mr Skerry.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16- Good morning, Year 7. - ALL: Good morning.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19OK, we've deliberately organised today
0:02:19 > 0:02:25so that it feels as normal as an everyday at Conyers.
0:02:25 > 0:02:32The idea is to get you into our Conyers life as quickly as possible.
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Everyone's got a little butterfly in their stomach,
0:02:35 > 0:02:39but you should also feel happy about where you are.
0:02:42 > 0:02:46After assembly, the new Year 7s are all divided into their tutor groups
0:02:46 > 0:02:49where they'll do the register and meet their classmates.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54Alex is in form 7CG with Miss Gibbons.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58OK, and my surname is Gibbons, OK?
0:02:58 > 0:03:02G-I-double-B-O-N-S, OK?
0:03:02 > 0:03:05Like a monkey, if any of you ever forget.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11Adam and Libby are both in 7AG with Mr Glendenning.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15Good morning, 7AG! Welcome to Conyers.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17As most of you will now know,
0:03:17 > 0:03:21I'm going to be your form tutor for the next possible seven years.
0:03:21 > 0:03:25Isn't that exciting? Who's nervous? Hands up.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Just call me "Mr Glendenning", or "Sir".
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Libby's anxious because none of her friends from primary school
0:03:32 > 0:03:33are in her tutor group.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36She's spent her summer holidays worrying about it.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39When I first walk into my tutor group,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42I'm going to be by myself, I won't be with my friends.
0:03:42 > 0:03:47I think anybody would worry about if you're leaving your friends behind,
0:03:47 > 0:03:51and then, you're moving into a different class.
0:03:51 > 0:03:52Right.
0:03:52 > 0:03:55OK, I'm going to do the reg. When I do the reg...
0:03:55 > 0:04:01- THEY LAUGH - When I do the reg... That's how you say it. I'm down with the kids.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03When I do the register,
0:04:03 > 0:04:07I'd like everybody to be silent and just quickly say
0:04:07 > 0:04:11"yes, sir" or "yes" or "morning".
0:04:11 > 0:04:12- Sam.- Yes, sir.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- Jess.- Morning, sir
0:04:14 > 0:04:16- Harry.- Yes, sir.
0:04:16 > 0:04:18- Libby.- Here.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21My name? Can somebody remind me? I've got a terrible memory.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23Mr Glendenning.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Mr Glendenning, thank you.
0:04:25 > 0:04:29It is a big deal. It'll be a big change going from primary school,
0:04:29 > 0:04:30where they're all together.
0:04:30 > 0:04:34I can see a lot of them are still quite nervous at this point,
0:04:34 > 0:04:37but that's to be expected. It's their first week.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40Registration done,
0:04:40 > 0:04:42it's time for our Year 7s to start lessons.
0:04:44 > 0:04:47First lesson of the day for Alex is Geography.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50For the purpose of this, we're looking for effective teamwork.
0:04:50 > 0:04:52The class are being split into teams
0:04:52 > 0:04:55to survey the school and draw up a map.
0:04:55 > 0:04:57It should help them find their way around.
0:04:59 > 0:05:00With 80 classrooms,
0:05:00 > 0:05:02dozens of staff and support offices,
0:05:02 > 0:05:06two canteens, two gyms, six tennis courts
0:05:06 > 0:05:09and a football pitch, it's easy to get lost when you're new here.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13I'm only giving you 40 minutes
0:05:13 > 0:05:16to go and get the information and to come back.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21That is not a massive amount of time. Do not disturb other people.
0:05:21 > 0:05:24All it takes is one person to go screaming past a window,
0:05:24 > 0:05:27a teacher to complain, and we're not allowed
0:05:27 > 0:05:30to go outside during lessons any more.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33OK, every bum should be on their seat at five-to.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Everybody got that?
0:05:35 > 0:05:37- Yeah?- I've got a watch.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Alex has been really looking forward to the Year 7 lessons -
0:05:42 > 0:05:44let's hope it lasts!
0:05:44 > 0:05:46I really like challenges.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48Other people, there may be difficulties for them
0:05:48 > 0:05:51but I don't think there will be for me,
0:05:51 > 0:05:54I think I'll just roll along with it,
0:05:54 > 0:05:57just take it as a breeze, just flow past.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00No, I know what I'm doing now! It's all right! I've got it.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02It looks like everyone's got stuck in,
0:06:02 > 0:06:05although this mapping business can be thirsty work!
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- Can we go in now?- No! You just really want to go in, you.
0:06:13 > 0:06:16Why don't you go in and have a blimming relax!
0:06:16 > 0:06:17We've got a disabled toilet.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- Over there.- I think we're far out. We're block 2.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Hang on! Didn't Miss say they had to keep quiet?
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Too late, here she comes!
0:06:28 > 0:06:31I'm standing around the other side of the block, and I can hear you.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34It's disturbing every single lesson around here,
0:06:34 > 0:06:36you need to keep your voices down.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Alex has finished the task in record time.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42But classmates Kyran and Katie
0:06:42 > 0:06:45are still debating the points of the compass.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49"Never Eat Shredded Wheat", "Naughty Elephants Squirt Water",
0:06:49 > 0:06:52"Naughty Ellie Slaps Wendy".
0:06:54 > 0:06:587AG have Science with me, Mr Thoburn.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Er, guys, bad-weather rule -
0:07:01 > 0:07:05if it's like this, get yourselves in. Come on.
0:07:05 > 0:07:07Which is great news for science geek, Adam.
0:07:07 > 0:07:09It's great news for everybody, surely!
0:07:09 > 0:07:11Are we going to be changing the fire's colour
0:07:11 > 0:07:12by putting chemicals on them?
0:07:12 > 0:07:15- Should we be doing that?- I dunno.
0:07:15 > 0:07:18- Do you want to?- Yeah! - Right, let's do that.
0:07:18 > 0:07:21- This is extremely hot, all right? - Thousands of degrees.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Very, very dangerous.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Science is a big deal for me
0:07:26 > 0:07:28because I'd like to get a job in it,
0:07:28 > 0:07:31as an astronomer or a chemist.
0:07:31 > 0:07:35This bit up here that looks a bit like a chimney,
0:07:35 > 0:07:37we call it a "chimney".
0:07:38 > 0:07:40This thing that looks a bit like a hose,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43what do you think we call it? A hose, very good, well done!
0:07:43 > 0:07:45You catch on really quickly!
0:07:45 > 0:07:48You're going to connect your hose to a gas supply.
0:07:51 > 0:07:55Over the summer holidays, Adam's been practising his own experiments
0:07:55 > 0:07:59and looking forward to his first Year 7 science lesson.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04It's very exciting to be doing experiments in secondary school
0:08:04 > 0:08:07because the most coolest experiment we had in primary school
0:08:07 > 0:08:11was putting liquid detergent and water together
0:08:11 > 0:08:12to make the best bubbles.
0:08:12 > 0:08:16All my friends decided to have a little bit of a laugh
0:08:16 > 0:08:18and call me Mini Brian Cox.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21But I would like to meet him one day cos he is my idol.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28OK, Professor Cox, let's see what you can do.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Right, the gas is on so...
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- Wahey, we did it!- Well done! - Can I have a go at lighting it?
0:08:40 > 0:08:44Right, I'll have a go at lighting it now. I'll get another flame.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47Right, you got it? Good lad! Well done!
0:08:47 > 0:08:49Turn the gas on, quickly, quickly!
0:08:49 > 0:08:50Yay!
0:08:53 > 0:08:56We've spilled copper fluoride on the floor, is that OK?
0:08:56 > 0:08:58Excellent, thank you for telling me.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01It's not great, but I'll come and clear it up, thank you.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05We've got the best science teacher...ever.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08He's probably the funniest teacher I've ever met.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10BOTH: He's awesome!
0:09:11 > 0:09:13- He's the best teacher.- Yeah.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16He's my favourite teacher. He's really cool.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19And cos he's a Geordie, it makes him even better.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I've been passionate about science
0:09:21 > 0:09:23since I was their age, to be honest.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27It was of the things I remember most about my time at secondary school,
0:09:27 > 0:09:29was labs and science lessons
0:09:29 > 0:09:31and learning how to use Bunsen burners.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34And after the initial excitement and "whoo" had worn off,
0:09:34 > 0:09:37learning about how the world worked.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41Hopefully, we can ignite a little bit of the scientist
0:09:41 > 0:09:44in all of them by the end of the year.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Guess why stars are different colours?
0:09:47 > 0:09:50Because of the chemicals inside them.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53Purple stars have got a lot of potassium in.
0:09:53 > 0:09:55In all my years of school, this has been the best lesson ever.
0:09:55 > 0:09:57I'm glad to hear it!
0:09:57 > 0:09:59BELL RINGS
0:09:59 > 0:10:02It's been a busy morning for our Year 7s,
0:10:02 > 0:10:05but now, it's the most important event in any school day - lunch!
0:10:06 > 0:10:09But they might be in for a shock when they get to the canteen,
0:10:09 > 0:10:10which we call Big Cook.
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Have you seen how long the queues are?!
0:10:19 > 0:10:22As soon as the bell rings, I just stuff everything in my bag,
0:10:22 > 0:10:25zip my bag up, put it on my back and I sprint outside.
0:10:25 > 0:10:29- As soon as the bell rings... - You have to run for your life.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Yeah, you have to run as fast as you possibly can.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36- If you don't make it...- You have to wait for, like, 20 minutes.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38- 20?- Yeah.- That's a bit less, isn't it?
0:10:38 > 0:10:40It's like an hour or something!
0:10:40 > 0:10:43You mean a bit more, then, not a bit less.
0:10:43 > 0:10:48- All right, ha-ha! OK, you need a bit more, then.- Yeah.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51The queues might be longer than for a One Direction gig,
0:10:51 > 0:10:53but is the food worth the wait?
0:10:53 > 0:10:57- School dinners are well better than primary here, aren't they?- What?
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Do you think school dinners are better here than at primary?
0:11:00 > 0:11:03I never had them at primary.
0:11:03 > 0:11:05The food at Conyers,
0:11:05 > 0:11:08it's absolutely awesome.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11You've got so much variety of food.
0:11:12 > 0:11:16Sounds delicious! And there's already a favourite Year 7 food.
0:11:18 > 0:11:19Toasties and paninis,
0:11:19 > 0:11:22that's the main thing at the moment that they want.
0:11:22 > 0:11:23They can take them out.
0:11:23 > 0:11:26It's different from what they normally get from primary school.
0:11:28 > 0:11:30It's a big step for them,
0:11:30 > 0:11:33to change from a primary to a senior school
0:11:33 > 0:11:38and have all the different things, money, different drinks,
0:11:38 > 0:11:42"I can have breakfast," "I can have lunch and a snack - cakes!"
0:11:45 > 0:11:47It's been a long morning for Libby.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50She hasn't been with any of her old primary-school friends
0:11:50 > 0:11:52and wants to catch up with them.
0:11:52 > 0:11:57Do you want to go for a walk, like see what the other places are?
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Someone else she's keen to track down is older brother Jake.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04Big cheesy smile!
0:12:04 > 0:12:10He's in Year 10 here so knows just how it feels to start secondary.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12So, let's hear his advice for Libby.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15When you go to Conyers, just enjoy it.
0:12:15 > 0:12:19And just don't worry too much, cos it's fine.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22After a few weeks, you'll settle in and you'll be fine.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Thanks...
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Well, it was worth a try. But now they're at school,
0:12:29 > 0:12:33it looks like big brother's trying to keep out of sight.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36He always just ignores me all the time
0:12:36 > 0:12:39because he's been here all by himself for a few years
0:12:39 > 0:12:42and I think he's settled in to Conyers,
0:12:42 > 0:12:44and he hasn't has his little sister there.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47I don't know where my brother is, though...
0:12:49 > 0:12:52'Now, I've come, and everything's changed'
0:12:52 > 0:12:54cos I can see what he's doing now.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56'I want to see if he has a girlfriend'
0:12:56 > 0:13:00cos he always keeps girlfriends secret in our family, like.
0:13:00 > 0:13:04Still no sign of Jake, but at least Libby's starting to chat
0:13:04 > 0:13:06with some of her new classmates.
0:13:08 > 0:13:09Do you want my number?
0:13:09 > 0:13:11My sandwich has got squished!
0:13:11 > 0:13:13- Eugh, what sandwich? Is that banana? - That's cheese.
0:13:13 > 0:13:15Oh, right.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Right, someone here has dropped that crisp packet,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21so whoever's responsible, pick it up, please, and put it in the bin.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23Thank you very much.
0:13:23 > 0:13:26Could you pick it up, rather than just kick it
0:13:26 > 0:13:28- and pop it in the bin. - I- would do that.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Just pop it in the bin.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33Thank you, just over there.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38A busy lunch break means the conditions are perfect
0:13:38 > 0:13:40for a uniform patrol!
0:13:40 > 0:13:44They're pushing our definition of a school shoe, aren't they?
0:13:44 > 0:13:45Where are your school shoes?
0:13:46 > 0:13:49Head Teacher Mrs Spellman and Assistant Head Mr Skerry
0:13:49 > 0:13:53keep a close eye for anybody who flaunts the school rules.
0:13:55 > 0:13:59Dalpinder, here, come here.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02Take your lovely pair of shoes, OK.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06Put your trainers away in your bag.
0:14:06 > 0:14:10Keep your Air Maxes for PE and playing football, all right?!
0:14:10 > 0:14:13We go to lesson in our normal shoes. Now, off you go.
0:14:13 > 0:14:18I'm strict on uniform because the uniform
0:14:18 > 0:14:22is our community. The uniform is what makes you a Conyers student.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27You're about to win my prize for the shortest skirt I've seen today.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29Whoa! Hang on a minute!
0:14:29 > 0:14:32'I have the knowledge about what an appropriate
0:14:32 > 0:14:35'Conyers skirt looks like.'
0:14:35 > 0:14:37It doesn't reveal very much leg,
0:14:37 > 0:14:39it comes to the knee and it's not too tight,
0:14:39 > 0:14:41and it's a very sensible shape.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44It's the sort of skirt that mums and dads approve of,
0:14:44 > 0:14:46but most Year 7 girls absolutely detest.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50But the rules don't just apply to the length of your skirt.
0:14:52 > 0:14:54I'm not spotting make-up there, am I?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57That needs to come off.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59You shouldn't be wearing make-up.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Go and take it off.
0:15:02 > 0:15:04It needs a lady to tell the girls
0:15:04 > 0:15:06that you might have moved to big school,
0:15:06 > 0:15:10but still, we're not putting on make-up at lunchtimes,
0:15:10 > 0:15:13and we're not going to be spraying ourselves with perfume.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16Hmm, looks like some Year 7s haven't read the rule book yet.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18BELL RINGS
0:15:18 > 0:15:20Oh, sir!
0:15:20 > 0:15:22At the start of the term,
0:15:22 > 0:15:24each Year 7 tutor group elect two students
0:15:24 > 0:15:26to be on the school council.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Listen in!
0:15:28 > 0:15:31So, we'll start off,
0:15:31 > 0:15:33we're going to start off with Adam.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38In 7AG, both Adam and Libby have decided to run for election.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41But to win votes, they'll have to give a speech.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Go.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Conyers is a great school. We all know that, don't we?
0:15:47 > 0:15:49ALL: Yeah!
0:15:49 > 0:15:51And it's got amazing sports facilities.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54Now, with your help, if you give me...
0:15:54 > 0:15:57to be your associate leader for this class,
0:15:57 > 0:16:01I shall give ideas for the sports facility
0:16:01 > 0:16:04to make it from amazing to UNBELIEVABLY amazing.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06So, if you vote for me,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09you shall have the best sports facility in the world.
0:16:09 > 0:16:11APPLAUSE
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Well done, Adam.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17Adam seems to have impressed the class.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19But Libby's having second thoughts
0:16:19 > 0:16:21about standing up and giving her speech.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Libby, if you don't want to do it, it's entirely up to you.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27An important part of any role that you do,
0:16:27 > 0:16:30it's important to push yourself outside your boundaries.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33If you're not confident to do it, maybe try it?
0:16:33 > 0:16:35If you don't like it, at least you know you've tried.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Can I go last?
0:16:38 > 0:16:40ALL CHANT: Libby! Libby!
0:16:40 > 0:16:43SHUSHING
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Oh, no, I can't.
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Libby just can't face it.
0:16:46 > 0:16:49OK, guys. Well done, everybody.
0:16:49 > 0:16:51APPLAUSE
0:16:51 > 0:16:53Right, we're out of time,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56so what I want you to do is have a think about
0:16:56 > 0:16:59who you thought was your favourite and why.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02But Libby's crisis of confidence has upset her.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06Luckily, teaching assistant Mrs Carter is on there to help.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08I didn't like it.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11You didn't like it? Don't worry about it.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16- What didn't you like about it, darling?- I made a fool of myself.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20Hey! You never, EVER make a fool of yourself.
0:17:22 > 0:17:23You didn't.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Why do you think you made a fool?
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Because I just... Because I feel really embarrassed.
0:17:30 > 0:17:32SHE SOBS
0:17:39 > 0:17:43I was stood in the line and it was getting closer and closer to me
0:17:43 > 0:17:46and I was just shaking and panicking, and I felt sick,
0:17:46 > 0:17:52and I really get really ill from it, and I was... Ohh, it was awful.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Then I just went down and sat down, and I just didn't do it.
0:17:56 > 0:17:58I'm in a different class now,
0:17:58 > 0:18:02because I don't have my friends with me, that's what I mean.
0:18:02 > 0:18:03Oh, right, I see.
0:18:03 > 0:18:06I just feel like that's why I'm not as confident,
0:18:06 > 0:18:10because if I was with my friends, then I'd feel more confident.
0:18:10 > 0:18:13It's cos I've only just made friends with these girls.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15And they're lovely girls in our class.
0:18:15 > 0:18:17Are we going to be confident and go in?
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Yeah. Have my blotches gone?
0:18:19 > 0:18:22You have no blotches on that lovely face at all, sweetheart.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Alex has come into science full of beans.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30HE SINGS THEME TO INDIANA JONES
0:18:30 > 0:18:32I love you. Thank you so much.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Maybe it was that cheese toastie he had for lunch(!)
0:18:34 > 0:18:37Bet Leia wrote that.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39HE BABBLES AND LAUGHS
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Ssh! Thank you.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- The girl who sits next to you... - Ssh, Alex, thank you!
0:18:45 > 0:18:48Well, he's already got the attention of Miss Pandha.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51I think you'd get a one for that cos you mentioned the trend.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54"As it has increased..." Yeah, that's one mark.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56'I used to be really bad behaved,
0:18:56 > 0:18:59'used to think I was the class clown and things like that.
0:18:59 > 0:19:02'But now that I'm going into secondary school,'
0:19:02 > 0:19:05to Conyers, I know that it's going to be stricter,
0:19:05 > 0:19:08and that I will have to behave
0:19:08 > 0:19:10and not do anything bad.
0:19:10 > 0:19:13Oh, Beast World!
0:19:13 > 0:19:16This is the heaviest thing in the world.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18But instead of behaving,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Alex decides to show off his talent for making weird noises.
0:19:21 > 0:19:25HE BABBLES
0:19:25 > 0:19:27HE SCREECHES
0:19:30 > 0:19:33THEY BOTH YELL
0:19:36 > 0:19:40Right, finish what you're doing and then pass yours over there, OK?
0:19:40 > 0:19:44So, Alex... HE BABBLES
0:19:44 > 0:19:46A little bit of chatting going on.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49I reckon that Alex is really pushing his luck.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I don't like the chatting over me,
0:19:51 > 0:19:54especially when I've got lots of things to talk to you about.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56- Do I make myself clear?- Oh, yeah.
0:19:56 > 0:20:00- Do I make myself clear?- Yeah. - Good, OK.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02I want a really small graph in the corner.
0:20:02 > 0:20:06That's Alex told. Surely he'll get on with his work now.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- What are you doing?- Checking your pulse. Oh, my God, you're dying.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12Maybe not. And Miss Pandha's had enough.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Michael's dead!
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Right, can I swap you two because I'm getting a little bit tired
0:20:18 > 0:20:22of you having a bit of a chat in my lessons. It's not good enough.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25I'm going to speak to Miss Gibbons about this today.
0:20:25 > 0:20:28We've been discussing this thing cos I'm trying to tell him...
0:20:28 > 0:20:29You don't back-chat teachers.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I want you to listen and get on with your work.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Because when you come to Year 8 and Year 9,
0:20:33 > 0:20:34you've got a lot of work to do.
0:20:34 > 0:20:37I don't want to have this conversation again, OK?
0:20:37 > 0:20:40That's warning number one!
0:20:40 > 0:20:42..Yep!
0:20:42 > 0:20:44'People always say that I'm one of the...
0:20:44 > 0:20:47'I'm one of the funny ones.'
0:20:47 > 0:20:51I just get overexcited sometimes and just bring it out.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54Or I do get a bit nervous sometimes
0:20:54 > 0:20:57and it just comes out when it's not meant to.
0:21:00 > 0:21:04In English, it's all gone a bit Willy Wonka.
0:21:04 > 0:21:07So, who are the Oompa Loompas? Who were they?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09But what's got up Libby's nose?
0:21:10 > 0:21:13SHE SNEEZES
0:21:15 > 0:21:17SHE SNEEZES
0:21:19 > 0:21:21SHE SNEEZES
0:21:25 > 0:21:27SHE SNEEZES
0:21:27 > 0:21:29SHE SNEEZES
0:21:29 > 0:21:32That's one way to get classmate Jess's attention!
0:21:34 > 0:21:36SHE SNEEZES
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Miss, I need a tissue.
0:21:38 > 0:21:42After seven big sneezes, Libby's got her hands full.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44..That's really good.
0:21:44 > 0:21:46Have you scared her off?
0:21:46 > 0:21:50No, she sneezed about 14 times, so she needs a tissue.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53- Minging.- Exactly.
0:21:56 > 0:21:57Jess, do you know what Miss said?
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- What?- She said, "Are you allergic to Jess?"
0:22:00 > 0:22:04- JESS GASPS - Miss! That's mean!
0:22:04 > 0:22:06No-one's allergic to me!
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Yeah, they are. I'M allergic to you!
0:22:09 > 0:22:11- Oh! Libby!- I never, I never.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15Oh, well, come here, then! Pass me your thing.
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Try and get it.
0:22:17 > 0:22:19There you go.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21Well, that's boring.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23SHE LAUGHS
0:22:23 > 0:22:28'I went into a tutor group all by myself, with none of my friends.'
0:22:28 > 0:22:31It was really nerve-racking.
0:22:31 > 0:22:36The girls in my form, they're really easy just to talk to.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40You realise that things aren't actually that bad.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43That they just talk and...
0:22:43 > 0:22:45I talk too much!
0:22:47 > 0:22:49I'm going to have the Great Wall Of China
0:22:49 > 0:22:52but make it The Great Wall Of Loompa Land.
0:22:52 > 0:22:54The Great Wall Of Loompas!
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- Yep!- Does sulphuric acid have sulphur in?- It does, yeah.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05And does nitric acid have nitrogen in?
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Yes, absolutely right. Well done.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10'Adam has a passion for science - good lad!
0:23:10 > 0:23:12'And after only a few days,
0:23:12 > 0:23:15'his enthusiasm hasn't gone unnoticed, by me anyway.'
0:23:15 > 0:23:22I gave you the chemical formulas for all the acids.
0:23:22 > 0:23:25Did I? Have you noticed something they all have in common?
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- They all have hydrogen in? - Bingo.
0:23:28 > 0:23:30OK, well done, excellent question,
0:23:30 > 0:23:33and something that was a Year 11 question. So, well done, mate.
0:23:33 > 0:23:36- You're a clever little clogs. - BELL RINGS
0:23:36 > 0:23:38I'm not done yet!
0:23:38 > 0:23:42'Lesson over, but I've got a bit of a surprise for this lot.'
0:23:44 > 0:23:48For OUTSTANDING contribution...
0:23:48 > 0:23:51this certificate of merit
0:23:51 > 0:23:52goes to Varda.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Round of applause!
0:23:54 > 0:23:56CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:23:58 > 0:24:00And Adam.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Round of applause, please.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05It's a great start to life here for Adam.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11# Panini, Panini, Panini! #
0:24:11 > 0:24:12JESS LAUGHS
0:24:12 > 0:24:14And after all her nerves,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17it looks like Libby's managed to make a good friend, too.
0:24:18 > 0:24:22'When I'm with Jess, she makes me laugh all the time.'
0:24:22 > 0:24:26But I think it's good, she's a nice friend and she's really nice.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30Just she laughs so much! And I think I laugh as well with her.
0:24:30 > 0:24:32ALL LAUGH
0:24:32 > 0:24:35'But I think I've just got to shut up,'
0:24:35 > 0:24:37because I just don't want to get into trouble.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44Right, Year 7, your chairs need to be tucked under.
0:24:44 > 0:24:48But despite Alex wanting to turn over a new leaf here,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50he's already in trouble...
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Alex, you're staying with me.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55..and his tutor, Miss Gibbons, wants a word.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- OK, do you know why I want to speak to you?- I don't think so.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03- Any ideas what I want to speak to you about?- Is it good or bad?- Bad.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06- Come and sit down. - Mmm, I don't know.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08I had a little complaint about you.
0:25:08 > 0:25:10About the way you spoke to adults,
0:25:10 > 0:25:14about the way you just messed around, basically.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- You were singing?- Singing?
0:25:17 > 0:25:21You were singing out loud, OK, when you've been told to be quiet.
0:25:21 > 0:25:25- Singing out loud... - OK, there was a couple of things.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29- Just the way you spoke to adults was the main thing.- OK.- OK?
0:25:29 > 0:25:31I know that you're all right with me, OK?
0:25:31 > 0:25:34But when you've got all these other teachers,
0:25:34 > 0:25:37you need to treat them with the same respect that you treat me. OK?
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Because you've been brilliant,
0:25:39 > 0:25:42and that's the first thing that you've done wrong.
0:25:42 > 0:25:44I know you all get a little bit excited in form time,
0:25:44 > 0:25:45but when you're in a lesson,
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- you need to listen to what that teacher says, OK?- OK.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- Brilliant. I don't want to hear anything else about you.- OK.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Otherwise, I'll make you stay with me all day, every day,
0:25:54 > 0:25:55- and you'll get bored.- OK.
0:25:55 > 0:25:59- OK, thank you very much for staying and talking to me.- OK.
0:25:59 > 0:26:02- See you soon.- See you, Miss.
0:26:02 > 0:26:06'I'd say that it felt fair because
0:26:06 > 0:26:09'I don't think I was paying that much attention.'
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Miss Gibbons, she's a warm-hearted person.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14She'll understand you,
0:26:14 > 0:26:19she'll make sure you're all right and things like that, so, yeah...
0:26:19 > 0:26:22Starting Year 7 means taking on lots of new challenges,
0:26:22 > 0:26:26and despite some wobbles, after only a few days,
0:26:26 > 0:26:31Alex, Libby and Adam are settling in to life at secondary school.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- So, what did you think, all-in-all, Libs?- I really enjoyed it.
0:26:35 > 0:26:39- I don't know why I got upset, cos I think it was so fun.- Really?
0:26:39 > 0:26:41And if you know when other people...
0:26:41 > 0:26:44When the next years come up to Conyers or wherever they go,
0:26:44 > 0:26:46I don't think they should worry about it.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Oh, well, I'm so pleased.
0:26:49 > 0:26:54I'm looking forward to the next few weeks, and my future.
0:26:54 > 0:26:59I want to try and calm it down and stay on task, really.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03And Adam won the election and was chosen to be on the student council.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05I was pretty surprised that I was chosen,
0:27:05 > 0:27:08because there was a lot of candidates,
0:27:08 > 0:27:10and everyone said after, "Well done, Adam!"
0:27:11 > 0:27:14Now, I've made loads of new friends,
0:27:14 > 0:27:16I'm enjoying lessons,
0:27:16 > 0:27:21I'm just really enjoying the new life in secondary school.
0:27:21 > 0:27:24Next time, on Our School...
0:27:24 > 0:27:25That's refreshing!
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Mr Glendenning and Miss Gibbons
0:27:27 > 0:27:30show us that they're more than just new teachers.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33- I can't stand quietness.- I love it.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Cup of tea!
0:27:35 > 0:27:38Head Cook Julie keeps spirits up in the canteen.
0:27:38 > 0:27:39LAUGHTER
0:27:39 > 0:27:41And you'll get to meet a teaching legend - me.
0:27:41 > 0:27:45That looks like it's been through the digestive system of a cat.
0:27:45 > 0:27:47BOTH: I think...
0:27:47 > 0:27:48No, it's my go!
0:27:48 > 0:27:51No, no, no!
0:27:51 > 0:27:52Don't you dare - argh!
0:27:52 > 0:27:55BOTH GIGGLE
0:27:58 > 0:28:01This is a serious interview, Kyran!
0:28:01 > 0:28:03BOTH GIGGLE
0:28:08 > 0:28:10- Oh! - HOWLS OF LAUGHTER