0:00:04 > 0:00:06Each September, half a million children begin
0:00:06 > 0:00:09the most important year of school so far...
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Year 7.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19CBBC have rigged this secondary school with loads of cameras,
0:00:19 > 0:00:22so you can see exactly what happens...
0:00:23 > 0:00:26..as they make new friends
0:00:26 > 0:00:27and 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 > 0:00:39- But what they learn here... - THEY CHANT
0:00:39 > 0:00:41..will stay with them for ever.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Hello there. I'm Mr Thoburn, and I'm a science teacher here.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51If you've ever wondered what secondary school is like,
0:00:51 > 0:00:54here's your chance to find out. This is Our School!
0:00:54 > 0:00:56HE BELCHES LOUDLY
0:00:56 > 0:00:57How can you do that?!
0:01:04 > 0:01:06This time, we meet Ewan.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13Ewan loves his freedom.
0:01:14 > 0:01:17When you're out motorbiking, it's just you and your bike
0:01:17 > 0:01:19and you can just forget about anything.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21It just wipes your mind.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26But at primary school, he sometimes struggled to obey the rules.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30And when he got told off, he'd get angry and walk out of school.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33Primary school's just, like, no fun at all.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Everyone gets angry. No-one can not get angry.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42I used to, like, feel like I wanted to get out.
0:01:42 > 0:01:43I felt I was, like, trapped.
0:01:44 > 0:01:47He's hoping secondary school will be different.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50I'm really excited to go to high school,
0:01:50 > 0:01:51cos, like, I used to be naughty
0:01:51 > 0:01:54but now, like, I'm having a fresh start.
0:01:55 > 0:01:57But just two weeks into term
0:01:57 > 0:02:00and he's already testing the teachers.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Wait, where do you think you're going?
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Sometimes I can get, like, really frustrated and walk out.
0:02:07 > 0:02:09When I say we do not talk, what don't we do?
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- Don't talk.- Don't talk.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13You are sorry, aren't you?
0:02:13 > 0:02:14Yeah.
0:02:14 > 0:02:16I don't want to see you back up here again.
0:02:16 > 0:02:18- All right.- OK?
0:02:18 > 0:02:22I can get in trouble, like, once in a while,
0:02:22 > 0:02:23but, like, not all the time.
0:02:24 > 0:02:27Can Ewan make the most of his fresh start?
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Over 600 students travel by bus to our school every day.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Each student will make almost 2,000 trips on the bus
0:02:42 > 0:02:44to and from school before they're 16.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47That's a lot of journeys!
0:02:48 > 0:02:51For many, it can be about having fun with mates, while for others,
0:02:51 > 0:02:54it's a chance to mess about without teachers around to stop them.
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Getting on a bus in the morning with no teachers on the bus,
0:02:59 > 0:03:02and then getting on that bus on the way home,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04that is, I think,
0:03:04 > 0:03:08more difficult for a year 7 than anything else that they do.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10In some cases, the year 7s are going to have to be
0:03:10 > 0:03:14physically sat with other year groups, and...
0:03:14 > 0:03:17There's an inevitable bit of one-upmanship
0:03:17 > 0:03:19that takes place on buses.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32Getting the bus is really nice, cos you have all your friends there
0:03:32 > 0:03:35and all you have to do is, like, go to the bus stop on time
0:03:35 > 0:03:36and then you get to school.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38You don't have to worry about anything else.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45I have missed the bus twice now.
0:03:46 > 0:03:48We always sit near the back,
0:03:48 > 0:03:51and one time, the worst thing that happened
0:03:51 > 0:03:53is that we were getting thrown biscuits at.
0:03:53 > 0:03:54And then when you got off the bus,
0:03:54 > 0:03:57you just thought, "Oh, God, look at the mess on the floor!"
0:03:57 > 0:04:00It's cooler to sit at the back of the bus,
0:04:00 > 0:04:03because that's where all the cool people sit.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06There's, like, year nines and tens...
0:04:06 > 0:04:09Oh, my God, they're absolutely so naughty.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13People tend to throw things. Like, not all the time,
0:04:13 > 0:04:16but I have been hit by a few flying projectiles.
0:04:18 > 0:04:22I mean, I got hit on the head by a Pringles box the other day.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Noisy, cold....
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Boring.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29..and boring, yeah.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31Sometimes it can be good fun, the bus, because, like,
0:04:31 > 0:04:35sometimes like it's fun, cos you sit next to your friends and stuff.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Noisy, cramped...
0:04:39 > 0:04:40..and smelly.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49There's been an incident on the bus,
0:04:49 > 0:04:52and this morning, everyone seems to be talking about
0:04:52 > 0:04:57who's involved - two year 8s, and year 7 student Ewan.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Why, what did he do? What did he do?
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- He set his shoes on fire on the bus. - Did he?!- Yeah!
0:05:02 > 0:05:06- On the bus, he set his shoe on fire with a lighter.- Why?
0:05:06 > 0:05:07I dunno.
0:05:07 > 0:05:10This guy called Ewan in Year 7 on the bus, on the bus,
0:05:10 > 0:05:12he got a lighter and set his shoe on fire.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15- He's been a naughty, naughty boy. - Yeah, he did.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Like, I knew I was going to get in trouble for it.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20I just have a laugh with my mates.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23Ewan is in English.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28You saw Leo take the treasure chest.
0:05:28 > 0:05:29Ewan saw him.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Year 7 manager Mr Livesey has spent all morning
0:05:34 > 0:05:38investigating the bus incident, trying to track down the culprits.
0:05:38 > 0:05:39I'm bringing Ewan in.
0:05:39 > 0:05:43He's involved in this incident with lighters and deodorants and stuff.
0:05:43 > 0:05:44Oh, no.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46Lucy's got statements from some of the kids
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- that don't want to be named.- Right.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51They've been flame throwing and they're lighting...
0:05:51 > 0:05:54Spraying their feet, then lighting their feet so they can stamp it out.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- So I'm going to bring him in.- OK.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02Looks like Ewan is going to be pulled out of class.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04First impressions of Ewan, when I met him,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06was that he was going to be a bit of a challenge -
0:06:06 > 0:06:08a bit outgoing, had a bit of spark about him,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11but was someone I was going to have to keep a close eye on
0:06:11 > 0:06:13to try and keep on the straight and narrow.
0:06:13 > 0:06:14Yes, Ewan.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18Cos pirates might have, like, written it down somewhere
0:06:18 > 0:06:20and people from our time might have found it.
0:06:20 > 0:06:23Somebody might have written it down and somebody else has found it.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Sorry, sir, can I take Ewan, please?
0:06:26 > 0:06:27OK, Ewan.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29Bring all your stuff. Thank you.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31No problem, sir.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34OK? I'll write those down for you. OK? I'll write them down.
0:06:35 > 0:06:37Ewan's in big trouble.
0:06:37 > 0:06:39Playing with fire on a bus
0:06:39 > 0:06:42is going to mean serious punishment for anyone involved.
0:06:46 > 0:06:50Did you have a deodorant?
0:06:50 > 0:06:52- I had a deodorant. - And a lighter...
0:06:52 > 0:06:53I haven't got a lighter.
0:06:53 > 0:06:56No, I'm not saying you've got one now. You may have, I don't know.
0:06:56 > 0:06:57No, I don't have one.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01I've been told from a number of students on the bus
0:07:01 > 0:07:04- that you had a lighter.- No.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13We were on the bus and my mates were, like, lighting aerosols
0:07:13 > 0:07:14and setting their shoes on fire.
0:07:15 > 0:07:20Then they asked me, let me...let me, like, set my shoe on fire,
0:07:20 > 0:07:23so I let them set it on fire once.
0:07:23 > 0:07:25It felt good, but it was bad as well,
0:07:25 > 0:07:28cos, like, it could have, like, spreaded up to your leg,
0:07:28 > 0:07:30like, set you on fire,
0:07:30 > 0:07:32but, like, it didn't.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35I think Ewan wasn't the ringleader.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38I think he was obviously misled by older students,
0:07:38 > 0:07:40but I think he realises what he did was wrong
0:07:40 > 0:07:42and I think it's trying to get through to Ewan
0:07:42 > 0:07:44that we are giving him a fresh start,
0:07:44 > 0:07:45not holding anything over him
0:07:45 > 0:07:48from what's gone on in his primary school.
0:07:48 > 0:07:51It's so serious that Head of Behaviour, Mr Maggiore,
0:07:51 > 0:07:53has been called.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57Right. OK, can you sit up straight, Ewan?
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- Right, you know what this is about, don't you?- Yeah.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05You could have done some real damage here to yourself
0:08:05 > 0:08:08and to the other students you were messing around with.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10This could have gone horribly wrong.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14We can't allow this to go without being punished,
0:08:14 > 0:08:19so we're going to give you - and this is not a light punishment -
0:08:19 > 0:08:21we're going to isolate you for at least three days.
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- Do you know what isolation means? - Yeah.
0:08:23 > 0:08:26- Yes, sir.- Yes, sir. - What does it mean?
0:08:26 > 0:08:28- Like, when you can't go to classes. - Yeah.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30You'll be kept out of classes, but you'll be isolated,
0:08:30 > 0:08:34you'll be in no contact with any of your friends, and you'll be worked.
0:08:34 > 0:08:35So this is no holiday.
0:08:36 > 0:08:37OK?
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Because we're not going to allow this to happen again.
0:08:42 > 0:08:46OK? Right. Thank you. Just come with me.
0:08:50 > 0:08:52We thought about excluding him,
0:08:52 > 0:08:55but decided because of the Year 7 situation
0:08:55 > 0:08:57and what had gone on with him, we wanted to do the best by him
0:08:57 > 0:09:01and keep him in school to get him back focused on what was going on.
0:09:01 > 0:09:03So we went for the three days in isolation,
0:09:03 > 0:09:06which is a big punishment for a year 7.
0:09:06 > 0:09:10And the incident on the bus gets everyone talking.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12He set fire to his shoe...
0:09:12 > 0:09:14No, someone...
0:09:14 > 0:09:18No, someone else's shoe, a chair, and this girl's hair,
0:09:18 > 0:09:21and then, apparently, he set fire to his own shoe.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Yeah, that's not actually what happened,
0:09:23 > 0:09:25but it shows you how gossip spreads.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29As well as three days in isolation,
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Ewan won't be allowed out with his friends at break
0:09:31 > 0:09:34or to have his mobile.
0:09:34 > 0:09:38Plus, he's been banned from the school bus for half a term.
0:09:40 > 0:09:42Hi, it's Mr Livesey at Conyers.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46Hiya. I just want to fill you up to speed on what I've found out today.
0:09:46 > 0:09:50Mr Livesey calls Ewan's mum to let her know what's happened.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53He needs to knuckle down and sort himself out,
0:09:53 > 0:09:56otherwise his time at Conyers may not last very long.
0:09:57 > 0:09:59OK, thanks, Mrs K. Cheers. Bye now.
0:10:12 > 0:10:17Isolation is, like, when you get put in a room by yourself,
0:10:17 > 0:10:19and look at the wall and do your work.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- It's when you have to sit... - In a room...
0:10:21 > 0:10:23- ..in a room... - ..by yourself.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26..with boxes, like, kind of like a box thing.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30And, like, you sit there, and, like, you do work.
0:10:30 > 0:10:32I haven't been in isolation, just so you know.
0:10:32 > 0:10:37You're not allowed to speak, you've got to do all the work,
0:10:37 > 0:10:40but you're nowhere, you're just in a quiet room.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Ooh, eh, it's not, it's not...it's really bad.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45You've got to sit in a cubicle for six and a half hours.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Yeah, how long do you stay for, then?
0:10:50 > 0:10:51Six and a half hours.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54Six and a half hours?! The full day?
0:10:54 > 0:10:56IMAN WHISTLES
0:10:56 > 0:10:58But then you've got to, like, deal with it,
0:10:58 > 0:11:01you've done something bad, and that's life.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03That's life.
0:11:08 > 0:11:11It's the start of Ewan's three days in isolation,
0:11:11 > 0:11:16which means no mobile, no talking and no seeing mates.
0:11:16 > 0:11:18When the bell goes, I'll meet you somewhere.
0:11:18 > 0:11:20Yeah, I've gotta go to isolation.
0:11:20 > 0:11:25Year 7 Manager Mr Livesey will be watching over Ewan the whole time.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Will Ewan knuckle down?
0:11:28 > 0:11:31Jack, where do students report from here?
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Through there. Up the stairs.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36All right, then.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Today, you get work, you sit in the booth,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43you do not turn around, you stay focused,
0:11:43 > 0:11:45you get your lunch at a separate time.
0:11:45 > 0:11:46- Do you understand?- Yeah.- With me.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55OK, Ewan, into that booth there, please.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57Hang your coat on the back of the chair.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Put your bag down. Thank you.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Right, your work will get sent up during the day.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04You've got a maths test, so there we are, OK?
0:12:04 > 0:12:06- Yeah.- Thank you.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16Like, I deserve isolation, because I set my shoe on fire
0:12:16 > 0:12:18when I shouldn't have.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21But then, you get lonely.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28His mum has come in to chat about what actually happened on the bus.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31Ewan's only been in isolation for less than two hours,
0:12:31 > 0:12:33but he's finding it too tough to handle.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36He's got three days to do!
0:12:36 > 0:12:38Now he's threatening to walk out,
0:12:38 > 0:12:41just like he did at primary school when things got too much.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44So his mum tries to calm him down.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46You're not in primary now, son, you're in seniors.
0:12:46 > 0:12:48Yeah, I'm going home.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- You're not going home. - I am.- Right, Ewan...
0:12:51 > 0:12:53Do you want to be excluded from school?
0:12:53 > 0:12:54- Yeah.- Why?
0:12:54 > 0:12:58Because I don't want to stay and just sit in that room.
0:12:58 > 0:13:01But you know that's your punishment for what you've done.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Yeah, but...you go and sit in there, then.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05But, hang on, I haven't done anything wrong.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Yeah, but you try go and sit in there for a day, then.
0:13:09 > 0:13:10I just want to go home and I am.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- You're not going home. - I am.- Right...
0:13:15 > 0:13:17- You're not going home, babe. - I am.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- Ewan, why won't you go back in isolation?- Because I won't.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25If you're not going to drop me off, I'll get the train home.
0:13:27 > 0:13:30You do know you've done summat wrong, don't you?
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- Eh?- Yes!
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Right, so you do know you have to think of the punishment.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41I'm not doing that. Mum!
0:13:41 > 0:13:44Right, I'm not staying in school, all right?
0:13:44 > 0:13:45You're not coming home.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Well, tell me why you're not staying in school.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Cos I don't like it!
0:13:51 > 0:13:53- You're not going home, like. - I am.
0:13:56 > 0:13:57I'll go.
0:13:58 > 0:14:01Ewan, just wait for me a second.
0:14:01 > 0:14:03Talk to me later on down there, yeah? All right.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05'Things just go around and around your head.'
0:14:05 > 0:14:08So it gets you angry and angrier.
0:14:08 > 0:14:12So like, then, if it gets you really angry,
0:14:12 > 0:14:14you grab your bags and walk out.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19Ewan, come here, please. Or stop...
0:14:19 > 0:14:20Well, stop there then, stop there.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24'I was definitely surprised that Ewan walked out.'
0:14:24 > 0:14:28It's the first time I've seen a year 7 in that early stage
0:14:28 > 0:14:31have the nerve to do that, so I was quite surprised and quite shocked.
0:14:31 > 0:14:35Just stop. Right, can you and I just have a little chat now?
0:14:35 > 0:14:37- No!- Right, just hear me out.
0:14:37 > 0:14:41What I don't understand is, this morning, you came in
0:14:41 > 0:14:44and you were prepared to do isolation, weren't you?
0:14:44 > 0:14:47Yeah, but my mum said I can go home, but now she's saying no.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51Right, listen to me, listen to me. Listen, listen. Look at me.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54If you go home, you're still going to have to do
0:14:54 > 0:14:55three days of isolation, aren't you?
0:14:55 > 0:14:57- Does that make sense?- Yeah.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00And if you don't do it, it ends up to an exclusion,
0:15:00 > 0:15:01which goes on your record.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04This is really silly. It's freezing out here.
0:15:05 > 0:15:06Come on.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Mr Livesey persuades Ewan to go back to school.
0:15:13 > 0:15:16But he's still refusing to go into isolation.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19I was thinking, like, shall I just run
0:15:19 > 0:15:22or shall I just listen to them, shall I not?
0:15:22 > 0:15:26It's a horrible feeling, cos things are going around your head
0:15:26 > 0:15:27and, like, you don't know what to do.
0:15:27 > 0:15:32Yeah, like, I feel like I'm locked in a metal cage.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Let's make the right decisions.
0:15:37 > 0:15:38Ewan's made a decision.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43He's leaving.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51He heads to the nearby train station.
0:15:53 > 0:15:56Head teacher Mrs Spellman and Mr Livesey are right behind him
0:15:56 > 0:15:59to try and convince him to come back.
0:16:04 > 0:16:06He's...I mean, the more you get close to him,
0:16:06 > 0:16:07the more he gets agitated.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10He's in the...shelter on this side here.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15ANNOUNCEMENT OVER TANNOY
0:16:23 > 0:16:26After you ended primary, you needed a fresh start.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29You've got one here. I just know your mum,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32she's just hoping that you'll make the right choice.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36You did the first hour and a bit of isolation brilliantly.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38I'm not doing isolation.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40It's your decision. You know your own mind.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43They've spent almost an hour
0:16:43 > 0:16:46trying to persuade Ewan to go back to school.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Off to lunch? I'm starving, you know, and freezing.
0:16:55 > 0:16:56I'm nice and warm.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58Yeah, but who's in the jumper, and who's just in a shirt?
0:16:58 > 0:17:02Are you pleased you done that? Eh? Good man, let's get in.
0:17:04 > 0:17:07The train come and then I stepped onto it,
0:17:07 > 0:17:10then I stepped back off it to go back to school.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Cos I thought about my mum.
0:17:13 > 0:17:16She wouldn't want me to and I knew I was going to get into more trouble.
0:17:18 > 0:17:19Good decision, Ewan!
0:17:21 > 0:17:25And Mr Livesey finds out they've got something in common.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27Mr Livesey, who do you support?
0:17:27 > 0:17:30Who do you think? Only one team to support around here.
0:17:32 > 0:17:36- Middlesbrough? - Yeah. They're useless, like, but...
0:17:36 > 0:17:38Oh, you are my 'Boro, my only 'Boro...
0:17:38 > 0:17:41# You make me happy when skies are grey
0:17:41 > 0:17:43# You'll never notice how much I love you
0:17:43 > 0:17:46# Don't ever take my 'Boro away. #
0:17:46 > 0:17:47I know a few words out of it.
0:17:47 > 0:17:48Quality.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51MUSIC: You Are My Sunshine
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Ewan completes his three days in isolation.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18The school hopes that if Ewan gets involved in sport,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21it might channel his energy into something positive.
0:18:21 > 0:18:24This lunchtime, he's trying out for the rugby team.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26All the way down to the end!
0:18:26 > 0:18:29There's some pretty tough competition.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31You've got to shadow your partner.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- BLOWS WHISTLE - Go!
0:18:33 > 0:18:35Go on, bonny lad!
0:18:35 > 0:18:37The idea is that you're trying to catch your player out.
0:18:37 > 0:18:43For Ewan, rugby could be a way into lots of positives.
0:18:43 > 0:18:46You can move left or right.
0:18:46 > 0:18:48It's a way of him getting some praise, it's a way of him
0:18:48 > 0:18:53feeling that he's been selected above others.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55OK, pass the ball up to Ewan, good.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Ewan, you start now, jog, forward, pass.
0:18:58 > 0:18:59Good, Ewan, that's lovely.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01That there's a bit of investment in him,
0:19:01 > 0:19:05he's being rewarded for doing the right kind of things.
0:19:05 > 0:19:08Remembering his kit, turning up on time,
0:19:08 > 0:19:10'listening to instructions.'
0:19:10 > 0:19:14You're aiming to try and bash through the middle.
0:19:14 > 0:19:18They're not going to move apart - you're only little, lads,
0:19:18 > 0:19:20you have to get through the middle.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22So they're not going to move away.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24'All of those things are'
0:19:24 > 0:19:26what you want him to do every day,
0:19:26 > 0:19:29but just in a different set of circumstances.
0:19:31 > 0:19:32Good. Good boy.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35So has Ewan done enough to impress?
0:19:36 > 0:19:40All right, boys. Right, I'll stick this up and we'll have a look.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42Drum roll. I'll get out your way.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45Two days later, and Mr Livesey has the news
0:19:45 > 0:19:47they've all been waiting for -
0:19:47 > 0:19:50who has made the year 7 rugby team.
0:19:52 > 0:19:53Right, there we go.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58Ewan's on the list and he's made the team!
0:19:58 > 0:20:01- Right, good news?- Yeah. - So you're really pleased about that?
0:20:01 > 0:20:02I'm really pleased, Ewan.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- How's today gone so far now we're back in lessons?- Good.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06Good. Let's keep it like that.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08When I saw my name on the rugby board,
0:20:08 > 0:20:12like, it was exciting, because I was in the rugby team.
0:20:12 > 0:20:13I was proud of myself.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Well done, Ewan!
0:20:16 > 0:20:18Keep going to practices...
0:20:18 > 0:20:20'Ewan's not a naughty boy at heart.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23'When I look at Ewan, I think he definitely cares.'
0:20:23 > 0:20:26I think Ewan himself expects to fail,
0:20:26 > 0:20:27and I think that's a problem in his head.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29If he thinks he's going to fail, he will fail.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31I think if you can get Ewan to be on a positive
0:20:31 > 0:20:34where he's going to succeed, he will succeed.
0:20:39 > 0:20:40'He wants to do the right thing.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43'I think he wants to do the right thing for himself.'
0:20:43 > 0:20:45It's just a matter of him having the ability
0:20:45 > 0:20:47and the confidence to do the right thing.
0:20:47 > 0:20:50# Is gonna be alright... #
0:20:50 > 0:20:55Let's hope Ewan can start again and make the most of secondary school.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00Everyone stand up please and salute the captain.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Right, everyone stand up and salute the captain.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06You're the captain. Salute the captain, thank you very much.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07You also get...
0:21:07 > 0:21:09'It's good to have Ewan in the classroom.'
0:21:09 > 0:21:12He has brought in an element of fun with him.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16'Other students like to be around him, and he's very popular.'
0:21:16 > 0:21:19So, when I say "pointy finger"
0:21:19 > 0:21:23I want you to tell me what you think the book is about.
0:21:23 > 0:21:25Pointy finger!
0:21:25 > 0:21:29A kid and a pirate meet and they're both looking for treasure,
0:21:29 > 0:21:32and then they go on an adventure and then, finally, they find it.
0:21:32 > 0:21:33OK, excellent!
0:21:35 > 0:21:39Ewan is very sporty, and he's really helpful,
0:21:39 > 0:21:42because he helped me in my ICT when I was a bit behind.
0:21:42 > 0:21:46But he can be quite cheeky.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Captain, don't be doodling on the front of my book.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50All right.
0:21:50 > 0:21:52You'll get the black spot.
0:21:52 > 0:21:54I think Ewan's had a tough time,
0:21:54 > 0:21:56because some of the teachers are quite strict
0:21:56 > 0:22:00and he's done quite naughty stuff, like, the stuff that he's done.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03He's, like, one of my favourite friends.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Like, a couple of days ago, I wasn't too keen on him,
0:22:05 > 0:22:07but now, he's all right.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10- COREY SIGHS - He's your best friend, eh?
0:22:10 > 0:22:11Yeah.
0:22:11 > 0:22:13Ah, you can never have more than one best friend.
0:22:17 > 0:22:20Even though Ewan has been trying his best,
0:22:20 > 0:22:22it's not always easy to keep out of trouble,
0:22:22 > 0:22:26and soon, he's walking out of school again.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29Do you realise, if you don't come back in,
0:22:29 > 0:22:31there could be sanctions next week?
0:22:31 > 0:22:32Mm-hm.
0:22:34 > 0:22:38Worst case scenario, what do you think could happen?
0:22:38 > 0:22:39You not bothered?
0:22:39 > 0:22:43I don't think you're going to last very long, do you, at Conyers,
0:22:43 > 0:22:44if that's the attitude.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47And I know it's better than that - I've seen better than that.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49What happened for you to walk out?
0:22:51 > 0:22:52Ewan?
0:22:56 > 0:22:59Do you want to change your mind and do the right thing for everyone?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Come on. I'm going to have a wander around there.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03I want you to have a little think, all right?
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Yeah?
0:23:15 > 0:23:17Did you get anything? Did he say anything?
0:23:17 > 0:23:20Nah, he just wants to go home. He said he wants to go home.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21- Is that what he said?- Yeah.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24I think he may go today.
0:23:26 > 0:23:30Mr Livesey can only wait while Ewan decides what to do.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41This time, Ewan gets on the train.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45No, I just couldn't help it. Walking out and just going home.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50Some adults do understand me and some don't understand me.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53'I'd love to sit here and say it's going to be plain sailing
0:23:53 > 0:23:55'for the next four and a half years, and Ewan will leave'
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Conyers School in four and a half years' time
0:23:57 > 0:23:58and done really well.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00I'm sure he will do really well,
0:24:00 > 0:24:04but I would imagine that we're going to have a rocky ride.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05But when he makes a mistake,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08he's going to know that I'm there for him to try and get him back
0:24:08 > 0:24:10on the path to success straightaway.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Mr Livesey's, like, looking out for me
0:24:12 > 0:24:14so I don't get kicked out of the school.
0:24:14 > 0:24:15I, like, appreciate it.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25It's been a difficult time for Ewan.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31Good lad, and over there.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33- Yeah!- Fabulous.
0:24:33 > 0:24:37The fresh start he had hoped for went wrong almost from day one.
0:24:38 > 0:24:39Well done.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42But now, he's more settled.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44He's getting stuck into lessons and,
0:24:44 > 0:24:47with the help of Mr Livesey and the other teachers,
0:24:47 > 0:24:49he's keeping out of trouble.
0:24:49 > 0:24:51How are we doing over there?
0:24:51 > 0:24:53All right.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55'I think Ewan has had a change of heart.'
0:24:55 > 0:24:57He's realised that he does want to be in this school
0:24:57 > 0:24:59and he wants to do the best, not for himself,
0:24:59 > 0:25:02but he wants to please Mum and Dad and make them proud of him.
0:25:02 > 0:25:04So I think that's helped change Ewan's ideas
0:25:04 > 0:25:07of what he wants to achieve at Conyers School.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10I used to be naughty, but I feel, like, proud of myself,
0:25:10 > 0:25:11cos like I've turned it around
0:25:11 > 0:25:15and I don't get frustrated as much as I used to.
0:25:15 > 0:25:16Right, it's done.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18So do you want tomato on top while you...
0:25:18 > 0:25:21No. No, Miss, I don't like tomato.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Primary school was all right,
0:25:26 > 0:25:30but then when you come to secondary, it's a bit harder, like the work,
0:25:30 > 0:25:34and then, like, you just get used to it, so...
0:25:34 > 0:25:39I want to do well at school and try to be good.
0:25:39 > 0:25:41Beautiful, well done.
0:25:41 > 0:25:47If someone in Year 7 next year went, "Go to the train station,"
0:25:47 > 0:25:49I would tell them not to go,
0:25:49 > 0:25:52cos you get in more and more bother.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57Ewan seems to have a big smile on his face a lot more.
0:25:57 > 0:25:58I don't think he'll be our model student
0:25:58 > 0:26:00and be a perfect angel.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02He's still going to have a little bit of that wild side to him
0:26:02 > 0:26:04and get himself into trouble now and again.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07But if I see that cheeky smile on Ewan and he's on board with me,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09I think that will work great over five years.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13- Did you not like that?- No.
0:26:13 > 0:26:15Go on, do your dishes. Quick as you can.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23At primary, Ewan was a champion swimmer,
0:26:23 > 0:26:27but gave it up when he started skipping class.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Now, he's jumped back in the pool again.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36And he's becoming a rising star on the rugby field as well.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40COACH SHOUTS INSTRUCTIONS
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Keep up the good work, buddy!
0:26:46 > 0:26:50I'm really excited, like, cos I'm getting stuck in.
0:26:50 > 0:26:52I've been feeling welcome.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56That makes me feel, like, really happy. People want me here.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04Next time on Our School,
0:27:04 > 0:27:08we meet two students who are worried about fitting in.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Lucas, who's come from a small village primary...
0:27:10 > 0:27:14- They need half oxygen to make fire.- Nerd!
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Well, everyone does call me a nerd.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19..and Katie, who's worried about making friends.
0:27:19 > 0:27:23When you, like, feel lonely and you've got no friends,
0:27:23 > 0:27:27it feels like you're in a world all by yourself.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30# Have you ever seen a zombie come to tea? #
0:27:30 > 0:27:35And we see some of the more unusual classes that year 7s try.
0:27:35 > 0:27:39THEY CHANT