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.
0:00:13 > 0:00:14Year seven.
0:00:14 > 0:00:15Boom.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18CBBC have rigged this secondary school
0:00:18 > 0:00:20with loads of cameras
0:00:20 > 0:00:22so you can see exactly what happens...
0:00:24 > 0:00:25..as they make new friends...
0:00:26 > 0:00:28..and get into trouble.
0:00:28 > 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 > 0:00:35I'm not spotting make-up there, am I?
0:00:36 > 0:00:39- What they learn here... - # A, B, C, D, E, F, G... #
0:00:39 > 0:00:42- ..will stay with them forever. - ALL CHANT:- You've got the...
0:00:45 > 0:00:46Hello there.
0:00:46 > 0:00:48I'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 > 0:00:53here's your chance to find out.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55This is Our School.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56HE BURPS
0:00:56 > 0:00:57How can you do that?!
0:01:06 > 0:01:10One of the great things about year seven is making new friends.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- IN A FUNNY VOICE:- I'll be your best friend.
0:01:13 > 0:01:14It's important to make friends
0:01:14 > 0:01:16because you need someone to be there
0:01:16 > 0:01:17like when you're feeling sad.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21You can't just sit by yourself all the time.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23Having a mate can make all the difference
0:01:23 > 0:01:27as starting at secondary school can be really scary.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29Yeah, I just feel really sick.
0:01:29 > 0:01:32You don't really know anyone and you...
0:01:32 > 0:01:34You don't know what it's going to be like.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37I'm right at the bottom of all these big people
0:01:37 > 0:01:40and it scares me a bit.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43I thought it would be bad and scary and...
0:01:43 > 0:01:45..eurgh.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47It's actually fun.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49This time, we're getting to know three pupils
0:01:49 > 0:01:50who have found it harder to settle in...
0:01:52 > 0:01:56..Reece, Mae, and Corey.
0:02:02 > 0:02:03Back on the first day of term,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06Reece didn't want his mum to leave him at school.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10I wasn't used to it.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14It was a brand-new big school, which just made me
0:02:14 > 0:02:15really scared, and I cried.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19He got really upset
0:02:19 > 0:02:22and his mum asked assistant head Mr Skerry for help.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24Morning, Reece. Hiya.
0:02:25 > 0:02:28I don't know if you want me to pick him up at lunchtime,
0:02:28 > 0:02:29just give it half a day.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31What you need to do, if you're feeling a bit uncomfortable,
0:02:31 > 0:02:34I'll let your tutor know, OK,
0:02:34 > 0:02:36that she just needs to check that you're all right.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38And then we'll contact Mum if we need to.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41He would get into the car OK
0:02:41 > 0:02:43but then, when we started to get closer, he'd start to panic
0:02:43 > 0:02:46and say he's not getting out the car and, "I'm not going in.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49"It's too scary. It's too noisy. I don't like it."
0:02:50 > 0:02:54Reece is the only one from his primary to come to our school,
0:02:54 > 0:02:58so he doesn't know anyone and feels totally alone.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01The fact that it was making me upset made me quite...
0:03:03 > 0:03:06I don't really know, more upset with myself,
0:03:06 > 0:03:10cos I'm getting upset, which could actually...
0:03:12 > 0:03:15People might start bullying me for crying a lot...
0:03:16 > 0:03:18..and that wouldn't be good.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22So, Reece has a problem, one that the school has spotted.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Clare's saying he's really struggling, which he is.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25Yes, he will be.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Possible progress group?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Yeah, are we OK to do that move if things go OK?
0:03:29 > 0:03:31- Yes, all right. Thanks. - All right, thank you.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39The progress group is a class of year sevens who need
0:03:39 > 0:03:42extra support from the school for all sorts of reasons.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44I'm weird, weird and weird.
0:03:45 > 0:03:49One of the group who always a big impression is class clown Corey.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Show time.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54# Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire?
0:03:54 > 0:03:55HE MIMES
0:03:55 > 0:03:57# Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire?
0:03:57 > 0:03:59# Janvier, Fevrier, Mars
0:04:00 > 0:04:01# Janvier, Fevrier, Mars
0:04:03 > 0:04:05# Quelle est la date de ton anniversaire? #
0:04:05 > 0:04:07When I'm with different people
0:04:07 > 0:04:08that are, like, silly,
0:04:08 > 0:04:12I kind of like start getting funny, you know, and getting silly.
0:04:12 > 0:04:17What I want you do is to ask somebody around your table,
0:04:17 > 0:04:19in French, how old they are.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23Blah, blah, blah, blah, ding, dong.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26HE LAUGHS
0:04:26 > 0:04:30Sometimes Corey's joking around can go too far.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32Excuse me. Sh, Corey.
0:04:32 > 0:04:33Yeah, miss...I mean, sir.
0:04:35 > 0:04:37Can I have your attention?
0:04:37 > 0:04:38I get mixed up with the names.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40Corey, not good.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Corey has something called ADHD,
0:04:44 > 0:04:48which means he can get hyperactive and find it hard to concentrate.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51# Talimantastic Mr Bombastic.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53# Come on, mister Roll, roll, roll
0:04:53 > 0:04:56# Talimantastic Mr Bombastic. #
0:04:58 > 0:05:01You might be surprised to hear that Corey
0:05:01 > 0:05:03was just as nervous as Reece when he started here.
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Just three words that describe you, OK?
0:05:05 > 0:05:06Funny.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- Silly.- Is cheeky two words?
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- Cheeky's one word. - OK, that'll be good then.
0:05:12 > 0:05:14You had funny, silly. Think of one more.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18- I'm a bit shy.- All right, a bit shy, that's fine.
0:05:20 > 0:05:24Bugsy. Hello Bugsy.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Corey is a lot quieter at home.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30Because he can be really shy, he found his first day at school
0:05:30 > 0:05:32a big challenge.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35Who's a good guinea pig?
0:05:36 > 0:05:38I was really nervous around moving there,
0:05:38 > 0:05:39I didn't want to leave my mam.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42I was like, "Don't leave me. No!"
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- WHISPERS:- He's kind of smelly.
0:05:45 > 0:05:46SHE LAUGHS
0:05:48 > 0:05:50But Corrie managed to get past his fear.
0:05:50 > 0:05:51Just about.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54I was like sitting on the bench next to my mam saying,
0:05:54 > 0:05:56'Don't...not what to do this.'
0:05:56 > 0:05:59She went, "You're going to have to. You know Caitlin, your cousin,
0:05:59 > 0:06:01"she's already done this, so you'd better."
0:06:01 > 0:06:04So I just went, "Oh, fine." I got my friend, went in.
0:06:06 > 0:06:11So maybe the progress group can help Reece just like it helped Corey.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12Put your hand like that.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17Die, fingers. Uh! Uh!
0:06:18 > 0:06:19So slow.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21So slow. So fast.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22Ooh!
0:06:25 > 0:06:27It's Reece's first time with the progress group.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Being new in class can feel pretty awkward.
0:06:30 > 0:06:34I could tell he was nervous cos my mam can always tell
0:06:34 > 0:06:37I'm nervous, and I know how I get nervous.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41Right, Reece, do you want to come and sit here? Yeah?
0:06:41 > 0:06:42Have a seat.
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Hiya, Reece.
0:06:43 > 0:06:45How come you're in here?
0:06:45 > 0:06:47The group has been together for a while now,
0:06:47 > 0:06:49so there is a lot to get his head around.
0:06:49 > 0:06:51All right, everyone, so let's stand up, please.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Everyone needs to stand up and salute the captain.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57One, two, three, salute the captain. Thank you very much. Sit down.
0:06:57 > 0:06:58So...
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Just like, "Where... Where... Where am I?"
0:07:02 > 0:07:03It was just as if I was in a prison.
0:07:03 > 0:07:05Oh, what am I doing here?
0:07:05 > 0:07:08Uh, uh, uh. Let me out.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12But Reece isn't the only nervous one in the group.
0:07:13 > 0:07:14Meet Mae.
0:07:21 > 0:07:24Mae has a condition called dyspraxia
0:07:24 > 0:07:27which can make the world seem very frightening.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30What's the matter, Mae? What's the matter?
0:07:30 > 0:07:32Are you all right?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Is it just the thunder? Is it the thunder?
0:07:35 > 0:07:37Don't worry, it'll be perfectly fine.
0:07:37 > 0:07:39Miss will take you out and you can take a deep breath. Don't worry.
0:07:39 > 0:07:42When we were in science, the thunder went off
0:07:42 > 0:07:44and she was like really, really scared and started crying.
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Why was you scared, Mae?
0:07:47 > 0:07:51Just because, like, when I was born, I had sensitive ear things,
0:07:51 > 0:07:56I don't know why. I just came out as having sensitive ears and that.
0:07:56 > 0:08:00So when it, like, gets stuff, it gets quite loud into my ears.
0:08:00 > 0:08:04Right, the ghost story thing.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Reading a ghost story can be fun, but not for Mae.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Ghost stories?
0:08:09 > 0:08:10- Right, Mae.- Goodbye.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14If you just wait outside for just a moment, OK? All right?
0:08:14 > 0:08:15Oh, it's so...
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Sit. No. No, Rosie.
0:08:18 > 0:08:22I had to go out the room cos, like, he knew...knows
0:08:22 > 0:08:24I don't like that cos it scares me.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26One night, I'm... I couldn't sleep.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30So I'm, as you do, turning over in bed
0:08:30 > 0:08:31and trying to get comfortable and stuff
0:08:31 > 0:08:33and, at one point, I opened my eyes
0:08:33 > 0:08:36and about that far away from my face was someone grinning at me.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40Perhaps the progress group will help Mae feel more confident
0:08:40 > 0:08:42about both school and life.
0:08:47 > 0:08:52It's English, and Corey's trying to get his head around verbs.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55- Is 'dogs' a verb?- It's a noun.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56I'm so dumb. SHE LAUGHS
0:08:56 > 0:08:58It's a noun.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01"Grandpa is getting a pie for his grandchildren."
0:09:02 > 0:09:03MAE TALKS HUSHED
0:09:03 > 0:09:06- What? Who's wrapping a present? Is it for me?- No.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- Aw.- Why would it be for you?
0:09:08 > 0:09:09Cos I've been good.
0:09:09 > 0:09:11I've been a really good boy.
0:09:12 > 0:09:14But maybe Corey has spoken too soon.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Sam, can you use one of those two examples and write down
0:09:17 > 0:09:19and explain to me why that's subtext?
0:09:19 > 0:09:21PEN CLICKS
0:09:21 > 0:09:23Stop clicking pens.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Me and Lauren were clicking the pens,
0:09:27 > 0:09:29- just going... - HE CLICKS
0:09:29 > 0:09:31..like an indicator.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34Underneath the...thing for subtext, do that now.
0:09:35 > 0:09:37HE CLICKS
0:09:37 > 0:09:40What should you not be doing?
0:09:40 > 0:09:41Playing with your pens.
0:09:43 > 0:09:44Put it down.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50He went, "I'm going to ask you one more time. Put the pen down."
0:09:50 > 0:09:52I was just still doing like that.
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Now I can click my pens.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56PEN CLICKS
0:09:56 > 0:10:00Don't click the pens, otherwise... Then I'll take it off you
0:10:00 > 0:10:02and give you a pen that doesn't click.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05I've got loads in here that don't click. Oh, no, they all click.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07- Corey. Corey.- Yeah?
0:10:07 > 0:10:09Is that an appropriate thing to be doing
0:10:09 > 0:10:11when a teacher's talking about things like this?
0:10:11 > 0:10:14You're making matters worse.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Right, you may not understand that you are, but you are.
0:10:17 > 0:10:18- Lauren.- Mm-hm?
0:10:18 > 0:10:19Don't laugh.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20You need to stop doing that.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22It's inappropriate.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25Do I need you to speak over the top of me?
0:10:25 > 0:10:26No.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27No, then don't.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33You will do a detention, both of you, with me.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34Where?
0:10:34 > 0:10:37I will write it in your planner and you will turn up.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38OK.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45So Corey and Lauren are both in hot water.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47You will not do that again in my lesson.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52You didn't work your best, you didn't try your hardest.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55That is not acceptable in this school.
0:10:58 > 0:11:00You'll turn up tomorrow, am I clear?
0:11:00 > 0:11:01Yes.
0:11:01 > 0:11:03And I will not have to speak to you again.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06Good.
0:11:08 > 0:11:09Off you go.
0:11:12 > 0:11:17They'll have to see Mr Smith for detention tomorrow breaktime.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21I did feel bad about getting a detention a bit,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24because, really, I didn't... I don't really like detentions.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36The next day, Mae and Corey have art,
0:11:36 > 0:11:38and his looming detention is the hot topic.
0:11:38 > 0:11:41- How do you feel about the detention? - Well, I'm used to it.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44- I had detention all the time in my old school.- Did you?
0:11:44 > 0:11:46- Like 15...- I did not know that. - ..50 times.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Do you think it'll be boring or exciting?
0:11:51 > 0:11:52It'll be boring.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Detentions are always boring.
0:11:55 > 0:11:57I don't care about detention.
0:11:57 > 0:11:59It's only detention.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01Chairs under there, please, year seven.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04I wonder if he's more bothered about it than he lets on.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11Uh, can we not set a bad example to the younger years, please,
0:12:11 > 0:12:12by being ridiculous?
0:12:14 > 0:12:17It's time for Corey and Lauren's detention.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Well done for turning up.
0:12:19 > 0:12:21Now, I do not want...
0:12:23 > 0:12:25..silly behaviour in my classroom, OK?
0:12:26 > 0:12:28It disrupts everyone else's learning.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31It stops everyone else from being able to learn.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33OK?
0:12:33 > 0:12:35That's why you have the detention.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38Do you understand why we're here?
0:12:38 > 0:12:40- Yeah.- Yeah, cos we were being silly in class.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Right, OK. I want two things
0:12:42 > 0:12:44you're going to do next lesson that you didn't do last lesson.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46- Give me one.- Be silly.
0:12:46 > 0:12:47OK, so you're not going to be silly,
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- or you are going to be silly, which is what...- Not.
0:12:50 > 0:12:51Not going to be silly, excellent.
0:12:51 > 0:12:55We're going to forget about it, start again, clean slate.
0:12:55 > 0:12:56Fair enough?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Done? Done?
0:12:58 > 0:12:59Good, you can... Off you go.
0:13:01 > 0:13:03Will Corey manage to turn over a new leaf?
0:13:08 > 0:13:12Boys, pick it up or I take it from you.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17After break, it's maths.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Reece is starting to settle into life in the progress group.
0:13:22 > 0:13:24Rise, my evil goblins. Come on, rise.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26- I'm not a goblin! - I'm not evil either.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28Never mind. Right. I know.
0:13:28 > 0:13:33I feel like I really want to stay in the progress group
0:13:33 > 0:13:37for basically as long as possible.
0:13:37 > 0:13:38Here we go.
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Today, Mr Waterston is using a game
0:13:41 > 0:13:44to teach the class about something called probability.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48Uh, should I be sensible or should I risk it?
0:13:48 > 0:13:50Right, have you got some points so far?
0:13:50 > 0:13:51Yeah.
0:13:51 > 0:13:52I would probably bank right now,
0:13:52 > 0:13:54but I don't know what's going to come up next.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56BACKGROUND CHATTER
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Erm, sorry. Sh, here we go.
0:13:59 > 0:14:01Ah, no, I'm banking.
0:14:02 > 0:14:03Sensible.
0:14:04 > 0:14:05Oh, yeah!
0:14:05 > 0:14:08We've made the right choice there cos we've got a 'one'.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Right, names at the back.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Start at the back and shout your name out to me, please.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17And Reece has been getting a lot of encouragement from his form tutor.
0:14:17 > 0:14:18Class, quiet, please!
0:14:19 > 0:14:22She wants him to get tough with his nerves.
0:14:22 > 0:14:24What have you got to do with your thoughts?
0:14:24 > 0:14:27- Um.- Switch them, turn them... - To back off, to go away.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31Tell them to go away and think positive things, yeah?
0:14:31 > 0:14:33Cos we've got to get through this, yeah?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35It's got to happen.
0:14:35 > 0:14:37Instead of being, "Ah, Reece,"
0:14:37 > 0:14:40she's being more, "Come on. Toughen up."
0:14:40 > 0:14:42"Yes, Miss Ferrari.
0:14:42 > 0:14:45"You're the best teacher in the world, Miss Ferrari."
0:14:45 > 0:14:46SHE LAUGHS
0:14:46 > 0:14:48Probably the better way to do it!
0:14:54 > 0:14:56# I miss you... #
0:14:56 > 0:14:58That rubber's rubbish.
0:14:58 > 0:14:59My rubber is not rubbish.
0:14:59 > 0:15:00That one.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01Oh, yeah, it is.
0:15:03 > 0:15:07Meanwhile, Mae seems to have found herself a true friend in Lauren.
0:15:09 > 0:15:10Mae, do you want some help?
0:15:10 > 0:15:11Yeah, I think.
0:15:11 > 0:15:13OK.
0:15:13 > 0:15:15It's a bit of a small one, but you don't mind, do you?
0:15:15 > 0:15:17No.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Lauren is very confident,
0:15:19 > 0:15:22and that's something that will encourage Mae too.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24Do you get it? It's going up by one and you're adding one.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Where does... Does that go to six?
0:15:26 > 0:15:30Six. And you're adding one every time, OK?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32Two, three, four...
0:15:36 > 0:15:38Lauren wants to help Mae not get scared any more.
0:15:39 > 0:15:42When you get scared, Mae, just try and cover your ears
0:15:42 > 0:15:46and block out the noise, so when you go outside, there'll be no noise.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48Cos, like, block out your ears.
0:15:48 > 0:15:50And, if you hear it, just pretend it's gone
0:15:50 > 0:15:52and pretend it's gone to the moon.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55My best friend. We're going to sit together for lunch today.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Yeah.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00The only thing is they may never stop laughing.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02I want to look after Mae because...
0:16:02 > 0:16:05THEY LAUGH
0:16:05 > 0:16:07I want to... I want to...
0:16:07 > 0:16:09MAE LAUGHS
0:16:09 > 0:16:10Sorry, Lauren.
0:16:12 > 0:16:13Uh... Um...
0:16:17 > 0:16:20I want to look after Mae because, um...
0:16:20 > 0:16:21Mae, stop it.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29THEY LAUGH
0:16:29 > 0:16:30Just keep talking.
0:16:31 > 0:16:35I want to look after Mae because I don't want her being scared
0:16:35 > 0:16:38and being really scared like about big noises,
0:16:38 > 0:16:40and I like just to be there for her
0:16:40 > 0:16:42because I don't want her to be really upset and lonely.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44MAE LAUGHS
0:16:44 > 0:16:45Turn that way, Mae.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56The progress group is helping Reece feel more confident,
0:16:56 > 0:17:00but he still hates making the trip to school and saying goodbye to Mum.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05Will he make it in today without getting upset?
0:17:07 > 0:17:09Do you think you'll be OK today, then?
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Well, I'm not that sure.
0:17:14 > 0:17:15You're not sure?
0:17:16 > 0:17:21I think my mum sometimes gets quite worried and stressed,
0:17:21 > 0:17:24because if I'm starting to cry just going in school,
0:17:24 > 0:17:29then she might feel quite guilty for leaving me in school,
0:17:29 > 0:17:32which then makes me feel guilty for making her feel guilty.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35Are you feeling worried now, Reece?
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- Yes.- You normally start to feel worried
0:17:39 > 0:17:42when we see the windmills, don't you?
0:17:42 > 0:17:43Yeah.
0:17:43 > 0:17:44If I see the windmills,
0:17:44 > 0:17:47then I know we're about two or three miles away.
0:17:49 > 0:17:51The school is trying a new approach with Reece.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54One of the teaching assistants will meet him at the gates
0:17:54 > 0:17:55to walk him in.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00They hope this will make saying goodbye to his mum easier.
0:18:00 > 0:18:01Here we are, Reece.
0:18:01 > 0:18:03I think Miss Whitethorpe is standing there.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Yeah, she's standing there.
0:18:08 > 0:18:09This is it.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11Will Reece make it in OK?
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Morning!
0:18:16 > 0:18:17- Right, have a good day.- I will.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Right, say bye to your mum. Tell Mum to have a good day as well.
0:18:20 > 0:18:23- Yeah.- Right, say bye to mum, then. Go on.- Bye-bye.
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Have a nice day. Mwah.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- Bye-bye.- Right, come on. Watch there cos it's busy here.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34So, Reece wobbled but he's done a lot better this time.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36How are you feeling today?
0:18:36 > 0:18:37Nervous.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39A bit nervous.
0:18:39 > 0:18:41So we'll sort that out at break.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- Morning.- So how do you feel that you've come out of the car
0:18:45 > 0:18:46and left your mum this morning?
0:18:46 > 0:18:48Did you feel a bit better?
0:18:48 > 0:18:50Yeah, I feel a little bit better.
0:18:50 > 0:18:51You feel a bit better today?
0:18:51 > 0:18:54What's making you feel a bit better today?
0:18:54 > 0:18:56Cos I've been trying to turn the negative thoughts
0:18:56 > 0:18:57into positive thought.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59Good, that's great.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03# One, two, three, four... #
0:19:07 > 0:19:08The class is in the library today,
0:19:08 > 0:19:11and everyone has been told to wear this cloak
0:19:11 > 0:19:14and make up a story on the spot.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15The monkey's eating his hand.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18He's very hungry. Where's the popcorn?
0:19:18 > 0:19:22One day, in a school called Larsen, everyone was hearing rumours
0:19:22 > 0:19:23about zombies.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25Zombies.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28There was a little boy called Robert.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30And he went to school one day
0:19:30 > 0:19:33and he saw a puddle of blood in the play...in the playground.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Get off my monkey's feet!
0:19:37 > 0:19:40- Corey is not the ideal audience member.- Ssh!
0:19:40 > 0:19:41Don't shush at me.
0:19:41 > 0:19:46And then, suddenly, a hand grasped over his mouth...
0:19:46 > 0:19:50Not you, not you. It's OK, turn around.
0:19:50 > 0:19:51The end.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55Thanks for that, you just scared my monkey!
0:19:56 > 0:20:00- Rrargh!- This capped village just got longer and longer.
0:20:00 > 0:20:02SHOUTS: Guys, quiet!
0:20:02 > 0:20:06This monkey's black, and my hand's really hot and sweating.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09There was a boy and his dragon.
0:20:09 > 0:20:12They went through a portal, came to the age of the dinosaurs.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15Then he, like, broke a tree and died. That's my story.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21It's Reece's turn.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23Thinking of a story and standing up to tell it
0:20:23 > 0:20:25is a massive challenge for him.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29My story's going to be about a chicken nugget.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35There was once a chicken nugget who was sat in the freezer.
0:20:36 > 0:20:40Then somebody got him out and dropped him in water by mistake.
0:20:40 > 0:20:43So they picked him out and put him in the oven.
0:20:43 > 0:20:45The chicken nugget started dancing in the oven
0:20:45 > 0:20:48and then he flew away. The end.
0:20:48 > 0:20:49APPLAUSE
0:20:50 > 0:20:52That's a big breakthrough.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55There's nothing shy about what he just achieved.
0:20:55 > 0:20:57COREY: Monkey didn't like it, but I did.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Does anyone want to buy a cake?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10It's lunchtime in learning support,
0:21:10 > 0:21:13and a friendship has sprung up between Reece and Corey.
0:21:13 > 0:21:16Reece, calm - it's only a cake.
0:21:16 > 0:21:17I'm hungry for cake.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20- Well, go and...- Oh, pink.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Ah, pink!
0:21:22 > 0:21:26I like Reece because he's funny, he's nice, he's...
0:21:28 > 0:21:30I really want to say it but I'm not going to.
0:21:30 > 0:21:31Say it.
0:21:31 > 0:21:36OK, OK, I'll say it. He is goofy.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38Said it.
0:21:38 > 0:21:40But he's not that goofy. He's funny, though.
0:21:40 > 0:21:43So, do you need help with it now?
0:21:43 > 0:21:45- Yeah.- Where is it?
0:21:45 > 0:21:46- In my bag somewhere.- Come on, then.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48Corey looks out for me a lot
0:21:48 > 0:21:50because if I lose my homework, or my homework gets crumpled,
0:21:50 > 0:21:52or if I need help with my homework,
0:21:52 > 0:21:54he's always there to help me and stuff.
0:21:54 > 0:21:55Didn't... Have you took it out?
0:21:55 > 0:21:57No, I didn't take it out, that's annoying.
0:21:57 > 0:22:00- What are you looking for, Reece? - My art homework.
0:22:00 > 0:22:01Right, take everything out.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04Oh, no, please, don't do this to me.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07Reece loses a lot of stuff and I... Me...
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Well, we have a search party looking for his pens.
0:22:11 > 0:22:14We had a search and rescue pen... Pen rescue.
0:22:14 > 0:22:17That's a really good name. We should start calling it that.
0:22:21 > 0:22:23There it is, there!
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Phew, panic over. Nice one, Corey.
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Everyone's noticing how much the class clown has calmed down.
0:22:29 > 0:22:32It's nice to see the sensitive side of him coming out
0:22:32 > 0:22:34and the caring side that he's actually looking after the others
0:22:34 > 0:22:36in that group.
0:22:36 > 0:22:37- Yay! We found it.- Yay.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Mae has gone back to Lauren's house after school
0:22:46 > 0:22:49and she's a much happier girl than at the start of term.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55Let's see if I can thrash you. I start.
0:22:55 > 0:22:56Oh, yeah, like that.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00I'm going to go here now.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02THEY LAUGH
0:23:05 > 0:23:07I would say that Mae is a really good friend,
0:23:07 > 0:23:10because she's always there for me and she always sticks up for me.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12Uh, what was I going to do? That.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15- Oh! I'm just losing the game! - LAUREN LAUGHS
0:23:15 > 0:23:17I think my problem's improved loads
0:23:17 > 0:23:20because, when I started, I was, like, shy and nervous,
0:23:20 > 0:23:24I didn't know anyone, I didn't know where I was going or anything.
0:23:24 > 0:23:25Winner!
0:23:25 > 0:23:27This is not fair.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Mae has come on leaps and bounds.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30Once we've got over the...
0:23:30 > 0:23:32The shyness, she's actually... She's...
0:23:33 > 0:23:35She'd be fierce!
0:23:35 > 0:23:38- Why are you letting me win all the time?- Oh, my God.
0:23:38 > 0:23:42Being in the progress group has made a big difference for Mae.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44It's changed me since I started,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47and I've been, like, not alone and I've got loads of friends now
0:23:47 > 0:23:51and I can talk to them and not be alone anywhere.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54Oh, yeah! Oh!
0:24:02 > 0:24:03It's Friday morning,
0:24:03 > 0:24:06and Corey is waiting at the school gates for a friend.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10Meanwhile, Reece is on his way in.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Will he get upset today?
0:24:16 > 0:24:19You've probably guessed it, it's Corey who's waiting for him.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25- Hi, Reece.- Hi.
0:24:25 > 0:24:27Right, have a nice day. Don't forget homework club.
0:24:27 > 0:24:30- Oh, yeah.- OK, bye.- Bye.- Bye.
0:24:31 > 0:24:33Thanks to Corey, for the first time ever,
0:24:33 > 0:24:36Reece has left his mum without any tears or teachers.
0:24:36 > 0:24:38I was trying to text you
0:24:38 > 0:24:39but my phone, I had no credit at all.
0:24:39 > 0:24:41It had one pence.
0:24:41 > 0:24:45It helps that Corey meets me because now I don't really get upset
0:24:45 > 0:24:48- because I have more support.- Yeah, cos if you cry, you make me cry.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50And I don't want to cry.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52I just actually snapped the branch.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55It's about half the size of that big branch there.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58- What did you do with the branch, jump on it?- No.
0:24:58 > 0:25:00When I walk down, I have someone to talk to
0:25:00 > 0:25:03other than my boring mum, you know.
0:25:03 > 0:25:05- THEY LAUGH - Your mum's going to hear this.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Whoops, I forgot about that part!
0:25:09 > 0:25:11What a difference a friend makes, eh?
0:25:16 > 0:25:18Ooh, balloons!
0:25:20 > 0:25:21It's the last lesson of the week...
0:25:22 > 0:25:25..and the progress group has come together for a big sendoff.
0:25:27 > 0:25:29It's a chance to celebrate their achievements
0:25:29 > 0:25:32and wave goodbye to anyone leaving the group.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38After this, a lot of people will not be here again, aw.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41- But some people will be here again, hooray!- STUDENTS: Yay!
0:25:41 > 0:25:42It's always, always fun, isn't it?
0:25:42 > 0:25:45It's the end of an era, as many of the classmates are shifting
0:25:45 > 0:25:48to the main school and leaving the progress group behind them.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51First of all, we have to do the hat.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53We have to celebrate what everyone has done.
0:25:53 > 0:25:56We will start off with the...
0:25:56 > 0:25:57- Indian cap.- Which one's this one?
0:25:57 > 0:26:00- This is for somebody who has been...? - Indiana Jones.
0:26:00 > 0:26:01The one that was shy.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04That was shy, that was quiet, that hasn't spoken much
0:26:04 > 0:26:05and then suddenly has done.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07And this one this week...
0:26:07 > 0:26:08goes to Reece.
0:26:08 > 0:26:10Reece. You get to put your hat on, Reece.
0:26:10 > 0:26:11Reece is Indiana Jones.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16Reece seemed very shy when he moved into the progress group
0:26:16 > 0:26:19cos I don't think he had any friends in there. Now he does.
0:26:19 > 0:26:22You have worked really hard, and that's a really brilliant thing.
0:26:22 > 0:26:23That's fantastic.
0:26:23 > 0:26:27That shows me that you're ready to go into Conyers school.
0:26:27 > 0:26:29You're all going to be superstars.
0:26:29 > 0:26:33Cos we don't let anybody else out of this room who is not a superstar.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36And all the best parties...
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- ..have a massive cake.- Goodness me!
0:26:45 > 0:26:48It's been an important term for Corey and Reece.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50I think me and Corey will be friends forever
0:26:50 > 0:26:52cos we're such good friends now.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56Um, I don't understand how it could like go wrong
0:26:56 > 0:26:58and we could just like stop being one friends one day.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Don't know how that could go wrong.
0:27:00 > 0:27:01Yeah, we will be friends forever.
0:27:01 > 0:27:05- Yeah, definitely.- Forever, and ever, and ever...
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- BOTH: And ever, and ever. - And it goes on forever.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09OK, everybody.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11One last time together, all of us.
0:27:12 > 0:27:13ALL CHEER
0:27:13 > 0:27:17The progress group family is together one last time.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19This is a class that they'll never forget.
0:27:22 > 0:27:23THEY CHEER
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Ciaran, I know your secret.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Next time on Our School, love is in the air.
0:27:32 > 0:27:34Do you like any boys in our form?
0:27:34 > 0:27:37- I know Jess does.- Ooh, Ciaran.
0:27:37 > 0:27:38Is he fit?
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Connor doesn't like Isabelle.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42- Why would Connor?- Exactly.- Ah!
0:27:42 > 0:27:44You and Livvy sitting in a tree,
0:27:44 > 0:27:46K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49He said he would love to snog you.
0:27:49 > 0:27:51- You can start.- No, you start.
0:27:51 > 0:27:53- You.- You.- You.- You.
0:27:53 > 0:27:56You're wasting time, it's you..
0:27:56 > 0:27:57SHE SNEEZES
0:27:57 > 0:28:01Really, if we made a mistake, they would cut it out, like edit it?
0:28:01 > 0:28:03- Yeah.- And then like redo it, redo it, redo it.
0:28:03 > 0:28:07- Yes, Lauren.- My teeth feel like glue. - Your teeth feel like glue?
0:28:07 > 0:28:09I'm not quite sure what to say to that.
0:28:09 > 0:28:10Redo it, redo it.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12I'm innocent, I tell you!
0:28:12 > 0:28:14You are going to cut that, aren't you?
0:28:14 > 0:28:15ALL LAUGH