0:00:04 > 0:00:07Each September, half a million children begin the most
0:00:07 > 0:00:08important year of school so far.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Year 7.
0:00:15 > 0:00:19CBBC have rigged this secondary school with
0:00:19 > 0:00:20loads of cameras,
0:00:20 > 0:00:26so you can see exactly what happens 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 > 0:00:40But what they learn here...
0:00:40 > 0:00:42will stay with them for ever.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Hello there. I'm Mr Thorburn 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?
0:01:04 > 0:01:08This time on Our School, we look at friendship and fitting in.
0:01:08 > 0:01:13In secondary school, it would be important to make friends.
0:01:13 > 0:01:16I'm nervous about making new friends.
0:01:16 > 0:01:20The best thing could happen to me, is that I'd just fit in.
0:01:20 > 0:01:25Friends are important because they look out for you.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27It's quite important to be cool at school,
0:01:27 > 0:01:31cos you get, like, more friends.
0:01:31 > 0:01:35We'll be following Katie
0:01:35 > 0:01:38and Lucas as they try to meet new mates in Year 7.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52It's 11.30 and Katie and Lucas are in English.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57OK, right, just continuing our pirate theme here, if this works.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Any chance of having a laugh in class has got to be a good
0:02:00 > 0:02:02thing, right?
0:02:04 > 0:02:05What are we doing here?
0:02:05 > 0:02:09Though it's all part of the lesson, of course!
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Just casually walk.
0:02:12 > 0:02:13Wha-hoo!
0:02:17 > 0:02:20Joining in all the fun is Katie.
0:02:21 > 0:02:25I need to sneeze, I need to sneeze, I need to sneeze,
0:02:25 > 0:02:27I need to sneeze. No, I don't.
0:02:30 > 0:02:32I thought I needed to sneeze.
0:02:35 > 0:02:42At home, I live with my mum, my sister and myself, my dog,
0:02:42 > 0:02:45my three cats and my hamster.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51As well as her pets, Katie loves reading.
0:02:51 > 0:02:54My favourites are The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings
0:02:54 > 0:02:57and Roald Dahl books.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01I like doing shows cos in primary, I done
0:03:01 > 0:03:06Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. I was a dwarf.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11There are only a few students from her old primary at Our School,
0:03:11 > 0:03:13which might not be such a bad thing,
0:03:13 > 0:03:17because she was bullied there and had a difficult time.
0:03:22 > 0:03:26I was sick of the name-calling, and this boy,
0:03:26 > 0:03:30he made up this game called the Katie touch,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33like if I touched them, they'd run away and give it to someone else,
0:03:33 > 0:03:37and all that. So I had no friends at all.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Not too high!
0:03:41 > 0:03:43When I went to the park I got bullied, like,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47I wasn't even allowed in there, in the play area where I could swing
0:03:47 > 0:03:51on the monkey bars or hang upside down, or even go on the spider web.
0:03:54 > 0:03:58When I was bullied, I felt really upset and sad.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Now she's in a new school, Katie's hoping things will be different.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08Making friends is important to me because, like, instead
0:04:08 > 0:04:10of sitting by yourself at playtime and lunchtime, I can
0:04:10 > 0:04:12just like run around and play.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23If you don't know anyone, break times can be scary,
0:04:23 > 0:04:27but Katie makes an effort to join a group of Year 7 girls.
0:04:27 > 0:04:32- You want a go on it?- Go on? - Go on.
0:04:32 > 0:04:34Katie's form teacher, Miss Gibbons,
0:04:34 > 0:04:36knows exactly what it's like to start Year 7.
0:04:36 > 0:04:39I do remember my first day.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42We were all so excited to actually start school, and it's kind of
0:04:42 > 0:04:47like going from the eldest in the school to the youngest, quite scary.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50Oh, my God!
0:04:50 > 0:04:54It can take time to make friends, but Katie's doing her best
0:04:54 > 0:04:56and having a go.
0:04:56 > 0:04:58These are lunchtime, but how about PE?
0:04:58 > 0:05:03Oh, you want to walk up then? Hang on!
0:05:03 > 0:05:05She's made a start.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Break time's over and it's 7CG's science lesson.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Lucas seems keen.
0:05:18 > 0:05:21They need half oxygen to make fire,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25- it needs half oxygen to make fire. - Nerd!
0:05:26 > 0:05:28Why does everyone say that?
0:05:28 > 0:05:32I'm only joking, it means you're good at science.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Well, everyone does call me a nerd.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42Lucas lives seven miles from the school,
0:05:42 > 0:05:44in the middle of the countryside.
0:05:44 > 0:05:48Probably the best thing about living here would be there's lots of space
0:05:48 > 0:05:49for you to play outside.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53Coming to a secondary school with nearly 1,500 students
0:05:53 > 0:05:57is a big change for Lucas, who went to a small village primary.
0:05:57 > 0:06:00The other kids that I'm going to be in class with, they're going to
0:06:00 > 0:06:02be used to quite a lot of kids
0:06:02 > 0:06:06but I'm used to like 11 other children in the class with me.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09I don't exactly think that it's going to stop me
0:06:09 > 0:06:12from trying to do my hardest.
0:06:12 > 0:06:14Hmm, maybe he's thirsty, then.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19Probably the most important thing about going to Conyers
0:06:19 > 0:06:23would just probably be making friends for me
0:06:23 > 0:06:27to, like, talk to and things.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34But, however much you want them,
0:06:34 > 0:06:37making friends can take a bit of time.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40If I could look into the future
0:06:40 > 0:06:44and see what would happen at the end of my first term,
0:06:44 > 0:06:48I'd mostly just like to see me with friends
0:06:48 > 0:06:50and being able to do lots of activities.
0:06:52 > 0:06:57Teachers know that sometimes it can take a while to settle in.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00For students who have come here from different areas
0:07:00 > 0:07:03it's very daunting, but luckily we have got a good system
0:07:03 > 0:07:05where we do kind of buddy them up with other students
0:07:05 > 0:07:07to help them fit in.
0:07:07 > 0:07:10I don't think it matters that much to be popular
0:07:10 > 0:07:14cos then you might just have fake friends.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20CHATTER AND LAUGHTER
0:07:20 > 0:07:22It's lunchtime
0:07:22 > 0:07:25and Katie's trying to make friends...
0:07:25 > 0:07:28I'm trying to have me dinner and there's wasps all over me!
0:07:28 > 0:07:29..with a boy called Jake.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32I'm trying to have me toastie, wasps all over me!
0:07:32 > 0:07:35- Yeah.- Have you had your dinner?
0:07:35 > 0:07:38- Yeah.- Packed lunch?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Yep.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42What lesson have you got next?
0:07:44 > 0:07:47Me got drama.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49Me got design technology.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52And after that, I've got design technology after you!
0:07:52 > 0:07:55And what have you got you got after that?
0:07:55 > 0:07:56French.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I don't really like French.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00Oh, is that your first lesson?
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- She's foreign.- I know she's...
0:08:02 > 0:08:05Whoa! You see? Wasps all over me!
0:08:14 > 0:08:16After lunch, English.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23The class are doing a presentation about how school is going so far.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25OK, welcome back.
0:08:25 > 0:08:30I hope you've found time to relax after your first week at Conyers.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35You were asked to write up how you got on last week in Conyers.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Katie seems to have plenty to think about.
0:08:39 > 0:08:43"I like the colours that we have for our jumper and shirts.
0:08:43 > 0:08:49"Friday, I got lost, and I forgot how to get to science."
0:08:49 > 0:08:52They're not that strict when if you do something wrong
0:08:52 > 0:08:57cos I left my art work at home and Miss never got mad or shouted at me.
0:08:57 > 0:09:01Luka, stand up, let's hear what you've got written down, please.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05"This week I am looking forward to all the great lessons I will have.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08"I'm also looking forward to the lovely dinners. I'm looking forward
0:09:08 > 0:09:10"to playing with my friends at break."
0:09:10 > 0:09:11Lovely, thank you.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13Katie? Loud and clear.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17"My first week at Conyers has been great.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20At first I was nervous. I thought I'd be late for class
0:09:20 > 0:09:22"because I thought I'd get lost.
0:09:22 > 0:09:26"And I have to say that Conyers is better than primary.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30"I have to say I have no concerns at all."
0:09:30 > 0:09:33OK, and what about this week? What are you looking forward to?
0:09:33 > 0:09:35I'm looking forward to science
0:09:35 > 0:09:38because we're learning about Bunsen burners.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Excellent, OK.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43That sounds pretty good. Katie's trying hard to fit in.
0:09:46 > 0:09:47When you join Year 7,
0:09:47 > 0:09:53most secondary schools offer loads of clubs and activities.
0:09:53 > 0:09:54From Zumba...
0:09:54 > 0:09:57Whoo-hoo! C'mon, girls, shake your booty!
0:09:57 > 0:10:00You get to do, like, Shakira dances, belly dancing...
0:10:00 > 0:10:01..to choir...
0:10:01 > 0:10:04# Have you ever seen a zombie come to tea? #
0:10:04 > 0:10:07I can't sing. Like, everyone says I can, but I can't. I'm, like, "No!"
0:10:07 > 0:10:09..book club...
0:10:09 > 0:10:11Lots of books to choose from, I think it's really good.
0:10:11 > 0:10:13..to rugby.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16AAAAARRRGH!
0:10:16 > 0:10:18I got kneed in the back!
0:10:20 > 0:10:21There's plenty to choose from.
0:10:24 > 0:10:29Keen to meet new mates, Lucas has joined one of these clubs.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30CHATTER
0:10:32 > 0:10:34It's a fantasy war-game group,
0:10:34 > 0:10:40where students paint and battle with miniature characters.
0:10:40 > 0:10:43- That's really good.- Thanks.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45I did a... I did...
0:10:45 > 0:10:48I had to do one at something like this in art
0:10:48 > 0:10:50in my old school.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54You can either have a match or you just paint.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56So far I've just painted.
0:10:56 > 0:10:58But it's good cos halfway through you have a break, you get some
0:10:58 > 0:11:01orange juice and you tell lots of jokes with everyone else.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04This is serious man stuff!
0:11:04 > 0:11:07- Not really.- Painting tiny figures?
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Tiny little figurines is man stuff?
0:11:10 > 0:11:13Yes! We're the manliest men in the world!
0:11:13 > 0:11:17In a bid to impress, Lucas decides to show off a hidden talent.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20BOY BELCHES
0:11:20 > 0:11:23I can belch bigger than that. I can belch on cue.
0:11:23 > 0:11:24HE BELCHES
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Try this.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28Go on, then!
0:11:28 > 0:11:30HE BELCHES Wow!
0:11:30 > 0:11:32That is pretty good.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35HE BELCHES
0:11:35 > 0:11:37Oh, here we go!
0:11:37 > 0:11:38That's nothing to do with it.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40HE BURPS FEEBLY
0:11:40 > 0:11:42OK, now...
0:11:42 > 0:11:43LOUD BELCH
0:11:43 > 0:11:45- Whey aye!- Beat that!
0:11:47 > 0:11:50Well, that's one way to make new mates!
0:11:50 > 0:11:53How can you do that?
0:11:53 > 0:11:54I was born with a talent.
0:11:58 > 0:12:01It's not a very pleasant talent, but it's a talent.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Although she's tried hard to fit in, by week two,
0:12:09 > 0:12:12Katie's beginning to spend more and more time alone.
0:12:12 > 0:12:18When you, like, feel lonely and you've got no friends to play with,
0:12:18 > 0:12:23it feels like you're in a world all by yourself.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28The big downsides in Year 7 are if you get a student that
0:12:28 > 0:12:30doesn't fit in with anyone
0:12:30 > 0:12:32and that they feel as if they're on their own for the year,
0:12:32 > 0:12:35the longer that goes on the harder it is to break that cycle.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42Miss, would you...? Miss?
0:12:44 > 0:12:47Miss, would you do it that big?
0:12:47 > 0:12:51And then all along and this one box out?
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Katie's not having much fun in lessons either.
0:12:54 > 0:12:58A boy called Alex has given her a nickname that she doesn't like.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Katy Rent-A-Tent!
0:13:03 > 0:13:06Rent-A-Tent, Rent-A-Tent, Rent-A-Tent!
0:13:06 > 0:13:08We were on a camping site,
0:13:08 > 0:13:11and there was this camping company called Rent-A-Tent,
0:13:11 > 0:13:15and when I heard Katie's last name I thought, that's Rent-A-Tent.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18Rent-A-Tent! Rent-A-Tent!
0:13:18 > 0:13:20- Quinny!- Quinny!- Shut up!
0:13:20 > 0:13:24So, like, when Quinny, Jinx, and the rest of the boys
0:13:24 > 0:13:26were calling me Rent-A-Tent it got on my nerves.
0:13:26 > 0:13:29- Katie Rent-A-Tent! - I'm going to kill you!
0:13:29 > 0:13:31Rent-A-Tent!
0:13:33 > 0:13:35But that doesn't stop it.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40- Thanks, Rent-A-Tent! - I'm not Rent-A-Tent!
0:13:42 > 0:13:46Remember in science when that was going on in science?
0:13:46 > 0:13:48Katie was giving out books
0:13:48 > 0:13:52and I said, "Thanks Rent-A-Tent," and she said, "I'm not Rent-A-Tent!"
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Call her Rent-A-Tent, Conner.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57And now other students are using the name.
0:13:57 > 0:13:58Hi, Rent-A-Tent!
0:14:05 > 0:14:09I didn't want to make her upset, because I had no meaning to it,
0:14:09 > 0:14:12I just thought it was cool to give her a nickname.
0:14:15 > 0:14:17Nicknames can be a bit of fun.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23He sometimes calls me Turkish.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29And I've made a new name for him
0:14:29 > 0:14:30and that's Cat.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34- Woody.- Woody.
0:14:37 > 0:14:39- Darth Varda.- Darth Varda. - Dun, dun ,dun...
0:14:42 > 0:14:44I call him Quinny.
0:14:47 > 0:14:48He calls me Jinxy.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55And it's not just their mates that the Year 7s like to nickname.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Mr Skerry or something.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- The younger ones will always say... - Mr Scary.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05LAUGHTER
0:15:05 > 0:15:07That's absolutely out of order!
0:15:07 > 0:15:10I do not expect that at all at this school.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12Some of the older kids call him Mr Scary.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Am I clear?
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Because he's tall and he's really strict.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20Someone here has dropped that crisp packet, so whoever's responsible...
0:15:20 > 0:15:24I'm absolutely sure that Mr Scary is a very common thing.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26Take it off, please.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30I'm sure I have been called worse, but I do not want to know about it.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34But having a nickname isn't the same as being CALLED names.
0:15:36 > 0:15:40It's 2.30 and the Year 7s are in Maths,
0:15:40 > 0:15:42but Mr Livesey wants a word.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45When a teacher asks to see you, it doesn't always mean you're in
0:15:45 > 0:15:47trouble. They may just want to help.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Do you want to grab a seat?
0:15:57 > 0:15:59- Are you all right?- Yeah.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02- Are you sure?- Yeah. - You look a bit flushed.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- Everything all right, like? - I left my homework at home .
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- You left your homework at home? - Yeah.- Right.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11What I want to just have a chat about is, obviously you have...
0:16:11 > 0:16:13I've been watching the tutor groups
0:16:13 > 0:16:17and speaking to the tutors and seeing how everyone's settling in.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20I just wonder how you feel as though you've settled in at Conyers so far.
0:16:20 > 0:16:24- My lessons are really hard. - Lessons are hard, right.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26And I keep getting lost.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29When I've seen you, you haven't been with many people,
0:16:29 > 0:16:32you've been a bit on your own when I see you wandering around.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35I was thinking about how would you feel
0:16:35 > 0:16:37if we got you a mentor? Someone so you could have a chat to
0:16:37 > 0:16:40once a week, once a fortnight, and set up a meeting
0:16:40 > 0:16:42- where you chat with them? Is that all right?- Yeah.
0:16:42 > 0:16:46I'm hoping you'll get involved in a few more clubs this year,
0:16:46 > 0:16:50- have a bigger friendship group where there's more people to talk to.- Yeah.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Brilliant. I'll take you back to Maths now, all right?
0:16:53 > 0:16:57Making friends can be hard when you've been bullied in the past
0:16:57 > 0:16:59and the talk seems to have helped.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02Because I've been lonely, like,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05been lonely at playtime and all that, I have no-one to play with.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Every time Mr Livesey sees me I'm all by myself,
0:17:08 > 0:17:13so he's getting me a mentor I can talk to at lunchtime and playtime.
0:17:14 > 0:17:16It's all right.
0:17:17 > 0:17:20If we see that there's a student on their own, we have a great
0:17:20 > 0:17:24mentor scheme with our student leadership programme.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26We'll give a mentor to the Year 7s
0:17:26 > 0:17:30so they've got somebody who they feel they can go and talk to.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33It's, like, helping me with my homework, or it's if I have
0:17:33 > 0:17:36any problems I can talk to my mentor.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39Katie's mentor is called Victoria.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43She's in the sixth form and wants know how Katie's getting on.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45How's school going in general?
0:17:45 > 0:17:47- Good.- Is it better than primary school?
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Yep, less bullying.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53Got to say that, um... better, bigger...
0:17:54 > 0:17:59If you're, like, feeling like a bit sad or by yourself or anything,
0:17:59 > 0:18:01I can come. I'm always up here.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04- You know how to get here, don't you? - Yep.
0:18:04 > 0:18:09Katie is still just finding her feet, and she's doing fantastically,
0:18:09 > 0:18:13so I think it's just a matter of time before she does settle in,
0:18:13 > 0:18:14really find her friendship group.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20School isn't just about who you hang out with,
0:18:20 > 0:18:24there are lots of new subjects to try, too.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Awesome, it's so much fun.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- The lessons are really different. - Yeah.
0:18:29 > 0:18:31My best subjects are drama...
0:18:31 > 0:18:33I love my job, me!
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Even though I've got bad taste in cars.
0:18:36 > 0:18:37LAUGHTER
0:18:37 > 0:18:41Science - it's so interesting.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44At this stage it would be a little bit foolhardy of me
0:18:44 > 0:18:49just to throw you some acid and matches and go knock yourself out.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53I like music because I want to be a singer.
0:18:53 > 0:18:54Sing...
0:18:54 > 0:18:57# Let me see your bungalow
0:18:57 > 0:18:59# Let me see your bungalow
0:18:59 > 0:19:01# My hands are high my feet are low
0:19:01 > 0:19:03# And this is how I bungalow. #
0:19:03 > 0:19:08And there's one subject everyone's talking about.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10Est-ce que je peux etre...?
0:19:10 > 0:19:13The French teacher only speaks in French.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15TEACHER SPEAKS FRENCH
0:19:15 > 0:19:17Comme ci, comme ca.
0:19:17 > 0:19:19Oh, no.
0:19:19 > 0:19:24Oh, yeah, that song - everyone gets their pens out and goes like that
0:19:24 > 0:19:27and waves them in the air, and books, and then does that with
0:19:27 > 0:19:30their jumpers, waves their planner, and then does that.
0:19:30 > 0:19:34HE SINGS INDISTINCTLY IN FRENCH
0:19:34 > 0:19:37So what's the best way to get Year 7s learning French?
0:19:37 > 0:19:43Get 'em singing, of course!
0:19:43 > 0:19:47THEY SING IN FRENCH
0:19:59 > 0:20:03Oh, my gosh, I'm, like, everyone else is singing like so loud
0:20:03 > 0:20:06and I'm like, "I can't even sing."
0:20:13 > 0:20:16At first when she's just speaking French we're like, "Oh, heck
0:20:16 > 0:20:19"this is going to be hard," but after a while she gets
0:20:19 > 0:20:27all these songs that help us remember French words.
0:20:31 > 0:20:39It's lunchtime and in the sandwich room,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42Lucas is at the centre of things.
0:20:42 > 0:20:47- I don't get Hulk. Explain Hulk to me.- All right,
0:20:47 > 0:20:50he went...like, he was doing an experiment
0:20:50 > 0:20:55to make, like, to make creatures really big and powerful, but
0:20:55 > 0:20:57then a gas tank exploded
0:20:57 > 0:21:01and everyone got out except for him,
0:21:01 > 0:21:05and now whenever he gets angry
0:21:05 > 0:21:08he turns in to a big green man to destroy everything.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10He's always angry.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14He's struck up a friendship with a boy in his class called Ben.
0:21:14 > 0:21:19He showed me this brand-new watch and it shows his pulse
0:21:19 > 0:21:22and everything, and he just goes like that. I just like him.
0:21:26 > 0:21:31I think one of my good friends will be Lucas
0:21:31 > 0:21:35because, like, I always seem to be paired with him,
0:21:35 > 0:21:39or I sit next to him. If I forget something he'll lend me it.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42# Let me see your bungalow
0:21:42 > 0:21:44# Let me see your bungalow
0:21:44 > 0:21:48# My hands are high my feet are low. and this is how I bungalow. #
0:21:48 > 0:21:51# Bungalow! Bung-Bungalow, bungalow... #
0:21:51 > 0:21:53Right, let's stop singing now.
0:22:01 > 0:22:03Lucas has even persuaded his new friend
0:22:03 > 0:22:05to come along to the war-gaming club.
0:22:06 > 0:22:07Tell me the basics.
0:22:07 > 0:22:11Men can move six inches each go,
0:22:11 > 0:22:16and the vehicles can move 12.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20The vehicles can move 12 inches, so this one it can move...
0:22:20 > 0:22:22it can fire 72 inches.
0:22:24 > 0:22:28That's why, that's why it's classed like the best vehicle ever.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Why can't there just be people and aliens?
0:22:31 > 0:22:35But, no, there has to be people, then more people, than bad people,
0:22:35 > 0:22:37and even worse people.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40- Then aliens, then cyborgs. - Then robot people.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44So, like, if five men were like attacking five people...
0:22:44 > 0:22:47But if someone's got a gun and a sword,
0:22:47 > 0:22:48they get two dice.
0:22:48 > 0:22:52Good aliens, the dinosaurs and Pterodactyls...
0:22:52 > 0:22:53Space marines.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57..demons and all of that. It just goes on and on,
0:22:57 > 0:23:00and I like things simple.
0:23:00 > 0:23:03Just to sum it up, he's going to thrash them.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05So do you get it a bit more now?
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Briefly. I'll have forgot it by the morning.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Katie's trying new activities too.
0:23:16 > 0:23:19She's joined the Year 7 book club.
0:23:19 > 0:23:21I like reading my books.
0:23:21 > 0:23:23I read them all the time.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26I read them before I go to sleep,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28and when I'm on the bus to school,
0:23:28 > 0:23:30and when I'm on the bus home.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33I'm reading them 24/7.
0:23:33 > 0:23:35- BOOK CLUB TEACHER:- Today is still all about
0:23:35 > 0:23:36getting to know each other, OK?
0:23:36 > 0:23:39My favourite books are things like thrillers.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41I love Dan Brown's. I like most genres.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43I don't like science fiction,
0:23:43 > 0:23:45I'm not really a science fiction girl, no.
0:23:45 > 0:23:48I like love story books.
0:23:48 > 0:23:50I just like girlie books and stuff.
0:23:50 > 0:23:53I like adventure books.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57My favourite one is The Hobbit, and Lord of The Rings,
0:23:57 > 0:24:00and all the Twilight books.
0:24:00 > 0:24:02Nice one, Katie!
0:24:02 > 0:24:04But the club isn't just talking about books -
0:24:04 > 0:24:07it's about finding whether you have other things in common, too.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09You have to see all my animals.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11There's my sister's cat.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13There's my mum's cat.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15They're my dogs.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18He's licking a plate.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25Lucas and Ben have formed quite a double act
0:24:25 > 0:24:29and are hanging out together outside of school too.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32So this is Jensen. Get down, Jensen.
0:24:32 > 0:24:34LUCAS GIGGLES And he has a whip like a tail...
0:24:34 > 0:24:37He has a tail like a whip, even. Jensen, down.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Jensen, down.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Having met Jensen the dog,
0:24:40 > 0:24:43now Lucas can check out Ben's model collection.
0:24:43 > 0:24:46When you spin it around it goes "bring-bring."
0:24:46 > 0:24:47Yes!
0:24:50 > 0:24:54Lego Chima, superheroes, alien fighters, or...
0:24:54 > 0:24:56- Something like that. - Yeah.
0:24:56 > 0:24:57Whoa.
0:24:57 > 0:24:59I actually thought I was the only one in school
0:24:59 > 0:25:01that actually collected Lego.
0:25:01 > 0:25:03I thought we had nearly nothing in common,
0:25:03 > 0:25:05but now I know we've got everything in common.
0:25:07 > 0:25:10Don't you think that's why we're friends, though?
0:25:10 > 0:25:12Lucas started school hoping to make new friends,
0:25:12 > 0:25:16and it looks like he may have found one already.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18I'd prefer a really good friend
0:25:18 > 0:25:21than a group of just sort of random friends.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24I wasn't going to say anything about that.
0:25:24 > 0:25:25Oh, yes, you were.
0:25:25 > 0:25:26- IMITATING GOLLUM:- Shut up.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30Both boys have high hopes for the friendship.
0:25:30 > 0:25:33'We probably still will be friends in the distant future,'
0:25:33 > 0:25:35when like cars fly about.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38- I do the biggest burps in the world. - Don't you dare!
0:25:40 > 0:25:42But what does Ben think of his new mate's party trick?
0:25:42 > 0:25:44It does have its advantages.
0:25:44 > 0:25:45LUCAS BURPS
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Ah, thanks a lot(!) LUCAS LAUGHS
0:25:48 > 0:25:51If I don't like someone I can get him to burp and make them go away.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Katie's struggled to fit in at secondary school,
0:25:57 > 0:26:00though she's been making every effort to find new friends.
0:26:00 > 0:26:03There you go. You're welcome. Next.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05And you know what?
0:26:05 > 0:26:07I think she might have found the answer -
0:26:07 > 0:26:09she's enrolled as a student librarian.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12I scan books and stamp leaflets for them
0:26:12 > 0:26:15and tidy up the book case.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19- I'm bring that one back. - Do you want it renewing?
0:26:19 > 0:26:21Er, no, it's all right.
0:26:21 > 0:26:23This is a great place for Katie, who loves it here.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Help me do this one. This one.
0:26:29 > 0:26:32First day on the job. First day.
0:26:32 > 0:26:33Right what do you need doing?
0:26:33 > 0:26:35- Um, return. - Has it a thingy in it?
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Yeah, it hasn't popped up when I scanned it.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39And we are done.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42What's your favourite bit about being a Librarian?
0:26:42 > 0:26:45I don't know. I just like scanning, stamping.
0:26:45 > 0:26:48And fellow librarian Abbie has some useful advice.
0:26:48 > 0:26:52When I came here, there was only one person who came here who I knew,
0:26:52 > 0:26:55so I found it hard to fit in at first.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58But like since I became a librarian it got easier,
0:26:58 > 0:27:00because I knew all the other people who came up here.
0:27:00 > 0:27:02Like I've got loads of friends now.
0:27:02 > 0:27:04There's lots of people here to make friends with.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07We're all nice people, we aren't going to bite your head off.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09Thank you!
0:27:09 > 0:27:11That's a good thing to know.
0:27:11 > 0:27:15At the beginning of term, Katie was hoping for a fresh start.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17It's been a struggle at times,
0:27:17 > 0:27:20but with her new job, she's looking forward to the rest of Year 7.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Start that again.
0:27:22 > 0:27:24I like it, you like it, read it tonight in bed.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Queen of the library. Well, Miss Dalton is, but...
0:27:27 > 0:27:30Princess of the library, then KATIE GIGGLES
0:27:30 > 0:27:31Yes.
0:27:35 > 0:27:37Next time on Our School -
0:27:37 > 0:27:40twins Chloe and Holly are creating a lot of confusion...
0:27:40 > 0:27:44- I'm going to call yous Hoey.- Holly.
0:27:44 > 0:27:46- I said Hoey - Chloe and Holly mixed.- No.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50..and dancing Donna's accent is causing a stir
0:27:50 > 0:27:53They all try to, like, make me say kangaroo.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54Kangaroo.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- LAUGHING:- I'm like... I'm like not from Australia!
0:27:57 > 0:28:00- Is it true you can burp the alphabet? - Yes, I can.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- LAUGHING:- I can burp the alphabet.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04All right.
0:28:05 > 0:28:06HE BURPS THE ALPHABET
0:28:21 > 0:28:23APPLAUSE
0:28:23 > 0:28:24What a skill!