0:00:04 > 0:00:06Each September, half a million children
0:00:06 > 0:00:09begin the most important year of school so far.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Year 7.
0:00:14 > 0:00:15Boom!
0:00:15 > 0:00:20CBBC have rigged this secondary school with loads of cameras,
0:00:20 > 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 > 0:00:35I'm not spotting make-up there, am I?
0:00:35 > 0:00:37But what they learn here...
0:00:39 > 0:00:42..will 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 > 0:00:52here's your chance to find out.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54This is Our School.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56BELCH
0:00:56 > 0:00:57How can you do that?
0:00:57 > 0:00:59SCHOOL BELL RINGS
0:01:03 > 0:01:04When you're in primary school,
0:01:04 > 0:01:07your friends often live nearby.
0:01:07 > 0:01:11But in secondary school, students can come from much further afield.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14And on today's programme, we meet Donna,
0:01:14 > 0:01:16who's just moved back from the other side of the world.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19We also meet...
0:01:21 > 0:01:22And if you're wondering -
0:01:22 > 0:01:24yeah, they're related.
0:01:24 > 0:01:25We're twins.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27Identical twins.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29In primary school, the girls were in separate classes,
0:01:29 > 0:01:31but to help with Chloe's confidence,
0:01:31 > 0:01:34they're going to be in the same form at our school -
0:01:34 > 0:01:37one of many new experiences they'll be sharing.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41My biggest fear about being in the same class as Chloe is...
0:01:41 > 0:01:44Probably that people will be staring at us, because we're the same
0:01:44 > 0:01:47and we'll probably be sitting next to each other.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49I get quite nervous, quite easily.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51I get any emotion quite easily.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Hm. She's very sensitive, in other words.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00Being identical twins, it's pretty hard to tell Holly and Chloe apart.
0:02:01 > 0:02:02That's Chloe on the right
0:02:02 > 0:02:04and Holly on the left.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06And now that's Chloe on the left
0:02:06 > 0:02:08and Holly on the right.
0:02:08 > 0:02:10Just, just... I'm not going to say anything,
0:02:10 > 0:02:12but just look at her...
0:02:12 > 0:02:14And then look at me.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15Her...
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Me. You kind of get the point.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20It's... I don't know how to describe it,
0:02:20 > 0:02:23but her nose is like...that.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25And your face is just like...
0:02:25 > 0:02:27that!
0:02:27 > 0:02:29It's not just me that finds it tricky.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Even their form teacher, Mr Glendenning,
0:02:31 > 0:02:33is struggling to get it right.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34Er, Holly?
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- Chloe.- Chloe? - THE TWINS CHUCKLE
0:02:37 > 0:02:39Yeah, he just guesses which one is which
0:02:39 > 0:02:41and then he gets quite annoyed if he gets it wrong.
0:02:41 > 0:02:43He's "Oh, I started to get that right,
0:02:43 > 0:02:45"but now I've got it wrong again, haven't I?"
0:02:45 > 0:02:48My name's Chloe...
0:02:48 > 0:02:50We all know that.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53- Well, obviously I don't. - CLASS LAUGHS
0:02:53 > 0:02:56- And...- (Hi.)- Shut up.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57CLASS LAUGHS
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Don't... Don't tell yourself to shut up.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Yeah! Yeah, right?
0:03:01 > 0:03:05It's a bit of a running joke now, how I'll get the name wrong
0:03:05 > 0:03:07and even they're starting to play on it as well. It's like,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10"No, it's Holly... No, I mean Chloe!" It's good fun.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Sometimes the twins use the confusion to their advantage.
0:03:15 > 0:03:16I was getting told off once.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19I got my name written on the board
0:03:19 > 0:03:22and he went, "Right, what are you called? Chloe?" And I said, "Chloe."
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- Exactly!- She got her name written on the board!
0:03:24 > 0:03:27He says that he can't tell us apart, but he can.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Holly...
0:03:29 > 0:03:30They trick... She's tricked me.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34I went the whole French lesson thinking she was Chloe.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37And we had to spell our names out in French and I said, like,
0:03:37 > 0:03:39whatever it is, spell "Chloe"
0:03:39 > 0:03:42and she went, "No, it's..." and spelt "Holly",
0:03:42 > 0:03:44and I was like...
0:03:44 > 0:03:46- "You're Holly!" Oh... - SHE GROANS
0:03:46 > 0:03:48Oh, it's a headache.
0:03:48 > 0:03:52Sir does the register and because he doesn't know who's who,
0:03:52 > 0:03:53he just goes, "Chloe Holly?"
0:03:53 > 0:03:55and marks them "here", straightaway.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57I'm going to call you "Hoey".
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Holly.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01I said "Hoey", Chloe and Holly, mixed.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03Holly will say "I'm Chloe" and Chloe will say "I'm Holly."
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- They did that before...- They did that to me the first time I met them.
0:04:06 > 0:04:07I just say, "Hi, Chloe Holly!"
0:04:07 > 0:04:10And they're like, "I'm Chloe." Then I just say, "Hi, Chloe."
0:04:10 > 0:04:12I am sick of her face.
0:04:12 > 0:04:14- Right back at you, Chloe.- Not in a mean way, not in a mean way.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16I'm just saying... There is no nice way of saying it.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19I'm just seeing myself in the mirror, but I'm just prettier than her.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23I'm not being mean, but there's no nice way to say that, is there?
0:04:23 > 0:04:24At the start of Year 7,
0:04:24 > 0:04:27you find out all about your new classmates.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- Are you up next, Holly?- Yeah. - Come on, then.
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Today, 7AG are taking it in turns
0:04:32 > 0:04:34to tell each other about their families -
0:04:34 > 0:04:37and Holly has decided to talk about her dad.
0:04:37 > 0:04:38Shh...
0:04:38 > 0:04:43I've got pictures of my...nutty dad,
0:04:43 > 0:04:45which has died.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48I've got that one, on a mountain.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51I've got that one, with my dad laying down with the dog.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53And the dog is called Biscuit
0:04:53 > 0:04:56and he died three days after my birthday.
0:04:56 > 0:04:57- Oh.- I know.
0:04:57 > 0:05:00Thanks for sharing that with us, Holly.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Must've been difficult, but well done.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06The twins were only seven when their dad died.
0:05:08 > 0:05:11Chloe has a collection of photographs to remember him by.
0:05:12 > 0:05:16This is a book of my dad
0:05:16 > 0:05:18and some pictures of me and him.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21I like this picture,
0:05:21 > 0:05:23because he loves books.
0:05:23 > 0:05:24So do I.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28She also has one very precious item.
0:05:28 > 0:05:30This is a bag
0:05:30 > 0:05:34given by my dad when I was five or six
0:05:34 > 0:05:35and I've kept...
0:05:35 > 0:05:37I've kept it.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40And I've put it under my bed and I just touch...
0:05:40 > 0:05:43I just squeeze it in my hand.
0:05:43 > 0:05:45Something that helps me get to sleep.
0:05:46 > 0:05:50Probably the most special thing, that I would never give away.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52Not for all the money in the world.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57Having been through such a tough time together,
0:05:57 > 0:05:59the twins share a very strong bond.
0:05:59 > 0:06:00They really are inseparable.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02MUSIC: You're My Only Shorty by Demi Lovato
0:06:02 > 0:06:04'We're always with each other,
0:06:04 > 0:06:06'we've never been apart for longer than a day.
0:06:06 > 0:06:09'We've been with each other every day of our lives so far.'
0:06:09 > 0:06:11# Love makes me crazy Restless, dumb and paranoid... #
0:06:11 > 0:06:13Nice moves, girls.
0:06:13 > 0:06:15But there must be downsides to being a twin.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19'The worst thing about being twins is, we have to share things.'
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Once we had to share a chewing gum.
0:06:23 > 0:06:25Er, we've also had to share -
0:06:25 > 0:06:27this is a bit silly, but... a pancake.
0:06:27 > 0:06:29# ..Shorty
0:06:29 > 0:06:31# I'm telling you the truth
0:06:31 > 0:06:33# Girl, it's only you
0:06:33 > 0:06:36# You're my only, you're my only You're my only one and only... #
0:06:36 > 0:06:40'People think it's really cool in our class, if you're a twin.'
0:06:40 > 0:06:43They want to ask us if we've got superpowers.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46Say if we can, like... If we can feel pain,
0:06:46 > 0:06:48if the other one is feeling pain.
0:06:48 > 0:06:50But you don't.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59In class 7CG, Donna has also had a lot of change in her life.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00She's just come back to live in the UK
0:07:00 > 0:07:04after spending the last four years halfway around the world
0:07:04 > 0:07:06in New Zealand.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09In New Zealand, it was really nice,
0:07:09 > 0:07:11because it was all, like, scenery.
0:07:11 > 0:07:13You could just step outside in bare feet,
0:07:13 > 0:07:17because there was, like, nothing on the ground or anything.
0:07:17 > 0:07:19And it was always sunny.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Even in winter, it's pretty sunny.
0:07:21 > 0:07:23Donna and one half of her family moved back
0:07:23 > 0:07:25when her stepdad's job changed.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28My half-sister, Imogen, is three
0:07:28 > 0:07:31and my half-brother is...
0:07:31 > 0:07:3311 months, and he's turning one.
0:07:35 > 0:07:37It also meant that Donna could spend more time
0:07:37 > 0:07:39with the other half of her family -
0:07:39 > 0:07:41her dad and new baby sister, Keira.
0:07:43 > 0:07:45That sounds a little bit complicated to me,
0:07:45 > 0:07:48but having two families means having two bedrooms.
0:07:48 > 0:07:52This is my side of the room.
0:07:52 > 0:07:53This is...
0:07:53 > 0:07:56my posters.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58And my favourite band is Little Mix
0:07:58 > 0:08:01and I like Olly Murs too.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04And then, these are my favourite animals.
0:08:04 > 0:08:05Um, puppies.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08I'm not sure if they are puppies, but they're cute anyway.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10I also like Ed Sheeran.
0:08:10 > 0:08:12But he fell off the wall.
0:08:12 > 0:08:14He was there.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16This is my sister's side of the room.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20She likes Sofia The First and princesses.
0:08:20 > 0:08:23How far do you have to walk to get the bus?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Five, ten minutes.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27On the way back, I have to go for, like, half an hour.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28Oh, I bet it's not half an hour.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30- It is.- Bet it's not.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32We'll time you.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34That's nothing for Donna.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37While she was in New Zealand, her baby sister was born in the UK.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41Desperate to see her, she was allowed to fly back all by herself.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43The journey took 26 hours
0:08:43 > 0:08:45and she had to change planes three times.
0:08:45 > 0:08:47That takes guts when you're 11.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49When I came back to England,
0:08:49 > 0:08:51I was really nervous on the first flight
0:08:51 > 0:08:52because I was by myself.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55But on the other ones, I felt more...
0:08:55 > 0:08:58On the other two, I felt more, like,
0:08:58 > 0:09:00not afraid, because I knew that it would be OK,
0:09:00 > 0:09:04because there was people on the flight looking after me.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07So Donna's heading into Year 7 with all of her family around her.
0:09:07 > 0:09:11Her biggest challenge now is to make a whole new set of friends.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Entrer, merci, bonjour.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19Trouver votre place, merci bien.
0:09:19 > 0:09:23Sometimes, schooldays don't turn out quite as you expect them to.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Entrer... Oh, quelle horreur!
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Desastre! Bonjour...
0:09:31 > 0:09:32There's been a power cut
0:09:32 > 0:09:35and it's thrown everyone into a state of high excitement.
0:09:35 > 0:09:36The kids loved it.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40They were all pretty much coats and bags on, at the door, er...
0:09:40 > 0:09:43unfortunately for them, it was a case of...
0:09:43 > 0:09:45Got to continue with the lesson...
0:09:45 > 0:09:47- In the dark.- In the dark, yeah.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50"What time are we going home, then?" I was like, "You're not."
0:09:50 > 0:09:52"You're staying until the end of the day."
0:09:52 > 0:09:54Secretly, you're thinking...
0:09:54 > 0:09:57- "Oh, are we going home?"- I know! - THEY LAUGH
0:09:59 > 0:10:02Whilst for some it's a minor inconvenience,
0:10:02 > 0:10:04for others, it's a potential disaster.
0:10:06 > 0:10:07Head cook Julie and her team
0:10:07 > 0:10:10aren't able to finish cooking enough hot meals,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13so they have to rush and make up sandwiches for the whole school,
0:10:13 > 0:10:15before the dinner bell rings.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18It's all hands on deck.
0:10:18 > 0:10:19SHE GASPS Tell me about it.
0:10:19 > 0:10:21That's the first time, in the time I've worked here,
0:10:21 > 0:10:23that we've had that.
0:10:23 > 0:10:24I can't believe that happened.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26There's no food!
0:10:28 > 0:10:32I was going to have Southern fried chicken, but now we can't.
0:10:32 > 0:10:36Because it might be poisonous if it's cold.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38I hope not!
0:10:39 > 0:10:41Drink? Good lad.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43No power means no tills,
0:10:43 > 0:10:44which means free food -
0:10:44 > 0:10:47and word spreads like wildfire.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51Lads! Whoa, whoa, where are we going here? You weren't in the queue.
0:10:51 > 0:10:54- No, I was... - Join the back of the queue.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56You were not there, off you go.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Give me food!
0:10:59 > 0:11:00OK, listen up!
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Due to the power cut,
0:11:02 > 0:11:05main meals and salads this side, please.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06Sandwiches only, this side.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09Bend the queue to the right for sandwiches.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Bend the queue to the left for main meals.
0:11:11 > 0:11:14I think we've had more children in than what we normally get.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16And I think that's because it's free.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19Word of mouth, it's bongos, you see, that's what it is.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Didn't get a toastie.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22Which was annoying.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24No paninis today.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26- Aw!- Because there's no electricity.
0:11:26 > 0:11:28The students seemed to really enjoy it.
0:11:28 > 0:11:31I think the idea that they were not paying for their cookies
0:11:31 > 0:11:32was absolutely delightful for them
0:11:32 > 0:11:36and, you know, whilst they had less choice to get their lunch,
0:11:36 > 0:11:37I think they quite enjoyed
0:11:37 > 0:11:40the spirit of the Blitz that was going on.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42After a manic few hours,
0:11:42 > 0:11:451,300 students are all fed and watered,
0:11:45 > 0:11:47ready for the afternoon studies.
0:11:47 > 0:11:51All thanks to Julie and her amazing team.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53We work really hard,
0:11:53 > 0:11:55but we get our...
0:11:55 > 0:11:57We enjoy it, we enjoy it.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01But it's not just the students that are attracted by all the food.
0:12:01 > 0:12:02Whoa, right there.
0:12:02 > 0:12:04- Right there! - THEY SCREAM
0:12:05 > 0:12:08Why is that funny?
0:12:08 > 0:12:10Butter everywhere.
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Just everywhere, that's it.
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Have you ever got stung by a wasp?
0:12:14 > 0:12:15No.
0:12:15 > 0:12:16Have you ever got stung by a bee?
0:12:16 > 0:12:18No.
0:12:18 > 0:12:21Grace, have you ever got stung by a wasp?
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Have you ever got stung by a bee?
0:12:23 > 0:12:25Have you ever got stung by a wasp or a bee?
0:12:30 > 0:12:32There's a lot of wasps.
0:12:32 > 0:12:34I say, "Oh, let's go look at the ping-pong."
0:12:34 > 0:12:36And then we'll take them,
0:12:36 > 0:12:38and then there's always one wasp,
0:12:38 > 0:12:40one wasp.
0:12:40 > 0:12:42And it's always on his shoulder
0:12:42 > 0:12:44and he screams and runs around!
0:12:46 > 0:12:48All the wasps are, like, around the bin,
0:12:48 > 0:12:51where, like, the lunchroom is and everything.
0:12:51 > 0:12:54They're always, like, wanting food, I'm guessing.
0:12:54 > 0:12:56SCREAM
0:12:56 > 0:12:57SCREAM
0:12:57 > 0:13:00- It's only a fly.- God, it's a fly!
0:13:00 > 0:13:01SCHOOL BELL RINGS
0:13:04 > 0:13:06After school, Donna gets straight online,
0:13:06 > 0:13:10to catch up with her old friends back in New Zealand.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Yeah, I miss my friends, really, like...
0:13:13 > 0:13:15I still talk to them, but I really miss them,
0:13:15 > 0:13:18like, talking to them in person and stuff.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22I've been Skyping them and e-mailing them and everything.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25They tell me about, like, school and, like,
0:13:25 > 0:13:27what I've been doing and what they've been doing and...
0:13:27 > 0:13:30The most interesting thing that has happened here is probably
0:13:30 > 0:13:34starting secondary, because they haven't started secondary yet.
0:13:34 > 0:13:38Because they are in a school that, like, goes up to year eight.
0:13:38 > 0:13:42So, they were wondering how it was different to normal.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44She might miss her old friends,
0:13:44 > 0:13:48but she's already making plenty of new ones in the UK.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50That's Tandy, that's Lucy,
0:13:50 > 0:13:52that's Lucy and that's Scarlet and there's me.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54We're all pulling funny faces.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57And then there's another one...
0:13:57 > 0:13:58Scarlet looks evil.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02No matter where she is in the world,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Donna has always kept up with her favourite hobby -
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Irish dancing.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10Yeah, I've been in a few competitions.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12I've won quite a lot of them.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15I've got loads of trophies and medals and stuff.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18And I've been to Nationals and I got 9th.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22I'm aiming to get really good in Nationals
0:14:22 > 0:14:24and be able to go to Worlds.
0:14:24 > 0:14:25Fast, fast, fast, move!
0:14:25 > 0:14:28Hop, two, three and move, up, up!
0:14:28 > 0:14:31I started learning it when I was, like, four, five
0:14:31 > 0:14:32and I've done it ever since.
0:14:35 > 0:14:36I love the music
0:14:36 > 0:14:38and I love dancing,
0:14:38 > 0:14:41so I think that's why I like Irish dancing.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44I like the shoes and the dresses they wear
0:14:44 > 0:14:47and we wear big wigs that are, like, really puffy.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Everyone thinks they're real hair, but they're not.
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Pushing your heels in!
0:14:51 > 0:14:54You may have spotted that Donna has a pretty unusual accent.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57'Believe me, I know how that feels.'
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Candle...goes oot. Canny, man.
0:15:00 > 0:15:04They say I have a bit of a Middlesbrough accent
0:15:04 > 0:15:06and a New Zealand accent and an Australian accent,
0:15:06 > 0:15:09so it's like, I'm like, "OK..."
0:15:09 > 0:15:10So it's all mixed together.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12She gets a lot of words mixed up.
0:15:12 > 0:15:14Er, dollars and pounds, for example.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16She gets quite confused.
0:15:16 > 0:15:18That, or she needs to "borrow five bucks".
0:15:18 > 0:15:20All the boys kind of like...
0:15:20 > 0:15:23When I talk, they always laugh.
0:15:23 > 0:15:26Some of them are mocking it, but they are mocking it because they like it.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29And I asked them that and they said, "Yeah, it's cos we like it",
0:15:29 > 0:15:31so some of them are really nice,
0:15:31 > 0:15:32some of them are just annoying.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- MOCK AUSTRALIAN ACCENT:- What do you think of my accent then?
0:15:35 > 0:15:38- Pretty bad.- What you mean it's pretty bad, dude?
0:15:38 > 0:15:40It's a terrible accent.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43Australia is an awesome place!
0:15:43 > 0:15:45Well, in English,
0:15:45 > 0:15:49they made us, er... like, say, um...
0:15:49 > 0:15:53something about us, but it had to start with the start of our name,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55and I said "Dancing Donna" and ever since I said that,
0:15:55 > 0:15:58everyone's been going "Dancing Donna!"
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Dancing Donna.
0:16:00 > 0:16:02Hi, I'm Dancing Donna!
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Dancing Donna.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05I'm Dancing Donna!
0:16:09 > 0:16:14Candy is O-M-G awesome!
0:16:14 > 0:16:16G'day, mate. Say "koala bear".
0:16:16 > 0:16:18- Koala bear.- Koala bears!
0:16:18 > 0:16:21They all try to say, like, make me say "kangaroo".
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Kangaroo.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26I'm like, "I'm not from Australia!"
0:16:29 > 0:16:32It's 7CG's turn to talk about their family.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Next in front of the class, it's Kieran.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Paint a picture for me of Mum.
0:16:37 > 0:16:39My mum?
0:16:39 > 0:16:42Tell me something about her.
0:16:42 > 0:16:43Um...
0:16:43 > 0:16:46She has purply-blacky hair...ish.
0:16:48 > 0:16:50She's small...
0:16:50 > 0:16:53- ..Ish. - CLASS GIGGLES
0:16:53 > 0:16:55Um, she has a lot of shoes...
0:16:55 > 0:16:57- ..Ish. - CLASS GIGGLES.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59She's a shoe-a-holic?
0:16:59 > 0:17:00Yeah.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Um...
0:17:02 > 0:17:03She has a big bedroom...
0:17:03 > 0:17:04- ALL:- Ish.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07No, it's really big.
0:17:07 > 0:17:08- ALL:- Ish.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12And...
0:17:12 > 0:17:14She's had, in her life...
0:17:14 > 0:17:16- a lot of cars. ALL:- Ish.
0:17:18 > 0:17:20So what's she driving at the moment?
0:17:20 > 0:17:22- Um...- An "ish" car. - ..a Vauxhall-thingy car.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24- ALL:- Ish!
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Are you the only child in the family?
0:17:26 > 0:17:30- No. ALL:- Ish. - CLASS LAUGHS
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- That doesn't make sense! No "ish"! - Shall we leave that...
0:17:33 > 0:17:35I've got a sister...
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- ALL:- Ish.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- Just leave that a minute... - She's 21.
0:17:39 > 0:17:43..while we get some information. No, leave it.
0:17:43 > 0:17:4621...
0:17:46 > 0:17:48Um, I have a half brother,
0:17:48 > 0:17:50who's, like, 25 or something
0:17:50 > 0:17:53and then my other sister is 16...
0:17:53 > 0:17:54And then I'm 11-ish.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56CLASS LAUGHS
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Nice one, Kieran. That was funny...ish.
0:17:59 > 0:18:00I'm going to have to end it.
0:18:01 > 0:18:05Today, the Year 7s are off on a school trip to Beamish.
0:18:05 > 0:18:07Wait a minute...Beam-ISH?
0:18:07 > 0:18:08You've got to be kidding me.
0:18:11 > 0:18:12Most Year 7s love a school trip,
0:18:12 > 0:18:15though not always for the right reasons.
0:18:15 > 0:18:16- Er...- You get to miss lessons.
0:18:16 > 0:18:18By far the best thing about it.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22And it can be like a treat, if it's good.
0:18:22 > 0:18:25On the journey there, our Year 7s are as excitable as ever.
0:18:28 > 0:18:30But as the mobile phones come out,
0:18:30 > 0:18:31the more peaceful it becomes.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36What is it with you lot and your mobile phones?
0:18:36 > 0:18:38- RING - 'Oh, sorry, I think that's for me.'
0:18:40 > 0:18:41SHE GASPS
0:18:41 > 0:18:44It's so important. You have to have a mobile phone.
0:18:44 > 0:18:47I mean, I have it on me, like, 24-7.
0:18:47 > 0:18:50And I've just left the house now
0:18:50 > 0:18:52and I haven't got it on me.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54I didn't bring it with me and I don't know where it is.
0:18:54 > 0:18:56And I'm really panicking now.
0:19:03 > 0:19:07All the children are a lot more modern than they used to be.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09So it's like, "I need to have a bang-up phone,
0:19:09 > 0:19:11"I need to have a touch-screen phone.
0:19:11 > 0:19:14"It needs to be Android, it needs to be a smartphone,
0:19:14 > 0:19:15"it better have internet on it."
0:19:15 > 0:19:17The only reason I got a phone with internet
0:19:17 > 0:19:19is so I can go on Instagram.
0:19:19 > 0:19:21I can find my way around a phone,
0:19:21 > 0:19:24but things like all this BBM and stuff,
0:19:24 > 0:19:26I can't...I can't figure it out.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29- BBM, yeah.- Mmm! Can't live without BBM.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33I use my mobile probably every break and in lunchtime.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35And, um...
0:19:35 > 0:19:37But you're not allowed it in lessons,
0:19:37 > 0:19:39I'm not allowed to use it then.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41I don't really want one, because...
0:19:42 > 0:19:46..I don't really want to waste my mum's money and Dad's.
0:19:46 > 0:19:47You can say...
0:19:47 > 0:19:49Like, text your mum and say,
0:19:49 > 0:19:51"I've hurt my knee!"
0:19:51 > 0:19:54- I use Snapchat, I use Skype, I use Facebook...- Well, I use Skype.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Phones can be good for, like, gaming and stuff.
0:19:57 > 0:20:00You get addicted to them!
0:20:00 > 0:20:02You're like, "Oooh!
0:20:02 > 0:20:04"It's Instagram, it's Instagram,
0:20:04 > 0:20:06"I've got... Oh, I've got likes and you're on it."
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Once you're on Instagram, you can't get back off it.
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Sometimes, when I'm, like, FaceTiming my friends,
0:20:11 > 0:20:12that are girls,
0:20:12 > 0:20:14like, my dad comes in and he's like,
0:20:14 > 0:20:16"Ooh, you're FaceTiming your girlfriends!"
0:20:19 > 0:20:22'People can just make accounts
0:20:22 > 0:20:24'and then post bad stuff about people'
0:20:24 > 0:20:26and then, like, it just goes on the internet,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28it can't be took off the internet.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31O-M-G!
0:20:33 > 0:20:35- We've just been... - Why don't we have a phone ban?
0:20:35 > 0:20:38- And then everyone actually has to speak to each other.- What?!
0:20:38 > 0:20:39We are speaking to each other.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Why don't we already pretend
0:20:41 > 0:20:44that we're in the times of Beamish,
0:20:44 > 0:20:46when phones weren't invented.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48- Aww!- When the world was in black and white?
0:20:48 > 0:20:49Yeah.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57- Oh, look at the tram!- Aw, yeah, me and you should get on it.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00Beamish is a replica of an old Victorian mining village.
0:21:00 > 0:21:03Our Year 7s are travelling back in time,
0:21:03 > 0:21:07to learn what life was like before modern inventions arrived.
0:21:07 > 0:21:11In class, these slate boards were the latest in teaching technology.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Can you imagine now, you being in school
0:21:14 > 0:21:16and having to write on these chalkboards?
0:21:16 > 0:21:19Why are they so hard to write on?
0:21:19 > 0:21:20What do you think you'd rather have?
0:21:20 > 0:21:21This iPad or this iPad?
0:21:21 > 0:21:24That one, that one...
0:21:26 > 0:21:27In Victorian times,
0:21:27 > 0:21:30students often had to do drill at the end of lessons.
0:21:30 > 0:21:33It was thought to help with discipline and keep you fit.
0:21:33 > 0:21:36I might have to try that at the end of my science classes.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39THEY TAKE DEEP BREATHS
0:21:39 > 0:21:43To make the experience feel real, Beamish is full of actors
0:21:43 > 0:21:45and they have to stay in character throughout the day.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47DING DING
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Libby's finding it a bit unnerving
0:21:50 > 0:21:52and sets about trying to cheer them up.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Turn that frown upside down!
0:21:55 > 0:21:57THEY GIGGLE
0:21:57 > 0:21:59He needs to lighten up a little bit.
0:21:59 > 0:22:04I think you should have a word with him and tell him to be nice.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Just try it, for me.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08We'll come round and tickle you.
0:22:08 > 0:22:11We'll make you laugh, you'll do a chicken dance, won't you?
0:22:11 > 0:22:12Yeah.
0:22:12 > 0:22:14- Bawk bawk bawk! - THEY GIGGLE
0:22:16 > 0:22:18I'm glad that you're not our teacher at school,
0:22:18 > 0:22:20because you're too grumpy.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23If I was your... If I was your teacher at school,
0:22:23 > 0:22:25- you would get the cane. - THEY GASP
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Please will you smile, for me?
0:22:28 > 0:22:30It doesn't look like you're going to win this one, Libby.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33So far, this lot haven't really seen anything
0:22:33 > 0:22:36that would make them want to go back and live in Victorian times.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38But this tram is taking them to something
0:22:38 > 0:22:41that hasn't changed too much in the last 150 years.
0:22:45 > 0:22:46Sweets.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02While the rest of Year 7 are in a feeding frenzy,
0:23:02 > 0:23:04motorbike-mad Kieran
0:23:04 > 0:23:06spots something even more magical next door.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09Aw, cool!
0:23:09 > 0:23:11I like that one and that one
0:23:11 > 0:23:13and that one!
0:23:13 > 0:23:16These amazing old bikes aren't quite what Kieran is used to,
0:23:16 > 0:23:18but as a speedway fanatic,
0:23:18 > 0:23:20he's obsessed with anything on two wheels.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24He's like a kid in a sweetie shop.
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Well, he's not, that's over the road.
0:23:26 > 0:23:27But you know what I mean.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29Cool!
0:23:29 > 0:23:31Oh, that is cool.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34I would REALLY like one of these.
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Because they're old and they're, like,
0:23:36 > 0:23:39they're probably worth a lot of money.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41I think.
0:23:41 > 0:23:43They're all having a pretty exciting day.
0:23:43 > 0:23:45They've taken a look down a mine...
0:23:47 > 0:23:49..been on loads of trams...
0:23:51 > 0:23:53..and burnt off a lot of energy.
0:23:54 > 0:23:57And some of them even get take a ride
0:23:57 > 0:23:58on a Victorian carousel.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18So what's been the highlight of this educational day then, guys?
0:24:18 > 0:24:20- The sweet shop.- Sweet shop.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21We get to buy candy and stuff.
0:24:21 > 0:24:24We got sweets, so, I mean, that was good.
0:24:24 > 0:24:26The funniest thing at Beamish was when
0:24:26 > 0:24:28somebody went into the sheep pen
0:24:28 > 0:24:30and then they got chased!
0:24:30 > 0:24:31SHEEP BLEATS
0:24:31 > 0:24:33So you learnt a lot, then?
0:24:35 > 0:24:37On the way home, it looks like all that sugar
0:24:37 > 0:24:40has made Jessica and Poppy a bit hyper.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42I wouldn't fancy sitting next to those two.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44GIRLS CHANT AND SING
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Don't worry, Libby, they might calm down in a minute.
0:24:47 > 0:24:49Or they might not.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52# K-I-S-S-I-N-G
0:24:52 > 0:24:55# ..And Josie sitting in a tree
0:24:55 > 0:24:58# K-I-S-S-I-N-G. #
0:25:00 > 0:25:02- Move seats with me.- OK.
0:25:05 > 0:25:07We have to be first on the bus next time,
0:25:07 > 0:25:09so we can sit down there.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17The term is well under way,
0:25:17 > 0:25:21but some teachers are still struggling to tell the twins apart.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23So the girls' mum has come up with a plan.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26My mum thought it would be easier for the teachers
0:25:26 > 0:25:28if I...do my hair.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30I'm looking pretty.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32But it hasn't worked.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Talking of hair...
0:25:36 > 0:25:40I sometimes plait it and then it will go all wavy,
0:25:40 > 0:25:42but then what I do is, I just brush it
0:25:42 > 0:25:44and then put it to the side
0:25:44 > 0:25:45and then put it up like that.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48I have to put gel on mine.
0:25:48 > 0:25:50Some boys, on the other hand, who are trying to be
0:25:50 > 0:25:52the main attraction today.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55"Oh, I wash my hair in the morning and then dry it and put gel on it,"
0:25:55 > 0:25:58then they need to comb it, then they need to put more gel on.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00He likes putting his hair to the side
0:26:00 > 0:26:02and singing.
0:26:02 > 0:26:05I'm more like a headband and, like...
0:26:05 > 0:26:07and bows and stuff.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09I'm thinking of dying my hair, like, a reddy colour.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12Just a glittery... Here. Like, a red.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14What a waste of time.
0:26:15 > 0:26:17Whatever they do to their hair,
0:26:17 > 0:26:18they'll always be inseparable.
0:26:18 > 0:26:20And going to our school together
0:26:20 > 0:26:23has been a massive boost to Chloe's confidence.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26To me, it feels like
0:26:26 > 0:26:29a twin is more than just like a sister.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31It's a best friend and a sister.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34Two in one, in other words.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Yeah.
0:26:37 > 0:26:39Donna has also made her mark
0:26:39 > 0:26:41and has thrown herself into all sorts of activities.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44With her whole family around her,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47she's settled back into UK life so easily,
0:26:47 > 0:26:49you'd think she'd never been away.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Well, almost.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54They're saying that I've kind of lost it, a bit.
0:26:54 > 0:26:56Like, my accent, but I still have...
0:26:56 > 0:26:59Some of the words I say, I have a really big accent,
0:26:59 > 0:27:01but then some of them, I just sound normal.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03Oh, my God!
0:27:03 > 0:27:05I like New Zealand, but I want to stay here now
0:27:05 > 0:27:08because I've, like, got loads of friends and everything.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11'I feel like I'm a big girl now.'
0:27:12 > 0:27:15If I could go back and talk to myself in the summer,
0:27:15 > 0:27:18I would say "Don't worry, because it's just your mind
0:27:18 > 0:27:20"just worrying a bit too much."
0:27:20 > 0:27:22SCHOOL BELL RINGS
0:27:22 > 0:27:23Next time on Our School,
0:27:23 > 0:27:27we meet three boys keen to make a good first impression.
0:27:27 > 0:27:28There's football-mad Connor.
0:27:29 > 0:27:32Luca, who just wants to get the bus to school...
0:27:32 > 0:27:35- You won't embarrass me?- Just because you're going to senior school,
0:27:35 > 0:27:37doesn't mean you can't give your mum a kiss, you know.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40..and Ben, who is on the hunt for the perfect hobby.
0:27:40 > 0:27:42PFF!
0:27:42 > 0:27:44No. Brrrrff... HE GIGGLES
0:27:46 > 0:27:48For loads of tips about how to stay safe
0:27:48 > 0:27:50when using apps on your phone,
0:27:50 > 0:27:51visit the CBBC website
0:27:51 > 0:27:53and click on "Stay Safe".
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Two phones, for when one is not enough.
0:27:57 > 0:28:01- Like...like...- Like.- Like.