0:00:04 > 0:00:07'Each September, half a million children begin the most
0:00:07 > 0:00:09'important year of school so far...
0:00:12 > 0:00:14'Year Seven.'
0:00:14 > 0:00:15Go!
0:00:15 > 0:00:19'CBBC have rigged this secondary school with loads of cameras
0:00:19 > 0:00:23'so you can see exactly what happens
0:00:23 > 0:00:26'as they make new friends,
0:00:26 > 0:00:27'and get into trouble.'
0:00:27 > 0:00:30If you wish to find out how strict I can be,
0:00:30 > 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 > 0:00:39- 'But what they learn here...' - KIDS RECITE THE ALPHABET
0:00:39 > 0:00:41'..will stay with them for ever.'
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Hello there, I'm Mr Thoburn, and I'm a science teacher here.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51'If you've ever wondered what secondary school is like,
0:00:51 > 0:00:53'here's your chance to find out.
0:00:53 > 0:00:54'This is Our School!'
0:00:54 > 0:00:56BOY BURPS
0:00:56 > 0:00:57'How can you do that?!'
0:01:02 > 0:01:04In the move up from primary to secondary,
0:01:04 > 0:01:06one of the biggest things on everyone's mind
0:01:06 > 0:01:08is making new friends.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14Today on Our School, we meet Luka...
0:01:14 > 0:01:17..Connor...
0:01:17 > 0:01:18..and Ben.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22And they're all keen to make a good first impression.
0:01:22 > 0:01:25If I had to pick three words to describe me,
0:01:25 > 0:01:31I would pick kind, friendly and hard-working.
0:01:31 > 0:01:32That's four words, isn't it?!
0:01:32 > 0:01:38I think my new school mates will think I am quite funny.
0:01:38 > 0:01:43I think my new school mates will think of me
0:01:43 > 0:01:46as a bit crazy.
0:01:46 > 0:01:50The boys are all looking forward to trying out exciting new subjects.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52The woodwork thing.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Do they even do that anymore? I thought that was Victorian years!
0:01:56 > 0:01:58And they've all got great ambitions.
0:01:58 > 0:02:03When I grow up I would like to be either an engineer or a technician.
0:02:03 > 0:02:05When I am older I want to be a footballer,
0:02:05 > 0:02:07but if I don't make it as a footballer
0:02:07 > 0:02:10I want to be a games designer.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12I've always wanted to be a pilot.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16But then I would have to get around my fear of heights.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21I don't have a clue where everything is.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25It's the last day of the summer holidays
0:02:25 > 0:02:28and everyone is busy preparing for tomorrow.
0:02:28 > 0:02:30I am not sure how to get to the bus stop,
0:02:30 > 0:02:34and then if I get to the bus stop and realise I've forgotten something,
0:02:34 > 0:02:36that'll just be it over.
0:02:36 > 0:02:38Connor and Ben will be taking the bus,
0:02:38 > 0:02:42but Luka's mum is a bit, well, overprotective?'
0:02:42 > 0:02:45It's only in the past few months that she's been letting me
0:02:45 > 0:02:48take the dog out for a walk.
0:02:48 > 0:02:51Even then it is only down to the end of the road...
0:02:51 > 0:02:53..and back!
0:02:53 > 0:02:56So she has decided to drive him into school herself.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57I won't embarrass you by coming in
0:02:57 > 0:03:00and being in front of loads of your new school friends.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03- You will! - I won't, I'll just drop you off.
0:03:03 > 0:03:04You will!
0:03:04 > 0:03:06I just want to make sure that you're OK.
0:03:06 > 0:03:08No, I want to go by myself.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11Well, I don't think so, I'll have to think about it,
0:03:11 > 0:03:16but at this moment in time I want to make sure that you're there OK.
0:03:16 > 0:03:17LUKA GROANS
0:03:21 > 0:03:23'Being 11 feels quite good'
0:03:23 > 0:03:25cos now I'm getting on the bus by myself.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29'So I feel quite grown-up.'
0:03:31 > 0:03:34- You going to put a bit of gel on your hair?- Uh-huh.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38Luka's looking spotless.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41A quick photo before it's off to school in Mum's car.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Mum, like we said at breakfast, can you not embarrass me?
0:03:47 > 0:03:50Just cos you're going to senior school doesn't mean you can't
0:03:50 > 0:03:52give your mam a kiss, you know.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54I know, but it's first day, I don't want to be embarrassed.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57You don't want to be embarrassed, all right, I know.
0:04:00 > 0:04:03All the other kids have made it in by bus on their own.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05But Luka still has Mum in tow.
0:04:07 > 0:04:11It was really embarrassing, the fact that she came out the car with me,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14she walked to the front and then tried to hug me
0:04:14 > 0:04:18about eight or ten times, and wouldn't let go of me.
0:04:19 > 0:04:23It is the worst thing that could possibly happen on the first day.
0:04:23 > 0:04:25Getting hugged and dropped off by your mum.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30If any mums are watching this, don't do it.
0:04:33 > 0:04:34Right! Next one!
0:04:34 > 0:04:38'It's important to get to know each other as quickly as possible,
0:04:38 > 0:04:43'and Mr Dunn, the music teacher, has a variety of games up his sleeve
0:04:43 > 0:04:45'to help break down any barriers.'
0:04:45 > 0:04:47- Are you ready? - THEY SAY "SHH" ROUND THE CLASS
0:04:54 > 0:04:58Thank you very much. OK, those people going, "Shhhhhh,"
0:04:58 > 0:05:00erm, you're just holding things up.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03'I think music is a good subject for the Year Sevens
0:05:03 > 0:05:04'when they first come in.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06'It's a universal language, music,'
0:05:06 > 0:05:09and everyone's got their own tastes and their own likes of music.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11So instantly they've got that spark
0:05:11 > 0:05:13where they can talk to people they've never met before
0:05:13 > 0:05:15and talk about their favourite bands,
0:05:15 > 0:05:17and that is one of the activities I did.
0:05:17 > 0:05:18Take a pen. You need to find people
0:05:18 > 0:05:22who can answer or match those statements. Off you go, please.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25This game is called Human Bingo,
0:05:25 > 0:05:28where everyone has the race round asking random questions.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- D'you like Little Mix? - Do you like Katy Perry?
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- Do YOU like Little Mix?- No.
0:05:33 > 0:05:34Do you believe in ghosts?
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- Do you like spicy foods?- Not really.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38What's your name?
0:05:38 > 0:05:40Do you like The Wanted?
0:05:40 > 0:05:41D'you like Little Mix?
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Do you watch X Factor?
0:05:42 > 0:05:44Do you have a sister?
0:05:44 > 0:05:47- D'you like One Direction? - Yes, I do.- Right!
0:05:47 > 0:05:51Right, thank you very much, CG! Seats, please.
0:05:51 > 0:05:53'Some activities I like to use is,'
0:05:53 > 0:05:56I use the Bungalow Song, which was great, OK,
0:05:56 > 0:05:59it's very fun and the idea is they get to learn people's names.
0:05:59 > 0:06:02You have to pick people out amongst the circle
0:06:02 > 0:06:05and we do some silly dances.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08'Mr Dunn's first victim is a rather worried looking Ben.'
0:06:08 > 0:06:10So this is what happens.
0:06:10 > 0:06:11I go, "Hey, Ben!" All right?
0:06:11 > 0:06:13And then Ben goes, "Hey, what?"
0:06:13 > 0:06:15And you can point as well. Let's point.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17- So I go, Hey, Ben! - Hey, what?
0:06:17 > 0:06:19- Hey, Ben! - Hey, what?
0:06:19 > 0:06:23Fantastic, well done, Ben. Then we all sing, we all sing,
0:06:23 > 0:06:26Let me see your bungalow Let me see your bungalow!
0:06:28 > 0:06:30We're dancing, all right?
0:06:30 > 0:06:33Ben then says, Ben then says this, he goes,
0:06:33 > 0:06:35My hands are high My feet are low
0:06:35 > 0:06:37And this is how I bungalow!
0:06:37 > 0:06:39And while he says that he does a little dance,
0:06:39 > 0:06:43so his hands are high, his hands are low and this is how he bungalows.
0:06:44 > 0:06:46'I'm a very nervous person.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48'But I like to try lots of things'
0:06:48 > 0:06:51to see if I can stop being a nervous person.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54THEY SING # Bungalow, bung, bungalow
0:06:54 > 0:06:58# Bungalow, bung, bungalow. #
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- Hey, Ben!- Hey, what?
0:07:00 > 0:07:01- Hey, Ben!- Hey, what?
0:07:01 > 0:07:06Let me see your bungalow, Let me see your bungalow!
0:07:06 > 0:07:09My hands are high, my feet are low, and this is how I bungalow!
0:07:09 > 0:07:11His hands are high, his feet are low...
0:07:11 > 0:07:13CLASS JOINS IN ..And this is how he bungalows.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15Stop there, excellent.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19'If there is one, I would quite like to do a music club.
0:07:19 > 0:07:21'Music at my primary school,'
0:07:21 > 0:07:24it was like little drums and cymbals and things.
0:07:24 > 0:07:29I don't want to do them, I want to do trumpets and saxophones and things.
0:07:29 > 0:07:31THEY SING # Bungalow, bung, bungalow... #
0:07:31 > 0:07:33I have a lot of air.
0:07:33 > 0:07:37I can always talk for a very long time!
0:07:38 > 0:07:42Ben lives with his mum and dad, little brother and sister,
0:07:42 > 0:07:43and the family dog Jensen.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47Over the summer holidays, the thought of making new friends
0:07:47 > 0:07:51at secondary school has been weighing heavily on Ben's mind.
0:07:51 > 0:07:54Don't laugh, but I've kind of forgot how to make friends
0:07:54 > 0:07:58cos no-one's joined my old class for ages,
0:07:58 > 0:08:00like, primary class,
0:08:00 > 0:08:03so, like, I've always been friends with those people around.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06One of those friends is Luka.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09They've been in the same class throughout primary school,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11so he knows him pretty well.
0:08:11 > 0:08:14He tries to be funny, but really he's not.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- Sorry? - THEY LAUGH
0:08:20 > 0:08:22But he always thinks he's funny cos I laugh,
0:08:22 > 0:08:25but I'm, like, a laugh-a-holic, I laugh at anything!
0:08:25 > 0:08:28Is that even a word? A laugh-a-holic?!
0:08:28 > 0:08:30A chocoholic is.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34My tactic is if Luka makes a friend
0:08:34 > 0:08:37that's when I'll go and talk to them.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40If he doesn't, I'll just walk around with him following me!
0:08:43 > 0:08:45That's not going to happen, though!
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Luka has already made loads of new friends, including Connor,
0:08:49 > 0:08:53who he sits next to in tutor group, drama, science, lunch and French,
0:08:53 > 0:08:55which is a difficult subject
0:08:55 > 0:08:58when the teacher refuses to speak a word of English!
0:08:58 > 0:08:59Canard. Quack, quack, quack!
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- Quack, quack, quack! - LUKA LAUGHS
0:09:02 > 0:09:04- OK, Luka.- Comment ca va?
0:09:04 > 0:09:06Ca va bien.
0:09:06 > 0:09:07(What was it?)
0:09:07 > 0:09:10LAUGHTER
0:09:10 > 0:09:13- Pourquoi? Pourquoi? - Pourquoi je suis de bonne humeur.
0:09:13 > 0:09:16Encore! Encore! Non!
0:09:16 > 0:09:18Un petit probleme, OK.
0:09:18 > 0:09:20Comment dit-on? Connor.
0:09:20 > 0:09:24- That's "par qui."- Par qui. Est-ce que c'est correct?
0:09:24 > 0:09:26ALL CHANT: Non, ce n'est pas correct.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29Non, ce n'est pas correct.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32OK, Luka.
0:09:32 > 0:09:33Tu commence.
0:09:33 > 0:09:34Quack-quack!
0:09:34 > 0:09:36LAUGHTER
0:09:36 > 0:09:37Pourquoi. Oui, c'est mieux.
0:09:37 > 0:09:39OK, Luka, ecoute-moi. Pourquoi.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- How do you say it? - Pourquoi.
0:09:42 > 0:09:43Quack!
0:09:43 > 0:09:45- Pourquoi.- Quoi.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48- Excellent.- Oh, pourquoi?
0:09:48 > 0:09:51Parce que je suis de bonne humeur.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53De bonne humeur, excellent!
0:09:53 > 0:09:55APPLAUSE
0:09:58 > 0:10:03Luka's new buddy Connor lives with his mum and is a keen sportsman.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07N-yeeoww! Come on, get them legs up!
0:10:09 > 0:10:13But he has an overriding passion for one sport in particular.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16I love football, it's like my favourite hobby.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20I'm mad about it and I play in a Sunday league.
0:10:22 > 0:10:27My idols are Steven Gerrard, cos he's the captain
0:10:27 > 0:10:29and he always cheers his team up,
0:10:29 > 0:10:32and he's inspired me to play football,
0:10:32 > 0:10:34and I've always wanted to be like him.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Finish it, Connor!
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Oww!
0:10:40 > 0:10:43Getting into the football team is a big deal for Connor...
0:10:44 > 0:10:47..and today over 40 Year Seven boys
0:10:47 > 0:10:50have turned up to take part in the trials.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54Connor is keen to impress but "can he kick it?"
0:10:55 > 0:10:59Things certainly looks like they're "heading" in the right direction!
0:10:59 > 0:11:01Luka is also keen on footie,
0:11:01 > 0:11:03but the long lunch queue has made him late.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06Let's hope it's not scuppered his chances.
0:11:06 > 0:11:09He has a lot of catching up to do in difficult conditions.
0:11:09 > 0:11:12It was wet so the ball was slipping.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14I hate playing in the rain.
0:11:14 > 0:11:16When it's sunny, I can do really...
0:11:16 > 0:11:19I could run, like, along the pitch faster than Connor.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Right, jogging as fast as you can...
0:11:21 > 0:11:23Connor and Luka have tried their hardest
0:11:23 > 0:11:27to impress Mr Plows and Mr Braithwaite at the trials -
0:11:27 > 0:11:29but have they done enough to make the team?
0:11:29 > 0:11:32I think Connor Jinks is going to be an interesting one.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35I thought he looked good sort of centre midfield-ish.
0:11:35 > 0:11:39Someone who is going to patrol, you know, and get the ball down.
0:11:39 > 0:11:40Every time he got it he wanted to play.
0:11:40 > 0:11:42He was not concerned about taking people on,
0:11:42 > 0:11:44he was wanting to pass, pass, pass.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46I think in the new, with the new nine-a-side,
0:11:46 > 0:11:50we are going to need someone disciplined like that in the middle.
0:11:50 > 0:11:52Basically holding the team together.
0:11:52 > 0:11:54Holding the team together? Good work, Connor!
0:11:57 > 0:12:01Mr Braithwaite posts the results on the notice board.
0:12:01 > 0:12:04For some of the boys it is a reason to celebrate.
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Sadly for Luka, he didn't make it through.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09I wasn't really bothered about not doing it
0:12:09 > 0:12:12cos I know there's people who wanted it more than me.
0:12:12 > 0:12:13Max is in goal!
0:12:13 > 0:12:15'I feel a bit upset for Luka'
0:12:15 > 0:12:19but I felt really pleased to be in the football team.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24Our School has its own stationary shop
0:12:24 > 0:12:27selling essential school items like pens and rulers,
0:12:27 > 0:12:29and bag charms?
0:12:30 > 0:12:34Every year, two lucky Year Sevens get picked to run it.
0:12:34 > 0:12:35Where's Ben and Luka?
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Ooh, could it be these two?
0:12:37 > 0:12:41Could you two please pop to Student Services for me, please?
0:12:41 > 0:12:43D'you know whereabouts that is? Yeah.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Yep.
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Could you go to Student Services for me, please?
0:12:49 > 0:12:51Don't worry, Luka,
0:12:51 > 0:12:54Ben knows where Student Services is, don't you, Ben?
0:12:55 > 0:12:56Sorry.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58It wasn't that way.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00So it's definitely in here?
0:13:00 > 0:13:02Yes, it's in this room somewhere.
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Maybe it's upstairs.
0:13:06 > 0:13:08- Maybe it isn't. - Are you all right, boys?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10- Are you lost? - Er, yeah, I'd say so.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12Student Services, it's upstairs, isn't it?
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Yeah, it's up the stairs and it's just opposite the doors at the top.
0:13:15 > 0:13:17- OK.- Thank you.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18I thought so!
0:13:18 > 0:13:19Really?
0:13:22 > 0:13:24There it is.
0:13:24 > 0:13:26Yeah, it's right next door to your form room.
0:13:30 > 0:13:32Can you just go in?
0:13:32 > 0:13:34Excuse me, do you just go in or do you knock?
0:13:34 > 0:13:36- Yeah, are you Year Sevens?- Yes.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38What you do is just go straight in,
0:13:38 > 0:13:41and wait your turn on the desk then we'll get you sorted out.
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Go on, in you go, practise it.
0:13:43 > 0:13:45- Go on, then.- That's it, good lad.
0:13:45 > 0:13:49Miss Gibbons wants to know about the shop this afternoon.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Wednesday lunchtime, it'll be up here.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54- OK.- OK?- Thank you.- You're welcome.
0:13:58 > 0:13:59It's on a Wednesday lunchtime.
0:13:59 > 0:14:02- Wednesday lunchtime, fantastic. - Just out there.
0:14:02 > 0:14:05Does that mean you've got to go this lunchtime?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07- What? - She never said anything about that.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- What day is it today? - It's Wednesday.- Yep.
0:14:11 > 0:14:14- She never said who was doing it. - What's happening?
0:14:14 > 0:14:17I've got to be honest, Luka, I'm not entirely sure either.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20I don't think that they had got it that I meant for them to be
0:14:20 > 0:14:22working in the shop.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Not that I just wanted to know about the shop.
0:14:25 > 0:14:28But, yes, they were supposed to work in it,
0:14:28 > 0:14:31not just go and tell me what day and what time it was on.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36With that cleared up, it's time for the boys' first shift.
0:14:36 > 0:14:41Yes, I'm Ben, my friend Luka said he would meet me up here.
0:14:41 > 0:14:45But unfortunately for Luka, the lunch queue has held him up again!
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Ah, the dinner queue...whoa! Whoa!
0:14:48 > 0:14:53When Luka eventually turns up, he wastes no time getting stuck in.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56White board, you spelled "white board" wrong.
0:14:58 > 0:15:00You can't spell.
0:15:00 > 0:15:01And you've spelled "rubber" wrong.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05The school operates a cashless system.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07On their induction day,
0:15:07 > 0:15:09all the students had their fingerprints taken,
0:15:09 > 0:15:13so if you want to buy anything just put your thumb on the reader,
0:15:13 > 0:15:15and, hey presto, your parents get to pay the bill.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Brilliant!
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Unfortunately the thumb reader is broken today.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22- Lilly.- Lilia.- Lilia.
0:15:22 > 0:15:23Bad news for Ben and Luka.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25They have to write out everything by hand,
0:15:25 > 0:15:28and it's starting to feel more like a spelling test!
0:15:28 > 0:15:30- L-I-L-I...- A.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32L-I-L-I-A.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35- Think about it, Ben. Lilia. A!- A.
0:15:35 > 0:15:36Sorry I couldn't hear you
0:15:36 > 0:15:38cos you're wittering on in the background.
0:15:38 > 0:15:41- Right, you write now.- OK, I'll write.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44After working out who does what,
0:15:44 > 0:15:47the shop starts to do a roaring trade.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48It's never looked so busy.
0:15:48 > 0:15:49Do you get money?
0:15:49 > 0:15:52What? No, we don't get paid.
0:15:52 > 0:15:54I wish we did.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56The boys have even got their own ideas
0:15:56 > 0:15:57about what to add to the range.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59Chocolate!
0:15:59 > 0:16:01One word. Chocolate!
0:16:01 > 0:16:04Paninis. It's a shorter dinner queue.
0:16:04 > 0:16:07What should they call me, should they call me Ben?
0:16:07 > 0:16:11Erm, yeah, I think so. And it's your name, isn't it?
0:16:11 > 0:16:14- I know but I've been told... - Benjamin Button!
0:16:14 > 0:16:17BEN LAUGHS
0:16:17 > 0:16:20- You don't know who Benjamin Button is, do you?- Not a clue!
0:16:20 > 0:16:22CLASS SINGS IN FRENCH
0:16:22 > 0:16:26Everyone is getting stuck into their first few weeks at school.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31They might not always understand what's going on
0:16:31 > 0:16:33but they're generally having a ball.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38Unfortunately, it's not all fun and games.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41Sometimes unkind behaviour from other pupils can be distressing.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45An incident on the school bus with a Year Eight student
0:16:45 > 0:16:47has upset Ben,
0:16:47 > 0:16:50and Assistant Head Mr Skerry is looking into it.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52- What was he doing? - He was swearing at me
0:16:52 > 0:16:53and telling me to move off the chair
0:16:53 > 0:16:56even though it was the only chair I could find.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59OK. We'll make sure tonight that you don't get to sit next to him,
0:16:59 > 0:17:01and I'll make sure that he doesn't
0:17:01 > 0:17:04sit next to you in the future on the bus. Is that OK, Ben?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06'I wasn't happy with it.'
0:17:06 > 0:17:08I didn't want it to happen again,
0:17:08 > 0:17:09so I went to a teacher.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12The culprit has been summoned to Mr Skerry's office
0:17:12 > 0:17:14for an intense grilling,
0:17:14 > 0:17:17but his story doesn't quite match Ben's.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19I don't, he just like said, "Move, sit the hell off..."
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- What? - He just, like, sweared as well.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- He swore?- Yeah, even ask Kean.
0:17:24 > 0:17:26No, no, I'm asking you, Dalpender.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29I'm not... Kean isn't here at the moment,
0:17:29 > 0:17:30because as far as I'm concerned
0:17:30 > 0:17:33there was no suggestion that Kean was involved,
0:17:33 > 0:17:36but you're now telling me Kean was there as well,
0:17:36 > 0:17:38so, yeah, I will go and talk to Kean,
0:17:38 > 0:17:42I will find out from Kean his version of events.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44In the meantime, you're going to stay here,
0:17:44 > 0:17:46and Mr Livesey's going to keep an eye on you,
0:17:46 > 0:17:48and you're not going anywhere.
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Bullying of any sort isn't tolerated at Our School,
0:17:53 > 0:17:57and Mr Skerry is determined to get to the truth as quickly as possible.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01Over in Student Services, he's interrogating the witness.
0:18:01 > 0:18:06Did at any point a Year Seven boy swear at Dalpender?
0:18:06 > 0:18:09- Did you hear him swear at Dalpender?- No.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- Did you hear Dalpender swear at the Year Seven boy?- Yeah.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14That's it, thank you. Right.
0:18:14 > 0:18:17Armed with the facts, Mr Skerry becomes Mr Scary!
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Do you understand what will happen
0:18:19 > 0:18:24if Mr Livesey hears of any other issues on the Con 101 bus
0:18:24 > 0:18:26that involve you?!
0:18:26 > 0:18:28- I won't be allowed on the bus.- Good!
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Off you go.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34'For Ben, it's just a case of reassurance.
0:18:34 > 0:18:37'He's come to see us, we sort it out.'
0:18:37 > 0:18:40Someone has sworn and quite rightly he came and said,
0:18:40 > 0:18:42"Well, they swore and I didn't like it.
0:18:42 > 0:18:43"It made me feel uncomfortable."
0:18:43 > 0:18:46And we feel that we've dealt with it today.
0:18:51 > 0:18:52With the situation sorted,
0:18:52 > 0:18:57Ben's now free to get on with the more enjoyable side of school life.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59He's been trying everything the school has to offer
0:18:59 > 0:19:02but still hasn't quite found what he is looking for.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06MR DUNN PLAYS TRUMPET
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Mr Dunn thinks that he may just have the answer.
0:19:09 > 0:19:12Not that he is blowing his own trumpet.
0:19:12 > 0:19:13Oh, actually he is!
0:19:15 > 0:19:18Trumpet was one of the ones that I wanted to play,
0:19:18 > 0:19:22and because our music teacher, like, he could play the trumpet,
0:19:22 > 0:19:24like, he said he would give me a lesson,
0:19:24 > 0:19:27so I thought it would be a good idea to see,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29so I just went along with it.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31I have always imagined them to be a bit shinier
0:19:31 > 0:19:34They are usually shiny, Ben. Don't be fooled by that one,
0:19:34 > 0:19:38that's got a certain finish on it. I went for a little fancy finish.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41This is the one you're going to be playing. This was my first trumpet.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44I've cleaned the mouthpiece for you so it's nice and clean.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46It was good news you're interested about playing an instrument.
0:19:46 > 0:19:48That is right, isn't it?
0:19:48 > 0:19:50You attempted between a saxophone and trumpet?
0:19:50 > 0:19:53- But then my dad's also suggested a keyboard.- All right.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56Cos it's, we have neighbours that are usually in,
0:19:56 > 0:19:59and he says, like, you can put headphones in
0:19:59 > 0:20:00and you can turn the volume up and down.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Yeah, I completely agree, yeah, definitely so,
0:20:03 > 0:20:05there is obviously that, as well.
0:20:05 > 0:20:07I just thought, you know what,
0:20:07 > 0:20:09let's just have a little 20-minute trumpet session
0:20:09 > 0:20:12and it gives you an idea of what the trumpet is like.
0:20:12 > 0:20:14Are you enjoying that cake, Ben?
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Because it is like I have quite a lot of time on my hands
0:20:17 > 0:20:19because I don't have a hobby.
0:20:19 > 0:20:21Right. Do you want to pop that in the bin?
0:20:21 > 0:20:22Do you have a drink with you?
0:20:22 > 0:20:25You can have a little drink, then we can make a start.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27No, I haven't, actually.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29No, that is fine, do you want to pop that in the bin?
0:20:29 > 0:20:33PLAYS JAZZ LICK
0:20:33 > 0:20:35That is the thing, you say you can only play the guitar
0:20:35 > 0:20:38and you dabble in the piano, but you can play loads of stuff.
0:20:38 > 0:20:39I am sneaky like that, Ben.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42I hope Ben has managed to swallow all of his lunch,
0:20:42 > 0:20:44otherwise this could get a bit messy for Mr Dunn.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46Let's just see if you can make a sound.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I am just intrigued to see
0:20:48 > 0:20:50whether you can pick that instrument up and make a sound, Ben.
0:20:50 > 0:20:52So try it.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55RANDOM NOTES
0:20:55 > 0:20:59That's good, this is good signs, try it two more times.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01WHEEZES No!
0:21:01 > 0:21:04What might help is if you just kind of
0:21:04 > 0:21:06moisten the end of the mouth piece.
0:21:06 > 0:21:10Ben and Mr Dunn spend the next 20 minutes making a variety of noises.
0:21:10 > 0:21:12SUSTAINED NOTE
0:21:12 > 0:21:14After all, practice makes perfect!
0:21:14 > 0:21:18- SUSTAINED NOTE - Good, keep going, do some more.
0:21:18 > 0:21:22BOTH REPEAT NOTE
0:21:22 > 0:21:23HE BLOWS RASPBERRY
0:21:23 > 0:21:24HIGH PITCHED NOTE
0:21:24 > 0:21:26WHEEZES
0:21:26 > 0:21:30BOTH REPEAT NOTE
0:21:35 > 0:21:37LONG, WHEEZING NOTE
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Good, this is good. Keep going.
0:21:39 > 0:21:41MIMICS LOW NOTE
0:21:41 > 0:21:42LAUGHS
0:21:42 > 0:21:46It is what it sounds like! Like you are the boat!
0:21:46 > 0:21:48MIMICS LOW RUMBLING FOGHORN
0:21:48 > 0:21:50Let's see now, if you can just kind of go...
0:21:50 > 0:21:52SHORT CLEAN NOTES
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Maybe two or three short notes. On that note.
0:21:55 > 0:21:56REPEATS SEQUENCE
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Dead easy.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00'Ben definitely had some ability there.'
0:22:00 > 0:22:03And if he works on that, he'd be a good trumpet player.
0:22:03 > 0:22:05Yeah, I think I might carry on with the trumpet.
0:22:05 > 0:22:07It did seem...
0:22:07 > 0:22:09It wasn't really hard,
0:22:09 > 0:22:13but it was a little bit difficult to keep a continuous sound.
0:22:13 > 0:22:15HOLDS NOTE
0:22:15 > 0:22:17There you go, that is the note we are aiming for!
0:22:17 > 0:22:19Did you hear where that went at the end?
0:22:19 > 0:22:21'I think it is very key to give things a try,
0:22:21 > 0:22:22'especially in Year 7,
0:22:22 > 0:22:24'as you come in you'll get lots of new experiences.'
0:22:24 > 0:22:28And teachers will ask you to do things and try things out
0:22:28 > 0:22:30and the key is to try as many as possible.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33I really appreciate those students who give it a try
0:22:33 > 0:22:35and if they don't like it and they say,
0:22:35 > 0:22:37"No, sir, I didn't particularly like that",
0:22:37 > 0:22:40that's fine, and I'll say, "At least you gave it a go."
0:22:40 > 0:22:43And that is a good motto to have in life. Definitely.
0:22:43 > 0:22:47Back in the boys' tutor group, it is time for show and tell.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49Any guesses what Connor is going to talk about?
0:22:49 > 0:22:52My prize possession is my football,
0:22:52 > 0:22:57which, when I went to watch my first Liverpool match,
0:22:57 > 0:22:59the ball got kicked into the stands
0:22:59 > 0:23:05and I managed to catch it and the real price of it is about £100.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08Would you ever sell it? Not even if you had no money?
0:23:08 > 0:23:10- Nope.- No?
0:23:10 > 0:23:12So we are finding out a little bit more about Connor.
0:23:12 > 0:23:15So we have just found out how passionate he is about football.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18That is his prize possession
0:23:18 > 0:23:20out of anything he could have in the world.
0:23:20 > 0:23:21Even a Lamborghini?
0:23:21 > 0:23:23But he hasn't got a Lamborghini.
0:23:23 > 0:23:25No, but if he could have it.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27But I can't drive, though!
0:23:27 > 0:23:30Anything that he has got. OK?
0:23:30 > 0:23:32That was a silly question, wasn't it, Alex?
0:23:32 > 0:23:37It is a big day for the newly formed Year 7 football squad.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41On three. One, two, three. ALL CHEER
0:23:41 > 0:23:44It is their first home match, and wearing the number 15 shirt,
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Connor is determined to prove himself.
0:24:11 > 0:24:14What a goal fest. Conyers win, 10-2.
0:24:15 > 0:24:20Result! Connor has worked his socks off, and Mr Plows is delighted.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23Connor was absolutely superb. Big presence in central midfield.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26Someone in the mould of someone like the Steven Gerrards,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29where he can get forward and score his goals.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32With a bit of luck, and someone comes to see him playing really well,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34they might take him into one of our local academies for six weeks,
0:24:34 > 0:24:37on a trial basis, so, yeah, if he keeps going
0:24:37 > 0:24:40the potential for him is quite high.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42Luka!
0:24:42 > 0:24:43Back at the beginning of term,
0:24:43 > 0:24:47Luka's mum was taking him to and from school.
0:24:47 > 0:24:48Hello!
0:24:48 > 0:24:50But he's managed to persuade her that he's a big boy now,
0:24:50 > 0:24:53and he's started to take the bus.
0:24:53 > 0:24:56Well, at least most of the time.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58The thing is, I know he is growing up
0:24:58 > 0:25:01but I look at him as if he is still a baby.
0:25:01 > 0:25:05He's got an over-protective mum, I can't help that.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08I think it is much better in secondary
0:25:08 > 0:25:11because my mum isn't as protective as she used to be.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14I am allowed to take the dog much further places
0:25:14 > 0:25:15and venture off further.
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Yay!
0:25:17 > 0:25:20So Luka and Connor have both got what they wanted
0:25:20 > 0:25:23and made good friends into the bargain.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Along the way, Ben has also found a new mate in Lucas.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30In Conyers right now I know, Ben, Ben, Ben and Ben.
0:25:33 > 0:25:35Not including you and Harper.
0:25:37 > 0:25:39Ben spent his first few months here
0:25:39 > 0:25:41trying out everything the school had to offer.
0:25:41 > 0:25:45His search for a hobby has taken an unexpected turn.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49I tried the trumpet at school and I enjoyed that
0:25:49 > 0:25:53but I don't think it is what I'd like to do.
0:25:53 > 0:25:58I tried jujitsu and they taught me how to fall over
0:25:58 > 0:26:00but I didn't feel that was for me.
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Then I came to kick-boxing so I gave it a couple of weeks
0:26:04 > 0:26:06and I really enjoyed it.
0:26:09 > 0:26:11Ben has finally found the perfect pastime
0:26:11 > 0:26:14and is hoping that Lucas gets a kick out of it too.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22It doesn't look like the best way to treat a new mate to me,
0:26:22 > 0:26:26but they see to be really hitting it off.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29I think Ben is probably one of my best friends now.
0:26:29 > 0:26:35He can be quite funny and I just like him, really.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42I think me and Lucas are doing pretty well as friends
0:26:42 > 0:26:47and I think we are going to be friends in, like, future years.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53BELL RINGS
0:27:03 > 0:27:07When you join Year 7 you never know what is around the corner.
0:27:07 > 0:27:09There are so many possibilities.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12Despite being nervous about making friends,
0:27:12 > 0:27:15all of our boys have made a pretty good job of it.
0:27:15 > 0:27:18Who knows? The friends you make in Year 7
0:27:18 > 0:27:21may just be the ones you keep for the rest of your life.
0:27:23 > 0:27:25Next time on Our School:
0:27:25 > 0:27:29Kieran and Alex's friendship is testing everyone's patience.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31We talk too much.
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Yes, yes, we do.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35Do you want to go wait outside?
0:27:35 > 0:27:38And Delight wows her class mates.
0:27:38 > 0:27:41# The sound from deep within. #
0:27:41 > 0:27:44CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- Can you say anything in French? - Bonjour.
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Haha!
0:27:50 > 0:27:52Oh, no!
0:27:52 > 0:27:57Oh, yeah, that song, everyone gets their pens out and goes like that.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Waves them in the air, and their books.
0:27:59 > 0:28:01And does that with their jumpers.
0:28:01 > 0:28:04Waves their planner, and then does that.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Miss is going to be proud of you!