0:00:02 > 0:00:04SCHOOL BELL RINGS
0:00:04 > 0:00:06Meet Year Seven.
0:00:07 > 0:00:09What's up?!
0:00:09 > 0:00:12It's the most important year of school so far.
0:00:12 > 0:00:15You're not here to have a laugh and a good time, you are here to learn.
0:00:15 > 0:00:17HE BLOWS RASPBERRY With so many changes...
0:00:18 > 0:00:20..new friends...
0:00:20 > 0:00:21- Whoa!- Miss, have you got a cloth?
0:00:21 > 0:00:23..and new teachers.
0:00:23 > 0:00:24You ARE a Greenwood boy.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29- It's an exciting world to discover. - Wow.
0:00:29 > 0:00:30It can be fun.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33But sometimes, it can be tough.
0:00:33 > 0:00:35There are different challenges for everybody.
0:00:35 > 0:00:38We're in Year Seven, we're acting like three-year-olds.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41We've rigged another secondary school with loads of cameras...
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Is this what you see when you look through a camera?
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- Cos this is awesome.- ..so you can find out exactly what happens.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50You are on report by my request.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54I'm Trev.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56I used to go to school here,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58but now, I'm one of the teachers.
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Last question, because you're going to run out of time.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05Welcome to Our School.
0:01:05 > 0:01:08- GIRL:- I need a wee!
0:01:08 > 0:01:11Have you ever wondered what it's like to be in charge of all this?
0:01:13 > 0:01:17Today on Our School, Taylor-Jay and Charlie spend the day
0:01:17 > 0:01:20in head teacher Mr French's shoes on a mission to find out.
0:01:21 > 0:01:23- One, two, three - cheese.- Cheese.
0:01:25 > 0:01:27And we'll also meet new boy Eesa,
0:01:27 > 0:01:29who's got lots of challenges to overcome.
0:01:29 > 0:01:33He's never been to school before and speaks very little English.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- SLOWLY:- You are drawing a picture...
0:01:37 > 0:01:39- of you.- He's not deaf, sir.
0:01:42 > 0:01:45In science, Miss Carter is trying to get the class to define
0:01:45 > 0:01:47what an irritant is.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- Irritant!- Looks like they already know what "irritating" means(!)
0:01:50 > 0:01:51Milly, are you chewing gum?
0:01:51 > 0:01:54Thank you. Do you not understand that school rule?
0:01:54 > 0:01:57You DO understand it? So you are choosing to ignore it.
0:01:57 > 0:02:00Seems like Vanessa is choosing to ignore it too.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03Vanessa, get rid of your chewing gum.
0:02:03 > 0:02:06There is absolutely no way you're leaving on time.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09Charlie! You're about to see very grumpy Miss Carter!
0:02:09 > 0:02:13We're halfway through the lesson and we have done very, very little.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15So, strong suggestion, when I am talking,
0:02:15 > 0:02:16what do you think you should be doing?
0:02:16 > 0:02:19Looking at me or looking at your book or looking at the board?
0:02:19 > 0:02:21Cerys, that would be a great start.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22I realise that requires you to turn a bit,
0:02:22 > 0:02:24but you can look at your book.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26But gazing into Milly's eyes is not going to help you
0:02:26 > 0:02:30learn anything or help you think. Right?
0:02:30 > 0:02:33When I count down, Daniel, you stop.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35That has been the rule for six months.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37If you haven't got the hang of it now,
0:02:37 > 0:02:40perhaps secondary school isn't the place for you.
0:02:40 > 0:02:41MOCK GASP
0:02:41 > 0:02:44Do I look like today is a good day to wind me up?
0:02:44 > 0:02:46'I can be quite grumpy sometimes'
0:02:46 > 0:02:50but I like to think that I am also quite friendly and approachable.
0:02:50 > 0:02:53We're going to have a break, everyone go and line up outside.
0:02:53 > 0:02:54PUPILS: Ohh.
0:02:54 > 0:02:57'Sometimes, if a class are really struggling to concentrate,
0:02:57 > 0:02:59'it is easier to just'
0:02:59 > 0:03:01restart the lesson and give them a chance to reset.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04Not happy, Year Seven, that I am having to do this.
0:03:04 > 0:03:08Every minute you waste out here I am wasting of your lunchtime.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11You will go into that room when you are behaving like Year Seven.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Stand up, face that way and be quiet.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Right, here is how this is going to work.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18You're going to walk back into that room
0:03:18 > 0:03:22and you're going to show me what I have seen in your other lessons.
0:03:23 > 0:03:24Grow up or don't come in.
0:03:24 > 0:03:26BOY GROANS
0:03:26 > 0:03:30Come in, sit down, don't talk. Just show me you can sit.
0:03:30 > 0:03:34'It just gives the whole class a new start, it gives them an opportunity'
0:03:34 > 0:03:36to show what they CAN do, rather than what they were doing.
0:03:36 > 0:03:41There is no way, in 20 minutes, I can prepare you for this assessment.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44So we're going to have to go into lunchtime,
0:03:44 > 0:03:47and I know that's not fair on everybody,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49but unfortunately, that's life.
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Daniel, stop rolling your eyes at me.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58Charlie has got a bit of a reputation around school
0:03:58 > 0:04:02for being cheeky, but underneath it all, he has got a heart of gold.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05So who better to help Eesa settle into school life?
0:04:09 > 0:04:11Both boys are in Accelerate,
0:04:11 > 0:04:14a class for students who need a little extra help.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17If Charlie works really hard this year, he might be able to
0:04:17 > 0:04:22graduate out of Accelerate, back into mainstream classes.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24When he needs help speaking, I sit next to him
0:04:24 > 0:04:28and tell him what we need to say and what we need to do.
0:04:28 > 0:04:31- Night, flight, fright... - Night, fli... Night...
0:04:31 > 0:04:34- No.- ..flight, fright.
0:04:34 > 0:04:37'I was the one that had to teach him English'
0:04:37 > 0:04:42- and how to write English and... - Basically a TA.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45Mm-hmm. I'm a teacher assistant.
0:04:49 > 0:04:53- TRANSLATION:- When I first came to Britain, I couldn't speak English.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56I tried to talk with English people and say things like...
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Since I started school, I have learned many new things.
0:05:03 > 0:05:07They taught me some words and I can understand the meaning.
0:05:07 > 0:05:11"I woke up this morning, had a terrible fright.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14"At the front of my bed there was an alien
0:05:14 > 0:05:16"with a great, big green light."
0:05:16 > 0:05:18OK? Read that.
0:05:18 > 0:05:20Good effort, Charlie,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22but maybe you should start with something
0:05:22 > 0:05:24a little easier than alien poetry.
0:05:24 > 0:05:28I respect Charlie, I can understand him.
0:05:28 > 0:05:32For example, when he points at something, I can understand him.
0:05:32 > 0:05:37When I speak to him, I can improve my English. I can learn from him.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39He told me, "I want to help you."
0:05:39 > 0:05:42And I said, "OK, thank you."
0:05:42 > 0:05:45You write "you". You...write "you".
0:05:48 > 0:05:50Write...
0:05:50 > 0:05:53WRITE... Yeah?
0:05:53 > 0:05:55..about...
0:05:55 > 0:05:56you.
0:05:56 > 0:05:58I would like to be friends with Eesa, because...
0:05:58 > 0:06:02- You already are friends with him. - How do you know that?
0:06:02 > 0:06:05Because you're, like, always there.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07Well, because I'm "always there",
0:06:07 > 0:06:09it doesn't mean I'm his friend, does it?
0:06:09 > 0:06:10It does, actually.
0:06:10 > 0:06:13Well, actually, I do want to be his friend,
0:06:13 > 0:06:15because I don't want him to feel left out in the whole school.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17So... Mm-hmm.
0:06:21 > 0:06:22Now, I don't know about you,
0:06:22 > 0:06:26but I've always been curious about what a head teacher does all day.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29I've never seen Mr French actually teach any lessons.
0:06:29 > 0:06:30How are you, Chad?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32Keeping up appearances?
0:06:33 > 0:06:36I want a couple of students to get the inside scoop
0:06:36 > 0:06:38for the school website.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40I've already got Charlie in mind,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43but I need another pupil with an outgoing personality
0:06:43 > 0:06:45and an inquiring brain. Taylor-Jay.
0:06:46 > 0:06:49Do you think...? You know when you were little,
0:06:49 > 0:06:52didn't you think that Sunday always used to be sunny?
0:06:52 > 0:06:54That's what I thought when I was little.
0:06:54 > 0:06:59- OK, guys, I've got a big, big, big job for you.- Big, big, big.
0:06:59 > 0:07:00Big, big, big.
0:07:00 > 0:07:05I need you to do a day in the life of Mr French.
0:07:05 > 0:07:09So, basically, you are going to be stuck to him for the day.
0:07:09 > 0:07:10The whole day?
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- Yeah.- So I have no lessons?
0:07:14 > 0:07:16Is that the main thing, you're like, "Woo, no lessons!"?
0:07:16 > 0:07:19- Yeah!- You say that,
0:07:19 > 0:07:22but it's probably going to be the toughest day you guys have had.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24- So we have to follow him?- Yes.
0:07:24 > 0:07:27You don't need to do it undercover, you haven't got to wear, like,
0:07:27 > 0:07:30a moustache and glasses and a funny hat.
0:07:30 > 0:07:32You're going to be part of what he's doing,
0:07:32 > 0:07:38but you're going to get a real taste for what that job looks like really.
0:07:38 > 0:07:40It's a big task, no-one else has been asked to do this,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43and you guys have been asked because I think you guys will dig deep
0:07:43 > 0:07:45- and get all the answers we want.- Yay!
0:07:45 > 0:07:47I want it to be like, people read this
0:07:47 > 0:07:50on the website that don't have a clue what
0:07:50 > 0:07:53he was doing before, but actually will know everything now.
0:07:53 > 0:07:54- OK?- Yeah.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55BELL RINGS
0:07:55 > 0:07:59I wonder what everyone else in Year Seven think Mr French does.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03You don't really do anything, do you?
0:08:03 > 0:08:06You kind of DO do stuff, but... I said, "Doo-doo"!
0:08:06 > 0:08:09I think head teachers tell people
0:08:09 > 0:08:11off if they're being bad.
0:08:11 > 0:08:15And tell people off if they're being good.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17- What?- And tell people off if they're
0:08:17 > 0:08:20walking or sitting or leaving...
0:08:20 > 0:08:21How can you tell off people
0:08:21 > 0:08:23when they're being good?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25Because that's what head teachers do.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27If I was head teacher, the first rule that
0:08:27 > 0:08:30I would pass would be that you are allowed to chew chewing gum.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32If I was head teacher,
0:08:32 > 0:08:35I would make a rule that the school had to be pink and blue.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38And part of it was girls and part of it was boys,
0:08:38 > 0:08:40so they wouldn't have fights.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43A triple period PE every Friday.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45I think I would get angry too quick.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49Because there's loads of people in the school that get on my nerves.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52- Pancakes on a Monday morning. - That's it, yeah.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55You can dress how you want, and wear nail varnish...
0:08:55 > 0:08:57- loads of make-up or whatever. - I'm not wearing make-up.
0:08:58 > 0:09:00You never have anyway.
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Mr French has accepted the challenge,
0:09:03 > 0:09:07but he does have some strict ground rules.
0:09:07 > 0:09:12So, I am going to make a promise, OK? My promise is this...
0:09:12 > 0:09:15You can ask me any questions about my job,
0:09:15 > 0:09:20and you can be involved in the whole thing.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23The catch here is that you have to be at school
0:09:23 > 0:09:26when I am at school, because obviously
0:09:26 > 0:09:28- you are following the whole day.- Yeah.
0:09:28 > 0:09:31- So, I will see you at six o'clock. - In the morning?!
0:09:31 > 0:09:35- Yeah.- Oh, my God! - I have to wake up at four then.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38'As soon as he said that we had to be in at'
0:09:38 > 0:09:41six o'clock in the morning, I was just, like, shocked.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45Thanks, guys. I will see you bright and early.
0:09:45 > 0:09:48THIS...needs rest!
0:09:50 > 0:09:536.15, don't be late.
0:09:53 > 0:09:58I've never seen them so quiet. Maybe something to eat might help.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00I've had nothing to eat.
0:10:00 > 0:10:05I'm going into that DT room and going to make lovely scones.
0:10:08 > 0:10:09250...
0:10:09 > 0:10:11I enjoy cooking, because, like,
0:10:11 > 0:10:14it teaches me what to do when I am older.
0:10:14 > 0:10:18This is going to prove that I can cook in me own kitchen.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Mango!
0:10:22 > 0:10:26- Do you add all of it in?- I'm not sure you need the whole packet.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29That is a lot of mango, Taylor-Jay.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30And aren't you supposed to
0:10:30 > 0:10:31chop that up first?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Eugh!
0:10:36 > 0:10:38I've used my hands.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41Whilst Taylor-Jay is busy cooking the perfect scone,
0:10:41 > 0:10:45Charlie is in Accelerate trying to create the perfect newspaper tower.
0:10:45 > 0:10:46HE SINGS
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Stakes are high.
0:10:48 > 0:10:51The team with the tallest tower stands to win 50 Vivos,
0:10:51 > 0:10:53points students collect which they
0:10:53 > 0:10:55can turn into rewards at the end of term.
0:10:55 > 0:10:57Sorry, you're going to die if you don't...
0:10:57 > 0:11:00Taylor-Jay may have got through quite a lot of mango in her cooking
0:11:00 > 0:11:03but that is nothing compared to the amount of sticky tape
0:11:03 > 0:11:05that Charlie and Misty are using up.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08OK, Charlie!
0:11:08 > 0:11:13The other groups are getting on well, but Misty is being held back.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15LAUGHTER
0:11:15 > 0:11:16Come here, Misty.
0:11:16 > 0:11:19- I got stuck together with tape.- Mmm.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21Oh, you're getting the chairs stuck together.
0:11:23 > 0:11:27- It wasn't funny.- It was funny.- It wasn't though.- Yeah, it was, it was.
0:11:27 > 0:11:31- You just think it was. - It was funny.- You just think it was.
0:11:31 > 0:11:32No, I didn't - it WAS funny.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35You think it was funny when it wasn't funny!
0:11:35 > 0:11:38There you go. Slingshot!
0:11:38 > 0:11:40It IS meant to be a tower, isn't it?
0:11:40 > 0:11:41- No. Ohh.- Ah!
0:11:41 > 0:11:43I can't do it.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Don't give up, Charlie.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49Back in the kitchen, mango mayhem continues.
0:11:49 > 0:11:52Oh, my God, I am really rubbish at cooking.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53I think I've done it all wrong.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Oh, no.
0:11:56 > 0:11:58'It was a nightmare'
0:11:58 > 0:12:02cos the mango kept sticking out the side, so I had to cut around it.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05If Gordon Ramsay was in here, I would be like,
0:12:05 > 0:12:07"Can you shut up? I'm doing my best!"
0:12:12 > 0:12:14Fingers crossed.
0:12:14 > 0:12:15- You all right?- Yeah.
0:12:17 > 0:12:22Finally in the oven. I bet you they will not cook.
0:12:22 > 0:12:24With the timer set for the scones,
0:12:24 > 0:12:28time is running out for Charlie's tower challenge.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32- So, listen...- Quick!- Quick!
0:12:32 > 0:12:34THEY SCREAM
0:12:35 > 0:12:37- TEACHER:- Stop.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40Oh, obviously they are going to win.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43I think you might be right, Molly.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45Do they look all right?
0:12:45 > 0:12:48Sounds like the scones are ready. They look delicious.
0:12:48 > 0:12:50Especially if you like mango.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Mine were absolutely sick, they were the best out of all of them,
0:12:54 > 0:12:56because they've got mango in it.
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- Look at that one.- That's a beast.
0:12:59 > 0:13:03- Right, leave them to cool.- Mango!
0:13:03 > 0:13:06The power of mango!
0:13:06 > 0:13:08Even Jamie Oliver would like mine.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11He might give me a ten out of ten.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Something else that deserves ten out of ten
0:13:13 > 0:13:17is Liam, Daniel and Nathan's monster of a tower.
0:13:17 > 0:13:18Fall over, fall over, fall over...
0:13:18 > 0:13:22But it still doesn't mean Misty has given up hope for second place -
0:13:22 > 0:13:26all they need is for it to stand unsupported for 30 seconds.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28- TEACHER:- ..two, one...
0:13:28 > 0:13:29- KIDS:- Yes!- Yay!
0:13:29 > 0:13:32Misty, you could have left it, you know.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35# I like to move it, move it, I like to move it, move it
0:13:35 > 0:13:37# I like to move it, move it... #
0:13:37 > 0:13:41It's home time, and for Charlie, that should be a half-hour walk.
0:13:41 > 0:13:46- Ninja-style!- Charlie can take the mick coming home from school.
0:13:46 > 0:13:48It can take him anything up to
0:13:48 > 0:13:50an hour and 40 minutes.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53- CHARLIE:- # I like to move it, move it, I like to move it, move it
0:13:53 > 0:13:57# I like to move it, move it You like to...move it!
0:13:57 > 0:14:01# I like to move it, move it I like to move it, move it
0:14:01 > 0:14:05# I like to move it, move it You like to...move it! #
0:14:05 > 0:14:07I wish you WOULD move it.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Remember, you've got to be up bright and early for Mr French tomorrow.
0:14:10 > 0:14:12ALARM CLOCK BLEEPS
0:14:25 > 0:14:28- All right, see you later, have a good day, no messing.- All right.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30- Straight to school, please. Love ya.- Love you.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Yeah, I can't believe he comes in this early.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40The school looks pretty deserted. I wonder where Mr French is.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44He's not in reception, he's not in the canteen...
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Can hear something, though.
0:14:47 > 0:14:49Ah, he's in the gym.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55Just follow your ears, guys.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56DANCE MUSIC PLAYS FAINTLY IN DISTANCE
0:14:56 > 0:14:59- Let's go and find Mr French. - A'right, mate!
0:14:59 > 0:15:01I've got to admit, I'm quite impressed, Mr French.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04That's a tough workout for this time of day.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08If I was Mr French and I had to do that every day, I would be angry.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10- I would hate my job.- No, no.
0:15:10 > 0:15:12She would be like this every day in school.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Yeah, I'll have bags under my eyes.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Why do you get up so early every day?
0:15:17 > 0:15:21Because I've got young children and they tend to wake me up.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24'Oh, I was impressed because Mr French does keep fit.'
0:15:24 > 0:15:26There's just one problem.
0:15:26 > 0:15:30What sort of headmaster would do that every single morning?
0:15:32 > 0:15:37It's 7.45 and our roving reporters are in the first meeting of the day.
0:15:37 > 0:15:42Last week, there were 25 red cards issued, and from week one,
0:15:42 > 0:15:46it appears that Tuesday afternoon is the real hotspot for us.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50They were, like, talking about the behaviour of...
0:15:50 > 0:15:52The red cards, the ambers, the yellows, the warnings,
0:15:52 > 0:15:54the building...
0:15:54 > 0:15:57- They were talking about... - The kids.- Yeah.
0:15:57 > 0:16:02Just looking at youngsters that have received two or more referrals -
0:16:02 > 0:16:06that's not red cards, that is right the way down to yellow cards -
0:16:06 > 0:16:07in a week.
0:16:07 > 0:16:09The key is the writing.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13At parents' evening, I'm just going to remind people, if there are
0:16:13 > 0:16:17students definitely saying that they are not coming, pass names onto...
0:16:17 > 0:16:20After a string of long meetings, dozens of photographs
0:16:20 > 0:16:23and pages of notes, Charlie and Taylor-Jay finally have
0:16:23 > 0:16:27the chance to get Mr French on his own for some questioning.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Let their interrogation begin.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- Who wants to start?- Me. - OK, here we go.
0:16:33 > 0:16:36Do you like being the head teacher?
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- Do I like being the head teacher... - Yeah.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43- Yeah.- Genuinely, I think I've got the best job in the world.
0:16:43 > 0:16:44I'll put yes.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- Pardon?- I'll put yes.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- OK.- What is the best thing about Greenwood?
0:16:50 > 0:16:54The best thing about Greenwood is you guys, you know?
0:16:55 > 0:16:57This is your school,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00and this school sits in the very heart of this community...
0:17:00 > 0:17:04'Mr French's answers were really long.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06'We had to write notes'
0:17:06 > 0:17:07and I couldn't...
0:17:07 > 0:17:11I couldn't write them all down, so I just wrote a short sentence.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12That's what I done.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15I couldn't write them all, man, because he was going too quick.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17..and making a difference.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19It makes me feel really good.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22One of my questions was "What made you become a head teacher?"
0:17:22 > 0:17:25and he goes, "I thought I might help people
0:17:25 > 0:17:28"and plus I just love kids." That's really nice.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33Oh, my God. Care Bear you are.
0:17:33 > 0:17:37- Time for a photo opportunity.- Smile.
0:17:38 > 0:17:39CAMERA CLICKS
0:17:39 > 0:17:41Very good.
0:17:41 > 0:17:45Right, good-o. If you need any more information, just come and find me.
0:17:45 > 0:17:47That might be a bit tricky,
0:17:47 > 0:17:51because Mr French has been called away on important school business.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53Which means it's back to class.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57They are both pretty tired having got up so early,
0:17:57 > 0:17:58but at least it's music.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01You like music, don't you, Taylor-Jay?
0:18:01 > 0:18:05- I want to go home.- Looks like Charlie is stuck in reporter mode.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08That should keep him awake.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Stop yawning, Taylor-Jay, it could be worse.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14I'm going to have to spread the girls so that
0:18:14 > 0:18:17- they are with a boy, possibly. - Oh, it is now.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20Miss Hollingworth has teamed our tired trainee reporters together
0:18:20 > 0:18:23to perform to the rest of the class.
0:18:23 > 0:18:29- Do we have to?- Yes, you do. One, two, three, four.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33THEY PLAY FALTERINGLY
0:18:33 > 0:18:36Uh, do you recognise the tune yet?
0:18:39 > 0:18:42Oh, is it A after that one?
0:18:42 > 0:18:46- Yeah!- Hang on, that sounds a bit familiar.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51Uhh, maybe not.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54What needs to be improved on this?
0:18:54 > 0:18:58Nothing a good night's sleep wouldn't cure, Miss Hollingworth.
0:18:58 > 0:19:00BELL RINGS
0:19:00 > 0:19:04It's home time and, wow, Eesa, you're in a hurry.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Surely it's not that bad here, is it?
0:19:14 > 0:19:16When the bell goes, Eesa sprints.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20Eesa wants that bus, he is getting that bus, he is on that bus.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24If by any chance he has to leave that class a minute later than
0:19:24 > 0:19:25he needs to, it will upset him,
0:19:25 > 0:19:28because he will think to himself, "Can I get to this bus on time?"
0:19:28 > 0:19:29He's very vocal about it.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31SHE LAUGHS
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Miss McDermott and I are trying to get to the bottom of why
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Eesa is so determined to get THAT bus.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39What bus do you get, what number bus?
0:19:39 > 0:19:44- 38.- The 38?- 38, eh, no good. - No, it's not good.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Yeah, yeah, the house...
0:19:47 > 0:19:51Your house? Cos it's far away, isn't it?
0:19:51 > 0:19:59- 3.05, and the bus - good, no for 3.21.- 3.21.- Yeah.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02I think if he doesn't get out at 3.05, he misses the bus,
0:20:02 > 0:20:05- is what I'm gathering. - Mm-hmm.- Yeah, OK.
0:20:05 > 0:20:08Eesa, stop worrying about the bus.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Stop worrying.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13You will only be late for the bus if you have been in trouble, OK?
0:20:13 > 0:20:20- Today you will leave at 3.05, no problem, no problem.- 3.05?- Yeah.
0:20:20 > 0:20:26- And the miss, 3.05? - Yeah, I'll talk to miss. Good?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31It's English in Accelerate,
0:20:31 > 0:20:33and Charlie is still helping Eesa out in class.
0:20:33 > 0:20:37In fact, it seems he has taken it one step further.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39CHARLIE SPEAKS MADE-UP LANGUAGE
0:20:39 > 0:20:41Is that a bit of Arabic I just heard?
0:20:41 > 0:20:44HE CONTINUES IN MADE-UP LANGUAGE AND MIMICS DOG BARKING
0:20:46 > 0:20:49It sounds like they've come up with their own language.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Do you know what noise...?
0:20:51 > 0:20:56Charlie, you're not a translator.
0:20:56 > 0:21:00Uh? He doesn't understand.
0:21:00 > 0:21:02'I've picked up quite a bit of Arabic from Eesa,'
0:21:02 > 0:21:04he has helped me count up to five in Arabic,
0:21:04 > 0:21:06now I can say colours in Arabic.
0:21:06 > 0:21:07Ruff-ruff...
0:21:07 > 0:21:09It's made Eesa more confident,
0:21:09 > 0:21:12and he is now happy to show off his work.
0:21:12 > 0:21:16Not bad. Do you know what that is called?
0:21:16 > 0:21:19- You've coloured it in.- Eh, black.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21- You've coloured in with black.- Black.
0:21:21 > 0:21:22Can you write "black"?
0:21:25 > 0:21:27- This jacket's black.- Yeah.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29- I'm going to write it.- Sir!
0:21:29 > 0:21:33So Eesa is well on his way to learning a new language.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34I wonder what languages
0:21:34 > 0:21:36the rest of Year Seven can speak.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40I think English people are rubbish at, like,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43learning other languages, because when you go abroad
0:21:43 > 0:21:47you can't understand a word you're saying, and you're going,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50"What? Can you speak English, please?"
0:21:50 > 0:21:54I can speak Japanese, Spanish, French...
0:21:54 > 0:21:56Bonjour, je m'appelle Spencer.
0:21:56 > 0:21:58Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00No me gusta, senorita.
0:22:00 > 0:22:03I want to learn Spanish, because some girls find Spanish,
0:22:03 > 0:22:04like, attractive...
0:22:04 > 0:22:06If you walk downstairs one morning in Japan
0:22:06 > 0:22:08you'd have to go, "Ohayo gozaimasu."
0:22:08 > 0:22:12- Ohayo...- Gozaimasu.- Gozay-mash-da.
0:22:12 > 0:22:15- What's hello?- BOTH: Hola.
0:22:15 > 0:22:19Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco...
0:22:19 > 0:22:24Bonjour, je m'appelle Taylor! And that's how you introduce yourself.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26I do NOT have to say how old I am.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30- Mamma mia!- Yeah.- When getting the pizza out of the oven.
0:22:30 > 0:22:33How do you say, "Hi, my name is Charlie"?
0:22:33 > 0:22:34EESA SPEAKS ARABIC
0:22:34 > 0:22:37Gis harash Charlie? Giv harash Charlie.
0:22:37 > 0:22:40I like to speak gibberish, we can make our own one.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42HE SPEAKS MADE-UP LANGUAGE
0:22:42 > 0:22:48THEY SPEAK MADE-UP LANGUAGE
0:22:49 > 0:22:53- You've got a headache? - Tell me, tell me.
0:22:53 > 0:22:59- I am sick, and the headache. - He said he's got a bad headache.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00Were you sick this morning?
0:23:03 > 0:23:05And a headache, yeah.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06INDISTINCT
0:23:06 > 0:23:11Oh! He said that he did feel sick, but now he's got a banging headache.
0:23:13 > 0:23:15You are, like, an amazing interpreter.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18Want me to take him to the office to get a glass of water?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20Jess, hold your water up.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Have you been drinking water?
0:23:23 > 0:23:25CHARLIE SPEAKS MADE-UP LANGUAGE
0:23:25 > 0:23:28- No?- LAUGHING:- Stop making noises!
0:23:28 > 0:23:32- Uh?- He said he wants water.- You're going to go and get some water?
0:23:32 > 0:23:34Come, Eesa...
0:23:34 > 0:23:37- I'll take him.- Charlie...
0:23:39 > 0:23:40- LAUGHING: - Charlie, stop making noises
0:23:40 > 0:23:42and pretending that they're his language.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44- Go and sit down for me. - But it is his language, sir!
0:23:44 > 0:23:47'I'm really proud of Eesa for what he has done this year'
0:23:47 > 0:23:51because he knows my English, he can write in proper English,
0:23:51 > 0:23:53he can speak more English as well.
0:23:53 > 0:23:55Which is really good for him, so I am really proud of him.
0:23:58 > 0:24:00'It's nearly time for Charlie
0:24:00 > 0:24:03'and Taylor-Jay to present their report to Mr French.
0:24:03 > 0:24:05'Having gathered all of the information,
0:24:05 > 0:24:08'they are now creating a short vlog of their findings.'
0:24:08 > 0:24:11A bit closer together.
0:24:11 > 0:24:12- Oh, wow.- "Oh, no!"
0:24:12 > 0:24:15I still need you to be a bit closer.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17- Uh-uh.- What's the matter with getting close?
0:24:17 > 0:24:21- You're not going to get married. - It's disturbing.- Disturbing?
0:24:21 > 0:24:25'After a quick bit of filming and a little bit of editing,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27'the vlog is ready to show to Mr French.'
0:24:29 > 0:24:33Right, are we ready, guys? The grand unveiling.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38HE READS ALOUD
0:24:40 > 0:24:43- I'm Taylor.- I'm Charlie.
0:24:43 > 0:24:48And yesterday we followed Mr French around the school.
0:24:48 > 0:24:54- I did not know that Mr French goes into the fitness room...- Oh, man.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58You could have got some more flattering pictures than that.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01THEY LAUGH
0:25:01 > 0:25:03What can I say?
0:25:03 > 0:25:07I think the most exciting thing about being a head teacher is
0:25:07 > 0:25:11you get to see the kids working.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14I would not like to become a head teacher
0:25:14 > 0:25:16because I would not like to get up early.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18No? Really?
0:25:18 > 0:25:21- I would not like it. - That's a good picture of you!
0:25:21 > 0:25:25On a scale of one to ten, how hard is the job of head teacher?
0:25:30 > 0:25:31Oh, that's a good picture, that is.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34I think we will print that off and frame it, don't you?
0:25:34 > 0:25:36- Well done, guys. - I thought that was brilliant.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39'We actually did a good job, to be honest.'
0:25:39 > 0:25:41- Well done.- Cool.- Sweet.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Sick!
0:25:45 > 0:25:48Charlie has been helping Eesa for a few months now,
0:25:48 > 0:25:51but it looks like Eesa may soon have to cope on his own.
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Charlie's hard work has impressed the teachers
0:25:54 > 0:25:57so much that they have decided it is time for him to move on.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01- Well done. - A round of applause for Charlie.
0:26:02 > 0:26:04Well done, Charlie, there you go.
0:26:04 > 0:26:07How do you feel about the achievement?
0:26:07 > 0:26:08- Good.- Do you feel proud of yourself?
0:26:08 > 0:26:11You really should, buddy, you've done really, really well.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14I am proud that I've moved out of Accelerate, my mum is proud,
0:26:14 > 0:26:16everyone in the family is proud.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17That is great news for Charlie,
0:26:17 > 0:26:22and he has no worries about Eesa managing without him.
0:26:22 > 0:26:26I am proud of him, because he's doing well, doing really well.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28As a recognition of all their hard work,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Miss McDermott treats the boys to a game of pool.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34You spots, me stripes.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36I keep forgetting. Oh!
0:26:36 > 0:26:39Well done, Eesa.
0:26:39 > 0:26:40- Nice one.- LAUGHING:- Well done.
0:26:40 > 0:26:44So do you think Eesa is learning a lot in class with you?
0:26:44 > 0:26:48- Yeah. I've seen quite a big difference.- Mmm.
0:26:48 > 0:26:50Eesa, these two.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55Oh.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59This is like how I play.
0:26:59 > 0:27:01Well done!
0:27:01 > 0:27:05- That was a bit frantic. OK, shake hands now.- Eesa.
0:27:05 > 0:27:09Well done, well done.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12- TRANSLATION:- I'm now going to school
0:27:12 > 0:27:15for the first time in my life, and I feel proud.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17For me, it is like paradise.
0:27:17 > 0:27:19I think Eesa thinks that Greenwood is home,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22because he always walks up to me
0:27:22 > 0:27:24and goes, "Me stay or me go?"
0:27:24 > 0:27:26And I go, "You have to stay
0:27:26 > 0:27:28- "until three o'clock." - INDISTINCT
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Yes!
0:27:33 > 0:27:35We'll meet the rather loud Misty...
0:27:35 > 0:27:36SHE SCREAMS
0:27:36 > 0:27:38..who's from a really big family.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42And then, there's this ball of energy, Isaac...
0:27:42 > 0:27:44It's not a dance session, this is a maths lesson.
0:27:44 > 0:27:47..who's trying to take charge of his emotions.
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- What's happened? - I don't want to speak about it.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00You doing?!
0:28:00 > 0:28:01What are you doing?
0:28:01 > 0:28:03He has got an electric shock button.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Once I was on the beach
0:28:04 > 0:28:06and my cousin swallowed a fly.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08It was absolutely gross.
0:28:08 > 0:28:10Well, that is definitely a negative.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12Horrible.
0:28:12 > 0:28:14I told her to get away from me.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17Even though she was only four,
0:28:17 > 0:28:18I don't care.