Strictly Year Seven Our School

It's Strictly Year Seven now.

The culmination of a lot of hard work.

But will all that work pay off?

-They're disappointed in you.

-Disappointed.

It was just weird.

Will the pressure become too much?

You could tell he was trying.

Or will they manage to win the judges over?

-AS YODA:

-Mm, very good it was, yes.

You need dedication, you need patience.

Dancing, dancing, dancing.

And you need resilience to keep falling down, getting back up again.

Get dancing for the last in this series of Our School.

BELL RINGS

So, for the final time, meet our year sevens.

Sick bucket!

It's the most important school year of their lives so far.

Haircut, sir?

They're all starting here together.

That level of noise - absolutely disgusting.

Yes!

This has seen better days.

You stink.

CBBC have filled the entire place with cameras, so you'll get to

watch year seven every step of the way.

Stop waving at me.

-Yeah!

-Hello, I'm Mr Jones,

I'm a maths teacher at our school, and every time you're here,

I'm going to be here too. Right now, I'm late for a lesson. Excuse me.

Come on in.

# Our School! #

Boom! Mic drop.

BELL RINGS

What a term it's been. We've had some highs...

Look, it's Maths Man!

..and we've had some lows.

Why do we have to have you as a teacher?

-Thank you, Ibrahim.

-Yeah, you're welcome.

But we've saved the best till last.

Some of year seven's bravest students are competing in the

biggest event of the school year so far.

Guys, I've got three weeks to do these dances with you.

Yes, Strictly is coming to Our School,

and today, it's show time.

There's a sparkling glitter ball trophy up for grabs,

a hall packed full of family and friends,

and a very special guest judge.

So let's get the show started. Mr Shabir, it's over to you.

Right, good evening, ladies and gentlemen,

boys and girls, welcome to Strictly Year Seven!

I'm sure you're all familiar with our principal.

A round of applause for Mr Jones.

Our special guest, the one, the only, round of applause for Hacker.

Thank you!

Agh! Stupid table!

Hacker, is the table OK, Hacker?

It's all right now.

Thanks, Mum.

Mr Jones and Hacker will score each dance out of ten.

The top three will then go forward to an audience vote to decide

the winner. But first, some surprise messages

from the stars of the real Strictly Come Dancing.

Hi, it's Darcey. Strictly Year Seven,

I want to wish you all the best of luck for your production.

Focus, concentrate, but have a great time. All the best.

Hey, best of luck to all the brilliant stars of

Strictly Year Seven -

go out there, have fun, and show them what you've got.

Hey guys, from all of us here at Strictly to all of you at

year seven at Firth park, good luck, and keep dancing!

Our first performance of the evening, dancing to My Generation,

please give it up for George and Aleyah, please.

APPLAUSE

When we were backstage,

I was like, "Oh, gosh I'm actually a bit nervous now".

It did start to build up in your chest and you could feel it shaking.

# People try to put us down

# Talking 'bout my generation

# Just because we get around

# Talking 'bout my generation... #

George and Aleyah's dance were...

It was good.

# Talking 'bout my generation

# I hope I die before I get old... #

Like, their dance was in time,

no mess ups, they did everything together.

They were just like this. Wiggly wiggly.

It were like jelly. Yeah.

# Talking 'bout my generation. #

Woohoo!

Awesome performance. Now, while they get their breath back,

we go to our judges. Mr Jones first, please, sir.

It was fantastic, actually!

There was a bit of sass from both of you there. I love, you know,

you were smiling while you were dancing, and looking over, like,

"Look at me doing my dancing, and I'm still able to smile and

"make eye contact," which I thought was fantastic.

Yeah, it was very good, and as Yoda would say,

"Mm, very good it was, yes".

And I award ye seven points out of ten or something!

Sir, will you hold up me paddle?

-Seven!

-Round of applause!

APPLAUSE

Well done, both of you. Well done, Aleyah...

I felt quite proud like, we've...

it's all paid off, like, we've done it, it's over and done with.

They've enjoyed it, they were clapping along with it,

we did all them dance moves and everything.

The public were, like, a bit shocked.

-Start the show with a bang.

-Yeah.

You certainly did that, George.

Next up is our first solo act of the night, Alojz.

When he started back in September, he was struggling with his English.

-Can you point to the letter R?

-Oh, this one, R?

-Here.

-There we go.

He found it hard getting to school on time.

You're so late, my watch has fallen off.

And he only had a few friends.

Do you need a pencil?

What he did have was dancing.

When I was three years old, I knew how to do this.

Although he loved dancing,

he needed a little persuasion to enter Strictly.

-Why are you so shy about it?

-Some people will laugh.

Don't you want to see all the looks on people's faces,

and then you come out onstage, and you'll blow them away?

They'll be like, "Boom".

The time has come for him to show a live audience what he can do.

Alojz!

At the beginning, it was so many people, and it made me feel.

"Wow! Look at the people!"

I'm nervous because I keep forgetting my dance,

then I just smiled and get on dancing.

Dancing, dancing, dancing.

Whoo!

I hear people like shouting, screaming.

When the lights come on, he's like, "Yeah!"

He was like, "Yeah, this is my time, get off the stage!"

"Yeah, this is my move and I make it cool and none of you do, yeah."

Wow! Look at it, they know I'm a good dancer.

I like how he was doing all that like...

I can't do it, but...

APPLAUSE

Nobody could have thought that Alojz could dance that well.

I mean, some people might underestimate him because

his dance was funny and it was amazing.

What an outfit, what a performance.

I think I slipped a few discs watching him move, bust those moves.

Move on to Mr Jones, first, please, sir, your comments.

Well, Alojz, when I saw that shirt this evening, I thought,

"It's going to take some living up to," because that shirt is bold,

it's bright, it is funky, and I want to give you a score,

but I kind of feel inspired by some of your dance moves,

so, Hacker, touch my hand.

-Word.

-Wow! I'm going for a ten!

That was fantastic, because I really enjoyed that because I felt that was

the sort of dance that I could do.

I like your hair, you got shiny shoes, and what's not to like?

I give you a nine!

APPLAUSE

Two dancers down, and Alojz's fancy footwork has put him in the lead.

Hacker, you're meant to be pretty famous.

Tell me about celebrity life - what's the big life like?

My celebrity showbusiness life?

Well, I know loads of famous people. I've worked with the Queen!

Ooh!

The woman off the stamps, you know who she is.

-What you do with the Queen?

-I did a fantastic sketch for her.

You know when you meet the Queen, right?

Because you only ever see her on stamps and stuff,

you are inclined to want to lick the back of her head,

-but she hates that.

-Thanks for that tip.

If you ever meet the Queen, don't lick the back of her head,

and don't fold her in half and stick her in your pocket,

she's not a walking fiver.

She's a real woman.

Who have you met who's famous?

Apart from me.

-You, Hacker, you're number one.

-I know I am!

-And you're number two in my eyes!

-Oh!

Thank you. Let's move on!

Please give it up for Ebonie and Javonte.

APPLAUSE

Javonte's nice, sharp suit.

I like the thing where Ebonie fell backwards.

Soon as that dance started, I was in the samba clubs of Rio de Janeiro.

I like the fact that you dance whilst wearing a suit, and you're

not even sweating, are you? You're not sweating!

What do you want to be when you grow up?

-A palaeontologist.

-A palaeontologist?

-You'll be all right, then, cocker.

-Yeah, old fossils like me.

You'll be able to study Jones here, and that means I award you a ten!

I'm going to go for the eight!

Eight, not a bad combo!

That dance was sick, I think that was my favourite one.

Please give it up, Morgan and Aaron.

Morgan and Aaron's was very, very weird.

And very interesting.

You could see a lot of parents were smiling and clapping

and cheering you on.

Hello, cockers! Now, Morgan and Aaron, you were fantastic there.

Did you enjoy yourselves?

-Yeah.

-Did you?

-Yes.

-Well, I could tell you enjoyed yourselves, and as a little treat

for you. I award that fantastic dance, prepare yourselves,

hold on to your hat, cockers -

eight!

Some of my favourite dance moves there. What's this, mashed potato?

This sort of thing going on, I thought that was fantastic.

The mashed potato, that's more like the catering, isn't it?

-Does the spinning leave you dizzy?

-No.

-Nope.

Well, it left me dizzy, and such I'm going to give it

an eight as well.

16, it were a good score.

-We don't have to win.

-I'm not saying that.

It's the satisfaction that's the best.

Absolutely, Aaron. And your performance puts you in third place,

with Alojz still the man to beat.

Next. it's time for our second solo performer of the evening.

Please give it up, it is Michael!

Outside school, Michael is a keen dancer.

I've always liked dancing,

I've been wanting to be a dancer since I was six.

But in class, he was having none of it.

I'm more used to doing a lot harder things than, like, jazz hands.

He was also struggling to fit in.

Stop it! Touching my hair!

Ms Ahmed persuaded him to take part in Strictly as a way of

making friends and increasing his confidence.

I'd really like to see you form relationships in class.

With other students. So you going to have a think about it?

Yeah, I'll have a think about it.

Eventually, he accepted the challenge.

I was really excited when I saw Michael had actually come to my

Strictly practise. I think he's going to do

absolutely brilliant onstage, hopefully he'll smash it.

Just like Alojz, Michael has never showed off his moves in front of

such a large crowd.

At the beginning, I was feeling nervous.

I was worried about people not liking it.

Michael's dance was, like, the best dance.

Michael's dance was really good.

He put a lot of work and effort into it.

That's, like, going to put him in the top three.

Let's see if the judges agree with you, Abdul.

Well, Michael, that was fantastic, right?

So I would like to award you, for your fantastic dance,

it's going to be tricky, this one, so you have to be a bit clever now,

look at this, I award you 11!

What I see is amazing, but what's behind it is just as amazing,

cos to be able to dance like that, you need dedication,

you need patience, and you need resilience to keep falling down,

getting back up again, so kind of stole my thunder I was going to hold

that up so you knew that you were a number one break dancer

in the academy, but then really turn it into a ten,

-cos I thought that was fantastic.

-Great! Woohoo!

That impressive score knocks Alojz off the top spot.

It's not over yet -

the top three acts will go through to an audience vote,

so it's all still to play for.

Let's move on, ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for Chloe,

Morgan, and Nimra.

Chloe, Nimra and Morgan's dance was really cool, too.

It looked like astonishing, it was really good.

-I will give you a big juicy seven!

-Seven!

He said he'd give us a big juicy seven, and seven is not juicy.

So between arty, sporty, and crazy, I think we can do one better,

Hacker, and go for an eight.

-Well done, girls.

-Well done!

Please give it up for Janaiya and Ella.

They did absolutely amazing, they both looked great, they did great,

they got great scores, and they deserve that.

Janaiya, what's your favourite sweet?

Mint imperials.

Mint imperials, and I would say your dancing's mint, cocker.

-Do you see what I did there?

-I like that.

-What's your favourite show, Ella?

-The Dumping Ground.

Well, I'm not going to say your dancing was dump,

cos that would be rude.

I would like to award your top notch dance a seven,

eight, three, two, one, nine!

Nine!

I'm going to synchronise your score, sir, so well done,

-you're very brave, nine.

-Hooray!

Great score. That puts them into joint third place

with just one act left to perform.

Swiftly moving on to our final performance of the evening,

dancing to Dynamite, please give it up for Roman and Olivia!

Right from the start of the term,

Roman and Olivia were destined to become BFFs.

There is a girl called Olivia in my form. She's constantly happy,

she's, like, never sad, and we get on really well.

We met this year,

and already I feel like we're becoming really close friends.

We just kind of get along.

They've experienced a lot together...

-We're in Africa!

-We're in Africa!

..including a life-changing trip to Kenya as Our School's ambassadors.

I feel, like, very grateful and lucky for what I have at home now.

This trip has definitely been the trip of a lifetime.

I'm so glad we came here. It's been a really great experience.

Their close friendship makes them natural partners for Strictly.

But will they be in sync tonight?

# I came to dance, dance, dance, dance

# I hit the floor cos that's my plans, plans, plans, plans

# I'm wearing all my favourite brands, brands, brands, brands

# Give me some space for both my hands, hands, hands, hands... #

They had a really good dance as well, and because it was like kind

of this generation as well, they had that kind of whip

and the nae nae in it.

No dab, though!

-No dab!

-No dab.

George is disappointed, he's like, "No".

Very disappointed.

-He dabs everywhere, George.

-Disappointed in you.

-Disappointed.

They did in time,

but I think they could've got it a little bit bigger,

cos like when they were doing that bit, I think

they could have like made it bigger and wider so it looked more!

Awesome! What a way to finish off the evening there.

Hacker, give us your feedback, please.

Well, that WAS dynamite, cockers.

I give that fantastic dance a ten!

Up there, you were having such a good time.

It made me happy to see how happy you are dancing, and if that doesn't

deserve a fat ten, that I don't know what does, so well done.

Wow! 20 points!

So we now have our top three, but remember, the year seven audience

are going to decide the final winner.

So, Hacker, are you any good at dancing, then?

Course I am, cocker. I'm dancing now.

-Go on, then show us.

-I am, I'm just doing a bit of a Riverdance.

Me feet are going like the clappers down here.

I like you.

And you too. You too.

Cute. So before we goes to the all-important audience vote,

there's a special surprise in store.

It's not only year seven who've been rehearsing hard -

some of their teachers have been secretly preparing their own

show-stopping performances.

Please give it up for Miss Mills and Mr Shaw!

APPLAUSE

HE SNEEZES SHE LAUGHS

Mr Shaw was like with the broomstick, like threw it

down on the floor, and was like...

When they were dancing, Mr Shaw, you could tell he was trying.

We even said to each other, "That was Strictly worthy".

-Yeah, yeah.

-You could go on the show with that routine,

-and actually do a decent job.

-Yeah.

It was good, but they need more swag, like me.

Oh, man.

Great fun, I'd recommended to all the other teachers. Perhaps

-we should get the other teachers trying it.

-Yeah, definitely.

Funny you should say that, Mr Shaw.

One last surprise for you.

You normally find this member of staff in the art room

with sweaty armpits painting, another member of staff

you normally find checking out globes in the humanities corridor.

Tonight, as a one-off,

you're going to see Mr Tipping and Mr Webb in each other's arms!

Please give it up, Mr Tipping and Mr Webb!

When we came out on stage, it was just I think there was a mixture

of shock, amazement, people could not believe it.

I remember hearing a lot of gasps.

They were so funny.

That was a shock. It was more than Miss Mills and Mr Shaw.

Mr Tipping and Mr Webb's was by far the funniest, because they were

doing, like, such funny dances.

The costumes were very tight. I mean, you couldn't really...

-If I just pull your shirt now.

-Yeah. You could not move.

It wasn't uncomfortable.

Whoever had that idea is just off point.

The best dance possibly ever in history.

Right, back to business - it's now time

for the audience to decide the winner of Strictly Year Seven.

The moment we've all been waiting for - voting time.

Miss Ahmed, who are we voting for first?

Going to start with Alojz.

Raise your hands if your vote is going for Alojz.

Thank you.

Right, it's now Michael.

Michael! Hands up, please!

This is close, this is close.

So, can I see a show of hands, please, for Roman and Olivia?

Oh, this looks close.

-My goodness.

-Ladies and gentlemen,

the winner of Strictly Year Seven 2016, and the new proud owner

of this wonderful trophy... drum roll.

Michael!

I was just amazed.

This is everything I've been waiting for in secondary school.

Let's have one more performance, all you guys on stage!

At the beginning of the year, I was kind of nervous but looking back

at it now, I think, "What was I nervous for?"

I have made a lot of friends in school, cos last week,

I only had three friends,

but now I've got about 10, 15 people who are friends.

For everyone, starting secondary school is a nerve-racking

experience, but as our year sevens have proved, it really can be

the beginning of something very special, too.

It's been a really big term for me, because I've been able to turn a lot

of things around and make a lot of new friends, and have a lot of fun.

I've had so much fun this year. Like, I've loved having

to be able to have a laugh with all the teachers.

I had a lot of life-changing experiences,

I had, like, a good taste of what secondary school would be like

for five years, and I'm really going to enjoy it.

I was obviously knowing I'm going to make more friends in the future,

but now I've made them friends, and I've got loads more friends.

I've got family. I have got family.

Oh!

Oh, my God!

People say time goes quick when you're having fun,

and like, in year seven, it's been really fun.

At the start of the year, we're all perfect strangers, but then at

the end of the year, we're like one big family.

It's just been a really awesome term. Overall, it's probably been

the best start to year seven I possibly could have had.

It's been amazing, it's like totally different than primary, totally.

It honestly changes your life.

Yeah, just stay cool, live the life, and keep dancing.

# I love my life

# And finally I'm where I want to be. #