Just the Job Our School

This week, in Our School...

-Ow!

-..one boy tries to conquer his biggest fears.

No, no!

-I dare you.

-No, no! No!

Don't try and scare me!

MUFFLED SCREAMS

Will he be victorious?

-No, no.

-Find out in Our School.

BELL RINGS

Meet our new year seven.

-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 is absolutely disgusting.

SCREAMING

Yes!

This has seen better days.

You stink, sir.

CBBC have filled the entire place with cameras,

so you'll get to watch year seven every step of the way.

-ALL:

-Whoa!

Stop waving at me!

-Yeah!

-Hello, I'm Mr Jones.

I'm a maths teacher here at Our School,

and every time that 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

It's the start of another school day.

And our year sevens are going to need plenty of energy,

because this isn't your normal day.

Mr Shabir's got to change the timetable for his form.

When everyone finally arrives, that is.

Quickly, come in. Apologise next time without me asking.

-Sorry.

-OK.

Today's a very exciting morning for you, very exciting indeed.

You're starting to think about your possible careers, OK?

You might be thinking, "I'm only 11,

"why do I need to think about what I wanted to do when I'm older?"

Because time flies and preparation is key.

You're going to have the opportunity to experience a variety of weird

and wonderful careers.

It's all about hands-on learning.

Enjoy it. Enjoy the time, ask the questions, get involved.

So, this is going to make today very interesting.

Round here. Put your bags down there.

We're bringing a whole bunch of people from all types of careers

into school, hoping to inspire year seven.

In groups, they'll each take turns to step out of class and experience

-the job fair.

-Urgh!

-Is there a baby hedgehog in there?

-The job fair was sick, man!

I did like the make-up thing, what do you call it, prosthetics?

-Yeah, prosthetics.

-Prosthetics. It was a right cool thing.

It's not, like, beauty make-up.

-I don't want to be like...

-Special effects.

Yeah. Like in horror movies, when they have all the cuts,

-and stuff like that.

-It's nice, innit?

-Oh, that feels so weird!

-All the gelatine.

-Ker-ching, ker-ching, ker-ching!

There was a lot of different things there. There was animals.

-Yeah.

-Construction.

-Baking.

-Baking. There was wrestling.

-Yeah.

-Wrestling?!

Awesome, well done!

Basically, this is whenever you're taking a move,

and you're going to land on your back.

So you need to make sure that you're landing safe on your back,

-so you're not hurting it.

-Like on a trampoline?

That's it, exactly that. So come around this side,

-so you can see what Alan's doing.

-The easiest way to do it is to squat

down, pretend that you're sat on invisible chair,

your arms will go out, and then just fall back.

That looks sick!

OK. All right, so...

-Arms out.

-That's it.

-Arms out, try not to land on your bum.

-OK...

-Yeah, well done.

-Great.

-You've got that one down.

If you want to be a wrestler, you have to be fit, to be strong.

But not always, because there's fat wrestlers, like the Big Show.

Coming down, hand towards your face, and then...

Remember, these guys are experts.

Please don't go trying this yourself.

-Do not forget to turn your face, that's the important bit.

-Yeah.

Can you jump onto it?

Yeah, if you want.

Aw!

If I was to go at full pace, I was slowing it right down.

So if I was going at full pace for a back bomb,

I wouldn't sit there and I wouldn't go like that,

-I'd just go...

-BOTH:

-Oh!

-..straight down.

And for a front one, I wouldn't sit down, I'd just go like that...

-Did you hit your nose?

-No.

-I thought you did, because...

That's what you've got to do, he's got to make it look like he's hit

-his nose.

-Walk, put that arm round there.

-That arm on top of my head.

-He's going to flip you!

And then you would just jump forward.

But don't do it now, cos we're going to do it at full pace, OK?

So run at me, grab there, I'll get you up, we'll go from there, OK?

OK, we're going to need paramedics.

-He's there, ready and waiting.

-Go on, you can do it.

-Awesome!

-That was sick!

-That was sick!

-One, two, three...!

New heavyweight champion.

New heavyweight! I'm impressed, but I think...

..the girl was better than the man.

Do you want to see my finishing move?

-All right, then.

-You can't do it though, so don't get excited.

Hear that? This is for experts only.

Remember, this is all fake fighting, and it takes years of practice.

Oh, I know that. Ooh!

Ooh!

That's your finishing move?

Can I try?

-Erm, no.

-No!

-I'd like to try in the future,

because you don't usually get these opportunities in school.

Because it's more of a work, work, work -

-homework, homework, homework - test, test, test.

-Innit.

That way.

A more down-to-Earth career on display is bricklaying.

So, any builders around?

Do you want to come and lay a few bricks?

Do you have to lay them in, like...?

-You have to lay them like in stairs?

-Yeah, you wall them to a line.

-See how we've got a line set up?

-Yeah.

-That tells you it's level.

Just wipe a bit on.

That's it.

Front, back, top.

Like buttering a cake.

I don't really do that much baking!

It's hard. You've got to get enough cement on the brick,

got to put it down, it's got to be straight, it's got to be level.

Too much work.

One student who does seem interested is Alojz.

You see, what we need to do is fill all these gaps in here, look.

So you always start from one end and work back.

So put some in like that.

How long does it take to build a house?

Erm, show houses, we'd normally do in about 12, 14 weeks.

While Alojz is considering building a house...

Can't do it, it's hard!

..Alishba's interest has been ignited by a firefighter.

When I went there, there was a firefighter stand,

and there was a woman there.

Cos you always see firemen or a fireman.

It was really good to see a woman,

cos then you know women can do stuff like that as well.

Go away. Go that way. Go, run that way!

My name is Alishba, and I am 11 years old.

Smile!

I would say I'm a very, very, very confident person.

Get off my macaroon.

I would say I'm straightforward as well, so if I have a problem,

or if I have a problem with someone, I'll just say something.

That's the definition of reading.

I get to the point really quick,

and I don't just wait around and be scared.

Can you move your hand and stop leaning on my £6 book?

Oh, £6! That's not a lot.

Look, look, smile! Say cheese again.

Cheese!

I think it's really important to say what I think.

What? What did you say?

It's not only me, though. I think everyone should say what they think,

because if you're scared to say what you think,

you're going to be like that for the rest of your life.

So when people really want your opinion,

you're just going to lie and say, "Oh, this and that,"

when it's not really what you think.

You never brought me into the conversation, she did.

If you think that's wrong, don't think it, say it.

So, Alishba's made of tough stuff.

Could this be the career for her?

So, what we're going to do,

we're going to have a race and see how fast you can get this kit on?

OK? Because when it's an emergency situation,

we've got to be able to get dressed really fast.

She gave me two minutes, I actually thought that she was going

to give us, like, half an hour.

-And she said two minutes.

-OK, let's go! Take your shoes off first.

-I'm stuck.

-Got to get on that fire engine.

That's it, good work.

-What's next?

-Oh. Right, OK.

Top bit down. So, just a big jacket.

LAUGHTER

-Good work.

-Stop laughing!

We're getting there. Right, here's a zipper, so zip it up.

Oh, where's the zipper gone?

It's all about teamwork in the Fire Service,

so I'll give you a little hand with your zipper.

When they actually put the mask on,

she became quite panicky in there.

Miss, I can't breathe!

I'm sorry, I can't breathe.

That's fine, it's hard going, isn't it?

When I put it on, I felt like I couldn't breathe.

I only put it on for, like, two seconds, then took it off.

-How does that feel?

-I can't breathe.

Miss Ahmed to the rescue.

You can breathe straight through it.

Right, right, what you've got to do is just calm down, right?

-Yeah.

-BOTH:

-Take deep breaths.

-Come straight in, so you can breathe.

-Yeah.

Is that better? Is that better?

It's because you're panicking a little bit with it all on.

-OK?

-Right.

Right, we're ready for action, aren't we?

-Ready?

-How long's that took you?

4.5 minutes.

That was very hard. How do you do that every day?

We do 13 weeks of training to become a firefighter.

That's a while.

Yeah. You do need to be good at maths.

See, maths is useful. I've been saying that for years!

You need to be good at English,

you need to be good at communicating with people.

You need to be good at teamwork -

that's the number one thing in the Fire Service,

-cos we do work together. What do you think?

-I feel great.

Do you fancy it?

Yeah. I think I might take this home and live with this every day.

The aim of this job fair's to get year seven thinking about what

career they might like one day.

PHONE VIBRATES

But some of them are already set.

I would like to be a doctor.

Or some kind of actor/singer.

When I grow up, I'd like to be a police officer

with dogs or any animal.

I want to be an astrophysicist, because it's my life dream.

I really want to have that job.

When I grow up, I will either be a basketballer,

cos I love basketball. Or engineer.

When I grew up, I either want to be a rapper or a farmer.

I want to be a farmer!

I want to be a photographer when I grow up,

because I like taking pictures of things.

When I grow up, I want to be a professional breakdancer,

because I love dancing and it's always been my dream

since I was little.

BELL RINGS

Some of the year sevens have gone back to class.

Others are just getting stuck in.

And the wrestlers are proving very popular.

Trying out the belts and the real wrestling belts,

that was my first-ever time holding a proper,

full-on wrestling belt what wrestlers held.

Yeah, and then you had to do this weird move on me.

I think that was just an excuse to drop each other.

-Because they're boys.

-They're boys, what do you expect?

All boys, they like to drop each other.

The grab hold of each other, they grab their shoulders,

and they take the legs out and then drop them.

-Hold the wrist.

-Grab his wrist.

-And twist.

-Right, now twist.

That's it, that's it. That's it! Argh!

Careful, Wayne! Don't injure the pro.

So now, when I go to hit you, you just pull my wrist.

-Argh!

-That's it, that's it.

BEEPING

You need to wrap it round your thumb, like this.

What's that beeping noise?

That noise is a cardiac arrest over at the paramedic station.

-Is there a hospital in here somewhere?

-But don't worry,

Olivia's got it all under control.

We need to try and get them to give a response,

either speak to us or open their eyes.

At the job fair, there was this person there from St John's.

He was a paramedic.

He taught me how to do CPR and stuff.

He had this one dummy.

And now, start pushing.

One, two, three, four... Just a tiny bit quicker.

And then they had this other dummy, where they had, like...

the heart shock things. I've forgotten what they're called.

-Defibrillator.

-Defibrill...

Defibrillator.

-De... de-what?

-Never mind.

-Seven, eight, nine, ten. That's it.

-It were right funny.

We were at the make-up stuff, and she would just, like...

boom, boom, like trying to do it as hard as she can.

-It were right funny.

-That's it.

Bit quicker, bit deeper, that's it.

Olivia, come on, you're losing him!

-Keep going.

-Beep, beep, beep...

As soon as you said that, she actually started pressing harder.

-Very good, that.

-When you've actually saved somebody's life,

it's, like, a really good feeling.

Because you've restarted their heart, and it's, like, so good.

Us teachers were year sevens once, you know.

What did we want to do for a living all those years ago?

I don't think the year seven Ben knew what he wanted to do with life.

Like most young boys, I thought I wanted to be a professional

sports star. Professional rugby player.

In year seven, I wanted not to be a teacher.

I wanted to be a police officer.

I went for the old cliche, which was I wanted to be a footballer.

At the time, I was a massive Manchester United fan.

When I was in year seven,

I didn't really have any idea what I wanted to do, what I wanted to be,

where I wanted to go.

When I was in year seven, I wanted to be a midwife.

I always wanted to be a teacher.

I always wanted to be a history teacher.

At year seven, year eight, I wanted to become a fireman,

I wanted to be a firefighter. I ended up doing this.

I was a pretty cool 12-year-old.

For some of year seven, the job fair's over,

and it's time to get back to class and knuckle down.

But when you have a loud voice and plenty to say,

that can be really hard.

Right, what's the problem?

-What's the issue?

-Alishba just tried...

Alishba, Alishba, you're about to go on my C Board,

because you weren't listening earlier.

It's often in my lessons that Alishba chooses to play up.

Sometimes, when I'm sitting with the wrong people, I just talk away.

Sir, can I move my seat? Because I talk when I sit next to him.

-Sit where you're supposed to sit.

-I sit next to Wayne.

Don't talk, then. You've just said, "I talk when I'm next to Wayne."

-Well, you're in control...

-No, but I get distracted.

Now you're talking over me. You're in control of your own mouth.

So don't talk, it's as simple as that.

-It's called life.

-I do try not to talk,

and do try to not get distracted,

but it just happens, I just do.

Did you watch it on TV? Tell the truth or did you actually go?

It's happened in every lesson.

You've got to get used to the fact that, sometimes,

you're going to work with somebody that you don't really

want to work with. Tough.

Usually, in maths, if someone's talking,

Alishba is my prime suspect.

What's a prime number? So today,

I'm hoping she's paying attention to my lesson about prime numbers.

This is so hard, like, what?

In the maths, I was talking...

Why you...?

What? No.

We have to get these into our books.

I wasn't basically doing what I was meant to be doing,

which was doing my work.

Ultimate cheat band,

it's got all the times tables on it.

-So, like...

-It's done.

Don't have your 11s and 12s.

That's my "I'm starting to get annoyed" face.

-You know, Amy doesn't like Aaron.

-She does.

-She does. She told me.

-She doesn't!

-She told me!

-She doesn't.

And that's my "you've pushed it too far now" face.

Right, take your stuff, go and sit next door.

-What?

-You've not done any work, go and sit next door.

I'm fed up of speaking to you.

I didn't even do anything.

What the flip? He was really mad.

Like, he was just, "Get out of here."

-He didn't want to talk to me.

-I'm not mad, just frustrated.

Maths lessons with Alishba could be so different

if she just learned to focus.

Over in the hall, the job fair is still in full swing.

-We walked in and were like...

-BOTH:

-"Animals!"

So we just went over to it like, "Whoa!"

And a career working with animals seems to be a

-popular choice.

-There's a tarantula in there.

Maybe year seven feel more at home in a zoo!

"There's a snake, there's a tarantula..."

It's cool, isn't it? His belly skin is really, really soft.

-We're going to be here for hours.

-Oh, the owl.

-They were massive!

-It were big.

It had some nice beady eyes.

The owl was like this.

"You say something?"

I think it's funny when they do that!

I'm like, "Why is it moving its head like this?"

It's funny when they're looking at you, and they're just like...

Yeah, and then they go like that.

-I'm like, "Oh, is it a pigeon now, is it?"

-I got to hold a snake.

The royal python was not venomous, and I even held it around my neck,

which is extremely cool.

But one student is holding back.

No! I'm not going anywhere near the power of stink.

-No.

-No?

-No.

-Maybe?

-No.

-That's not like Abdul,

he's usually one of the first to get stuck in.

As my family says, at the end of an era, the beginning of another.

Since starting secondary school, Abdul's made quite an impression.

-Abdul?

-Yes, sir. I'm funny. Oh, I cut myself!

I like to entertain myself.

But you need to know that Abdul's a class clown,

he likes to make everyone laugh.

ABDUL LAUGHS MANICALLY

-DEEP AND THROATY VOICE:

-With gratitude.

-Oh, yeah.

I'm also really good at dancing.

One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight!

One, two! Back!

Tap, tap, one, two, three!

Tap, tap, one, two, three!

Go, back, back!

Sometimes people say to me, "You're weird."

And then I say...

-AMERICAN ACCENT:

-"Thanks, I was born weird!"

I think that it's very important to be yourself,

because if you don't be yourself, then nobody will see the real you.

The only person that I am is myself.

I think it's fair to say that Abdul's thrown himself

-into year seven so far.

-Awesome.

Sign him up!

He's the life and soul of the party.

Well, most of the time.

It's Abdul's turn to visit the animal stand,

but his nerves are getting the better of him.

Do you want to meet Diego?

-He's so cute, honestly.

-They're not going to hurt you.

-He's scared of animals.

-That's all right, that's fine.

Some people are. Look how cute that little face is.

How can you be scared of that little face?

At first I was scared of the skunk, because I thought it would spray me.

And skunk spray is apparently poisonous.

Don't worry, Abdul, only to animals.

Look how gentle he is.

Whoa! And then I fed it.

Yeah, and then... Those live, like, worms, they were wiggling like that.

Urgh!

Abdul, touch one. Then put one in your hand.

-No, thank you.

-They feel weird.

-I'm good, I'm good.

Do you want to stroke him?

-Just see what he feels like?

-Is it safe?

-Oh, absolutely. 100% safe.

-Yeah.

-I would never let anything

horrible happen. It's my job to make sure that he's really calm,

-and relaxed, like he is.

-Oh, that's very fluffy.

He is, isn't he? He's really, really cute.

Then I thought that maybe I can hold it, it wouldn't be that bad.

-Do you want to have a go?

-Erm, OK.

-Come on, Abdul.

-I promise you,

it's safe. He's not going to hurt you.

-It's grabbing on to me.

-He does, he likes you, that's why,

he wants to give you a big hug and kiss. He's taking your tie.

-He says, "I want to look cool."

-Argh.

-Ready? Pop him on that one.

-Don't drop him, Abdul.

-That's it.

-Oh.

-What do you think?

He's hugging you, he's actually hugging into your shoulder.

-Yeah.

-That's amazing.

-Do you like him?

-Yeah.

I wonder how he'll get on with the next animal on display.

Abdul and the spider.

Hmm!

-Why the spider?

-Because it was the funniest.

Are you mad?

No! No!

-Abdul, come on.

-No!

-I dare you.

-No, no. No!

Don't try and scare me.

Can somebody get Miss Ahmed?

I think we need her gentle powers of persuasion.

Abdul, listen to me.

I have arachnophobia!

Let's just go over and let's have a look. I'm scared as well.

If you do it, I'll do it, promise.

This is a fear that can't be conquered!

Mine as well, mine as well. Come on.

Do you want to wear my special animal rescue gloves?

-Ah!

-It's not going to get through the gloves, is it?

Let's conquer our fears together.

One second, one second of me holding it.

Yes, cool. Perfect.

-Look at that.

-Just one second.

-One leg.

-We're doing it together.

Put your hand out, put your hand next to mine.

-Like that.

-Urgh!

-Do not move your hand quickly.

-Cos it might bite you.

-All right.

-So I just came over, and he was there.

And I was like...

MUFFLED SCREAMING

-Yeah, that's exactly...

-That's what I was thinking.

MUFFLED SCREAMING

All it's going to do is pass your hand...

-..on to mine.

-..and go onto hers.

-Oh, my...

Look at that.

-Absolutely amazing.

-Urgh!

That is so brave.

You are... I'm so proud of you.

That was so cool.

-High five.

-That's incredible, Abdul.

How about trying it without Miss Ahmed's help?

I absolutely promise you that nothing's going to happen.

I'm here, it's my job to protect you, OK?

Make sure you keep it on the gloves!

Right, I'm going to put it on and take it off.

That is amazing, see, you can relax.

What do you think?

Well done, that is so good!

-That is so brave.

-OK,

-now get it off.

-Yeah, get it off?

It was about to crawl into my thingy.

-OK, now, put it back.

-Well done.

You can tell everyone you've held a tarantula now.

-Well done.

-You can breathe now, you can breathe.

I'm so proud of you.

So now I'm not afraid at all with any other spiders.

That is seriously impressive, Abdul.

You can tell everyone that you did it, you did real good. Well done.

Thank you. That really helped.

The job fair has shown our year sevens

that school is where you start to shape your future.

And you know what?

Anything is possible, especially if you're prepared to work at it.

The next day, it's back to normal.

Alishba's had the night to think about her behaviour.

-On your whiteboards...

-So which one's the biggest factor, then?

Which one's the biggest factor?

-I don't know.

-We have to do it together.

But you don't write it down in your book.

Copying isn't helping anyone, you have to do it yourself,

so you know what...so that you can learn.

If you're copying someone, you don't learn.

I'm not copying anybody. You're helping, aren't you?

-Why don't you ask the maths teacher?

-Help me.

-Why can't you do it?

-Because I don't get it.

-Ask for help.

He won't help me. There's no point of asking.

-He won't.

-Right.

-He doesn't like me.

-Try me.

-I don't like him.

-Just do highest common factor for now.

Yes?

You're going to try and do those.

-Sir, can you help me?

-Yes, I will do, in a second.

Told you.

-Right.

-Sir, I was listening, I just don't get it.

-That's all right.

So, did you get your prime numbers down at the start?

Finally, it looks like we're getting somewhere.

-So, can you try 90 for me?

-Yeah.

Olivia?

BELL RINGS

You don't get it? Right, everybody, apart from Alishba, stay here.

Everybody else, you can go.

Right, come and sit here.

Why did I have to send you out yesterday?

Because I didn't do enough work and I was talking.

Right, talking. It's not the first time, is it?

All right? It's every lesson,

I have to tell you at some point in the lesson to turn round and get on,

isn't it? Right?

You need to start concentrating more.

You need to focus and get some work done.

Otherwise, this is going to happen every lesson. You're just going to

go, "I don't get it, I don't get it, I don't get it."

All right?

All right. You have been much better today, though.

Yeah? Because you asked for help.

You didn't sit there and not do anything, you asked me for help,

which is what I want. That's what I'm here to do.

All right? Keep that up.

What you've done today, that's what I want you to be like every

lesson. All right?

Yeah? Right, go on, then.

I think Mr Jones cares. I think every teacher cares.

Because, obviously, when they're angry, they have to...

You know, I think when teachers are angry,

they're angry on purpose so they can show you that what you've done is

wrong, and it's not a good thing.

I saw a side to Alishba today where she's asking for help.

She's actually wanting to learn, and actually wanting to know how to do

things, and that's the side we want to see.

There are often going to be bumps in the road in year seven.

And I've got a feeling that this lot will always have something to say

-for themselves.

-You need to learn,

or else no-one will understand what you're saying.

Yeah, excellent.

And today, thinking about the future and the world of opportunity out

there has really helped bring a new focus to the term.

As for Alishba, there are changes back home as well as at school.

So, we've had some good news.

My mum had a baby boy.

He's called Mohammed Mujthaba.

I love him, because he's just...

Every day, when I go home, I have to pick him up.

He smiled at me for the first time ever.

Opened his eyes and he's fully looking at me, first day.

So that was really good. It was a good feeling.

Having the baby has made a really big impact on me.

It makes me feel more mature.

Are you going to be a good sister? Are you going to look after him?

Yeah, because I'm going to help him grow up.

I'm going to help him be a good boy.

-OK, that's good.

-I feel really positive about myself.

I don't want that feeling to end.

I want it to be there every single morning.

I feel like I've changed.

You just get a feeling that you've actually done something you want to.

And I feel as if that I have changed.

Next time on Our School...

-Watch the ducks.

-Guys, you need to move out the way!

SCREAMING

Sir, do you want my towel?

Hear that? That's emptiness!

And...cut!

HE IMITATES FISH

No, that came with the bag. What can I do?

-ALISHBA SNORTS

-Oh, my God!

Why are you snorting?!

I can try and be as funny as I can be.

Or I can just be a little bit weird.