Episode 18 Time for School

ALARM RINGS

# Rise and shine

# A new day

# Time for fun

THEY GIGGLE

# School today

# Meet new friends

# Teachers too

# Ding-ding-ding! School bell rings

# Time for school. #

It's morning on Holy Island

and the four children who live there are at the small school today.

Here comes Emma.

And Connor.

Come on, in you go.

Gabriel and Callum arrive together.

And here is their teacher, Mrs Fieldhouse.

Right, come and sit down.

When you came to school today, how did you get here?

Callum.

Erm, my dad walked me down.

You walked with your dad. OK.

I walked with my mum and dad, but I also walked with Connor.

-So you knew which way to go...

-Yes.

But how did you know when you had got, say, to the Post Office?

Cos I saw the sign.

Cos you could SEE the sign.

How did you know when you were passing, let's say,

Sylvia's house, Gabriel?

-The Holy Island sign on...

-So how did you know?

Cos it's a big white building.

Did you...smell it?

-No.

-Did you...

-My dog guided me.

Your dog guided you?

-So you weren't looking at all?

-No.

What if Audrey had decided to go for a walk along to the harbour...

-you would never have got here, would you?

-No.

Because you wouldn't have been able to SEE that you'd

gone in the wrong direction.

No.

What did you SEE on your way here?

I could HEAR and SEE a car.

On the way to school, the children saw and heard things.

In class, they're going to learn about touch, taste and smell.

I wonder what Mrs Fieldhouse is going to do with those

small dishes on the table.

So, we are now going to use our sense of...

-ALL:

-Smell!

Smell.

Can you see?

They're using their sense of smell to guess what's in the dishes.

I think it's perfume.

And do you like it or not like it?

Erm, I like it.

Callum...

-Erm, perfume.

-You think it's perfume?

It's one of the ones which my mum wears.

-You like the smell?

-Yes.

You like it, so we'll tick it.

-Do you think it's perfume?

-Yes.

-OK. Let's put it back there.

I love this smell VERY much!

It smells of chips with vinegar in it. It's SO nice!

It smells of chips with vinegar.

I don't like it.

You don't like it, uh-uh.

Do you like it, Callum?

It's vinegar.

-Vinegar, big cross.

-Very.

I like it.

-You like it. But do you know what it is?

-Erm...

-Is that honey?

-It's honey.

Do you like it?

I like it.

-OK, this one here. Emma, you start, please.

-Yeah! It smells peppery.

-It smells peppery.

-It might be pepper.

Mmm, I love that! I know what it is.

It's something you put on pizzas.

Lots of things can go on a pizza.

-I love it.

-Oh!

-Now you're blowing it.

-Oh!

THEY LAUGH

Now...Connor start.

-Yum!

-THEY LAUGH

-But what is it? Do you know?

-It's baby sick.

THEY LAUGH Oh, no!

But do you know what? I shall write that down as baby sick.

LAUGHING CONTINUES

I don't know what it is.

-Do you like it?

-Erm, yes.

-You know that brown rice?

-OK.

-I'm not sure what it smells like.

-Let me smell.

Hmm...

-I don't like it.

-Don't like it?

How many have they got right?

OK, you were all absolutely right, this is perfume.

-ALL:

-Yes!

-This wasn't chips, but it was vinegar.

-You were absolutely right, Connor.

-You were right.

-Vinegar.

And this one is vanilla.

-We all thought it was honey, didn't we?

-Yeah.

But vanilla you put into cakes cos it is quite sweet.

This one, curry powder.

Eurgh!

Cinnamon.

And this one...you were quite right, you do put it on pizzas.

It's oregano.

It's time to use another sense - touch.

Now, you cannot look, you've got to put your blindfolds on.

Gabriel first. Fingers in.

Just have a feel.

-Eurgh.

-OK, hand out.

It must be strange not seeing what you're touching.

-Eurgh.

-Oh...

-And out.

-Eurgh!

-And in...

What do you think is in the cup?

OK, and out.

It was, in fact...

-Flour!

-Flour.

Ew, ew, ew, ew, ew...

-Eurgh!

-MRS FIELDHOUSE LAUGHS

-I know what it is!

-I know what it is!

It's soap!

-It's a kind of soap.

-Is it conditioner?

Conditioner.

Conditioner! That's to make your hair shiny and soft.

There's one more thing. Callum first.

Damp.

Blindfolds... Damp.

-I know what it is.

-Don't say it.

-Don't say it.

Oh, I know what it is! I definitely know.

Eurgh... I know what it is!

Are you going to have a go?

It's pasta.

It's spaghetti!

It's spaghetti.

I told you it was.

Go and wash your hands.

Good idea. Clean hands ready for the next test.

Ewww!

Time for the final sense...

taste!

Blindfolds on, please.

Both hands out.

Two different bits of fruit. But what are they?

Have a taste.

LAUGHTER

I've tried them.

I'm going to just touch your hand and you tell me what it is.

What's this one?

Erm, lemon.

And what's this one?

Orange.

-What's this one?

-Orange.

-And this one?

-Lemon.

-This one?

Erm...lemon.

And this one?

Orange.

This one?

You're looking at it!

-I don't like it.

-You don't like it?

-Is it sour?

Lemons are sour. Oranges are sweeter.

Well done. You have been amazing scientists, if a little bit messy!

OK, I think we need to have a little playtime.

You've got to find Connor.

Who's that, Emma?

It's me!

You're not meant to make any noise, Connor!

-Found you!

-Now, that was interesting because what did Connor do there?

-He made a noise, didn't he?

-Yes.

-Which sense were you using?

-My ears.

-You were using your ears.

-My sense of hearing.

-Right, coats on and let's go outside. ALL:

-YEAH!

What we're going to try and do is go on a sense safari.

-So when you're on safari, we're going to be looking...

-Smelling.

-Smelling.

-Hearing.

-Hearing.

-And...touching.

-Touching.

And you never know, we might be tasting.

Right, are we ready to go? OK, let's go.

CHILDREN CHATTER OVER EACH OTHER

Time to use ALL their senses.

I can feel the sun shining on my face.

It's so bright, isn't it?

I can hear the wind.

-You can hear the wind.

-And I see houses.

Yep, you can see houses.

We'll have a little note of all the things that we can

see and hear and smell.

Right, if you could stop there, Gabriel.

Yes, you must stop when you come to a road.

It's important to use your eyes and ears.

Oh, listen.

-Oh, aeroplane!

-Aeroplane.

-Aeroplane.

OK, let's go.

You've got to keep looking and listening all the time

cos there could be traffic.

Can you hear the leaves?

-Yes.

-Yeah?

-I've got one!

-Music!

-Music.

We can hear the builder's radio.

Very loud now.

RADIO PLAYS LOUDLY

It's very loud now, though, isn't it?

-I can smell some wood.

-Well done!

Go and have a sniff of it, see if you can smell it.

Oh, yeah.

Most objects have a smell, even wood!

Is it nice and smooth?

OK, let's go. We've got quite a way to go

if we're going to get down to the sea.

Hop, two, three, four, hop...

Can you see the sea, up over the road?

Yes.

You can even see right off into the distance, can't you?

Can you feel the wind getting stronger on your face?

The air tastes a little bit salty from the sea.

It SMELLS different.

I've actually had some sea water in my mouth before.

-And what did that taste like?

-Salty.

-Salty.

Can you see over here? Look, come over here. Smell the seaweed.

Eurgh.

-Aah!

-Ha! Right, let's go back, then.

Well done! Everyone has learnt lots about their different senses today.

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