Episode 1 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 time for school.

And these children are going for the very first time.

They'll make new friends,

learn, discover and play.

The children go to two very different schools.

One is in a big city.

And the other in a country village near the sea.

Today, we're going to the school in the big city. Are you ready?

It's time for school!

Here come the Mere Green children, ready to start the day.

-Hello.

-Good morning, Toby.

Hello, Amelee.

Look at the autumn colours of the leaves.

Miss Mills has something special for the children to do.

It's autumn time at the moment, isn't it?

-Lots of the leaves are falling off the trees.

-Yes, they are.

The problem is it's difficult to go on the footpaths

because of the leaves. I was hoping that some children

-might want to help Miss Mills to sweep up some of the leaves.

-I do.

Welly boots for outside. Good idea.

Who do those bright pink boots belong to?

Amelee!

-Are we ready to go outside?

-Yeah.

Come on, then.

Find some waterproof trousers and then put them

on and then a coat.

The waterproofs keep mucky leaves off clean clothes.

You're doing really well, Toby. That's it. You just pull.

Look.

Oh, is there a hole in it? Oh, dear, how's that got there, do you think?

I have my waterproof coat on.

Toby helps Tom put his coat on.

Right, we use the rake like this.

Get the leaves into a nice neat pile like this. OK.

Then we use this giant spade... Look.

..to scoop up the leaves and then we put them

either in there, or in the wheelbarrow.

So that's your job.

Show your friends how it's done, Toby.

Look at me do it.

Miss Mills, look. Miss Mills.

-Look.

-Good girl. You're doing great.

Scoop them up and put them into your wheelbarrow.

-We'll put them into bin bags.

-Yeah!

-Yeah? Keep them all together.

What a lot of leaves fall from the trees in autumn.

Put them in the wheelbarrow.

Oh, this is very tiring.

Careful. Slippery leaves.

We might have to do this for a whole week!

Just tip it forwards.

Just the last few.

Right.

Start putting the leaves in the bin bags.

Toby, Amelee and friends have done a great job clearing up the leaves.

Well done. We'll close this bag now.

Outside, the leaves are wet and soggy.

Inside, the children have got some dry leaves.

I'm going to close my eyes, and what do they feel like?

They're feeling the leaves with their fingers.

-Soft.

-Crusty!

-Crusty.

-Cornflakes.

-You think it feels like cornflakes?

-Yes.

-And what would you say cornflakes are like?

-Hard.

-Crunchy.

"Crunchy". Look, "crunchy" is one of the words here. Look.

"Crunchy". Cer-un-chee.

"Crunchy".

-What about the colours?

-This one is green.

-That one is.

-This one is darker green.

-That one is green. Dark green.

-Gold.

-Golden!

"Golden". That's another one of the words.

-"Crunchy", "golden".

-Red.

-Yeah, "red".

Should we sound it out? Ready. Rer-eh-duh. "Red".

Close your eyes and listen.

RUSTLING

Crunchy!

Ruh...

-ALL:

-Rustly!

Rustling. "Rustling".

And when they come down from the trees, they are...?

-Falling!

-"Falling".

Autumn leaves are falling down.

Oh! The children are going outside.

What do you think they'll get up to this time?

Look at these trees here.

Golden. Isn't that lovely? And what a beautiful shape.

-I found a red.

-Put them together.

Can you see the different colours and shapes of the leaves?

Look at the autumn colours. Aren't they lovely?

-What have you found, Toby?

-Red.

-"Red" what?

-On here.

Red leaves on the floor.

-Look!

-Great. Keep looking.

Let's see what else we can find.

Oh, don't they look lovely together? Great.

Children, can you all find ten leaves?

One.

Ruby is good at counting leaves.

Five, six.

I've got ten.

-Seven.

-Miss Mills!

-Has Toby got ten leaves?

-How many have you got?

Count them for me. No, lay them out for me so I can see.

-Count them from here, Toby.

-I've got ten.

-One, two, three, four, five, six...

-Seven, eight.

You've got eight and you need ten, so you need two more

and then you'll have ten. Go and get two more.

You've got too many, Toby.

You need ten. Just ten.

Sophie has ten leaves.

Well done.

What has Jacob found on the ground? An acorn!

-I found one!

-Put it in your pocket and then we'll take it to class.

Acorns grow on oak trees, and in autumn they fall to the ground.

Look! The children are collecting some.

Look at this one.

Wow, it's growing into a new tree, isn't it?

I wonder what the class are going to do with the acorns.

-Make sure you've all got a plant pot each.

-I've got one.

Yours is more of a watering can. That's what you use for water.

-Have you got enough plant pots?

-Plant pots?

What are they going to plant?

We're going to plant some of these.

-What's the first thing...

-The acorns they found!

We're going to have to share the tools. OK?

It's soil.

It's very, very hard so we'll need to break it up first, I think.

-We have to wash our hands.

-We'll wash them after, definitely.

You need some soil at the bottom, to half full.

Then you put the acorn, then some more soil on top.

Look, mine's dirty!

Oh, lovely messy hands.

Can I put the nut in, Miss Mills?

Can I put the acorn in now?

-Get one of the ones with a little shoot.

-I have!

Good. Get the little shoot.

Because Ruby's acorn has shoots, it may start growing into a tree.

You need to really cover it and pack it down.

Shall I put the water in now?

-Have you put the acorn in?

-Yeah.

Have you put some more soil on top?

Right, then you can water it.

That's it, Danielle. Water will help the acorn grow.

Put the water in.

There's no more!

-There's no more!

-Go and fill them up.

The water's run out.

Toby's off to get some more.

I'm just getting some more water.

-Jacob, put your sticker on. On your plant pot.

-Plant pot!?

Yeah, because you're going to put them out in the sunshine.

-I've got water.

-Well done, Toby.

Plenty of water for the rest of the pots.

Then we can see your name on the edge. Yours next, Ruby.

When will mine grow?

I don't know.

The acorns will need plenty of sunlight if they're going to grow.

That's it, Toby. Put your pot where it will catch the sunlight.

Maybe one day they'll grow into huge oak trees.

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