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When you're young, everything's an adventure.

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We're growing, bursting with ideas.

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And facing fresh challenges every single day.

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Stand back and make sure you're wearing your goggles.

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I'm from one of six groups of children all over the country

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who are filming their lives.

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Eoin! Eoin!

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Oliver, are you all right?

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From high-rise tower blocks...

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Hi! Bye! My room is so big.

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..to our remotest island.

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I love Mull!

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Stop it! Stop it!

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We were only kissing.

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I know, but stop it!

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For six months, we've had cameras in our homes, clubs.

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We've even filmed ourselves.

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Whoa!

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-To share moments of love...

-You all right, darling?

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..loss and drama.

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I told her I'm not saying a word.

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-Through our own eyes...

-GUNSHOT

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..giving us a big voice.

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-CLASS: Whoa!

-Let me count. Let me count this!

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To tell you what we really think of the world.

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Wow, my mum's the tooth fairy. That's shocking.

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This week, how we see fear and danger.

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We're all going to die!

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There's growing pains...

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There's 11 and 12-year-old kids who scare me quite a lot.

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..a push for independence...

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The most important thing about getting older is trying new things.

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Listen and look both ways.

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..and facing our fears of failure.

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I'm doing this so I won't fail.

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Whoa, that felt weird! I want to do it and I don't want to do it.

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Go on!

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Fear is when you're scared.

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In some ways, fear is exciting, but in some ways, it's dangerous.

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Cos I'm going to secondary school next year,

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I'm scared if I get bullied or, like, picked on.

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Well, on a scale of one to ten,

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my fear of failure is probably about eight.

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My biggest fear would probably be,

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um...dogs, cos most of the time,

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they're bigger than me and it makes me feel really weird.

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If I could visit a planet in this spaceship,

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I'd probably go to Pluto.

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I think being an astronaut would be quite cool,

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cos you get to visit planets.

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I'd like to be in space cos you float.

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Nine-year-old Eoin lives in Gloucester

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with his parents and four-year-old brother, Callum.

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Hi. Callum, look, your base is under attack.

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'My favourite things about myself would probably be...'

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being different.

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I like being different to other people.

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-I'd put a pressure plate on it.

-Oh, you can have a pressure plate.

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'I think I'm different because I'm smaller

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'and I have a lot of different interests'

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to my friends and I don't know why, but it just makes me happy.

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-Eoin! Eoin!

-Eoin has a rare form of dwarfism.

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Despite being smaller,

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he's determined to do everything his friends do.

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Eoin! Eoin! Eoin!

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I like playing rugby because when I play it,

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I just feel cool and I'm quite good at it cos I'm fast.

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But as he gets older,

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it's sometimes hard to join in with all the things his mates do.

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Like rides, like Drayton Manor and places like that,

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that I'm too small to go on and I've always wanted to.

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And by the time I'm big enough,

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they're always going on the next bigger one.

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It just makes me feel really like...

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like I just want to be with them sometimes.

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It's kind of weird cos I'm getting older and...

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..it's quite scary almost.

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CHILDREN SHOUT

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Eoin attends a weekly rehearsal at the Kaleidoscope drama group.

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If you can see a job you think you'd like, go and put the outfit on.

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Teaching communication and self-confidence,

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the club performs a big play each year.

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Drama gives me confidence. Every week, I look forward to it

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cos, like, it's really exciting to go see all my friends.

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I look quite cool, actually.

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I've got loads of hobbies, like singing and acting.

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So, I'm not really the sporty type,

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I'm more of the indoor, but having fun.

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Now, what I'm going to do to these people here

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is I'm going to take a simple balloon

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and I am going to surprise you.

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Overcoming stage fright is key to becoming a good performer.

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Their coach is trying out an activity

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to see if the group can turn fear into excitement.

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I'm going to walk behind you

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and I will pop the balloon behind one of you.

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But you are not going to know which person I'm going to pop it behind.

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I'm going to take a while deciding...where to go.

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SHE SQUEALS

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'I once went on a ghost train

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'and there were things that would pop out,'

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like, next to...like, from the walls, they would pop out

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and it would just make you jump, but you would laugh after it happened.

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CHILDREN SQUEAL AND LAUGH

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Fear can be exciting, cos if you go to a funfair

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and you go on a ride, you can be scared but excited.

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And it's like nerves, but excitement as well,

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and it, like, goes up inside you and it goes in such a rush.

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Please, no!

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'I'm scared of, like, being hurt,'

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but I'm getting a lot more confident now.

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BALLOON POPS CHILDREN SCREAM

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That was loud!

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Are you all right, Eoin? Are you sure? Are you OK?

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Outside the safety of the drama club,

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nine-year-old Eoin tries to push himself at more physical sports.

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I kind of want to be able to do the things that my friends do

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and that I think is really cool.

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But the differences between him and his friends

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are becoming more pronounced.

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'One time we went rock climbing and we went to the adult section'

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and they had huge, really tall towers,

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and my friend was, like, up there in two seconds.

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She was, like, "Come on, come up and look at this view."

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I'm like, "I don't want to." I'm like, "I'm not going up there."

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You don't want to go on it?

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-Why's that?

-There's too many teenagers.

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-There's too many teenagers. I'll stand over there by you.

-No.

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'They scare me quite a lot.

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'They're, like, really tall

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'and they're, like, doing really weird stuff.

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'I think they're scary because they could, like,

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'almost get in my way, and things like that.'

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What do you want to do then? Go round the edge?

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It does remind him that he's different, that he is smaller,

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and he doesn't ever want anybody to think that he's a baby.

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When he first realised, he was three.

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I was in the bathroom getting ready and I turned around

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and he was behind me and he had his hands over his face

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and he was just sobbing and he said, "I don't want to be little."

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I just hadn't expected it yet, so I didn't know what to say to him

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and I just told him, you know,

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"You're exactly as you're meant to be."

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And we had this discussion for a while,

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then I went in the bathroom and cried my eyes out

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and, you know, part of that, I think, is just normal mum stuff

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and other part of it is that I DO want to protect him

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and not have him go through anything...

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..that might come his way.

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Can we try going in the skate park again?

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You want to try going in the skate park again? Come on then.

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'I don't want things to scare me.

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'I want to be a brave person cos then I'll get'

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a lot more things done in my life.

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I didn't want it to, like, take over me,

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cos if I'm scared of everything,

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then I won't want to be able to do anything,

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but if I'm brave and go for it, I could do something, like, amazing.

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-Was it good?

-Yeah.

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When I, like, feel fear, I kind of feel it in my stomach.

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I get a really weird feeling.

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It feels like everything is dark and it's just pitch-black

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and you start seeing really weird things.

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I always have dreams and then usually in them dreams,

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I just see a clown pop up and then I always have to open my eyes

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to check if it's actually there.

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From all corners of the city,

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children from the Junior Cathedral Choir

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make their way to weekly rehearsals.

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Green light! Whoo!

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I dreamt that the world turned upside down.

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-You dreamt the world was up...

-Upside down.

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So everyone was on their heads.

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And I fell into the sea because no-one could hang on.

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How about if we go through our square times table?

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-Let's do 12 to 20.

-12 times 12 is 144.

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13 times 13 is 169.

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14 times 14 is 196.

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15 times 15 is 225?

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-Bravo! Very good!

-That wasn't proper.

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-That was not proper.

-Very good!

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PIANIST PLAYS INTRO TO MY SOUL DOTH MAGNIFY THE LORD

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# My soul doth magnify the Lord... #

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Founded three years ago,

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the group regularly perform at special events in the region.

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I like it that I can pick songs up quite quickly

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and also, in my family, sometimes we just start singing

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variations of the songs, with my cats in them.

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# ..Lord God almighty... #

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I want to be a pop star because Beyonce used to be in a choir

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and that's how she become a pop star, so, yeah.

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# Amen. #

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24, 25, 26,

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27, 28, 29, 30!

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I can see you!

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Nine-year-old Jade spends most of her time

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playing carefree in her Toxteth cul-de-sac.

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Hold on to me!

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'I'd describe myself'

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as a nice friend

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and just very happy.

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I love everybody.

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Can I have some flake on the top?

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-Here you are, baby girl.

-Thank you!

-Thank you.

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'We live in a very crowded place

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'with lots and lots of kids'

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and we all have fun and we have,

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like, Muslim people, we have Indian people.

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This is Aveel. This is Yusuf 1.

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-This is Balal.

-Bye!

-This is Jasmine.

-Hi.

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-This is Tyreece.

-Ice cream.

-This is Yusuf 2.

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-This is Bella and I'm Jade.

-2, Bella 2.

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Although she has free run around the close,

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there are still strict boundaries to where Jade can and can't go.

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This is the lamp post I can't go past.

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I don't go past it because my dad usually says I can't,

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and I'm a good girl, so I listen to him.

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And I don't go past it EVER.

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And if I do go past it, I do get shouted at.

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I can stand by it, but I can't go past...this lamp post over there,

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but I don't really like going past it anyway, so I wouldn't go past it.

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I would say the close has been...

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It's big enough for her just now, but as she's ten in a week or so,

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she is growing up now and I know there's going to be times

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where I'll have to tie a piece of string on her

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and let her go a little bit but I can still drag her in.

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With her tenth birthday fast approaching,

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Jade may want more independence,

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but she's also apprehensive of the wider world.

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The outside sometimes does scare me a little bit

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cos of things going on, like crimes and, like, people getting hurt.

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MOTORBIKE ENGINE ROARS

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The motorbikes are back, aren't they?

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Just a bit earlier tonight than normal.

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They keep you up at night when you're trying to get to sleep

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and it's the sound. Grrr! It scares me.

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Well, one, they can't come in here and do anything.

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They might crash into the fence.

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I know, but they crash into the fence, they'll hurt themselves.

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I can fix the fence, can't I?

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It shocks you though, cos you're asleep like that. You're, like...

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-All nice and peaceful.

-Then you're, like...

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'I am scared easily.'

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Big thing is...motorbikes

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because the loud noise is really, really loud.

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You never know when they're coming

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and they could just come around the corner

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when you're not looking and something could happen.

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And that's why I'm scared of them.

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One at a time. Single file.

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In the cathedral practice room, the choir are exploring

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how their imaginations can affect their feelings.

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Hello. Today, we're going to be sitting in a semicircle.

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Go! One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten,

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eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen fifteen, sixteen,

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seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty. Stay there. Stay there.

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And then start doing that. It looks like you've got a bubble.

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-Oh, my God!

-Let me do it to you.

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We're going to be listening to some scary sounds today

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and while we listen to them, I want you to have your eyes closed

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and I want you to really form pictures in your imagination.

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I've got a huge imagination.

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Some sounds, you can imagine what can happen and, in real life,

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that thing might not really happen.

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But if you imagine it, you're thinking what COULD happen.

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I think of all sorts of stories in my head

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and I like thinking of stories in my head when I'm lonely,

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because that kind of cheers me up.

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PIERCING WHISTLING TYPE SOUND

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PIERCING WHISTLING SOUND CONTINUES

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SOUND STOPS

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It was quite annoying, actually, that one.

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I thought it was quite scary

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because I was imagining this really scary story in morse code.

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I always imagine very scary things.

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And then it started giving me a really bad headache.

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-Yeah, it's really annoying.

-I know, very annoying.

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Er, so, we've got lots of people laughing.

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-Do you want to listen to another sound?

-ALL: Yeah!

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Do you want it to be scarier? More scary or less scary?

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-Scarier!

-Less.

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'Fear - I think what it looks like is danger.'

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You see, like, red and not really that much colours

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cos colours is like rainbows, happy stuff.

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So, please, eyes closed for those brave enough to do it

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and let's wait until we listen to our sound.

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LOUD WHIRRING, CLANGING AND WOBBLING SOUND

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(Eyes closed.)

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(Eyes closed.)

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I don't think I want to do it any more.

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(Do you not want to do it any more?)

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When I'm scared, the things that go on in my head is just crazy.

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It's like...

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loosing the plot and it's just crazy.

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Have a little break. You're totally fine.

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You don't really need a real danger to be scared in a safe place,

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cos my house is a safe place - I know that -

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but I can still be scared of it.

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Anybody who doesn't like it, you don't have to stay at all.

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My biggest fear in life,

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it's probably growing up and going to a new stage in life.

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I'm, like, terrified of clowns. I don't like them,

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and I've been scared of the dark since I was little,

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so I won't go upstairs in my house if it's dark

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because I'm just terrified of it.

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I'm quite worried and scared someone might kidnap me...

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..or I might just get lost.

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CHILD SHOUTS OUT EXCITEDLY

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Off the west coast of Scotland, with its mountains and beaches...

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This is beach-tastic!

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..the Isle of Mull is the ultimate children's playground.

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I'm quite lucky to live on Mull. I've got a lot of freedom.

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I can just go off and play in the fields and chase sheep.

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-We get to live in the most beautiful island.

-Me too.

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-Bye, Mummy.

-Bye, honey, have a good day.

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-Bye.

-Wave bye-bye to Tilda. Bye-bye.

-Bye.

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If you look really, really close, you can see a star in the water.

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Growing up on Mull is...really good.

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Yes, I do feel very free. I feel like a burst of freedom.

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I love Mull!

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Except the tourists.

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Whoa!

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SHE SCREAMS

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Excellent. So, chat to your partner. What are you going to do?

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Ulva Primary has a single class of just eight pupils,

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aged from five to ten years old.

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-Ooh, Matilda?

-Yeah.

-Blue and yellow make green.

-I know.

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-Yeah, I know.

-Let's do it slightly quicker.

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Kate, you don't have to.

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I really, really, really need you to work with me,

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otherwise we won't get this done.

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Children are like...annoying little dwarves.

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They're very annoying cos some of them can be quite polite

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and some of them can be very naughty

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and some of them can be weird.

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-Bruce, are you scared of dogs?

-Yes.

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What if it was a police and it said, "You have to meet my dog",

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what would you say? And if you said, "No", he would arrest you.

0:21:370:21:42

So, what would you do? Would you have to say, "Yes"?

0:21:420:21:46

Yeah, I'd have to say, "Yes."

0:21:460:21:49

And what if the police said, "It's a very nice dog to children"?

0:21:490:21:55

-Would you go and stroke it?

-Yeah.

-What if it bit you?

0:21:550:21:59

Um...

0:22:010:22:04

These days, telescopes can only see as far as the moon.

0:22:040:22:08

These telescopes in the future can see much, much further.

0:22:090:22:16

They can see 40 times further.

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CHICKENS CLUCK

0:22:260:22:29

These are the chickens.

0:22:290:22:30

..Four, five, six.

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And there's one egg, right really inside, near the door.

0:22:330:22:38

Five-year-old Bruce lives on his family's smallholding

0:22:380:22:42

and has much more space to roam than most city kids his age.

0:22:420:22:46

I never want to change houses with this one,

0:22:460:22:49

cos I really like this house, cos we live right in front of a beach.

0:22:490:22:54

Whee!

0:22:540:22:56

I feel like I've got freedom

0:22:560:22:59

because we're sort of, like, living in the middle of nowhere.

0:22:590:23:05

It's quite fun because you can just play around.

0:23:060:23:11

I think like I'm more special living here.

0:23:130:23:17

BRUCE HUMS

0:23:180:23:20

Bruce doesn't just explore on foot,

0:23:200:23:23

he lets his imagination run wild too.

0:23:230:23:26

First time I teleported,

0:23:270:23:29

I teleported to China to get some noodles.

0:23:290:23:33

The second time I teleported, I went to Australia to go surfboarding

0:23:360:23:43

and have a nice hot sunbathe and also have an ice cream.

0:23:430:23:48

Can you see me? I'm right here.

0:23:500:23:53

When I got tired, instead of sitting down, I fell.

0:23:530:23:59

I fell on the ground.

0:24:000:24:02

Wait, but it wasn't ground. I was flying.

0:24:030:24:07

My imagination does sometimes freak me out.

0:24:090:24:14

Argh!

0:24:140:24:17

Uh-oh, it happened again.

0:24:170:24:19

Help!

0:24:190:24:21

Daddy, help!

0:24:230:24:26

-Sounds like he's an evil dentist.

-The dangers. God.

0:24:260:24:30

In the classroom,

0:24:300:24:32

the group are talking about common childhood worries.

0:24:320:24:35

OK, Bruce, your turn.

0:24:350:24:38

Bruce has always lived in the same home...

0:24:380:24:41

OK, there's no real reason to fear that.

0:24:410:24:44

..and has chosen moving house as his big fear.

0:24:440:24:47

Well...

0:24:470:24:49

If the house moves,

0:24:510:24:53

-it could probably be the wind.

-No!

0:24:530:24:56

So, like, say you lived right over there somewhere,

0:24:580:25:02

in one of the houses, well, now you've moved up to Ballygown.

0:25:020:25:07

Were you scared about that? No?

0:25:070:25:10

I was a baby when we moved house.

0:25:100:25:13

Well, the thing is is that there is a sort of reason to fear,

0:25:130:25:17

cos if you're moving from here to Salen,

0:25:170:25:21

-you might fear losing your friends.

-Or maybe if you move...

0:25:210:25:24

No, maybe moving here to America - that might be more...

0:25:240:25:29

That would be very scary.

0:25:290:25:30

OK, or maybe moving to Spain, cos that's a bit scary,

0:25:300:25:34

moving to Spain, because that has got tornadoes.

0:25:340:25:37

-Totally different, different from here.

-Can I say one thing though?

0:25:370:25:40

Because when I saw my house, I was freaked out,

0:25:400:25:43

because my house was horrible.

0:25:430:25:45

Things that freak me out...

0:25:450:25:48

If I'm older and I work for space,

0:25:480:25:51

I might go into space and I'll get scared.

0:25:510:25:55

I might get hit by a meteor...

0:25:550:25:58

..and I might get sucked in by a black hole

0:25:590:26:03

or I might run out of air.

0:26:030:26:05

So, anyone who thinks there's a reason

0:26:060:26:08

to fear moving house, hands up.

0:26:080:26:10

One, two, three...

0:26:110:26:13

-And no real reason to fear?

-I don't think there's a reason to fear.

0:26:140:26:17

Bruce? Matilda? Do you think there's a reason to fear moving house?

0:26:170:26:21

-Yeah.

-OK, so that's a reason to fear.

0:26:210:26:25

Chorister Jade has reached a landmark in her life.

0:26:340:26:38

-JADE'S MUM LAUGHS

-I'm laughing!

0:26:380:26:41

-CHEERING

-Whoo, whoo! Whoo!

0:26:410:26:45

What have you got, Jade?

0:26:470:26:49

-I got an iPhone!

-JADE SQUEALS

0:26:490:26:52

-So, what does this mean?

-I can phone people!

0:26:550:26:58

THEY LAUGH

0:26:580:27:01

What's the first thing you're going to do with the phone?

0:27:020:27:05

-Put a pass code, so Mum can't go on it.

-Ooh!

0:27:050:27:11

Mum, can I get Snapchat and just have friends like Bella?

0:27:110:27:18

-Can we just get used to the phone first for you...

-OK.

0:27:190:27:22

..before you start Snapchatting?

0:27:220:27:24

All these social things that I am not on.

0:27:240:27:28

-I want to take a photo of Balal, I don't know why.

-Straightaway.

0:27:290:27:33

-Daddy! Mummy!

-Say hi.

0:27:350:27:38

She's ten! She's two figures!

0:27:400:27:42

What are we going to do? Her life's flashing in front of me.

0:27:420:27:45

No, she is growing up so much and she is sensible,

0:27:450:27:50

but at the same time, she is just a child and, you know,

0:27:500:27:53

I would want her to stay a child, be a child and just, you know, play.

0:27:530:27:59

Stand there.

0:27:590:28:00

I suppose we'll welcome everything that's got to come, really,

0:28:020:28:07

even though it is reluctantly.

0:28:070:28:09

People don't get me when I say I'm excited to grow up

0:28:110:28:14

but I'm scared to grow up. I'm scared about the responsibilities.

0:28:140:28:20

What you doing? Oh, no, gosh!

0:28:200:28:23

-Just shush, Pie Face!

-Stop!

0:28:230:28:25

'Something about being older, because I don't want to grow up,'

0:28:250:28:29

but it's about getting taller and I want to be tall.

0:28:290:28:32

LAUGHTER

0:28:330:28:35

You don't want to grow up?

0:28:350:28:36

Never. Cos then, you have to take care of yourself,

0:28:380:28:42

you have to leave your mum and dad to get a new home,

0:28:420:28:46

and then you can only see your mum and dad at, like, weekends,

0:28:460:28:50

but I want to stay.

0:28:500:28:52

Cos excitement is like, "Yes! Yes!",

0:28:570:29:01

but fear is, like, "I don't want to do it, I don't want to do it!

0:29:010:29:05

"No, don't make me!"

0:29:050:29:08

I can control my fear, like. I can control how I feel,

0:29:080:29:12

but sometimes, like, when you're really scared,

0:29:120:29:15

it just feels like you're just erupting.

0:29:150:29:18

I think it's important to overcome fears

0:29:200:29:24

because if you don't really overcome fears,

0:29:240:29:27

you're never really going to do anything that you really want to do.

0:29:270:29:30

At the drama class,

0:29:350:29:36

the children are sharing some of their greatest fears.

0:29:360:29:39

I'm scared of heights, clowns and the last one's quite a funny one.

0:29:390:29:45

I'm scared of spilt-over milk.

0:29:450:29:48

-LAUGHTER

-I hate it.

0:29:480:29:50

Tell me more.

0:29:500:29:51

I don't know why it makes me feel scared,

0:29:510:29:54

but if I see spilt-over milk, I'll run away.

0:29:540:29:59

I'd say I'm quite scared of the dark,

0:30:000:30:02

but the problem is is that I'm too small

0:30:020:30:06

to reach any of the light switches upstairs,

0:30:060:30:08

so when I'm going up to do stuff, it really...

0:30:080:30:11

like, gives me the creeps, cos I can't reach the light switches,

0:30:110:30:16

so I just have to wait till someone comes up or shout at them.

0:30:160:30:20

But it's quite annoying having to go upstairs in the dark

0:30:200:30:24

-and know you can't turn on the lights.

-Mm.

0:30:240:30:26

'The occupational therapists put in a banister on the wall for me

0:30:310:30:36

'and they also got me steps to get in my bath.'

0:30:360:30:40

Changes are being made to Eoin's house

0:30:400:30:42

to help him gain more independence.

0:30:420:30:45

Cos I'm nine and I don't want to keep having my mum

0:30:450:30:48

lifting me in and lifting me out.

0:30:480:30:50

It's starting the get to the point now

0:30:510:30:53

where he wants to do the dishes, therefore the stool.

0:30:530:30:56

You know, if you want to do it, I'm not going to stop you!

0:30:560:30:59

As Eoin gets older and his body grows,

0:31:040:31:07

he's starting to face challenges on long walks too.

0:31:070:31:11

I'll hand it to you. You can hold it for me.

0:31:110:31:13

'I get really, really tired when I walk around

0:31:130:31:17

'and I just hate walking long distances.'

0:31:170:31:21

The back of my legs hurt and it can get really, like, uncomfortable

0:31:220:31:27

and I have to sit down for, like, ten minutes

0:31:270:31:30

and then it goes away and then I walk for a bit longer.

0:31:300:31:33

I'll carry the tablecloth in.

0:31:330:31:35

'Eoin has started to say things like his legs hurts,

0:31:370:31:39

'things that he hasn't ever complained about before,'

0:31:390:31:42

and he's genuine cos he doesn't really complain about pain

0:31:420:31:45

unless he really has it, so, you know, we're watching that.

0:31:450:31:49

With his pains becoming more frequent,

0:31:510:31:53

Eoin's mum has booked an appointment with the occupational therapist

0:31:530:31:57

to try to find a solution for him.

0:31:570:31:59

At the cathedral, overcoming fears is being put to the test.

0:32:050:32:09

Let me tell you a bit about what's going to happen.

0:32:150:32:17

So, there are four people outside and they don't know

0:32:170:32:21

what is inside each of these three tubes

0:32:210:32:24

and if they're up for the challenge,

0:32:240:32:26

they're going to put their hand inside of this jar

0:32:260:32:30

and they're going to feel around until they find something inside it

0:32:300:32:34

that they have to retrieve.

0:32:340:32:35

What do you think could be in these tubes?

0:32:350:32:38

-Spiders.

-Don't even say that!

0:32:380:32:41

-Sorry.

-Or sand.

0:32:410:32:43

Spiders. Loads and loads and loads of spiders.

0:32:430:32:47

Or goo. Or goo or something really eurgh.

0:32:470:32:50

-Spiders on the floor.

-Like, really eurgh!

0:32:500:32:53

Eurgh! Eurgh!

0:32:530:32:56

Come in, Meira.

0:32:580:33:00

'I really like winning.'

0:33:000:33:01

I wouldn't say this counts as winning,

0:33:010:33:04

but I went for my grade 1 singing exam and I got the highest mark

0:33:040:33:07

in the region out of all three of my friends - 142 out of 150 -

0:33:070:33:11

so, I felt that I definitely won there.

0:33:110:33:15

In this middle tube is something that you might find frightening.

0:33:150:33:21

-Do you want to accept your challenge or...?

-I'm not sure.

0:33:210:33:25

-You can do it!

-You can do it, Meira!

0:33:250:33:28

-We believe in you!

-Just put your hand in.

0:33:280:33:30

We believe in you.

0:33:300:33:32

Have faith in yourself that you can be brave enough

0:33:320:33:35

because you can do anything when you set your mind to it.

0:33:350:33:37

You don't have to do it if you don't want to.

0:33:400:33:42

I want to do it and I don't want to do it.

0:33:420:33:45

I just have an odd feeling

0:33:500:33:52

that, if I'm going to do it and say, "No, I don't want to do it,"

0:33:520:33:55

somebody else is going to prove they CAN do it.

0:33:550:33:58

Well, I'm scared of the dark, I'm claustrophobic,

0:34:000:34:04

I'm scared of getting lost,

0:34:040:34:06

I'm scared of spiders and I'm scared of being unsuccessful.

0:34:060:34:09

For nine-year-old Meira, her school morning starts early.

0:34:160:34:20

I wake up at 5.50 in the morning.

0:34:220:34:25

Then I snuggle in my mum and dad's bed from 5.50 to 6 o'clock.

0:34:260:34:30

Then I do my Bible study from 6 o'clock to 6.10.

0:34:300:34:32

And then I do something called Kumon,

0:34:320:34:35

which is just my work

0:34:350:34:37

and I have my English...

0:34:370:34:40

..and my maths.

0:34:410:34:43

And after I do that, I have a shower

0:34:430:34:45

and I get dressed in my school uniform.

0:34:450:34:47

Then I have my piano practice from 7.30 to 8 o'clock

0:34:470:34:50

and then I go to school.

0:34:500:34:52

These are all my medals.

0:34:550:34:57

This one was one that I got for my work - my English and maths -

0:34:570:35:02

and I got a silver.

0:35:020:35:04

This one I got for a rock-and-roll fun run

0:35:040:35:07

and this one is for a poetry competition that I won.

0:35:070:35:11

# There was a jolly miller once

0:35:130:35:16

# Lived on the River Dee... #

0:35:160:35:20

She does strive to be the best, without a shadow of a doubt.

0:35:200:35:24

Maybe it's instilled by me, in the sense I've grown up

0:35:240:35:27

in a culture where we do not know or like failure.

0:35:270:35:30

We want her to be an independent, successful person

0:35:300:35:34

who can look after herself

0:35:340:35:36

and, perhaps, maintain the lifestyle we've given her to carry on.

0:35:360:35:40

# No, not I

0:35:400:35:43

# If nobody cares for me. #

0:35:430:35:47

Then I'll cut it off.

0:35:530:35:55

Meira's father is a surgeon and she hopes

0:35:550:35:58

to one day follow in his medial footsteps.

0:35:580:36:01

I really want to become a vet when I'm older

0:36:020:36:04

and I know I have to work hard

0:36:040:36:06

to be able to become one, so I study a lot.

0:36:060:36:09

Otherwise, I prefer reading.

0:36:100:36:13

So, what have you done?

0:36:130:36:15

What I have I taught you before about how to strap a leg?

0:36:150:36:18

You said to take it around the waist and then put it on the leg.

0:36:180:36:24

Very good. So, how much have you given yourself, points out of ten?

0:36:240:36:28

-Nine.

-Nine?

-Yeah.

0:36:280:36:30

OK, I'll tell you why it's a little lower than nine,

0:36:300:36:32

-because you've got to see all the toes, right? Do you know why?

-No.

0:36:320:36:36

If your bandage is too tight, the leg swells up

0:36:360:36:39

and you've got to be able to watch the toes

0:36:390:36:42

to check whether there's any swelling,

0:36:420:36:45

if there's blood flowing and if everything is OK.

0:36:450:36:48

-OK.

-That's pretty good though.

0:36:480:36:49

Meira's recently been pushing extra hard

0:36:530:36:56

to try to pass an upcoming entrance exam

0:36:560:36:58

to one of the top schools in the North-west.

0:36:580:37:01

I think moving school would be a bit scary, a bit nerve-racking.

0:37:010:37:06

I'm a bit nervous, really excited

0:37:060:37:10

and a bit taken aback, all at the same time.

0:37:100:37:13

This is my Harry Potter Time-Turner.

0:37:150:37:17

Hermione Granger uses it because she can't do all her subjects at once,

0:37:170:37:22

so what she does is she uses the Time-Turner

0:37:220:37:25

so she can visit all the subjects she missed.

0:37:250:37:28

I wish I had one, cos I could finish all my work in time then as well.

0:37:280:37:31

To me, "failing" is a very bad word

0:37:330:37:36

because failing means you're very unsuccessful

0:37:360:37:42

and I don't want to be unsuccessful.

0:37:420:37:44

I'm doing this so I won't fail.

0:37:440:37:47

So, failing - I don't like failing.

0:37:480:37:50

OK, decision time, Meira.

0:37:580:38:00

Are you going to face the unknown or are you going to pass?

0:38:020:38:05

CHILDREN WHISPER A CHANT: Meira! Meira! Meira! Meira!

0:38:110:38:15

-I'll do it.

-Go on then.

0:38:150:38:17

-CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

-I'll try.

-Go for it.

0:38:170:38:20

This is just so weird.

0:38:220:38:24

Eurgh, that felt weird! I don't like that, I don't like that!

0:38:270:38:31

-Grab it and then throw it on the floor.

-It just feels so weird.

0:38:310:38:35

I'm sure you can do this.

0:38:350:38:37

-What type of thing is it?

-You don't have to if you don't want to.

0:38:370:38:40

-MALE TEACHER:

-You're almost there. That's it, that's it. You've got it.

0:38:400:38:44

Have you pulled it out?

0:38:440:38:46

SHOUTING AND LAUGHTER

0:38:490:38:53

-What is it? A spoon?

-That is not at all scary!

-Give her a clap.

0:38:530:38:58

Oh, my God!

0:39:010:39:03

So, compare how you feel now

0:39:030:39:04

to how you felt about two minutes ago before you'd done it.

0:39:040:39:07

Well, I felt really scared at first,

0:39:070:39:09

because I thought, "Ooh, I think I might not do this."

0:39:090:39:12

I was a bit unsure and then I realised

0:39:120:39:16

that if anybody else could do it, why can't I do it?

0:39:160:39:19

When your mind plays tricks on you, it's, like...

0:39:210:39:27

there's nothing really there,

0:39:270:39:29

but your mind's telling you that there is.

0:39:290:39:32

If the water's really dark and I'm the only one in the water

0:39:320:39:36

or I look down and the water's just, like, really dark,

0:39:360:39:40

I keep thinking there's something going to come up

0:39:400:39:43

and eat me and drag me down.

0:39:430:39:45

My head's telling me that...

0:39:450:39:48

I don't know why, but it just tells me that I should be scared.

0:39:480:39:52

I'm, like, "No, I don't want to be scared. I can't be scared."

0:39:520:39:55

SHE GASPS AND SCREAMS

0:39:550:39:58

Nine-year-old Eoin's recently been struggling with leg pain

0:40:050:40:08

on long family days out.

0:40:080:40:10

Today, he's come to see his occupational therapist,

0:40:100:40:14

as they have something to help.

0:40:140:40:16

OK. And then there's that and a footrest there.

0:40:160:40:21

When I first heard I'm getting a wheelchair,

0:40:240:40:27

I was, like, "Oh, that's cool."

0:40:270:40:28

And then I think about it and I'm, like, "A wheelchair?! Really?!"

0:40:280:40:32

-I feel really unstable.

-You feel unstable?

-Yeah, weird.

0:40:350:40:38

Hold on, you're not going to fall out - you've got a seatbelt on.

0:40:380:40:41

All right? Bit rough, isn't it?

0:40:410:40:44

-You want to go over this bump?

-Um, OK. Try it.

0:40:460:40:49

No, no, no, no.

0:40:490:40:51

-Got ya!

-I don't like that.

-Do you not like it? Sorry.

0:40:510:40:55

'When I just think about seeing people in wheelchairs

0:40:570:41:00

'and everyone stares at them and things like that,'

0:41:000:41:02

I don't want that to happen to me.

0:41:020:41:04

-CHILD:

-Why's he in a wheelchair?

0:41:080:41:10

It's for him when we go on long days out,

0:41:100:41:12

cos he gets really tired walking.

0:41:120:41:14

-CHILD'S MUM:

-I bet your arms get tired though, don't they?

0:41:140:41:16

-Yeah, so for step we take, he has to take two.

-Oh!

0:41:160:41:19

-You just need to get used to it.

-Do I look weird?

0:41:210:41:24

No, you don't look weird.

0:41:240:41:26

-You look fine.

-Are you just saying that cos you're my mum?

0:41:260:41:29

No, I'm not just saying that because I'm your mum.

0:41:290:41:32

You don't look weird, Eoin.

0:41:320:41:33

I think I would describe fear, like,

0:41:330:41:37

where you feel almost left out

0:41:370:41:41

and, like, really, um...

0:41:410:41:44

..shaky and things.

0:41:460:41:48

It's hard to manage it but it's good practice.

0:41:500:41:53

'I try to face things that kind of make me miss out on things.'

0:41:560:42:01

Like all my friends are going down the ramps at the skate park

0:42:020:42:05

and I was quite scared to go down them and then I tried it

0:42:050:42:08

and then, after a while, it felt really easy.

0:42:080:42:11

-Got it?

-Yeah.

0:42:110:42:13

-Mum, I did it!

-Yeah, that was good. Well done.

0:42:180:42:21

-It's very hard not to hit those things.

-Yeah.

0:42:210:42:25

Eoin's only planning to sit in the wheelchair

0:42:290:42:32

-at the end of long days out.

-Oh, right on.

0:42:320:42:35

But he now knows it's there whenever he feels the need.

0:42:350:42:38

-Just pull back.

-Pull back. Oh, right.

-It just goes down like that.

0:42:380:42:42

Cool, it's fine like that. A little bit heavy.

0:42:420:42:45

'I think about being different.'

0:42:450:42:48

I just think it's, like, OK.

0:42:480:42:50

Cos you're different, it's not a big deal.

0:42:500:42:53

It's not like it's the end of the world that you're different.

0:42:530:42:57

At Eoin's drama class, a prop has been left...

0:43:090:43:12

..to see if the group will fear the consequences of breaking the rules.

0:43:150:43:19

"Do not press."

0:43:210:43:23

Sometimes when I'm hyper, I break rules.

0:43:230:43:25

I'll get a bit hyper and then I talk back to someone,

0:43:250:43:30

which I sometimes find quite funny.

0:43:300:43:33

ALARM SOUNDS AND CHILDREN SHOUT

0:43:330:43:37

The reason we go to school is to learn the rules

0:43:390:43:42

and what not to do so you don't make those mistakes when you're older,

0:43:420:43:47

and then it will ruin things that you do,

0:43:470:43:50

so you could go to jail or something,

0:43:500:43:53

cos you weren't following the rules.

0:43:530:43:56

We're all going to die!

0:43:560:43:58

ALARM SOUNDS AND CHILDREN SHOUT

0:43:580:44:01

I get peer pressure quite a lot when my friends do things like that

0:44:040:44:08

and then they try to encourage me and I have to do it.

0:44:080:44:12

I almost feel like I need to.

0:44:120:44:15

ALARM SOUNDS

0:44:150:44:17

"Do not press."

0:44:170:44:19

ALARM SOUNDS AND CHILDREN SHOUT

0:44:190:44:22

On the Isle of Mull, the pupils are also faced with the warning.

0:44:220:44:27

Five-year-olds Matilda and Bruce are the youngest in the class.

0:44:310:44:35

Don't press. "Do not press".

0:44:380:44:41

-Why do you not have to press that anyway?

-Cos you're only four.

0:44:450:44:50

The red button - I don't know what it would do,

0:44:520:44:57

but I could probably have a big, big think

0:44:570:45:02

and think so much that my brain will explode.

0:45:020:45:06

Maybe that's the new fire alarm.

0:45:080:45:11

Eddie, look. "Don't..."

0:45:160:45:18

"Press". "Press".

0:45:200:45:23

-Eddie, don't press that.

-Don't press that red button.

0:45:230:45:27

Kate!

0:45:280:45:31

-Don't!

-(Don't press it.)

0:45:330:45:36

Do not press it. I know what it is, but do not press it.

0:45:360:45:40

-WHISPERING

-(Don't touch it.)

0:45:430:45:46

WHISPERING

0:45:460:45:48

Do not touch. I know what it is, but do not touch.

0:45:540:45:57

Parents usually do rules because...

0:45:590:46:02

Mainly, they're safety rules,

0:46:020:46:04

like, "Don't go over to those rocks because they are super slippy.

0:46:040:46:08

"Don't forget to close the gate."

0:46:080:46:10

All those safety rules are quite important,

0:46:100:46:14

but some aren't that important.

0:46:140:46:16

I've never broken a rule except once, when I stole a chip.

0:46:170:46:21

A chip.

0:46:230:46:24

-What's happening?

-We don't know what this is.

0:46:250:46:28

-There's a "Do not touch" sign with the red button.

-OK.

0:46:280:46:32

I don't want to press it but then I do want to press it.

0:46:320:46:35

Why do you want to press it?

0:46:350:46:37

Cos it's big and red and I want to see what it does.

0:46:370:46:40

Adults make up a lot of rules that are fair and unfair.

0:46:400:46:45

Bruce, you and Matilda were in the room first.

0:46:450:46:48

Matilda, Bruce, why did you not press the button?

0:46:500:46:53

Because we didn't know what it was going to do.

0:46:530:46:57

-And it says, "Do not press".

-OK.

0:46:570:47:00

My own rules are, "Don't get lost...

0:47:000:47:05

"..don't eat too much food

0:47:070:47:09

"and don't eat too many sugary things."

0:47:090:47:12

Why don't we all put our hands on the button and press it together?

0:47:120:47:16

CHILDREN: Yeah, yeah!

0:47:160:47:19

I don't really agree.

0:47:190:47:21

Matilda and Bruce, why don't you want to press it?

0:47:210:47:26

Because it might be something that we're not allowed to do.

0:47:260:47:32

It would be quite scary to break the rules

0:47:320:47:36

because someone would get in trouble.

0:47:360:47:40

If we all hold hands, one hand, and then we put our other hand on,

0:47:400:47:45

will you do it?

0:47:450:47:47

-Come on.

-I don't want anyone to press it.

0:47:470:47:51

Oh, but everyone wants to press it!

0:47:510:47:53

No, I don't think we should touch it.

0:47:530:47:55

-Let's not touch it. No!

-HE GROANS

0:47:550:47:58

-This is boring! It's always your decision.

-It's OUR decision.

0:47:580:48:04

This has become our favourite page, hasn't it,

0:48:150:48:17

-with people extremely excited about their results?

-Yeah.

0:48:170:48:22

Meira recently took an exam

0:48:220:48:24

to get into one of the top schools in the North-west.

0:48:240:48:28

Despite her fears of failure, she performed well and got in.

0:48:280:48:32

-My acceptance letter.

-Is that your acceptance letter?

-Yeah.

0:48:320:48:36

I'm moving school because I think Mummy wants me to...

0:48:360:48:40

because my dream ambition is to become a vet

0:48:400:48:44

and I think Mummy wants to give me more of a chance to become one.

0:48:440:48:48

Meira had to work quite hard.

0:48:480:48:50

If you want to aim for universities like Cambridge,

0:48:500:48:53

you have to work very, very hard,

0:48:530:48:55

so it's better to be in a place where you can handle pressure.

0:48:550:48:59

-One of the best girls' schools...

-In the world?

0:48:590:49:03

Well, it's rated as one of the top ten schools in the UK.

0:49:030:49:07

So, it's scary, exciting, and I'm nervous.

0:49:070:49:10

Scary, exciting, nerve-racking.

0:49:100:49:13

-So, there is no gain without...

-Pain.

-Quite right.

0:49:140:49:18

In my new school,

0:49:180:49:20

I think it's going to be way more competitive than it is already.

0:49:200:49:24

My friends already say I'm pretty competitive but then I feel like,

0:49:240:49:28

"Don't worry, friends, I'll bring you one of my friends

0:49:280:49:31

"from my new school and you'll see who is competitive."

0:49:310:49:34

To be nearer to the school,

0:49:370:49:38

Meira's family have made the decision to move to Manchester.

0:49:380:49:42

I'm very happy and very sad as well. I'm very happy that they've done it,

0:49:420:49:46

but I'm very sad I've got to leave my friends.

0:49:460:49:49

It's a good thing at a young age to learn to move to new places,

0:49:490:49:53

because you're going to do that when you're older,

0:49:530:49:56

so you have to learn to be adaptable, isn't it?

0:49:560:49:59

-Hopefully, I will.

-No, "YES, I will!"

0:49:590:50:02

-I said, "Yes."

-Not "Hopefully, I will." "Yes, I will."

0:50:020:50:06

The bond with my friends is basically, literally, unbreakable.

0:50:060:50:10

I mean, it just feels really bad to leave them, almost,

0:50:100:50:14

with only two years left in school.

0:50:140:50:17

I even asked Mummy, "Can't I just move

0:50:170:50:19

"when it's time for senior school?"

0:50:190:50:21

She said, "No, I want you to move now."

0:50:210:50:23

I was just, like, "Why?

0:50:230:50:26

"Why can't I just spend the last two years with my friends?"

0:50:260:50:30

-Are you all excited?

-Yeah.

-Are you all excited?

0:50:300:50:33

You'll have a great time, and the best thing is meeting new friends.

0:50:330:50:38

Before Meira can make new friends,

0:50:440:50:46

she's saying goodbye to the ones she's leaving behind.

0:50:460:50:49

A tea party is being held in her honour.

0:50:530:50:56

She's going to Manchester,

0:50:590:51:01

-which is why we're having a little celebration.

-Yes.

0:51:010:51:05

Not really a celebration. It's sad.

0:51:050:51:09

It's a celebration to get rid of Meira.

0:51:090:51:11

-It's not!

-That would be stupid!

0:51:110:51:14

'I've made loads of close friends at school

0:51:160:51:18

'and leaving them's really difficult because I've been with them'

0:51:180:51:21

for a really long time and it's hard to leave people like that.

0:51:210:51:24

Meira, I want to ask you a question.

0:51:240:51:26

What was your favourite cake or scone

0:51:260:51:28

or anything that you had today?

0:51:280:51:31

The Victoria sponge cake.

0:51:320:51:34

That's just how stupid they are.

0:51:340:51:36

-Stupid!

-You are the most stupid of all.

0:51:360:51:41

MEIRA LAUGHS

0:51:410:51:43

I didn't really want to leave at first,

0:51:430:51:45

but then I realised it's a good chance for me,

0:51:450:51:47

so in a way I want to, in a way I don't want to at all.

0:51:470:51:50

I'm going to miss Meira because she's been a great friend

0:51:510:51:55

and also I will never, ever forget your funniest times.

0:51:550:52:01

We're all going to be crying tomorrow.

0:52:010:52:04

-We really don't want Meira to leave.

-Yeah.

0:52:040:52:06

It makes me kind of sad

0:52:060:52:09

because it makes me feel like I don't want to leave you. Yeah.

0:52:090:52:13

It feels as if, like my heart's dipped down really, really low,

0:52:130:52:17

almost into my stomach, because you just have that feeling

0:52:170:52:22

that you're never going to see them again.

0:52:220:52:23

'As many times as people say it,

0:52:270:52:29

'you're just not going to see them again and it makes you feel'

0:52:290:52:32

like this is just really upsetting.

0:52:320:52:34

I just can't leave them.

0:52:340:52:37

-ALL: Cheeeeeeese!

-My kneeeeees!

0:52:370:52:45

At the drama group,

0:52:520:52:54

Eoin and his friends are being asked to tackle their phobias.

0:52:540:52:57

Under this cloth are giant cockroaches.

0:52:570:53:04

CHILDREN GASP AND SQUEAL

0:53:040:53:06

-Yes!

-No!

-Awesome!

0:53:060:53:09

Ooh, I can see them. They don't look gross.

0:53:100:53:15

What's next?

0:53:150:53:16

-Is a stick insect next?

-Under this cover...

0:53:180:53:23

..is a house spider.

0:53:250:53:28

It's rather a large house spider.

0:53:280:53:33

-It's tiny.

-Where is it?

0:53:350:53:37

-That's tiny. It's there.

-I can't even see it.

0:53:370:53:39

That's absolutely tiny.

0:53:390:53:41

OK, under here is a giant tarantula.

0:53:410:53:45

CHILDREN SHOUT AND SCREAM

0:53:450:53:48

Seriously?

0:53:480:53:50

-I think you have one in your ear!

-OK...

0:53:520:53:55

-CHILDREN GASP AND SHOUT

-It's huge!

0:53:550:53:59

-Who here is feeling really scared?

-Middle.

0:53:590:54:06

I think you get braver as you're older

0:54:060:54:08

cos you can't be born brave and, like, do everything.

0:54:080:54:11

Nothing really scares me.

0:54:110:54:13

It's like, if you don't think about all the negatives,

0:54:130:54:17

nothing can scare you so, yeah...

0:54:170:54:20

-It's on my hand.

-Keep your hands still. Don't pull your hands away.

0:54:230:54:27

Well done.

0:54:270:54:29

I'm doing it!

0:54:310:54:33

The thing is, with fear, I suppose you have to really overcome it,

0:54:330:54:37

so fear's sort of something good, actually.

0:54:370:54:40

That's it. Shake hands.

0:54:420:54:46

Well done.

0:54:480:54:49

'When I'm older, I want to be a scientist or an actor.'

0:54:490:54:52

I'm going to try not to let fear get in my way of my goals.

0:54:520:54:56

Just touch through the end. You come to me.

0:54:560:55:00

Expectations do drive me on in a way,

0:55:010:55:03

because it's a bit like they're pointing the way,

0:55:030:55:07

they're showing you that you've got to do this to get to this,

0:55:070:55:10

so it drives you somewhere and you eventually get to your destination.

0:55:100:55:17

Put your hands flat.

0:55:170:55:19

Can you see his eyes on the top, look?

0:55:210:55:23

If you worry too much, really it's not a good thing to worry,

0:55:230:55:28

because you miss out on all the happy things

0:55:280:55:31

and the exciting things that you can do.

0:55:310:55:34

If you look underneath, can you see his fangs?

0:55:340:55:36

-Eurgh!

-It's got fangs.

0:55:360:55:39

In Liverpool, Jade is ready to face

0:55:430:55:46

her fear of the world outside her cul-de-sac.

0:55:460:55:49

The thought of going to the newsagent's shop is exciting

0:55:490:55:54

and also, it's scary.

0:55:540:55:57

So, we're going to the shop.

0:56:000:56:03

This rite of passage will involve crossing the road by herself

0:56:030:56:06

for the very first time.

0:56:060:56:08

It's bound to be expected now

0:56:090:56:11

that she wants to go a bit further afield

0:56:110:56:14

and go on a little adventure more.

0:56:140:56:17

And I think we have to let her.

0:56:170:56:19

It's like that throwing them in at the deep end.

0:56:190:56:21

We do have to let her go out there and experience some of it.

0:56:210:56:25

It's how far she wants to go.

0:56:250:56:28

-Probably by her age, I was going to town.

-That's your age, that.

0:56:280:56:32

I just need to say that was the olden days.

0:56:320:56:34

You need to stay there.

0:56:350:56:37

So, you know what to do, what you do when you get to the road?

0:56:370:56:40

-Listen and look both ways.

-OK.

0:56:400:56:43

'The most important thing about getting older

0:56:470:56:49

'is trying new things because, usually,'

0:56:490:56:51

if you are scared of something and you do overcome it,

0:56:510:56:55

it's really like you're not really scared of it any more

0:56:550:56:58

and you can do it if you want to.

0:56:580:57:00

Oops, oops, she's doing it. She's gone for it.

0:57:040:57:07

-Yeah!

-I had little butterflies in my tummy then.

0:57:130:57:18

'It does feel special when you're overcoming your fear'

0:57:220:57:26

because it's like conquering the world and you know that you did it

0:57:260:57:30

and you're proud that you did it and you're really happy that you did it.

0:57:300:57:34

Pooh! Whoo!

0:57:370:57:39

JADE'S MUM LAUGHS

0:57:390:57:41

-I did it, I did it, I did it!

-I know. How do you feel?

0:57:410:57:45

Ooh, I don't know!

0:57:450:57:47

THEY LAUGH

0:57:470:57:49

-Next time...

-Yeah, but you still can't cheat in a test.

0:57:490:57:53

..how kids see right from wrong.

0:57:530:57:55

-I vote for silence.

-Silence.

0:57:550:57:57

-There's temptation...

-But I'm still thinking I want to peek.

0:57:570:58:02

-..questions of retaliation...

-I want to pop their head.

0:58:020:58:05

..and pressure from their peers.

0:58:050:58:07

We're dividing the money, OK?

0:58:070:58:09

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