0:00:02 > 0:00:03CHILDREN SHOUT
0:00:03 > 0:00:06When you're young, everything's an adventure.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10We are growing, bursting with ideas.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14And facing fresh challenges every single day.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Stand back and make sure you're wearing your goggles.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21I'm from one of six groups of children all over the country who
0:00:21 > 0:00:23are filming their lives.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26Here!
0:00:26 > 0:00:27Are you all right?
0:00:29 > 0:00:30From high-rise tower blocks...
0:00:30 > 0:00:33LAUGHS
0:00:33 > 0:00:35My room is so big.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37..to our remotest islands.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40I love Mull!
0:00:40 > 0:00:42Stop it, stop it!
0:00:42 > 0:00:45We were only kissing.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47I know, but stop it!
0:00:47 > 0:00:53For six months, we've had cameras in our homes, clubs...
0:00:53 > 0:00:55We've even filmed ourselves.
0:00:56 > 0:00:58To share moments of love...
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Are you all right, darling?
0:01:00 > 0:01:02..loss...
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- and drama.- I told you, I'm not saying a word.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07Through our own eyes.
0:01:09 > 0:01:11Giving us a big voice...
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Let me count, let me count this.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19..to tell you what we really think of the world.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23Wow, my mum's a tooth fairy. That's shocking.
0:01:23 > 0:01:27This week, we explore what it means to grow up.
0:01:27 > 0:01:28Growing up...
0:01:30 > 0:01:31HE SIGHS
0:01:31 > 0:01:34A life-changing decision hangs in the balance.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36I'm scared,
0:01:36 > 0:01:40because a lot of people don't get what school they want to go to.
0:01:40 > 0:01:42Will you slow down?!
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Discipline is needed to realise dreams.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- I didn't.- You did.- I didn't.
0:01:47 > 0:01:49- You did. Don't argue.- And fears must be confronted.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Off you go. Look ahead. Look ahead!
0:01:51 > 0:01:52Let him go, let him go!
0:01:52 > 0:01:54Go on, keep kicking, keep kicking!
0:01:54 > 0:01:55Yes!
0:01:55 > 0:01:57GIRL SQUEALS
0:02:02 > 0:02:06The scary things about growing up is finding a job,
0:02:06 > 0:02:12school, and also teenage years.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19I think the best thing about being grown up is you have more freedom
0:02:19 > 0:02:22than when you're a child. You can do anything,
0:02:22 > 0:02:28you can go anywhere and nobody tells you to clean your room. Yep.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32It makes me feel scared.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34I don't want to grow up.
0:02:34 > 0:02:36I'm quite afraid, like,
0:02:36 > 0:02:41cos I might grow up homeless or I might grow up being famous.
0:02:41 > 0:02:45I might grow up... I might grow up living a normal life,
0:02:45 > 0:02:49I might grow up living a sad life, but still normal.
0:02:49 > 0:02:56When I leave school, I think I'll miss having loads of fun and jokes
0:02:56 > 0:02:58and how much
0:02:58 > 0:03:01of a good time I've had.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07OK, so, before we start,
0:03:07 > 0:03:10you know what you have to do, let's get a lab coat on.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14Ten-year-old Daniel is in his final year at Bowling Park Primary School.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16First thing we're going to be
0:03:16 > 0:03:19looking at with our microscopes are some...
0:03:19 > 0:03:21- What are these?- Tadpoles.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23They're tadpoles. OK.
0:03:23 > 0:03:26He is attending his favourite lesson, science.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29I want to be a scientist in the future,
0:03:29 > 0:03:33because I've always been wowed by what they've
0:03:33 > 0:03:36done and science is magic.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Some people think magic is just magic,
0:03:39 > 0:03:42but it's science that creates magic.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44Oh, you've got little swimmers on it, little arms.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- Yeah.- Have you seen this? - I know.- Look at its little arm.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49- Can you see it?- Yeah...
0:03:50 > 0:03:53..it's easily growing.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Wow! Daniel, that's incredible.
0:03:57 > 0:04:01Even if I don't get the job as a scientist, you need, like, back-up jobs,
0:04:01 > 0:04:04like I've got a magician
0:04:04 > 0:04:08as my back-up job just in case.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11He'll soon be taking the momentous step up to secondary school,
0:04:11 > 0:04:15and it's motivating important questions.
0:04:15 > 0:04:17How do you get to be a scientist?
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Well, when you've done your GCSEs you perhaps do A levels in science,
0:04:21 > 0:04:27and then you choose to go to university or to a college and
0:04:27 > 0:04:31study even more. But at that stage, you usually pick one of the sciences
0:04:31 > 0:04:35- that you like the best.- I'd probably be choosing biology.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40I've gotten into dissecting after that little rat, the mouse.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44- That you did?- Yeah, blood everywhere, it were really good, though,
0:04:44 > 0:04:45it were a fun lesson.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48You enjoyed that, didn't you?
0:04:48 > 0:04:52- Yeah.- Yeah. What you've always got to do is never stop asking questions,
0:04:52 > 0:04:54- never give up...- Yeah, like, you need determination.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57You need determination, you need a lot of concentration...
0:04:57 > 0:04:59I've got it on my little...
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- Is that what it says there?- Yeah, determined, and then it says my name.
0:05:02 > 0:05:03Daniel is determined.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06I think that's a really good summary.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Daniel has applied to three different secondary schools,
0:05:09 > 0:05:12but is pinning all his hopes on one in particular.
0:05:12 > 0:05:17I think that Bradford Academy will help me become a scientist,
0:05:17 > 0:05:21because there's lots of different sciences.
0:05:21 > 0:05:26If I do triple science, there will be the dangerous experiments as well.
0:05:28 > 0:05:31He lives with his mum and younger brother in the centre of the city.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36My mum makes us tea and gives us a home.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41She loves us so much and I couldn't ever repay her for that,
0:05:41 > 0:05:43no matter what.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48But I try my best to do that.
0:05:52 > 0:05:56Daniel's one of these kids that he knows exactly where he's going to be
0:05:56 > 0:05:59and where he needs to be and stuff,
0:05:59 > 0:06:02so I think, then, he can start thinking about his future.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Daniel has another month of uncertainty before the secondary school
0:06:08 > 0:06:10decision is made.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14I really want to get into my chosen high school.
0:06:14 > 0:06:19I dream about being one of the best scientists in the world.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22I want to help cure cancers as well,
0:06:22 > 0:06:26all the ones that haven't been cured yet.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30Into the classrooms.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33As well as immersing himself in science,
0:06:33 > 0:06:35Daniel gives up his lunchtimes for a debating club,
0:06:35 > 0:06:38along with a group of 10- and 11-year-olds.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40The topic is jobs.
0:06:40 > 0:06:45And you have to keep talking for that 30 seconds about jobs.
0:06:45 > 0:06:48They learn to communicate on all matters,
0:06:48 > 0:06:51from politics and faith to identity and aspirations.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55I want to be a game company owner,
0:06:55 > 0:07:01because it's very fun and you get to be creative in your own way.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04I think I want to be an English teacher,
0:07:04 > 0:07:07because I like writing stories and I like writing poems and I've wrote
0:07:07 > 0:07:12- two poems already.- Loads of people have different opinions and lots of
0:07:12 > 0:07:15people don't have the confidence to speak,
0:07:15 > 0:07:18but in debating you have so much confidence that you can say anything
0:07:18 > 0:07:21you want.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25It's cool being a doctor, but I also want to be a vet.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27And that's it.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31I joined the debating club because I don't like to argue,
0:07:31 > 0:07:32but debating is like...
0:07:34 > 0:07:36..polite arguing and, yeah...
0:07:36 > 0:07:40I've got hundreds of brilliant reasons for everything.
0:07:40 > 0:07:43I'll be quite good at debating.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46- Come in.- The group have been presented with cardboard cut-outs of
0:07:46 > 0:07:48successful public figures.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52The former Prime Minister.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54The Metropolitan Police Commissioner.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57And the Governor of the Bank of England.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59So...
0:07:59 > 0:08:01Who are these people?
0:08:01 > 0:08:04He's David Cameron. The worst person in the world.
0:08:04 > 0:08:06- He's horrible.- I see.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07He's the devil's brother.
0:08:07 > 0:08:09LAUGHTER
0:08:13 > 0:08:15I see.
0:08:15 > 0:08:18What can you tell me
0:08:18 > 0:08:23about what these three people have in common?
0:08:23 > 0:08:25All of them are important.
0:08:25 > 0:08:26They're important.
0:08:26 > 0:08:28They all live in London.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32They... Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if they do all live in London, yeah.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35- They're all men.- They are.
0:08:35 > 0:08:39Do you think it's possible one of you in the future could have one of
0:08:39 > 0:08:41- these jobs?- Yeah.
0:08:41 > 0:08:43- Prime Minister.- Cos they're just jobs, aren't they?
0:08:43 > 0:08:47The children are thinking about what qualities they would need to achieve
0:08:47 > 0:08:52- the positions.- You have to be the best at maths
0:08:52 > 0:08:54for the Bank of England.
0:08:54 > 0:08:58That is extra, extra spice with maths.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03And you also have to have better eyesight than even people who don't
0:09:03 > 0:09:07- need glasses have.- And you have to have bravery for the police.
0:09:07 > 0:09:09And how would you get to that role?
0:09:09 > 0:09:12I think you'd have to be quite brave.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15I think to be a good leader, you'd be confident,
0:09:15 > 0:09:19but you'd need to be friendly and you'd need to be, like,
0:09:19 > 0:09:21you'd need to, like...
0:09:22 > 0:09:25You'd need to be honest.
0:09:25 > 0:09:29I think there should be two Prime Ministers, a girl and a boy.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32You'd need to be calm
0:09:32 > 0:09:38and if something happened, you can't just go around firing your own
0:09:38 > 0:09:42staff and shouting at them, because it's your fault.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45I think that it should be all girls and one of them...
0:09:45 > 0:09:49- Chill out, man.- You have many people who are sort of for the girls.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52A lot of girls, they need confidence and independence,
0:09:52 > 0:09:55because they really, really want to do this job,
0:09:55 > 0:09:58but they don't have the right confidence to go for the interview.
0:09:58 > 0:10:02I think I'd be good at it, because, like, I'm confident.
0:10:02 > 0:10:08OK, so, we have a new Governor of the Bank of England.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10CHEERING
0:10:10 > 0:10:14The group have voted on who amongst them they feel would be best at each
0:10:14 > 0:10:19- job.- A new Metropolitan Police Commissioner.
0:10:19 > 0:10:20CHEERING
0:10:23 > 0:10:28We also have a brand-new Prime Minister...
0:10:33 > 0:10:35CHEERING AND LAUGHTER
0:10:38 > 0:10:42All the talk of success has left Daniel more determined than ever.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45I'd rather be a scientist,
0:10:45 > 0:10:49because if you're the Prime Minister, you're crowded and
0:10:49 > 0:10:53you're more of a target as well.
0:10:53 > 0:10:57And you could get outvoted and there is a chance that you'll
0:10:57 > 0:10:59have to leave a
0:10:59 > 0:11:03cat that you love at the Prime Minister's house.
0:11:03 > 0:11:06I wouldn't want to have a job that makes you get dirty,
0:11:06 > 0:11:08because I don't like getting dirty.
0:11:08 > 0:11:10I don't want to get a job.
0:11:10 > 0:11:15- Who wants a job?- The worst job in the world would be a
0:11:15 > 0:11:19not-very-well-paid job.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23They use humans to test dog treats.
0:11:25 > 0:11:30The worst job in the world would be...
0:11:33 > 0:11:35..house cleaner.
0:11:44 > 0:11:46Again, I didn't fail.
0:11:48 > 0:11:53Nine-year-old Sophie spends all her free time with her pony, Bandit.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Yeah, dude, how are you doing?
0:11:56 > 0:11:59Man, just chilling.
0:11:59 > 0:12:04He is my biggest, best friend and he will be forevermore.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08I tell him secrets, I tell him what's happened today,
0:12:08 > 0:12:11I tell him if anything's bothering me.
0:12:13 > 0:12:17And when he dies I'm going to have his ashes beside my bedside.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Hi, my name's Sophie and this is my room.
0:12:22 > 0:12:26My favourite thing about this room is my doll house.
0:12:26 > 0:12:31This is it. Then we have my dressing table.
0:12:33 > 0:12:35This is my bed. It's a very comfy bed.
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Over the last six months,
0:12:39 > 0:12:43Sophie has competed in 27 horse-riding competitions.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47These are just this year's - what I've won this year.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53I quite like the ones where they have evening performances,
0:12:53 > 0:12:57because it's really fun, because Mummy does my make-up and stuff.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00That's a picture of me doing racing.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02That's my concentrating face.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09Well, when I was younger I used to want to ride unicorns and as I got
0:13:09 > 0:13:15older I decided, well, actually, I could start riding real ponies.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19Well, my aim is to try and get into Olympics or maybe get to
0:13:19 > 0:13:22Horse of the Year Show at Olympia.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Sophie's goal to be a professional rider means she has to practise at
0:13:28 > 0:13:30least three times a week.
0:13:31 > 0:13:36Today, Sophie and brother Oliver are on their way to their local
0:13:36 > 0:13:39- pony club.- A417...- Oliver,
0:13:39 > 0:13:42for the last time, please can you just stop?
0:13:42 > 0:13:45Reading. A329.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47Ollie...
0:13:47 > 0:13:48It's not funny.
0:13:50 > 0:13:54Although, if her ambitions don't pan out, she has a few other ideas.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57I do want to be a taxi driver, shopkeeper, horse rider,
0:13:57 > 0:14:00famous rock star and I did want to be,
0:14:00 > 0:14:03you know one of those receptionists?
0:14:03 > 0:14:07- OK. And...- And I want to marry a prince.
0:14:07 > 0:14:12I'd like to marry a prince, but he has to be young, handsome, funny,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15horsey and no moustache.
0:14:18 > 0:14:21Use your legs, use your legs, Edmund.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Established in 1933,
0:14:23 > 0:14:27the Old Berkshire Hunt Pony Club meet regularly to work on their
0:14:27 > 0:14:30- riding skills.- Up, sit up, sit up, sit up!
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Do you know, you're not doing this terribly well, are you?
0:14:33 > 0:14:35You didn't go in and out.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42What I like about pony club is the fact that you get to do gymkhanas,
0:14:42 > 0:14:47jumping, sometimes galloping, cross-country...
0:14:49 > 0:14:53Ginny's a really good teacher and it's really fun.
0:14:53 > 0:14:57And she gives you red stickers if you're naughty.
0:14:57 > 0:14:59And turn.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03Brilliant. Brilliant.
0:15:03 > 0:15:04Oliver, are you all right?
0:15:08 > 0:15:12Today, Sophie's class are taking on a tricky water jump.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15Come on, William!
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Kick, kick, kick!
0:15:24 > 0:15:28It'll be the first time Sophie has tackled it with Bandit.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32It's really scary, and my pony hasn't jumped something like it before.
0:15:32 > 0:15:35I'm still going to kick,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38and it'll just be a relief if he actually gets over it.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40But that's IF he gets over it.
0:15:42 > 0:15:43Good boy.
0:15:45 > 0:15:47- Mum!- A year ago,
0:15:47 > 0:15:51Sophie was thrown off Bandit at a competition, and is struggling to
0:15:51 > 0:15:55- regain her confidence.- All I can remember is a big thump when I fell
0:15:55 > 0:15:59on the floor, and then a big helicopter coming down.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02And I actually nearly got knocked out, so I can't remember much.
0:16:03 > 0:16:07She got her foot caught in the safety stirrup but went underneath
0:16:07 > 0:16:10the pony, and the pony had to put its legs down somewhere,
0:16:10 > 0:16:13and it went down on the inside of her leg and snapped it.
0:16:13 > 0:16:16It was very frightening, very frightening.
0:16:16 > 0:16:19When I have to tell people, or I hear about it,
0:16:19 > 0:16:24it just brings back memories, and I just worry, then, and when I worry,
0:16:24 > 0:16:29I start riding worried, and then, you know, I fall off.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33She used to be really fearless,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36but now she gets quite worried about things.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39You know, you think your confidence is back,
0:16:39 > 0:16:42and then something really silly will happen and she'll be back to square
0:16:42 > 0:16:43one again.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Look ahead, look ahead!
0:16:46 > 0:16:49Good girl!
0:16:49 > 0:16:51Come on, Sophie.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Can I walk down?
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- No.- Can I walk down?- Yeah, you can walk, but you mustn't stop.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- OK.- You've got to look ahead, and if I say, "Kick, kick, kick,"
0:17:00 > 0:17:03you've got to keep kicking.
0:17:03 > 0:17:04Go on, keep kicking.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06Go on. Keep kicking. Don't look down.
0:17:06 > 0:17:07Don't look down!
0:17:07 > 0:17:09It's too far down.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12Why did you pull him up?
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Her pony is being cheeky, and she jumped him before
0:17:16 > 0:17:18and she broke her leg,
0:17:18 > 0:17:22so I think it's knocked her confidence a bit.
0:17:22 > 0:17:24Off you go. Look ahead, look ahead!
0:17:24 > 0:17:26Let him go, let him go!
0:17:26 > 0:17:28Let him go.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31Go on, keep kicking. Don't let him come along here.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33Keep kicking. Yes.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35She missed it out.
0:17:35 > 0:17:36SOPHIE CRIES
0:17:36 > 0:17:37You can...
0:17:37 > 0:17:39No!
0:17:39 > 0:17:42Sophie, Sophie! Sophie, Sophie, Sophie!
0:17:42 > 0:17:47- Sophie...- I'm just really worried - because I broke my leg jumping him.
0:17:47 > 0:17:49Go, go, go!
0:17:49 > 0:17:51Go on. Don't turn him round.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53I'm not! He took us out.
0:17:55 > 0:17:57- He's napping!- Come on. Here...
0:17:58 > 0:18:00- You have got...- He's going to rear.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03No, he's not going to rear.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05Go on, keep kicking.
0:18:05 > 0:18:11Look, what you've got to understand is you're a smashing little rider.
0:18:11 > 0:18:16You've just got to realise sometimes it's not always the pony's fault, OK?
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Go, go, go!
0:18:23 > 0:18:24Right, go on.
0:18:26 > 0:18:27Go on, keep kicking.
0:18:30 > 0:18:31Go on, kick, kick, kick!
0:18:33 > 0:18:35No, she's not got enough.
0:18:35 > 0:18:36Look ahead. Let him go,
0:18:36 > 0:18:38let him go!
0:18:38 > 0:18:41Go on, keep kicking. Keep kicking!
0:18:41 > 0:18:45My dad always tells me, don't give up, keep looking up,
0:18:45 > 0:18:49and if you get scared, just keep going and never stop.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Now, let him go forward. Go forward.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55Yay! Well done.
0:18:57 > 0:18:59- Yes!- Good boy.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Well done, Sophie.
0:19:03 > 0:19:06Facing up to her fear has taught Sophie a lesson for life.
0:19:07 > 0:19:09I learnt
0:19:09 > 0:19:14that even if you break a bone, you still have to get back on,
0:19:14 > 0:19:19because you can't give up just because of one injury,
0:19:19 > 0:19:22and I didn't because I just remembered what Dad had said -
0:19:22 > 0:19:24"Don't give up."
0:19:25 > 0:19:28In life, you just have to face your problems,
0:19:28 > 0:19:33maybe even just ignore every problem that you have.
0:19:38 > 0:19:41Ulva Primary School is based on a remote part of Mull,
0:19:41 > 0:19:43off the west coast of Scotland.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47I get here on the boat.
0:19:50 > 0:19:54Can you tell me a little bit about what it's like living on Mull?
0:19:54 > 0:19:57Aged from five to ten, there are just eight pupils,
0:19:57 > 0:19:59and they all learn together in one class.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01It's always raining!
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Katie, it's not always raining.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06Normally, it rains every summer.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08SHRIEKING
0:20:08 > 0:20:11Ten-year-old Arwen has lived on the island all her life.
0:20:11 > 0:20:13I love Mull!
0:20:13 > 0:20:17She is both the tallest and the eldest in the class.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21Children at school, they don't understand that I'm growing up.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23They don't understand that I'm
0:20:23 > 0:20:27older and I don't play My Little Pony.
0:20:27 > 0:20:29I don't play that thing.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31And they are happy for me to play that,
0:20:31 > 0:20:33but I'm not happy to play that.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38Arwen, what's it like being the biggest?
0:20:38 > 0:20:41I hate it. You're looking down at everyone.
0:20:41 > 0:20:43Even if they're only a tiny bit smaller than you,
0:20:43 > 0:20:45you're looking down at them.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48- It's annoying.- "Hello, little baby girl."
0:20:48 > 0:20:50I am feeling quite a bit lost,
0:20:50 > 0:20:53because now I'm at the age where I'm not a child,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56but I'm not quite an adult or a teenager.
0:20:56 > 0:20:59What would it be like if you were in high school and you were the
0:20:59 > 0:21:05- smallest person?- I wouldn't be, because everyone in my class is totally smaller.
0:21:05 > 0:21:06Do you look down on your parents?
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Mum, I'm straight forward.
0:21:08 > 0:21:09Dad, I'm up.
0:21:10 > 0:21:13"Hello, Mum.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15"Hi, Dad."
0:21:15 > 0:21:16LAUGHTER
0:21:18 > 0:21:21Arwen is not just outgrowing her peers,
0:21:21 > 0:21:23at home, she is the eldest of four.
0:21:23 > 0:21:26I've got three brothers, and they're damn annoying.
0:21:26 > 0:21:29They are really annoying.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31Sometimes, they're OK.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Sometimes, they're absolutely, completely,
0:21:35 > 0:21:38100% annoying and they just don't leave you alone.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41I hate being the oldest.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43Have you been working today?!
0:21:43 > 0:21:46So, what have you been doing at school this week?
0:21:46 > 0:21:48School, I'm sort of fed up.
0:21:48 > 0:21:50- Because...- Why are you fed up?
0:21:50 > 0:21:52Because there wasn't really anyone to play with.
0:21:52 > 0:21:53- Your own age?- Yeah.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56It's a year to wait, and then you will be going up to
0:21:56 > 0:22:00Tobermory High School, and you'll be meeting other children the same age and older,
0:22:00 > 0:22:03- so will that be good? Are you looking forward to that?- Yeah.
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Arwen's passion is to escape into a world of books.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13I really, really love reading.
0:22:13 > 0:22:18I'd probably say I was a bookworm, because I like books,
0:22:18 > 0:22:23but I'm, like, sort of a specific bookworm, I like adventure books.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29When you're reading a book, you step into a really big world,
0:22:29 > 0:22:32like in my favourite Twilight book, Breaking Dawn.
0:22:32 > 0:22:36I actually feel like I'm there, listening to them talking,
0:22:36 > 0:22:39hearing them talking, talking to them.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43And it's quite an odd feeling, but it's also a very cool feeling, too.
0:22:45 > 0:22:48Arwen may identify more with fictional characters,
0:22:48 > 0:22:53but she's hoping to seek new inspiration in the real world.
0:22:53 > 0:22:59I think it's possible that I'll travel the whole world.
0:22:59 > 0:23:00That's what I'm planning to do.
0:23:01 > 0:23:06A lot of the people I know, they've gone to places far and wide,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09and I'll be able to do that someday.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14Although leaving the safety of her remote island home is not without challenges.
0:23:14 > 0:23:18I think you have to be very brave to go somewhere where
0:23:18 > 0:23:24you've never been to, because you need to be able to carry on,
0:23:24 > 0:23:28be brave about things and not hide away or cower away.
0:23:29 > 0:23:33This is why you're on the planet - you've got to do something.
0:23:46 > 0:23:50At the pony club, nine-year-old Rex has been riding for six years.
0:23:51 > 0:23:54My name in Latin, it means "king".
0:23:56 > 0:24:02My style in horse riding is probably going fast, jumping, galloping.
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Yes!
0:24:03 > 0:24:05'I'm not scared of anything.'
0:24:05 > 0:24:08And it's more than just horses he tackles full throttle.
0:24:08 > 0:24:11When I'm older, I want to be a fighter pilot.
0:24:11 > 0:24:13And a horse is like a practice plane,
0:24:13 > 0:24:17so I can be fast and furious and just put my afterburners on and go...
0:24:17 > 0:24:19IMITATES JET
0:24:19 > 0:24:21..through the air.
0:24:21 > 0:24:23Look, they've even got an ambulance up there.
0:24:23 > 0:24:25How health and safety are they?
0:24:32 > 0:24:36Today, the club are training in the more restrained setting of the school.
0:24:36 > 0:24:40Somebody doesn't seem to be in line.
0:24:40 > 0:24:44But riding horses, as well as flying planes, requires a lot of discipline.
0:24:44 > 0:24:47Rex, will you slow down?
0:24:47 > 0:24:48In where?
0:24:48 > 0:24:52- Into the...- And Rex doesn't always excel at following rules.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54- I've warned you.- What have I done?
0:24:54 > 0:24:56You are having a yellow card, and I'm being very serious.
0:24:56 > 0:24:58- What did I do?- You overtook somebody.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01- I didn't.- You did.- I didn't. - You did. Don't argue!
0:25:02 > 0:25:04OK?
0:25:04 > 0:25:06Now do as you're told.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08Rex is very exuberant.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11He's excited, he loves what he's doing.
0:25:11 > 0:25:13He really loves what he's doing.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16And in a way he just gets overexcited about the whole thing.
0:25:17 > 0:25:21Sometimes I'm a bit naughty at times,
0:25:21 > 0:25:24and I can do stuff that I'm not meant to do.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31After their ride, Rex and his friends have come to the hall to discuss who
0:25:31 > 0:25:34or what inspires them more than anyone else.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38This is my dog, Daisy.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41I chose her for my hero because she will stay by your side wherever you
0:25:41 > 0:25:45go. Although it's quite annoying in the house when you're trying to walk
0:25:45 > 0:25:47around and you fall over her.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49LAUGHTER
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Rex?
0:25:51 > 0:25:56My hero's my daddy, because he is a very, like, bad influence to me!
0:25:56 > 0:25:58LAUGHTER
0:25:58 > 0:26:01He swears a lot and...
0:26:01 > 0:26:04Is that why he's your hero? He swears a lot?
0:26:04 > 0:26:07No. He swears a lot and he does cheeky things and...
0:26:07 > 0:26:09To wind Mummy up.
0:26:09 > 0:26:13And it's funny. But when I was about seven, me and Daddy,
0:26:13 > 0:26:16we went to do the ponies, and then Daddy was like, "Oh, Rex,
0:26:16 > 0:26:19"why don't we go home and get my motorbike,
0:26:19 > 0:26:21"and then we can go for a little spin on it?"
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Daisy knows where this is, like, on the way to The Pheasant.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27He was just, like, 120mph up that hill.
0:26:27 > 0:26:31Me clinging on going... "Ahhh!"
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Daddy going, "Come on, son, it's all right!
0:26:34 > 0:26:37"Look! We're nearly there!"
0:26:37 > 0:26:39APPLAUSE
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Shall we pack for the air show?
0:26:43 > 0:26:45Sorry? Yes, you know what you need.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Rex is out with his dad at their favourite annual trip to a
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- military air show.- My dad used to work in the Army.
0:26:53 > 0:26:56So it would mean quite a lot to me if I could be a fighter pilot.
0:26:58 > 0:27:00Today, Dad is in command.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03- First, we're doing breakfast. - Just chuck me up the tree first.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05- No.- Or so he thinks.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07- I'll get up there.- After breakfast.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11He loves me. He absolutely idolises me, which I love.
0:27:11 > 0:27:13But he's on a mission today just to wind me up.
0:27:13 > 0:27:14And he knows how to do it.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16It'll end up me losing my rag with him.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19That's what he actually wants. He wants me to lose my rag,
0:27:19 > 0:27:22then he can say, "Ha-ha, look at you, you look silly."
0:27:22 > 0:27:25And then he's happy. You know, he's only nine.
0:27:25 > 0:27:27Let him get away with bits and pieces.
0:27:27 > 0:27:29I don't mind.
0:27:29 > 0:27:34The bad things about rules is that, like, they make you just get really
0:27:34 > 0:27:38bored of them and wish you never had rules.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40- Right, mind your breakfast.- What?
0:27:40 > 0:27:42Breakfast!
0:27:42 > 0:27:47I am pretty proud to have learned being a bit gung ho from Daddy,
0:27:47 > 0:27:51because he is very brave and he always will be, I think.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57- Oh! Where's my phone? - I have no idea where your phone is.
0:27:57 > 0:27:59Where's your rucksack, son?
0:27:59 > 0:28:03Yeah, I like to push him to the limits and see what happens.
0:28:03 > 0:28:06We have moments where we are not the best parents in the world.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10They have moments when they're not the best kids in the world, you know?
0:28:10 > 0:28:13When I got down, "Oh, you are a pain in the A word."
0:28:13 > 0:28:15And I was like, "Yeah, yeah.
0:28:15 > 0:28:17"So are you!"
0:28:17 > 0:28:20If we were good all the time, it would be no fun, would it?
0:28:20 > 0:28:23HE LAUGHS
0:28:23 > 0:28:27- Where's your forward?- The air show offers Rex the opportunity to play
0:28:27 > 0:28:28fighter pilot...
0:28:28 > 0:28:32- Now full throttle.- ..and his dad the chance to push him on what it takes
0:28:32 > 0:28:34- to get there.- This is one of the things he does want to do.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37The trouble with Rex is, at the moment, he does just enough.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41So it's encouraging him with things like this to get involved and see
0:28:41 > 0:28:44that if he works hard at school and if he gets his qualifications,
0:28:44 > 0:28:47he could be like Johnny that drives the Typhoon.
0:28:48 > 0:28:52I think I'm the kind of person which would just go for it.
0:28:52 > 0:28:56Even if I fail, I would just go for it and see if I could push myself to
0:28:56 > 0:28:58the limits, really.
0:28:58 > 0:29:00Bye-bye, Red Arrows!
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Rex may want to be just like his dad,
0:29:02 > 0:29:04but his dad has other ideas.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06Well, no, what do you want to do when you grow up?
0:29:06 > 0:29:08- Fighter pilot?- Yeah.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10That involves a lot of study at university.
0:29:10 > 0:29:12That is not happening.
0:29:12 > 0:29:15You have to get these qualifications.
0:29:15 > 0:29:18Otherwise, you'll end up working in McDonald's.
0:29:18 > 0:29:20That would be quite a good job, actually.
0:29:20 > 0:29:24No. I left school when I was 16 - went straight out to work.
0:29:24 > 0:29:28And I had the opportunity to go and do more, and study.
0:29:28 > 0:29:31The Army even offered to pay me to study.
0:29:31 > 0:29:33- Really?- Yeah. And I said, "No,
0:29:33 > 0:29:35"do you know what? I can't be bothered."
0:29:35 > 0:29:37And I've regretted that ever since.
0:29:38 > 0:29:41It's quite important to make your mummy and daddy proud when you're
0:29:41 > 0:29:43older, but not that important.
0:29:51 > 0:29:54Daniel has three weeks to wait until he finds out if he's been accepted
0:29:54 > 0:29:56into Bradford Academy,
0:29:56 > 0:30:00the school he hopes will aid his long-term ambitions.
0:30:00 > 0:30:04It's really good for science, because they do triple science here.
0:30:05 > 0:30:11Meaning that instead of doing, like, history and stuff,
0:30:11 > 0:30:16you can actually have science instead, three times in a row.
0:30:16 > 0:30:20I don't know if I'm going to it yet, but, yeah, I want to go.
0:30:20 > 0:30:23I would be really happy if I do.
0:30:26 > 0:30:31He has two young uncles at the school, who are happy to share their wisdom.
0:30:31 > 0:30:33I really want to go to your school.
0:30:33 > 0:30:35It sounds really good.
0:30:35 > 0:30:39Yeah, I think you'll really like triple science because you learn
0:30:39 > 0:30:41biology, chemistry and physics.
0:30:41 > 0:30:46And isn't chemistry to do with, like, dissecting and stuff?
0:30:46 > 0:30:49I think that's more on the biology lines.
0:30:49 > 0:30:51Chemistry's more of the liquid sort.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53Like adding stuff together.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55There is, like, dissecting frogs in chemistry?
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Yeah, I think that's in biology.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03Secondary school entry is a life-changing moment over which
0:31:03 > 0:31:04Daniel has no control.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10At home, his mum is helping manage his expectations.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14What you've got to think about is how you're going to feel if you
0:31:14 > 0:31:17don't go to the school that you want to go to.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21- Yeah.- Versus the school that you do want to go to.
0:31:22 > 0:31:27- Er...- Because it's going to be a lot different in feeling-wise.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30If you get Bradford Academy, you're going to be happy.
0:31:30 > 0:31:31- Whereas if you get...- Yeah.
0:31:31 > 0:31:36..another one, you're going to be sad.
0:31:36 > 0:31:41I'm nervous and scared because it is which one I'm going to.
0:31:41 > 0:31:47So you always do feel nervous and scared for whatever school you
0:31:47 > 0:31:50want to go to.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54A lot of people don't get what school they want to go to.
0:32:01 > 0:32:03I'd like to be a grown-up.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06But then I wouldn't, because I don't
0:32:06 > 0:32:10like maths and you have to do maths if you want to grow up.
0:32:10 > 0:32:14When I look at adults, I don't really want to go to work.
0:32:14 > 0:32:16But I do, like, want to grow up.
0:32:16 > 0:32:18It's definitely hard.
0:32:18 > 0:32:21It's, like, really hard to be a grown-up.
0:32:21 > 0:32:23Yeah, it's hard. It's hard.
0:32:27 > 0:32:29OK, let's go.
0:32:29 > 0:32:34On Mull, Arwen's getting a rare trip to the mainland.
0:32:34 > 0:32:39I think the last time I had a day out with you was when you were a baby.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43Yeah, it's ten years to get just us two off for a day out.
0:32:44 > 0:32:49She's exploring who she wants to become and whether her future lies
0:32:49 > 0:32:50on the island.
0:32:50 > 0:32:54Well, I'm really looking forward to being an adult because I can have my
0:32:54 > 0:32:57own car. There are some places that,
0:32:57 > 0:33:00unlike Mull, have big,
0:33:00 > 0:33:04big stretches of freedom and you can go anyplace you want.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Which I'll be able to do when I'm older.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10It is exciting, isn't it?
0:33:10 > 0:33:12Yeah, it is exciting.
0:33:14 > 0:33:19I don't think I've ever been on deck when the boat's moved.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22We're quite lucky, really. We get to go on a cruise, a mini cruise,
0:33:22 > 0:33:25- just to go shopping.- Yeah.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Oban is the future, because you're going there.
0:33:28 > 0:33:33And the boat is just moving you every inch to your future.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35I think that it's really cool.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40So now you can feel that you're on the ship Titanic.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43Yeah.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45In order to spread her wings,
0:33:45 > 0:33:49Arwen must get used to the dangers that exist outside their remote community.
0:33:49 > 0:33:51It is just so busy, so noisy.
0:33:51 > 0:33:55This is more cars than we see in a day going past the house, isn't it?
0:33:55 > 0:33:58- Yeah.- Just remember, when we do cross the road,
0:33:58 > 0:34:00you need to make sure you look both ways.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Even though the lights have gone green, not all drivers are watching.
0:34:03 > 0:34:04So, wait for them to go, then go.
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Keep looking.
0:34:12 > 0:34:13Oh, look,
0:34:13 > 0:34:16ice cream as well. I don't want ice cream on a day like today.
0:34:16 > 0:34:18No, not really.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21When I think about the future, I think it's a little bit scary,
0:34:21 > 0:34:23but super exciting.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Exciting's like the headline.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27That's something else, isn't it?
0:34:27 > 0:34:31Being alone with her mum gives Arwen the opportunity to question how you
0:34:31 > 0:34:33make big life decisions.
0:34:33 > 0:34:37I think it's really hard when you are only ten years old, or even younger.
0:34:37 > 0:34:40It's really hard to think of the future.
0:34:40 > 0:34:42That's very true. But the other thing is,
0:34:42 > 0:34:43you'll be in high school for two years,
0:34:43 > 0:34:46and then you have to make subject decisions which will determine the
0:34:46 > 0:34:49- course of your life.- Oh, God.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51And that's quite something.
0:34:51 > 0:34:55Whether you want to stay on Mull is up to you.
0:34:55 > 0:34:56I would never force you to stay.
0:34:56 > 0:34:58I'd never expect you to stay.
0:34:58 > 0:35:01I want you to take advantage of opportunities that, say,
0:35:01 > 0:35:04your dad and I didn't have.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07But always know that you can come home to us if things don't work out
0:35:07 > 0:35:10right, or...
0:35:10 > 0:35:12You know, we just want you to be happy.
0:35:13 > 0:35:17Yes, I think you do have to be brave to be a grown-up.
0:35:17 > 0:35:19Because you're on your own now.
0:35:21 > 0:35:24You're going to have to take care of yourself completely now.
0:35:24 > 0:35:27And if you don't get that experience as a child,
0:35:27 > 0:35:29you'll be struggling as a grown-up.
0:35:39 > 0:35:41It's quarter to seven.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44- Yeah.- How long have we got to go?
0:35:44 > 0:35:45About 15 minutes.
0:35:45 > 0:35:47After conquering her fears,
0:35:47 > 0:35:51Sophie's ready to reimmerse herself in the competitive world of horse
0:35:51 > 0:35:55shows. She has her heart set on one of the most prestigious in the
0:35:55 > 0:35:58- country.- It's on your list this year, isn't it?
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- Yeah.- To qualify for the Royal International.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03I just feel amazing.
0:36:04 > 0:36:09Well, we can certainly try our best, and you've done really,
0:36:09 > 0:36:12- really well to overcome breaking your leg, haven't you?- Yeah.
0:36:12 > 0:36:16So as long as you do the best show to your ability,
0:36:16 > 0:36:19that's all that we can ask for, really.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22- Yeah.- And it's down to the judges, and see what they like, isn't it?
0:36:22 > 0:36:24- Yeah.- When things go wrong...
0:36:25 > 0:36:28- ..what don't you do?- You don't cry.
0:36:28 > 0:36:30You don't get angry.
0:36:32 > 0:36:35Why is it wrong to do that?
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Being a bad sport, sportsmanship.
0:36:37 > 0:36:38Yes.
0:36:39 > 0:36:45I enjoy horse-riding competitions because they're fun,
0:36:45 > 0:36:48and when you win it puts a big smile on your face.
0:36:58 > 0:37:02There are hundreds of children vying for a place in the same show as
0:37:02 > 0:37:05Sophie, so competition is fierce.
0:37:05 > 0:37:10I'd love to qualify because it's a big opportunity and it's a big,
0:37:10 > 0:37:13big show. And you can win lots there.
0:37:13 > 0:37:14Good luck, OK?
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Good girl.
0:37:23 > 0:37:25She's growing. Every time she rides,
0:37:25 > 0:37:28she gets that little bit more confident.
0:37:31 > 0:37:32She's looking OK.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40Yeah, she's looking good so far.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45Oh, that looks good.
0:37:45 > 0:37:46That looks good.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49I don't know this judge, though.
0:37:49 > 0:37:50I don't know what he likes.
0:37:58 > 0:38:00- What did he say?- My stirrups are too short.
0:38:00 > 0:38:02Your stirrups are too short?
0:38:02 > 0:38:06- Is that what he said?- And he also said the saddle slipped forward.
0:38:06 > 0:38:07The saddle hasn't slipped forward.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10- That's what he said.- Despite her best efforts,
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Sophie didn't qualify this time.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14I do get really disappointed,
0:38:14 > 0:38:18and sometimes I can beat myself up if I've done something wrong.
0:38:18 > 0:38:20Learning to fail may be part of growing up,
0:38:20 > 0:38:24but Sophie does not have to give up on her dream just yet.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27She will have more opportunities to try to qualify for the
0:38:27 > 0:38:31- Royal International.- I can't say if I can achieve it or not.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35But even if I don't, I can still dream about it.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40I think, basically, if you work, like, really hard and you really,
0:38:40 > 0:38:43really want it, then you will be successful.
0:38:43 > 0:38:47And if, like...
0:38:47 > 0:38:49If you're not successful yet,
0:38:49 > 0:38:52it's because you've not worked hard enough and you need to keep on
0:38:52 > 0:38:54working hard.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57Well, I believe that anything is possible if you just try your very
0:38:57 > 0:39:00hardest and just don't give up.
0:39:01 > 0:39:05Well, I think that almost everything is achievable,
0:39:05 > 0:39:08unless it's, like, something super dangerous.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15Like, for example, Mount Everest, sometimes that's possible,
0:39:15 > 0:39:18sometimes it's impossible.
0:39:22 > 0:39:26At Ulva Primary School, the pupils have been asked to write a letter to
0:39:26 > 0:39:29themselves in 20 years' time.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31- Is it just to ourselves? - Yes, it's just to you.
0:39:31 > 0:39:35And then you would fold it up and put it in a time capsule.
0:39:35 > 0:39:38And then when you're 30, you can open it up and see what
0:39:38 > 0:39:41your eight-year-old hoped you would be like.
0:39:41 > 0:39:42I hope you have...
0:39:42 > 0:39:44A wonderful Christmas.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46HE LAUGHS
0:39:46 > 0:39:47Well, there you go.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50I hope you have a wonderful Christmas. Kate, what about you?
0:39:50 > 0:39:52What would you hope you'd have?
0:39:52 > 0:39:54Enough money that I was a millionaire!
0:39:54 > 0:39:57Wow. OK.
0:39:57 > 0:39:58- Yeah.- Everybody know what they're doing?
0:39:58 > 0:40:00That's your career.
0:40:00 > 0:40:02- What's a career?- Your job.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05So, I hope you are a scientist, a dentist.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07How do you spell scientist?
0:40:07 > 0:40:10Is that spell working?
0:40:10 > 0:40:12It doesn't matter.
0:40:12 > 0:40:15Just spell it how you think it's spelt, OK?
0:40:15 > 0:40:16For many of the children,
0:40:16 > 0:40:19there's no doubt about where they see their future.
0:40:19 > 0:40:22OK? Are we all done?
0:40:22 > 0:40:25So, we will hear from Eilidh.
0:40:28 > 0:40:31Dear Eilidh, now you are 30, I hope you're living
0:40:31 > 0:40:33on...
0:40:33 > 0:40:34INDISTINCT
0:40:34 > 0:40:36..farm. I hope you have children.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss.
0:40:39 > 0:40:44Hug, hug, hug, hug, kiss, kiss, hug, hug, kiss, kiss et cetera.
0:40:44 > 0:40:46- Age nine.- Lovely!
0:40:48 > 0:40:51So you really love living here, Eilidh, don't you?
0:40:51 > 0:40:53You really love living here.
0:40:55 > 0:41:02When I'm grown up, I will be working for...
0:41:05 > 0:41:07..building.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10Beeton's Building Supplies.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13My future look likes...
0:41:13 > 0:41:14a lazy person.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16To me.
0:41:17 > 0:41:20I don't think I'd be great as anything...
0:41:20 > 0:41:23when I'm older.
0:41:23 > 0:41:26Arwen, can you come up and share with the class?
0:41:26 > 0:41:27OK - Dear Arwen,
0:41:27 > 0:41:31now you are 30, I hope you're living in France in a cottage.
0:41:31 > 0:41:35I hope your days are mostly filled with cycling and walks.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38I hope you have not cut your hair short.
0:41:38 > 0:41:42I hope you have still got your dogs. I hope you are still a doctor.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Love, Arwen, aged ten.
0:41:44 > 0:41:46- So, you want to be a doctor... - Very good.
0:41:46 > 0:41:49..when you're grown up. Well done, that's very good, isn't it?
0:41:51 > 0:41:54What do you think would be nice about living in France?
0:41:54 > 0:41:57- Um...- You can eat baguettes.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00So is there anything in France that you can't get here?
0:42:00 > 0:42:03I think there's quite a lot of sun there.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- Quite a lot.- And the Eiffel Tower!
0:42:06 > 0:42:09And the Eiffel Tower, yes.
0:42:09 > 0:42:12If you go to a new place, you're like, "Wow, this is amazing."
0:42:12 > 0:42:16But then you could go to a new place and go, "Oh, my God, this is horrible.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18"This freaks me out."
0:42:18 > 0:42:23And it's, like, exciting, scary, uncertain, uncomfortable and, well...
0:42:23 > 0:42:25triple exciting.
0:42:26 > 0:42:29So you've got a good and a bad side.
0:42:29 > 0:42:33Which is quite good. It's not good if you've got two bad sides and two
0:42:33 > 0:42:36good sides. But good and bad is good.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43There's so many places.
0:42:43 > 0:42:48First of all I'm just going to cover the United Kingdom first.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53Then I'll probably go to France, then Italy, then Spain.
0:42:55 > 0:42:57Not sure what I'll go to next.
0:42:57 > 0:43:02Arwen's dad supports her dream to explore the world beyond Mull.
0:43:02 > 0:43:05He has some encouraging stories of his own.
0:43:05 > 0:43:08Started from Bombay. I went all the way down.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10Very interesting place.
0:43:10 > 0:43:11I went to Egypt.
0:43:11 > 0:43:14- Yep.- You can see the pyramids in the background there.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17- Yeah.- And we just went off on a pony trek.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19That's Eilat, beautiful.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21You can sort of sit down on the edge of the reef,
0:43:21 > 0:43:23you wade out just in shorts and that.
0:43:23 > 0:43:26Put a little mask on, a face mask and a snorkel,
0:43:26 > 0:43:29and you just put your head in the water and you just look around at
0:43:29 > 0:43:32all the fish, and it's just like...
0:43:32 > 0:43:34Fantastic. It's absolutely amazing.
0:43:34 > 0:43:36Is that something that you think you'd like to do?
0:43:36 > 0:43:41- Yep.- Yeah? You learn a lot about yourself when you do something like that.
0:43:41 > 0:43:43Just go to as many countries as you can.
0:43:43 > 0:43:47And when you're older, and then your children are sitting next to you,
0:43:47 > 0:43:49you can say, "Oh, look, I went there,
0:43:49 > 0:43:53"and I went there and I did this and I met so-and-so..."
0:43:53 > 0:43:56and you'll have loads of lovely little stories to tell.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59I really feel like I'm Arwen now.
0:43:59 > 0:44:03I'm growing up. I'm about to be this woman, Arwen.
0:44:03 > 0:44:06I'm not going to be this little child, I'm going to be Arwen.
0:44:06 > 0:44:10And I think it's really good, because I'm starting to feel more...
0:44:11 > 0:44:13..more about myself.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15I know I'm growing up now.
0:44:15 > 0:44:18And I know that I can do things on my own.
0:44:30 > 0:44:33Sophie's hard work paid off.
0:44:33 > 0:44:36On her third attempt, she managed to achieve her dream.
0:44:38 > 0:44:42Being with my family when I qualify for Royal International,
0:44:42 > 0:44:44which is a big thing,
0:44:44 > 0:44:49it was with everyone applauding me, and Mummy with a big smile,
0:44:49 > 0:44:51she was crying.
0:44:51 > 0:44:56And only 18, 19 ponies qualify in the world.
0:44:56 > 0:45:00So I'm one of them, and that's really, really special.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04A bit nervous, but
0:45:04 > 0:45:06mostly confident.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09I like to think I'd come in the top ten, but then...
0:45:10 > 0:45:15Only very special ponies get through, but Bandit is a special pony.
0:45:15 > 0:45:20It would be really exciting because it will be my first big competition.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28The Royal International at
0:45:28 > 0:45:32Hickstead is one of the biggest and most important horse shows in the
0:45:32 > 0:45:35country, with close to 4,000 horses competing.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39Sophie is here with her mum and little brother.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43Basically, um...
0:45:43 > 0:45:46They pull the first eight.
0:45:46 > 0:45:50And if you don't get pulled, you know you're not in the first eight,
0:45:50 > 0:45:53which is quite sad. And you just get a white rosette.
0:45:53 > 0:45:56But if you're pulled, you get these nice rosettes.
0:45:56 > 0:45:58If you win, you get a big sash.
0:46:01 > 0:46:04To do well today would just be really, really cool,
0:46:04 > 0:46:07but to actually come in the first eight is just incredible.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09I would just jump off and...
0:46:11 > 0:46:13..kiss the judge?
0:46:13 > 0:46:14MUM LAUGHS
0:46:22 > 0:46:25It may be Sophie's first time competing here,
0:46:25 > 0:46:28but that doesn't stop her aiming high.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31The best thing that could happen at Hickstead is being
0:46:31 > 0:46:34first.
0:46:36 > 0:46:39- Ow!- Sophie, stand still, please.
0:46:39 > 0:46:42- Is that the lucky hat? - Yep.
0:46:42 > 0:46:45Last year... This time last year I was in the hospital...
0:46:45 > 0:46:46with a broken leg.
0:46:47 > 0:46:50And it feels like a dream come true
0:46:50 > 0:46:53to be here at Hickstead.
0:46:55 > 0:46:58Come on, Bandit, come on, Bandit, come on, Bandit, come on, Bandit,
0:46:58 > 0:47:00come on, Bandit, yes!
0:47:00 > 0:47:02Come on, Bandit, come on, Bandit, come on, Bandit.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05Oh, they like us! Come on, Bandit, come on, Bandit, come on, Bandit!
0:47:05 > 0:47:07How do you know that they like you?
0:47:13 > 0:47:15Sophie's competing in a First Ridden show,
0:47:15 > 0:47:19which involves presenting your pony immaculately in a walk,
0:47:19 > 0:47:20- trot and canter.- Good luck, Sophie.
0:47:20 > 0:47:24- Smile!- The standards and pressures are high.
0:47:24 > 0:47:28If you've got loads of people watching you, you can be a bit nervous,
0:47:28 > 0:47:31but then you just need to focus.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33Come on.
0:47:33 > 0:47:36I just think, ignore them and just get on with what you're doing.
0:47:36 > 0:47:40If you just sit back and enjoy it, it's not that bad.
0:47:42 > 0:47:44The judges are looking for how well riders and their ponies
0:47:44 > 0:47:46take instructions.
0:47:50 > 0:47:53SHE CLICKS TONGUE
0:47:53 > 0:47:55Good boy!
0:47:55 > 0:47:57Good girl, good girl, good girl.
0:47:57 > 0:48:01I was getting bullied a bit at school, when I broke my leg,
0:48:01 > 0:48:03because people were saying,
0:48:03 > 0:48:06"Oh, it's unlucky to break a bone when under 18."
0:48:06 > 0:48:09And I didn't take no notice,
0:48:09 > 0:48:12and then I went and qualified for Royal International, and,
0:48:12 > 0:48:14you know, that's not an unlucky thing.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16That's a great thing.
0:48:17 > 0:48:19You did a lovely show. Well done.
0:48:19 > 0:48:21I lost my stirrup again.
0:48:21 > 0:48:23Doesn't matter. You still did a lovely show.
0:48:23 > 0:48:26Stop letting him go all over you. Well done, though, Sophie.
0:48:27 > 0:48:31The judges' marks have come in, but Sophie has not made the top eight.
0:48:35 > 0:48:38I'm surprised Sophie didn't get a place.
0:48:40 > 0:48:42Well done! Well done, guys.
0:48:44 > 0:48:46Do a picture together.
0:48:46 > 0:48:48Stand next to each other and do a nice picture.
0:48:48 > 0:48:51What's wrong?
0:48:55 > 0:48:57She's gone off in a mood.
0:48:57 > 0:48:59She thinks she should have got somewhere.
0:48:59 > 0:49:02Look at her. She's really angry.
0:49:02 > 0:49:04And there are more tough lessons for Sophie.
0:49:04 > 0:49:06Personally, I think I would
0:49:06 > 0:49:12have placed myself eighth, but then that's just me, and
0:49:12 > 0:49:16that's just how I think, and the judges think differently.
0:49:16 > 0:49:18But it is their decision, sadly.
0:49:22 > 0:49:26After I've had my little strop, I kind of go, well,
0:49:26 > 0:49:29you can't do anything about it.
0:49:29 > 0:49:31It's just in the past now.
0:49:31 > 0:49:35And maybe that's just how you have to take it.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43I can beat myself up when I get
0:49:43 > 0:49:48something wrong or do something wrong or forget something.
0:49:50 > 0:49:54But actually, there's always another show, so...
0:49:54 > 0:49:56And it just puts a smile on my face,
0:49:56 > 0:49:59knowing that I can do that stuff again.
0:50:01 > 0:50:03Three, two, one...
0:50:03 > 0:50:04GUNS CLICK
0:50:06 > 0:50:09Rex and his number-one idol, his dad,
0:50:09 > 0:50:11are out helping the local farmers with pest control.
0:50:13 > 0:50:15Pick your feet up.
0:50:17 > 0:50:19Pick your feet up. Pick your feet up.
0:50:21 > 0:50:25It's sort of nice to be away from my mummy's eyes, so I can just have
0:50:25 > 0:50:28some free time without Mummy going -
0:50:28 > 0:50:30"Rex, do this, Rex, do that!
0:50:30 > 0:50:33"Oh, yes, Rex, we need you to do that."
0:50:33 > 0:50:36I'm like, "Yeah, all right."
0:50:36 > 0:50:39Even with Dad, Rex must learn some rules are non-negotiable.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41That's a partridge. Don't shoot that.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43Why aren't you allowed to shoot partridges?
0:50:43 > 0:50:45Because there's a shooting season,
0:50:45 > 0:50:48and if you get caught shooting them out of season, Rex,
0:50:48 > 0:50:49you can go to jail.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51Yeah, but we won't get caught.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53DAD CHUCKLES
0:50:53 > 0:50:56- That's not the point.- Sometimes it's OK to break rules, like, if you're
0:50:56 > 0:50:59on your own, nobody can watch you break them.
0:50:59 > 0:51:03- Rex, do you know what that is? - Yeah.- What is it?
0:51:03 > 0:51:05It's an exploding target.
0:51:05 > 0:51:06BANG
0:51:06 > 0:51:08DAD CHUCKLES
0:51:08 > 0:51:11- You hold that again. Hold that. - I think we'd better get out of here!
0:51:11 > 0:51:14LAUGHTER
0:51:14 > 0:51:16I prefer being naughty,
0:51:16 > 0:51:19because then I can have, like, lots and lots and lots and lots of fun.
0:51:20 > 0:51:23The rules come from...
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Hmm...
0:51:27 > 0:51:29Let's just say people.
0:51:30 > 0:51:33People make up their own rules.
0:51:33 > 0:51:36I think it's good to have rules in the world,
0:51:36 > 0:51:39because otherwise it would just be a load of chaos.
0:51:39 > 0:51:43But sometimes I think it's bad to have rules because sometimes if the
0:51:43 > 0:51:46rules aren't good, everyone has to follow them,
0:51:46 > 0:51:49and everyone's stuck with them.
0:51:49 > 0:51:53It would be quite scary to break the rules because someone would get
0:51:53 > 0:51:55in trouble.
0:52:01 > 0:52:03It's the end of the academic year
0:52:03 > 0:52:06and time for Rex to find out how he's performed.
0:52:06 > 0:52:08His school report is in.
0:52:08 > 0:52:10"Rex is a real charmer...
0:52:11 > 0:52:15"..with a winning smile and an endless supply of energy.
0:52:15 > 0:52:18"He is an enthusiastic member of the class who has tried hard during the
0:52:18 > 0:52:22"year, and as a result has made good progress in all areas.
0:52:22 > 0:52:25"He was very proud to be chosen to take part in the maths challenge
0:52:25 > 0:52:28"competition at St Gabriel's School.
0:52:29 > 0:52:32"At times, Rex can get a little overexcited,
0:52:32 > 0:52:35"and has received a few warnings during the year.
0:52:35 > 0:52:37"However, more often than not,
0:52:37 > 0:52:40"Rex just needs to be reminded of what is expected of him,
0:52:40 > 0:52:42"and he will adjust his behaviour accordingly.
0:52:42 > 0:52:44"Next year, Rex needs to be a little more organised,
0:52:44 > 0:52:47"not only handing his homework in on time,
0:52:47 > 0:52:50"but also handing in his reading record book.
0:52:50 > 0:52:53"It's been lovely to see Rex enjoying his learning.
0:52:53 > 0:52:56"I hope he continues to apply his positive attitude in year five."
0:52:57 > 0:53:00That's not bad, is it? Do you know what?
0:53:00 > 0:53:01You're not a bad boy at all,
0:53:01 > 0:53:05and if you just listened a little bit more in class and weren't quite
0:53:05 > 0:53:08so ready to play the joker, you'd be fine.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11He's done well, but is he on the path to achieve his high-flying
0:53:11 > 0:53:15- dreams?- So, what do you need if you're going to be a fighter pilot?
0:53:15 > 0:53:18- A good brain.- A good brain. Well, you've got one of those.
0:53:18 > 0:53:19You have to work your good brain.
0:53:19 > 0:53:22You can't just have a good brain, you've got to use it.
0:53:22 > 0:53:24What subjects do you need to be good at?
0:53:24 > 0:53:26English, maths, science.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28Maths and science are really important.
0:53:28 > 0:53:29- Geography.- No, you don't need geography.
0:53:29 > 0:53:31You've got a sat nav for that!
0:53:31 > 0:53:32DAD CHUCKLES
0:53:32 > 0:53:35I think it takes quite a long time to become a fighter pilot,
0:53:35 > 0:53:37because you study hard, work hard,
0:53:37 > 0:53:40and also listen and get
0:53:40 > 0:53:45good, like, A levels and GCSEs and all sorts like that.
0:53:46 > 0:53:50Rex is learning that he doesn't always have to imitate his idol.
0:53:50 > 0:53:55I remember when I was at school, I used to have talks with my parents.
0:53:55 > 0:53:59It was always, you know, can you do more, can you do better?
0:53:59 > 0:54:00And it was just,
0:54:00 > 0:54:03it went in one ear and out the other.
0:54:03 > 0:54:05And I don't want that. I don't want that with him at all.
0:54:05 > 0:54:09If he applies himself, I think he'll go an awfully long way.
0:54:09 > 0:54:10Oh!
0:54:10 > 0:54:14Flight number 125 has crashed in the ocean.
0:54:14 > 0:54:17Being a fighter pilot, you can't do the bare minimum,
0:54:17 > 0:54:20like, "Can I not do, like, a shorter display?"
0:54:20 > 0:54:24Or "Can I not do, like, a shorter flight or something?"
0:54:24 > 0:54:26No. You've got to want to do it.
0:54:26 > 0:54:28You've got to know what you want to do
0:54:28 > 0:54:31and know what you've got to do, and then go and do it.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33And, yeah, it's inconvenient.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36It's boring sometimes, I'll admit that.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39But you've got to do it, otherwise somebody else will do it for you.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42I'll really try and stick to the rules next year
0:54:42 > 0:54:44and...
0:54:45 > 0:54:48Sometimes I might get a bit overexcited, but I'll try my best.
0:54:51 > 0:54:55The best thing about being young is you don't have to worry about
0:54:55 > 0:54:59anything. It's like, everything's going to be OK.
0:54:59 > 0:55:02Yeah. Let's just do whatever we want.
0:55:03 > 0:55:06When my childhood is over,
0:55:06 > 0:55:11I'm going to be a moody, and I'm just going to sleep every day.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14It's going to be really hard as soon as I become an adult,
0:55:14 > 0:55:17because I'm like,
0:55:17 > 0:55:20"Can't I just be a kid? All this stuff is really hard!"
0:55:22 > 0:55:25It's the day Daniel has been waiting for,
0:55:25 > 0:55:28and an important letter has arrived.
0:55:28 > 0:55:31I'm feeling very nervous and excited.
0:55:33 > 0:55:36Daniel worries quite a lot,
0:55:36 > 0:55:40and I think if he doesn't get a school that he wants to go to,
0:55:40 > 0:55:43he is going to worry about it. He is going to stress about it.
0:55:43 > 0:55:44And then
0:55:44 > 0:55:46he's just not going to want to get out of bed.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49He's not going to want to try and do his homework.
0:55:49 > 0:55:50He's not going to want to do anything.
0:55:50 > 0:55:53And I think he's got his heart set on it.
0:55:53 > 0:55:56So I think if he didn't get a chance to go there,
0:55:56 > 0:55:58I think he'd be pretty devastated.
0:56:03 > 0:56:08Daniel's dad is on Skype from his Army base in Africa, to find out if
0:56:08 > 0:56:10he's got into his dream school.
0:56:10 > 0:56:13- DAD:- I can't see you. - He'll just have to hear you.
0:56:13 > 0:56:16Right.
0:56:16 > 0:56:18OK.
0:56:19 > 0:56:24- Oh!- What does it say? What does it say?
0:56:24 > 0:56:26Bradford Academy!
0:56:28 > 0:56:30Are you happy?
0:56:30 > 0:56:33Yeah! It says,
0:56:33 > 0:56:37"I'm pleased to inform you that your child has been given a place at
0:56:37 > 0:56:41"Bradford Academy from September 2016."
0:56:41 > 0:56:43OK. Well done.
0:56:43 > 0:56:45We just need to sort that out.
0:56:45 > 0:56:48OK, OK, I'll sign it, I'll sign it, don't worry.
0:56:48 > 0:56:50- Can I tick it?- Can you tick it?
0:56:50 > 0:56:52Are you getting upset?
0:56:52 > 0:56:55- No! - BROTHER:- He's going to cry!
0:56:55 > 0:56:58It's all right if he cries. Are you going to cry?
0:56:58 > 0:57:01- No. - Yeah, you can tick it.
0:57:01 > 0:57:04Which do you want to do? Do you want to be attending or not?
0:57:04 > 0:57:06I want to be attending, obviously!
0:57:06 > 0:57:08I can't wait to go.
0:57:08 > 0:57:12I guess you're happy as well, then, Dad, aren't you?
0:57:12 > 0:57:16I am very happy for you. Well done.
0:57:16 > 0:57:20- BROTHER:- Congratulations!
0:57:20 > 0:57:22Well, I'm feeling overexcited.
0:57:24 > 0:57:26I've just got into Bradford Academy!
0:57:29 > 0:57:32Hello, Brendan. I've got into Bradford Academy!
0:57:32 > 0:57:34Yeah!
0:57:35 > 0:57:37I'm still thinking this is just a dream.
0:57:39 > 0:57:42The future looks really good,
0:57:42 > 0:57:44and I can see myself becoming a good scientist.
0:57:46 > 0:57:49Next time, how kids see the world of adults.
0:57:49 > 0:57:51Money!
0:57:51 > 0:57:53- Money!- Oh...
0:57:53 > 0:57:56The problems grown-ups face.
0:57:56 > 0:58:00They don't care about the people that haven't got jobs.
0:58:02 > 0:58:04Big life choices.
0:58:04 > 0:58:07I'm not going to force you to wear a hijab, though.
0:58:07 > 0:58:10It's about you, what you want.
0:58:10 > 0:58:13And what they'd do if they were in charge.
0:58:13 > 0:58:16A person's life is more important than a dog's life.
0:58:16 > 0:58:18I'm sorry, it is, it is.