0:00:13 > 0:00:16Hello, my name is Yonis. I'm 10-years-old and live in Coventry.
0:00:19 > 0:00:23Coventry is a city with over 300,000 people.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27It's in the West Midlands, not far from Birmingham.
0:00:27 > 0:00:31I live with my family, seven people.
0:00:31 > 0:00:34I've got a mum and I've got a dad.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36And I've got three brothers and one sister.
0:00:38 > 0:00:39Thank you.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42My dad and my mum were born in Somalia.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45My brother and my other brother,
0:00:45 > 0:00:48Abdel and Mohamed, were born in Saudi.
0:00:48 > 0:00:52And then we got me and then my sister, my brother,
0:00:52 > 0:00:53we were born in Sweden.
0:00:53 > 0:00:58I would count myself as Somali and then half British.
0:00:58 > 0:01:02Because, you know, I live in England now
0:01:02 > 0:01:04so I have a British background.
0:01:04 > 0:01:08Because I can speak British, so that's kind of my background.
0:01:08 > 0:01:11And my background as well is I go to a British school.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18It's a really big primary school.
0:01:18 > 0:01:20There are over 700 children.
0:01:26 > 0:01:30The people from the school come from all over the world.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33There are 45 languages spoken. Here are some of them.
0:01:42 > 0:01:47I like Science in particular, because I like making new things.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48We like doing experiments.
0:01:48 > 0:01:53You do anything together and you don't know what comes up.
0:01:53 > 0:01:58So, every sentence contains at least one main, most important clause.
0:01:58 > 0:02:02Can you remember what we call that clause? Yes?
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Independent clause, OK?
0:02:04 > 0:02:05It makes sense on its...?
0:02:05 > 0:02:07- Own.- Own, OK?
0:02:07 > 0:02:09This is my class, 60.
0:02:09 > 0:02:13This is my teacher and today we're learning about literacy.
0:02:17 > 0:02:23My best friends are Kassim, Shahal, Osman and Roy.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26Bhalo Achhi,
0:02:26 > 0:02:28that means, "How are you?" in Bangladesh.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32- As-Salamu Alaykum, which means, "Hello" in Arabic.- Osman?
0:02:32 > 0:02:35Subax Wanaagsan means "Good morning" in Somali.
0:02:35 > 0:02:37Hola. That means, "Hello" in Spanish.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Ryan, he's kind of funny.
0:02:40 > 0:02:42He's kind of babyish.
0:02:42 > 0:02:43We love him when he goes "Aw!"
0:02:43 > 0:02:46And then we've got Kassim, he's clever.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48We need him. And then we've got Osman.
0:02:48 > 0:02:53He's kind of half a joker and he plans out games for us.
0:02:53 > 0:02:56And then we've got Shihal, he's the little man, we all like him.
0:02:56 > 0:02:57Yonis is just a joke.
0:02:57 > 0:03:01Every time he makes excuses for us, he just can do it in seconds, yeah?
0:03:01 > 0:03:03Everyone is unique, you know?
0:03:03 > 0:03:07They all have something special about them.
0:03:07 > 0:03:11We're all not the same, we all have different ideas and stuff like that.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13So it's just like a unity together.
0:03:13 > 0:03:17One of my favourite things at school is on Friday afternoons,
0:03:17 > 0:03:20where we can choose between lots of different subjects.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22Cooking.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24It's kind of nice.
0:03:24 > 0:03:25You can smell the nice bread.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Or musical mayhem.
0:03:30 > 0:03:32Or even gardening.
0:03:32 > 0:03:35But today is netball.
0:03:37 > 0:03:42Before we play a game we have to do some warm-up exercises.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02I like sports because you have to use different parts of your body.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05In netball you've got to use your sporty hands.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17HE RECITES IN ARABIC
0:04:17 > 0:04:19Religion is very important to me,
0:04:19 > 0:04:23because you need religion every time, everywhere.
0:04:23 > 0:04:27Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity,
0:04:27 > 0:04:31Islam, any religion, Sikhism, any.
0:04:31 > 0:04:36You've got to be known as a person who can hold their religion.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49I'm a Muslim.
0:04:49 > 0:04:54Every Friday after school, I have Arabic lessons.
0:04:54 > 0:05:00We do Koran, Hadith, you can go on and on. I like it, it's kind of fun.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03First of all tell us, what is Hadith?
0:05:03 > 0:05:06What's the difference between Koran and Hadith?
0:05:06 > 0:05:11The Koran is the word of Allah, when Allah says something.
0:05:11 > 0:05:15This is the Hadith, which Abu Hurayrah wrote,
0:05:15 > 0:05:19and he was writing everything he heard.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30I go to the mosque four times a week and I pray five times a day.
0:05:33 > 0:05:36Today it's my turn to lead the prayers at home.
0:05:57 > 0:05:59Keep your back straight.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01Straight, so we can see you're tall.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Straight!
0:06:03 > 0:06:07Although my parents were born in Somalia, I've never been there.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Before I left, Somalia was a very nice country.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14It has 24 hours summertime,
0:06:14 > 0:06:17slightly different to UK.
0:06:18 > 0:06:21What about you?
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Somalia is a beautiful place, white sun, it's a beautiful area.
0:06:25 > 0:06:26What about now?
0:06:26 > 0:06:29Somalia is still beautiful now.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31It's only certain areas where it's a bit messed up.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33What do you mean, messed up?
0:06:33 > 0:06:37Because of conflicts and stuff like that, civil war.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40Would you like to go to Somalia?
0:06:40 > 0:06:45- After the war, I'd definitely like to go to Somalia.- Why?
0:06:45 > 0:06:49Because who'd want to go to Somalia when there's a war?
0:06:49 > 0:06:53I'd go when there's peace, when there's beauty.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Wicked.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00In secondary school I want to go to boarding school in anywhere,
0:07:00 > 0:07:04but I'm most interested in America, because I want to go to America.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08Boarding school is... I want to do Islamic boarding school.
0:07:08 > 0:07:10My ambitions are...
0:07:10 > 0:07:15It's kind of just, when I grow up I'll think more,
0:07:15 > 0:07:19but now what I'm thinking is I want to be a doctor or a scientist.
0:07:32 > 0:07:35Hi, I'm Jacob, I'm 11-years-old and I'm in Bridgwater.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38And we're the Bridgwater Sea Cadets!
0:07:41 > 0:07:45Bridgwater is a busy market town set in the heart of Somerset.
0:07:45 > 0:07:49It's quite a small town of about 30,000 people.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52It's home of the Bridgewater Sea Cadets.
0:07:56 > 0:07:58I'm a leading junior cadet.
0:07:58 > 0:08:01There are about 16 of us in all.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06I think the Sea Cadets is a quite important part of my life,
0:08:06 > 0:08:09because I'm quite proud of being a Sea Cadet.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11It's a fun activity I do.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13It's one of the funnest activities I've ever done.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Today, we're on the waters of Bridgwater Docks.
0:08:17 > 0:08:22We take turns to steer the boats, and learn how they're operated.
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Every year, we take part in a Remembrance Sunday ceremony
0:08:33 > 0:08:34in the town centre.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38It's when people from the town come to pay their respects
0:08:38 > 0:08:41for the men and women who lost their lives in world conflicts.
0:08:41 > 0:08:44Some of us had grandparents and great-grandparents
0:08:44 > 0:08:46who fought in the world wars.
0:08:46 > 0:08:49It's important we keep remembering, so there will be a time
0:08:49 > 0:08:53when we're not here, when we have all gone whereever we're going to go to.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56Our children will be here, and they want to remember
0:08:56 > 0:08:59about the people that died, so we could all have peace.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02- This is my great-great uncle. - Great-great uncle.
0:09:02 > 0:09:06And he served in the First and Second World War,
0:09:06 > 0:09:13and this is my great-grandad's army reserve booklet.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16This is the Hood.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19My great-great uncle worked on it in the Second World War.
0:09:19 > 0:09:20He was a marine.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23He carried a Lee Enfield around with him.
0:09:23 > 0:09:27He was working at the time, when it sunk around the midships.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31- He went down with the ship. - It was hit round the midships?
0:09:31 > 0:09:33He went down with the ship.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36Unfortunately, after it got sunk by the Bismarck.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40- Gosh.- Near Greenland, off the coast of Greenland.
0:09:40 > 0:09:45My dad was in the Navy, and he was an engineer for the Fleet Air arm.
0:09:45 > 0:09:50- An engineer for the Fleet Air arm? - And this was his dog tags.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52What the dog tag makes us remember is about remembrance.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56Sometimes people do get injured and become unconscious and die.
0:09:56 > 0:10:02On the dog tag, it tells them, the medics, what kind of blood type the people have got.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07It also tells them who they are, so the body can be identified.
0:10:07 > 0:10:13That just reminds us of how serious war can be, because people die and get seriously injured.
0:10:13 > 0:10:15Who can tell me what one of these is?
0:10:15 > 0:10:18A poppy.
0:10:18 > 0:10:21Who can tell me why a poppy is significant on Remembrance Sunday?
0:10:21 > 0:10:25There was a big battle at Flanders fields, and the ground
0:10:25 > 0:10:29was all churned up and they thought nothing would grow there again.
0:10:29 > 0:10:30The first plant to grow was poppies.
0:10:30 > 0:10:36On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, the First World War stopped.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Peace was declared.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41That day is known as Armistice Day.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44If you're at school on that day, you have two minutes' silence.
0:10:44 > 0:10:49People can't always stop at work if they're driving a bus or flying a plane, whatever they're doing,
0:10:49 > 0:10:54then we do it on Remembrance Sunday, which is the bit we're going to take part in this Sunday.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56We're all going to be there in our best uniform.
0:10:56 > 0:11:00We're going to be respectful, shiny shoes, looking smart.
0:11:00 > 0:11:06One of the last things that happens is a very special prayer or ode.
0:11:06 > 0:11:10PO Cox is going to read that out for us.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15They shall grow not old as we that are left grow old.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
0:11:18 > 0:11:24At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them.
0:11:26 > 0:11:30It's really moving to see some of the poppy wreaths.
0:11:30 > 0:11:37Some are to be men and women who fell in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
0:11:37 > 0:11:44It's a reminder of the brave men and women who are prepared to risk their lives for our country.
0:11:52 > 0:11:55I'm really proud of being a Sea Cadet, because I feel I'm giving
0:11:55 > 0:11:59something back, doing something for my country.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I want to go into the Navy, cos it's a family tradition.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06It's run down through the family, the Navy and Marines.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08I think it would be an enjoyable job to do.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13It'll show you respect and discipline, and would be an ideal job.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31My name is Lexie, I'm 11 years old and I live in Birmingham.
0:12:31 > 0:12:36Birmingham is a big city of over a million people.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39It's in the Midlands.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44This is my friend Nevika, we've been friends for 6.5 years.
0:12:44 > 0:12:48Her personality is very bubbly.
0:12:48 > 0:12:52She's serious one day, she's not serious another day.
0:12:55 > 0:12:59Lexie is very emotional, loving, and caring.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01We're close, really close.
0:13:01 > 0:13:04At playtime, we're always together.
0:13:04 > 0:13:09We like to dance, sing, mess around and joke.
0:13:09 > 0:13:12# Walking through the city centre
0:13:12 > 0:13:14# One boy tapped me on my shoulder
0:13:14 > 0:13:17# Asked me for my name and number... #
0:13:17 > 0:13:20Walking through the city centre, one boy tapped me on my shoulder,
0:13:20 > 0:13:23asked me for my name and number, said may name was Milexia.
0:13:23 > 0:13:25GIGGLES
0:13:25 > 0:13:28We write different songs.
0:13:28 > 0:13:32If we have a bad day or a good day, we write about the day.
0:13:32 > 0:13:37Or if we don't have nothing to say really, we just write it out of nowhere.
0:13:37 > 0:13:39It depends on our feelings.
0:13:44 > 0:13:46Hello, and welcome to Lozelles News.
0:13:46 > 0:13:49- My name is Nevika.- And I'm Lexie.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Over the next few months, we'll be making a special documentary.
0:13:52 > 0:13:59Yes, Lozelles will have exclusive access to the eco-furbishments on Carpenter's Road.
0:13:59 > 0:14:04'As well as being best friends, we're both reporters
0:14:04 > 0:14:07'for Lozelles News, an online news channel in Birmingham.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10'It's great to be able to tell children about really important
0:14:10 > 0:14:13'things going on in the environment.'
0:14:13 > 0:14:16And what's in your neighbourhood.
0:14:16 > 0:14:20Look at Lexie and Nevika!
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- I want to do that. It looks fun. - I know.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25Three, two, one.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29- Me?- No, it's Lexie!
0:14:29 > 0:14:35I like being a reporter because we get to go to interesting places and find out more about where we live.
0:14:35 > 0:14:40Today, we're reporting on a new eco-friendly power plant.
0:14:40 > 0:14:44- Three, two, one.- We're here at the Energy Centre just off Broad Street.
0:14:44 > 0:14:50Leo from the energy management team is going to show us round his CHP scheme.
0:14:52 > 0:14:57Before we interview Leo, he takes us on a tour of the power plant.
0:15:04 > 0:15:11We also get to go to the top of a hotel that gets its energy from the power plant.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14- Nevika, I can see our school.- Where?
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Remember we can always seed the BT?
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Oh yeah! Our school is just there.
0:15:20 > 0:15:25Right, girls. We need to concentrate, because we haven't got a lot of time here.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28What we'll do, we'll do one question at a time.
0:15:28 > 0:15:31Leo, what's a combined heat and power scheme?
0:15:31 > 0:15:37Combined heat and power is where we use an engine to generate electricity.
0:15:37 > 0:15:40We capture the heat from that generator, which is normally wasted.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42So that's why it's more eco-friendly.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45How much electricity does it produce?
0:15:45 > 0:15:49The Broad Street scheme generates 1.5 megawatts of electricity.
0:15:49 > 0:15:54That's enough electricity to light 25,000 60 watt light bulbs.
0:15:54 > 0:15:56It's a large amount of electricity.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58A lot of things go wrong.
0:15:58 > 0:16:03It's like when we say something and we say the word, but we get it
0:16:03 > 0:16:06stuck on our tongue, on the tip of our tongue.
0:16:06 > 0:16:12- Three, two, one.- By how much will it reduce Birmingham's carbonissions? - Emissions!
0:16:12 > 0:16:14Emissions! Emissions!
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Me and my mum just live at home by ourselves.
0:16:20 > 0:16:26I wouldn't like it to be any different, because we just have a good time and we enjoy ourselves.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29We have a laugh when it's needed.
0:16:30 > 0:16:35My mum has a problem with her spine, which means she has trouble moving around.
0:16:36 > 0:16:41Since my mum was diagnosed, I started helping her,
0:16:41 > 0:16:44helping her up the stairs and doing chores after school.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46Now, I'm her main carer.
0:16:46 > 0:16:50Thank you. I've got to take these.
0:16:50 > 0:16:54This is my grandfather when he first came to England.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56He worked as a bus conductor.
0:16:56 > 0:16:57This is my grandmother.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59She worked as a hairdresser.
0:17:01 > 0:17:06My mum came from Kingston, which is the capital of...
0:17:06 > 0:17:11- Jamaica.- There you go! And dad came from Westmorelands,
0:17:11 > 0:17:16which is a little place in Jamaica, it's more rural like a countryside.
0:17:16 > 0:17:18My mum and dad are divorced.
0:17:18 > 0:17:23I see my dad every two or three weeks. I'm a bit like my dad.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28I'm very ambitious, and when I put my mind to things I need to do it.
0:17:28 > 0:17:32Sorry I'm late. What are we doing in the city centre anyway?
0:17:32 > 0:17:37You know we're working hard in Lozelles to reduce our carbon footprint.
0:17:37 > 0:17:41Since you've been doing the reporting at school,
0:17:41 > 0:17:46I've found you very, very articulate,
0:17:46 > 0:17:50even to me. Sometimes I'm thinking, where are these big words coming from?
0:17:50 > 0:17:56But yes, I love how you're developing and I just love your confidence.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59I'm more confident talking to adults.
0:17:59 > 0:18:05I want to go to university, have a good career, and maybe become a singer as well.
0:18:05 > 0:18:10# I need you and I'm hurting, father
0:18:10 > 0:18:15# Can it ever be the same?
0:18:15 > 0:18:20# I'm so alone, please take me home
0:18:20 > 0:18:24# To be your child again
0:18:25 > 0:18:33# To be your child again. #
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