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Associated Teachers TV programme

Follow The Learner: Bradley, Year 8

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- Write a passage...- Put this into six...

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If all angles in a triangle...

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(narrator) What's it like

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being on the receiving endof the education system?

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What's it like being in year 8,when progress can dip?

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One school, four year 8 children.

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Bradley,

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Jack,

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Louise,

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and Robert.

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This series offers a snapshot

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of four pupils' perceptionsand experience of school.

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(teacher) First warning, Brad.

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First thing you need to dois get yourselves a book.

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So, as usual,you've got 10 minutes when I say so

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to go and get yourselvessomething to read for the lesson.

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Folks, I don't wanna see...

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Brad, I've not asked youto get up. Take a seat.

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- Back in your seat, Brad.- (narrator) English.

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Bradley's coming to the end of year8 at Hove Park School in Brighton.

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(teacher)You can do that at the end.

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When the teachers ask me to sit downI normally don't

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because I'm a fidgety type of person

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and I don't really likesitting in one seat at one time,

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because it's annoying, and they'rehard chairs so I don't like them.

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They're a bit bony, so...

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The teachers normally ask me aboutsitting down a lot, but I don't.

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I just normally keep getting upand down, up and down.

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I've not finished talking, so lookat me - so I know you're listening.

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Second thing: we've hada couple of up-and-down lessons.

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We were in the library today and...the teacher was a bit pushy.

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But... I managed to get on with him.

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- Sam, Do you want to read that one?- (Brad) I will.

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- (boy) How big's that?- (man) Bradley's gonna tell us.

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"The heaviest spider. The femalebird-eating spider, Therondli..."

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"Therophosidae" -there you go.

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"..are more heavily-builtthan muscles."

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- (man) "..than males."- "Males."

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(narrator) Bradley has chosento sit with the teaching assistant.

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"..USA, captured a female examplenear Pomona."

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- (man) "Which weighed a record..."- "Which weighed a record peak of...

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- 4.2 ounces."- Yeah.

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"Reported dead from...(indistinct) ..in January 1986,

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other measurements includeda maximum leg span

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of 26.7 centimetres, 10.5 inches,

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a total body length of10.2 centimetres, 4 inches,

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- and fags..."- "Fangs."

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"..fangs measured 2.5 centimetres,one inch long."

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So the fangs, what it bites thingswith, how long were they?

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- 2.5 centimetres.- So that's about that long fangs.

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One of the things we saw in therewas the heaviest spider.

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It... weighs...

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22.2 centimetres -

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that's how long it is.

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Don't know how much it weighs.

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(teacher) What we need to do now isopen up your reading journals

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and for each of those questions,write me a sentence down.

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I still have to rememberthat rhyme for "because" -

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"big elephants can alwaysunderstand sums easily."

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If it comes to really long words,like "confused" or "overexaggerated"

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I can't do them.I have to have some help with it.

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They write them either on the boardor they spell it too quickly.

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I just get annoyed, so I needfive minutes alone with the teacher,

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to teach me how to spell properly.

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(narrator)Bradley is an early riser.

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With his younger brother, Connor,he has an hour's journey to school,

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as Hove Park'son the other side of Brighton.

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At primary, Bradley achievedjust below national expectations:

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four Cs in maths and science,

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but only three Cs in English.

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- See you.- You going?

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Yeah.

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- (dad) Have a good day.- And you.

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- (Connor) Bye.- (Bradley) See you later, Dad.

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- Bye.- (Bradley) Bye.

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(narrator) The family wantsto move nearer to Hove Park.

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They're on the transfer list,

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but their estate's unpopularwithin the city,

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so they can't get a council swap.

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Don't worry about them.They're always round here.

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(narrator) Schools closer totheir estate had a poor reputation.

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- (Connor) Hello, Sarah.- (Bradley) Hello, Sarah.

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(narrator) Their local secondarywas closed down.

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Bradley's father hadn't heardanything negative about Hove Park,

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so despite the long bus ride,

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it was his first choice,as he wanted the best for Bradley.

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(teacher) 51 divided by eight.

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51 divided by eight.Can you help me with that?

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(narrator) In maths,Bradley's in set two of four.

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- (teacher) Yes?- Six, remainder...

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- (teacher) Six is good.- (boy) Six remainder one.

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Six remainder four, is it?

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- (pupils shout out suggestions)- No, I'm sorry.

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(narrator) The class starts byturning remainders into fractions.

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(teacher) That's three eighths.OK? Right...

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When I leave school and college,I'd like to be a computer technician

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because I just love computers,

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and I can help my dad with stuffand he can help me.

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Er... and I really, really wantto be a Manchester United fan,

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which is gonna be brilliant.

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(teacher) Right, we wereworking using cubes.

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You may remember that we had drawna basic cube to start with,

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then built bigger ones.

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The reason why I wanna bea Man United fan

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is because I've been it for,like, years,

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and I really love it.

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I've got a flag, towels -I've got everything.

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I want to know, when you've finisheddrawing and colouring these,

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I want to knowsome of these... here.

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I want to know how manycorner pieces there are.

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(narrator) Bradley missed the lessonwhen they learnt to draw cubes.

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(teacher) ..what we're going to bedoing the rest of the lesson.

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And then how many are in the middle,which are not an edge or a corner?

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And then there are somein the bigger cubes -

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how many are therethat you can't see, that are hidden?

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There's, like, only three...

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(narrator) Bradley is keptwaiting for graph paper

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so he can start the task.

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While he's waiting,he's started to chat.

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Chloe's justdrawing the squares for me.

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(girl)He always forgets, doesn't he?

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At my old school there was theselittle year 3s and I was in year 6

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and I done the play called "Grease".

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(girl) We weren't allowed to do thatin our school.

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- Apparently, it was too "indecent".- (boy) Yeah.

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And... and me and my matesgot chased by all the girls

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cos they wanted our autograph.I was like, "Leave me alone."

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- We hid for the rest of the year.- A year 6 production?

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Yeah. There were year 3s as well.

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(boy) ..chicken Marmiteor something. Yanamamo...

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Yanamamo, Yanomami...

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I will get you some paper in aminute. Sorry to keep you waiting.

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- Where's your...?- Do it yourself.

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(all talk at once)

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- Can I have another piece of paper?- In a moment. I sent for some.

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- Thank you, sir.- (chatter continues)

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In some classes, you finishthe work because it's too easy.

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You turn round to talk to your matesto help them with the work,

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and the teacherjust thinks you're talking.

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He tells you to stop it,so you stop it,

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and then he gives yousome more work sometimes.

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You do that,and you're putting your hand up

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but still helping your mateswith the work.

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You get in trouble sometimes,sometimes you don't.

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But most of the time,I can get away with it

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because the teachers in year 8are just, like, the best.

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They don't really moan at youfor talking and helping your mates.

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(teacher) In this shape here,how many corner pieces are there?

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- (boy) Six.- Eight.

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(teacher) Eight again! What about

some educated guesses here?

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- What's this going to be?- There's only eight in a cube.

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- Only eight corners in a cube.- That's quite right.

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There's plenty of paper here now,so if you're needing paper...

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Who needs more paper? You did.

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(boisterous chatter)

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- Ow!- That's for getting me earlier.

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(girl) All right,but I don't fancy Britney Spears.

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(teacher) You've run out of spacethere. I'll get you another piece.

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How are you doing? You've done well.

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- Blimey!- Chloe helped me.

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You cause meso much trouble sometimes,

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then you come out with worklike that. I love it. Thank you.

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- (boy) He never causes you trouble.- (teacher) What?!

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- (boy giggles)- (teacher) Never ever.

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I did that!

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- I said, "Chloe helped me."- Helped?! I did the whole thing!

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(all talk at once)

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- (Bradley) Sir, Chloe helped.- Sir, I did all of that.

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(teacher) Chloe helped?That's all right.

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I'm still very pleasedthat you've brought that to me.

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Are you gonna be able to colourthe corner pieces? Thank you.

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- What would you like?- Can I have tikka, please?

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(narrator) After lunch,Bradley's off to English,

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where the class is studyinga poem by Walter de la Mare:

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"The Listeners", about a man callingat a house occupied by phantoms.

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Marcus, wait for me.

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(teacher) You've looked over thisat home last night and just now.

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Let's have a read through ittogether for the first time.

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A few questions I want you to bethinking about as we're reading.

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I'll bring your attention to one

question I want you to think about -

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this final one:

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How do the sounds in the poem

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help you imaginewhat is happening in the poem?

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How do the sounds help you imaginewhat's happening in the poem?

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All right,let's have a read through.

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Any tricky words that might bein there, folks, are on the board.

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English, sometimes I like it,sometimes I don't.

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The reason why is because...

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When I like it, it's because I knowwhat I'm doing and I like the work.

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Sometimes I don't like itbecause it's really hard work,

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it's too much to write,and I don't really get it.

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(teacher) Nice loud voice, Jack.

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"'Is there anybody there?'said the Traveller,

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"Knocking on the moonlit door:

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"And his horse's...

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"And his horse in the silencechamp'd the grasses

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"Of the forest's ferny floor,

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"And a bird flew upout of the turret,

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"Above the Traveller's head:

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"And he smote upon the doora second time:

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"'Is there anybody there?' he said."

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The reason why sometimesI don't like writing

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is because it's gotjust too much description,

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and the words I don't know,there's no point me listening to

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because Sir nevertells you what it's like

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or describes the wordor tells you the meaning of it.

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All right. Quickly, any ideas?What's going on here?

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(narrator) The class were askedto read the poem for homework,

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- but Bradley didn't.- You've read it through now once.

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Go on, Jamie. I know you've gotsome ideas about this already.

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It's more... They're basing iton a man who knocks at the door.

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But then, they're basing iton the setting as well - mostly.

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A guy goes up to a door...(knocking) ..knocks on the door.

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He's obviously after something.

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Nobody in. Nobody answers.He gets on his horse and he goes.

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That's all that happens, Sam.

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Rob?

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There's a familyof phantoms living there.

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A family of phantoms?What makes you think that?

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Cos it mentions the phantoms.

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So it does mention these phantoms.

So the words that are used...

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It says, "But only a hostof phantom listeners".

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Excellent, Rob. So you were sayingthat the words that are used

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makes it sound as if...as if there's ghosts there.

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Excellent ideas, folks.

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(narrator) They create storyboardsfor a film, based on the poem.

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(teacher) When you come to doyour storyboard of the film,

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I want you to think abouthow you could make it

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as interesting and as suspensefuland atmospheric

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as it is in the poem.

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Aha!

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(frustrated grunt)

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You weren't in Timespinner,were you?

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(Bradley) I worked with Jamie, oneof my mates that go to Hove Park.

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I was eating chocolate coinsin that lesson as well.

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I weren't meant to,but I only ate a couple.

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Erm...

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I can't remember anything elseabout English,

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but I rememberquite a lot of French.

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- Hier.- (class) Hier.

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- Hier.- Hier.

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- Hier.- Hier.

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- Aujourd'hui.- Aujourd'hui.

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- Demain.- Demain.

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- Hier.- Hier.

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- Aujourd'hui.- Aujourd'hui.

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- Demain.- Demain.

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I like Frenchbecause the teacher's nice.

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I always go homelearning something from it.

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I've got loads and loads of workin my book.

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Pick one of these three,copy these sentences out

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and fill in the gapswith the right one.

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Is it "I went" - "Je suis allé"?Is it "I go" - "Je vais"?

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Or "I'm going to go" -"Je vais aller"?

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Go ahead, do that now - one to five.

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- (boy) Do we write it in English?- (teacher) Non.

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For example, number one,the right answer would be "hier".

0258 10:15:23:02 10:15:25:19

I could even tell youa sentence now.

0259 10:15:26:19 10:15:28:14

Erm...

0260 10:15:30:12 10:15:33:06

Well, no,it's really a question, but...

0261 10:15:33:06 10:15:34:24

Comment tu t'appelles?

0262 10:15:34:24 10:15:38:24

You answer by saying,"Je m'appelle..." your name.

0263 10:15:38:24 10:15:41:19

- (teacher) Je suis allé.- "Yesterday I went."

0264 10:15:41:19 10:15:45:09

Super. Hier je suis allé.

0265 10:15:45:09 10:15:47:09

Très bien.

0266 10:15:49:03 10:15:51:03

Accent - à pied.

0267 10:15:52:20 10:15:55:09

Changes the meaning.

0268 10:15:55:09 10:15:57:09

Accent.

0269 10:15:59:03 10:16:00:14

Bien.

0270 10:16:00:14 10:16:04:13

- So now see if you can extend it.- What do you mean by "extend"?

0271 10:16:04:13 10:16:08:19

- How would you extend it?- Because it is simple.

0272 10:16:08:19 10:16:10:19

So pick two of them, OK?

0273 10:16:17:24 10:16:19:10

- (Bradley) Sir?- Oui?

0274 10:16:19:10 10:16:23:07

How do you say,"..then go by train"?

0275 10:16:23:07 10:16:26:19

"Then"? What's "then"?Can you remember?

0276 10:16:26:19 10:16:31:15

- I think I've got it in here.- Marcus? Can you remember - "then"?

0277 10:16:31:15 10:16:34:06

- "But"?- "But" is "mais".

0278 10:16:34:06 10:16:36:03

"But" is "mais". Excellent.

0279 10:16:36:03 10:16:37:22

- "Puis."- "Puis" is "then".

0280 10:16:37:22 10:16:41:09

- P-u...?- P-u-i...

0281 10:16:41:09 10:16:43:08

- "I".- ..u-n?

0282 10:16:43:08 10:16:45:08

- No. ..i-s.- ..i-s.

0283 10:16:45:08 10:16:49:24

Sir, if I was to say,"Hier j'ai mangé du rice..."

0284 10:16:49:24 10:16:53:01

- "Du riz", yes.- Could I copy them?

0285 10:16:53:01 10:16:55:11

- Could I copy...- Yes, you can.

0286 10:16:55:11 10:16:59:12

OK. Change...I want you to write this out,

0287 10:16:59:12 10:17:03:06

each one of you,but changing these words.

0288 10:17:03:06 10:17:06:13

"Aujourd'hui je vais en voiture."

0289 10:17:06:13 10:17:10:10

"Demain je vais aller en bus,parce que c'est rapide,

0290 10:17:10:10 10:17:13:17

parce que c'est super" -whatever adjective you like.

0291 10:17:13:17 10:17:16:03

OK? So you've gota few minutes to do that.

0292 10:17:16:03 10:17:21:17

Darrell. Darrell, can you explainwhat it is you're going to do now?

0293 10:17:21:17 10:17:25:10

- (boy) I can tell you.- (teacher) But can Darrell?

0294 10:17:30:15 10:17:32:19

(narrator) Bradley's science teacher

0295 10:17:32:19 10:17:36:04

also appears to havekeyed in to his personality.

0296 10:17:37:06 10:17:41:01

Can I do the keyboard -with the arrows?

0297 10:17:41:01 10:17:43:09

- You can actually draw...- OK.

0298 10:17:43:09 10:17:45:17

..draw with that.

0299 10:17:45:17 10:17:48:20

Don't draw them on yet.I'll tell you what to do.

0300 10:17:48:20 10:17:51:10

Right, well, my hand's up again!

0301 10:17:53:15 10:17:57:03

OK. Brad is going tohelp me out here.

0302 10:17:57:03 10:18:00:09

He's going to draw the linesfrom the...

0303 10:18:00:09 10:18:02:19

Shall I do it now?Shall I do it now?

0304 10:18:02:19 10:18:06:12

Don't draw them... You do the secondone, cos I know you got them right.

0305 10:18:06:12 10:18:08:04

- That one?- The second one.

0306 10:18:08:04 10:18:09:18

Draw at the right place.

0307 10:18:09:18 10:18:12:01

- Can everyone check, please...- (chatter)

0308 10:18:12:01 10:18:14:19

Excuse me! Shh!

0309 10:18:14:19 10:18:16:15

Jack, sit up.

0310 10:18:16:15 10:18:18:15

Sit up.

0311 10:18:20:21 10:18:23:08

Right, noise is a form of pollution

0312 10:18:23:08 10:18:25:20

because it is often unwanted.

0313 10:18:25:20 10:18:31:19

- (boy) Matthew wants to do it.- No, Brad's actually offered.

0314 10:18:31:19 10:18:34:21

- (boy) He always does it.- Erm...

0315 10:18:34:21 10:18:38:12

You do one,you do one, you do one.

0316 10:18:38:12 10:18:40:13

One, two, three, four -that's enough now.

0317 10:18:40:13 10:18:43:13

Thanks, Brad.You go and have a seat.

0318 10:18:54:03 10:18:56:00

(narrator) It's parents' evening.

0319 10:18:56:00 10:18:59:23

Bradley's family'sabout to hear some good news.

0320 10:19:00:23 10:19:05:04

(teacher) Have a look here.His prediction for year 8 is a 4B,

0321 10:19:05:04 10:19:08:01

which is slightly belowthe national average.

0322 10:19:08:01 10:19:11:21

However, consistently,he's achieved well above that -

0323 10:19:11:21 10:19:14:13

6C is considerably higher.

0324 10:19:14:13 10:19:17:23

7C is absolutely fantastic -in that test there.

0325 10:19:17:23 10:19:21:13

For someone who was predicted a 4B,it shows that he's done the work.

0326 10:19:21:13 10:19:26:01

So that's three whole levelsabove what we expected.

0327 10:19:26:01 10:19:29:16

So I think in futurehe'll be quite good at science.

0328 10:19:29:16 10:19:32:23

- Any questions you wanted to ask?- No.

0329 10:19:32:23 10:19:35:09

Did you realisethat things were going that well?

0330 10:19:35:09 10:19:36:24

- No.- You didn't?

0331 10:19:36:24 10:19:40:22

I thought I was going, like,4B to, like, 3A,

0332 10:19:40:22 10:19:43:16

- then 5C, then back to 4B.- A little bit inconsistent?

0333 10:19:43:16 10:19:47:21

What I particularly like as wellis he's quite keen to get involved

0334 10:19:47:21 10:19:55:03

in helping me deliver stuffto the class. We have a laptop,

0335 10:19:55:03 10:19:59:03

and we often have animationsand quizzes and things like that.

0336 10:19:59:03 10:20:02:11

I can usually rely on Bradto do the clicking and dragging

0337 10:20:02:11 10:20:05:14

so I can circulate round the roomand teach more effectively,

0338 10:20:05:14 10:20:11:14

rather than being stuck next to thecomputer. He's mature, responsible.

0339 10:20:11:14 10:20:14:06

Because of his relationshipwith the boys around him -

0340 10:20:14:06 10:20:19:12

I wouldn't say he's a dominantcharacter, but an influential one -

0341 10:20:19:12 10:20:21:12

he does tend tocarry them along with him.

0342 10:20:21:12 10:20:25:12

If he's doing well, he'll carry themalong with him and they'll do well.

0343 10:20:27:06 10:20:29:08

(narrator) Lunchtime.

0344 10:20:30:07 10:20:33:02

(Bradley) Is she in here?

0345 10:20:33:02 10:20:34:23

Oi!

0346 10:20:34:23 10:20:37:13

- Is Aiden in here?- (teacher) No.

0347 10:20:37:13 10:20:39:20

- Where?- I don't think so.

0348 10:20:39:20 10:20:42:12

There's someone called Aidenon here - level 100.

0349 10:20:44:21 10:20:47:21

- You need to get off, thank you.- (boy) Ohhh!

0350 10:20:47:21 10:20:52:00

Thank you.And you need to cross it.

0351 10:20:52:00 10:20:54:03

Guys, you do know, don't you -

0352 10:20:54:03 10:20:57:20

before and after school, if you wantto play games, that's fine,

0353 10:20:57:20 10:21:03:02

but our policy is,during school hours, no games.

0354 10:21:03:02 10:21:06:08

- (narrator) Maths again.- OK, we got to 213.

0355 10:21:06:08 10:21:10:13

(narrator) The class has tocomplete the exercise on cubes.

0356 10:21:10:13 10:21:15:16

- If you're talking here...- (Chloe) Shut up.

0357 10:21:15:16 10:21:20:03

Go outside and waitfor two minutes. Thank you.

0358 10:21:20:03 10:21:25:07

(Bradley) I got sent out duringthe lesson because I was chatting.

0359 10:21:25:07 10:21:27:20

Five minutes later,the teacher sent me back in.

0360 10:21:27:20 10:21:30:01

- Now where's your work?- I don't know.

0361 10:21:30:01 10:21:32:06

Oh, yeah, me and Marcus lost ours.

0362 10:21:32:06 10:21:36:04

- Marcus has it. He's got it.

- Yeah, we done it again.

0363 10:21:36:04 10:21:39:19

(narrator) In fact, Bradley didn'tdo any work in the previous lesson.

0364 10:21:39:19 10:21:42:05

- Where's yours now?- Mr Pitcher's got it.

0365 10:21:42:05 10:21:45:04

- And he ain't in today.— (girl) Where is he?

0366 10:21:45:04 10:21:48:21

And is your work with Marcus?Is that what you're saying?

0367 10:21:48:21 10:21:51:19

- Yeah.- OK, you can go, then.

0368 10:21:51:19 10:21:53:19

When we wanna go down the library,

0369 10:21:53:19 10:21:58:04

we say, "Can we go to the libraryso we won't cause you any trouble

0370 10:21:58:04 10:22:00:15

and we can get some helpdown there?"

0371 10:22:00:15 10:22:02:02

- Bradley.- Bradley.

0372 10:22:02:02 10:22:05:02

(Bradley) And then he just signsa little bit of paper,

0373 10:22:05:02 10:22:11:03

saying that we're allowed, and thenwe go and tell the librarian.

0374 10:22:11:03 10:22:13:14

"..to work..."

0375 10:22:16:00 10:22:18:22

- What's edges?- (boy) Zero.

0376 10:22:18:22 10:22:19:12

Yeah.

0377 10:22:19:12 10:22:25:04

(narrator) They quickly copytheir classmate Aiden's work.

0378 10:22:25:04 10:22:28:04

- But still...- It's just zero.

0379 10:22:28:04 10:22:32:04

If you scroll down, there's, like,zero, zero, zero for all of them,

0380 10:22:32:04 10:22:35:16

and then hidden zero,and then the total's eight.

0381 10:22:35:16 10:22:38:19

(Bradley) Eight.What's the next one?

0382 10:22:38:19 10:22:42:00

It's 18, but I don't thinkthe answers are right here.

0383 10:22:43:04 10:22:46:05

(boy) Can't you give usthe right answers, then?

0384 10:22:46:05 10:22:48:11

(Aiden) I'm going to now.

0385 10:22:48:11 10:22:50:07

(Bradley) Right, Marcus, you ready?

0386 10:22:50:07 10:22:53:10

Edges - 12. 24.

0387 10:22:53:10 10:22:55:02

- 12.- (Marcus) 12, 24, 12?

0388 10:22:55:02 10:22:57:05

Yeah.

0389 10:22:57:05 10:22:59:05

And then 48.

0390 10:23:00:20 10:23:07:23

What we had to do was copy our workonto the computer, and that was it.

0391 10:23:07:23 10:23:12:11

Near the end of the lesson,we had a little time to play games.

0392 10:23:12:11 10:23:17:19

Five minutes before the end, we wentback to class to give the work back

0393 10:23:17:19 10:23:20:16

and went on time - on the bell.

0394 10:23:20:16 10:23:25:10

Move up. A quicker wayis just to do this - cheat!

0395 10:23:25:10 10:23:27:24

I'm so brainy.All right, now we can go on games.

0396 10:23:27:24 10:23:30:06

- We can't.- I can save it.

0397 10:23:30:06 10:23:35:07

It's really fun and maths at thesame time. It's to do with angles...

0398 10:23:35:07 10:23:38:04

(Bradley) Did you do the top one?

0399 10:23:39:04 10:23:43:04

There's five games in -just press "in".

0400 10:23:44:08 10:23:47:16

Go on it, if you can.

0401 10:23:48:11 10:23:50:20

(narrator) Net practice.

0402 10:23:50:20 10:23:53:05

Bradley gets in first to bat.

0403 10:23:54:09 10:23:56:04

Think about it, guys.

0404 10:24:01:23 10:24:04:16

- (boy) Hit the ball!- Agh!

0405 10:24:16:04 10:24:18:13

(Bradley) My friends, they're great.

0406 10:24:18:13 10:24:21:17

Apart from the girls -they always chase me.

0407 10:24:21:17 10:24:22:17

And, er...

0408 10:24:26:14 10:24:29:23

That's...Really, that's what I like.

0409 10:24:29:23 10:24:33:16

I'm never gonna move classlike that.

0410 10:24:33:16 10:24:35:24

And I'm really looking forwardto year 9.

0411 10:24:35:24 10:24:37:24

(giggling)

0412 10:24:42:13 10:24:48:09

If we said you've got to convertone sort of fraction to another...

0413 10:24:48:23 10:24:51:13

Here's a half. Yeah?

0414 10:24:51:13 10:24:54:11

How many eighths in that, Brad?

0415 10:24:54:11 10:24:56:16

(narrator)Despite his clever footwork,

0416 10:24:56:16 10:25:00:09

a maths test revealed thatBradley's weak on fractions

0417 10:25:00:09 10:25:02:19

and basic number work,

0418 10:25:02:19 10:25:07:11

so the teaching assistant'strying to fill the gap.

0419 10:25:07:11 10:25:10:13

- We've been going upwards and down.- That could be 75.

0420 10:25:10:13 10:25:13:05

- Yes. Two...?- Two...

0421 10:25:13:05 10:25:16:18

- ..two sixths.- Two quarters.

0422 10:25:16:18 10:25:19:07

- Or, down two...?- (boy) One half.

0423 10:25:19:07 10:25:21:09

(man) One half. You can see that.

0424 10:25:21:09 10:25:27:12

There's one quarter, two quarters,three quarters, four quarters.

0425 10:25:28:12 10:25:31:10

- Next one, Brad?- Four over 40.

0426 10:25:31:10 10:25:33:21

(Marcus) Four over 40.That's times it by ten,

0427 10:25:33:21 10:25:35:24

- and the first was one.- Ten over 40.

0428 10:25:35:24 10:25:38:08

- Yes, sorry, ten over 40.- Oh, sorry.

0429 10:25:38:08 10:25:41:00

Let's just double-check.Good point, Marcus.

0430 10:25:41:00 10:25:44:11

So we've made the bottomten times bigger...

0431 10:25:44:11 10:25:46:21

Oh, yeah.No, that's four times bigger.

0432 10:25:46:21 10:25:50:00

- How many fours in 40?- Ten.

0433 10:25:50:00 10:25:52:05

- Oh, yeah, sorry.- (man) Duh!

0434 10:25:52:05 10:25:54:06

- I done it wrong.- Yeah, each...

0435 10:25:54:06 10:25:58:09

Don't worry. What's important is youcan see how we got it in the end.

0436 10:25:59:08 10:26:01:10

And 26 plus seven is...?

0437 10:26:01:10 10:26:04:11

(Bradley) Is thirty... one.

0438 10:26:04:11 10:26:05:16

No, 36.

0439 10:26:05:16 10:26:07:12

Thirty... three.

0440 10:26:07:12 10:26:08:24

(man) 33.

0441 10:26:08:24 10:26:11:01

Over...?

0442 10:26:11:01 10:26:13:21

What answer did you get before?

0443 10:26:15:05 10:26:18:17

- So it's eight over 12. Yes?- (Bradley) It can be two over four.

0444 10:26:18:17 10:26:23:08

- It can be two over four.- And then it can be...

0445 10:26:23:08 10:26:26:03

- Two over four? No.- No.

0446 10:26:26:03 10:26:28:05

- Four over...- Two threes go into six

0447 10:26:28:05 10:26:30:10

and four threes go into 12.

0448 10:26:30:10 10:26:34:06

What have you got, Brad? Have yougot eight over 12 as your answer?

0449 10:26:34:06 10:26:35:24

No, I got two over 12.

0450 10:26:35:24 10:26:39:02

- Have a look... Wait a minute.- One over...

0451 10:26:40:01 10:26:43:03

Brad, traffic lights.Which are you?

0452 10:26:44:08 10:26:45:08

Halfway.

0453 10:26:50:15 10:26:52:13

(Bradley) She's on here.

0454 10:26:52:13 10:26:55:19

I don't knowhow to spell it.

0455 10:26:55:19 10:26:57:04

Sir, what we got?

0456 10:26:57:04 10:26:59:00

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