Educating Yorkshire - Episode 6 (Documentary) | Our Stories

It's January, the start of the final two terms for Thornhill's year 11 students before Christmas, they've had their first attempt at their GCSE maths exam, the results will arrive in the school inbox this morning, come on, me I get nervous about the results of the exams that we all take. yes, and the night before not sleeping is much worse than waiting to use at home yes, yes, a problem, the little assistant director of beauty, Thea, is in charge of the progress of the students of the entire school, oh yes , it's so stressful just clicking now and I.

I have seen each and every child. I know what they need. I know what they want and I know what they keep getting. You want to make sure they do well, and because of that, the flip side is that none of them do well. then mr. Mitchell comes to me to talk to me about my work. Last year's results were the best in Thornhill's history, but the current year The Eleven are not meeting the school's goals. All schools are judged by the quality of their exam results and this creates intense pressure. about the teachers because at the end of the day, if those kids don't get the results they expect, there will be an extra on the line, it's just before lunchtime and Mr.

Steer has gathered the students to give them their results, I'll give them the jobs. as quickly as possible, okay, so watch it. Maria Ellis puts up a really desperate fight when they do brilliantly, at the same time there are children who don't make it, she shares that it is the culmination of all the work they have done and, yes we have done it. I didn't get it right, it's devastating because we have to start over for those who haven't reached the big turning point. There is the possibility of retaking the exam. Teachers now have two months to prepare them.

Some of you, obviously, really like those results. Obviously, they won't be very happy with those results. Those who have not passed their target grade will start with Matt again, but in a new class and I have a list of the new classes here. If you are my list, you are Ali Maria. the senior assistant is very important because it opens doors that colleges want to see, employers want to see and not having it can serve as a barrier and Abra you're with me okay so go there folks thank you how long do we have until mouths go again?

Among the children who missed the mark is a group of girls who have been testing Thornhill's maths department to the limit. Hannah, Lauren, Sheridan and Beth have been from Musti - Musti - Musti and they are kicking us out of lessons and they weren't making any progress at all very well called I did a test with them they all got used to it it's like I read it in no guys in no I'm going to be an air cleaner I'm not going to need to know what x times 2 PI R whatever it is I want you to know that you don't need to know that in hairdressing when you need to find the area of ​​a triangle in life this pilot in addition to being an assistant director Mr.

Steer also teaches mathematics and has decided to take care of the girls. I don't think it's Bobby's issue. I think his reputation is very subjective. He hates you too. They have to see that you have passion for it and not that you are enthusiastic about it. It starts to spread and it's about the relationship you have with the students which goes into 8 squared and 9 B squared nothing nothing you like nothing so you can't do it Kenya, right? Eddie, he's acting at the end of the day and you have to make yourself look a little stupid do a silly voice and dance a little to get them interested so that's what you do how would you make an H squared?

What are you doing? 8 hey, do what you hear, walk right right, how would you make a B squared B squared B B&B thanks jack mr. runs definitely the club person I've met yeah, it's about sin bin is that Steven Hawkings oh yeah, Holiday Inn where he actually he's at, you know, I'd really love to see that mr. Steve versus Steven Arkans You would be so right mmm that ring could beat Bernie's nurse. Thanks right away, Becca - what's an A? Never again will I use that voice my voice all the time everyone will cheat at the end of the one year old girl she will have a seat in her mouth.

I'll make sure you understand. I know what a wheel is with this. I believe i know it. You've always thought that, but I'm a married woman and you need to. To leave me alone for a minute, draw a precise triangle with those three sides, it's Wednesday morning and first out for Mr. steer is your mass group on your knees one of the students who is not yet passing the grade is 16 year old Sheridan please 6.1 the social element of school for Sheridan is very involved in it she always wants to be with a classmate laughing and playing and I think that's where the problem lies, she wants to have fun and probably doesn't consider studying hard for her muffs, the exam is fun, yeah, I just want her to be as easy to talk to, it's like that for everyone, she just says the most important.

In my life they are my friends, especially my girlfriend, although Sheridan has had difficulties in mathematics, there is another subject that is even more difficult for him to tackle, what do you think? Oh yes, I'd like you to do that too, please, and I'd like you to pick three. of the actions I would like you to write them down I want you to say why sure Dan that's not helpful I want you to choose three things please I really don't like this where I regret my life Sheridan is smart and popular and um moody I like it I like it a lot but she doesn't suffer things she doesn't want to do and I don't think she's particularly mega interested in the EU I'll take us out I'm not asking you to copy I don't like you and I'm not asking you if you like it or I'm not asking you to copy it Teddy Sheridan writes this for Please why don't I ask your opinion on whether you should do it or No, I'm asking you to do it, write that, at 24 years old, Miss Stevens is the youngest member of the Thornhill staff and is in her first year as a teacher. fully qualified when the gentlemen who teach geography tours that I saw and discovered do not do so. like a mess because she's a young teacher like a girl and stuff.

I don't think she can get along with people. If I order a biography. It doesn't bother me. She is just one of them. people I just think like we have a house above ours you are cheeky you got a verbal warning and then you didn't turn around please at first you expect that you are going to be a teacher and change lives and shape your minds and you are going to be very respected and it's going to be brilliant, but the understanding is that it's difficult, it's very difficult and you have students who push the limits the trial year they do it Angry last year I cried I cried every time frustrated with Sheridan's attitude, the miss Stevens keeps her away after class, well, back to this I don't like geography I don't care, I hate you, I hate this attitude, so calm down, no, it doesn't matter, I just can't figure out in college that this attitude would be appropriate or worrying about clothes won't work because I want to know what I want to do and it's nothing, don't believe me, there will always be things in life that you don't want to do and that aren't particularly interesting. but you're going to have to do it anyway, I mean, but Sheridan, I'm trying to help you, you have very little respect for me and very little respect for the rest of the people in this room, so if I hear the words, I don't want to do it or I don't like the next lesson it's a fair warning it's a comment do you understand this is a new and young teacher? you still feel like it's all up to you you know maybe I'm not doing my job work properly if a capable student isn't achieving or isn't enjoying the subject, hey, John Christie, yeah, and you start to think, oh my gosh, I'm going to get blame, I'm going to get fired and not, and it's very stressful, Miss Stevens, man.

I don't know, okay, sometimes I can't just click like that. I just listen to geography and what we're doing is what are your countries somewhere? It's only been a few weeks of the new term and mr. steer is dealing with a growing list of complaints about year 11. I went to science, it was horrible yes, which is quite worrying because they are obviously trying to prepare for exams. Yes, childish, the eleventh corner is definitely the most difficult year group. I have had to work in the twelve years I have been in school. Skill-wise, they are the lowest we've ever been, but it's the challenging behaviors on top of that that make them even more difficult.

It's kind of a perfect storm. fifty-three days, okay, you have fifty-three days left, we don't have time for that much, you are just getting to know each other a little again, opening the email today, oh yes, forgive me, today one of the biggest challenges, ready, teacher, you're getting the kids to care about the results and make you see that it's more than just a letter on a piece of paper at the end of you and even though if you want to do it right, you can't do it right, I can't tear that one off. top of their heads open up and pour knowledge into it, you can't do that, you have to do it yourselves, so start maturing a little better, making them see the importance of that beyond their life at school, yeah, That is a real challenge because they are 15 years old.

Jade has had truths in this life tied up in her tie, that's why she's okay, yeah, talk to me about that. No, are you sure, yes, yes, you know you could do it. We talked to someone about that. I need to get something legal, yes, but I need to. to talk to you about that too, yeah, maybe later, yeah, I don't know everything, I'm probably chasing the kids around the call center. Michael is the real workhorse of the team, they just plow and plow and plow and because he has such good relationships with the staff and children they come to him for help, he has to be the one to help them, sometimes he needs take a step back due to his workload as vice principal, Mr.

Steer also faces a battle in the classroom that you fund for individuals generally if We thought that to make our individual progress, here you have this group of students who are not linked almost telepathically to each of those emotions. Behavior is complicated. I don't thank you, sometimes they want you to go to the summit, they want to do something else and they think that somehow everything will be fine without putting in the work that we are doing now, okay, no, yes, one hundred percent of what you do In my work it is the results. the whole school and if I have kids within my own class that I know are capable of doing it and they don't understand it, I want to take it as a personal Rea on my part, there are no two ways about it.

I'm getting pretty. We are sick and fed up and we would say the same thing over and over again. This has become a day where we hear nothing but complaints from teachers about some people in year 11. It's fine, if you're talking to people about the newspaper, that's fine. We are talking about other things, it is not right, the child would be crazy today, the artist of time. I don't understand you girls, you don't agree to talk to a staff member and talking was when you are teaching them that it is a bad thing. They're like, you know, they gave him a bunch of dates to do on the lawn and then get on with his work and the second night he approached someone else, he could stay here, the beginning of this conversation about a movie he'd been watching. the last time.

The night he was just using, saying the same thing over and over to the kids, I'm just friendly, really using this particular year group, anyway, let's head down in the next few days. Behavior during year 11 continues to go downhill in your 11. Ryan, you should take responsibility for your own actions. I don't know what's so funny about interrupting an assembly, so you need to get yourself together. As we get closer to exams, teachers get a little frustrated and nervous when kids aren't doing what they should be doing, so you get drawn in and want a better word for those situations.

This is our fifth lesson, yeah right, maybe it's not year 11 today. a and I will probably see the rest of the day to list the only 40 weeks they have left, we have to be angry enough is enough, yes, no, you know, there comes a time when the only thing to work yes with exams around the corner mr . Steer decides to take action. A very quick chat with this group after having done the analysis of how you are doing with your results at this time is a year group. I'm quite upset. I'm probably all sorts of cookie 11 at the moment because your results have dropped like a stone in the last few weeks.

Do you work as hard as you can or will you hit a brick wall? It's too late in the year for us to be playing around with silly behaviors. Okay thanks. You for any student who falls behind Mr. steer have arranged a combination of additional tuition, right, do I have to? So sir, tomorrow morning at ten past eight, it is tradition that you and many run together today, yes, there is no way we are going here at 11:00, we could take our foot off the ground. pedal we have to keep working but there are still days when I think it's just not going to happen it's 7:45 with four weeks until the math exam sir.

The steer has a new problem to deal with. I have been told I have expert dermatitis and contact allergies. He comes infor themselves, but they actually want to do it for him because he invested a lot in them five times, yeah, and then you do it five times for free, okay, so what should be 10 AND minus 15, perfect? Tomorrow I want to show you that I'm all this AdWords winner, yeah, would it be worth all this hard work six times four times three okay 72 what percentage of me is pure since it's cubed for you it's nice, it really wasn't necessary. any time off until the children are well, for example, your personal circumstances and illness could wait, is just a measure of the blow, I really wonder how many other people would give away in the same way on the 12th of 2005 a sequence: time okay, but eleven some Simon right place if it's Saturday, they'll be what I say, touch, okay, II through K, please, I know I needed to do it right with the right knuckles and I revised, I never revised for an exam.

In fact, I did with math, thank you, I hope it's to see mr. The field became a big gear, yes, show them they show a 4% error, which I know is disappointing. Sweet man, okay, but you've gone from the EU to four points away from the city in a year , it's really good, it's amazing, she made enormous progress in grades in one year, he's amazed, I'm incredibly proud of the fact that she did it. and i hope he understands that sheridan will have the opportunity to retake the exam in november and that mr. Steer has offered to continue tutoring her and any other students who want her help.

I'm not going to give up. I will miss it. He still believes in me and stuff, sir. I hope I get it next time because the nature of working at any school is that there are ups and downs every day and sometimes you feel like you're losing the battle, but you can't just throw in the towel and say well, yeah, this is not worthy of sports, really education is the most important thing for these children and for our children hello they destroyed me only Andre the next time the very dear lady from the school. Marston is determined to keep the children up to date with what is happening today and a newcomer trying to find a home at Thornhill's, be there, positive, oh oh, you're smiling.

I just wanted to sign up and I met Bally, yeah, where everyone throws their chest at me.