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BIANCA'S SISTER:Go on, you're gonna be late. Go on! You don’t want the teachers giving you trouble.
BIANCA:When you coming home?
BIANCA'S SISTER:I'll see you soon, yeah?
BIANCA:That’s what you always say. Be straight with me.
BIANCA'S SISTER:I will… Promise.
BIANCA:It's horrible at home without you B.
BIANCA'S SISTER:Yeah but it's worse when I'm there.
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AAMIRA:I bet you saw boys, innit!
JULIE:Me?! No! Bianca, was that your sister outside?
SHANICE:Why is he being so quiet for? He's supposed to like me?
GIRL IN MILITARY COAT:Boys are strange.
SHANICE:Bianca, why you being so quiet for?
BIANCA:I'm not.
SHANICE:Oh my god, have you been crying?
BIANCA:No!
JULIE:Bianca, are you alright? Say if you're not?
BIANCA:You know my sister, yeah?
SHANICE:What about your sister?
AAMIRA:Did she die?
BIANCA:No she never died! Julie just saw her! It's kind of hard to explain…
SHANICE:My uncle died when I was four. I was so sad.
ALL:Aww
BIANCA:You're not even listening anyway! So what's the point?
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BIANCA:My sister's in care, yeah? And I don’t get to see her much. My family all talk about her as if they hate her. It's bad at home. I miss her. I used to talk to her all the time.
JULIE:Did you see that program last night about that girl?
SHANICE:There's his little friend! Eli's friend, excuse me! Can you come here please? Yeah, hi. You see how your Eli's friend yeah? Well can you please say to him yeah that when you say you like someone and you don’t hang out with them It's actually a little bit rude.
AAMIRA:Shanice!
JOE:Eli doesn't like you!
SHANICE:Um, I think if you ask him he'll say he does.
JOE:She likes him as well, innit? And I don’t know if he likes her back but he definitely does not like you! Bye.
AAMIRA:Shanice I can explain, it weren't my fault!
SHANICE:What do you mean it weren't your fault? You liar!
AAMIRA:You should have asked him yourself then!
SHANICE:She lied, innit! Innit? Those two are haters.
BIANCA:Why don’t you ALL shut up man?! Why do you think you're living your life on a TV show? You're not. You're just some little girls out here. You don't know anything about real life!
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BIANCA:Why do they have to be like that for? Can't talk to them, can't talk to no teachers? And I can't talk to mum because she doesn't want to know either, too busy arguing with dad. What am I meant to do? Who do I talk too?
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Video summary
Bianca has problems at home and nobody to talk to.
She arrives for school with her sister in tow, and both of them seem unhappy.
Bianca struggles to talk to her school friends about what is going on at home.
Rivalry between friends Aamira and Shanice comes to a head but Bianca's troubles put it in perspective.
This clip is from the series L8R Youngers 1, exploring the issues faced by a group of young school friends.
Teacher Notes
In pairs, students could be asked to play the role of Bianca and someone that she would be able to speak to about her problems.
What advice and guidance can the students offer each other to help Bianca solve her problems?
After their conversations, ask the students to report back to the class.
What roles did the students offering advice adopt?
How many different people could Bianca have potentially spoken to about her concerns?
Did those who were playing Bianca find the counselling offered helpful?
Record all of the suggestions the pairs made and offer an assessment of them.
This clip will be relevant for teaching PSHE and Modern Studies at KS2 in England and Northern Ireland, PSE at KS2 in Wales and First Level and Second Level in Scotland.
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