Original subtitles

♪ Hey, what you doing?

♪ Everybody's moving

♪ It's time for Little Lunch

♪ It's time for running, swinging, sliding

♪ It's time to bounce and sink and hide

♪ It's time for shouting, laughing, climbing

♪ It's time to skip this beat and start that rhyme

♪ Before your class goes back

♪ Well, you got to eat your snack

♪ Take off the plastic wrap

♪ And do a little hand clap

♪ Hey, what you doing?

♪ Everybody's moving

♪ Hey, what you doing?

♪ It's time for Little Lunch! ♪ Whoo!

Last Friday, just before little lunch,

we were doing my most favourite thing.

Organising your pencil case?

We were doing my second most favourite thing.

Dictation.

A bushfire is a terrible natural disaster.

A bushfire is a terrible...

'Natural disaster.'

Is that someone's jumper? Looks like it's about to rain!

'It's about to rain.'

It was funny, because we were in the middle

of a dictation about bushfires,

but suddenly it was the opposite of a bushfire.

Really suddenly.

Poor Mrs Gonsha had got soaked.

Mrs Gonsha was wet from head to toe,

and she was shivering and shaking, so I said...

Can we go out in the rain too?

You think this looks like fun, Rory? Yes.

Mrs Gonsha looked like she was going to yell at Rory

about how much fun it wasn't,

but she was interrupted by Mr Haliotis, the PE teacher.

Excuse me.

This is Mr Hali... Thunder and dangerous condit...

..day time...

Thank you very mu...

Children!

You heard what Mr Haliotis said. Well, no.

He can't seem to remember

he needs to hold the button down while he talks.

What he was trying to say was that today will be a wet-day timetable.

You'll have to stay inside for little lunch.

Wet-day timetables are the best!

We make up hand-claps, try new hairstyles,

draw patterns on our nails like we're at a salon!

A salon?

♪ I like the rain I like the rain

♪ Splattering and splishing on the windowpane ♪

I honestly didn't know how I'd last a whole 20 minutes inside.

Wet-day timetables are the worst.

♪ The clouds go crash, bang, boom They slide across the moon ♪

Battie, what are you doing?

Nothing. What's that song?

What song?

He was making up a whole song, and he didn't even know!

How is that possible? Because he's Battie.

Were you in a hurry this morning, Battie?

No.

Anyway, it was a really good song.

Battie, that is a really good song. It is?

Yeah, it sounds like a real song. Hey, we should start a band!

I think that's where the trouble may have begun.

I don't really wanna be in... This will be awesome! But I...

I've been in the boys choir for two years now,

so I know a lot about how bands work.

Can you play anything? Um...

Piano? Guitar? Drums!

Look, you're already playing them.

I wasn't playing the drums -

I was tapping my fingers because I was nervous.

When I do that at home, I get told to take deep breaths -

not to take up an instrument.

I guess this means I'll be the lead singer,

so you can concentrate on the drums - is that OK?

I was hoping Mrs Gonsha would say

that we weren't allowed to play the drums in the classroom,

but she said something else.

Children, I can't stay in these clothes. I am literally squelching.

Please can I go out and get literally squelching too?

No! I need to grab something dry from the staffroom.

Can I trust you all to stay here and behave while I'm gone? Rory?

No, she couldn't.

So, Mrs Gonsha used reverse psychology.

What's that?

I don't know, but when I told my mum what Mrs Gonsha did,

that's what she said it was.

Rory, I'm leaving you in charge. Yes!

You need to set an example for everyone, do you understand?

Did you hear that? She put Rory in charge!

I'm telling my mum! I didn't think there was much chance

of Rory saying we couldn't drum inside.

I AM IN CHARGE!

Battie, I know what we forgot.

The most important thing for a band - a name.

What shall we be called? Um...

Let's throw around some thoughts - anything at all.

There are no bad ideas.

What about 'Stretcho and the Invincibles'?

Maybe there are SOME bad ideas.

I think we need a more ordinary name.

Stretcho's alter-ego is Steve, so what about 'Steve'?

What about Atticus? That's it - 'Atticus and the Animals'.

What type of animals? Just animals.

Am I all the animals?

Good point. Melanie, do you want to be in our band?

Melanie was playing salons, so I guessed that she would say 'no'.

Yes!

I'm a terrible guesser.

I was a bit disappointed that Melanie wanted to be in the band.

Not because I don't like Melanie,

but because I didn't want to be in the band.

I was so excited when Atticus asked me to join the band,

because I knew I could help with a look.

I normally hate it when girls talk about this stuff,

but Melanie's right - every band needs a look.

I didn't want a look...

..but I got one.

Bats, you look amazing! The girls are going to love you.

What girls? When we do our concerts.

You know what we need? Temporary tattoos!

I'm not allowed tattoos. It's just a drawing.

My mum doesn't like me drawing on myself...

Battie, do you want to be in the band or not?

Well, actually, no... OK, everyone, listen up!

I'm the boss of this room, and I...

Do you ever have that feeling when you're in the middle of something

and you suddenly really, really, really have to go to the toilet?

I shouldn't have had that big drink.

I'm never in charge.

I really liked it, and I knew that if I left to go to the toilet,

then I wouldn't be in charge anymore,

so I decided to hang on to my power... and my bladder.

Rory loves disrupting whatever I'm doing

and getting me to play with him, like last week.

Want it back? Chase me!

And the week before that.

Hi, Battie.

And the week before that.

So, I could see that now that he was in charge,

Rory was my way out of the band.

Do you need me to do something, Rory?

Sit on you? Chase you? Piggyback you?

Just do... whatever you were doing.

Power changes people. Honestly, I don't know what happened.

One minute I was staring out the window watching the rain.

Next minute I was...

A-five, six, seven, eight! And spin!

And turn, and bend, and shake. You got that, Battie?

I don't think I can play the drums AND dance.

Not with that attitude, you can't.

I was so happy to be in the band, 'cause I know a lot about music,

and the most important thing about music is the dancing.

And we're going under the fence, and to the other side.

Hey, we should really be doing this to music now.

Great! Hit it, Battie.

And do the moves, Battie.

And flick your hair, Battie!

And sing the song, Battie.

I thought you were the lead singer.

You have to teach me the words first. I don't know the words.

Yes, you do! 'The rain'... 'the windowpane'?

'Splashing'... something or other, drip, drip...

Guys! Can you please stop talking about running water?

I really needed them to change the subject.

I tried to concentrate on all the things I would do being in charge

once I stopped needed to pee.

I'd draw on the whiteboard, turn the lights on and off,

tell Debra-Jo to share her snack with me.

Did you say something about my snack, Rory?

But every time I tried to move, I realised I was too busting.

Guys, look! I finished.

It wasn't that bad. It really wasn't that bad.

It was a disaster! 'Atticus and the Butterflies'?!

Not Atticus and the Butterflies - it's Atticus and the Animals!

You said it didn't matter what kind of animals they were.

Butterflies aren't animals! So, what's wrong with butterflies?

Butterflies are for girls. I'm a girl.

I'm a girl. And I'm a girl.

You're not even in the band!

I'm head of marketing, and you're being sexist.

The prettiest butterflies are male.

True. The male blue butterfly's dorsal wing is very bri...

Battie! Whose side are you on?

I don't like sides.

Um, well, see, I like this, but also...

I cannot believe you would want to be a butterfly, Battie!

I cannot believe you would want to be an animal, Battie.

Guys, wait.

What about something still pretty, but more of a proper animal?

A unicorn!

No, it has to be something real, Melanie.

Firstly, who made you the boss?

Secondly, what do you mean 'something real'?

Obviously, I know unicorns aren't real. That was a joke.

Why is it 'Atticus and the somethings' anyway?

Because I'm the lead singer. Well, I did your hair.

And I designed your poster. And I showed you your moves.

So, we had a lead singer, a stylist, a choreographer

and a head of marketing.

What we didn't have was a band name, music, instruments or a band.

You know why we didn't have a band? Because we didn't have a drummer.

I've been in the choir for two years, and we've played at shopping centres.

Tell them, Battie. Battie?

Even when he's mumbling to himself all alone on the floor,

Rory can disrupt what you're doing.

Battie? What are you doing?

Can I play?

I knew Rory wouldn't let me down.

I have to say I was pretty cross with Mrs Gonsha for leaving Rory in charge

and thinking that he would set a good example.

But...? But nothing.

But you changed your mind when you saw what happened.

What are they doing? They're meditating.

Rory is meditating?

Fine! Rory ended up setting a good example, OK?

Happy? Pretty sure it's my turn!

Right, everyone, this is not the behaviour I expect when...

What's happened?

Why is everyone quiet?

Rory, why are you not moving?

Mrs Gonsha couldn't believe that Rory had got the whole class

to be so good.

But because she told him that he could be good,

he told himself that he could be good.

He was saying it over and over again -

'You can be your best, you can be your best, you can be your best.'

Yes. That's what I was saying.

'You can't pee your pants, you can't pee your pants,

you can't pee your pants.'

I'm pretty sure I'm the only one who knew Rory was actually busting.

I was his toilet partner after little lunch,

and he went for about 15 minutes.

If he hadn't have drunk that very big drink,

I would still be in the band.

It felt so good that Mrs Gonsha was so proud of me,

and I'm seriously going to be good all the time now.

Rory! Hurry up with the carrots for our cooking class!

Minkle.

♪ Uh-huh, uh-huh

♪ Hey, what you doing?

♪ Everybody's moving

♪ Hey, what you doing?

♪ Little Lunch! ♪ Whoo!

My favourite days at school are when we have art

or when we go to the library.

My favourite days are when we do maths, reading, science,

spelling, history, writing...

That's every day. Yep!

My favourite days are when we have drama,

and cricket practice and chess club.

What's so great about chess club?

You learn to play chess.

Properly.

My favourite days are when the teachers are away

and they forget to tell the principal,

so there's no emergency teachers

and the kids order pizza and watch movies!

When did that happen? It hasn't, but when it does,

it will definitely be my favourite day.

My favourite days are dress-up days

because I get to dress up as Stretcho.

Which is actually any day.

I like house sports day,

and athletics day, and all the gala days,

but my favourite day is when we do the beep test.

The beep test?! The beep test is your favourite day?

How could that be your favourite day?!

The beep test is really hard. It's this running race where...

It's not a race! It's not even a test, really.

It's just something we do in PE.

You can't take my bishop. Why not?

It's my turn!

The beep test is a fitness test

where you put witch's hats 20m apart.

Melanie, show them! Fine.

You put witch's hats 20m apart

and you have to run between the hats

while they play this tape that goes 'beep'.

Melanie, beep!

And you have to run back again before it beeps again,

but the beeps get faster and faster, and... Melanie, beep!

Oi! Bring back my witch's hat. Sorry.

Anyway, it's the best day ever.

Tamara loves the beep test because she wins every time we do it.

She doesn't win! Yes, she does.

You can't WIN the beep test. It's a fitness assessment activity.

Atticus doesn't like it when Tamara beats him.

She doesn't beat me!

OK, OK! She doesn't beat you. Thank you!

She's just the last one left after Atticus hasn't been able to finish.

Mr Haliotis, the PE teacher,

says that the beep test isn't about competing against each other.

We're competing against ourselves.

I win! I win, I win, I win! I win!

I'm sure that if I was allowed to do the test in my Stretcho costume,

I would make it to the end, but Mr Haliotis says

me running in a leather jacket, a helmet and a polybutadiene arm

is a law suit waiting to happen.

We used to do the beep test once a year,

but since Mr Haliotis started reading up about childhood obesity,

he makes us do it once a term.

Why can't he read up on something else, like rainbows and unicorns?

What? Then he'd be happy and stop worrying about childhood obesity.

I think the others don't enjoy the beep test

because they approach it with a bad attitude,

like last term.

Debra-Jo said Mr Haliotis didn't need to worry

about using his old beep test CD

because she had found a brand-new beep test app.

And get ready for the beep test.

Start level one. Beep, beep, BEEP!

Technically, it wasn't a beep test app.

Technically, it was a voice recording and a screen grab

that Debra-Jo had made.

Was that PE homework?

Because I do not remember getting that assignment.

Debra-Jo had made the time between the beeps get longer and longer.

-Beep! -Debra-Jo, what is this?

I explained to Mr Haliotis that I never said it was THE beep test.

I said it was A beep test.

Mr Haliotis told Debra-Jo to see him after class

because he was really, really...

Impressed with my software skills and wanted to talk about my app.

And also to give me a detention.

Everyone always spends way too much time

trying to get out of the beep test

when they should be getting into the beep test.

Not this time. On Monday, when it was time to do the beep test again,

there was no getting out of it.

Children, I have some bad news. Mr Haliotis has appendicitis.

I know you were scheduled to do your beep test in PE today,

but obviously that won't be able to happen.

I couldn't believe what I was hearing!

So what if he had appendicitis?

I didn't see why we couldn't still do the beep test.

And neither could Mrs Gonsha.

But we've swapped PE with Thursday's art class,

and we'll still do the beep test today.

Whoo! At little lunch. Yes!

I couldn't believe what I was hearing!

The beep test at little lunch? It was insane!

Mrs Gonsha, I don't think...

See you on the oval, everyone.

I was really mad at Mrs Gonsha

for making us do the beep test at little lunch because...

You were worried that Tamara would beat you again.

No! I was worried that I wouldn't get time to eat my snack.

I can't run on an empty stomach.

And he certainly can't beat Tamara on an empty stomach.

Where's my king? This guy? I took him ages ago.

You can't just take him. You have to say 'checkmate'. Checkmate.

Anyway, Atticus made sure he stuffed his face.

Hurry up, Atticus. We're about to start.

Mrs Gonsha, I would like to lodge a formal protest

about doing the beep test at little lunch.

One more word, Debra-Jo,

and I'll cancel the spelling bee this afternoon.

Cancel the spelling bee?

She knew she had me. I had to do the beep test.

The great thing about Mrs Gonsha doing the beep test

was that no-one could wriggle out of it like they always did

using their phoney excuses.

Melanie, what is that? A boot for when you hurt your foot.

Yes, I know what it is. Why are you wearing it?

I hurt my foot.

When? Just then.

In the last two minutes? Between the classroom and here?

Just before the beep test? Yes.

Where... Did you take that boot from that little boy?

No!

I didn't take it, I swapped it -

for a yoghurt muesli bar and two smiley face stickers.

That's it - everybody in line, and no more protests or excuses.

No more excuses. I don't want to see one more person...

Not one more person... Thank you, Tamara. I've got this.

Rory! Let me guess - you've got conjunctivitis.

Have I? Is it bad?

No, I mean, why are you wearing an eyepatch?

I just found it outside the performing arts room.

I really wanted to wear it for the beep test.

Mrs Gonsha said he could,

but he wasn't allowed to run with a hook on his hand.

Someone bring the CD player closer. I'll get it!

When it comes to the beep test,

I don't think you can be too enthusiastic.

Tamara!

Except for when you're so enthusiastic,

you misjudge a bench and fall on your ankle.

Tamara, are you alright?

Oh, no. We'll have to cancel the beep test.

Really? That's your first response?

I only said that because I thought

it was too unfair for Tamara to miss out.

I knew the beep test was her favourite day.

No, you didn't. I just said that before and you both went,

'The beep test is your favourite day?'

The point is I could see how upset Tamara was,

and I didn't want her to suffer anymore.

I wasn't that upset.

Please, Mrs Gonsha! Please let me do the beep test!

Tamara, you can't run on that foot. I can!

I think you've sprained your ankle. Let's keep the ice on it.

I felt really sorry for Tamara.

The only person who hadn't tried to get out of the beep test

was out of the beep test without even trying.

Tamara was really, really upset.

Yeah. It was awful to see.

Come on, Mrs Gonsha! Are we gonna smash this beep test or what?

Let's go, people! That's the spirit, Atticus!

Do you wanna press 'play', Tamara?

Fair enough. I'll do it.

The multi-stage fitness test...

I just couldn't bear to watch everyone enjoying themselves.

No-one was enjoying themselves. Atticus was.

He was loving the fact that today, he was gonna be the winner.

But that didn't last long.

I think maybe eating two sandwiches,

a muffin, a banana, biscuits

and five salami sticks wasn't a great idea.

He was out first! First!

Before me! Before Battie! Before Melanie!

Before Debra-Jo!

Yeah, I think they got the picture.

I couldn't believe that Atticus was out

and that Melanie and Debra-Jo were still in.

Go, Debra-Jo! Go, Melanie! Whoo!

But Melanie didn't last long.

My foot was cramping up.

I shouldn't have squeezed it so hard into that little boy's moon boot.

I saw Melanie stop out of the corner of my eye.

I didn't see Battie out of the other one.

Because he was wearing an eyepatch.

Good thing I wasn't wearing the hook.

I didn't mind going out a bit early.

I thought I could go and keep Tamara company,

but she didn't seem so sad anymore.

Go, Debra-Jo! Whoo!

There were only a handful of kids left and seeing Debra-Jo

part of that handful of kids, it filled me with hope.

Is that what it was?

Come on, Debra-Jo, you've got this!

If I couldn't win, Debra-Jo could win,

and I could help her do it.

You can do it, Debra-Jo!

Tuck in those elbows!

Point your feet! Relax your hands!

Relax them, I said!

I was getting frustrated

because Debra-Jo wasn't listening to her coach.

Firstly, I don't think we ever established that you were my coach.

Secondly, I was listening.

But you weren't getting what I was saying.

I was totally getting it, my hands, my feet and my elbows weren't.

I knew I could get her through this. I needed to find the right angle.

I couldn't go on. I couldn't run one more step.

And then Tamara found the right angle.

Mrs Gonsha will cancel the spelling bee if you drop out!

Tamara, you can't say that. But look!

If I was thinking properly, I would have realised

that Mrs Gonsha wouldn't cancel the spelling bee if I dropped out,

but I wasn't thinking properly - I was running.

She was really running! Really, really running.

And then there were only three people left.

Let's do this, Debra-Jo, or you can kiss your spelling bee goodbye!

Debra-Jo was the last girl left.

Spelling bee! Spelling bee! Spelling bee!

Yes!

Debra-Jo was the last one left in the beep test.

It was the most unlikely thing I have ever seen.

Checkmate.

Make that the second most unlikely.

Must have the spelling bee.

You did it, Debra-Jo! You did it! Yeah, I did it.

All because I said the spelling bee would be cancelled.

I wish it had been cancelled.

Well, our first spelling bee word

is one I think will mean a lot to you, Debra-Jo, after this morning.

'Determination'.

I couldn't think straight!

I was so exhausted after all my running that my mind wouldn't work.

Debra-Jo, I'll have to pass it to Tamara if you don't say something.

'Determination'!

D-E-T-M...

6 minus 24 equals nega...

I hate the beep test. But I really like spelling bees now.

D-E-T-E-R-M-I-N-A-T-I-O-N. Determination.

♪ Uh-huh, uh-huh

♪ Hey, what you doing?

♪ Everybody's moving

♪ Hey, what you doing?

♪ Little Lunch! ♪