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I always describe them as the mighty Shed 7 straight out of York
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And it's a request as well, that's chasing rainbows. From Mike Mills, head of secondary at Shabby International College
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Who is here with Richard Wigratney, principal and director of college. He's the right title, isn't it
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Not head honcho and big cheese, as I called you earlier. No, no, we know what I mean
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You don't involve cheese. All right, well, good morning. Welcome back in. Thank you
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Thank you. That was just for you. That side of York. You're sort of northwest on you
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So what's the deal there? Oh, I come from the North West
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but I moved over to the... I defected across the Pennines, and I ran a school in North Yorkshire
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so I had links. I was a teacher trainer for York University
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so I know the Shed 7 very well. Makes sense, yeah. I've seen them many times
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Oh, good, good little band. They're back doing it, aren't they, at the moment? Yeah, yeah, they are. Now, normally when I see you
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because Rosie and I come in and do some bits, particularly at the secondary school, where you're in your P.E. kit
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about to take them for basketball. Part of what you do that, just all-encompassing
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Yeah, yeah, I mean, we like to keep our students active and keep them involved
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and it's really important for us. So we run activities every lunchtime So every lunchtime I running some sort of sport and I also teach PE and geography in my two main subjects anyway But yeah yeah we put sports on three sports on every lunchtime for all the students
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So it's really important that we get them involved. And we have masses and masses of students every day just running around
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and enjoying themselves, really, and keeping fit. So that's the idea. It's just fun, fitness and fun
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And that's what we do. And we create opportunities for a big range of sports every day at XIC
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And I want to be part of that. Yeah, well, it's a good bit of last. there, isn't it, Richard? I mean, this is obviously the
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relatively new secondary school. Was that a big part of it, taking the sport into
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consideration? So important, we needed that, and it keeps people like Mike fit as well
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So we're trying to help, but, you know, all parts of our community, it's very important that the children
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get their exercise, but, you know, quite important that Mike gets his exercise as well. What's his it? Yeah, you sneak that in, you just do it by default
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yeah, to run around with them. Now, I mean, the general thing is, just ahead
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of the Easter break, next Wednesday, we're looking at. Next Wednesday, yeah. Just ahead of
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Semana Santa there. How's it going? our thing was this year. Moody, it's great. It's really great. I mean, it is great because we're
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incredibly busy and it's a way a good school should be. Academically, all of our youngsters, well
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the youngsters in the top part of secondary are flying towards their external examinations and we actually try to slow time down I have two children who are actually doing A and GCSEs so I know it as a dad So all families and all part of our community are trying to make sure that these youngsters are
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completely prepared, confident, and ready to shoot off on those examinations in the middle of next term
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But yeah, we are terribly busy. It's a time where all schools start looking at their life next year
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And I suppose the most complicated part for us is that it's a, you know, our secondary school is full
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So we're trying to do the best we can to accommodate as many families as want to join the school
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And equally in primary. I mean, primary is flying along, which is lovely
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Steve Jarman is non-stop. The man is incredible. He is constantly chatting to new people, new parents
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So, yeah, life is busy, but it's really good, busy, Moody. You know, I'd rather have it that way than any other way, trust me
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But we'll have some interesting changes that we're intending to make, and we are making, to our six-form
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Yeah. To try and make it. Our job is to ensure that we empower these youngsters as they're leaving the college, that they've got the toolkit to go out into university, into the world of work with as much confidence and ability to face those challenges that will appear. And that's our priority that our youngsters have a good time when they're doing this. But they're not
