Four-year-olds... ...five-year-olds... Ah, stop! This is the best day of my life. ...six-year-olds... I don't like you. Who cares? SHE WHINES ANGRILY ...they're at a pivotal age. Do you like mine? Don't laugh. It's not funny. This is where futures are formed. This is the President of the USA. This is a unique opportunity to see the most crucial stage of a child's development. What they're learning now is the blueprint for adult life. These children have come from all over the country to a school where every corner has been rigged with cameras... Smile! ...and wired for sound. Yep. Thank you. Bye-bye. Being immersed in the world of these four, five, and six-year-olds, seeing their development - it's the most extraordinary experience. "I've fallen in love with you!" Did. Didn't. Stop arguing! For goodness' sake. With unprecedented access to every tussle... You're horrible. You're horrible! ...every whisper... ...and all the raw emotion... as these children meet for the very first time... ...we eavesdrop on their secret lives. This week, it's the five-year-olds. Shall we lick the top? Oh, my God. It's mid-summer and 12 five-year-olds are meeting for the very first time. A bit scary being the first one in, isn't it? Yeah. INTERVIEWER: What would you like to be when you grow up, Jaja? Hairdresser, dancer and a shop. I want to be everything. Hi Alfie, I'm Kate. How are you? All right. INTERVIEWER: What do you want to do when you're a grown-up? Eventually I want to go in a rocket and blast off into space. I could build myself one of just the right kind. Hi, George. Hello. How are you? Good. Sit on one of these chairs. Grab a seat. I'm Alfie. INTERVIEWER: 'If you could change one thing in the whole wide world, 'what would you change?' I'm only five. I don't know. I'm five. Everyone here's five. Looking after the children are teachers Kate and Simon, and observing every move are scientists Professor Paul Howard-Jones and Dr Sam Wass. Our five-year-olds have had one year's experience now of being in school and of interacting with their peers every day. And we can see the effects of this experience right from the off. Whereas our four-year-olds tended to focus almost exclusively on themselves and on what they wanted, our five-year-olds are much more aware of other children and of group dynamics. INTERVIEWER: 'What is the best thing about being a five-year-old?' That, er, you get better and better at lots of things. Can't beat me to that thing. An hour into the morning and Alfie is wasting no time trying to make friends. Can't beat me. Can't beat me down to there. 'In the five-year-old group, we see a whole raft of socially more complex behaviours emerging, 'such as being aware of how they differ from the rest of the group.' I live in Somerset. Where do you live? Where is that? It's near Watford. What, you mean far away from England? No, it's in this country. You have a different language? No, I don't have a different language. I speak English. I do. Can you hear me? Hello. INTERVIEWER: So tell me about your journey here. South Bermondsey, Queen's Road Peckham, Peckham Rye, East Dulwich, North Dulwich, Tulse Hill, West Norwood, Gypsy Hill, Crystal Palace, Birkbeck and Beckenham Junction. Alfie lives in Somerset with little sister Daisy, Mum Zoe and Dad Kev. Alfie knows everything about everything and he's learnt it himself. He reads all the time. Butter, margarine, egg yolk, cream cheese, herring, oysters, anchovies, whole milk and mackerel. Those are all vitamin A. Alfie's dad, Kev, is a teacher and Mum Zoe is a homeopath. Tokyo is... There! What's the special train that's in Japan? Japanese Bullet Train. It's really fast and it travels about 272 miles per hour. A couple of people have commented and said, "We think Alfie might have "a photographic memory", so he can see something once or twice and then he'll know exactly what it says or, you know... Like the tube map, for example. He's got a very, very kind of active mind, but sometimes he's not always so considerate of those around him because of it. Play with me. Play with me. Arthur, don't just sit around in that box. Play. Please. Please! Alfie's a lot of fun, but I sense that he likes things a particular way, so it'll be interesting to see how Alfie's plans, and he is a man with a plan, how that actually interacts within the group and whether he finds it easy to negotiate. Let me push... Hey! Get out at once. If you say that to me again, I will not be your friend. 'I think the most striking thing when you see these children coming in is that they are much more aware of the group as a social entity itself. We have to work together as a team, remember, guys? You have to work as a team. Some children have decided that they want to approach the group quite slowly and they're a little bit wary and they're not participating in the group activities so much. Unlike Alfie, George has spent the morning hanging back from the rest of the group. You all right, George? Mm. What's the matter? No-one to play with? Why don't you go and ask the boys? I could play with you because no-one wants to play with me. OK? OK. What's your name? George. That's a nice name. My... What's your name? My name's Ruth. That's a nice name, Ruth. Thanks. What country are you from? I'm from Africa. What part of Africa do you live in? Cos I went there before. Well, I lived in Ghana. I live in Hornchurch. OK. George lives in Essex with older brother Jack, Dad Kevin, who's an electrician, and full-time Mum Leanne. I'm knackered. That's me done! George is really boisterous, 100mph. He's really into sport and he enjoys winning. Oh... Didn't catch it! One leg. One leg. I just think he's going to be an excellent adult. You know when you look at someone and you think, "If you're that cool now, wow, what are you going to be like when you're older?" George had been really looking forward to his first day at school and then we got there and he was very clingy, didn't want to go in. That happens with George quite a lot, he gets so excited and so emotional and then, when he gets somewhere and he's just about to do it, he kind of, well, takes a step back, "Hold on a minute, I'm not too sure now, I need to assess this." KATE: So, what we're going to be doing today is planning our rockets. Rocket! We are going to be splitting into two teams. I want to do it by myself. You're going to do it all by yourself? You're not going to help your team? No. I just need a little bit of paper. You will only be able to win if you work as part of a team, I think, George, so I'm going to leave that... I don't want to work... ...with you and you can think about that. OK? I'll do it by myself. Yay! We're on the same team. SIMON: George, come and sit down over here. I'm doing my own. But we need you as part of our team. We need your help, otherwise we might not win. Mmm-mmm. What's going on here? I've got no idea, cos he's not attention seeking, this isn't attention seeking. He's not happy now, is he? He might've just had one or two experiences, you know, of... Being in a group that he didn't enjoy? Yeah. Eyes for the rocket and a smiley face. I did a smiley face rocket. George was making it very clear that he didn't enjoy being in a group and I'm beginning to wonder whether this is because he feels there's some sort of loss when he gets involved with a group, maybe he's worried about losing his identity. Maybe he thinks that people won't take any notice of him. He's got to find out about how a group works, he's not going to find out unless he actually gets involved. SIMON: You OK George? Mm. What's the matter? I just don't like working together. You don't like working together? You like working on your own? Mm. Why don't you like working with other people? I just don't. I just like being alone. 1 I heard that you've got some really special interests, some things that you're really, really interested in. It's a new morning and a chance for the five-year-olds to get to know each other better. So, George, what are you interested in? Going to my football club. Do you play football? Do you play with a football club? I'm the goalie keeper. What are you interested in, Alfie? I like going to London. What do like to do when you go to London? Go on trains. Oh, are you...? Do you like trains a lot? Yeah, especially cos there's about a thousand billion here. Jaja, why don't you tell us, what are you interested in? Frozen. Oh, really? When I came to here, I was listening to Frozen in French. Oh... And it's... This is how it goes. SHE SINGS IN FRENCH Wow, so do you speak French? Oui. It means yes. Princess Jaja is me. But I don't want to be a princess. Jaja is an only child and lives with mum Sandy. I'm a single mum to Jaja and it's only just the two living here. She likes to dance, she needs an outlet. Because it's wobbly and funny. Hey! Jaja was born in Paris. SHE SPEAKS IN FRENCH Jaja will have a very bad tantrum if she doesn't get picked for something or if she's not singled out. What are your favourite things, Jaja? To play with Mummy. Sandy has a full-time job in finance. She will come out randomly with, "I love you, Mummy," and that's like... You know, when you've had a horrible day at work. We need to get our bodies woken up a little bit, don't we? So, Jaja, can you go and stand in front of your chair, please? It's really important you try and stay on the spot. All right, I want to see your best moves to this one. DANCE MUSIC The children are taking part in a dance competition. The winner will get a medal. George decides to hang back. I already know how to dance like that. Right, can we sit back on the chairs? Ready? Three, two, one and freeze! We need a drumroll on our knees. So, everyone, do a drumroll and then I'll say, "Ooooh..." So today's winner is... Ruth! Let's have a round of applause for Ruth! Ruth, come here. And Ruth gets the medal this morning. Ruth gets the medal for some awesome dancing this morning. SHE CRIES With you dancing, it was such a hard decision for Simon to make, wasn't it? Yeah, cos everyone did such a really great job. OK? CRYING CONTINUES All right. SHE CONTINUES TO CRY Oh, poor thing. She's really in a terrible mess now, isn't she? SHE CRIES So, what we see here is Jaja getting trapped in a self-reinforcing cycle. The more she cries, the more upset she gets and that makes her want to cry even more. JAJA CRIES LOUDLY Come on, come outside with me for a little bit, Jaja. Come on. Let's play mums and dads. It's been two hours since Jaja lost the dance competition. Why were you crying? Do you want the medal? Yes. Lily... OK, is that OK? I'm still playing with you, though. What's your name again? Ruth. Why? Because... Why? Because Mama... She's scared. Do you want to come and play with me over here? Pretend you, erm, done my... I love your hair. Thank you. Pretend you done my hair while I fell asleep. Hey, I'm telling. You had the medal and it's not fair to me! Come here. Not fair to me. She has so many things. Look at her. I have nothing. It's really important for Jaja to learn to emotionally regulate her feelings a little bit more. It's that sense of loss, that sense of being passed over that she needs to tackle and she needs to reason herself out of it. She needs to tell herself, "Well, actually, most of the children didn't get the medallion." She needs to find ways of leaving that emotion behind more quickly so that she doesn't lose control. Hello. This is the President of the USA talking. A fire?! I'll be there straight away, after I make myself a cake. Bye-bye! It's the afternoon and George, Lily and Ruth are playing in the home corner. So I'm making the beds. Can I go to the toilet? Pssss. Flush! I'm going to sit down. I'm on the computer, kids! Dad, it's dinner time! Dad, it's dinner time! Tell your mum that I'll be there in a minute. Who left the toilet pooey? You! Sorry, Dad. Whereas the play for some children in the play centre tends to be very realistic, based on recreating scenes that they've seen in their everyday life, others share enough for imaginative non-realistic play. It's halfway through the week and Alfie and Emily have formed a rather unique friendship. What's rolling disease? It's when you have to roll all the time on the grass. We actually bump into each other while we're rolling. It's really fun! Er... OK, pick, pick, pick, yay. Cowabunga! SHE LAUGHS This is so much fun! That's my favourite planet, the sun. That's not a planet, it's a star. After break, Alfie and George are discussing one of their favourite topics - outer space. What do you guys know about the sun? It's made out of lava. No, the sun's not made out of lava. No, it's made out of lava. I looked in books and it said it was made out of gas. They're wrong. It's made out of lava. No. Gas. Lava. Gas. Lava. He says it's made out of lava, but it isn't. It is! The sun's got a face which is made out of spots. No, it isn't. Yes, it is. Look. Where do you see a face? There. What is it? I don't know. But it's just like nonsense insult words. I wish we got to use them to each other at scientific conferences! Stop calling me a bumimal bat. Ow! THEY BLOW RASPBERRIES AT EACH OTHER Ow! Ha-ha! George and Alfie are two boys who are very similar in some ways, so they have very similar intellectual interests, but they're also very different in other ways. Whereas George is naturally quite an introverted child who's very happy playing on his own... I want to have a go on the rocket! ...Alfie is a very extroverted child. And one of the things that's fascinating about this exercise is to see how, when we get two children who wouldn't naturally be friends with each other at school, how they interact when they're pushed together. You're a thief! I'm not a thief! Yes, you are, belly poke. Ow! I want it. But you can't have it. Stop trying to get it because I have it. You'd better run. Ta-da! It has all our names on. It has. All of your names on it. This is a special star chart. If Simon and I see people doing something that's really kind or really helpful, they're helping someone else, there's so many different things that you could earn a star for. I want 100 already. You want 100? Already. The star awards system confers very openly and publicly a sign of recognition on a child. By being good, they gain status within the group, and this is something that children find very motivating. Whilst most of the children haven't taken much notice of the star chart... Move out the way, giant triceratops! ...one has taken a very keen interest. You can see Jaja looking at the star chart. She recognises that this is a system that she can employ herself, so she borrows the system. There's a splendid example of quite sophisticated social learning where she's actually grasped a whole system, not simply as somebody who's an object of that system, but from a much higher level and she's transferred it into her own life and applied it. You know my teddy? I'm just dressing my teddy up. Be careful with them. Dogs don't wear pyjamas, do they? It's Olive's birthday and a chocolate cake has been left out for later. The children understand that they shouldn't touch it. But Brook is taking a very close look... I'm just looking at it. Don't! What? It just looks delicious. Seize her still! No, I didn't eat it. The girls manage to resist temptation and leave the cake alone. Now for the boys... What is that for? This is just, erm, Olive's cake for later, OK? So I've just got... I've got to leave it there. HE ROARS No, it's Olive's cake for later. Leave it as it is. So in that sort of situation, what you really need to do is to get away from the source of the temptation and some boys did that. What Alfie did was the worst thing possible, which was to sit himself over the cake and smell it and look at it. This makes my mouth water. That looks yummy. I love chocolate! HE SNIFFS Oooh...! Let me smell it. It smells chocolaty. Yummy! Smell the cake! Smell the cake! Oh... Smell the cake. Oh, he's eating it! No, I've just taken... I just took a lick. That's all. That's how it starts, though, mate! Shall we lick the top? So that's... Oh, my God! Yummy! Don't take that chocolate. Leave it now. Yeah, I'll leave it. No! Oh, sorry. I'll put it back. I love the fact that touching the cake or altering its appearance in any way is treated with moral outrage by our boys, but licking it isn't. And I think this tells us something really important about their moral world. They don't care about doing wrong, but they do care about getting caught. One more piece for me and then that's all. And one more for me. Simon's coming! Hide! Boys, can you all come here? I left this cake here a minute ago and when I've come back there seems to be lots of little bits missing and lots of smudges everywhere. Someone eat it. What happened, boys? We just took one bit each. Yeah, just one bit. Do you think you should've? No. Cos this is Olive's cake. But there's still some bits left. Well, there is, but look at these. There's loads of finger marks on it and loads of bits that are missing. Look at that bit. And that bit. Can make a new one. Can make a new one? That wasn't anyone. How do you make that? It was someone mysterious did that big one. Someone mysterious did that bit? What did they look like? I don't know. We didn't see it. They were just mysterious? Lying depends on a lot of cognitive skills. We often think about it in negative terms, but it also requires creativity - you have to generate a good story. Tell her that a bird... Yeah. ...and minibeast. So a bird and minibeast... They flew down, ate it and then flew back. So a giant bird came and smudged the cake? Yes. Let's cut the smudges off. Fix the cake. No, no, no. No, this... We can't do it cos we're kids. Oh, yeah, that'll work. Wow! Got it! Oooh...! I'm doing the next bit, OK? Once the boys have reached a state of shared responsibility, it becomes much easier for them to break the rules still further. My turn. Don't... No, don't just eat random bits. Oh, can I have that, please? This is really serious. Yes. Oh, this bit is off, so I'll eat it. This bit is really smudged, so I'll eat it. Num-num-num...! Do you think that looks OK? That's OK. 1 THEY CHANT: Pudding, pudding, pudding, pudding! Knock knock. Who's there? Bottom. Bottom who? Bottom! BLOWS RASPBERRY HE LAUGHS Let's stick tongues out at each other! Yucky, yuck, yuck, yuck. Be careful when you hold this hand. I don't want you to hold this hand, because it hurts. Over in the art corner, Jaja is telling the girls about her family. When my brother does it, it hurts. Not telling you. Whisper it in my ear. Stop it. She just likes telling ME stuff. Don't you? Yeah. She's not mean. Yeah, she is. She said she wouldn't tell me her brother's name. And she... And she just... I will tell you, Olive. But don't tell her. Fine, I'm gonna tell you off! Fine, because you've said I'm not nice. Jaja is an only child, and in fact, this idea of a brother is a complete fabrication. Now that reflects quite well on Jaja's creativity. She's also had to think very carefully about what people would find plausible in order to pass this lie off convincingly. I won't. What? Keelan! OK. Sh! I didn't tell her. You're a bad person, because you... You said you're not gonna tell her. Jaja said that Olive is a liar. Because... Because she... Anyway, she... Look how the physical geography of the group's now changed, now Lily and Ruth are sitting next to Olive, and Jaja's sitting on her own. This web of deceit has now generated a very unpleasant and negative atmosphere and pretty soon, the little group of friends has dissolved, gone off in to different areas and Jaja is left there alone. Let's play tag. BOTH: Tag! Ah-ha-ha! BOTH: Tag! I don't like that. Whenever Alfie's feeling warm or benevolent towards someone, he has this habit of leaning over and kissing them. So far in his time in the nursery, he's kissed Lily... ...Ferdinand... ...Arthur... I love you! ...and Emily. Yuck! HE LAUGHS No, it isn't. Fifth time you've done that. OK. Fun-la-la, fun-la-la, fun-la-la. De-de-de-doggle-dee, diggy, diggy. Emily, did you like my song? It's funny. Come on. Who's your best friend in the play centre? Uh, it's Alfie. Emily. Would you like to come to my house tomorrow? Yes. Since they met, Alfie and Emily have been inseparable. I can lift you up. But Alfie has a new admirer. Lily. Lily, stand here, we need to... I'll choose who I like. Eeny-meeny-miny-mo, catch a rabbit... Eeny-meeny-miny...mo! Eeny-meeny-miny-mo... I said apart from that Emily. What is love? Love means when you love someone. Lily lives in Newcastle with her mum Kelly, dad Paul and older brother, Joe. Lily's very loud. Because I like seeing when I'm gorgeous. I always do selfies. Somebody asked Lily what they wanted to be when she left school, and she said a dancer in Ibiza. She did. Isn't that cool? Everywhere she goes she's gotta get a change of outfit. So if we go to the shop, full outfit change, come back. We go to the park, a full outfit change. Perfume has to be last. Gorgeous. She loves boys, actually. A bit too much. Lily's going to get a boyfriend when she's 13. I said, "Well, pick a nice one!" THEY LAUGH Out in the playground, Lily is making progress with Alfie. I fancy you. SHE GIGGLES Who d'you wanna marry? Erm...you. Me. Good answer. Who d'you wanna kiss? You. Who do you fancy? Erm...you. Me. Nah, not really. Lunch time! Lunch! Erm, Emily? Look. And he looked like you. What? Not lying, he did. We've got the same colour! Jaja and Lily have got the same colour and Emily and Alfie have got the same colour! Yeah! Finished! Finished! Fi-i-inished! We've fiiii-iiii... Finished, finished, finished. Finished. So you can see that Emily and Alfie are able to communicate with each other through their play, it's more difficult for Lily to get involved with that. She starts off a more conventional conversation, she expects to be discussing more familiar, everyday ideas. # I'm king of the castle # I'm king of the walking castle! # ALFIE SQUEALS # Jumping in a muddy puddle Jumping in a muddy puddle! # # Walking in a walking thing! # In the home corner, Lily's been making a card for her mum for the last 20 minutes. Look at my drawing. My drawing is bad, innit? Jaja decides to scribble on Lily's drawing. Stop it. Lily! It's my picture. No, it's not. I writed on it. Jaja... Lily, if you don't give it to Jaja, she'll start crying. It's Lily's. I scrubbled on it first. Yes, I did. Look inside it, then. Then you can have it, then. I think this is a really important moment for Jaja. She's increasingly finding herself becoming isolated from the rest of the children. JAJA CRIES Many of the behaviours that Jaja is showing here, adults also report experiencing. Many adults, when they experience low mood, they have similar feelings of an urge to destroy relationships with people that they are close to. Realising just how unpopular these behaviours have made her is, I think, gonna be really important in helping Jaja to learn to moderate her behaviour. Shall I just put this in the bin? Should I? Yes, you can do another one. I'm really sorry what I done. That's fine. Absolutely fine. Team captains, do you have a name for your team? The children are taking part in a quiz competition with Ruth and George as team captains. What's your team gonna be called, George? Storm. Storm. Ruth, what's your team gonna be called? Team Rose. Team Rose! This is a chance for George to start getting over his fear about group activities. I don't really know what I'm doing here. That's why you've got your team to help you, George, it's OK. So, um, who's the smartest? Team Storm, are you ready? ALL: Yes! God, I should've anticipated that! All right, the team leaders, so that's George and Ruth, will be telling me their answers. All right, first question, what is bigger, London or England? London! London. Yeah. We've done ours already. I'll just give these a second to... London! Don't tell her. OK, Team Storm, what is your answer? ALL: London! What is your answer? London! The answer is...England. Oh! THEY LAUGH What is the biggest number? 100! Talk to your teams! Talk to your teams. Can I write it? No, I want to. So at this age, you don't generally expect children to understand the importance of having cohesion as a team. We see Alfie demonstrating his ability to focus intensely on his own ideas, but it's not always a good thing, and in this context, he needs to be thinking not just about his own ideas, but about sharing them with his team and transmitting them to Ruth, who's supposed to be the team leader. Team Storm, what's the biggest number? Infinity! Nine zillion and ninety nine! The correct answer was infinity. ALL: Yes! Alfie, is there something you could do to help Ruth right now? She looks a bit sad. Er, I don't think I have got anything. What could you do to help her, Alfie? What do you think? Sorry. That's OK. Will you stop crying, then you can keep on working. Next question, why does it rain? So that the flowers can get some water. Stormy clouds and water cycles and lightning. As the quiz reaches its climax, George and Ruth's teams have seven points each. Should we have a tie breaker? Yeah, one more round! One more, one more question. What is the fastest animal in the world? Cheetah! Cheetah! It is a cheetah! So by the tie-break, Team Rose is the winner! No! So that means you guys will be getting a star, I think. We got more than you. We don't care. Yes, you do. No, we don't. Ow! Excuse me, George threw a pencil at my face. Oh, George, is that a very kind thing to do? He's teasing us! George, even if someone's teasing you, should we be throwing things at people's faces? I'm actually a bit sad that George is sad, because I wanted that to be a positive experience for him. I'm slightly worried now that you know, the good that that would've done in terms of giving him confidence to get on with a group has been a little bit undone. I've got five stars now. Are you all right, George? Are you OK, George? What can we do to help George, do you think? I'll give him my stars. Now I'm gonna have none. It doesn't matter. Well, do you want to take maybe George over and if you want... If that's what you want to do, Emily. Now you've got five. George has got five! You know what, Emily, I'm so impressed with your kindness, I'm gonna give you two stars just for that. I think she should get five. I think I agree with you guys. Oh, my goodness! This is the best day of my life! 1 Let's go back to our house. The five-year-olds' first week together is drawing to a close. Why is it important to have friends? Cos that's when they can come to people's houses and play with them, have breakfast with each other. You've got to try and tag me. No, I'm all tired out. All right, then let's do the seesaw, then. Yeah. Whoa! If you're not a good friend, your friend will say, "I don't want to play with you any more." I want to play now, please! I'm coming. I'm coming. What's important about having friends? Erm, that you always help them and they help you back. Ooh... Are you OK? When they fall over, I, erm, help them up. Alfie and George are both drawing space rockets. Just add a little bit of... Alfie decides to make some improvements to George's picture. Hey! ...that! Hey! I didn't say he could do that! Oh, did he draw lines on it? Oh, dear, was that Alfie, was it? HE SOBS I know, it wasn't how you wanted it to be, was it? No. Alfie's just trying to be nice here, he's just trying to join in with what George is doing, but what he doesn't realise is, other people have boundaries in a way that he doesn't. Alfie, if...if it's something that someone else has drawn, should we come and add to it? No. What do you think we can maybe do to try and make up? Say sorry. It might be really, really nice. 'Alfie has a fantastic imagination.' The trouble is, he doesn't always use his imagination to understand how that makes other people feel, and he's really got to put himself into other people's shoes to understand that, so that he can form more secure relationships. HE SOBS What do you think? Is Jaja's idea a good suggestion? It is maybe, yeah. It's really good to see that Jaja was the first person to step in and offer support to George when she sees him crying. And, of course, that type of upset is something that she's got a lot of experience of, and that's helped her understand how George is feeling. Thank you. It's OK. 'Jaja's learnt a lot this week in terms of understanding 'the consequences of not controlling her feelings.' Those emotional outbursts have actually put in jeopardy her friendships. She's beginning to understand this and she's responding to it by developing more appropriate, more positive pro-social strategies with her friends. OK, the chairs are set up for musical chairs. As a final treat, the children are having a party for Olive's birthday. I'm not playing. All right, in that case, if you're not playing, you don't get to be helpers. You have to sit down. I'm taking out two chairs. Once again, George decides not to join in. I think George is worried about being able to participate in the group. He wants to participate in the group, but he feels out of his depth when he doesn't know what the rules are. Go around the chairs, please, everyone, around them. 'All of us feel intimidated in new situations, all of us can feel self-conscious.' I think George feels that quite often in groups where the rules may have formed that he's not aware of. When he comes back, I'd really like to see him gain the confidence to enjoy being in a group and fully participate as a group member. I was on this chair first. This week, we've seen our children starting to learn to integrate themselves into larger group structures. Some have done this very effectively, whereas others have found it harder. 'When the children return, I want to see them building' on the experiences they've had this week, combining those with these wonderful communication skills that they're developing. How do you become a princess? What do princesses do? Don't fart. SHE LAUGHS