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Gareth Malone's Extraordinary School for Boys

Episode #1.2 (Season 1, Episode 2)
TV Episode | 59 min | Documentary
It's week three of Gareth's eight week experiment to get the boys at Pear Mead School to improve their reading level by six months. So far, Gareth has managed to get the boys interested in his activities, such as role playing - reenacting ...See moreIt's week three of Gareth's eight week experiment to get the boys at Pear Mead School to improve their reading level by six months. So far, Gareth has managed to get the boys interested in his activities, such as role playing - reenacting scenes from books - but which has not achieved much improvement in that reading level or overall literacy, or the boys' want to read. Part of the problem now seems to be not having the proper books in the library that would easily catch a boy's attention. So Gareth decides to take some of the boys, including x-box addicted Jack, shopping with library money to buy some books they want to see in the library. But the centerpiece of Gareth's strategy for most of his remaining time is to structure a reading competition much like the World Cup, the actual football version which will soon be happening. Gareth soon realizes that he has to expand the notion of the competition to bring in important elements of the boys' homes, namely their dads. He also has some boys who require individual assistance for their non-comprehension issues, some of the boys who have been suffering in silence rather than asking for help. Written by Huggo See less
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Director
Marcus Sulley
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Marcus Sulley
Editors
Jamal Frederick | Andrew Willsmore
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Updated Sep 16, 2010
Release date
Sep 16, 2010 (United Kingdom)

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Gareth Malone
Self - Year 5 & 6 Boys' Teacher, Pear Tree Mead Primary School Self - Year 5 & 6 Boys' Teacher, Pear Tree Mead Primary School   See fewer
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