Gareth Malone's Extraordinary School for Boys - Episode 3 of 3

Choirmaster Gareth Malone teaches in a primary school in Essex for one term. His mission is to tackle the gap between girls' and boys' literacy and his final task is to tackle the boys' number one enemy - writing. Gareth sets the boys a daunting challenge as he announces that their end-of-year school play is not to be held in the school hall but at the Harlow Playhouse, which seats 400-plus. The boys who groan at writing even a paragraph are going to write the play themselves, and over several weeks he attempts to ensure that each and every boy has written a part of the play and produced a piece of writing they can be proud of. At the same time he is heading towards a crucial test that will determine the success or failure of his time at the school and whether he has met the head teacher's target of improving the boys' reading age by six months in just eight weeks. When the results are in, they make fascinating reading.

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[jaswatergirl]

I am a huge fan of Gareth and think what he has done with school children is just brilliant!

[oceanelf]

I do not think his arrangements of music are real odd since he needs to make it real simple for children of mixed musical background to follow. This is a very great teaching and great engagement. I really admire Gareth since I saw the choir.

[cukooKAM]

loved that smile at 55:19.

and wow is it stressful being a teacher!

[laurzie20211]

do u think gareth will do it again but with a different group like for girls <3

[megmo1571]

I think Gareth was a bit harsh to not let Connor show him his drumming.

[310sucks]

boys wont write or read in groups. they each need tob be seperated and isolated to maintain focus.

[smtgram]

I have such great respect for Gareth Malone, teacher extraordinaire!!! Hope he continues to inspire young people for many years to come!!!

[cricball1]

Im in 2nd set english in year 10 and some of these kids write better than some people in my class!!

[MegaBex1992]

gareth amazing 

[TheKaiStuff]

I LOVE GARETH MALONE!

[catherinem2307]

I can't bear Gareth Malone, his arrangements of music are real odd