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Jamie Oliver: My wish ...

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is for you to help a strong,
sustainable movement

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to educate every child

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about food.

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To inspire families to cook again

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and to empower people everywhere

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to fight obesity.

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I came here to start a food revolution

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that I profoundly believe in.

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(Applause)

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[Great Big Story
in partnership with TED]

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Narrator: They had a big idea
to change the world.

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But they couldn't do it alone.

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(Voices overlapping)
So, my wish ... My wish ... I wish ...

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And now here's my wish.

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[Torchbearers]

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[Ideas in action]

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(Knife chop)

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JO: Food is simple.
It's just raw ingredients.

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But it's the most powerful
killer on the planet.

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Every child has the human right
to be taught about food:

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where it comes from,
how it affects their body.

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And they should be shown at school,

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because it's at the front line
of the fight against obesity.

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[London, England]

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[Charlton Manor Primary School]

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What happens at Charlton Manor

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is that incredible head teacher
took it to the next level.

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[Timothy Baker
Head teacher]

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Timothy Baker: In the past,

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the children weren't
eating the right things.

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I've been inspired by Jamie
to educate this school

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about the fact that we're feeding
the children the wrong food.

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And I thought, well, the timetable
is an already crowded place --

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there are so many lessons
in the primary curriculum.

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How can you introduce another subject
for teachers to teach?

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So we looked at English,

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we looked at maths, science,
history, geography

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and we saw how we could
put that around food.

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(Children laugh)

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Elizabeth: When you incorporate cooking,
it's something everyone looks forward to.

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Male teacher: Today we're doing
a little bit of science in the kitchen.

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Female teacher: We are going to combine
our lessons on Diwali,

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but also our lessons
on shape and symmetry.

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Male teacher: Is this a physical change
or a chemical change?

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Children: Physical!

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Male teacher: You're right.

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TB: For history topics,
we talk about the history of chocolate,

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and so we can do
a whole topic around that.

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Male teacher: And the Aztecs
have been cooking with chocolate --

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TB: And it's interesting
because it's not made as they think,

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with all the milk in
that they would have had --

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and the taste is very, very different.

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Some children like it;
some children don't.

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(Laughter)

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For maths, simple weighing and measuring.

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Female teacher: We're going
to be doing a lot of measuring

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because we have to
measure out some liquids,

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which we did last term,
we did some measuring.

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JO: What he's done is he's put
food at the heart of the school,

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and he's fed the stomach and the mind.

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(Children yell excitedly)

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TB: Charlton Manor is a state school.

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About 80 percent
of children come from areas

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that are identified as in poverty.

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The children had very little experience
of being outside in the countryside,

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knowing about food-growing.

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Over a period of time,

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we were able to build a garden.

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(Children shout)

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Students: Welcome to the Secret Garden!

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Kehinde: This is our greenhouse.

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This is our compost bin.

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This is our wormery.

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This is our vegetable patch.

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And these are our chickens.

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Sean: The chickens come out,
and they try and chase you.

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I had to run for my life.

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TB: Up at the community garden,

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we've got two polytunnels
so we can grow year-round.

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Sean: I will pick onions,

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broccoli and carrots

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because they're all healthy,

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they make you stronger --

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obviously --

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and they just make me happy.

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So, yeah.

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(Birds chirp)

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TB: 12 or 13 years ago,

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there was a reluctance
to engage in this sort of curriculum.

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There were many people
that couldn't see what we were aiming for

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and what we were trying to do.

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Obesity hadn't reached the epidemic
proportions it has reached now.

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We're getting children
that look and appear more healthy.

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Concentration is so much higher.

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Behavior issues are incredibly lower
than they have been in the past.

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Elizabeth: One the of the great
things they've done is introduce us

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to worlds of healthy food.

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Kehinde: Before,
I was a really picky eater.

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Sean: I feel better
when I eat healthier food.

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TB: When you fail your maths A level,

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that's not going to shorten
your life by 10 years.

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JO: You don't die young because
you didn't do your geography homework.

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These kids die young if they
don't know how to feed themselves.

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I think Tim and the team would inspire
head teachers across the world --

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and parents.

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Any teacher has the same capacity
to be as brilliant as he is.

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His story, we want to replicate,

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but the truth is
we've got so much more to do.

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TB: Jamie really revolutionized
our school dinners,

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and it really has hugely impacted
all the children,

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but so many in a deep way

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which is going to stick with them
for the rest of their lives.

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When you change a life like that,
it makes it all worthwhile.

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From all of us at the Charlton Manor,

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thank you, Jamie.

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Student: Thank you, Jamie.

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Student: Thank you, Jamie.

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