- Year Seven put pressure on Mr. Parrott's rapidly failing voice to get him out of the choir. Justine and Maria secretly record Martha's singing and replay it to the music teacher so that she'll go to Germany with Mr. Robson.
- Mr. Robson agrees to go to Germany. Lovelorn Mr. Parrott's voice is suffering from his increased smoking: in an effort to persuade Mr. Parrott not to go with the choir, Anna with her friend tries to make the teacher talk as much as possible in Maths. "There's something strange in the air," says Mr. Hankin - and after he's gone, the squeaky-wheeled trolley is moved to another safe location for the next bout in computer tennis. Things look bad for Sam - one set down to Dave the Caretaker. Meanwhile Mr. Hankin is lecturing Mr. Parrott about smoking, but to his horror Mr. Parrott breaks down in tears. Later, he gets more grief from the Year 9's who get the increasingly suffering teacher to repeat German phrases. Further, Mr. Parrott's dropped engagement ring is found, and passed round, until Josh innocently suggests he take it to Mr. Robson. Mr. Parrott's coughing destroys the morale in choir practice. Deviously, Justine and Maria ask Martha Jordan to sing an American song to them - Justine secretly records her. It seems Martha is determined to go back home - she starts to pack, with a short-term stay at Mrs. Monroe's house before term ends. At the Arnolds' house, Jessica warns Colin that her mother is getting concerned about the computer game playing. Eventually, Arnie breaks the bad news to Sam - computer games are banned at his house. Getting ever more suspicious of the empty playground, and weird noises, Mrs. Monroe bursts in on Dave playing computer tennis - but he is alone. When she leaves, the kids emerge from the adjacent darkened room. As they leave, Anna pickpockets Dave's coat, and takes the tennis cartridge - the girls are convinced there's something underhand going on, and that's why the boys always win the game. The girls intend to get a new version of the game - one that hasn't been tampered with. Year Seven put further pressure on Mr. Parrott, making him feel worse about going to Germany, "sick as a parrot", they chant - he caves in and tells Mr. Manyeke that he won't be going. This leaves a hole in the choir - Justine swaps Mr. Manyeke's tapes so he gets to hear Martha singing, her game plan being to get Martha to go to Germany with Mr. Robson. Martha is furious, when she hears her own voice, but the music teacher is determined to get Martha to go with the choir. Eventually, she says she will think about it...—Geffers
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