Tom Daley returned to school to learn energy saving tips from Gen Alpha – including ‘stop the yap and turn off the tap’.
Sporting a full uniform, the 30-year-old retired Team GB diver discovered some new phrases from his classmates, including ‘rizzler’, ‘skibidi’ and ‘sigma’ - all meaning cool and charismatic.
After being complimented on his blazer and tie – ‘so slay’ – he sat down to discuss ways of saving energy, including avoiding using too much water, turning the heating on only halfway and to ‘hop and skip’ to school.
According to the Gen Alphas, only ‘true rizzlers’ save energy.
He was later told to ‘stick to diving’ while playing football at breaktime and scorned by the teacher for making a paper airplane.
The Olympic gold medal winner has teamed up with British Gas [https://www.britishgas.co.uk/the-source/making-a-difference/get-set-for-positive-energy.html] as part of its ‘Get Set for Positive Energy’ education programme with Team GB and ParalympicsGB - aiming to educate children on the importance of energy habits for a sustainable future.
It comes after a poll of 2,000 parents of 5–17-year-olds found a fifth admit sustainability habits in their home are driven by their kids aged as young as five.
Sporting a full uniform, the 30-year-old retired Team GB diver discovered some new phrases from his classmates, including ‘rizzler’, ‘skibidi’ and ‘sigma’ - all meaning cool and charismatic.
After being complimented on his blazer and tie – ‘so slay’ – he sat down to discuss ways of saving energy, including avoiding using too much water, turning the heating on only halfway and to ‘hop and skip’ to school.
According to the Gen Alphas, only ‘true rizzlers’ save energy.
He was later told to ‘stick to diving’ while playing football at breaktime and scorned by the teacher for making a paper airplane.
The Olympic gold medal winner has teamed up with British Gas [https://www.britishgas.co.uk/the-source/making-a-difference/get-set-for-positive-energy.html] as part of its ‘Get Set for Positive Energy’ education programme with Team GB and ParalympicsGB - aiming to educate children on the importance of energy habits for a sustainable future.
It comes after a poll of 2,000 parents of 5–17-year-olds found a fifth admit sustainability habits in their home are driven by their kids aged as young as five.
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00:00Quick, I'm running late for my first day back at school.
00:05Good job I'm learning about energy-saving tips from these younger generation of experts.
00:08So, quick!
00:09Who shrunk the furniture?
00:12It is my first day back at school in a while.
00:18What do you think of my uniform?
00:19It's so sleigh.
00:20So sleigh.
00:21Okay.
00:22It's eating, okay.
00:23Well, I'm hoping that you're going to give me some energy-saving tips.
00:25Does anybody have any for me?
00:26Stop the yap and turn off the tap.
00:29That should be put on a t-shirt.
00:30Don't use too much water.
00:31So be the alpha, just like me, and use your good energy.
00:35Oh, another t-shirt.
00:37We've got a whole merch stand going on here.
00:43Do you think I can manage a day at school?
00:51Yeah.
00:52Is there anything I need to know to survive a day at school?
00:55Sigma.
00:56Sigma.
00:57Yeah.
00:58I think you can use sigma and cool in the same way.
01:01Lose any aura?
01:02Yeah, can't lose any.
01:03So, skippity.
01:04Skippity?
01:05What's skippity?
01:06If someone's annoyed at you?
01:07It means scooby.
01:08If somebody's doing something really well, you'd be like, oh, she's eating.
01:10Yeah, and while you're doing it, it can be cooking as well.
01:13Oh, you're cooking as you're doing it?
01:15Yeah.
01:16I'm learning so many new words here today.
01:17Tom's day at school was slightly mischievous.
01:19If I was a teacher, I would probably teach something like art and textiles because my
01:26knitting, my crochet, gosh, being back at school is absolutely knackering.
01:31Time for me to go home, have a snack, and a nap.