02/09/2014 Newsround

Good morning - Ayshah here, with the best way to get ready to go back to

school on the way. Plus: all the ins and outs from a record-breaking

And the hero cat who saved her owner from a burning building.

So - first up - The summer holidays are over as loads of you are heading

back to school this week. For many it'll be the step up from Primary to

Secondary and all the new challenges that come with that. But never fear

- Newsround's recruited some Year Eights, who did it all last year, to

dish out their top tips to the soon-to-be Year Sevens.

Starting high school is scary. As you get through the year, it gets

easier because you meet new friends. Ask your teacher if you forget

something. You should use a check list to ensure you get everything.

You need stationary like pencils and rulers and rubbers. Just basic

stuff. Clothing wise, you need a PE kit. And a uniform, obviously! Once

you get used to the skill you get to know your way around. How do you

deal with bullies? You ask a teacher or tell a friend. You should start

of the conversation by asking what primary school they went to. Asked

how old they are and what their name is. Stuff like that. With all this

advice I will be more confident when I start secondary school. Advice

about how to keep safe and be confident is useful.

Good luck, guys - and you can head over to the Newsround website to get

more top tips for starting secondary school. And that's also where you

can let us know whether your pet gets fed up when you go back to

school. A study in America says they do so we want to hear if your pooch

has the same problem - and what you do to help?

Next - imagine growing up in a country where using the internet was

seen as wrong. Well the President of Iran, in the Middle East, says his

country needs to change its attitude to online restrictions to give young

people more freedom. Iran's heavily influenced by religious leaders who

currently say things like social media and YouTube are a bad

influence on kids and should be banned. President Hassan Rouhani has

now asked everyone in the country to be more tolerant of new technology.

Next, the discovery of a 45,000 year old engraving in a cave in

Gibraltar. The pattern, which looks a bit like the start of a game of

noughts and crosses, was carved into a rock. Scientists say it could show

that our early ancestors, the Neanderthals, weren't as primitive

To Edinburgh Zoo next - where experts fear their giant panda, Tian

Tian, is no longer pregnant. The panda, whose name means Sweetie, was

expected to give birth to the first giant panda cub born in Britain last

week. But recent tests have suggested that she probably won't be

having a baby after all. In the meantime, keepers are taking extra

special care of Tian Tian and say they'll know more by the end of the

And sticking with animal news - water voles have been found in a

part of the Scottish Highlands for the first time in 20 years. The

voles have been spotted at RSPB Scotland's Insh Marshes in

Strathspey. The charity say it's down to efforts to remove the voles'

main predator, the non-native American mink from the area.Water

main predator, the non-native American mink from the area. Water

vole numbers have dropped by 90% in the UK over the past 40 years so

It was an incredibly exciting last few hours of the footy transfer

window last night as records were smashed and some big names swapped

clubs. The headline deal was Man United signing Colombian star

Radamel Falcow - who's one of the best strikers in the world - on loan

from Monaco. England forward Danny Welbeck joined Arsenal for ?16

million, taking the total spending by Premier League clubs in this

window to ?835 million - something pundits say the fans should be

For all Premiership fans, particularly for Man United fans,

this is so exciting to see these players in the same team.

And you can get the details on all the last day deals that might have

affected your club with our full run down on the Newsround website after

Finally, to the brave cat in Australia that being hailed as a

hero after saving its owner from a burning building. Emergency services

reckon the quick thinking feline, called Sally, managed to wake up her

She jumped on my head. She was get him to safety.

She jumped on my head. She was screaming in what me up. The cat

moved him from the house and we found it later. Very thankful that

the owner got out of the house. That's it for now, Newsround's back

right here at 8:55. Bye!