05/03/2012 Newsround

Good afternoon, Newsrounders, Nel and Ricky here. We're live, it's

five, so let's take a dive into the biggest stories of the day. Coming

up, we'll meet Kurt, the dog whose hearing is out of this world. And

Leah has getting up to her knees in fish to kick off a brand-new series

of Wild Five. But first to new rules about the

way your homework gets handed out. The man in charge of education in

England, Michael Gove, says that schools should have more of a say

on how many extra hours you do. It's after parents complained that

too much homework meant kids were spending less time with their

families. But as I've been finding out, the new rules don't

necessarily mean you'll have less to do.

Homework, the one word guaranteed to get a reaction. I don't like

homework at all. I only like it when it is creative. I like it

sometimes. For years, you have been asked to do a bit extra after class,

but in England the rules have changed. In the 1998, the Labour

government outlined the current guidelines that recommend it or

five-7 euros to one of homework per week. All that kids are expected to

do two and a half hours. So how would the new rules differ? The

Government want their teachers to decide how much you do instead. The

change came about because parents complained that too much homework

meant kids were not getting enough time to enjoy family life. I think

that we do get too much in year six. No, I don't think we get enough,

because we only get one page per week. Who should decide how much

you do, teacher or government? think it should be the head teacher,

because the Government have more pressing problems than homework.

Northern Ireland and Wales already have different roles, and in

Scotland teachers, pupils and parents decide on the amount of

homework together. But how do they make that decision? How do you

decide how much homework we have? In this school, we leave it to the

teachers to decide how much is realistic for each class and how

much they need to do. The changes are already in place, but that does

not mean you will get less homework. You could end up with more homework

than you bargained for. Well, you've been having your say

Now it's time to kick off a special week of Wild Five reports. For two

months, Leah has been travelling all over the UK to seek out the

biggest stories from our coastline. Today she's looking at the problem

of overfishing, something that costs countries around Europe

Fish and chips always tastes much better by the seaside, but what a

long we have been eating the same types of fish, and that is putting

the ocean and a lot of pressure. For years, fishermen caught

whatever they wanted, and as boats got bigger, so were the catchers.

Overfishing makes it on to our card because popular species have taken

a big hit across Europe. That prompted Britain and other

countries in the European Union to get together and agreed limits on

how much should be caught. The limits stop fishermen being able to

catch whatever they wanted, and that in turn meant that numbers

have slowly started to recover. I have come to Newlyn harbour, where

fishermen have been changing the way they catch, making sure they

take just enough and not too much. Welcome aboard, let's go fishing.

It is called sustainable fishing. Stefan used to catch cod and

haddock. Now he fishes to order and puts back the thing she does not

need. Today he is after herring and sardines. It is a lot different,

because we are targeting fish, rather than telling nets for miles

and scooping up different varieties that we do not want. This is very

targeted, that is why it is sustainable. His boat uses sonar

technology so it can identify what type of fish are in the water. If

he is at the sardines, he can see exactly where they are, which means

he does not waste time catching And then our biggest catch of the

night. So we have a 20 tan catch of herring in that that right now. We

only need about five, so we will take what we need and put the rest

Fresh of the boat, the skies will be sent to supermarkets, and they

could end up on your plate, but because of the big effort from

everyone here and how they are caught, it should mean there is

plenty more fish in the sea. Tomorrow she is looking for

dolphins off the north of Scotland. Now, we've all heard of guide dogs

for the blind, but what about dogs for the deaf? For the first time,

specially trained hearing dogs have been given to kids in the UK, and

it's making a big difference. Getting out of bed in the morning

can be tough, but 11-year-old James has a secret weapon. He's deaf and

can't hear his alarm. But his dog Kurt is always on hand to help him

out. He's one of the first kids in the country to get a specially

trained hearing dog for the deaf, and it's making quite a difference.

I love my dog, and he's a very good boy. Kurt has been trained to

respond to certain sounds and commands, and that means he can

also help his mum out around the house. If I'm cooking downstairs, I

can call the dog. Kurt will go and get James, give him a nudge. James

will say, what is it? And he'll follow Kurt back down to me.

most importantly, Kurt helps keep James safe. James can't hear things

like a smoke alarm, so when it goes off, Kurt finds James and lies down,

telling him that there is danger. Kurt is one of just 12 hearing dogs

helping kids in the UK. Kurt is my best friend. And it's clear that

James wouldn't swap him for the world.

What a lovely story! Finally, the latest PCs of nature making a big

splash, this is a classic in Argentina in South America. Huge

chunks of ice have been crashing into the sea, creating these