09/11/2012 Newsround

Welcome. It is Friday. You are with Newsround. I'm Ore. This fine

specimen is Joe. We have a great show lined up for you. Stick around

for this. Why using these in school could be a thing of the past.

We look at the glorious career of wildlife TV legend, Sir David

Attenborough. And scream if you need to go faster! We bring you the

toilet theme park. This is First, maths test time. What is

4+10? 40. What is 6x50? 300? Good. What is 24x7? Come on! Too slow!

The answer is 168! Up there in the noggin! The number of hours in a

week. News is, some of you will be banned in school from using

calculators in maths. Lots of schools let kids use them from the

age of seven. In 2014, the Government wants schools to only

use them in the last year of primary school and says they will

ban completely from 11-year-olds doing tests.

Adding up and doing sums is part of every day life. Without being able

to work things out in our heads, it might get a bit confusing. We are

all used to relying on our calculators to do those sums at

school. Soon, we may have to work without them. The Government says

they will ban all primary schoolchildren, except Year 6, from

using calculators. Even they won't be allowed to use them in tests.

6x4? The next one we have is 246 plus 325? Very good. How would you

feel about working all the time without calculators? What would you

think if the Government decided to ban them all completely? The test

was really easy. We shouldn't have calculators. If you do use them,

you can't learn the sums because you need to get into your head for

life. I don't think the Government should ban them for the people that

don't know the maths. Now, some people don't know their maths. They

could practice their maths. What do the teachers think? We have to

ensure that all children leave able to perform basic calculations using

efficient written methods effortlessly. The Government say if

we stop relying on these, we might use more of this. From what I have

seen from the kids here today, they can be quite useful.

You have been telling us what you Thanks for those comments. Keep

them coming in, I should say. The 11th November, people across the UK

will remember those who have died fighting for their country. The

tradition of Remembrance Sunday began after the end of the First

World War. It is nearly 100 years since the start of that conflict.

Hayley went to meet the author of War Horse about his new book based

on a true First World War story. It was supposed to be the war to

end all wars. In 1914, fighting broke out between the major

powerful countries across the world. Millions of people died in the

First World War and it changed history forever. Now, every year at

11.00 on the 11th November people stop to remember the day the guns

fell silent and the war ended. In 2014, it will be 100 years since

the First World War, why do you think we should be remembering it?

Should we be making a big deal of it? Whatever makes us understand

the horrors of war, and the step that it really is, is important.

Michael Morpurgo's new book is based on the life of the first

black officer in the British Army. Back then, it was unusual for

someone in charge not to be white and Walter was a great officer who

was recommended for a medal for his bravery, but for some reason he

never got it. Michael hopes that this book can help change that.

People who fight for their country, whatever their colour, and have

been recommended for a medal, should get that medal. Remembrance

Sunday now celebrates the lives of those who died fighting in both

World Wars. The Falklands and more recent conflicts in Iraq and

Afghanistan. Every time a soldier dies in Iraq, or in Afghanistan,

the ache of it goes on. That is why we have to remember. On Sunday,

ceremonies will be held up-and-down the country and people will wear

poppies and lay wreaths to show their support. This day is held to

make sure we don't forget the sacrifices people like Walter Tull

have made. Thousands of people have called for

a Peace Prize for 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai. They think the

Pakistani schoolgirl, who was shot by the Taliban, should be given the

Nobel Prize. The honour is given to people who promote peace around the

world. Previous winners include Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela.

Yesterday, Malala Yousafzai thanked people around the world for their

support. He's been all over the world to

study and film animals. Sir David Attenborough has been making films

for 60 years. A new programme on tonight called Attenborough's Ark

is about the ten creatures Sir David would most like to be saved

from extinction. Even before colour TV, Sir David Attenborough was

travelling around the world to explore remote areas. For 60 years,

he has been bringing back amazing footage of rare animals, plants and

insects to audiences. He is so influential he's had new species

named after him, including a type of spider, a flesh-eating plant and

a fossilised fish. No museum in the world has a complete specimen of

this species because human beings exterminated it in the middle of

the 17th Century. And there are a lot of animals today that face the

same fate. He has used his programmes to tell people about

animals that need protection and Attenborough talks about the ten

species he wants to save from extinction. One of his favourites

is a type of monkey. Darwin's frog also makes the list. This is one of

the weirder ones, a type of underwater salamander. Attenborough

often gets up close and personal with the animals and his

descriptions are his trademark. These are the same species of geese

that... He's changed the way many people see and think about the

natural world. 60 years in TV? We salute you.

He still has it! Yes. If you want to watch that, Attenborough's Ark

is on BBC Two tonight at 9.00pm. Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild

starts next week. Next, it would take something stupid to make a

judge call you an idiot. This driver in America was caught on a

mobile phone overtaking a school bus on the pavement. As a

punishment, she will have to wear a big sign saying "only an idiot

would drive on the sidewalk". clever. Finally, to what could be a

world first, a theme park devoted to toilets. Worthwhile(!)

Disneyland and Alton Towers have nothing on this new park which has