01/12/2015

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:00:00. > :00:00.Stay right where you are for all of the day's top stories.

:00:00. > :00:11.We'll take a look at our very own advent calendar that

:00:12. > :00:28.And find out what this Star Wars super fan is making.

:00:29. > :00:33.First up - what was your journey to school like this morning?

:00:34. > :00:36.Is that something that you see every day?

:00:37. > :00:39.Well, it is for kids at a group of schools in Hertfordshire,

:00:40. > :00:43.They decided to write a catchy song to try to get adults

:00:44. > :00:45.to be more careful when dropping off their children.

:00:46. > :00:48.They roped in a whole team of professionals, who gave up

:00:49. > :01:01.their time for free, to produce a video with an important message.

:01:02. > :01:05.This road might seem pretty calm right now, but come three o'clock,

:01:06. > :01:13.it is a completely different story. Children and parents from six

:01:14. > :01:19.schools in the local area decided to do something about it and with the

:01:20. > :01:25.help of their voices, they should be able to make a difference. Children

:01:26. > :01:32.and parents came together to produce a music video with a very clear

:01:33. > :01:43.message. Professional directors and camera operators turn the school

:01:44. > :01:47.into a media studio. The song is called red monster and the

:01:48. > :01:53.inspiration behind the track? All those hot-headed parents to drop off

:01:54. > :02:00.their kids to ring the school run. We are going to be late, we are

:02:01. > :02:07.going to be late. The parents want to get their children to school and

:02:08. > :02:12.then they start going mad and crazy. A road monster is a person who

:02:13. > :02:17.drives over the speed limit or he or she parks on double yellow lines.

:02:18. > :02:22.All those kids that want to walk or cycle or scoot to school, having all

:02:23. > :02:25.this traffic around it makes it much less likely they will do that

:02:26. > :02:34.because it is dangerous and it worries them. And making the video

:02:35. > :02:39.wasn't as easy as it sounds. Weird, because we were filming in a toilet.

:02:40. > :02:48.Sometimes you would be into something and they would say, start

:02:49. > :02:54.again. Don't let your road monster the road monster out.

:02:55. > :02:59.A special ?50 coin has been created to help celebrate the Queen becoming

:03:00. > :03:01.The coin features the latest portrait of the Queen

:03:02. > :03:04.and a picture of Britannia, a lady who since ancient Roman times

:03:05. > :03:07.Great Britain's Davis Cup tennis team have been to meet the

:03:08. > :03:10.And they took their trophy along, too.

:03:11. > :03:13.The team beat Belgium at the weekend in the final of the competition to

:03:14. > :03:18.David Cameron said he was delighted to welcome the team to Downing

:03:19. > :03:25.The world's best footballers are hoping to get their hands on Fifa's

:03:26. > :03:31.There are just three players to choose from:

:03:32. > :03:33.Brazilian Neymar, Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi.

:03:34. > :03:39.The winner will be announced in January.

:03:40. > :03:41.Next, loads of you got to open the first window on

:03:42. > :03:45.Well, here at Newsround, we've made our own one for you guys

:03:46. > :03:49.We'll be finding out about your Christmas traditions

:03:50. > :04:09.Hello. I have a really cool tradition in my family which I shout

:04:10. > :04:17.it is Christmas to wake everybody up. We go downstairs, smashed eggs

:04:18. > :04:19.and eat them together, which is a great tradition. Afterwards, we open

:04:20. > :04:23.the presents. We'd love to hear

:04:24. > :04:25.about your Christmas traditions - send your videos into the Newsround

:04:26. > :04:27.website now! Finally, you might have seen Yoda,

:04:28. > :04:30.Luke Skywalker or even Darth Vader fight with one of these before,

:04:31. > :04:33.but this Star Wars fan has gone one Bob Cleggett, who lives in America,

:04:34. > :04:37.made these giant light sabers from cardboard tubes he got

:04:38. > :04:46.from his local DIY store. That's all from me and the Newsround

:04:47. > :04:48.team for today. We'll be right back here on CBBC

:04:49. > :04:51.tomorrow morning