04/07/2014

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:00:00. > :00:00.Hi, I'm Ayshah with your Newsround update. Coming up:

:00:00. > :00:11.The cute baby gorilla getting used to her surroundings.

:00:12. > :00:22.And we weigh up the Wimbledon men's semi-finalists!

:00:23. > :00:25.All this week we've been examining the results of a special Newsround

:00:26. > :00:27.survey into aspirations - our hopes and dreams

:00:28. > :00:30.for the future - and now I've turned my attention to Hollywood.

:00:31. > :00:33.At this year's Oscars ceremony, one of the big talking points was

:00:34. > :00:37.British film director Steve McQueen winning a major award.

:00:38. > :00:40.He's the first director from a black background to pick up

:00:41. > :00:43.But he's told us he had a hard time at school, and that

:00:44. > :00:48.A survey for Newsround looking at your aspirations for the future

:00:49. > :00:50.suggests that black and Asian children were least likely to say

:00:51. > :00:54.that their teachers would describe them as clever or ambitious.

:00:55. > :01:10.I've been to meet Steve in London to find out more.

:01:11. > :01:11.Hollywood, home of the biggest movies,

:01:12. > :01:14.the brightest and most talented stars, and it hosts some of the

:01:15. > :01:18.British film director Steve McQueen is one of the most popular people

:01:19. > :01:22.Earlier this year he won an Oscar, one of the most important film

:01:23. > :01:26.And it's the first time that someone from a black background has won

:01:27. > :01:30.But when Steve was at school in the UK,

:01:31. > :01:35.There was this situation where black children were not deemed

:01:36. > :01:39.as intelligent or deemed to be able to go on to do anything

:01:40. > :01:48.And it was because of people who believed in me, like my mother and

:01:49. > :01:54.my father, and it was a situation where I was very determined.

:01:55. > :01:57.In our Newsround survey, black and Asian children were less likely

:01:58. > :01:59.than white children to feel like their teachers would describe

:02:00. > :02:06.Steve went to school in the 1970s and thinks that not

:02:07. > :02:13.The circle has to be broken, it's upsetting to think that it?s not.

:02:14. > :02:26.I'm sitting here with you now and I left school nearly 30 years ago

:02:27. > :02:28.and it's still the same rubbish that goes on.

:02:29. > :02:32.So what does he think needs to be done to make children from

:02:33. > :02:37.an ethnic-minority background feel they can succeed in this country?

:02:38. > :02:40.It's about that belief, filling people's lungs with ambition

:02:41. > :02:48.When you narrow people's possibilities then they become

:02:49. > :02:50.narrow, when you open their possibilities they become open, and

:02:51. > :02:57.give them the idea that things are possible, because it's the truth.

:02:58. > :03:00.Steve is working on a new project with American President Barack Obama

:03:01. > :03:03.aimed at helping disadvantaged children do better in school.

:03:04. > :03:07.And it's Steve's dream to bring the project here to the UK and give

:03:08. > :03:32.children the support that they need to have the job of their dreams.

:03:33. > :03:38.Welcome back to Wimbledon on one of the biggest days

:03:39. > :03:42.Andy Murray may be out, but the men's semi-finals still look

:03:43. > :04:08.Roger Federer has one word grand slams than any other. We know that

:04:09. > :04:24.you love the fact file, so we have it together everything you need to

:04:25. > :04:46.know about Roger and Milos. This is a moment for Milos Raonic. Game, set

:04:47. > :04:52.and match Federer. Very exciting. These two have placed each other for

:04:53. > :04:59.times. -- faced each other. Evening kicks off here on Centre Court at

:05:00. > :05:01.1pm. I will be here live at 4:20pm bringing you all of the latest.

:05:02. > :05:06.Thanks. Ronaldo the Newsround

:05:07. > :05:08.Predicting Parrot is back! It's the first two World Cup

:05:09. > :05:10.quarter-finals later today. Here's who he thinks will win

:05:11. > :05:39.between Brazil and Colombia. A baby gorilla who had a tough birth

:05:40. > :05:42.has been exploring her surroundings Three-month-old Joanne has learnt

:05:43. > :05:46.to ride on her mother's back and She's also grown about six teeth,

:05:47. > :05:52.and she's started to get to know