05/01/2016 Newsround

Good afternoon everyone - it's Martin here with Newsround

for you this Tuesday afternoon, and here's what's on the way.

Find out how you count up all the animals in a zoo.

We've heard a lot about the long and dangerous journeys that many

refugee children have been taking to get to Europe.

Many of these children are travelling alone.

Today a group of politicians and charities say that more of them

should be helped to come and live in the UK.

Over the past year we've seen thousands of people

leaving their homes in countries like Syria in the Middle east

where war has destroyed towns and cities.

They've travelled huge distances in search of a more a peaceful

Many of them are children, who have even ended up doing some

Like 11-year-old Safid, who spoke to Newsround last year.

He got separated from his dad as they travelled

It took him a whole year to get to northern France,

There are thousands of other children in the same situation.

The UK Government has already said it will take in.

20,000 Syrian refugees from camps in neighbouring countries

But a group of politicians thinks the government should be helping

children who have already made it to Europe.

And on and what we are saying is that our country, the UK, should

allow 3000 of these children to come and live here in safety.

I've come to this school to find out what some of you think about this?

The UK right now, more or less, is his fool. Countries like Germany

have taken in over 1 million people and we should be able to match that

and help out. The benefits would be they would have a better future, but

the problems would be that there would not be enough room in the

schools. I think politicians should make Syria safer for the children. I

would tell the politicians to care about the world, not just the UK,

because even though they are Prime Minister of the UK they should do it

for the entire country to show that we care. The Government has told

Newsnight there helping three home vulnerable refugee children from

Syria. And they also told us

that they are giving money to create Nasa have confirmed that British

astronaut Tim Peake will be taking part in a space walk next week

on Friday 15th January as part of his mission on board

the International Space Station. It's the start of a brand new year

so lots of places are trying to catch up on those

all important jobs. Today I've been to meet

the team at Chester Zoo, who've got a pretty big

task on their hands. It's a busy job being a zookeeper,

the animals need feeding, But today is especially busy

because every mammal, reptile, bird, fish and bug

is being counted by hand by a team It is a really exciting day every

year. Obviously we see the breaths and the animal coming and going

throughout the year, but today release that today's release at him

because we know that what we got. It is with the exciting but it can be a

challenge as well. It certainly is tricky and it's even

busier this year because of a couple There are now over 15,000 creatures

all great and small at Chester Zoo. Counting the bigger animals

like elephants and rhinos isn't too difficult but how do you count

hundreds of butterflies, It can be difficult and sometimes we

take for those of inclusion help us count them but we sit and count each

one by looking in the enclosure or we can do a senseless, for example,

for the butterflies were recorded butterflies released into the house.

We have a rust -- rough estimate of what we've got and we go back and

confirm everything we've got on paper. It will take it well, so if

might add better crack on. One, two, three, four. One...

More than 100 artists have been busy creating fantastic ice sculptures

in China for an annual festival which opens today.

Thousands are expected to visit the exhibits,

which includes a 51 metre high castle.

That's all from me and the Newsround team this afternoon.

Ayshah will be back tomorrow morning at 7.40am.