0:00:06 > 0:00:08Hello, everyone.
0:00:08 > 0:00:11I'm Leah with Newsround this Wednesday afternoon.
0:00:11 > 0:00:14Coming up, imagine having a teacher who does this.
0:00:14 > 0:00:18And a new life for the cat abandoned at Christmas.
0:00:25 > 0:00:29First, how much time have you spent today staring at a screen
0:00:29 > 0:00:32like the one you're watching Newsround on right now?
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Loads of you have been in touch after a charity spoke to parents
0:00:35 > 0:00:37about what they thought about screen time.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40I've been finding out what you think.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44Technology, it is everywhere, and no wonder we are all addicted.
0:00:44 > 0:00:47Games, phones and tablets at our fingertips.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51On average we spend about six and a half hours looking at screens.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55Now the charity Action for Children has spoken to parents in the UK.
0:00:55 > 0:00:59One in four said they found it easier to get you to do homework
0:00:59 > 0:01:04or have a bath than they did to get you guys to turn off the tech,
0:01:04 > 0:01:06but what do you think?
0:01:06 > 0:01:11I use my iPod the most and I do think I spent a lot of time on it.
0:01:11 > 0:01:14I personally think you should only have one piece of tech because one
0:01:14 > 0:01:17is enough if you can access the Internet on it.
0:01:17 > 0:01:20My parents think I spend a lot of time on it,
0:01:20 > 0:01:24they say that I do, and they call me a geek sometimes.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27I have a phone, a laptop, an Xbox.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31So those guys really love their tech time,
0:01:31 > 0:01:33but what have you been saying about it on our website?
0:01:33 > 0:01:37Well, Natasha in Dudley says she spends around five hours a day
0:01:37 > 0:01:40online and that sometimes stops her seeing her family.
0:01:40 > 0:01:43Isaac says children should have tablet time like he does.
0:01:43 > 0:01:46He has half an hour a day on his tablet.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49Abby in Sheffield reckons her mum finds it easy to get her off
0:01:49 > 0:01:52the phone, although she admits she does spend quite a bit
0:01:52 > 0:01:55of time on it.
0:01:55 > 0:01:59Dozens of people were rescued from high waves on Hawaii's north
0:01:59 > 0:02:02shore after being swept out to sea in Oahu.
0:02:02 > 0:02:05Officials there had told people to stay away but the 11 metre-high
0:02:05 > 0:02:08waves proved irresistible to these people.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11Luckily nobody was injured.
0:02:11 > 0:02:13Next to Purdy the cat.
0:02:13 > 0:02:17She was found abandoned in a box of tinsel last Christmas.
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Like many pets rescued by animal charities around this time of year,
0:02:21 > 0:02:24it's believed she was an unwanted Christmas present.
0:02:24 > 0:02:28I've been to meet her and her new family a year on.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32Oscar and Monty are animal lovers who welcomed this cat
0:02:32 > 0:02:36into their home after she was abandoned Christmas 2014.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Can you tell me a bit about Purdy?
0:02:39 > 0:02:41She was abandoned, wasn't she?
0:02:41 > 0:02:44How do you feel about that?
0:02:44 > 0:02:47It is really mean of the people who owned her.
0:02:47 > 0:02:49It is not kind.
0:02:49 > 0:02:51It was RSPCA inspector Esther Lincoln
0:02:51 > 0:02:54who came to the rescue of Purdy.
0:02:54 > 0:02:59She is back to see how Purdy is doing.
0:03:01 > 0:03:05Esther, can you tell me how you found Purdy?
0:03:05 > 0:03:08I was called to an abandoned kitten on the seventh floor of a high-rise
0:03:08 > 0:03:13block of flats and on the corridor there was boxes filled with tinsel
0:03:13 > 0:03:18and Christmas decorations and loose was this small kitten.
0:03:18 > 0:03:22There is a lot of animals that are got rid of after Christmas,
0:03:22 > 0:03:26unwanted, and if you get to the point you realise you are not
0:03:26 > 0:03:30coping with an animal, you have got the RSPCA,
0:03:30 > 0:03:33the Blue Cross, the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, there are so many
0:03:33 > 0:03:37charities that can offer advice and help.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41What is your message to people, because it does happen quite a lot
0:03:41 > 0:03:43at this time of year?
0:03:43 > 0:03:45What should they do?
0:03:45 > 0:03:47You need to do your research.
0:03:47 > 0:03:50It is not like buying a games console that you get bored of
0:03:50 > 0:03:53and you can put away in a drawer.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57Some of the basic care, apart from food and water,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00is vaccinating, flea treatment, worming.
0:04:00 > 0:04:01These are all musts.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Animals are a big commitment.
0:04:04 > 0:04:07They need lots of care and attention and if you are thinking of getting
0:04:07 > 0:04:11one, you need to know how to look after them and where you can get
0:04:11 > 0:04:13help if you are struggling.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Maybe that way not as many will be abandoned.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21Now, chameleons have some of the fastest tongues
0:04:21 > 0:04:23in the animal world.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26Even faster than a Formula One car.
0:04:26 > 0:04:30A new study by scientists looked at the speed by watching them
0:04:30 > 0:04:32in super slow motion.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35They've found the smallest ones have the fastest tongues.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38And finally, imagine having a teacher who can do this.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40This is Mr Clark.
0:04:40 > 0:04:43He's famous in the US for his unusual teaching methods
0:04:43 > 0:04:46and here he is shaking it with some of his class.
0:04:46 > 0:04:50After just 14 hours of posting, the video got more than 1.5 million
0:04:50 > 0:04:55views, making it one of the biggest online hits of 2016 so far.
0:04:55 > 0:04:56That's all from me.
0:04:56 > 0:05:00Newsround's back tomorrow with Hayley at 7:40am. Bye.