09/11/2012

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:00:12. > :00:17.Welcome. It is Friday. You are with Newsround. I'm Ore. This fine

:00:17. > :00:22.specimen is Joe. We have a great show lined up for you. Stick around

:00:23. > :00:28.for this. Why using these in school could be a thing of the past.

:00:28. > :00:33.We look at the glorious career of wildlife TV legend, Sir David

:00:33. > :00:43.Attenborough. And scream if you need to go faster! We bring you the

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:00:55. > :01:04.toilet theme park. This is First, maths test time. What is

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:01:07. > :01:14.4+10? 40. What is 6x50? 300? Good. What is 24x7? Come on! Too slow!

:01:14. > :01:20.The answer is 168! Up there in the noggin! The number of hours in a

:01:20. > :01:23.week. News is, some of you will be banned in school from using

:01:23. > :01:27.calculators in maths. Lots of schools let kids use them from the

:01:27. > :01:32.age of seven. In 2014, the Government wants schools to only

:01:32. > :01:34.use them in the last year of primary school and says they will

:01:34. > :01:38.ban completely from 11-year-olds doing tests.

:01:38. > :01:43.Adding up and doing sums is part of every day life. Without being able

:01:43. > :01:48.to work things out in our heads, it might get a bit confusing. We are

:01:48. > :01:53.all used to relying on our calculators to do those sums at

:01:53. > :01:57.school. Soon, we may have to work without them. The Government says

:01:57. > :02:06.they will ban all primary schoolchildren, except Year 6, from

:02:06. > :02:16.using calculators. Even they won't be allowed to use them in tests.

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:02:17. > :02:23.6x4? The next one we have is 246 plus 325? Very good. How would you

:02:23. > :02:26.feel about working all the time without calculators? What would you

:02:26. > :02:32.think if the Government decided to ban them all completely? The test

:02:32. > :02:36.was really easy. We shouldn't have calculators. If you do use them,

:02:36. > :02:39.you can't learn the sums because you need to get into your head for

:02:39. > :02:47.life. I don't think the Government should ban them for the people that

:02:47. > :02:51.don't know the maths. Now, some people don't know their maths. They

:02:51. > :02:57.could practice their maths. What do the teachers think? We have to

:02:57. > :03:00.ensure that all children leave able to perform basic calculations using

:03:00. > :03:04.efficient written methods effortlessly. The Government say if

:03:04. > :03:08.we stop relying on these, we might use more of this. From what I have

:03:08. > :03:18.seen from the kids here today, they can be quite useful.

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:03:33. > :03:37.You have been telling us what you Thanks for those comments. Keep

:03:37. > :03:40.them coming in, I should say. The 11th November, people across the UK

:03:40. > :03:43.will remember those who have died fighting for their country. The

:03:43. > :03:48.tradition of Remembrance Sunday began after the end of the First

:03:48. > :03:52.World War. It is nearly 100 years since the start of that conflict.

:03:52. > :03:58.Hayley went to meet the author of War Horse about his new book based

:03:58. > :04:03.on a true First World War story. It was supposed to be the war to

:04:03. > :04:07.end all wars. In 1914, fighting broke out between the major

:04:07. > :04:13.powerful countries across the world. Millions of people died in the

:04:13. > :04:17.First World War and it changed history forever. Now, every year at

:04:18. > :04:23.11.00 on the 11th November people stop to remember the day the guns

:04:23. > :04:27.fell silent and the war ended. In 2014, it will be 100 years since

:04:27. > :04:33.the First World War, why do you think we should be remembering it?

:04:33. > :04:38.Should we be making a big deal of it? Whatever makes us understand

:04:38. > :04:43.the horrors of war, and the step that it really is, is important.

:04:43. > :04:47.Michael Morpurgo's new book is based on the life of the first

:04:47. > :04:51.black officer in the British Army. Back then, it was unusual for

:04:51. > :04:55.someone in charge not to be white and Walter was a great officer who

:04:55. > :05:00.was recommended for a medal for his bravery, but for some reason he

:05:00. > :05:05.never got it. Michael hopes that this book can help change that.

:05:05. > :05:09.People who fight for their country, whatever their colour, and have

:05:09. > :05:13.been recommended for a medal, should get that medal. Remembrance

:05:13. > :05:18.Sunday now celebrates the lives of those who died fighting in both

:05:18. > :05:25.World Wars. The Falklands and more recent conflicts in Iraq and

:05:25. > :05:32.Afghanistan. Every time a soldier dies in Iraq, or in Afghanistan,

:05:32. > :05:36.the ache of it goes on. That is why we have to remember. On Sunday,

:05:36. > :05:41.ceremonies will be held up-and-down the country and people will wear

:05:41. > :05:45.poppies and lay wreaths to show their support. This day is held to

:05:45. > :05:48.make sure we don't forget the sacrifices people like Walter Tull

:05:48. > :05:53.have made. Thousands of people have called for

:05:53. > :05:58.a Peace Prize for 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai. They think the

:05:58. > :06:02.Pakistani schoolgirl, who was shot by the Taliban, should be given the

:06:02. > :06:07.Nobel Prize. The honour is given to people who promote peace around the

:06:07. > :06:11.world. Previous winners include Barack Obama and Nelson Mandela.

:06:11. > :06:15.Yesterday, Malala Yousafzai thanked people around the world for their

:06:16. > :06:19.support. He's been all over the world to

:06:19. > :06:23.study and film animals. Sir David Attenborough has been making films

:06:23. > :06:29.for 60 years. A new programme on tonight called Attenborough's Ark

:06:29. > :06:37.is about the ten creatures Sir David would most like to be saved

:06:37. > :06:41.from extinction. Even before colour TV, Sir David Attenborough was

:06:41. > :06:46.travelling around the world to explore remote areas. For 60 years,

:06:46. > :06:50.he has been bringing back amazing footage of rare animals, plants and

:06:50. > :06:56.insects to audiences. He is so influential he's had new species

:06:56. > :07:01.named after him, including a type of spider, a flesh-eating plant and

:07:01. > :07:05.a fossilised fish. No museum in the world has a complete specimen of

:07:05. > :07:11.this species because human beings exterminated it in the middle of

:07:12. > :07:16.the 17th Century. And there are a lot of animals today that face the

:07:16. > :07:19.same fate. He has used his programmes to tell people about

:07:19. > :07:25.animals that need protection and Attenborough talks about the ten

:07:25. > :07:32.species he wants to save from extinction. One of his favourites

:07:32. > :07:41.is a type of monkey. Darwin's frog also makes the list. This is one of

:07:41. > :07:46.the weirder ones, a type of underwater salamander. Attenborough

:07:46. > :07:54.often gets up close and personal with the animals and his

:07:54. > :07:57.descriptions are his trademark. These are the same species of geese

:07:57. > :08:03.that... He's changed the way many people see and think about the

:08:03. > :08:08.natural world. 60 years in TV? We salute you.

:08:08. > :08:15.He still has it! Yes. If you want to watch that, Attenborough's Ark

:08:15. > :08:19.is on BBC Two tonight at 9.00pm. Attenborough: 60 Years in the Wild

:08:20. > :08:23.starts next week. Next, it would take something stupid to make a

:08:23. > :08:28.judge call you an idiot. This driver in America was caught on a

:08:28. > :08:31.mobile phone overtaking a school bus on the pavement. As a

:08:31. > :08:39.punishment, she will have to wear a big sign saying "only an idiot

:08:39. > :08:43.would drive on the sidewalk". clever. Finally, to what could be a

:08:43. > :08:47.world first, a theme park devoted to toilets. Worthwhile(!)

:08:47. > :08:52.Disneyland and Alton Towers have nothing on this new park which has