11/01/2017 Newsround

Hi, I'm Martin and this is Newsround.

These students will decide if they are for or against homework.

And we get a glimpse of how polar bears see the world.

First up the subject of homework - what do you think about it?

Should you have more, less or none at all?

It's something adults have been arguing about for years,

so we put two of them, with very different views

on homework, to a panel of ten primary school students.

Meet the homework debating panel. We will listen to two different

arguments about homework and make a decision about which side of the

debate they stand on. The issue of homework has been debated for more

than 100 years. Let's hear what they have to say. Nancy is from one of

the biggest teaching unions in England. Traditional homework is not

necessarily helpful. Sometimes the parents cannot get involved because

they are too busy. Sometimes they get too involved and the teachers do

not know if you do the homework or somebody else. Sometimes when they

try and help, they count. That gets everybody a bit upset. -- they

cannot. Chris is from the campaign for real education. If you would

like to learn things it is good to do homework. What it does is support

your learning. Practice makes perfect. Whether you get home work

from school or not, many parents will sit with their children and

work with them, because they know it makes sense. Let's be sensible,

let's do some work and some play. We need a balance. Then they put the

speakers to the test. Nancy and Chris, did you agree with anything

the other one said? Nancy wanted to have an enjoyable childhood and I

agree with that. We disagree with how much time you should be working

and playing. Really good question. We talked about the importance of

balance. What I disagree with is I think children your age have to do

too much. I think the balance is completely wrong. What did the panel

think? I enjoy doing homework. Especially on certain subject. I

agreed with the things Chris said. Nancy said homework has to be

balanced properly. But I did not think for me it is quite balanced. I

get too much homework. I think homework is important because it

will help you in tests and in later life. Brilliant dressing points

raised today but now it is time for the panel to make their decision. --

interesting points raised today. This is of course just a sample of

opinion. But in this classroom, 84 homework and two against. Her work

has won it. -- eight in favour of homework.

And you've been having your say online, nearly 900

of you voted about the amount of homework you get

8.9% of you said you get the right amount.

get enough, but just over 62% said they get too much homework.

So that's a quick snapshot of what some of you think,

Well, I hope you guys have got your woolly hats,

scarves and gloves ready because you can't have

failed to notice it's gone a little bit chilly!

The extreme weather that's been all over Europe this week

Gale force winds struck many areas this morning

This is the Forth Road Bridge in Edinburgh where the winds

were so strong they'd blown over a lorry!

Gales today and it's expected snow will be next.

Here's weather man Simon King with more...

Some of us have waited all winter pool some snow. Finally a lot of us

may see some. For the rest of the night the blizzards continue across

Scotland. Into Thursday, more snow piling and across Scotland, Northern

Ireland and even north-west England might have some wintry flurries. A

bit of snow lying on the ground by Thursday afternoon. Even in the

south, all this rain spreading from the south-west, turning to snow

across southern and south-eastern areas by Thursday evening. Even here

you might get a snow day as well. And we want your wintry

weather updates. Send us your pics or your own

weather report by going online. Now staying frosty, what's the world

like for a polar bear? This footage shows two bears playing

and diving through the ice to hunt. Scientists attached a camera

to the bears living in the wild to find how they are coping

with falling levels of sea ice. That's all from me, Newsround's back

from 07:40 tomorrow. But if you can't wait that long go

online right now to see the cheekiest animal thieves,

like this cat who stole