[Sharkie405]

Press and hold on an empty spot on the homescreen and then choose "edit mode" from the menu that pops up. Then, once in edit mode, press and hold one of the notification buttons that you don't like. Choose "remove item" (I think it says) to remove it. That's the easiest way to remove anything from the home screen.

Also, once in edit mode, click on advanced (bottom right softkey button) and choose to enable the notification bar widget, if that's what you prefer.