Your Mr Men characters…

They were all so good.  I thought that it would be a shame not to publish them on the blog before they get deleted from my computer.

Newsround Story

Loads of turtles washed up in UK

Record numbers of loggerhead turtles are struggling to survive as they get washed up on Britain’s beaches. It’s thought bad weather is pushing the rare turtles away from their home waters near America, and into the UK’s seas, which are too cold for them. A turtle who’s been nicknamed Flash, is the 25th to have been found stranded on UK shores so far this year. Flash got stuck upside down on a beach in south Wales and is being nursed back to health at an aquarium in Cornwall. Matt Slater, from the Blue Reef Aquarium where Flash is being cared for, said if you find a turtle on the beach DON’T put it back in the water. “They’re not meant to be around the coast of Britain so you need to put them in a place where they’re not going to be swept back out to sea and contact your local wildlife trust,” he said. Wild release Apart from Flash, just two other turtles that have found themselves stranded in the UK have survived. Dink and James were close to death when they were discovered in Devon and Cornwall. They were looked after for six months at the Blue Reef Aquarium before being flown all the way back to Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands to be released into the wild.

Ideas for stick puppets

Kung Fu Panda stick puppets:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/acProject?lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en&extproject=kungfupandastickpuppets&extcat=toysstickerspuzzles&extsubcat=games

Dragon stick puppet:

http://www.kckpl.lib.ks.us/ys/CRAFTS/Dragon.htm

http://www.crayola.com/free-coloring-pages/print/dragon-parade-puppet-coloring-page/

Puppy stick puppet:

http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/petstakehome.asp?themeid=13

People stick puppets:

http://www.fablevision.com/northstar/puppets/index.html

Animal stick puppets:

http://www.dragonsaretooseldom.com/stick-bear.html

Finger Puppet Templates

Lion King Finger Puppets:

http://disney.go.com/magicartist/play/lionKing/index.html

Winnie the Pooh Finger Puppets:

http://disney.go.com/magicartist/play/pooh/index.html

Beauty & the Beast Finger Puppets:

http://disney.go.com/magicartist/play/beauty/index.html

Mouse Finger Puppet template:

http://www.freekidcrafts.com/mousefingerpuppet.html

Various animal finger puppets:

http://www.freekidcrafts.com/finger-puppets2.html

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/puppets/twofinger/

http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10035

http://jas.familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10576

http://www.english.unitecnology.ac.nz/resources/units/hoiho/finger_puppets.html

 

Nursery rhyme finger puppets:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/puppets/twofinger/

http://www.kidsartplanet.com/artsandcrafts/2007/11/25/jack-and-jill-paper-finger-puppets/

Dinosaur finger puppets:

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/puppets/twofinger/

http://www.kidsartplanet.com/artsandcrafts/2007/12/16/tyrannosaurus-rex-paper-finger-puppet/

http://www.kidsartplanet.com/artsandcrafts/2007/10/25/stegosaurus-paper-finger-puppet/

New Harry Potter Film

The new Harry Potter film is due out in November and you can see the trailer on the Newsround website:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/cbbc/newsid_7530000/newsid_7532300/7532353.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&news=1&bbcws=1

Summer Holiday Fun

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/

Enjoy!

New blog set up…

I am already getting ready for September and have started a new blog about World War Two (that is our first topic).  Please feel free to visit the blog and see what you think:

http://watcombewar.wordpress.com/

A message from Bradley:

DON’T FORGET THAT THERE IS A DISCO AT THE COMMUNITY CENTRE THIS SATURDAY AND TWO OR THREE MORE OVER THE HOLIDAYS (SOMETHING TO KEEP THE BOREDOM AT BAY).
IT COSTS £1.00 AND DRINKS AND FOOD ARE AVAILABLE TO BUY.

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE ON SATURDAY….

End of term…

Well the end of term has arrived.  You have finally left Watcombe and it soon will be time for you to start in your new schools (plenty of time for you to rest and enjoy yourselves before that though).  Thank you for such a good year this year, I will miss all of you!  Rhys asked me which class had been my favourite and although I have enjoyed teaching every class, this one has been pretty good to teach.  We have had some great times and you were particularly great during the Leavers’ Assembly.

Good luck to all of you for next year.  Please keep in touch and let us know how you are getting on.  Please keep posting on the blog, next year’s class will find it really useful.

Good bye for now!

Miss Leaman

P.S. Thank you to you and your parents for my lovely gifts – they were great!

Wow! Take a look at these amazing sand sculptures…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7500000/newsid_7506300/7506379.stm