To have bought ds's teacher a giant kestrel?

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I mean at least she won't get a duplicate and it make a change from 'best teacher' mugs?!

Asked ds what she liked - gardening apparently. DS's class is kestrel class so aha I thought. A little kestrel ornament for the garden. Except it is not little. No no. It is a gigantic genetically modified kestrel. Maybe she can put it at the bottom of the garden so it looks smaller?!

I love him! He's £29.99 on ebay though!

Ursula - I love your chickens.
Now I want some, I need to get an Amazon wish list going.

Actually I have a load of John Lewis vouchers. I never buy anything in John Lewis, so I would love it if I could randomly order metal garden ornaments from them

I too have a chicken, I love the kestrel
I can still hear the children Good morning wind fucker

Has anyone name changed in his honour yet ?

mad mags DD informed me that she had to give her teacher a robot. And that I was to make it. I can't really explain what happened in the end. It all got a bit big and I couldn't stop

Ha ha love it !

They are lovely aren't they.

They make me smile every time I walk up the garden path.

I think my chickens were from B&Q.

I would bloody love that ha ha it's lovely x

I'd love it, particularly if you told me the story at the same time about expecting a small ornament for the garden or classroom and it arriving huge. It would make me smile and Id keep it in my classroom!

He's lovely op. He also reminds me of the professor from Bagpuss!

OP my DD1 would like you to know that she is in Kestrel House at her school.

Finally stopped crying after "wind-fucker"!!

I personally like the name Khan for the kestrel, it's just sounds so fierce and terrifying. Headteacher material.

You don't need to buy hats and clothes for him, the next intake of children can do that, it's a gift that keeps giving- there will be grannies knitting him elf outfits for Christmas and for the school play.

I wish I was a teacher with a kestrel

Perhaps they should use kestrels as an incentive to get people into teaching?

Bit I think your daughter needs a windfucker of her own.

I wish I taught Kestrel class as I would love this! My class is named after a plane though..,

Wish I knew someone who'd appreciate a bonkers garden bird recycled wok

Zuz that's brilliant

Would love to claim it as my own work...but I meant I'd love to buy^ it for someone, just to see their expression!
(Is apparently made by an inspired upcycler in the States).

OMG they are out of stock of windfuckers now!

They weren't when I shared the link. I was going to order one too

You're nothing but a pack of thieving windfuckers!

I'm a ta and I would love a wind fucker kestrel!

Haha, totally brilliant, OP!

And reminds me of this, which makes me howl:

thebloggess.com/2011/06/21/and-thats-why-you-should-learn-to-pick-your-battles/

I bloody love him!

Best teacher gift EVER!

Perhaps they should use kestrels as an incentive to get people into teaching?

Or to stop them leaving. Sadly I think it will take more than kestrels to do that. Maybe we should put kestrels in charge of the department for education. They couldn't windfuck it up worse than Gove did.

Having read about Beyoncé the giant metal chicken on Greenifer's link (which was excellent!) I can only conclude one thing

Sir Kittering Windfucker the Kestrel of Doom needs his own Facebook page

This is amazing. And appropriate.