:00:00. > :00:08.Good morning, Hayley here with everything you need
:00:09. > :00:12.Coming up on Newsround over the next six minutes:
:00:13. > :00:18.This loom band dress has finally been snapped up - but how much for?
:00:19. > :00:20.Sam and Mark talk Children in Need, with the help
:00:21. > :00:32.First to the powerful typhoon sweeping through the Philippines
:00:33. > :00:38.Typhoon Rammasun, the strongest storm to hit
:00:39. > :00:41.the country this year, tore down trees and knocked out power lines.
:00:42. > :00:43.Schools are shut and around half a million people have
:00:44. > :00:49.been forced out of their homes, into special shelters.
:00:50. > :00:54.It's now moving towards the Chinese island of Hainan.
:00:55. > :00:57.It's less than a year since the Philippines was hit by one of
:00:58. > :01:00.the strongest storms ever - Typhoon Haiyan, and many people there are
:01:01. > :01:03.still trying to rebuild their lives after whole towns were flattened.
:01:04. > :01:04.Newsround travelled to the Philippines following
:01:05. > :01:08.You can go to the Newsround website now to watch Leah's special
:01:09. > :01:17.report on how children there were coping with the disaster.
:01:18. > :01:21.Next up - a dress made entirely from loom bands has sold in an online
:01:22. > :01:28.Now that would look cool at the end-of-term party!
:01:29. > :01:30.There were more than 100 bids for the dress.
:01:31. > :01:33.It's worn here by 12-year-old Sian from Prestatyn in Wales.
:01:34. > :01:40.It was her mum Helen who helped make it, in just three and a half weeks.
:01:41. > :01:44.Basically she just made one very long strand of the loom band and we
:01:45. > :01:47.used one of my daughter's dresses as a template and we just kind of
:01:48. > :01:51.laid the looms onto the dress and sewed it all together with elastic.
:01:52. > :01:55.We spent approximately ?47 actually buying the loom itself and all
:01:56. > :02:07.We're not going to really believe it until it is paid.
:02:08. > :02:14.That is so cool. I wonder if they do it in my size.
:02:15. > :02:20.Perhaps you went to school in fancy dress?
:02:21. > :02:22.However you raised money for Children in Need last year,
:02:23. > :02:25.you'll be pleased to hear that your donations are spent throughout
:02:26. > :02:27.the year to help fund over 2,500 projects.
:02:28. > :02:30.One of those is called Taking the Reins and CBBC's Sam and Mark
:02:31. > :02:33.went along to meet a group of children who have benefited
:02:34. > :02:37.Hi there, we are Sam and Mark and today we are
:02:38. > :02:41.Which is a Children In Need funded project so we will hang out with
:02:42. > :02:44.kids, horses as well, we are just going to hang out!
:02:45. > :02:53.Behind us we have got Beatrix and Phoebe, the little pony as well.
:02:54. > :02:56.That is what is great about this place, it is open to all
:02:57. > :03:00.children so we have children with disabilities, behavioural problems,
:03:01. > :03:03.I have been coming here for nine years.
:03:04. > :03:10.And it has helped me build my confidence
:03:11. > :03:16.because I didn't use to be confident and I used to be really shy.
:03:17. > :03:20.There is a kind of magic to it in that it draws out of the children
:03:21. > :03:23.a lot of confidence, lots of self-esteem, as you have probably
:03:24. > :03:28.seen already and communication beyond, often beyond imagination.
:03:29. > :03:31.We have children speaking for the first time ever when they
:03:32. > :03:37.We have been watching this session here.
:03:38. > :03:43.We have got his teacher and the horse, apparently the
:03:44. > :03:46.biggest horse we have got here which is why Caden loves this horse.
:03:47. > :03:50.Rhianne is teaching Caden basically how to command the horse.
:03:51. > :03:57.She has taught him how to walk around, how to trot and stop.
:03:58. > :03:59.Caden is doing it all, it is incredible,
:04:00. > :04:03.you can see the smile on his face because he is making the horse do
:04:04. > :04:12.Well, we have had a great day here at Taking the Reins,
:04:13. > :04:16.It has been great to see how the money you raise for BBC Children
:04:17. > :04:27.Finally, staying in Japan, check out this slippery looking
:04:28. > :04:29.character spotted by a student on the school run...
:04:30. > :04:33.It's a rare giant salamander - about a metre long - which had slithered
:04:34. > :04:40.It shuffled along for a while, before waddling back into the water.
:04:41. > :04:43.Now, if you get a minute before you race off to school,
:04:44. > :04:46.check out some of the brilliant stuff on the Newsround website.
:04:47. > :04:48.We've got it all - dogs doing extreme sports, why Scotland could
:04:49. > :04:53.And find out why a certain sheep is celebrating this week.
:04:54. > :04:56.Join me at five-to-nine to find out how you go about restoring
:04:57. > :04:59.an entire museum's worth of exhibits - not an easy job!
:05:00. > :05:03.It's official. Some people just don't get it. Blah, blah, blah.
:05:04. > :05:06.You don't actually need a telly to watch telly. Duh.
:05:07. > :05:16.This summer you can watch your shows whenever you want... Fantastic.
:05:17. > :05:21.Use a tablet, laptop or mobile to watch live,