Class Assembly

Well done Kensukes!

You all did a fantastic job today! We're very proud of you and your amazing writing.

Thank you to all the parents who braved the arctic weather to join us.

Who will be following our recommendation and reading Kensuke's Kingdom?

Mrs. Leverton and Mr. Bowmer

Non- chronological reports on sharks

The Kensukes have been learning how to write a non-chronological report. Here is an example of one which has been written by BM about the Great White sharks.

Great White Sharks

Sharks are vicious killers but only 10-15 humans are killed by sharks each year. There are 370 species of sharks. One is the Mako. The Mako is the fastest shark in the world. The most feared is the Great White.

Great White's habitat
The Great White's habitat is very close to the shore of South Africa, America and Italy.

Great White's Diet
The Great White is not picky, it eats a variety of creatures such as fish, penguins and seals. The Great White takes one bite and leaves its prey to bleed out. Human surfers are mostly killed because the bottom of the board is mistaken for a seal.

The Great White's Appearance
The Great White has 200 sharp, rigid teeth to hunt their prey. Additionally, they are streamlined which helps them travel through the water. The killer of the seas cannot blink. Nevertheless, they roll back their eyes for cover.

Great White's Senses
The Great White can smell blood 500 metres away. Furthermore, they can hear sounds 1000 metres away. Unfortunately, there eyesight is very bad, however, they have a special layer at the back of the eye called the tapetum that acts like a mirror.

Unfortunately, sharks are hunted for fun and are endangered. 

Well done BM! You structured your report really well and have included some really interesting facts.

Sam Gayton visits the Kensukes!

Sam Gayton visited the Kensuke class today!
He is the author of 'The Snow Merchant' which was shortlisted for the Children's Book Awards.
He told us about how a story gets published and shared some of his unpublished work with us.
Follow the link below to visit Sam's website and find out more about him.

http://www.samgayton.com/

Can you remember any of the information Sam shared with us Kensukes?

Road Safety Competition

This is Walkley work on display in the Sheffield Winter Gardens! 
Well done to all the winners. Your work looks fantastic!

The Children's Book Awards

A group of year 6 children went to the Children's book awards with Mrs. Whaley and Mrs. Bracken at the Sheffield City Hall today. They found out which books won the book awards for 2012. They also got to meet some of the authors and poets. Two pupils went up on stage and performed with a poet! Well done Year 6, Mrs. Whaley was very proud of you.

 Outside the Sheffield City Hall.

 Performing with the poet!

 Mrs. Bracken also got to meet the poets and authors.

 Book signing.

 The authors signed copies of their books.

The children got to meet the poets and authors.

Weather metaphors

In our plenary for our literacy lesson we have shared some of the metaphors that we have been writing about the weather.
The fog is a blind world (OR)
The sun is the oven pouring heat (OR)
The sun is earth's blanket (BF)
The sun is a flower's friend (BF)
The rain is a plant's hero (JA)
The rain is God's tears as he cries (JA)
The rain is a plane of water bombs falling from the sky (RH)
The snow is a white blanket being thrown at the earth (AJ)
The rain is an army of water to the earth (TA)
The snow is a boulder of hail (TA)
The sun is a hard warm rock (JOG)
The snow is a dangerous ice machine (JOG)
The sun is the universes heart pumping life in to planets (BW)
The fog is a car blindfold (RJ)
The snow is an Earth freezer (RJ)
The fog is a blindfold to people (BF)
The fog is a driver's worst enemy (BF)
The rain is people crying in the air (MS)
The ice is cold and freezing (MS)
The rain is an AK 47 shooting down at the earth (DE)
The snow is fairies dressed in white (LG)
The snow is fairies painting the earth white (AJ)
Can you think of any good metaphors to share with us?

Space quiz

We have been creating our own space quizzes!
We used PowerPoint to produce multiple choice quizzes and used hyperlinking to link our question slides to 'correct' and 'incorrect' slides.
Click on the link below to have a go at JO'G and MQ 's quiz. The Kensukes voted this as the winning space quiz.
Well done JOG and MQ!

JOG and MQ space quiz

When the file is open, click on start slide show to make the quiz interactive!