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He told us about how a story gets published and shared some of his unpublished work with us.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!

Thank you for your comment JG.

"Hi, It has been a great idea to provide the children with the English and Math books. They have the opportunity to practice at home and I can say that my daughters are happy to use them.

Greetings from Mexico, where I am right now on work travel for 2 weeks. I will take with me some Sun and heat on my way back to Sheffield."

And I hope the sun arrives in time for half term!
Mrs. Leverton

Harvest assembly donations

WOW!!!!!!!
Well done Kensukes! 
I am so proud of you for showing how much you care about other people. The donations you made for the Sheffield Archer Project were very generous and will help to improve the lives of others.
Mrs. Leverton

Water Cycle Rap!

Uploaded by popular demand!
The water cycle rap - who would have guessed that this would be Mr. Bowmer's musical style!

Harvest!

****HARVEST APPEAL REMINDER****
Please bring in your donations Kensukes!Our contribution is still a little small!

Mrs. Leverton

Reduce, reuse, recycle!

In our creative curriculum topic we are learning about reduce, reuse, recycle. We will be analysing this song by Jack Johnson and then creating our own verses. 
We will be performing our own raps in class!

Greetings from the Kensukes!

Dear world,

We have been learning about the Earth, moon and sun in science. Also, in ICT we have been making power point quizzes about space. We are hoping to share some of these with you on the blog soon.
It is harvest time and we are trying to collect tinned food and packet food for the Archer project in Sheffield. In choir we have been learning harvest songs.
At the moment we are reading a book called Kensuke's Kingdom and that is why our class is called the Kensuke class. We are designing a magical room around this book.
We would really like to have lots of views. Please tell all your friends and family about our blog spot.

Written by all of the Kensuke class (year 6)

Photograph permission

Some photos have been removed from the Harry Owen post, this is because some children have not returned the permission forms giving permission for photos to be used on the blog.

If you have not returned the form but do give permission for your child's photo to be published please see the school office.

Thanks

Mrs Leverton 

Harvest time.

This year we are collecting items to support the Sheffield cathedral Archer project who work with the homeless in Sheffield. 

We are collecting tinned food (with ring pulls), dried goods such as cereals, pot noodles, pasta, rice, sugar, flour, tea, biscuits, coffee etc. Also, toiletries such as deodorant (spray only), shower gels, shaving foam, shampoo, conditioner, toothbrushes and toothpaste.

This is the Kensuke donation so far. We need your help to make the collection grow!

Items need to be in school by Thursday 18th October.

Thank you

Mrs. Leverton

Maths Homework
During our mental and oral sessions this week we have been looking at equivalent fractions. Follow the links below to see what you remember.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/number/equivalent_fractions/play/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/number/fractions_basic/play/

Y6 Homework

I have been really pleased with the response we have had to the first activities set in the homework books. Nearly every child completed the English tasks. Keep it up Kensukes!
The maths books are currently out of stock but we expect to receive them soon. Until then I will continue to post tasks to the blog which the children can access.

Mrs. Leverton

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Kensuke's class assembly

Click on the link below to see the power point presentation used in our first class assembly. The children invented their own superhero characters and wrote a story involving their superhero. Children shared their work with the rest of the school.

https://skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?resid=533DE2ED32B225CA!172

Science: earth sun and moon

Try the two links below to test your knowledge about the earth, sun and moon.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/science/physical_processes/earth_sun_moon/play/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/9_10/earth_sun_moon.shtml

Maths: ordering decimals

We have been learning about place value and decimals. Test what you have learnt by playing this game.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ks2_activities/maths/decimals.shtml

Welcome to the Kensuke's blog!

We are the year 6 class and are named after one of the main characters from the Michael Morpurgo book 'Kensuke's Kingdom'. Follow the link at the bottom of the blog page for a synopsis of the book. We are currently enjoying reading the book as our class read.

Our blog will regularly be updated with Kensuke news, photos, work and activities to help with learning. Keep coming back to find out more!

Mrs. Leverton

Harry Owen exercises with the Kensukes!

We had a fantastic time on Tuesday afternoon when Harry Owen visited Walkley Primary School. He is a British gymnast. We took part in a sponsored event where we had to do 4 different exercises continuously for one minute. It was very tiring! Harry Owen also demonstrated some gymnastics to us. He was amazing!

The spotty dog.

Leg pushes.

The press ups were tiring!

Yet more spotty dog!

One minute of push ups was a long time!

Star jumps.

Using the last of our energy.

Harry Owen.

Thank you to the school council publicity team who took all the photos.

What was your favourite part of the day?

This will be the blog for Walkley's Year 6 Class.

They are the Kensukes!