Canterbury Cross Primary School 
Where Bright Futures Begin'

This week in guided understanding, we saw fantastic performances of poetry! The children performed with fantastic expression, changing the tone and volume of their voices to suit the mood. Well done to all!

This week in Year 6, we worked hard learning lines for, rehearsing and performing a class assembly on Diwali! We focused on the different aspects of the day and how families celebrate. The children performed their lines, dances and songs brilliantly. Well done!

This week in Science we have been exploring the circulatory system! To help see it in action, we all acted as blood cells travelling around the hall. Some of us acted as oxygenated blood travelling from the lungs, and some of us acted as deoxygenated blood travelling back towards the heart through a variety of blood vessels!

This week, children have been delving deeper into Black history as part of Black History Month. They have explored the achievements and inspirational stories of many influential people throughout history, who have fought for their freedom and right to change. 

For history this week in Year 6, we studied the struggle that Saxon monks had to live through when Vikings first raided England in 793 AD. We wrote newspaper reports spreading the word of an attack on Lindisfarne, warning others about the inevitable threat of further Viking raids!

After getting used to our new surroundings in Year 6, we took part in some team-building activities in order to demonstrate our co-operative skills. One challenge required building skyscrapers out of just two pieces of paper! With great strategy and communication, we were able to surprise ourselves!

This week in PE we applied our passing, dribbling, shooting and defending skills in games of basketball. The children delivered in their opportunity to showcase some brilliant understanding of positioning in invasion games. 

This week, Year 6 took part in a workshop where they painted diva lamps as part of next weeks Diwali celebrations. The children had a wonderful time painting, decorating and learning about the significance of diva lamps. 

This week was 6Z's assembly on Black and Asian history. The class worked incredibly hard over the last week, practising and perfecting their lines. They did an exceptional job of highlighting the significant achievements from various black and Asian people. Well done to 6Z! 

In Art, we practised a variety of hatching techniques that can be used to create tone when sketching. We had a fantastic time applying these techniques when sketching the other halves of our favourite animals!

For the first science lesson of our new topic 'Animals Including Humans', we familiarised ourselves with the technical vocabulary by playing a game of 'Flip It!' After having the function read out to us, we had lots of fun guessing the parts of the body!