This week, our year 4, 5 and 6 MASt science children at Curwen visited schools' day at New Scientist Live at EXCEL London. The children were exposed to a range of science based technology and careers through shows, talks, demonstrations and hands-on activities. The children first enjoyed 'Rude Science', a show full of explosive and grotty experiments where children learnt about bodily fluids and functions. Next, they had a once in a lifetime chance to take part in a live link up with astronaut and ISS Commander Andreas Mogensen aboard the International Space Station where they heard about life on board and his personal experiences. Finally, they had some time to explore a range of exhibits including animal robots, combine harvesters, meteorites and coding devices. It was an amazing and eye-opening experience into the world of science!

On Tuesday (3^rd October), six of our children represented Curwen in the Ten-Pin bowling competition against other schools.

Each player threw their bowling ball down the lanes in order to hit the pins over for points and the team with the highest number of points won the competition. Our talented Curwen team managed to achieve a total score of 491, placing us 4th out of the 11 schools. Muntaha 6C managed to achieve 110 points which was the highest score in the competition! Well done Muntaha!

All of the children really enjoyed it and they can’t wait for the next one. 

Tzuriel 5PB said “I like getting medals.” 

Yusuf 5PB said “It was lots of fun!”

Monday 2^nd October saw the launch of our very Family Library Club which was a huge success! Over 30 families joined our friendly school librarian Mrs Fuller after school, to read for pleasure with friends and family members.

Family Library Club takes place every Monday after school between 3:30 and 4:15pm and everyone is welcome. This is an opportunity to:

• Explore Curwen’s school library with your child
• Take some quiet time to come and read with your child
• Explore our multilingual books on offer
• Share stories together & develop a love of books and reading
• Read your child’s school reading book with them and complete their reading record.

 

Please note that for a child to stay and join in, they MUST be accompanied by an adult (over the age of 18) and are the sole responsibility of that adult during this session. Miss Fuller is there to only manage the school’s books and answer your questions about reading.

If you would like to, then Miss Fuller will even set parents/carers up with their own Curwen library card to borrow and return books.

There is no requirement to book a space in advance, please just turn up. You don’t have to come every single week, but we’d love to open up our library space for your enjoyment.

If you are interested, then please just collect your child/children as normal from their classroom at the end of the school day and then wait outside 4A classroom until Miss Fuller arrives to let you in at 3:30pm. Please ensure, that before you enter the school library with Miss Fuller that your children have all their bikes and scooters, as they will not be permitted back into the playground to collect these later in the session.

We look forward to seeing you next Monday if you can join us.

 

 

 

 

 

On Friday it was great to see so many of you joining our Family Bike Club session after school. The sun came out for a glorious afternoon of cycling and scooting and we even managed to get some children to learn to ride. A special well done to Elikia 2L and Humaira 3H, who persevered and rode their bikes without stabilisers for the very first time! A fantastic achievement! If you’re free this Friday, then please do come along! Everyone is welcome. For this club, children, adults and family members are all welcome to come and use the KS2
playground to ride their bikes or scooters in a safe space. Either bring your own bike/scooter (and helmet) or use one of ours. Roller skates are also welcome. Please note that for a child to stay and join in, they MUST be accompanied by an adult (over the age of 18) and are the sole responsibility of that adult. If you or your child would like any help learning to ride a bike, then please speak to Miss Stuart or a member of staff at Bike club and we will be happy to help. We look forward to seeing you again this Friday.

Year 2 visited St Paul’s Cathedral during our topic in History about ‘The Great Fire of London’ where we had a guided tour of the cathedral and talked about what happened during the fire and what London looks like now.