This week, we learnt all about the different roles in the world of technology. We were able to experience these roles and use our skills to create our own apps to help solve a problem. We worked in teams to create presentations and presented these to the professionals at the FCA who were extremely impressed with all of our ideas.

A huge thank you to our families for coming through with so many goods for the Harvest collection this year. Our collection will be going to Ambition, Aspire, Achieve who provide a local food bank for people in the Plaistow & Canning Town ar

Curwen competed at their third TTLT competition of the year on Friday 13^th October as they travelled to Memorial Park for a boy’s football festival. 

There were 9 schools and over 120 boys competing at the festival with Curwen being placed alongside Earlham, Carpenters and Kaizen in Group 1. The boys won their first two games 4-0 against Kaizen and Earlham to set up a group deciding match against Carpenters. Both teams showed their quality but it was Curwen who emerged victorious with a hard-fought 3-1 win to claim the trophy.

Well done to these children who represented the school amazingly: Ade (4GM), Anas (4GM), Benji (4GM), Lucas (4GM), Harley (4GM), Rome (4M), Alhaaz (4M), Barack (4G), Zakariya (4G), Benjamin (4G).

 

 

 

 

For World of Work Week, Year 4’s theme was Showcase. As part of this exciting theme, Year 4 went on a visit backstage to the Shaftsbury Theatre in London’s West End. The children got to experience what life is like for the actors both on the stage and backstage in the wings. They also got to learn about the jobs of the stage manager and technicians and see how such large pieces of scenery and stage can be stored in such small areas. Additionally, Year 4 also had the opportunity to walk around the auditorium and visit a royal box whilst learning about the jobs of the box office and front of house team.

On the 11th October, our year 5 and 6 MASt PE children at Curwen visited UEL Sports Dock.  They had the opportunity to meet Olympian athlete Christine Ohuruogu and to take part in a variety of sport activities.  The children were truly inspired and engaged in what Christine had to say about her personal experience within the world of athletics. The children enjoyed viewing her medals, holding the 2012 olympic torch and getting to ask her questions about her life. The children thoroughly benefited from the sports activities that were put on throughout the day, which included: basketball, cricket, skipping and volleyball. At the end of the day the children got to watch the UEL Basketball team in action. The children got to cheer them on and were very impressed with how they worked well as a team. The key message that Christine wanted to leave the children with was "TO NEVER GIVE UP!", which is one of our core skills that we promote at Curwen. 

 

 

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!