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All the latest news from Curwen Primary School

October 2023

  • Gold Artsmark award

    Published 31/10/23

    Congratulations to Curwen Primary School for their outstanding achievement of receiving the gold Artsmark award! This is a testament to their unwavering commitment to fostering an inclusive ethos throughout the school and a genuine dedication to the arts across all year groups. The recognition of their efforts in providing a well-rounded education that embraces creativity and artistic expression is truly well-deserved. Curwen Primary School's commitment to nurturing the talents and interests of their students in the arts is commendable, and it is clear that they have created an environment where every child can thrive and explore their artistic abilities. This prestigious accomplishment is a reflection of the hard work and passion of the entire school community. Well done, Curwen Primary School!

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  • Year 6 trip to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

    Published 20/10/23

    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.

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  • Year 3 visit to ‘The London Centre.’

    Published 19/10/23

    On Wednesday 18th October 2023, year 3 visited The London Centre to learn about different job roles in architecture and construction. They looked at different models of buildings in London and learnt about the importance of different subjects and made cross curricular links when discussing different structures. All the children met adults doing variety of job roles such as an architect and structural engineer. The children asked them questions to understand their job roles. In the end, all pupil designed their own future school models and were excited to then create a 3D model of their design using paper, glues, scissors, sticks and masking tape. 

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  • Harvest Collection 2023

    Published 18/10/23
    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
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  • Year 5 visit to KPMG

    Published 17/10/23

    Year 5 had the opportunity to visit KPMG to look at how businesses can be sustainable. This is a part of their World of Work week. Year 5 had to think about how their product could be sustainable, whether this could be renewable resources or a product that can last for a very long time. Year 5 worked as a team and thought about the core skills such as teamwork and innovation that they could focus on for their sustainable product.

     

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  • RE Quality Mark - Gold

    Published 17/10/23
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  • Bikeability training

    Published 16/10/23

    On Friday afternoon, 6 girls from year 6 went out for bikeablity training. We rode from school to Holland Road, where the girls took part in some drills. All the girls successfully rode with confidence and were very happy with what they had achieved. 

    We then went onto the Greenway and travelled to memorial park and the girls rode down and up the hill leading to the park. The girls enjoyed the session. 

    Well done to Iraq, Alexia, Diana, Tia, Wahiba, and Carolina.

     

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  • Boys Football Festival

    Published 16/10/23

    Curwen competed at their third TTLT competition of the year on Friday 13th 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).

     

     

     

     

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  • WHUF Sports competition

    Published 16/10/23

    On Thursday, 10 year 5 and 6 girls took part in their second football competition at West Ham foundation. 

    There were roughly 21 schools that attended the competition. Curwen played against Gainsborough, Rosetta, St Lukes and Scott Wilkie. All the girls played very well. They should be proud of themselves. 

    A massive well done to Kasey Ann our Goal keeper. 

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  • Year 4 trip to Shaftsbury Theatre

    Published 16/10/23

    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.

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  • Curwen meets Sir Lenny Henry

    Published 12/10/23

    Yesterday, our MASt Literacy students had an amazing time meeting Sir Lenny Henry (actor, comedian, writer and all-round Renaissance man). They were treated to a morning of storytelling, jokes, questions and top tips on how to become a successful writer. Phoebe-Grace (Y5) even got to tell Sir Lenny a joke, and some pupils got their books signed by the man himself. 

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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  • PE MASt trip to UEL

    Published 11/10/23

    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. 

     

     

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  • School Student Council Podcast!

    Published 10/10/23

    Curwen has been busy creating our very first podcast! It was made by the members of the School Council. 

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  • MASt trip to New Scientist Live

    Published 09/10/23

    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!

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  • William Shakespeare visits Year 6

    Published 09/10/23

     On Friday 6th October, Year 6 welcomed the esteemed William Shakespeare into Curwen Primary school and he held a Q&A session on his life. Pupil's prepared questions to ask him whilst he also gave interesting facts that they may not have known whilst simultaneously entertaining the pupils with a version of Henry VIII’s musical composition of Greensleeves on the recorder.

    This cross curricular visit is to help go towards the pupil’s learning of the Elizabethan Era in Topic (History) and to help write a Biography about William Shakespeare's life in Literacy.

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