School News
All the latest news from Curwen Primary School
- Read MorePublished 29/04/19On Wednesday 3rd April 2019 Year 2 welcomed parents and guardians to an exhibition of art created over the past few terms. The KS1 Heart Space was filled with paintings, drawings, designs and clay sculptures for everyone to admire. Children wrote inf
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Easter Bonnet Parade 2019
Published 05/04/19Our annual Easter Bonnet parade was once again an amazing afternoon! Beautifully created bonnets could be seen in all classes from Nursery all the way to year 6. Every child, parent/carer and staff member had put so much effort in to all of the desig - Read More
Nursery Traditional Tales
Published 04/04/19The children have been reading a variety of Traditional Tales this term. They have been acting out the stories, talking about the characters, setting and how the story ends. The children made their own gingerbread men and were able to talk about the - Read More
Problem Solving Competition
Published 03/04/19One the 27th February 2019, 120 year 4 pupils took to the main hall and participated in a problem solving competition. With the help of their teachers and their parents the children were challenged in various problem solving timed activities, which i - Read More
International Week 2019
Published 02/04/19"As always the carnival was amazing, the highlight of our school year! Good dancing, costumes and music. Well done to everyone involved. Combining 2 countries per year was a very good idea. Double the fun and celebration. Only negative is painful hands from all the clapping!"- Just one of many amazing parent feedbacks this year
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Debate Mate come 2nd in the Primary Urban Debate League
Published 28/03/19Round 1 of the Primary Urban Debate League 2019 has now come to an end. Our wonderful Debate Mate team successfully won 3 debates. Out of 49 National Primary Schools they came 2nd place, which an amazing outcome! Congratulations to the - Read More
Debate Mate at The Oriental Club
Published 28/03/19Curwen's debate team continue to be very busy. This week Saeed (6C) and Ama (5C) were selected to attend a special Debate Mate breakfast at the Oriental Club in Central London. Curwen were the only primary school to attend and the pair had the op - Read More
Let’s talk with under 5’s Elklan course
Published 18/03/19Over the last seven weeks some parents of Nursery and Reception children have been attending a Speech and language Let’s talk with under 5’s Elklan course. They have been able to learn strategies and activities that could be used with the - Read More
The Tapscott Learning Trust’s 1st Annual Report
Published 18/03/19The Tapscott Learning Trust’s 1st Annual Report for 2017/18 to Parents/Stakeholders has now been published. Please click here To view our e-version or follow this link: https://publications.e4education.co.uk/Tapscott_Learning_Trust/Ann - Read More
Year 5 Big Outcome
Published 13/03/19On Wednesday 6th March 2019 year 5 held their big outcome for the Spring Term. The year 5 children have been learning all about the Victorians and how they influenced the changes in the docks and we wanted to share some of this with our parents. Howe - Read More
ESOL Classes
Published 28/02/19We would like to thank everyone who has been attending our ESOL classes on Fridays. Unfortunately, this week's class has been cancelled, classes will resume as usual from 8th March. Please note that there is still available spaces, if you would like to enroll please contact Mrs Teixeira and Ms Sharif.
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Poetry Competition
Published 15/02/19Spring term at Curwen started off in customary fashion with our whole school poetry competition. In lessons, throughout the school, our pupils read poems relating to their topics and explored the different features and figurative language that - Read More
Reception Big Outcome
Published 15/02/19On Monday 11th February 2019 the four Reception classes opened to parents for our very special art exhibition, which included some examples of activities the children did over the term.
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World Book Day and Reading Open Morning
Published 13/02/19What a wonderful day Friday 8th February was! Not being content with celebrating World Book Day alone, here at Curwen we like to go that extra mile; therefore, we held our annual reading open morning for parents and our whole school poetry assembly ( - Read More
Newham Council shortlisted for National Campaign for the Arts award
Published 08/02/19We are proud to share this amazing article that features some of our wonderful pupils. To read the article please click here