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Well done to the year 7 cricket team who won a match on home ground yesterday against Forest Gate
28th June 2012Well done to the year 7 cricket team who won a match on home ground yesterday against Forest gate. 6 runs separated the score (151-145) which reflected the close game in which both teams tried their hardest and had a great game. The team has shown huge progression over time. Special thanks to Yasmin Kerrick team chairperson, whose admin skills have been brilliant throughout the season. Watch this space for their final result next week when they will play Kingsford at home. Good luck girls! Read More
Cumberland wins the Newham Science & Technology Challenge this year again!
14th June 2012Ms McFadden took 12 Year 8 pupils to Queen Mary University in Mile End this week for the annual Science and Technology Challenge. The day started with a talk from Jo Hensher the Business Development manager for Siemens, who were sponsoring the event. She spoke about the world's four mega issues - Urbanisation, Climate Change, Demographic Change and Globalisation. She then told the teams about "The Crystal" - Siemens' initiative for sustainable cities. The whole day was organised very ably by Ahmed, who put the pupils into mixed school groups. There were four challenges and each team had to undertake three of them. There were challenges to do with building a bridge, operating a robot, making a vehicle and forensic investigation. Read More
Y9 Summer School in Queen Mary Uni
14th June 2012As part of the gifted and talented programme twelve Year 9 pupils attended a Humanities Summer School at Queen Mary, University of London from 11th to 14TH June . The pupils were Harrison Iloh, Asher Punzalan, Jessica Eze, Kaiz Bux, Amy Gwillim, Junaid Bux, Subatha Sivakuranathan, Anthony Cascun, Daniele Fisher, Natasha Barbalch, Samuel Awoyemi and Tahmid Alam . They took part in a range of local history, geography and Olympic activities over the four days. The group visited a German Catholic Church a Mosque and Synagogue in Whitechapel. They also visited the Tower Hamlets Archive to research the local area. They also attended a presentation from the London Legacy Corporation about the plans for the Olympic site after the games have finished. Read More
Cumberland School celebrates the Queen's Jubilee
6th June 2012On a very windy 1st June we held a party in celebration of both the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and our year 11 Library assistants leaving. Thankfully the sun came out allowing pupils and staff to enjoy the festivities outdoors in traditional British street party style with sandwiches, cupcakes, music, bunting and prizes galore. We also decorated the dining hall and had festivities throughout lunch for the whole school. Fun and laughter was enjoyed by all. Read More
Cumberland Choir Performs at Royal Festival Hall as part of the Jubilation.
4th June 2012In celebration of 25 years of Choral Music Experience and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Cumberland pupils have been rehearsing for the concert in school and at Sarah Bonnell School in the build up to the concert on the 4th June 2012. JUBILATION! - CME Institute and festival celebrated the 25th anniversary of CME, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee on the weekend of 2-4 June 2012. The weekend included a residency for teachers and choirs at ........ Read More