Left to right: Marie Curie, Paul King, Roosevelt Benjamin

CURIE HOUSE (ORANGE)

Head of House - Paul King
Deputy Head of House - Roosevelt Benjamin

Mentor groups:
C1    Mr B Tolan (H+S) & Miss J Godfrey
C2    Mr P Erentz (TLR1 ICT)
C3    Ms A Rebagliato (LA)
C4    Miss J Britton (EN)
C5    Mrs S Tuck (MU) & Mr J Kitching (MA)
C6    Ms L Waldron (PE) & Mr J Kitching (MA)
C7    Mr D James (TECH) & Ms V McCann
C8    Mr R Jackson (SC)

Other staff:
S. Standen, A. Garry, B. Inger, G. Flint, J. Archer, P. Eaton, R. Green, T. Aldridge,
H. Kinton, J. Allcock, D. Sheehan, A. Ross

Captains: M. Young, T. P. Singleton.
Vice captains: N. Baffoe, R. Brooks

Marie curie - research scientist, physics and radioactivity (1867-1934)

Marie Curie was a very important scientist who was born in Poland and later lived in France. Marie worked hard to get a university education, and graduated from the Sorbonne University in Paris with top honours. For her doctorate degree, Marie researched the element Uranium, and she discovered radioactivity. Marie's husband, Pierre, joined her in research, and both of them discovered many things about radioactivity. Marie and Pierre discovered two elements, Radium and Polonium.

Marie and Pierre received a Nobel Prize in physics, and later, became the first person to ever receive a second Nobel Prize, this time for her research on radium. Marie balanced her research and family life, continuing to make discoveries while raising her children. Marie and her husband felt that radium, since it burns almost anything, could be used to kill cancer cells. Marie helped raise money to buy radium and started research centres to learn more about its uses.