The new wharenui is taking shape at Thames High School. Towards the end of October there’ll be the official opening, which will be a dawn ceremony. The former wharenui, or meeting house, was removed to make way for the Thames Indoor Sports Facility. The new, purpose-built structure will provide a
It’s just a bare patch of land now, but soon it’ll be home to the new Indoor Sports Facility in Thames. Based at the school, the facility will be open to the whole community. It will be up to tournament standard for most indoor sports and activities. The $4.5 million
Thames High’s top orators have had their say at the senior speech competitions. As ever, the standard was incredibly high. The winners were: Yr 11 – Anna Hamilton on Being Noticed, with finalists Nur Lajunen-Tal, Nerissa Mercer, Aroha-Jean Waata-Park. Yr 12 – Joel McCullough on Procrastination, with finalists Michelle Hayes, Jessica
The family histories of some of Thames High’s 2015 Year 10 students are now among the resources at the Thames Treasury. The students have researched their family trees as part of a Social Studies inquiry into immigration. Their teacher Malcolm Belton found the stories so interesting he asked librarian Nicole
Enrolments are underway for next year’s new Year 8s. Staff and students from Thames High School have been visiting primary schools in and around Thames to tell the prospective new students about high school life, and to gather information ready for enrolment in 2017. There’ll be an orientation day next term on Thursday
