Waikato University is looking at ways to knock down some of the barriers stopping students in the regions from going to varsity. Two major reasons are the cost, and leaving home for the first time. So, what’s in store for students from in and around Thames? Waikato University is
Year Ten students have been getting some valuable hands-on business experience by designing and selling their own products. It’s part of a business unit within Social Studies to better connect secondary school students with “real world” learning. The programme is Smart Waikato’s Secondary School Employer Partnerships (SSEP), and it brings together
Our Hillary Challenge team took their A Game to Tongariro, finishing an awesome third place in the prestigious outdoor adventure challenge. The event requires physical and mental fitness for the eight member team, who competed in a five day series of challenges, including a 2 day wilderness expedition. The athletes
Teenagers can be pretty useful when it comes to figuring out the latest technology. So when local Grey Power members were foxed by their phones, they put in a call to Thames High. Student Evan Chang explains how a group of students is helping them out. When Grey Power president
Outdoor Ed met Art and Design in hills behind Thames for a special photography project to promote mountain bike trails. Miss Ferguson’s students had their cameras at the ready to snap Mr Sitnikoff’s cyclists as they put their mountain bikes through their paces. They were on the Scarface Mountain Bike Tracks,
