Year 10 student Tegan Foster has been chosen for the Touch New Zealand Development Academy. She was spotted by selectors at the 2016 Junior Nationals in Christchurch, where she played for the Thames Valley Mixed under 15 touch team. Tegan is one of seven girls from around the country selected to join the NZ
What’s involved in designing a new product and getting it on the market? That’s something Thames High School Year 10 students are about to find out as they take part in Smart Waikato’s Secondary School Employer Partnerships (SSEP) programme. SSEP coordinator Debbie Driver says Thames High is one
The National Library in Wellington is reviewing how it works together with schools and Thames High’s opinion is being heard. THS is one of only five secondary schools across New Zealand selected to trial the National Library’s new approach to supporting schools and learning. School Librarian Ruth Howes says there are three
During the summer holidays, a group of Thames High School students visited Vietnam. The trip, organised by Antipodeans Abroad, was about more than just seeing the sights, as Evan Chang explains; For three weeks in December, 10 of us Thames High School students travelled to Vietnam for an exciting expedition. We did
Using sport to help kids learn a variety of subjects – not just PE – is the key idea behind the Sports in Education project. Under the project, sports are incorporated across a wider section of the curriculum; such as calculating odds in a football draw for Maths, or writing an
