60,000 seats were filled at this year’s Auckland Writers’ Festival – and Thames High students were among those lucky to attend. 50 pupils went along on students’ day where they heard from poet Grace Taylor, graphic novelist Ant Sang, and writers Anthony Horowitz, Laurie Halse, Morris Gleitzman and Bernard Beckett.
Young people helping young people is what the peer support programme is all about. And it’s in good hands after the latest annual training session. Year 11 students who’re new to the EARS programme (Education and Resourcing by Students) joined our experienced Year 12 and 13 peer support crew at
The one hundredth anniversary of ANZAC troops landing at Gallipoli has given our students a lot to consider. Young men from all over New Zealand served in that operation on the Turkish Coast. In total, 116 former Thames High School students served during World War One; 27 of them didn’t
It’s the social highlight of the year for our senior students – the school ball. This year’s theme was the 1920s which saw the Thames Civic Centre foyer transformed into a glamorous Great Gatsby-eqsue bar. In recent years, Thames High School has worked hard to make the occasion all about
A new apprenticeship partnership between Thames High School and local water management company Veolia is about to be launched. Principal Dave Sim says he and Veolia manager Cliff Olsen are hammering out the details for the scheme, which will see one senior student awarded an apprenticeship with the company every
