There’s so much going on for World Book Day on Thursday 4th March. Here’s how you can get involved… Thamesmead Competitions COSTUME – Brighten up your lockdown by dressing up as your favourite book character on world book day! Send your photos to Miss Cook by Friday 5th March Share on social media  #WorldBookDay #DEARThamesmead… Read more »

Find out more about this competition where you just need to tell us in words or a recording about your sporting passions!  How do I enter?  This remit is simple. Just write to us about you and Sport   You don’t need to be a star player or brilliant at English* to succeed in life… Read more »

National Careers Week:  Monday 1st March to Friday 5th March. In these difficult times we tend to think that there will not be jobs out there.  There will be for those of us flexible enough to adapt and resilient enough to persevere.  That is one of the reasons why we teach LMI (Labour Market Information)… Read more »

Earlier this week, HRH The Duchess of Cornwall, Vice-Patron of the Royal Commonwealth Society, launched The Queen’s Commonwealth Essay Competition 2021. The Duchess announced the theme of this year’s Competition, ‘Community in the Commonwealth’, and is encouraging all young writers across the Commonwealth to reflect on their experiences, to consider the strength their communities have… Read more »

International Poesiae Competition 2021 We are excited to share that students in KS3 at Thamesmead will be competing in an International Poetry Recitation competition this Spring! They will recite a French or Spanish poem and compete against students from other countries such as Jordan and Russia. Open to all KS3 students, we look forward to… Read more »

Introducing the Thamesmead student-led newspaper, The Thamesmead Times!  View or download the half-termly editions at the links below. (Click the cover picture to view the edition or open the PDF copy at the link) All contributions have been successfully planned and written by participants from years 7-11.  Happy reading! July 2024 Thamesmead Times – July… Read more »

Drop Everything and Read Event Thamesmead’s first ever DEAR event took place on Wednesday 10th February. With lockdown leaving us with little to do, all parents, students and teachers were invited to spend an evening at home with a good book to celebrate the joy of reading! Whether you read together or independently, on a… Read more »