Surrey Schools Athletic Championships Catherine Blandford competed in the 800m at the Surrey Schools Athletic Championships on 9th June. She came 4th in her heat and achieved a massive new PB of 2.33.78.  Her previous best was 2.37.50. Georgia Russell won the shot in a new Championship record (since 1976!) of 11.93m. She’s competing for… Read more »

Our music group ‘Nothing But Treble’ were delighted to be invited to attend the Surrey Primary Schools music festival this year as a guest choir. They performed a number of songs on Monday 11th June at the Princess Hall, Aldershot led by Thamesmead music teachers, Mrs Burtsell and Mr Evans. Some of their rehearsal performances… Read more »

At the end of the Spring Term Thamesmead School welcomed The Ryman National Enterprise Challenge staff who hosted our Year 7 Enterprise Day. Each year different companies set real life challenges which push students to think in both a creative and entrepreneurial way. This year KidZania London were the case study for Key Stage 3… Read more »

We’re delighted to report that Mr Reeves and Miss Phillips successfully completed the gruelling 26.2 miles of the Brighton Marathon on Sunday! They were both running to raise vital funds needed for our mini buses. thank you to all those parents who have already generously donated using gift aid, via the virginmoneygiving link: Mini Bus Fund. To… Read more »

Year 10 language students have had the opportunity to visit Oxford University on two occasions in the last few weeks. The first trip was for some Spanish students and more recently for French. On both visits the students toured Oxford and some of the colleges, meeting lecturers and getting a real feel for studying and… Read more »

On Saturday 21st October Thamesmead Year 8 students departed for Amsterdam, looking forward to four days exploring this beautiful city.  A major theme throughout the four days was the historic experience of the Jewish people as students had an opportunity to visit Anne Frank’s house, the Jewish Historical Museum and Camp Vught, a transit camp… Read more »

Thamesmead students who left in July this year, were reunited at school on Thursday 9th November as they picked up their GCSE certificates and Special Awards for 2017. Former Headteacher, Peter Rodin also returned to present the awards along with Sandy Baars, representing the school governors. Among the Special Awards were the Army Careers and… Read more »

On Wednesday evening the Thamesmead dining hall was transformed into a gastronomic paradise as 53 covers sat down to enjoy a delicious three course meal prepared by our GCSE Food and Nutrition students with professional expertise from the team at the Red Lion Pub, Shepperton. Our budding chefs and front of house student team created… Read more »

Year 8 Bocketts Farm Trip A great day in Bocketts Farm was had by all of Year 8.  When we arrived at the farm we were welcomed by the wonderful staff and they introduced themselves to the students and from there we all set off in our different groups to explore the farm. First up was… Read more »

Year 7 Thames Young Mariners Year 7 students had a fantastic day out on the water at Thames Young Mariners on Saturday 23rd September.  They took part in kayaking activities and games, and built and tested their own rafts on the water, learning team building skills along the way.  Well done to everyone who took… Read more »