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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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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 »

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Students took part in a webinar for Holocaust Memorial Day, which was Wednesday 27th January with a special viewing of a testimonial from Eve Kugler, which can be viewed here. https://vimeo.com/holocaustuk Some of our students have written articles for the Thamesmead Times newspaper about their thoughts after watching the film The Holocaust – Eve’s story… Read more »

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