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2019-2020 ACH I EVEMENT
Clubs Tanzania 2019
This year saw the launch of our student-run school newspaper, Thames Times. In October 2019 a team of 20 Year 10 and 11 pupils travelled to Musoma,
As we enter our 21st year, The editorial team switched seamlessly to online editions during lockdown. Tanzania, to work with the charity Go MAD. Pupils saw seriously
I am pleased to share with you In community club pupils supported the elderly at local care homes. Other clubs contaminated water sources from which villagers drink. They helped to
included: badminton, band, basketball, chess, choir, debating, dissections, fashion, build three water tanks, each to be used to capture rainwater for a family. Ac a d e m i c
not only the achievements of
instrumental ensemble, international food, life drawing, netball, self-defence, table The team also built six goat sheds and provided milk goats for families
the past year, but also to tennis and woodwork. Twenty AGT pupils attended Imperial College’s Christmas Lecture to hear guest
celebrate our journey to reach with little income. Each goat will generate an annual income of £200. speaker Helen Sharma, the first female British astronaut.
As well as funding the water tanks and goat sheds, the team also funded a
this milestone. Questions about God Week Ciara, Tom and Hugo, Year 9, attended six Maths Masterclasses at the Royal
malaria education day at a primary school and gave out 300 mosquito nets.
Pupils had the opportunity to discuss questions including: Is God out of date? How can Institution. A further six pupils attended Masterclasses in Engineering. Bailey took
Go MAD is also working with local farmers to plant 20,000 trees. As part part in the Year 10 Maths Masterclass at Imperial College.
God allow suffering? and Are miracles all in the mind? Speakers included Clare Williams of this reforestation initiative, some pupils flew a drone to map the area.
from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and local pastors Josh Moxon and Others took part in the ESU Schools’ Mace, an annual debating tournament, up
Sam Benjamin. against sixth formers from Lady Margaret School. They were commended for their
Reflecting on last year I am so proud of the way in which Fundraising
proposal of the motion: ‘This house would abolish trial by jury.’
our pupils and teachers rose to the challenges it presented. In March Team Tanzania raised £12,300 at an auction dinner, funding
Trips Other competitions included: UKMT Maths Challenge, Poetry by Heart,
The school community demonstrated remarkable resilience and projects for the 2021 Thames team visit.
Year 10 visited St John’s College Cambridge and GCSE geographers investigated Newsquest’s Young Reporters Scheme, Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench,
creativity as we transitioned seamlessly to online teaching and
longshore drift at Seaford, East Sussex. Other educational visits included: Alexander At our annual sponsored XC, pupils raised £8,800, divided between Royal Society of Biology Discovery and Bronze Crest Awards.
learning. I am particularly proud of our Year 11 pupils who have Fleming Museum, Bank of England, BETT Show, Tower of London, Imperial War
much to celebrate with 57% of their grades being 9-7 and 99% Go MAD and A21 Campaign who work to abolish human trafficking.
Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Library and Science Museum. Theatre
at 9-4. These grades were carefully moderated by us and we trips included Much Ado About Nothing, An Inspector Calls and Cinderella.
believe reflect what they would have achieved had they sat their “Thames has given our son the most amazing educational opportunities through which
actual examinations. Co-curricular Workshops 2019-2020 he has thrived, learnt and grown so much into a fully rounded person.”
A high percentage of 9-7 grades was achieved in many subjects KS3 pupils enjoyed a workshop on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Thames parent, 2020
Box Clever Theatre.
including: French, Art & Music 100%, History 86%, Geography Performance in Education led a Road Safety session with Year 7.
80%, Spanish 78%, English Language 61%, Chemistry 60% and School council members attended sessions run by Hillsong Leaders Lab.
Maths 50%. The wide range of subjects we offer enables pupils to Temilade
become well-rounded individuals with a good understanding of Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Hardworking and responsive to teacher feedback, Temi
the world and a strong grasp of skills increasingly demanded for In our first year of running the award, seven pupils completed the Bronze Award attained 10 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s. His grade 9s
employability: creativity, communication and problem solving. and one the Silver Award. were achieved in English Language and Literature,
Looking forward during this extraordinary time, I am convinced Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Religious Studies, History,
that young people deserve a vibrant school, a community of Geography and Italian as well as French which he
stability and hope. Reflecting on these individual achievements took in Year 8. His grade 8s were in Biology and
indicates for me that Thames is just that. Spanish. He taught himself both French and Italian in
his spare time. His results indicate a Value Add of 2.2
Stephen Holsgrove grades. Temi has taken up a place at St Paul’s Boys
Head School for his A Levels.
Our leavers are taking up places at St Paul’s Boys School, Monkton Combe
School, Shiplake College, Emanuel School, Wallington County Grammar
School, The Brit School, Esher College, Graveney School, Ewell Castle GABRIEL
School and London College of Performing Arts.
Gabriel joined Thames from a specialist dyslexic school in
C r e a t i v e Arts Year 7. He benefited from Thames’ small classes and personal
attention and his confidence gradually grew. An imaginative
ART writer, Gabriel attained 9 GCSEs including 9s in English
Language and Literature, Religious Studies, History and
James’ Scottish Landscape won first prize in the KS3 2D category of the ISA London
Art and 7s in Biology and Geography. This represents a
West Art Competition qualifying him for the national finals where he was runner up.
huge Value Add of 3.3 grades. Gabriel will study A levels
C u rr i c u l u m Enr i c h m e nt Georgia, Year 11, was awarded an Art scholarship at Emanuel School. in History, Art and Film Studies.
Speakers/visitors 2019-2020 DRAMA
Rt Hon Tom Brake MP Emi, Year 11, was offered places at both ArtsEd and The Brit School to study Theatre
Aisha Jawando, actress playing Tina in The Tina Turner Musical and Chantae, Year 11, will study Musical Theatre at London College of Performing
Lana Vasquez, Life Impact International Arts. Both girls developed their talents by playing lead roles in our annual musicals.
Pastor Alex Gyasi MBE, The Highway House Homeless Shelter S P O R T As part of their unit on pantomime, Year 9 enjoyed Cinderella at New Wimbledon Loc k d o w n O pport u n i t i e s
Sergeant Lamoye Leslie, Army Cadets Theatre, particularly as Mrs Alice Burnett, director of our last three Thames musicals,
Pad Pax, success and life coach Jimmy won Silver at the Wandsworth Schools U15 Cross Country and represented was a member of the cast. We took advantage of our Google IT platform moving our learning environment
Tamzyn French, Kinetika Bloco Wandsworth at London Youth Games. He finished 8th in the ISA London West XC, online the day lockdown started. The whole curriculum was broadcast live to pupils
qualifying for the ISA national finals. in their homes, including tutor times, assemblies, practical subjects such as art, live
At our annual sponsored XC, Cecilia, Year 8, won PE sessions and one to one support lessons. Parent feedback was incredibly positive:
the girls’ trophy with a run of 9k and Jimmy, Year 10, children were engaged, motivated and connected to each other and their teachers at
won the boys’ trophy with 10k. Year 7 pupils averaged a difficult and isolating time.
6.5k each. Lockdown opened up many innovative opportunities:
To keep pupils engaged physically during lockdown, Biju Thampy, founder of Vision Rescue, joined an assembly live from Mumbai,
live fitness sessions were broadcast by personal trainer, discussing his work in the slums bringing education and healthcare to thousands
Mrs Alice Burnett. Many sports and competitions of children. He inspired pupils not to take their education for granted.
were offered with shared experiences uploaded to our
sports webpage. Tony Jarrett, former Olympic hurdler & Commonwealth Gold medal winner, spoke
about making the most of your potential by setting clear goals and running your own race.
Year 9 enjoyed live cookery classes, creating
some healthy recipes and learning good
ANNA hygiene and safe knife skills.
Anna joined Thames when her family moved to London from In Thames’ first photography competition,
North Africa. Fluent in French and with excellent Arabic, pupils were invited to submit images inspired
Camps Anna thrived during her time here and developed a breadth by lockdown. Third was Matilda, Year 7,
Our first residential camp for Year 10 pupils at an outward bound centre in Kent of scientific and artistic prowess, achieving 6 grade 9s and 3 second, Cecilia, Year 8, and joint first were
included climbing and high ropes. Pupils also learned study skills in preparation grade 8s in her GCSEs. Her grade 9s were in Art, Maths, Tsion, Year 10, and Freya, Year 8.
for their GCSE courses. Chemistry, Biology, History and French and her grade 8s
Joint 1st prize photograph by Freya, Year 8
were in English Language and Literature and Religious
Year 7 enjoyed climbing, zip wire and raft building at their annual residential “Thank you for your calm leadership at this time:
Studies.
camp in Norfolk. They focused on the school values and the importance of I think your decision making and preparations
building positive relationships. have been excellent.”
Performance of ‘The History Boys’ by Year 10 Thames parent, 2020
Clubs Tanzania 2019
This year saw the launch of our student-run school newspaper, Thames Times. In October 2019 a team of 20 Year 10 and 11 pupils travelled to Musoma,
As we enter our 21st year, The editorial team switched seamlessly to online editions during lockdown. Tanzania, to work with the charity Go MAD. Pupils saw seriously
I am pleased to share with you In community club pupils supported the elderly at local care homes. Other clubs contaminated water sources from which villagers drink. They helped to
included: badminton, band, basketball, chess, choir, debating, dissections, fashion, build three water tanks, each to be used to capture rainwater for a family. Ac a d e m i c
not only the achievements of
instrumental ensemble, international food, life drawing, netball, self-defence, table The team also built six goat sheds and provided milk goats for families
the past year, but also to tennis and woodwork. Twenty AGT pupils attended Imperial College’s Christmas Lecture to hear guest
celebrate our journey to reach with little income. Each goat will generate an annual income of £200. speaker Helen Sharma, the first female British astronaut.
As well as funding the water tanks and goat sheds, the team also funded a
this milestone. Questions about God Week Ciara, Tom and Hugo, Year 9, attended six Maths Masterclasses at the Royal
malaria education day at a primary school and gave out 300 mosquito nets.
Pupils had the opportunity to discuss questions including: Is God out of date? How can Institution. A further six pupils attended Masterclasses in Engineering. Bailey took
Go MAD is also working with local farmers to plant 20,000 trees. As part part in the Year 10 Maths Masterclass at Imperial College.
God allow suffering? and Are miracles all in the mind? Speakers included Clare Williams of this reforestation initiative, some pupils flew a drone to map the area.
from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and local pastors Josh Moxon and Others took part in the ESU Schools’ Mace, an annual debating tournament, up
Sam Benjamin. against sixth formers from Lady Margaret School. They were commended for their
Reflecting on last year I am so proud of the way in which Fundraising
proposal of the motion: ‘This house would abolish trial by jury.’
our pupils and teachers rose to the challenges it presented. In March Team Tanzania raised £12,300 at an auction dinner, funding
Trips Other competitions included: UKMT Maths Challenge, Poetry by Heart,
The school community demonstrated remarkable resilience and projects for the 2021 Thames team visit.
Year 10 visited St John’s College Cambridge and GCSE geographers investigated Newsquest’s Young Reporters Scheme, Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench,
creativity as we transitioned seamlessly to online teaching and
longshore drift at Seaford, East Sussex. Other educational visits included: Alexander At our annual sponsored XC, pupils raised £8,800, divided between Royal Society of Biology Discovery and Bronze Crest Awards.
learning. I am particularly proud of our Year 11 pupils who have Fleming Museum, Bank of England, BETT Show, Tower of London, Imperial War
much to celebrate with 57% of their grades being 9-7 and 99% Go MAD and A21 Campaign who work to abolish human trafficking.
Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Library and Science Museum. Theatre
at 9-4. These grades were carefully moderated by us and we trips included Much Ado About Nothing, An Inspector Calls and Cinderella.
believe reflect what they would have achieved had they sat their “Thames has given our son the most amazing educational opportunities through which
actual examinations. Co-curricular Workshops 2019-2020 he has thrived, learnt and grown so much into a fully rounded person.”
A high percentage of 9-7 grades was achieved in many subjects KS3 pupils enjoyed a workshop on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Thames parent, 2020
Box Clever Theatre.
including: French, Art & Music 100%, History 86%, Geography Performance in Education led a Road Safety session with Year 7.
80%, Spanish 78%, English Language 61%, Chemistry 60% and School council members attended sessions run by Hillsong Leaders Lab.
Maths 50%. The wide range of subjects we offer enables pupils to Temilade
become well-rounded individuals with a good understanding of Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Hardworking and responsive to teacher feedback, Temi
the world and a strong grasp of skills increasingly demanded for In our first year of running the award, seven pupils completed the Bronze Award attained 10 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s. His grade 9s
employability: creativity, communication and problem solving. and one the Silver Award. were achieved in English Language and Literature,
Looking forward during this extraordinary time, I am convinced Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Religious Studies, History,
that young people deserve a vibrant school, a community of Geography and Italian as well as French which he
stability and hope. Reflecting on these individual achievements took in Year 8. His grade 8s were in Biology and
indicates for me that Thames is just that. Spanish. He taught himself both French and Italian in
his spare time. His results indicate a Value Add of 2.2
Stephen Holsgrove grades. Temi has taken up a place at St Paul’s Boys
Head School for his A Levels.
Our leavers are taking up places at St Paul’s Boys School, Monkton Combe
School, Shiplake College, Emanuel School, Wallington County Grammar
School, The Brit School, Esher College, Graveney School, Ewell Castle GABRIEL
School and London College of Performing Arts.
Gabriel joined Thames from a specialist dyslexic school in
C r e a t i v e Arts Year 7. He benefited from Thames’ small classes and personal
attention and his confidence gradually grew. An imaginative
ART writer, Gabriel attained 9 GCSEs including 9s in English
Language and Literature, Religious Studies, History and
James’ Scottish Landscape won first prize in the KS3 2D category of the ISA London
Art and 7s in Biology and Geography. This represents a
West Art Competition qualifying him for the national finals where he was runner up.
huge Value Add of 3.3 grades. Gabriel will study A levels
C u rr i c u l u m Enr i c h m e nt Georgia, Year 11, was awarded an Art scholarship at Emanuel School. in History, Art and Film Studies.
Speakers/visitors 2019-2020 DRAMA
Rt Hon Tom Brake MP Emi, Year 11, was offered places at both ArtsEd and The Brit School to study Theatre
Aisha Jawando, actress playing Tina in The Tina Turner Musical and Chantae, Year 11, will study Musical Theatre at London College of Performing
Lana Vasquez, Life Impact International Arts. Both girls developed their talents by playing lead roles in our annual musicals.
Pastor Alex Gyasi MBE, The Highway House Homeless Shelter S P O R T As part of their unit on pantomime, Year 9 enjoyed Cinderella at New Wimbledon Loc k d o w n O pport u n i t i e s
Sergeant Lamoye Leslie, Army Cadets Theatre, particularly as Mrs Alice Burnett, director of our last three Thames musicals,
Pad Pax, success and life coach Jimmy won Silver at the Wandsworth Schools U15 Cross Country and represented was a member of the cast. We took advantage of our Google IT platform moving our learning environment
Tamzyn French, Kinetika Bloco Wandsworth at London Youth Games. He finished 8th in the ISA London West XC, online the day lockdown started. The whole curriculum was broadcast live to pupils
qualifying for the ISA national finals. in their homes, including tutor times, assemblies, practical subjects such as art, live
At our annual sponsored XC, Cecilia, Year 8, won PE sessions and one to one support lessons. Parent feedback was incredibly positive:
the girls’ trophy with a run of 9k and Jimmy, Year 10, children were engaged, motivated and connected to each other and their teachers at
won the boys’ trophy with 10k. Year 7 pupils averaged a difficult and isolating time.
6.5k each. Lockdown opened up many innovative opportunities:
To keep pupils engaged physically during lockdown, Biju Thampy, founder of Vision Rescue, joined an assembly live from Mumbai,
live fitness sessions were broadcast by personal trainer, discussing his work in the slums bringing education and healthcare to thousands
Mrs Alice Burnett. Many sports and competitions of children. He inspired pupils not to take their education for granted.
were offered with shared experiences uploaded to our
sports webpage. Tony Jarrett, former Olympic hurdler & Commonwealth Gold medal winner, spoke
about making the most of your potential by setting clear goals and running your own race.
Year 9 enjoyed live cookery classes, creating
some healthy recipes and learning good
ANNA hygiene and safe knife skills.
Anna joined Thames when her family moved to London from In Thames’ first photography competition,
North Africa. Fluent in French and with excellent Arabic, pupils were invited to submit images inspired
Camps Anna thrived during her time here and developed a breadth by lockdown. Third was Matilda, Year 7,
Our first residential camp for Year 10 pupils at an outward bound centre in Kent of scientific and artistic prowess, achieving 6 grade 9s and 3 second, Cecilia, Year 8, and joint first were
included climbing and high ropes. Pupils also learned study skills in preparation grade 8s in her GCSEs. Her grade 9s were in Art, Maths, Tsion, Year 10, and Freya, Year 8.
for their GCSE courses. Chemistry, Biology, History and French and her grade 8s
Joint 1st prize photograph by Freya, Year 8
were in English Language and Literature and Religious
Year 7 enjoyed climbing, zip wire and raft building at their annual residential “Thank you for your calm leadership at this time:
Studies.
camp in Norfolk. They focused on the school values and the importance of I think your decision making and preparations
building positive relationships. have been excellent.”
Performance of ‘The History Boys’ by Year 10 Thames parent, 2020
Clubs Tanzania 2019
This year saw the launch of our student-run school newspaper, Thames Times. In October 2019 a team of 20 Year 10 and 11 pupils travelled to Musoma,
As we enter our 21st year, The editorial team switched seamlessly to online editions during lockdown. Tanzania, to work with the charity Go MAD. Pupils saw seriously
I am pleased to share with you In community club pupils supported the elderly at local care homes. Other clubs contaminated water sources from which villagers drink. They helped to
included: badminton, band, basketball, chess, choir, debating, dissections, fashion, build three water tanks, each to be used to capture rainwater for a family. Ac a d e m i c
not only the achievements of
instrumental ensemble, international food, life drawing, netball, self-defence, table The team also built six goat sheds and provided milk goats for families
the past year, but also to tennis and woodwork. Twenty AGT pupils attended Imperial College’s Christmas Lecture to hear guest
celebrate our journey to reach with little income. Each goat will generate an annual income of £200. speaker Helen Sharma, the first female British astronaut.
As well as funding the water tanks and goat sheds, the team also funded a
this milestone. Questions about God Week Ciara, Tom and Hugo, Year 9, attended six Maths Masterclasses at the Royal
malaria education day at a primary school and gave out 300 mosquito nets.
Pupils had the opportunity to discuss questions including: Is God out of date? How can Institution. A further six pupils attended Masterclasses in Engineering. Bailey took
Go MAD is also working with local farmers to plant 20,000 trees. As part part in the Year 10 Maths Masterclass at Imperial College.
God allow suffering? and Are miracles all in the mind? Speakers included Clare Williams of this reforestation initiative, some pupils flew a drone to map the area.
from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and local pastors Josh Moxon and Others took part in the ESU Schools’ Mace, an annual debating tournament, up
Sam Benjamin. against sixth formers from Lady Margaret School. They were commended for their
Reflecting on last year I am so proud of the way in which Fundraising
proposal of the motion: ‘This house would abolish trial by jury.’
our pupils and teachers rose to the challenges it presented. In March Team Tanzania raised £12,300 at an auction dinner, funding
Trips Other competitions included: UKMT Maths Challenge, Poetry by Heart,
The school community demonstrated remarkable resilience and projects for the 2021 Thames team visit.
Year 10 visited St John’s College Cambridge and GCSE geographers investigated Newsquest’s Young Reporters Scheme, Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench,
creativity as we transitioned seamlessly to online teaching and
longshore drift at Seaford, East Sussex. Other educational visits included: Alexander At our annual sponsored XC, pupils raised £8,800, divided between Royal Society of Biology Discovery and Bronze Crest Awards.
learning. I am particularly proud of our Year 11 pupils who have Fleming Museum, Bank of England, BETT Show, Tower of London, Imperial War
much to celebrate with 57% of their grades being 9-7 and 99% Go MAD and A21 Campaign who work to abolish human trafficking.
Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Library and Science Museum. Theatre
at 9-4. These grades were carefully moderated by us and we trips included Much Ado About Nothing, An Inspector Calls and Cinderella.
believe reflect what they would have achieved had they sat their “Thames has given our son the most amazing educational opportunities through which
actual examinations. Co-curricular Workshops 2019-2020 he has thrived, learnt and grown so much into a fully rounded person.”
A high percentage of 9-7 grades was achieved in many subjects KS3 pupils enjoyed a workshop on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Thames parent, 2020
Box Clever Theatre.
including: French, Art & Music 100%, History 86%, Geography Performance in Education led a Road Safety session with Year 7.
80%, Spanish 78%, English Language 61%, Chemistry 60% and School council members attended sessions run by Hillsong Leaders Lab.
Maths 50%. The wide range of subjects we offer enables pupils to Temilade
become well-rounded individuals with a good understanding of Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Hardworking and responsive to teacher feedback, Temi
the world and a strong grasp of skills increasingly demanded for In our first year of running the award, seven pupils completed the Bronze Award attained 10 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s. His grade 9s
employability: creativity, communication and problem solving. and one the Silver Award. were achieved in English Language and Literature,
Looking forward during this extraordinary time, I am convinced Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Religious Studies, History,
that young people deserve a vibrant school, a community of Geography and Italian as well as French which he
stability and hope. Reflecting on these individual achievements took in Year 8. His grade 8s were in Biology and
indicates for me that Thames is just that. Spanish. He taught himself both French and Italian in
his spare time. His results indicate a Value Add of 2.2
Stephen Holsgrove grades. Temi has taken up a place at St Paul’s Boys
Head School for his A Levels.
Our leavers are taking up places at St Paul’s Boys School, Monkton Combe
School, Shiplake College, Emanuel School, Wallington County Grammar
School, The Brit School, Esher College, Graveney School, Ewell Castle GABRIEL
School and London College of Performing Arts.
Gabriel joined Thames from a specialist dyslexic school in
C r e a t i v e Arts Year 7. He benefited from Thames’ small classes and personal
attention and his confidence gradually grew. An imaginative
ART writer, Gabriel attained 9 GCSEs including 9s in English
Language and Literature, Religious Studies, History and
James’ Scottish Landscape won first prize in the KS3 2D category of the ISA London
Art and 7s in Biology and Geography. This represents a
West Art Competition qualifying him for the national finals where he was runner up.
huge Value Add of 3.3 grades. Gabriel will study A levels
C u rr i c u l u m Enr i c h m e nt Georgia, Year 11, was awarded an Art scholarship at Emanuel School. in History, Art and Film Studies.
Speakers/visitors 2019-2020 DRAMA
Rt Hon Tom Brake MP Emi, Year 11, was offered places at both ArtsEd and The Brit School to study Theatre
Aisha Jawando, actress playing Tina in The Tina Turner Musical and Chantae, Year 11, will study Musical Theatre at London College of Performing
Lana Vasquez, Life Impact International Arts. Both girls developed their talents by playing lead roles in our annual musicals.
Pastor Alex Gyasi MBE, The Highway House Homeless Shelter S P O R T As part of their unit on pantomime, Year 9 enjoyed Cinderella at New Wimbledon Loc k d o w n O pport u n i t i e s
Sergeant Lamoye Leslie, Army Cadets Theatre, particularly as Mrs Alice Burnett, director of our last three Thames musicals,
Pad Pax, success and life coach Jimmy won Silver at the Wandsworth Schools U15 Cross Country and represented was a member of the cast. We took advantage of our Google IT platform moving our learning environment
Tamzyn French, Kinetika Bloco Wandsworth at London Youth Games. He finished 8th in the ISA London West XC, online the day lockdown started. The whole curriculum was broadcast live to pupils
qualifying for the ISA national finals. in their homes, including tutor times, assemblies, practical subjects such as art, live
At our annual sponsored XC, Cecilia, Year 8, won PE sessions and one to one support lessons. Parent feedback was incredibly positive:
the girls’ trophy with a run of 9k and Jimmy, Year 10, children were engaged, motivated and connected to each other and their teachers at
won the boys’ trophy with 10k. Year 7 pupils averaged a difficult and isolating time.
6.5k each. Lockdown opened up many innovative opportunities:
To keep pupils engaged physically during lockdown, Biju Thampy, founder of Vision Rescue, joined an assembly live from Mumbai,
live fitness sessions were broadcast by personal trainer, discussing his work in the slums bringing education and healthcare to thousands
Mrs Alice Burnett. Many sports and competitions of children. He inspired pupils not to take their education for granted.
were offered with shared experiences uploaded to our
sports webpage. Tony Jarrett, former Olympic hurdler & Commonwealth Gold medal winner, spoke
about making the most of your potential by setting clear goals and running your own race.
Year 9 enjoyed live cookery classes, creating
some healthy recipes and learning good
ANNA hygiene and safe knife skills.
Anna joined Thames when her family moved to London from In Thames’ first photography competition,
North Africa. Fluent in French and with excellent Arabic, pupils were invited to submit images inspired
Camps Anna thrived during her time here and developed a breadth by lockdown. Third was Matilda, Year 7,
Our first residential camp for Year 10 pupils at an outward bound centre in Kent of scientific and artistic prowess, achieving 6 grade 9s and 3 second, Cecilia, Year 8, and joint first were
included climbing and high ropes. Pupils also learned study skills in preparation grade 8s in her GCSEs. Her grade 9s were in Art, Maths, Tsion, Year 10, and Freya, Year 8.
for their GCSE courses. Chemistry, Biology, History and French and her grade 8s
Joint 1st prize photograph by Freya, Year 8
were in English Language and Literature and Religious
Year 7 enjoyed climbing, zip wire and raft building at their annual residential “Thank you for your calm leadership at this time:
Studies.
camp in Norfolk. They focused on the school values and the importance of I think your decision making and preparations
building positive relationships. have been excellent.”
Performance of ‘The History Boys’ by Year 10 Thames parent, 2020
Clubs Tanzania 2019
This year saw the launch of our student-run school newspaper, Thames Times. In October 2019 a team of 20 Year 10 and 11 pupils travelled to Musoma,
As we enter our 21st year, The editorial team switched seamlessly to online editions during lockdown. Tanzania, to work with the charity Go MAD. Pupils saw seriously
I am pleased to share with you In community club pupils supported the elderly at local care homes. Other clubs contaminated water sources from which villagers drink. They helped to
included: badminton, band, basketball, chess, choir, debating, dissections, fashion, build three water tanks, each to be used to capture rainwater for a family. Ac a d e m i c
not only the achievements of
instrumental ensemble, international food, life drawing, netball, self-defence, table The team also built six goat sheds and provided milk goats for families
the past year, but also to tennis and woodwork. Twenty AGT pupils attended Imperial College’s Christmas Lecture to hear guest
celebrate our journey to reach with little income. Each goat will generate an annual income of £200. speaker Helen Sharma, the first female British astronaut.
As well as funding the water tanks and goat sheds, the team also funded a
this milestone. Questions about God Week Ciara, Tom and Hugo, Year 9, attended six Maths Masterclasses at the Royal
malaria education day at a primary school and gave out 300 mosquito nets.
Pupils had the opportunity to discuss questions including: Is God out of date? How can Institution. A further six pupils attended Masterclasses in Engineering. Bailey took
Go MAD is also working with local farmers to plant 20,000 trees. As part part in the Year 10 Maths Masterclass at Imperial College.
God allow suffering? and Are miracles all in the mind? Speakers included Clare Williams of this reforestation initiative, some pupils flew a drone to map the area.
from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and local pastors Josh Moxon and Others took part in the ESU Schools’ Mace, an annual debating tournament, up
Sam Benjamin. against sixth formers from Lady Margaret School. They were commended for their
Reflecting on last year I am so proud of the way in which Fundraising
proposal of the motion: ‘This house would abolish trial by jury.’
our pupils and teachers rose to the challenges it presented. In March Team Tanzania raised £12,300 at an auction dinner, funding
Trips Other competitions included: UKMT Maths Challenge, Poetry by Heart,
The school community demonstrated remarkable resilience and projects for the 2021 Thames team visit.
Year 10 visited St John’s College Cambridge and GCSE geographers investigated Newsquest’s Young Reporters Scheme, Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench,
creativity as we transitioned seamlessly to online teaching and
longshore drift at Seaford, East Sussex. Other educational visits included: Alexander At our annual sponsored XC, pupils raised £8,800, divided between Royal Society of Biology Discovery and Bronze Crest Awards.
learning. I am particularly proud of our Year 11 pupils who have Fleming Museum, Bank of England, BETT Show, Tower of London, Imperial War
much to celebrate with 57% of their grades being 9-7 and 99% Go MAD and A21 Campaign who work to abolish human trafficking.
Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Library and Science Museum. Theatre
at 9-4. These grades were carefully moderated by us and we trips included Much Ado About Nothing, An Inspector Calls and Cinderella.
believe reflect what they would have achieved had they sat their “Thames has given our son the most amazing educational opportunities through which
actual examinations. Co-curricular Workshops 2019-2020 he has thrived, learnt and grown so much into a fully rounded person.”
A high percentage of 9-7 grades was achieved in many subjects KS3 pupils enjoyed a workshop on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Thames parent, 2020
Box Clever Theatre.
including: French, Art & Music 100%, History 86%, Geography Performance in Education led a Road Safety session with Year 7.
80%, Spanish 78%, English Language 61%, Chemistry 60% and School council members attended sessions run by Hillsong Leaders Lab.
Maths 50%. The wide range of subjects we offer enables pupils to Temilade
become well-rounded individuals with a good understanding of Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Hardworking and responsive to teacher feedback, Temi
the world and a strong grasp of skills increasingly demanded for In our first year of running the award, seven pupils completed the Bronze Award attained 10 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s. His grade 9s
employability: creativity, communication and problem solving. and one the Silver Award. were achieved in English Language and Literature,
Looking forward during this extraordinary time, I am convinced Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Religious Studies, History,
that young people deserve a vibrant school, a community of Geography and Italian as well as French which he
stability and hope. Reflecting on these individual achievements took in Year 8. His grade 8s were in Biology and
indicates for me that Thames is just that. Spanish. He taught himself both French and Italian in
his spare time. His results indicate a Value Add of 2.2
Stephen Holsgrove grades. Temi has taken up a place at St Paul’s Boys
Head School for his A Levels.
Our leavers are taking up places at St Paul’s Boys School, Monkton Combe
School, Shiplake College, Emanuel School, Wallington County Grammar
School, The Brit School, Esher College, Graveney School, Ewell Castle GABRIEL
School and London College of Performing Arts.
Gabriel joined Thames from a specialist dyslexic school in
C r e a t i v e Arts Year 7. He benefited from Thames’ small classes and personal
attention and his confidence gradually grew. An imaginative
ART writer, Gabriel attained 9 GCSEs including 9s in English
Language and Literature, Religious Studies, History and
James’ Scottish Landscape won first prize in the KS3 2D category of the ISA London
Art and 7s in Biology and Geography. This represents a
West Art Competition qualifying him for the national finals where he was runner up.
huge Value Add of 3.3 grades. Gabriel will study A levels
C u rr i c u l u m Enr i c h m e nt Georgia, Year 11, was awarded an Art scholarship at Emanuel School. in History, Art and Film Studies.
Speakers/visitors 2019-2020 DRAMA
Rt Hon Tom Brake MP Emi, Year 11, was offered places at both ArtsEd and The Brit School to study Theatre
Aisha Jawando, actress playing Tina in The Tina Turner Musical and Chantae, Year 11, will study Musical Theatre at London College of Performing
Lana Vasquez, Life Impact International Arts. Both girls developed their talents by playing lead roles in our annual musicals.
Pastor Alex Gyasi MBE, The Highway House Homeless Shelter S P O R T As part of their unit on pantomime, Year 9 enjoyed Cinderella at New Wimbledon Loc k d o w n O pport u n i t i e s
Sergeant Lamoye Leslie, Army Cadets Theatre, particularly as Mrs Alice Burnett, director of our last three Thames musicals,
Pad Pax, success and life coach Jimmy won Silver at the Wandsworth Schools U15 Cross Country and represented was a member of the cast. We took advantage of our Google IT platform moving our learning environment
Tamzyn French, Kinetika Bloco Wandsworth at London Youth Games. He finished 8th in the ISA London West XC, online the day lockdown started. The whole curriculum was broadcast live to pupils
qualifying for the ISA national finals. in their homes, including tutor times, assemblies, practical subjects such as art, live
At our annual sponsored XC, Cecilia, Year 8, won PE sessions and one to one support lessons. Parent feedback was incredibly positive:
the girls’ trophy with a run of 9k and Jimmy, Year 10, children were engaged, motivated and connected to each other and their teachers at
won the boys’ trophy with 10k. Year 7 pupils averaged a difficult and isolating time.
6.5k each. Lockdown opened up many innovative opportunities:
To keep pupils engaged physically during lockdown, Biju Thampy, founder of Vision Rescue, joined an assembly live from Mumbai,
live fitness sessions were broadcast by personal trainer, discussing his work in the slums bringing education and healthcare to thousands
Mrs Alice Burnett. Many sports and competitions of children. He inspired pupils not to take their education for granted.
were offered with shared experiences uploaded to our
sports webpage. Tony Jarrett, former Olympic hurdler & Commonwealth Gold medal winner, spoke
about making the most of your potential by setting clear goals and running your own race.
Year 9 enjoyed live cookery classes, creating
some healthy recipes and learning good
ANNA hygiene and safe knife skills.
Anna joined Thames when her family moved to London from In Thames’ first photography competition,
North Africa. Fluent in French and with excellent Arabic, pupils were invited to submit images inspired
Camps Anna thrived during her time here and developed a breadth by lockdown. Third was Matilda, Year 7,
Our first residential camp for Year 10 pupils at an outward bound centre in Kent of scientific and artistic prowess, achieving 6 grade 9s and 3 second, Cecilia, Year 8, and joint first were
included climbing and high ropes. Pupils also learned study skills in preparation grade 8s in her GCSEs. Her grade 9s were in Art, Maths, Tsion, Year 10, and Freya, Year 8.
for their GCSE courses. Chemistry, Biology, History and French and her grade 8s
Joint 1st prize photograph by Freya, Year 8
were in English Language and Literature and Religious
Year 7 enjoyed climbing, zip wire and raft building at their annual residential “Thank you for your calm leadership at this time:
Studies.
camp in Norfolk. They focused on the school values and the importance of I think your decision making and preparations
building positive relationships. have been excellent.”
Performance of ‘The History Boys’ by Year 10 Thames parent, 2020
Clubs Tanzania 2019
This year saw the launch of our student-run school newspaper, Thames Times. In October 2019 a team of 20 Year 10 and 11 pupils travelled to Musoma,
As we enter our 21st year, The editorial team switched seamlessly to online editions during lockdown. Tanzania, to work with the charity Go MAD. Pupils saw seriously
I am pleased to share with you In community club pupils supported the elderly at local care homes. Other clubs contaminated water sources from which villagers drink. They helped to
included: badminton, band, basketball, chess, choir, debating, dissections, fashion, build three water tanks, each to be used to capture rainwater for a family. Ac a d e m i c
not only the achievements of
instrumental ensemble, international food, life drawing, netball, self-defence, table The team also built six goat sheds and provided milk goats for families
the past year, but also to tennis and woodwork. Twenty AGT pupils attended Imperial College’s Christmas Lecture to hear guest
celebrate our journey to reach with little income. Each goat will generate an annual income of £200. speaker Helen Sharma, the first female British astronaut.
As well as funding the water tanks and goat sheds, the team also funded a
this milestone. Questions about God Week Ciara, Tom and Hugo, Year 9, attended six Maths Masterclasses at the Royal
malaria education day at a primary school and gave out 300 mosquito nets.
Pupils had the opportunity to discuss questions including: Is God out of date? How can Institution. A further six pupils attended Masterclasses in Engineering. Bailey took
Go MAD is also working with local farmers to plant 20,000 trees. As part part in the Year 10 Maths Masterclass at Imperial College.
God allow suffering? and Are miracles all in the mind? Speakers included Clare Williams of this reforestation initiative, some pupils flew a drone to map the area.
from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and local pastors Josh Moxon and Others took part in the ESU Schools’ Mace, an annual debating tournament, up
Sam Benjamin. against sixth formers from Lady Margaret School. They were commended for their
Reflecting on last year I am so proud of the way in which Fundraising
proposal of the motion: ‘This house would abolish trial by jury.’
our pupils and teachers rose to the challenges it presented. In March Team Tanzania raised £12,300 at an auction dinner, funding
Trips Other competitions included: UKMT Maths Challenge, Poetry by Heart,
The school community demonstrated remarkable resilience and projects for the 2021 Thames team visit.
Year 10 visited St John’s College Cambridge and GCSE geographers investigated Newsquest’s Young Reporters Scheme, Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench,
creativity as we transitioned seamlessly to online teaching and
longshore drift at Seaford, East Sussex. Other educational visits included: Alexander At our annual sponsored XC, pupils raised £8,800, divided between Royal Society of Biology Discovery and Bronze Crest Awards.
learning. I am particularly proud of our Year 11 pupils who have Fleming Museum, Bank of England, BETT Show, Tower of London, Imperial War
much to celebrate with 57% of their grades being 9-7 and 99% Go MAD and A21 Campaign who work to abolish human trafficking.
Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Library and Science Museum. Theatre
at 9-4. These grades were carefully moderated by us and we trips included Much Ado About Nothing, An Inspector Calls and Cinderella.
believe reflect what they would have achieved had they sat their “Thames has given our son the most amazing educational opportunities through which
actual examinations. Co-curricular Workshops 2019-2020 he has thrived, learnt and grown so much into a fully rounded person.”
A high percentage of 9-7 grades was achieved in many subjects KS3 pupils enjoyed a workshop on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Thames parent, 2020
Box Clever Theatre.
including: French, Art & Music 100%, History 86%, Geography Performance in Education led a Road Safety session with Year 7.
80%, Spanish 78%, English Language 61%, Chemistry 60% and School council members attended sessions run by Hillsong Leaders Lab.
Maths 50%. The wide range of subjects we offer enables pupils to Temilade
become well-rounded individuals with a good understanding of Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Hardworking and responsive to teacher feedback, Temi
the world and a strong grasp of skills increasingly demanded for In our first year of running the award, seven pupils completed the Bronze Award attained 10 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s. His grade 9s
employability: creativity, communication and problem solving. and one the Silver Award. were achieved in English Language and Literature,
Looking forward during this extraordinary time, I am convinced Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Religious Studies, History,
that young people deserve a vibrant school, a community of Geography and Italian as well as French which he
stability and hope. Reflecting on these individual achievements took in Year 8. His grade 8s were in Biology and
indicates for me that Thames is just that. Spanish. He taught himself both French and Italian in
his spare time. His results indicate a Value Add of 2.2
Stephen Holsgrove grades. Temi has taken up a place at St Paul’s Boys
Head School for his A Levels.
Our leavers are taking up places at St Paul’s Boys School, Monkton Combe
School, Shiplake College, Emanuel School, Wallington County Grammar
School, The Brit School, Esher College, Graveney School, Ewell Castle GABRIEL
School and London College of Performing Arts.
Gabriel joined Thames from a specialist dyslexic school in
C r e a t i v e Arts Year 7. He benefited from Thames’ small classes and personal
attention and his confidence gradually grew. An imaginative
ART writer, Gabriel attained 9 GCSEs including 9s in English
Language and Literature, Religious Studies, History and
James’ Scottish Landscape won first prize in the KS3 2D category of the ISA London
Art and 7s in Biology and Geography. This represents a
West Art Competition qualifying him for the national finals where he was runner up.
huge Value Add of 3.3 grades. Gabriel will study A levels
C u rr i c u l u m Enr i c h m e nt Georgia, Year 11, was awarded an Art scholarship at Emanuel School. in History, Art and Film Studies.
Speakers/visitors 2019-2020 DRAMA
Rt Hon Tom Brake MP Emi, Year 11, was offered places at both ArtsEd and The Brit School to study Theatre
Aisha Jawando, actress playing Tina in The Tina Turner Musical and Chantae, Year 11, will study Musical Theatre at London College of Performing
Lana Vasquez, Life Impact International Arts. Both girls developed their talents by playing lead roles in our annual musicals.
Pastor Alex Gyasi MBE, The Highway House Homeless Shelter S P O R T As part of their unit on pantomime, Year 9 enjoyed Cinderella at New Wimbledon Loc k d o w n O pport u n i t i e s
Sergeant Lamoye Leslie, Army Cadets Theatre, particularly as Mrs Alice Burnett, director of our last three Thames musicals,
Pad Pax, success and life coach Jimmy won Silver at the Wandsworth Schools U15 Cross Country and represented was a member of the cast. We took advantage of our Google IT platform moving our learning environment
Tamzyn French, Kinetika Bloco Wandsworth at London Youth Games. He finished 8th in the ISA London West XC, online the day lockdown started. The whole curriculum was broadcast live to pupils
qualifying for the ISA national finals. in their homes, including tutor times, assemblies, practical subjects such as art, live
At our annual sponsored XC, Cecilia, Year 8, won PE sessions and one to one support lessons. Parent feedback was incredibly positive:
the girls’ trophy with a run of 9k and Jimmy, Year 10, children were engaged, motivated and connected to each other and their teachers at
won the boys’ trophy with 10k. Year 7 pupils averaged a difficult and isolating time.
6.5k each. Lockdown opened up many innovative opportunities:
To keep pupils engaged physically during lockdown, Biju Thampy, founder of Vision Rescue, joined an assembly live from Mumbai,
live fitness sessions were broadcast by personal trainer, discussing his work in the slums bringing education and healthcare to thousands
Mrs Alice Burnett. Many sports and competitions of children. He inspired pupils not to take their education for granted.
were offered with shared experiences uploaded to our
sports webpage. Tony Jarrett, former Olympic hurdler & Commonwealth Gold medal winner, spoke
about making the most of your potential by setting clear goals and running your own race.
Year 9 enjoyed live cookery classes, creating
some healthy recipes and learning good
ANNA hygiene and safe knife skills.
Anna joined Thames when her family moved to London from In Thames’ first photography competition,
North Africa. Fluent in French and with excellent Arabic, pupils were invited to submit images inspired
Camps Anna thrived during her time here and developed a breadth by lockdown. Third was Matilda, Year 7,
Our first residential camp for Year 10 pupils at an outward bound centre in Kent of scientific and artistic prowess, achieving 6 grade 9s and 3 second, Cecilia, Year 8, and joint first were
included climbing and high ropes. Pupils also learned study skills in preparation grade 8s in her GCSEs. Her grade 9s were in Art, Maths, Tsion, Year 10, and Freya, Year 8.
for their GCSE courses. Chemistry, Biology, History and French and her grade 8s
Joint 1st prize photograph by Freya, Year 8
were in English Language and Literature and Religious
Year 7 enjoyed climbing, zip wire and raft building at their annual residential “Thank you for your calm leadership at this time:
Studies.
camp in Norfolk. They focused on the school values and the importance of I think your decision making and preparations
building positive relationships. have been excellent.”
Performance of ‘The History Boys’ by Year 10 Thames parent, 2020Clubs Tanzania 2019
This year saw the launch of our student-run school newspaper, Thames Times. In October 2019 a team of 20 Year 10 and 11 pupils travelled to Musoma,
As we enter our 21st year, The editorial team switched seamlessly to online editions during lockdown. Tanzania, to work with the charity Go MAD. Pupils saw seriously
I am pleased to share with you In community club pupils supported the elderly at local care homes. Other clubs contaminated water sources from which villagers drink. They helped to
included: badminton, band, basketball, chess, choir, debating, dissections, fashion, build three water tanks, each to be used to capture rainwater for a family. Ac a d e m i c
not only the achievements of
instrumental ensemble, international food, life drawing, netball, self-defence, table The team also built six goat sheds and provided milk goats for families
the past year, but also to tennis and woodwork. Twenty AGT pupils attended Imperial College’s Christmas Lecture to hear guest
celebrate our journey to reach with little income. Each goat will generate an annual income of £200. speaker Helen Sharma, the first female British astronaut.
As well as funding the water tanks and goat sheds, the team also funded a
this milestone. Questions about God Week Ciara, Tom and Hugo, Year 9, attended six Maths Masterclasses at the Royal
malaria education day at a primary school and gave out 300 mosquito nets.
Pupils had the opportunity to discuss questions including: Is God out of date? How can Institution. A further six pupils attended Masterclasses in Engineering. Bailey took
Go MAD is also working with local farmers to plant 20,000 trees. As part part in the Year 10 Maths Masterclass at Imperial College.
God allow suffering? and Are miracles all in the mind? Speakers included Clare Williams of this reforestation initiative, some pupils flew a drone to map the area.
from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and local pastors Josh Moxon and Others took part in the ESU Schools’ Mace, an annual debating tournament, up
Sam Benjamin. against sixth formers from Lady Margaret School. They were commended for their
Reflecting on last year I am so proud of the way in which Fundraising
proposal of the motion: ‘This house would abolish trial by jury.’
our pupils and teachers rose to the challenges it presented. In March Team Tanzania raised £12,300 at an auction dinner, funding
Trips Other competitions included: UKMT Maths Challenge, Poetry by Heart,
The school community demonstrated remarkable resilience and projects for the 2021 Thames team visit.
Year 10 visited St John’s College Cambridge and GCSE geographers investigated Newsquest’s Young Reporters Scheme, Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench,
creativity as we transitioned seamlessly to online teaching and
longshore drift at Seaford, East Sussex. Other educational visits included: Alexander At our annual sponsored XC, pupils raised £8,800, divided between Royal Society of Biology Discovery and Bronze Crest Awards.
learning. I am particularly proud of our Year 11 pupils who have Fleming Museum, Bank of England, BETT Show, Tower of London, Imperial War
much to celebrate with 57% of their grades being 9-7 and 99% Go MAD and A21 Campaign who work to abolish human trafficking.
Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Library and Science Museum. Theatre
at 9-4. These grades were carefully moderated by us and we trips included Much Ado About Nothing, An Inspector Calls and Cinderella.
believe reflect what they would have achieved had they sat their “Thames has given our son the most amazing educational opportunities through which
actual examinations. Co-curricular Workshops 2019-2020 he has thrived, learnt and grown so much into a fully rounded person.”
A high percentage of 9-7 grades was achieved in many subjects KS3 pupils enjoyed a workshop on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Thames parent, 2020
Box Clever Theatre.
including: French, Art & Music 100%, History 86%, Geography Performance in Education led a Road Safety session with Year 7.
80%, Spanish 78%, English Language 61%, Chemistry 60% and School council members attended sessions run by Hillsong Leaders Lab.
Maths 50%. The wide range of subjects we offer enables pupils to Temilade
become well-rounded individuals with a good understanding of Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Hardworking and responsive to teacher feedback, Temi
the world and a strong grasp of skills increasingly demanded for In our first year of running the award, seven pupils completed the Bronze Award attained 10 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s. His grade 9s
employability: creativity, communication and problem solving. and one the Silver Award. were achieved in English Language and Literature,
Looking forward during this extraordinary time, I am convinced Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Religious Studies, History,
that young people deserve a vibrant school, a community of Geography and Italian as well as French which he
stability and hope. Reflecting on these individual achievements took in Year 8. His grade 8s were in Biology and
indicates for me that Thames is just that. Spanish. He taught himself both French and Italian in
his spare time. His results indicate a Value Add of 2.2
Stephen Holsgrove grades. Temi has taken up a place at St Paul’s Boys
Head School for his A Levels.
Our leavers are taking up places at St Paul’s Boys School, Monkton Combe
School, Shiplake College, Emanuel School, Wallington County Grammar
School, The Brit School, Esher College, Graveney School, Ewell Castle GABRIEL
School and London College of Performing Arts.
Gabriel joined Thames from a specialist dyslexic school in
C r e a t i v e Arts Year 7. He benefited from Thames’ small classes and personal
attention and his confidence gradually grew. An imaginative
ART writer, Gabriel attained 9 GCSEs including 9s in English
Language and Literature, Religious Studies, History and
James’ Scottish Landscape won first prize in the KS3 2D category of the ISA London
Art and 7s in Biology and Geography. This represents a
West Art Competition qualifying him for the national finals where he was runner up.
huge Value Add of 3.3 grades. Gabriel will study A levels
C u rr i c u l u m Enr i c h m e nt Georgia, Year 11, was awarded an Art scholarship at Emanuel School. in History, Art and Film Studies.
Speakers/visitors 2019-2020 DRAMA
Rt Hon Tom Brake MP Emi, Year 11, was offered places at both ArtsEd and The Brit School to study Theatre
Aisha Jawando, actress playing Tina in The Tina Turner Musical and Chantae, Year 11, will study Musical Theatre at London College of Performing
Lana Vasquez, Life Impact International Arts. Both girls developed their talents by playing lead roles in our annual musicals.
Pastor Alex Gyasi MBE, The Highway House Homeless Shelter S P O R T As part of their unit on pantomime, Year 9 enjoyed Cinderella at New Wimbledon Loc k d o w n O pport u n i t i e s
Sergeant Lamoye Leslie, Army Cadets Theatre, particularly as Mrs Alice Burnett, director of our last three Thames musicals,
Pad Pax, success and life coach Jimmy won Silver at the Wandsworth Schools U15 Cross Country and represented was a member of the cast. We took advantage of our Google IT platform moving our learning environment
Tamzyn French, Kinetika Bloco Wandsworth at London Youth Games. He finished 8th in the ISA London West XC, online the day lockdown started. The whole curriculum was broadcast live to pupils
qualifying for the ISA national finals. in their homes, including tutor times, assemblies, practical subjects such as art, live
At our annual sponsored XC, Cecilia, Year 8, won PE sessions and one to one support lessons. Parent feedback was incredibly positive:
the girls’ trophy with a run of 9k and Jimmy, Year 10, children were engaged, motivated and connected to each other and their teachers at
won the boys’ trophy with 10k. Year 7 pupils averaged a difficult and isolating time.
6.5k each. Lockdown opened up many innovative opportunities:
To keep pupils engaged physically during lockdown, Biju Thampy, founder of Vision Rescue, joined an assembly live from Mumbai,
live fitness sessions were broadcast by personal trainer, discussing his work in the slums bringing education and healthcare to thousands
Mrs Alice Burnett. Many sports and competitions of children. He inspired pupils not to take their education for granted.
were offered with shared experiences uploaded to our
sports webpage. Tony Jarrett, former Olympic hurdler & Commonwealth Gold medal winner, spoke
about making the most of your potential by setting clear goals and running your own race.
Year 9 enjoyed live cookery classes, creating
some healthy recipes and learning good
ANNA hygiene and safe knife skills.
Anna joined Thames when her family moved to London from In Thames’ first photography competition,
North Africa. Fluent in French and with excellent Arabic, pupils were invited to submit images inspired
Camps Anna thrived during her time here and developed a breadth by lockdown. Third was Matilda, Year 7,
Our first residential camp for Year 10 pupils at an outward bound centre in Kent of scientific and artistic prowess, achieving 6 grade 9s and 3 second, Cecilia, Year 8, and joint first were
included climbing and high ropes. Pupils also learned study skills in preparation grade 8s in her GCSEs. Her grade 9s were in Art, Maths, Tsion, Year 10, and Freya, Year 8.
for their GCSE courses. Chemistry, Biology, History and French and her grade 8s
Joint 1st prize photograph by Freya, Year 8
were in English Language and Literature and Religious
Year 7 enjoyed climbing, zip wire and raft building at their annual residential “Thank you for your calm leadership at this time:
Studies.
camp in Norfolk. They focused on the school values and the importance of I think your decision making and preparations
building positive relationships. have been excellent.”
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