2 0 1 9 - 2 0 2 0 A C H I E V E M E N T

As we enter our 21st year, I am pleased to share with you not only the achievements of the past year, but also to celebrate our journey to reach this milestone.

Reflecting on last year I am so proud of the way in which our pupils and teachers rose to the challenges it presented. The school community demonstrated remarkable resilience and creativity as we transitioned seamlessly to online teaching and learning. I am particularly proud of our Year 11 pupils who have much to celebrate with 57% of their grades being 9-7 and 99% at 9-4. These grades were carefully moderated by us and we believe reflect what they would have achieved had they sat their actual examinations. A high percentage of 9-7 grades was achieved in many subjects including: French, Art & Music 100%, History 86%, Geography 80%, Spanish 78%, English Language 61%, Chemistry 60% and Maths 50%. The wide range of subjects we offer enables pupils to become well-rounded individuals with a good understanding of the world and a strong grasp of skills increasingly demanded for employability: creativity, communication and problem solving.Looking forward during this extraordinary time, I am convinced that young people deserve a vibrant school, a community of stability and hope. Reflecting on these individual achievements indicates for me that Thames is just that. Stephen Holsgrove Head

S P O R T

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 School and London College of Performing Arts.

SPeakeRS/viSiTORS 2019-2020 Rt Hon Tom Brake MP Aisha Jawando, actress playing Tina in The Tina Turner Musical Lana Vasquez, Life Impact International Pastor Alex Gyasi MBE, The Highway House Homeless Shelter Sergeant Lamoye Leslie, Army Cadets Pad Pax, success and life coach Tamzyn French, Kinetika Bloco

Camps

Our first residential camp for Year 10 pupils at an outward bound centre in Kent included climbing and high ropes. Pupils also learned study skills in preparation for their GCSE courses.

Year 7 enjoyed climbing, zip wire and raft building at their annual residential camp in Norfolk. They focused on the school values and the importance of building positive relationships.

Clubs

This year saw the launch of our student-run school newspaper, Thames Times. The editorial team switched seamlessly to online editions during lockdown.

In community club pupils supported the elderly at local care homes. Other clubs included: badminton, band, basketball, chess, choir, debating, dissections, fashion, instrumental ensemble, international food, life drawing, netball, self-defence, table tennis and woodwork.

Questions about God Week

Pupils had the opportunity to discuss questions including: Is God out of date? How can God allow suffering? and Are miracles all in the mind? Speakers included Clare Williams from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and local pastors Josh Moxon and Sam Benjamin.

trips

Year 10 visited St John’s College Cambridge and GCSE geographers investigated longshore drift at Seaford, East Sussex. Other educational visits included: Alexander Fleming Museum, Bank of England, BETT Show, Tower of London, Imperial War Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Library and Science Museum. Theatre trips included Much Ado About Nothing, An Inspector Calls and Cinderella.

Co-CurriCular Workshops 2019-2020

KS3 pupils enjoyed a workshop on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Box Clever Theatre. Performance in Education led a Road Safety session with Year 7. School council members attended sessions run by Hillsong Leaders Lab.

duke of edinburGh’s aWard

In our first year of running the award, seven pupils completed the Bronze Award and one the Silver Award.

Jimmy won Silver at the Wandsworth Schools U15 Cross Country and represented Wandsworth at London Youth Games. He finished 8th in the ISA London West XC, qualifying for the ISA national finals.

At our annual sponsored XC, Cecilia, Year 8, won the girls’ trophy with a run of 9k and Jimmy, Year 10, won the boys’ trophy with 10k. Year 7 pupils averaged 6.5k each.

To keep pupils engaged physically during lockdown, live fitness sessions were broadcast by personal trainer, Mrs Alice Burnett. Many sports and competitions were offered with shared experiences uploaded to our sports webpage.

aNNaAnna joined Thames when her family moved to London from North Africa. Fluent in French and with excellent Arabic, Anna thrived during her time here and developed a breadth of scientific and artistic prowess, achieving 6 grade 9s and 3 grade 8s in her GCSEs. Her grade 9s were in Art, Maths, Chemistry, Biology, History and French and her grade 8s were in English Language and Literature and Religious Studies.

tanzania 2019

In October 2019 a team of 20 Year 10 and 11 pupils travelled to Musoma, Tanzania, to work with the charity Go MAD. Pupils saw seriously contaminated water sources from which villagers drink. They helped to build three water tanks, each to be used to capture rainwater for a family. The team also built six goat sheds and provided milk goats for families with little income. Each goat will generate an annual income of £200. As well as funding the water tanks and goat sheds, the team also funded a malaria education day at a primary school and gave out 300 mosquito nets. Go MAD is also working with local farmers to plant 20,000 trees. As part of this reforestation initiative, some pupils flew a drone to map the area.

FuNdRaiSiNg

In March Team Tanzania raised £12,300 at an auction dinner, funding projects for the 2021 Thames team visit.At our annual sponsored XC, pupils raised £8,800, divided between Go MAD and A21 Campaign who work to abolish human trafficking.

Temilade

Hardworking and responsive to teacher feedback, Temi attained 10 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s. His grade 9s were achieved in English Language and Literature, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Religious Studies, History, Geography and Italian as well as French which he took in Year 8. His grade 8s were in Biology and Spanish. He taught himself both French and Italian in his spare time. His results indicate a Value Add of 2.2 grades. Temi has taken up a place at St Paul’s Boys School for his A Levels.

art

James’ Scottish Landscape won first prize in the KS3 2D category of the ISA London West Art Competition qualifying him for the national finals where he was runner up.

Georgia, Year 11, was awarded an Art scholarship at Emanuel School.

drama

Emi, Year 11, was offered places at both ArtsEd and The Brit School to study Theatre and Chantae, Year 11, will study Musical Theatre at London College of Performing Arts. Both girls developed their talents by playing lead roles in our annual musicals.

As part of their unit on pantomime, Year 9 enjoyed Cinderella at New Wimbledon Theatre, particularly as Mrs Alice Burnett, director of our last three Thames musicals, was a member of the cast.

Twenty AGT pupils attended Imperial College’s Christmas Lecture to hear guest speaker Helen Sharma, the first female British astronaut.

Ciara, Tom and Hugo, Year 9, attended six Maths Masterclasses at the Royal Institution. A further six pupils attended Masterclasses in Engineering. Bailey took part in the Year 10 Maths Masterclass at Imperial College.

Others took part in the ESU Schools’ Mace, an annual debating tournament, up against sixth formers from Lady Margaret School. They were commended for their proposal of the motion: ‘This house would abolish trial by jury.’

Other competitions included: UKMT Maths Challenge, Poetry by Heart, Newsquest’s Young Reporters Scheme, Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench, Royal Society of Biology Discovery and Bronze Crest Awards.

gaBRielGabriel joined Thames from a specialist dyslexic school in Year 7. He benefited from Thames’ small classes and personal attention and his confidence gradually grew. An imaginative writer, Gabriel attained 9 GCSEs including 9s in English Language and Literature, Religious Studies, History and Art and 7s in Biology and Geography. This represents a huge Value Add of 3.3 grades. Gabriel will study A levels in History, Art and Film Studies.

We took advantage of our Google IT platform moving our learning environment online the day lockdown started. The whole curriculum was broadcast live to pupils in their homes, including tutor times, assemblies, practical subjects such as art, live PE sessions and one to one support lessons. Parent feedback was incredibly positive: children were engaged, motivated and connected to each other and their teachers at a difficult and isolating time. lockdown opened up many innovative opportunities:

Biju Thampy, founder of Vision Rescue, joined an assembly live from Mumbai, discussing his work in the slums bringing education and healthcare to thousands of children. He inspired pupils not to take their education for granted.

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 hygiene and safe knife skills.

In Thames’ first photography competition, pupils were invited to submit images inspired by lockdown. Third was Matilda, Year 7, second, Cecilia, Year 8, and joint first were Tsion, Year 10, and Freya, Year 8.

“Thames has given our son the most amazing educational opportunities through which he has thrived, learnt and grown so much into a fully rounded person.” Thames parent, 2020

“Thank you for your calm leadership at this time: I think your decision making and preparations have been excellent.”Thames parent, 2020

Joint 1st prize photograph by Freya, Year 8

Performance of ‘The History Boys’ by Year 10

C u R R i C u l u m e N R i C h m e N T

C R e a T i v e a R T S

a C a d e m i C

l O C k d O w N O P P O R T u N i T i e S

As we enter our 21st year, I am pleased to share with you not only the achievements of the past year, but also to celebrate our journey to reach this milestone.

Reflecting on last year I am so proud of the way in which our pupils and teachers rose to the challenges it presented. The school community demonstrated remarkable resilience and creativity as we transitioned seamlessly to online teaching and learning. I am particularly proud of our Year 11 pupils who have much to celebrate with 57% of their grades being 9-7 and 99% at 9-4. These grades were carefully moderated by us and we believe reflect what they would have achieved had they sat their actual examinations. A high percentage of 9-7 grades was achieved in many subjects including: French, Art & Music 100%, History 86%, Geography 80%, Spanish 78%, English Language 61%, Chemistry 60% and Maths 50%. The wide range of subjects we offer enables pupils to become well-rounded individuals with a good understanding of the world and a strong grasp of skills increasingly demanded for employability: creativity, communication and problem solving.Looking forward during this extraordinary time, I am convinced that young people deserve a vibrant school, a community of stability and hope. Reflecting on these individual achievements indicates for me that Thames is just that. Stephen Holsgrove Head

S P O R T

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 School and London College of Performing Arts.

SPeakeRS/viSiTORS 2019-2020 Rt Hon Tom Brake MP Aisha Jawando, actress playing Tina in The Tina Turner Musical Lana Vasquez, Life Impact International Pastor Alex Gyasi MBE, The Highway House Homeless Shelter Sergeant Lamoye Leslie, Army Cadets Pad Pax, success and life coach Tamzyn French, Kinetika Bloco

Camps

Our first residential camp for Year 10 pupils at an outward bound centre in Kent included climbing and high ropes. Pupils also learned study skills in preparation for their GCSE courses.

Year 7 enjoyed climbing, zip wire and raft building at their annual residential camp in Norfolk. They focused on the school values and the importance of building positive relationships.

Clubs

This year saw the launch of our student-run school newspaper, Thames Times. The editorial team switched seamlessly to online editions during lockdown.

In community club pupils supported the elderly at local care homes. Other clubs included: badminton, band, basketball, chess, choir, debating, dissections, fashion, instrumental ensemble, international food, life drawing, netball, self-defence, table tennis and woodwork.

Questions about God Week

Pupils had the opportunity to discuss questions including: Is God out of date? How can God allow suffering? and Are miracles all in the mind? Speakers included Clare Williams from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and local pastors Josh Moxon and Sam Benjamin.

trips

Year 10 visited St John’s College Cambridge and GCSE geographers investigated longshore drift at Seaford, East Sussex. Other educational visits included: Alexander Fleming Museum, Bank of England, BETT Show, Tower of London, Imperial War Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Library and Science Museum. Theatre trips included Much Ado About Nothing, An Inspector Calls and Cinderella.

Co-CurriCular Workshops 2019-2020

KS3 pupils enjoyed a workshop on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Box Clever Theatre. Performance in Education led a Road Safety session with Year 7. School council members attended sessions run by Hillsong Leaders Lab.

duke of edinburGh’s aWard

In our first year of running the award, seven pupils completed the Bronze Award and one the Silver Award.

Jimmy won Silver at the Wandsworth Schools U15 Cross Country and represented Wandsworth at London Youth Games. He finished 8th in the ISA London West XC, qualifying for the ISA national finals.

At our annual sponsored XC, Cecilia, Year 8, won the girls’ trophy with a run of 9k and Jimmy, Year 10, won the boys’ trophy with 10k. Year 7 pupils averaged 6.5k each.

To keep pupils engaged physically during lockdown, live fitness sessions were broadcast by personal trainer, Mrs Alice Burnett. Many sports and competitions were offered with shared experiences uploaded to our sports webpage.

aNNaAnna joined Thames when her family moved to London from North Africa. Fluent in French and with excellent Arabic, Anna thrived during her time here and developed a breadth of scientific and artistic prowess, achieving 6 grade 9s and 3 grade 8s in her GCSEs. Her grade 9s were in Art, Maths, Chemistry, Biology, History and French and her grade 8s were in English Language and Literature and Religious Studies.

tanzania 2019

In October 2019 a team of 20 Year 10 and 11 pupils travelled to Musoma, Tanzania, to work with the charity Go MAD. Pupils saw seriously contaminated water sources from which villagers drink. They helped to build three water tanks, each to be used to capture rainwater for a family. The team also built six goat sheds and provided milk goats for families with little income. Each goat will generate an annual income of £200. As well as funding the water tanks and goat sheds, the team also funded a malaria education day at a primary school and gave out 300 mosquito nets. Go MAD is also working with local farmers to plant 20,000 trees. As part of this reforestation initiative, some pupils flew a drone to map the area.

FuNdRaiSiNg

In March Team Tanzania raised £12,300 at an auction dinner, funding projects for the 2021 Thames team visit.At our annual sponsored XC, pupils raised £8,800, divided between Go MAD and A21 Campaign who work to abolish human trafficking.

Temilade

Hardworking and responsive to teacher feedback, Temi attained 10 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s. His grade 9s were achieved in English Language and Literature, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Religious Studies, History, Geography and Italian as well as French which he took in Year 8. His grade 8s were in Biology and Spanish. He taught himself both French and Italian in his spare time. His results indicate a Value Add of 2.2 grades. Temi has taken up a place at St Paul’s Boys School for his A Levels.

art

James’ Scottish Landscape won first prize in the KS3 2D category of the ISA London West Art Competition qualifying him for the national finals where he was runner up.

Georgia, Year 11, was awarded an Art scholarship at Emanuel School.

drama

Emi, Year 11, was offered places at both ArtsEd and The Brit School to study Theatre and Chantae, Year 11, will study Musical Theatre at London College of Performing Arts. Both girls developed their talents by playing lead roles in our annual musicals.

As part of their unit on pantomime, Year 9 enjoyed Cinderella at New Wimbledon Theatre, particularly as Mrs Alice Burnett, director of our last three Thames musicals, was a member of the cast.

Twenty AGT pupils attended Imperial College’s Christmas Lecture to hear guest speaker Helen Sharma, the first female British astronaut.

Ciara, Tom and Hugo, Year 9, attended six Maths Masterclasses at the Royal Institution. A further six pupils attended Masterclasses in Engineering. Bailey took part in the Year 10 Maths Masterclass at Imperial College.

Others took part in the ESU Schools’ Mace, an annual debating tournament, up against sixth formers from Lady Margaret School. They were commended for their proposal of the motion: ‘This house would abolish trial by jury.’

Other competitions included: UKMT Maths Challenge, Poetry by Heart, Newsquest’s Young Reporters Scheme, Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench, Royal Society of Biology Discovery and Bronze Crest Awards.

gaBRielGabriel joined Thames from a specialist dyslexic school in Year 7. He benefited from Thames’ small classes and personal attention and his confidence gradually grew. An imaginative writer, Gabriel attained 9 GCSEs including 9s in English Language and Literature, Religious Studies, History and Art and 7s in Biology and Geography. This represents a huge Value Add of 3.3 grades. Gabriel will study A levels in History, Art and Film Studies.

We took advantage of our Google IT platform moving our learning environment online the day lockdown started. The whole curriculum was broadcast live to pupils in their homes, including tutor times, assemblies, practical subjects such as art, live PE sessions and one to one support lessons. Parent feedback was incredibly positive: children were engaged, motivated and connected to each other and their teachers at a difficult and isolating time. lockdown opened up many innovative opportunities:

Biju Thampy, founder of Vision Rescue, joined an assembly live from Mumbai, discussing his work in the slums bringing education and healthcare to thousands of children. He inspired pupils not to take their education for granted.

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 hygiene and safe knife skills.

In Thames’ first photography competition, pupils were invited to submit images inspired by lockdown. Third was Matilda, Year 7, second, Cecilia, Year 8, and joint first were Tsion, Year 10, and Freya, Year 8.

“Thames has given our son the most amazing educational opportunities through which he has thrived, learnt and grown so much into a fully rounded person.” Thames parent, 2020

“Thank you for your calm leadership at this time: I think your decision making and preparations have been excellent.”Thames parent, 2020

Joint 1st prize photograph by Freya, Year 8

Performance of ‘The History Boys’ by Year 10

C u R R i C u l u m e N R i C h m e N T

C R e a T i v e a R T S

a C a d e m i C

l O C k d O w N O P P O R T u N i T i e S

As we enter our 21st year, I am pleased to share with you not only the achievements of the past year, but also to celebrate our journey to reach this milestone.

Reflecting on last year I am so proud of the way in which our pupils and teachers rose to the challenges it presented. The school community demonstrated remarkable resilience and creativity as we transitioned seamlessly to online teaching and learning. I am particularly proud of our Year 11 pupils who have much to celebrate with 57% of their grades being 9-7 and 99% at 9-4. These grades were carefully moderated by us and we believe reflect what they would have achieved had they sat their actual examinations. A high percentage of 9-7 grades was achieved in many subjects including: French, Art & Music 100%, History 86%, Geography 80%, Spanish 78%, English Language 61%, Chemistry 60% and Maths 50%. The wide range of subjects we offer enables pupils to become well-rounded individuals with a good understanding of the world and a strong grasp of skills increasingly demanded for employability: creativity, communication and problem solving.Looking forward during this extraordinary time, I am convinced that young people deserve a vibrant school, a community of stability and hope. Reflecting on these individual achievements indicates for me that Thames is just that. Stephen Holsgrove Head

S P O R T

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 School and London College of Performing Arts.

SPeakeRS/viSiTORS 2019-2020 Rt Hon Tom Brake MP Aisha Jawando, actress playing Tina in The Tina Turner Musical Lana Vasquez, Life Impact International Pastor Alex Gyasi MBE, The Highway House Homeless Shelter Sergeant Lamoye Leslie, Army Cadets Pad Pax, success and life coach Tamzyn French, Kinetika Bloco

Camps

Our first residential camp for Year 10 pupils at an outward bound centre in Kent included climbing and high ropes. Pupils also learned study skills in preparation for their GCSE courses.

Year 7 enjoyed climbing, zip wire and raft building at their annual residential camp in Norfolk. They focused on the school values and the importance of building positive relationships.

Clubs

This year saw the launch of our student-run school newspaper, Thames Times. The editorial team switched seamlessly to online editions during lockdown.

In community club pupils supported the elderly at local care homes. Other clubs included: badminton, band, basketball, chess, choir, debating, dissections, fashion, instrumental ensemble, international food, life drawing, netball, self-defence, table tennis and woodwork.

Questions about God Week

Pupils had the opportunity to discuss questions including: Is God out of date? How can God allow suffering? and Are miracles all in the mind? Speakers included Clare Williams from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and local pastors Josh Moxon and Sam Benjamin.

trips

Year 10 visited St John’s College Cambridge and GCSE geographers investigated longshore drift at Seaford, East Sussex. Other educational visits included: Alexander Fleming Museum, Bank of England, BETT Show, Tower of London, Imperial War Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Library and Science Museum. Theatre trips included Much Ado About Nothing, An Inspector Calls and Cinderella.

Co-CurriCular Workshops 2019-2020

KS3 pupils enjoyed a workshop on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Box Clever Theatre. Performance in Education led a Road Safety session with Year 7. School council members attended sessions run by Hillsong Leaders Lab.

duke of edinburGh’s aWard

In our first year of running the award, seven pupils completed the Bronze Award and one the Silver Award.

Jimmy won Silver at the Wandsworth Schools U15 Cross Country and represented Wandsworth at London Youth Games. He finished 8th in the ISA London West XC, qualifying for the ISA national finals.

At our annual sponsored XC, Cecilia, Year 8, won the girls’ trophy with a run of 9k and Jimmy, Year 10, won the boys’ trophy with 10k. Year 7 pupils averaged 6.5k each.

To keep pupils engaged physically during lockdown, live fitness sessions were broadcast by personal trainer, Mrs Alice Burnett. Many sports and competitions were offered with shared experiences uploaded to our sports webpage.

aNNaAnna joined Thames when her family moved to London from North Africa. Fluent in French and with excellent Arabic, Anna thrived during her time here and developed a breadth of scientific and artistic prowess, achieving 6 grade 9s and 3 grade 8s in her GCSEs. Her grade 9s were in Art, Maths, Chemistry, Biology, History and French and her grade 8s were in English Language and Literature and Religious Studies.

tanzania 2019

In October 2019 a team of 20 Year 10 and 11 pupils travelled to Musoma, Tanzania, to work with the charity Go MAD. Pupils saw seriously contaminated water sources from which villagers drink. They helped to build three water tanks, each to be used to capture rainwater for a family. The team also built six goat sheds and provided milk goats for families with little income. Each goat will generate an annual income of £200. As well as funding the water tanks and goat sheds, the team also funded a malaria education day at a primary school and gave out 300 mosquito nets. Go MAD is also working with local farmers to plant 20,000 trees. As part of this reforestation initiative, some pupils flew a drone to map the area.

FuNdRaiSiNg

In March Team Tanzania raised £12,300 at an auction dinner, funding projects for the 2021 Thames team visit.At our annual sponsored XC, pupils raised £8,800, divided between Go MAD and A21 Campaign who work to abolish human trafficking.

Temilade

Hardworking and responsive to teacher feedback, Temi attained 10 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s. His grade 9s were achieved in English Language and Literature, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Religious Studies, History, Geography and Italian as well as French which he took in Year 8. His grade 8s were in Biology and Spanish. He taught himself both French and Italian in his spare time. His results indicate a Value Add of 2.2 grades. Temi has taken up a place at St Paul’s Boys School for his A Levels.

art

James’ Scottish Landscape won first prize in the KS3 2D category of the ISA London West Art Competition qualifying him for the national finals where he was runner up.

Georgia, Year 11, was awarded an Art scholarship at Emanuel School.

drama

Emi, Year 11, was offered places at both ArtsEd and The Brit School to study Theatre and Chantae, Year 11, will study Musical Theatre at London College of Performing Arts. Both girls developed their talents by playing lead roles in our annual musicals.

As part of their unit on pantomime, Year 9 enjoyed Cinderella at New Wimbledon Theatre, particularly as Mrs Alice Burnett, director of our last three Thames musicals, was a member of the cast.

Twenty AGT pupils attended Imperial College’s Christmas Lecture to hear guest speaker Helen Sharma, the first female British astronaut.

Ciara, Tom and Hugo, Year 9, attended six Maths Masterclasses at the Royal Institution. A further six pupils attended Masterclasses in Engineering. Bailey took part in the Year 10 Maths Masterclass at Imperial College.

Others took part in the ESU Schools’ Mace, an annual debating tournament, up against sixth formers from Lady Margaret School. They were commended for their proposal of the motion: ‘This house would abolish trial by jury.’

Other competitions included: UKMT Maths Challenge, Poetry by Heart, Newsquest’s Young Reporters Scheme, Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench, Royal Society of Biology Discovery and Bronze Crest Awards.

gaBRielGabriel joined Thames from a specialist dyslexic school in Year 7. He benefited from Thames’ small classes and personal attention and his confidence gradually grew. An imaginative writer, Gabriel attained 9 GCSEs including 9s in English Language and Literature, Religious Studies, History and Art and 7s in Biology and Geography. This represents a huge Value Add of 3.3 grades. Gabriel will study A levels in History, Art and Film Studies.

We took advantage of our Google IT platform moving our learning environment online the day lockdown started. The whole curriculum was broadcast live to pupils in their homes, including tutor times, assemblies, practical subjects such as art, live PE sessions and one to one support lessons. Parent feedback was incredibly positive: children were engaged, motivated and connected to each other and their teachers at a difficult and isolating time. lockdown opened up many innovative opportunities:

Biju Thampy, founder of Vision Rescue, joined an assembly live from Mumbai, discussing his work in the slums bringing education and healthcare to thousands of children. He inspired pupils not to take their education for granted.

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 hygiene and safe knife skills.

In Thames’ first photography competition, pupils were invited to submit images inspired by lockdown. Third was Matilda, Year 7, second, Cecilia, Year 8, and joint first were Tsion, Year 10, and Freya, Year 8.

“Thames has given our son the most amazing educational opportunities through which he has thrived, learnt and grown so much into a fully rounded person.” Thames parent, 2020

“Thank you for your calm leadership at this time: I think your decision making and preparations have been excellent.”Thames parent, 2020

Joint 1st prize photograph by Freya, Year 8

Performance of ‘The History Boys’ by Year 10

C u R R i C u l u m e N R i C h m e N T

C R e a T i v e a R T S

a C a d e m i C

l O C k d O w N O P P O R T u N i T i e S

As we enter our 21st year, I am pleased to share with you not only the achievements of the past year, but also to celebrate our journey to reach this milestone.

Reflecting on last year I am so proud of the way in which our pupils and teachers rose to the challenges it presented. The school community demonstrated remarkable resilience and creativity as we transitioned seamlessly to online teaching and learning. I am particularly proud of our Year 11 pupils who have much to celebrate with 57% of their grades being 9-7 and 99% at 9-4. These grades were carefully moderated by us and we believe reflect what they would have achieved had they sat their actual examinations. A high percentage of 9-7 grades was achieved in many subjects including: French, Art & Music 100%, History 86%, Geography 80%, Spanish 78%, English Language 61%, Chemistry 60% and Maths 50%. The wide range of subjects we offer enables pupils to become well-rounded individuals with a good understanding of the world and a strong grasp of skills increasingly demanded for employability: creativity, communication and problem solving.Looking forward during this extraordinary time, I am convinced that young people deserve a vibrant school, a community of stability and hope. Reflecting on these individual achievements indicates for me that Thames is just that. Stephen Holsgrove Head

S P O R T

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 School and London College of Performing Arts.

SPeakeRS/viSiTORS 2019-2020 Rt Hon Tom Brake MP Aisha Jawando, actress playing Tina in The Tina Turner Musical Lana Vasquez, Life Impact International Pastor Alex Gyasi MBE, The Highway House Homeless Shelter Sergeant Lamoye Leslie, Army Cadets Pad Pax, success and life coach Tamzyn French, Kinetika Bloco

Camps

Our first residential camp for Year 10 pupils at an outward bound centre in Kent included climbing and high ropes. Pupils also learned study skills in preparation for their GCSE courses.

Year 7 enjoyed climbing, zip wire and raft building at their annual residential camp in Norfolk. They focused on the school values and the importance of building positive relationships.

Clubs

This year saw the launch of our student-run school newspaper, Thames Times. The editorial team switched seamlessly to online editions during lockdown.

In community club pupils supported the elderly at local care homes. Other clubs included: badminton, band, basketball, chess, choir, debating, dissections, fashion, instrumental ensemble, international food, life drawing, netball, self-defence, table tennis and woodwork.

Questions about God Week

Pupils had the opportunity to discuss questions including: Is God out of date? How can God allow suffering? and Are miracles all in the mind? Speakers included Clare Williams from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and local pastors Josh Moxon and Sam Benjamin.

trips

Year 10 visited St John’s College Cambridge and GCSE geographers investigated longshore drift at Seaford, East Sussex. Other educational visits included: Alexander Fleming Museum, Bank of England, BETT Show, Tower of London, Imperial War Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Library and Science Museum. Theatre trips included Much Ado About Nothing, An Inspector Calls and Cinderella.

Co-CurriCular Workshops 2019-2020

KS3 pupils enjoyed a workshop on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Box Clever Theatre. Performance in Education led a Road Safety session with Year 7. School council members attended sessions run by Hillsong Leaders Lab.

duke of edinburGh’s aWard

In our first year of running the award, seven pupils completed the Bronze Award and one the Silver Award.

Jimmy won Silver at the Wandsworth Schools U15 Cross Country and represented Wandsworth at London Youth Games. He finished 8th in the ISA London West XC, qualifying for the ISA national finals.

At our annual sponsored XC, Cecilia, Year 8, won the girls’ trophy with a run of 9k and Jimmy, Year 10, won the boys’ trophy with 10k. Year 7 pupils averaged 6.5k each.

To keep pupils engaged physically during lockdown, live fitness sessions were broadcast by personal trainer, Mrs Alice Burnett. Many sports and competitions were offered with shared experiences uploaded to our sports webpage.

aNNaAnna joined Thames when her family moved to London from North Africa. Fluent in French and with excellent Arabic, Anna thrived during her time here and developed a breadth of scientific and artistic prowess, achieving 6 grade 9s and 3 grade 8s in her GCSEs. Her grade 9s were in Art, Maths, Chemistry, Biology, History and French and her grade 8s were in English Language and Literature and Religious Studies.

tanzania 2019

In October 2019 a team of 20 Year 10 and 11 pupils travelled to Musoma, Tanzania, to work with the charity Go MAD. Pupils saw seriously contaminated water sources from which villagers drink. They helped to build three water tanks, each to be used to capture rainwater for a family. The team also built six goat sheds and provided milk goats for families with little income. Each goat will generate an annual income of £200. As well as funding the water tanks and goat sheds, the team also funded a malaria education day at a primary school and gave out 300 mosquito nets. Go MAD is also working with local farmers to plant 20,000 trees. As part of this reforestation initiative, some pupils flew a drone to map the area.

FuNdRaiSiNg

In March Team Tanzania raised £12,300 at an auction dinner, funding projects for the 2021 Thames team visit.At our annual sponsored XC, pupils raised £8,800, divided between Go MAD and A21 Campaign who work to abolish human trafficking.

Temilade

Hardworking and responsive to teacher feedback, Temi attained 10 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s. His grade 9s were achieved in English Language and Literature, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Religious Studies, History, Geography and Italian as well as French which he took in Year 8. His grade 8s were in Biology and Spanish. He taught himself both French and Italian in his spare time. His results indicate a Value Add of 2.2 grades. Temi has taken up a place at St Paul’s Boys School for his A Levels.

art

James’ Scottish Landscape won first prize in the KS3 2D category of the ISA London West Art Competition qualifying him for the national finals where he was runner up.

Georgia, Year 11, was awarded an Art scholarship at Emanuel School.

drama

Emi, Year 11, was offered places at both ArtsEd and The Brit School to study Theatre and Chantae, Year 11, will study Musical Theatre at London College of Performing Arts. Both girls developed their talents by playing lead roles in our annual musicals.

As part of their unit on pantomime, Year 9 enjoyed Cinderella at New Wimbledon Theatre, particularly as Mrs Alice Burnett, director of our last three Thames musicals, was a member of the cast.

Twenty AGT pupils attended Imperial College’s Christmas Lecture to hear guest speaker Helen Sharma, the first female British astronaut.

Ciara, Tom and Hugo, Year 9, attended six Maths Masterclasses at the Royal Institution. A further six pupils attended Masterclasses in Engineering. Bailey took part in the Year 10 Maths Masterclass at Imperial College.

Others took part in the ESU Schools’ Mace, an annual debating tournament, up against sixth formers from Lady Margaret School. They were commended for their proposal of the motion: ‘This house would abolish trial by jury.’

Other competitions included: UKMT Maths Challenge, Poetry by Heart, Newsquest’s Young Reporters Scheme, Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench, Royal Society of Biology Discovery and Bronze Crest Awards.

gaBRielGabriel joined Thames from a specialist dyslexic school in Year 7. He benefited from Thames’ small classes and personal attention and his confidence gradually grew. An imaginative writer, Gabriel attained 9 GCSEs including 9s in English Language and Literature, Religious Studies, History and Art and 7s in Biology and Geography. This represents a huge Value Add of 3.3 grades. Gabriel will study A levels in History, Art and Film Studies.

We took advantage of our Google IT platform moving our learning environment online the day lockdown started. The whole curriculum was broadcast live to pupils in their homes, including tutor times, assemblies, practical subjects such as art, live PE sessions and one to one support lessons. Parent feedback was incredibly positive: children were engaged, motivated and connected to each other and their teachers at a difficult and isolating time. lockdown opened up many innovative opportunities:

Biju Thampy, founder of Vision Rescue, joined an assembly live from Mumbai, discussing his work in the slums bringing education and healthcare to thousands of children. He inspired pupils not to take their education for granted.

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 hygiene and safe knife skills.

In Thames’ first photography competition, pupils were invited to submit images inspired by lockdown. Third was Matilda, Year 7, second, Cecilia, Year 8, and joint first were Tsion, Year 10, and Freya, Year 8.

“Thames has given our son the most amazing educational opportunities through which he has thrived, learnt and grown so much into a fully rounded person.” Thames parent, 2020

“Thank you for your calm leadership at this time: I think your decision making and preparations have been excellent.”Thames parent, 2020

Joint 1st prize photograph by Freya, Year 8

Performance of ‘The History Boys’ by Year 10

C u R R i C u l u m e N R i C h m e N T

C R e a T i v e a R T S

a C a d e m i C

l O C k d O w N O P P O R T u N i T i e S

As we enter our 21st year, I am pleased to share with you not only the achievements of the past year, but also to celebrate our journey to reach this milestone.

Reflecting on last year I am so proud of the way in which our pupils and teachers rose to the challenges it presented. The school community demonstrated remarkable resilience and creativity as we transitioned seamlessly to online teaching and learning. I am particularly proud of our Year 11 pupils who have much to celebrate with 57% of their grades being 9-7 and 99% at 9-4. These grades were carefully moderated by us and we believe reflect what they would have achieved had they sat their actual examinations. A high percentage of 9-7 grades was achieved in many subjects including: French, Art & Music 100%, History 86%, Geography 80%, Spanish 78%, English Language 61%, Chemistry 60% and Maths 50%. The wide range of subjects we offer enables pupils to become well-rounded individuals with a good understanding of the world and a strong grasp of skills increasingly demanded for employability: creativity, communication and problem solving.Looking forward during this extraordinary time, I am convinced that young people deserve a vibrant school, a community of stability and hope. Reflecting on these individual achievements indicates for me that Thames is just that. Stephen Holsgrove Head

S P O R T

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 School and London College of Performing Arts.

SPeakeRS/viSiTORS 2019-2020 Rt Hon Tom Brake MP Aisha Jawando, actress playing Tina in The Tina Turner Musical Lana Vasquez, Life Impact International Pastor Alex Gyasi MBE, The Highway House Homeless Shelter Sergeant Lamoye Leslie, Army Cadets Pad Pax, success and life coach Tamzyn French, Kinetika Bloco

Camps

Our first residential camp for Year 10 pupils at an outward bound centre in Kent included climbing and high ropes. Pupils also learned study skills in preparation for their GCSE courses.

Year 7 enjoyed climbing, zip wire and raft building at their annual residential camp in Norfolk. They focused on the school values and the importance of building positive relationships.

Clubs

This year saw the launch of our student-run school newspaper, Thames Times. The editorial team switched seamlessly to online editions during lockdown.

In community club pupils supported the elderly at local care homes. Other clubs included: badminton, band, basketball, chess, choir, debating, dissections, fashion, instrumental ensemble, international food, life drawing, netball, self-defence, table tennis and woodwork.

Questions about God Week

Pupils had the opportunity to discuss questions including: Is God out of date? How can God allow suffering? and Are miracles all in the mind? Speakers included Clare Williams from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and local pastors Josh Moxon and Sam Benjamin.

trips

Year 10 visited St John’s College Cambridge and GCSE geographers investigated longshore drift at Seaford, East Sussex. Other educational visits included: Alexander Fleming Museum, Bank of England, BETT Show, Tower of London, Imperial War Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Library and Science Museum. Theatre trips included Much Ado About Nothing, An Inspector Calls and Cinderella.

Co-CurriCular Workshops 2019-2020

KS3 pupils enjoyed a workshop on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Box Clever Theatre. Performance in Education led a Road Safety session with Year 7. School council members attended sessions run by Hillsong Leaders Lab.

duke of edinburGh’s aWard

In our first year of running the award, seven pupils completed the Bronze Award and one the Silver Award.

Jimmy won Silver at the Wandsworth Schools U15 Cross Country and represented Wandsworth at London Youth Games. He finished 8th in the ISA London West XC, qualifying for the ISA national finals.

At our annual sponsored XC, Cecilia, Year 8, won the girls’ trophy with a run of 9k and Jimmy, Year 10, won the boys’ trophy with 10k. Year 7 pupils averaged 6.5k each.

To keep pupils engaged physically during lockdown, live fitness sessions were broadcast by personal trainer, Mrs Alice Burnett. Many sports and competitions were offered with shared experiences uploaded to our sports webpage.

aNNaAnna joined Thames when her family moved to London from North Africa. Fluent in French and with excellent Arabic, Anna thrived during her time here and developed a breadth of scientific and artistic prowess, achieving 6 grade 9s and 3 grade 8s in her GCSEs. Her grade 9s were in Art, Maths, Chemistry, Biology, History and French and her grade 8s were in English Language and Literature and Religious Studies.

tanzania 2019

In October 2019 a team of 20 Year 10 and 11 pupils travelled to Musoma, Tanzania, to work with the charity Go MAD. Pupils saw seriously contaminated water sources from which villagers drink. They helped to build three water tanks, each to be used to capture rainwater for a family. The team also built six goat sheds and provided milk goats for families with little income. Each goat will generate an annual income of £200. As well as funding the water tanks and goat sheds, the team also funded a malaria education day at a primary school and gave out 300 mosquito nets. Go MAD is also working with local farmers to plant 20,000 trees. As part of this reforestation initiative, some pupils flew a drone to map the area.

FuNdRaiSiNg

In March Team Tanzania raised £12,300 at an auction dinner, funding projects for the 2021 Thames team visit.At our annual sponsored XC, pupils raised £8,800, divided between Go MAD and A21 Campaign who work to abolish human trafficking.

Temilade

Hardworking and responsive to teacher feedback, Temi attained 10 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s. His grade 9s were achieved in English Language and Literature, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Religious Studies, History, Geography and Italian as well as French which he took in Year 8. His grade 8s were in Biology and Spanish. He taught himself both French and Italian in his spare time. His results indicate a Value Add of 2.2 grades. Temi has taken up a place at St Paul’s Boys School for his A Levels.

art

James’ Scottish Landscape won first prize in the KS3 2D category of the ISA London West Art Competition qualifying him for the national finals where he was runner up.

Georgia, Year 11, was awarded an Art scholarship at Emanuel School.

drama

Emi, Year 11, was offered places at both ArtsEd and The Brit School to study Theatre and Chantae, Year 11, will study Musical Theatre at London College of Performing Arts. Both girls developed their talents by playing lead roles in our annual musicals.

As part of their unit on pantomime, Year 9 enjoyed Cinderella at New Wimbledon Theatre, particularly as Mrs Alice Burnett, director of our last three Thames musicals, was a member of the cast.

Twenty AGT pupils attended Imperial College’s Christmas Lecture to hear guest speaker Helen Sharma, the first female British astronaut.

Ciara, Tom and Hugo, Year 9, attended six Maths Masterclasses at the Royal Institution. A further six pupils attended Masterclasses in Engineering. Bailey took part in the Year 10 Maths Masterclass at Imperial College.

Others took part in the ESU Schools’ Mace, an annual debating tournament, up against sixth formers from Lady Margaret School. They were commended for their proposal of the motion: ‘This house would abolish trial by jury.’

Other competitions included: UKMT Maths Challenge, Poetry by Heart, Newsquest’s Young Reporters Scheme, Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench, Royal Society of Biology Discovery and Bronze Crest Awards.

gaBRielGabriel joined Thames from a specialist dyslexic school in Year 7. He benefited from Thames’ small classes and personal attention and his confidence gradually grew. An imaginative writer, Gabriel attained 9 GCSEs including 9s in English Language and Literature, Religious Studies, History and Art and 7s in Biology and Geography. This represents a huge Value Add of 3.3 grades. Gabriel will study A levels in History, Art and Film Studies.

We took advantage of our Google IT platform moving our learning environment online the day lockdown started. The whole curriculum was broadcast live to pupils in their homes, including tutor times, assemblies, practical subjects such as art, live PE sessions and one to one support lessons. Parent feedback was incredibly positive: children were engaged, motivated and connected to each other and their teachers at a difficult and isolating time. lockdown opened up many innovative opportunities:

Biju Thampy, founder of Vision Rescue, joined an assembly live from Mumbai, discussing his work in the slums bringing education and healthcare to thousands of children. He inspired pupils not to take their education for granted.

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 hygiene and safe knife skills.

In Thames’ first photography competition, pupils were invited to submit images inspired by lockdown. Third was Matilda, Year 7, second, Cecilia, Year 8, and joint first were Tsion, Year 10, and Freya, Year 8.

“Thames has given our son the most amazing educational opportunities through which he has thrived, learnt and grown so much into a fully rounded person.” Thames parent, 2020

“Thank you for your calm leadership at this time: I think your decision making and preparations have been excellent.”Thames parent, 2020

Joint 1st prize photograph by Freya, Year 8

Performance of ‘The History Boys’ by Year 10

C u R R i C u l u m e N R i C h m e N T

C R e a T i v e a R T S

a C a d e m i C

l O C k d O w N O P P O R T u N i T i e S

As we enter our 21st year, I am pleased to share with you not only the achievements of the past year, but also to celebrate our journey to reach this milestone.

Reflecting on last year I am so proud of the way in which our pupils and teachers rose to the challenges it presented. The school community demonstrated remarkable resilience and creativity as we transitioned seamlessly to online teaching and learning. I am particularly proud of our Year 11 pupils who have much to celebrate with 57% of their grades being 9-7 and 99% at 9-4. These grades were carefully moderated by us and we believe reflect what they would have achieved had they sat their actual examinations. A high percentage of 9-7 grades was achieved in many subjects including: French, Art & Music 100%, History 86%, Geography 80%, Spanish 78%, English Language 61%, Chemistry 60% and Maths 50%. The wide range of subjects we offer enables pupils to become well-rounded individuals with a good understanding of the world and a strong grasp of skills increasingly demanded for employability: creativity, communication and problem solving.Looking forward during this extraordinary time, I am convinced that young people deserve a vibrant school, a community of stability and hope. Reflecting on these individual achievements indicates for me that Thames is just that. Stephen Holsgrove Head

S P O R T

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 School and London College of Performing Arts.

SPeakeRS/viSiTORS 2019-2020 Rt Hon Tom Brake MP Aisha Jawando, actress playing Tina in The Tina Turner Musical Lana Vasquez, Life Impact International Pastor Alex Gyasi MBE, The Highway House Homeless Shelter Sergeant Lamoye Leslie, Army Cadets Pad Pax, success and life coach Tamzyn French, Kinetika Bloco

Camps

Our first residential camp for Year 10 pupils at an outward bound centre in Kent included climbing and high ropes. Pupils also learned study skills in preparation for their GCSE courses.

Year 7 enjoyed climbing, zip wire and raft building at their annual residential camp in Norfolk. They focused on the school values and the importance of building positive relationships.

Clubs

This year saw the launch of our student-run school newspaper, Thames Times. The editorial team switched seamlessly to online editions during lockdown.

In community club pupils supported the elderly at local care homes. Other clubs included: badminton, band, basketball, chess, choir, debating, dissections, fashion, instrumental ensemble, international food, life drawing, netball, self-defence, table tennis and woodwork.

Questions about God Week

Pupils had the opportunity to discuss questions including: Is God out of date? How can God allow suffering? and Are miracles all in the mind? Speakers included Clare Williams from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and local pastors Josh Moxon and Sam Benjamin.

trips

Year 10 visited St John’s College Cambridge and GCSE geographers investigated longshore drift at Seaford, East Sussex. Other educational visits included: Alexander Fleming Museum, Bank of England, BETT Show, Tower of London, Imperial War Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Library and Science Museum. Theatre trips included Much Ado About Nothing, An Inspector Calls and Cinderella.

Co-CurriCular Workshops 2019-2020

KS3 pupils enjoyed a workshop on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Box Clever Theatre. Performance in Education led a Road Safety session with Year 7. School council members attended sessions run by Hillsong Leaders Lab.

duke of edinburGh’s aWard

In our first year of running the award, seven pupils completed the Bronze Award and one the Silver Award.

Jimmy won Silver at the Wandsworth Schools U15 Cross Country and represented Wandsworth at London Youth Games. He finished 8th in the ISA London West XC, qualifying for the ISA national finals.

At our annual sponsored XC, Cecilia, Year 8, won the girls’ trophy with a run of 9k and Jimmy, Year 10, won the boys’ trophy with 10k. Year 7 pupils averaged 6.5k each.

To keep pupils engaged physically during lockdown, live fitness sessions were broadcast by personal trainer, Mrs Alice Burnett. Many sports and competitions were offered with shared experiences uploaded to our sports webpage.

aNNaAnna joined Thames when her family moved to London from North Africa. Fluent in French and with excellent Arabic, Anna thrived during her time here and developed a breadth of scientific and artistic prowess, achieving 6 grade 9s and 3 grade 8s in her GCSEs. Her grade 9s were in Art, Maths, Chemistry, Biology, History and French and her grade 8s were in English Language and Literature and Religious Studies.

tanzania 2019

In October 2019 a team of 20 Year 10 and 11 pupils travelled to Musoma, Tanzania, to work with the charity Go MAD. Pupils saw seriously contaminated water sources from which villagers drink. They helped to build three water tanks, each to be used to capture rainwater for a family. The team also built six goat sheds and provided milk goats for families with little income. Each goat will generate an annual income of £200. As well as funding the water tanks and goat sheds, the team also funded a malaria education day at a primary school and gave out 300 mosquito nets. Go MAD is also working with local farmers to plant 20,000 trees. As part of this reforestation initiative, some pupils flew a drone to map the area.

FuNdRaiSiNg

In March Team Tanzania raised £12,300 at an auction dinner, funding projects for the 2021 Thames team visit.At our annual sponsored XC, pupils raised £8,800, divided between Go MAD and A21 Campaign who work to abolish human trafficking.

Temilade

Hardworking and responsive to teacher feedback, Temi attained 10 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s. His grade 9s were achieved in English Language and Literature, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Religious Studies, History, Geography and Italian as well as French which he took in Year 8. His grade 8s were in Biology and Spanish. He taught himself both French and Italian in his spare time. His results indicate a Value Add of 2.2 grades. Temi has taken up a place at St Paul’s Boys School for his A Levels.

art

James’ Scottish Landscape won first prize in the KS3 2D category of the ISA London West Art Competition qualifying him for the national finals where he was runner up.

Georgia, Year 11, was awarded an Art scholarship at Emanuel School.

drama

Emi, Year 11, was offered places at both ArtsEd and The Brit School to study Theatre and Chantae, Year 11, will study Musical Theatre at London College of Performing Arts. Both girls developed their talents by playing lead roles in our annual musicals.

As part of their unit on pantomime, Year 9 enjoyed Cinderella at New Wimbledon Theatre, particularly as Mrs Alice Burnett, director of our last three Thames musicals, was a member of the cast.

Twenty AGT pupils attended Imperial College’s Christmas Lecture to hear guest speaker Helen Sharma, the first female British astronaut.

Ciara, Tom and Hugo, Year 9, attended six Maths Masterclasses at the Royal Institution. A further six pupils attended Masterclasses in Engineering. Bailey took part in the Year 10 Maths Masterclass at Imperial College.

Others took part in the ESU Schools’ Mace, an annual debating tournament, up against sixth formers from Lady Margaret School. They were commended for their proposal of the motion: ‘This house would abolish trial by jury.’

Other competitions included: UKMT Maths Challenge, Poetry by Heart, Newsquest’s Young Reporters Scheme, Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench, Royal Society of Biology Discovery and Bronze Crest Awards.

gaBRielGabriel joined Thames from a specialist dyslexic school in Year 7. He benefited from Thames’ small classes and personal attention and his confidence gradually grew. An imaginative writer, Gabriel attained 9 GCSEs including 9s in English Language and Literature, Religious Studies, History and Art and 7s in Biology and Geography. This represents a huge Value Add of 3.3 grades. Gabriel will study A levels in History, Art and Film Studies.

We took advantage of our Google IT platform moving our learning environment online the day lockdown started. The whole curriculum was broadcast live to pupils in their homes, including tutor times, assemblies, practical subjects such as art, live PE sessions and one to one support lessons. Parent feedback was incredibly positive: children were engaged, motivated and connected to each other and their teachers at a difficult and isolating time. lockdown opened up many innovative opportunities:

Biju Thampy, founder of Vision Rescue, joined an assembly live from Mumbai, discussing his work in the slums bringing education and healthcare to thousands of children. He inspired pupils not to take their education for granted.

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 hygiene and safe knife skills.

In Thames’ first photography competition, pupils were invited to submit images inspired by lockdown. Third was Matilda, Year 7, second, Cecilia, Year 8, and joint first were Tsion, Year 10, and Freya, Year 8.

“Thames has given our son the most amazing educational opportunities through which he has thrived, learnt and grown so much into a fully rounded person.” Thames parent, 2020

“Thank you for your calm leadership at this time: I think your decision making and preparations have been excellent.”Thames parent, 2020

Joint 1st prize photograph by Freya, Year 8

Performance of ‘The History Boys’ by Year 10

C u R R i C u l u m e N R i C h m e N T

C R e a T i v e a R T S

a C a d e m i C

l O C k d O w N O P P O R T u N i T i e S

As we enter our 21st year, I am pleased to share with you not only the achievements of the past year, but also to celebrate our journey to reach this milestone.

Reflecting on last year I am so proud of the way in which our pupils and teachers rose to the challenges it presented. The school community demonstrated remarkable resilience and creativity as we transitioned seamlessly to online teaching and learning. I am particularly proud of our Year 11 pupils who have much to celebrate with 57% of their grades being 9-7 and 99% at 9-4. These grades were carefully moderated by us and we believe reflect what they would have achieved had they sat their actual examinations. A high percentage of 9-7 grades was achieved in many subjects including: French, Art & Music 100%, History 86%, Geography 80%, Spanish 78%, English Language 61%, Chemistry 60% and Maths 50%. The wide range of subjects we offer enables pupils to become well-rounded individuals with a good understanding of the world and a strong grasp of skills increasingly demanded for employability: creativity, communication and problem solving.Looking forward during this extraordinary time, I am convinced that young people deserve a vibrant school, a community of stability and hope. Reflecting on these individual achievements indicates for me that Thames is just that. Stephen Holsgrove Head

S P O R T

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 School and London College of Performing Arts.

SPeakeRS/viSiTORS 2019-2020 Rt Hon Tom Brake MP Aisha Jawando, actress playing Tina in The Tina Turner Musical Lana Vasquez, Life Impact International Pastor Alex Gyasi MBE, The Highway House Homeless Shelter Sergeant Lamoye Leslie, Army Cadets Pad Pax, success and life coach Tamzyn French, Kinetika Bloco

Camps

Our first residential camp for Year 10 pupils at an outward bound centre in Kent included climbing and high ropes. Pupils also learned study skills in preparation for their GCSE courses.

Year 7 enjoyed climbing, zip wire and raft building at their annual residential camp in Norfolk. They focused on the school values and the importance of building positive relationships.

Clubs

This year saw the launch of our student-run school newspaper, Thames Times. The editorial team switched seamlessly to online editions during lockdown.

In community club pupils supported the elderly at local care homes. Other clubs included: badminton, band, basketball, chess, choir, debating, dissections, fashion, instrumental ensemble, international food, life drawing, netball, self-defence, table tennis and woodwork.

Questions about God Week

Pupils had the opportunity to discuss questions including: Is God out of date? How can God allow suffering? and Are miracles all in the mind? Speakers included Clare Williams from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and local pastors Josh Moxon and Sam Benjamin.

trips

Year 10 visited St John’s College Cambridge and GCSE geographers investigated longshore drift at Seaford, East Sussex. Other educational visits included: Alexander Fleming Museum, Bank of England, BETT Show, Tower of London, Imperial War Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Library and Science Museum. Theatre trips included Much Ado About Nothing, An Inspector Calls and Cinderella.

Co-CurriCular Workshops 2019-2020

KS3 pupils enjoyed a workshop on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Box Clever Theatre. Performance in Education led a Road Safety session with Year 7. School council members attended sessions run by Hillsong Leaders Lab.

duke of edinburGh’s aWard

In our first year of running the award, seven pupils completed the Bronze Award and one the Silver Award.

Jimmy won Silver at the Wandsworth Schools U15 Cross Country and represented Wandsworth at London Youth Games. He finished 8th in the ISA London West XC, qualifying for the ISA national finals.

At our annual sponsored XC, Cecilia, Year 8, won the girls’ trophy with a run of 9k and Jimmy, Year 10, won the boys’ trophy with 10k. Year 7 pupils averaged 6.5k each.

To keep pupils engaged physically during lockdown, live fitness sessions were broadcast by personal trainer, Mrs Alice Burnett. Many sports and competitions were offered with shared experiences uploaded to our sports webpage.

aNNaAnna joined Thames when her family moved to London from North Africa. Fluent in French and with excellent Arabic, Anna thrived during her time here and developed a breadth of scientific and artistic prowess, achieving 6 grade 9s and 3 grade 8s in her GCSEs. Her grade 9s were in Art, Maths, Chemistry, Biology, History and French and her grade 8s were in English Language and Literature and Religious Studies.

tanzania 2019

In October 2019 a team of 20 Year 10 and 11 pupils travelled to Musoma, Tanzania, to work with the charity Go MAD. Pupils saw seriously contaminated water sources from which villagers drink. They helped to build three water tanks, each to be used to capture rainwater for a family. The team also built six goat sheds and provided milk goats for families with little income. Each goat will generate an annual income of £200. As well as funding the water tanks and goat sheds, the team also funded a malaria education day at a primary school and gave out 300 mosquito nets. Go MAD is also working with local farmers to plant 20,000 trees. As part of this reforestation initiative, some pupils flew a drone to map the area.

FuNdRaiSiNg

In March Team Tanzania raised £12,300 at an auction dinner, funding projects for the 2021 Thames team visit.At our annual sponsored XC, pupils raised £8,800, divided between Go MAD and A21 Campaign who work to abolish human trafficking.

Temilade

Hardworking and responsive to teacher feedback, Temi attained 10 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s. His grade 9s were achieved in English Language and Literature, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Religious Studies, History, Geography and Italian as well as French which he took in Year 8. His grade 8s were in Biology and Spanish. He taught himself both French and Italian in his spare time. His results indicate a Value Add of 2.2 grades. Temi has taken up a place at St Paul’s Boys School for his A Levels.

art

James’ Scottish Landscape won first prize in the KS3 2D category of the ISA London West Art Competition qualifying him for the national finals where he was runner up.

Georgia, Year 11, was awarded an Art scholarship at Emanuel School.

drama

Emi, Year 11, was offered places at both ArtsEd and The Brit School to study Theatre and Chantae, Year 11, will study Musical Theatre at London College of Performing Arts. Both girls developed their talents by playing lead roles in our annual musicals.

As part of their unit on pantomime, Year 9 enjoyed Cinderella at New Wimbledon Theatre, particularly as Mrs Alice Burnett, director of our last three Thames musicals, was a member of the cast.

Twenty AGT pupils attended Imperial College’s Christmas Lecture to hear guest speaker Helen Sharma, the first female British astronaut.

Ciara, Tom and Hugo, Year 9, attended six Maths Masterclasses at the Royal Institution. A further six pupils attended Masterclasses in Engineering. Bailey took part in the Year 10 Maths Masterclass at Imperial College.

Others took part in the ESU Schools’ Mace, an annual debating tournament, up against sixth formers from Lady Margaret School. They were commended for their proposal of the motion: ‘This house would abolish trial by jury.’

Other competitions included: UKMT Maths Challenge, Poetry by Heart, Newsquest’s Young Reporters Scheme, Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench, Royal Society of Biology Discovery and Bronze Crest Awards.

gaBRielGabriel joined Thames from a specialist dyslexic school in Year 7. He benefited from Thames’ small classes and personal attention and his confidence gradually grew. An imaginative writer, Gabriel attained 9 GCSEs including 9s in English Language and Literature, Religious Studies, History and Art and 7s in Biology and Geography. This represents a huge Value Add of 3.3 grades. Gabriel will study A levels in History, Art and Film Studies.

We took advantage of our Google IT platform moving our learning environment online the day lockdown started. The whole curriculum was broadcast live to pupils in their homes, including tutor times, assemblies, practical subjects such as art, live PE sessions and one to one support lessons. Parent feedback was incredibly positive: children were engaged, motivated and connected to each other and their teachers at a difficult and isolating time. lockdown opened up many innovative opportunities:

Biju Thampy, founder of Vision Rescue, joined an assembly live from Mumbai, discussing his work in the slums bringing education and healthcare to thousands of children. He inspired pupils not to take their education for granted.

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 hygiene and safe knife skills.

In Thames’ first photography competition, pupils were invited to submit images inspired by lockdown. Third was Matilda, Year 7, second, Cecilia, Year 8, and joint first were Tsion, Year 10, and Freya, Year 8.

“Thames has given our son the most amazing educational opportunities through which he has thrived, learnt and grown so much into a fully rounded person.” Thames parent, 2020

“Thank you for your calm leadership at this time: I think your decision making and preparations have been excellent.”Thames parent, 2020

Joint 1st prize photograph by Freya, Year 8

Performance of ‘The History Boys’ by Year 10

C u R R i C u l u m e N R i C h m e N T

C R e a T i v e a R T S

a C a d e m i C

l O C k d O w N O P P O R T u N i T i e S

As we enter our 21st year, I am pleased to share with you not only the achievements of the past year, but also to celebrate our journey to reach this milestone.

Reflecting on last year I am so proud of the way in which our pupils and teachers rose to the challenges it presented. The school community demonstrated remarkable resilience and creativity as we transitioned seamlessly to online teaching and learning. I am particularly proud of our Year 11 pupils who have much to celebrate with 57% of their grades being 9-7 and 99% at 9-4. These grades were carefully moderated by us and we believe reflect what they would have achieved had they sat their actual examinations. A high percentage of 9-7 grades was achieved in many subjects including: French, Art & Music 100%, History 86%, Geography 80%, Spanish 78%, English Language 61%, Chemistry 60% and Maths 50%. The wide range of subjects we offer enables pupils to become well-rounded individuals with a good understanding of the world and a strong grasp of skills increasingly demanded for employability: creativity, communication and problem solving.Looking forward during this extraordinary time, I am convinced that young people deserve a vibrant school, a community of stability and hope. Reflecting on these individual achievements indicates for me that Thames is just that. Stephen Holsgrove Head

S P O R T

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 School and London College of Performing Arts.

SPeakeRS/viSiTORS 2019-2020 Rt Hon Tom Brake MP Aisha Jawando, actress playing Tina in The Tina Turner Musical Lana Vasquez, Life Impact International Pastor Alex Gyasi MBE, The Highway House Homeless Shelter Sergeant Lamoye Leslie, Army Cadets Pad Pax, success and life coach Tamzyn French, Kinetika Bloco

Camps

Our first residential camp for Year 10 pupils at an outward bound centre in Kent included climbing and high ropes. Pupils also learned study skills in preparation for their GCSE courses.

Year 7 enjoyed climbing, zip wire and raft building at their annual residential camp in Norfolk. They focused on the school values and the importance of building positive relationships.

Clubs

This year saw the launch of our student-run school newspaper, Thames Times. The editorial team switched seamlessly to online editions during lockdown.

In community club pupils supported the elderly at local care homes. Other clubs included: badminton, band, basketball, chess, choir, debating, dissections, fashion, instrumental ensemble, international food, life drawing, netball, self-defence, table tennis and woodwork.

Questions about God Week

Pupils had the opportunity to discuss questions including: Is God out of date? How can God allow suffering? and Are miracles all in the mind? Speakers included Clare Williams from the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics and local pastors Josh Moxon and Sam Benjamin.

trips

Year 10 visited St John’s College Cambridge and GCSE geographers investigated longshore drift at Seaford, East Sussex. Other educational visits included: Alexander Fleming Museum, Bank of England, BETT Show, Tower of London, Imperial War Museum, National Portrait Gallery, British Library and Science Museum. Theatre trips included Much Ado About Nothing, An Inspector Calls and Cinderella.

Co-CurriCular Workshops 2019-2020

KS3 pupils enjoyed a workshop on Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from Box Clever Theatre. Performance in Education led a Road Safety session with Year 7. School council members attended sessions run by Hillsong Leaders Lab.

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In our first year of running the award, seven pupils completed the Bronze Award and one the Silver Award.

Jimmy won Silver at the Wandsworth Schools U15 Cross Country and represented Wandsworth at London Youth Games. He finished 8th in the ISA London West XC, qualifying for the ISA national finals.

At our annual sponsored XC, Cecilia, Year 8, won the girls’ trophy with a run of 9k and Jimmy, Year 10, won the boys’ trophy with 10k. Year 7 pupils averaged 6.5k each.

To keep pupils engaged physically during lockdown, live fitness sessions were broadcast by personal trainer, Mrs Alice Burnett. Many sports and competitions were offered with shared experiences uploaded to our sports webpage.

aNNaAnna joined Thames when her family moved to London from North Africa. Fluent in French and with excellent Arabic, Anna thrived during her time here and developed a breadth of scientific and artistic prowess, achieving 6 grade 9s and 3 grade 8s in her GCSEs. Her grade 9s were in Art, Maths, Chemistry, Biology, History and French and her grade 8s were in English Language and Literature and Religious Studies.

tanzania 2019

In October 2019 a team of 20 Year 10 and 11 pupils travelled to Musoma, Tanzania, to work with the charity Go MAD. Pupils saw seriously contaminated water sources from which villagers drink. They helped to build three water tanks, each to be used to capture rainwater for a family. The team also built six goat sheds and provided milk goats for families with little income. Each goat will generate an annual income of £200. As well as funding the water tanks and goat sheds, the team also funded a malaria education day at a primary school and gave out 300 mosquito nets. Go MAD is also working with local farmers to plant 20,000 trees. As part of this reforestation initiative, some pupils flew a drone to map the area.

FuNdRaiSiNg

In March Team Tanzania raised £12,300 at an auction dinner, funding projects for the 2021 Thames team visit.At our annual sponsored XC, pupils raised £8,800, divided between Go MAD and A21 Campaign who work to abolish human trafficking.

Temilade

Hardworking and responsive to teacher feedback, Temi attained 10 grade 9s and 2 grade 8s. His grade 9s were achieved in English Language and Literature, Maths, Chemistry, Physics, Religious Studies, History, Geography and Italian as well as French which he took in Year 8. His grade 8s were in Biology and Spanish. He taught himself both French and Italian in his spare time. His results indicate a Value Add of 2.2 grades. Temi has taken up a place at St Paul’s Boys School for his A Levels.

art

James’ Scottish Landscape won first prize in the KS3 2D category of the ISA London West Art Competition qualifying him for the national finals where he was runner up.

Georgia, Year 11, was awarded an Art scholarship at Emanuel School.

drama

Emi, Year 11, was offered places at both ArtsEd and The Brit School to study Theatre and Chantae, Year 11, will study Musical Theatre at London College of Performing Arts. Both girls developed their talents by playing lead roles in our annual musicals.

As part of their unit on pantomime, Year 9 enjoyed Cinderella at New Wimbledon Theatre, particularly as Mrs Alice Burnett, director of our last three Thames musicals, was a member of the cast.

Twenty AGT pupils attended Imperial College’s Christmas Lecture to hear guest speaker Helen Sharma, the first female British astronaut.

Ciara, Tom and Hugo, Year 9, attended six Maths Masterclasses at the Royal Institution. A further six pupils attended Masterclasses in Engineering. Bailey took part in the Year 10 Maths Masterclass at Imperial College.

Others took part in the ESU Schools’ Mace, an annual debating tournament, up against sixth formers from Lady Margaret School. They were commended for their proposal of the motion: ‘This house would abolish trial by jury.’

Other competitions included: UKMT Maths Challenge, Poetry by Heart, Newsquest’s Young Reporters Scheme, Royal Society of Chemistry Top of the Bench, Royal Society of Biology Discovery and Bronze Crest Awards.

gaBRielGabriel joined Thames from a specialist dyslexic school in Year 7. He benefited from Thames’ small classes and personal attention and his confidence gradually grew. An imaginative writer, Gabriel attained 9 GCSEs including 9s in English Language and Literature, Religious Studies, History and Art and 7s in Biology and Geography. This represents a huge Value Add of 3.3 grades. Gabriel will study A levels in History, Art and Film Studies.

We took advantage of our Google IT platform moving our learning environment online the day lockdown started. The whole curriculum was broadcast live to pupils in their homes, including tutor times, assemblies, practical subjects such as art, live PE sessions and one to one support lessons. Parent feedback was incredibly positive: children were engaged, motivated and connected to each other and their teachers at a difficult and isolating time. lockdown opened up many innovative opportunities:

Biju Thampy, founder of Vision Rescue, joined an assembly live from Mumbai, discussing his work in the slums bringing education and healthcare to thousands of children. He inspired pupils not to take their education for granted.

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 hygiene and safe knife skills.

In Thames’ first photography competition, pupils were invited to submit images inspired by lockdown. Third was Matilda, Year 7, second, Cecilia, Year 8, and joint first were Tsion, Year 10, and Freya, Year 8.

“Thames has given our son the most amazing educational opportunities through which he has thrived, learnt and grown so much into a fully rounded person.” Thames parent, 2020

“Thank you for your calm leadership at this time: I think your decision making and preparations have been excellent.”Thames parent, 2020

Joint 1st prize photograph by Freya, Year 8

Performance of ‘The History Boys’ by Year 10

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