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Welcome

It is a real privilege to be the head teacher of Thornhill Primary School.

Thornhill Primary School is a wonderful place to work and learn and we are very proud of our children and all their achievements.

Our motto ‘A promise for the future’ means our aim is to ensure our children leave our school ready and prepared for the next chapter of their life!
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1 hour ago

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Year 1 have continued their learning in science all about our bodies and senses. Today, we explored our sense of taste further by completing a taste test. We tried a range of foods and came up with different words to describe how they tasted, looked and felt. We had some funny faces when we tried the sour lemon!😝 ...

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21 hours ago

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A huge well done to all the children who took part in the primary schools cross country event today, at Staindrop Academy! Special Mentions:• Year 3/4 Girls Race: 2nd place 🥈• Year 3/4 Boys Race: 3rd place 🥉• Year 5/6 Boys Race: 2nd place 🥈A massive congratulations to these fantastic runners who finished in the top spots and are now progressing through to the county finals! We are so proud of every single one of you. Keep up the brilliant work! ...
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2 days ago

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A big well done to all the Year 5 children, who did an excellent job on their assembly on Friday. The theme was all about resilience and determination from the fantastic book, The Sheep Pig. We are very proud of all their hardwork, confident speaking and singing. A huge thank you to all the adults that came along to watch and support the children! ...
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4 days ago

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Year 4 have worked very hard this week. They are thoroughly enjoying the Stone Age topic and found it very interesting (and a little surprised) how they hunted for food and what they ate! ...

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4 days ago

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Today in Year Three we enjoyed completing our pneumaatic dinosaur toy. We enjoyed colouring in our boxes, adding teeth and eyes and then attaching the balloon to the pipe. Once air is in the balloon the mouth opens. Fantastic work Year Three! ...

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4 days ago

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We have had another fun filled week in Reception. We explored loose parts and we loved seeing how creative the children were with their pictures and patterns. We had so much lovely talk about Autumn leaves, our families and even ended up investigating how a disco ball reflected the sunlight in our classroom. ...

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Year 1 have enjoyed their computing lessons this week. We were introduced to some basic programming skills using Beebots and our class robot Dash. We used positional language while exploring making the robots move forwards, backwards, left and right. We then paired up with Year 6 and were introduced to Numbots on the IPads to help with our maths skills. ...

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5 days ago

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We enjoyed a tasty pizza lunch today, followed by a refreshing ice lolly for dessert! 😋A big thank you to our wonderful kitchen staff for preparing such a lovely meal for us ...

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5 days ago

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🏆 TAG RUGBY LEAGUE CHAMPIONS🏆We are incredibly proud to announce that our amazing team are the Education Enterprise Tag Rugby League Champions!The tournament was packed with intense competition and our players showed outstanding skill, effort and pure determination in every match.More importantly, they represented the school with great sportsmanship, teamwork and respect for their opponents.Thank you to all the adults, staff and supporters who cheered them on! ...
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1 week ago

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Year 1 and 2 have enjoyed a lovely visit to Shildon Library this morning. We shared a story and looked at books independently. We talked about visiting the library with a grown up and choosing a book to borrow. Great listening and behaviour from everyone! ...

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1 week ago

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In Year Two we have thoroughly enjoyed a creative afternoon. We have experimented with 'mark making' using charcoal, charcoal and white chalk and wax crayons. We did fast, slow, spikey and spiral shapes, created stormy skies and colourful flowers to name but a few it was so much fun! ...

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2 weeks ago

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Year 4 have enjoyed lots of practical activities this week. They built Stone Age houses in Forest School, carried out a science experiment with ice hands and finished the week off with their 3rd brass lesson, where they were very impressive! Great work and enthusiasum Year 4. ...

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2 weeks ago

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Well done to all the tag rugby players who represented the school at the league tonight. With one week to go, the children have done a great job so far, working as a team and playing some great rugby! Well done everyone! ...
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2 weeks ago

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Today in Year 3 we have been learning about how fossils are formed. We have enjoyed learning about the work of Mary Anning and we decided to create our own fossil and look forward to seeing how they develop in the next few days. Brilliant work Year 3! ...

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3 weeks ago

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Over the holidays, we also created a new KS2 group room behind Y6. The room provides a lovely environment for children to learn, read, relax, play a game or just have some well earned quiet time.What a great space! ...

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3 weeks ago

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We are delighted to say our new sensory room is now finished! Thank you to everyone for your fundraising efforts, which have contributed towards creating an amazing space for our pupils! The room provides a calm, welcoming and relaxing environment where children can explore, unwind and relax.We’re incredibly proud of how it has come together! ...

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3 weeks ago

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Year Six would like to say a big thank you to everyone who was able to watch their assembly today. The children have enjoyed learning all about Roald Dahl and exploring some of his most famous stories and learning about some unforgetable characters. ...

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3 weeks ago

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In Nursery, we've made a great start to out topic 'All About Me'! The children looked in the mirror to identify their features then used different materials to create a self-portrait! They used different skills such as cutting, tearing and painting! ...

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3 weeks ago

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Today in Year Two we have enjoyed learning about life cycles. We remembered how offspring are the babies of adults and then looked at the life cycle of a frog. We were surprised to learn about 'froglets'. Next, we discussed the human lifecycle and found out where we are on this journey through life! ...

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4 weeks ago

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We have had a fantastic week in Year 3 completing some work on different rock formations in Science. We enjoyed using skittles to show how the different rock formations occur. Brilliant work Year 3. ...

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4 weeks ago

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Our Year 6 pupils have written their own kenning poems about Willy Wonka and brought their ideas to life with some fantastic illustrations! 🎨📖 ...

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4 weeks ago

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Our first science topic in year 1 is all about the human body. We have been very busy this week labelling different parts of our body and what they are used for. We were so impressed with the children's knowledge, sharing facts such as "we have lungs to breathe" and "our heart keeps us alive". Excellent work Year 1! ...

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