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Inter House Swimming

11 Apr 2024
Inter House Swimming Inter House swimming gala took place on Wednesday 27 March. This gala is made up of relays only, therefore allowing more children to participate. All the houses supported their teams with much shouting, cheering and lots of colourful outfits. There was also a wonderful turn out...
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North vs South Swimming

11 Apr 2024
North vs South Swimming Thornhill hosted this year’s North vs South Gala on Friday 15 and Saturday 16 March. It was a very festive occasion with the school being decorated in blue and yellow and black and orange, and the anticipation of strong competition was in the air. RocoMama’s provided burgers...
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Cricket

11 Apr 2024
Cricket vs Crescent U9: Thornhill batted first and scored a total of 145 runs. Top bowlers: Vidyuth with 2 overs for only 2 runs. Top batsman: Vidyuth and Zaydan with a total run score of 20. Zaydan, receiving man of the match. Crescent managed a total of 67 runs. Thornhill won by 78 runs. U11:...
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Std 4 Camp

11 Apr 2024
Std 4 Camp As soon as the children were aware of their trip, the countdown began. From getting onto the buses at school, to leaving on the final morning, the children thoroughly enjoyed the whole experience. Here are some accounts from the camp: ‘We went to Mokolodi on Monday 18 March. We studied...
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International Poetry Day

11 Apr 2024
International Poetry Day Poetry is a universal art form and March 21 saw Thornhill celebrating World Poetry day with POET-TREES outside each year group. Humorous poems were found on each ‘Poet-tree’ for the pupils to read and enjoy. The poems are not just about laughter, but about fostering a love...
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Inter House Bonds & Tables

11 Apr 2024
Inter House Bonds & Tables Every year on World Mathematics Day, the school, from Std 2 upwards, engages in a bonds and tables competition. These are broken into the four rules: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. These are timed exercises and they test the student’s ability in...
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Std 3 Recorder Workshop

11 Apr 2024
Std 3 Recorder Workshop The Music Department had its annual Std 3 recorder workshop, which took place from 5 February to 7 February. It was 3 days of fun for the children and the parents. The objective of the workshop was to highlight the importance of recorder playing. Some selected Std 6 and 7...
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Chess

07 Mar 2024
Chess Thornhill chess team started the term by visiting Tlokweng Dayspring in Tlokweng. We won the fixture by 15 points to 5. We managed to recruit some young promising players into the team. We then played against Northside and we drew 9.5 points each. The third fixture was against Baobab, this...
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Cricket

07 Mar 2024
Cricket U9 cricketers have started their season off exceptionally well and although this is a young team, they have certainly acquitted themselves well at the beginning of the season. Thornhill versus Broadhurst: Thornhill 157 (Harry 22* and Jan Willem 20*) Broadhurst 43 (Jan Willem 3 wkts for 4...
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Std 3 Roald Dahl Day

07 Mar 2024
Std 3 Roald Dahl Day Std 3 kicked off half term with a burst of excitement as our Std 3 children celebrated the wonderful world of Roald Dahl on Thursday, 22 February. We have been covering snippets of his writing during our English lessons, so it only seemed fitting to celebrate Roald Dahl Day to...
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