CHESS Individual Chess Championships On Saturday, 23 September, our chess players took part in an Individual chess tournament at Tlokweng Day Spring. This tournament was used to choose players to represent Southern Schools for the upcoming and first ever, North versus South Chess Tournament...
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Foundation Spring Day
20 Oct 2023
Foundation Spring Day The arrival of Spring brought a burst of colour and kindness during the annual Spring Day assembly for our Foundation Phase children. Draped in cheerful Spring hues, these young children embarked on a heart-warming journey of generosity, brightening the lives of others...
Rhino Awareness Day
20 Oct 2023
Rhino Awareness Day This term, we recognised, ‘World Rhino Day’ by having a civvies day and all wearing red and black. The money raised will go to the Khama Rhino Sanctuary, to support the work they do in protecting these endangered animals. Std 7 did a presentation on rhinos in their assembly. The...
Std 3 Roald Dahl Day
20 Oct 2023
Std 3 Roald Dahl Day The first week of term kicked off with a burst of excitement as Std 3 celebrated the exciting world of Roald Dahl on Friday, 15 September. Roald Dahl Day is a highly anticipated event, and this year was no exception. The corridors buzzed as children arrived dressed in cosumes...
Std 4 Science Displays
20 Oct 2023
Std 4 Science Displays As part of our curriculum this year, the Std 4 children are learning about the Earth and it’s habitats. The children were required to make a model of either a volcano erupting, one having erupted, or alternatively, a tsunami. The purpose of this project was to bring out the...
PTA Sponsored Walk
20 Oct 2023
PTA Sponsored Walk I would like to sincerely thank all our Thornhill families who supported this event so generously during the second term. We held our prize giving during the final week of last term and congratulations to the following: Samsung 10.5” tablets (4) were won by the following; In the...
Std 3 Boxitect Day
16 Oct 2023
Std 3 Boxitect Day On Friday 4 August, the Std 3 children were excited and full of chatter as they came to school ready for Boxitect day. During the course of the week, they watched a video on being a Boxitect. They were then put into groups to plan some interesting ideas on making items, using...
Std 1 Visit to the Petting Farm
09 Oct 2023
Std 1 Visit to the Petting Farm A few busloads of Std 1 children have been to Lily’s Petting Farm in Oodi recently and, wow, were they excited. As the name suggests they were allowed to ‘pet’ the animals. The children all enjoyed being shown around the farm and in some cases, they touched the...
Std 4 Community Service
27 Sep 2023
Std 4 Community Service With the support of their parents who contributed the ‘cakes and various goodies’ to be sold at the cake sales, Std 4 children managed to raise money to buy disposable nappies for the Children’s Wards at Princess Marina Hospital. The school supported the initiative by buying...
Std 5 Viking Day
27 Sep 2023
Std 5 Viking Day Another year of amazing display of Viking knowledge by the children and of course, the stunning outfits for the children by their parents. This year’s group was privileged to have the parents walk into the school and see their children’s work first hand. Having parents around our...
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