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The King's Birthday

08 Aug 2024
The King's Birthday On Tuesday, 11 June, our school choir together with the marimba band were invited to the British High Commissioner’s residence to celebrate King Charles’s birthday. Since the High Commissioner’s residence is close to school, we had such fun walking there and back. Once we got...
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Std 4 Cake Sale - A Sweet Success

08 Aug 2024
Std 4 Cake Sale - A Sweet Success The students of Std 4 are thrilled to announce the success of their recent cake sales. This delightful event brought together students, teachers, and parents in a shared effort to raise funds for Princess Marina Hospital. The event was a true testament to the power...
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Marimba Festival

08 Aug 2024
Marimba Festival On Saturday, 6 July, Thornhill school hosted eight schools from Gaborone in the annual Thornhill Marimba Festival. The participating schools were; Baobab, Botlhale, Gaborone International School, The Learning Centre, Legae, Northside, Rainbow and Westwood schools. The day started...
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Reception Pyjama Day 

08 Aug 2024
Reception Pyjama Day How wonderful to come to school in your nice warm pyjamas and slippers on a cold Winter’s morning. The smell of delicious freshly made waffles filled the hall as the Reception children and parents arrived. Families settled in the hall on their picnic blankets and wonderful...
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Std 3 Science Projects

08 Aug 2024
Std 3 Science Projects How does a filter work? During the Std 3 Science lessons, children learned to separate different mixtures through class investigations using various apparatus. They were then assigned to create their own science filters with the assistance of their parents. We invited all Std...
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St Stithians Marimba Tour

08 Aug 2024
St Stithians Marimba Tour On Wednesday, 19 June, our marimba band travelled to Johannesburg to participate in the annual St Stithians Marimba Festival at St Stithians College. This was an excellent opportunity for a cultural exchange of music between our pupils and various schools in and around...
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Cross Country

14 Jun 2024
Cross Country Inter House A fun day was had at our annual Inter House Cross Country, held at the end of the first term. It is always good to see a mass of colour when the runners wear their red, green, blue and yellow House shirts. Well done to Limpopo who were overall the winners. The age group...
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U9 Netball Camp

14 Jun 2024
U9 Netball Camp This year’s camp saw a record attendance of 29 girls! It’s pleasing to see that our little girls are getting back into sport and excited to be on the courts. We were once again able to get Victoria Graves and Wedu Chilume (Thornhill Alumni currently playing netball at Maruapula...
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Inter House Netball

14 Jun 2024
Inter House Netball This event took place at the beginning of Term 2 and there was great excitement and enthusiasm shown by the various teams. The results were as follows: 1 Chobe & Limpopo tied 3 Shashe 4 Notwane Well done to all the children who represented their Houses and to our winning...
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Inter House Football

14 Jun 2024
Inter House Football This event took place at the beginning of Term 2 and there was great excitement and enthusiasm shown by the various teams. The results were as follows: 1 Limpopo 2 Shashe 3 Chobe 4 Notwane Well done to all the children who represented their Houses and to our winning teams in...
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