School phone line temporarily unavailable
Unfortunately, as of the morning of Wednesday 22nd January, the school phone line is temporarily unavailable. This is due to an unforeseen fault. For ...
Latest News
An archive of the fantastic goings-on at Thornhill Primary School.
Newsletter – Friday 17th January
The latest copy of the Thornhill newsletter can be found here: Newsletter 17th January 2020 For previous editions please follow this link: http://www...
EYFS Beep Beep Day!
On EYFS Beep Beep Day, reception and nursery learnt about road safety basics and how to stay safe! We wore stripes to represent road crossings and pai...
Thornhill Voices Choir perform at Paternoster Square
Thornhill Voices Choir performed at a concert in Paternoster Square to raise money for the youth homelessness charity, Centrepoint....
Climate Change Rally – Nov 2019
The Thornhill contingent did a great job representing the school at the Islington Climate Change rally last Friday....
ZooLab – Mini Beasts
ZooLab delivered a brilliant session this week exploring mini beasts. This was a cross-curricular lesson for the Year 3’s as they are currently s...
Litter Picking – Green Day 2019
Members of the Pupil Parliament went out on a litter pick in the local area to support Green Day....
School Term & Holiday Dates 2019-2020
Please see the pdf document below for the 2019-2020 term & holiday dates. Thornhill – Term Dates 2019-20 Academic Year...
Poetry Competition & Parent Performances
Before the half term we hosted our poetry competition. The parent poetry performances will be held in the bottom hall, or astro turf depending on the ...
Y4 Trip to Victoria Miro Gallery
As part of Black History Month, Year 4 visited the Victoria Miro gallery. ...
Year 6 Residential – important information
During Summer term (Monday 29th June – Friday 3rd July), year 6 embark on their final grand experience of primary school – a week long out...
EYFS Outdoor Play Area Grand Opening
This Tuesday 8th October, we hosted a Grand Opening of the EYFS Outdoor Play Area!...
Enrichment Fridays are back!
Enrichment Fridays are back next half term! In case this will be the first time you’ve experienced a Thornhill Friday, have a watch of the follo...
School Climate Strike – 20th September 2019
Jeremy Corbyn joined us at the Schools Climate Strike on 20th September at Islington Town Hall. We were featured on his Instagram ‘Story’ ...
Out now – Thornhill Foundation Annual Review 2018/19
Thornhill Foundation was established in 2017 to secure Thornhill Primary School’s ability to deliver a rich, creative and enjoyable school experienc...
Support our Spacehive crowdfunder for the library
‘Support our Spacehive crowdfunder for the library’ We have raised 91% of the funds for our new library thanks to the amazing work of our ...
Y6 Residential – Kingswood
Monday Having travelled on perhaps the best coach they’ve experienced thus far, the children arrived full of energy and questions! We received a ful...
London Teacher of the Year Awards
Assistant/Headteacher of the Year Louise Ryer of Thornhill Primary School, presented by Rosalind Azouzi of The Royal Aeronautical Society. “Loui...
Run Thornhill Run 2019
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who attended and participated in this year’s Run Thornhill Run. Prizes will be awarded in due course so in the mean...
Thornhill is Anti-Idling
As you will have seen on Monday, despite the torrential rain, we were visited by some of Islington’s Environmental Officers to spread awareness ...
Thornhill Foundation’s donation platform moves from BTMyDonate to Virgin Money Giving
Since Thornhill Foundation was established in 2017, direct donations from parents, friends and neighbours, via our BTMyDonate donation site have been ...
Star-studded charity comedy night to raise money for our new school library
On Thursday 25th April at 7.30pm, a charity comedy night is being hosted at the Union Chapel in aid of our library. With an A-list line-up of comedia...
Cardfields 2019
Monday 25th March 2019 The children arrived safe and sound yesterday and soon settled into their new surroundings. Tuesday 26th March 2019 Long...
Easter Holiday Club 8th-18th April
Please find details of our holiday club below: Easter Holiday Club 19...
Y6 SATs Meeting
On Friday, Ms Huang and Ms Begley led an extremely informative meeting for parents of children in current year 6. The purpose of the meeting was to en...
Prize draw winners
Congratulations to our prize draw winners, each receiving 2 FREE tickets to the biggest show in town: Anna Josa (parent of Pol & Mateo) Gina Mahon...
WBD: Little Free Library launch 07/03/19
We are very excited to be launching our ‘Little Free Library’ with Thornhill Foundation on Thursday 7th March along with a Book Swap. The da...
World Book Day
On Thursday 7th March 2019 it is World Book Day at Thornhill Primary School and we have lots of exciting events planned! One of the main aims of the d...
A poem from Muriel Street Care Home
Following year 6’s weekly visit to Muriel Street Care Home, a resident wrote this beautiful poem: Muriel Street has a treat in store Friday come...
Term dates
Here is a reminder of the Thornhill term dates for the rest of the academic year: Term Dates 2018-19 Islington term dates for 2019-20 are below...
New library video and brochure
We are raising money for a new library and need your help. We have created a short new video and a library brochure to outline why a new library is...
Spring term lunch menu
Click here for the lunch choices this term: Spring 2019 Menu...
Joyeux Noel
Merry Christmas from everyone at Thornhill! ...
Inspire Remembrance Trip
Y5 and Y6 went on a trip on Friday 9th November to participate in a special event to commemorate 100 years since the end of WW1. INSPIRE Peace events ...
Meet the Governors Coffee Morning Friday 30th November @9am
Thornhill’s Governing Body is a group of parents, staff and members of the community who, as a collective, are the strategic leaders of the school. ...
Poetry Performances
Arrive for pick up a few minutes early (2:45-3:15) and watch your child’s fantastic poetry performance: Tuesday 30th October – Year 1 &...
Thornhill Foundation Day – Wednesday 31st October
Wednesday 31st October is Thornhill Foundation Day and non-uniform day Pay £1 to dress up in a costume or wear your own clothes. All proceeds go to o...
Home Learning – Parent Survey
The Senior Leadership Team are reviewing Thornhill’s approach to home learning and are interested in finding out parents’ views on the cur...
Nursery workshop – Every child a mover, Every child a talker!
On Friday we delivered a workshop for parents on the importance of young children being active and the correlation this has with their language develo...
New parents – Welcome to Thornhill
For parents new to Thornhill this year, either with children in Nursery or Reception or new to the area, on behalf of the entire school community, WEL...
Secondary transition 2019-20 meeting – Friday 21st September
This meeting is for parents of children currently in year 6. It will provide useful information regarding the secondary school admissions process in I...
Out now – Thornhill Foundation Annual Review 2017/18
Thornhill Foundation was established in 2017 to secure Thornhill Primary School’s ability to deliver a rich, creative and enjoyable school experienc...
PTA School Report
It’s been another busy year for the PTA. Read their end of year report to find out their strengths and areas for development next year… PT...
Y6 residential – Phasels Wood
Day One: We’ve settled in well and had a fun packed day! So far we’ve experienced Aeroball (basketball on a trampoline); Nightline (blindfolded ob...
Run Thornhill Run – We did it!
Run Thornhill Run took place on July 1st. What a wonderful, uplifting day it was. So many children ran – kids who never run, ran! Parents who never ...
Thornhill in the Islington Tribune – Library appeal
School in Barnsbury hopes for happy ending to library appeal A Primary school is looking to build a new library to fill its students with “awe and w...
International Day of Light
The Institute of Physics will be holding an evening of light themed activities for parents and children from local schools. This will be an opportunit...
Thornhill make the news
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/44009683 CBBC’s Newsround visited us this week to interview some pupils about the upcoming Women’s FA Cup F...
