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• Saturday 19 September 2026 Rotherham Day 18th September 2026 Celebrating Rotherham Day ❤️ On 18th September 2026, we all came together to celebrate Rotherham Day! We started the day bright and early inviting our children and families to join in the celebrations by wearing something red, tying a red ribbon to our fence, taking part in anobstacle course and signing our special Rotherham Day flag. A huge thank you to all our families, staff and visitors who generously donated to Rotherham Hospice. Your kindness and support are greatly appreciated. In the afternoon, a group of children visited the Leisure Centre to take part in a special edition of the School Games, while another group proudly performed the Thornhill Rap for other schools from across the Rotherham community. We were so pleased to be part of the wider celebrations! Throughout the day, we also enjoyed learning more about Rotherham, its history and the wonderful community we are part of. It was certainly a busy day but, most importantly, it was a wonderf
• Sunday 28 June 2026 KS1 visit to Butterfly House
• Sunday 28 June 2026 Picture This! Exhibition
• Saturday 13 June 2026 Summer Fair 2026 A huge thank you to all of you who came to support our school summer fair today. Despite the rain, families and members of our community started arriving from 11am and, just as we were losing hope, the sun came out!Thank you to our wonderful staff for organising such fantastic activities and stalls and to our local businesses for their support. We also had activities from RUFC and Premier Martial Arts, stalls from Nah that's Reyt Good, Event Pizzas, Alreyt Armoas and Steve's Whippy.
• Wednesday 10 June 2026 Movement Festival Our Year 5 and Year 6 girls performed their fantastic Alice in Wonderland dance at the Movement Festival, Rotherham Civic Theatre and they were absolutely amazing!
• Tuesday 19 May 2026 Girls under 11 Drax Cricket Tournament On Monday 18th June a group of year 5/6 girls went to a cricket tournament at Whiston Church cricket ground with Rob and myself. Maya H, Mya C, Danielle B, Ivony B, Mika S, Michelle L and Payton C represented the school brilliantly they lost two games but they also won two. Well done girls! 👏👏👏
• Monday 3 November 2025 Sculpture Workshop
• Monday 20 October 2025 Premier League Primary Stars Girls Cup 2025 - 2026
• Monday 13 October 2025 Cross Country 2025
• Sunday 12 October 2025 100 Years of RUFC
• Thursday 19 June 2025 One Voice On Wednesday 18th June, the singing club performed at Magna in the One Voice concert. They have spent weeks learning different songs and performed beautifully. Children also sung a rap that they had created about Rotherham. We are so proud of them
• Saturday 14 June 2025 Summer fair 2025
• Monday 9 June 2025 Dance Showcase The dance group performed at the Civic Theatre as part of a Dance Showcase - they were amazing! Well done all.
• Monday 9 June 2025 Rotherham Baton Run Well done to our 4 pupils, Mrs Eddison and Mrs Barnes who took part in the Rotherham Baton run yesterday and ran to New York Stadium where Miller Bear was waiting for them.
• Friday 16 May 2025 'Play On The Pitch' tournament On Friday 16th May, our year 3/4 boys football team represented Thornhill Primary School at the 'Play On The Pitch' tournament. This was a fantastic event that gave schools a chance to play on Rotherham United's professional football pitch at the New York Stadium. After a morning of fun and games Thornhill's team were entered into the 'be united' league and after playing all our fixtures, they ended the afternoon victorious after winning both their matches. They were awarded winning certificates and medals which was the icing on the cake of a terrific day out. Well done boys!
• Wednesday 26 March 2025 Parkour
• Wednesday 5 February 2025 Sport Hall Athletics
• Tuesday 3 December 2024 KS2 visit Royal Opera House On 3rd December 2024 a group of our KS2 children traveled to London to see Cinderella ballet school's matinee in Royal Opera House. It was an unforgettable performance, which the children really enjoyed.
• Tuesday 21 May 2024 World Bee Day celebrations On 20th May we celebrated World Bee Day. Children in Years 3 and 4 did an assembly for other classes to showcase their learning on conservation of bees.
• Wednesday 6 March 2024 Girls Football Kit
• Monday 4 December 2023 Time Capsule A selection of our pupils have planted a time capsule at Forge Island under the current building works.
• Friday 3 March 2023 Welcome to our new website We hope that you find it easy to use and full of the information you require, whether you are a current or prospective parent or a member of the wider community.