Thorner's Church of England VA Primary School

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Summer!

Summer!

Dear all,
It has been wonderful to have such amazing weather for our first weeks back – we thought we’d share some pictures of what the children have been getting up to!
Swimming
The pool is wonderfully warm (30 degrees) and inviting this week!  Bravo to Litton for taking to the water so happily and for impressing us all with their developing confidence in the pool.
Imagination Playground
The children may have mentioned that we have bought a fantastic set of new play time apparatus-  called Imagination Playground – a wonderful open-ended lunchtime resource for the children to build and play with!
Sailing Club
Sailing starts on Monday for the older children at the Olympic sailing venue in Portland from 4.30-7.30.  Here’s to more warm weather and gentle winds as we get back out on the water.
Sports
We’ve done brilliantly recently at a series of sports events – here are some of the highlights!
Netball Winners x 2, Kwik Kricket Tournament – 6th, Rockley Park Sailing Regatta – 3rd, Quadkids and the Burton Football next week.
Ukulele
Bredy and Eggardon are continuing their weekly ukulele lessons with Dorset Music- there will be a concert at the end of term for parents.
Clubs
Lunchtime Clubs
KS2 Drama Club with Mrs Biggins on Tuesday lunchtimes and KS1 Story Time with Mrs Horton on Thursday lunchtimes.
After School Clubs 
Tues – Big Q with the Vicar / Rounders
Weds – Forest School
Thurs – Athletics / Art/Nature Club
New School Cap
Henry is modelling the new school cap – they are available for £10 from the office.
World Wildlife Fund

World Wildlife Fund

Dear parents, Thank you for all your kind donations for our wear it wild day, the children’s outfits are great and we have raised around £140 for WWF. Below you can see the picture of our giraffe which we nearly managed to fill with 1p’s, 2p’s and 5p’s. Thank you all. Kind regards, Sam White Continue Reading

Tutankhamun Trip

Tutankhamun Trip

Bredy enjoyed a great trip to see the Tutankhamun exhibition in Dorchester as part of their Egyptians history topic this term. Seeing artefacts up close and by listening to their guide they were able to better understand the material culture of this incredible part of history!   Continue Reading

Easter!

Easter!

Litton and Chesil have been doing some wonderful work on the Easter story – acting out all the main parts and explaining what each station means to us now.   Continue Reading

World Book Day

World Book Day

Thorner’s celebrated World Book Day in style on Thursday with an array of wonderful costumes and a fantastic book swap shop! Continue Reading

Science Day

Science Day

A huge thank you to the TSA for paying for Wonderlab who visited the school today.   The whole school was treated to an amazing range of rocket based experiments – with explosions galore and even a rocket powered car.   After the hour long show, the children went off into groups to design and… Continue Reading

Netball Team

Netball Team

Well done to everyone in the Thorner’s Netball Team who played today in very blustery conditions in the Bridport Tournament! Great enthusiasm, attitude and support.  Some brilliant team play and a couple of amazing goals! Results: 1st = Thorners 2nd = St Catherines 3rd = St. Marys =5th = BPS/Powerstock 6th = Loders Thorners now go on to represent the… Continue Reading

Colmer’s Hill Run

Colmer’s Hill Run

Our Cross Country team competed in the Colmer’s Hill Run this weekend and all were fantastic.  It was an incredibly muddy course but all made it round and well done to the boys who came third overall and to Henry who finished 3rd in his race!  Almost all of.our runners were Yr 5 or younger… Continue Reading

Colyton Success!

Colyton Success!

Congratulations to Ludo Busby and Seb Marks in yr 6 who have both been offered places at Colyton Grammar School for September 2023. Both boys have worked incredibly hard both at home and in school, at our 11+ Club on Friday mornings, in order to prepare for the 11+ exam and should be incredibly proud… Continue Reading

Armistice Day

Armistice Day

The children held a special assembly outside today at 11am to mark the anniversary of the armistice of 1918.  They decorated the school with poppies of different colours and recited poems from Sassoon and Brooke.  The old bell was rung at 11am and the children observed a minute’s silence to pay our respects to all… Continue Reading

Village Show

Village Show

The children took part in the Litton Cheney Variety Performance (in aid of Dementia UK) at the weekend and delighted the audience with performances of songs from well-known shows from the West End.  They sang hits from Matilda, Bugsy Malone and Oliver!  A wonderful show and thank you to Patricia Gates for organising such a… Continue Reading

Bovington Tank Museum Trip

Bovington Tank Museum Trip

Eggardon went for a wonderful trip to Bovington Tank Museum this week to support their work on the First World War.  As well as the Trench Experience session the children saw the development of the tank through replicas and real examples from the Western Front.  They finished off proceedings by singing “Keep the Home Fires… Continue Reading

Woodchip delivery

Woodchip delivery

The children were delighted to see a huge delivery of woodchip arrive on the school field today – ready for the Discovery Area Working Day on Sunday – thank you to all involved! Mr Sitch Continue Reading

Assemblies

Assemblies

We have been fortunate to have good enough weather to hold some of our recent assemblies outside on the field and in our wildlife Discovery Area.  It has been lovely to sit, reflect, listen and pray in such a beautiful space and listen to the sounds of the Valley all around us.  We hope to… Continue Reading

Jubilee Celebrations

Jubilee Celebrations

A huge thank you from everyone at Thorner’s to all of those in the village who organised so much across the whole Jubilee week and weekend.  it really was a magical last day of school and I’m sure so much of it will live long in the memory of the children.  We started by attending… Continue Reading

St Mary’s Church on Easter Sunday Morning

St Mary’s Church on Easter Sunday Morning

It was lovely to see the Church looking so wonderful for Easter.  Many thanks to all those in the village and the children from Messy Church at school for their help in decorating. Thanks also to Paul Cheater and our governor Heather Goffee for playing the organ and leading the end of term service. Continue Reading

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