News & Updates

Thornbury Primary School is seeking enthusiastic and committed individuals to join our Governing Board. Click here to find out more information.

Click here to find out about our upcoming events and tours.

Well done to our KS2 Sports Leaders, who today completed their play leader training. They had fun participating in lots of different activities, whilst also developing their leadership skills. Thank you Mrs Cormack, from the PSSP for the great training!

Have a look at some of the fine motor activities taking place in Foundation.

Mark making is a critical milestone in early childhood development, often seen as the precursor to writing. From creating patterns in the sand to painting vibrant strokes with a brush, these early marks pave the way for foundational skills in literacy, creativity, and beyond. Click here to see more.

A key part of our weekly timetable in Foundation is ‘Welly Wednesday’. Come rain or shine the children put on their waterproof suits and take their learning outside.Our activities always link to our current learning in a fun and engaging way. Click here to see more.

Click here to see what Year 5 and 6 have been exploring in art.

In music this week, Year 2have been learning about Hi Lo chicka lo.We have enjoyed clapping alongside themusic. Learning aboutbody percussion in time with the music!

The children in Year 5 have been absolutely loving their daily swimming lessons at The Life Centre! Over the past 2 weeks they have all shown amazing progress and are really developing their stamina and distance, as well as having a lot of fun. The swimming teachers have been very complimentary of the children’s focus and behaviour, and us adults are all extremely proud. As we work through the final week of swimming, the children are all on the countdown to a pool party on Friday with some special (teacher) guests!

For their Multi-skills unit in PE, Year 2 were practicing their balancing skills. In pairs, they balanced bean bags on different parts of their bodies and walked to each other.

Today the children in Foundation were set the challenge to build a house for the Three Little Pigs. Click here to see their beautiful creations.

Year 1 and 2 have had a walk around our school for our Geography fieldwork unit. Click here to see more.

Today Year 5 have been exploring hieroglyphs. Click here to see some of their amazing drawings.

This week we have introduced a new structure to the lunchtimes. Click here to see more information.

The Year 6 netball team had a great morning out at the Life Centre competing against other schools! Click here to see more.

Year 2 have set up their investigation in Science. Click here to see more.

Click here to see what the KS2 for Braille club have been exploring this week.

It's a beautiful morning! What wonders will fill our school today? Make sure you wrap up warm.

This week Year 5 and 6 have begun their sculpture unit in Art. Click here to see more.

This week Y6 have been starting their poetry unit on 'The Highway Man'. Click here to see some of their wonderful work.

This afternoon, Mrs Mantell hosted the first celebration assembly. Click here to find out more information.

We had lots of fun during our first welly Wednesday session of 2025! Click here to see what they have been doing.

This morning, we held our annual carol service. This is always an important event on our school calendar and the children did a wonderful job. A huge well done to all the children who participated in the choir and played musical instruments! You were all brilliant and sang beautifully!A huge thank you to Mrs Hardisty, Mrs Berna, Mrs Bennett, Mrs Kemp and Mrs Scott for all their work behind the scenes.

Thank you to the families who were able to attend the Year 3 and 4 Christmas performance of Fleece Free today.

A huge thank you to everyone who was able to come and support the Year 1 and 2 Christmas performance today.

A huge congratulation to the children in Year 5 and 6 who put on a brilliant performance of 'Bah Humbug' today.

The School Games Crew have been busy helping Mrs Summerfield sort through Sports Leader applications this lunchtime. The new sports leaders will be announced tomorrow in a special school assembly!

Click here to see some highlights from the Foundation Nativity.

Click here to find out what Year 2 have been learning in their computing lessons.

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Click here to see what's been happening in Foundation this week.

What a wonderful view from our school grounds today! We are so fortunate to have such beautiful school grounds. We wonder what exciting learning will take place outside today?

We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who was able to attend our Christmas Fayre on Thursday. Click here to see more photos.

This morning, Foundation have been making their very own bird feeders. Click here to see more.

Click here to peek inside the Foundation classroom this week.

The Foundation children have been using the equipment to balance and jump safely. Click here to see more.

Year 1 and 2 have been learning all about St Andrew’s Day today. Click here to find out more!

Click here to see what Foundation have been doing today!

We wanted to say a huge thank you to all the adults who were able to attend our Open Morning today.The children enjoyed sharing their Phonics, Reading and Maths learning. We hope those who were able to attend, enjoyed getting a peak inside the classroom. Thank you to those who have given us feedback.

This term, Year 5 have been doing gymnastics in PE. Click here for more information.

Year 2 have been learning all about 2D and 3D shapes in maths. Click here to see more.

On Tuesday, Year 1 and 2 had a special visitor come and talk to them for their R.E lesson. Click here for more information.

Next, in Year 2s team building unit, they worked together in different groups to make different pictures out of the equipment. They tried to use phrases like "how about we try this way?" And "first we will try this way, then we will try that way"

Year 1 were thrilled when it started snowing! We could not resist going outside to play! We had a lovely time and said it was the best day ever!

With all the festivities starting in school, Year 3 and 4 took to opportunity to spend some time outside with the snow! It definitely is beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Thornbury.

In literacy this week, we drew a story map to help us remember the story of the Little Red Hen. Click here to find out more!

Today on our Welly Wednesday we had a treasure hunt. Click on this link to find out more!

In PE, Year 2 have been working in teams to overcome problems. In different sized groups we have tried to pass through hula hoops in a circle. We then made it harder by adding more hoops.

On Friday 15th November we celebrated this year’s BBC Children in Need day. Our school was excited to be joining with many others around the UK to participate in the fundraising programme. It was so lovely to see so many bright colours and spots across the school. A huge thank you to all parents and carers who donated to this wonderful cause.

Year 1 Linnets had a 'Super' time in PSHE on Children In Need day

On Monday, we arrived to school and found some ingredients with a sign that said 'make me'... What happened next?

Our newly appointed Connect Academy Councillors met with other members of the Connect Academy Council today. They spoke about things that were important to them about their school as well as hearing about new exciting initiatives that they would like to bring back to Thornbury.

In Literacy, Year 5 and 6 are learning about the text Shackleton's Journey. We have created a timeline of events and today, created freezeframes of the most important events. We then developed this by coming out of the freeze frames to explain how our character was feeling at the time.

Year 3 and 4 have started their brand-new unit of Dance work in PE, in which we will create dances with the theme of 'cold places'. In our first lesson, we thought about the movements of penguins, and used actions such as the slide, waddle and glide! The children had such fun!

Have a look at some of the wonderful learning happening in Foundation this week.

Poppy wave created and displayed for Remembrance Sunday

Year 6 have marked Remembrance today with such maturity. We are really proud of them and they performed both their songs and lines brilliantly!

Our Welly Wednesday session today was linked to our learning about important celebrations happening this week (Diwali and Bonfire Night). Have a look at our final creations.

Have a look at some of the wonderful learning happening in Foundation this week!

Year 6 have been looking at Animalium and The Wonder Garden in literacy. They have made their own animal non-chronological reports merging facts with amazing description, emerging the reader into the animal's world. The children have taken real pride in their work, and think you'll agree they look fantastic!

We want to say a huge thank you for everyone who came to support our cake sale on Tuesday 22nd October. A special thank you to Miss Potts and Mrs Rafferty for putting on such a spectacular event.

Today in Foundation, we have been artists! We began by exploring the artwork of artist Andy Goldsworthy. We noticed that he used different coloured rocks, leaves and natural objects. We found out this is called a sculpture. We walked around the whole school searching and organising different coloured leaves. Finally we worked together to create our own class sculpture! What do you think?

Have a look at some of the learning taking place in Foundation this week!

This term, in Year 3 and 4 we will be creating our own self-portraits inspired by Pablo Picasso's 1937 painting called 'Weeping Women'. Have a look at some of our work from today's lesson!

Have a look at some of exciting learning opportunities available this week in Foundation.

Year 2 have been exploring the artist Henri Matisse and how he uses lines to express emotions in his portraits. The children have observed their facial features and planned their portraits. They have had to be Resilient Lions, when they found copying their features challenging.

Year 2 have been exploring the properties of every day materials, in Science. They squashed, bent, twisted and stretched different materials then documented their results.

Have a look at some of the wonderful learning taking place in Foundation this week.

Just a quick one to say thank you to all our amazing TA's and HLTA's! Thank you for all the wonderful and hard work you do for us very grateful teachers and students!

Have a look at some of the learning taking place in Year 2. Well done for being Connecting Spiders and Curious Cats.

Have a look at some of the wonderful things taking place in Foundation to celebrate European Language Day 2024!

This morning, we had a very special visitor! Mr Stelmaszczyk came in to read us a story in Polish

Year 5 have come to the end of their place value unit. Today the children spent some time practicing some different areas of place value. It was wonderful to see the children practice their skills.

This term, Year 1 are exploring 'The Green Line' by Henri Matisse. to understand how he used line and colour, they began the unit by re-creating their own versions of his portrait. Have a look at some of their beautiful creations.

As we complete our first full week, we wanted to say a huge well done! You have all settled well into Thornbury Primary School and all the new routines. We have already seen so many Friendly Otters and Resilient Lions. We hope you all have a wonderful weekend and we look forward to seeing you again on Monday.

In Year 5, we have started our PE unit of Hockey. We watched a professional hockey game and then had a practice using the hockey sticks to try and controls all. We had to carefully dribble a ball around a cone.

This week the children in Year 5 and 6 have spent the afternoon the Foundation sharing the beautiful work they had created in their PSHE lesson.

Year 5 had their class trip to Lydford this week. We were joined by a Dartmoor guide and was shown around the Anglo-Saxon village of Lydford

Last week, our Year 5’s joined other schools at Tor Bridge High for a Big Sing. They had worked so hard on the songs and enjoyed being able to perform with others.

As part of our book week celebrations, this afternoon all the children participated in a book sharing. Here are some photos from when the Year 5 came to visit the children in Foundation. The Foundation children thoroughly enjoyed listening to the Year 5 children read a story. There was such a wonderful feel of excitement across the school as we all celebrated our love of books and reading.

Year 5 had the opportunity to complete a week of special Bikeability training to prepare them for riding on the road!

We are delighted to announce that we, Thornbury Primary School, have achieved School Games Platinum Mark Award for the 2023/24 academic year.

We were joined by a Dartmoor guide and was shown around the Anglo-Saxon village of Lydford.

Yesterday some KS2 students had the opportunity to participate in a rowing event on Plymouth Hoe. They all tried there hardest and worked well as a team, along with rowing they took part in a VR experience of our very own dockyard and even tried their hands at the field gun experience. They all enjoyed the experience, and the staff were proud of all there hard work and determination shown throughout the day.

Yesterday, the children in Foundation visited the National Marine Aquarium. It was an incredible day!We started by having a tour of the aquarium. We learnt lots of new science words like camouflage and habitat. We found lots of different creatures who use camouflage to hide from their predators. We were set the challenge to find different habitats. In one tank we found the rocks, sandy floor and open waters.Did you know an octopus has 3 hearts and 9 brains. In the afternoon, we were Ocean Scientists! We conducted 3 ocean experiments. We had to predict what would happen. We know predict means to have a good guess. We had to talk about what we could see! Well done Foundation for being Connecting Spiders!

Have a look at some of our creations! Following the request to create art outside, today we were weaving with natural objects. We had to be Focused Foxes as we followed the weaving pattern (over and under). Well done Art Club!

On Friday, the Year 5/6 boys and girl's did us proud at the Connect Games Football Tournament, hosted at Leigham Primary School. Despite tough opposition, they showed true grit and determination throguhout.

Last week the art club talked about the kind of art they would like to create during their club time. Creating art outside and using clay were the top hits! Yesterday, they combined these ideas and created clay faces in the meadow. They used the natural materials around them to add detail to their faces. Look at these beautiful creations.

What an amazing day we have had!! We began our day by rock pooling on Mount Batten beach and visiting the National Marine Aquarium

Today we celebrated Ocean Art Day across the whole school. To mark this occasion, every year group created a collaborative piece of art inspired by local artists.

This week, Year 1 and 2 have enjoyed their trip to The Box. They were Connecting Spiders as they made links to their prior learning and Curious Cats as they asked questions to find out new information.

Thank you to those parents and carers who have emailed us feedback about our new website. We are constantly reviewing its performance and making changes. If there is something you had noticed, please do not hesitate to let us know.

What a wonderful day we had on Wednesday for our sports day!

Today was 'Victorian Day' for Years 5 & 6. They had a brilliant time making their own Victorian medicines, developing their own sun photographs and creating some silhouette art! I think you'll agree they look fantastic!!

Have you seen who has been to visit Foundation this term?

This week the children in Foundation have been Resilient Lions in the Balance Bikeability sessions. Today they were practising taking their feet off the floor as they passed over the ‘river’! Have a look at some of their amazing skills. Well done Foundation!

Thank you to all the parents and carers who joined Foundation, Year 1 and Year 2 for our story morning today. Don’t forget our story open mornings are on every Wednesday from 8:45-9:05am. Please feel free to come for the whole session or drop in for 5 minutes. Here are a selection of photos from Year 2's Story Maker Sessions.

A huge thank you to Plymouth Dental Peninsula and Smarter Smiles who came into Year 2 this afternoon. We enjoyed hearing all about how to take care of our teeth. 🦷

This morning, Year 1 and 2 were grateful for some sunshine as they went on a walk in our local area. They used their their geographic skills to identify human and physical features. Then they used symbols and a key to mark them on a map. They were also lucky enough to have enough time to play at the local park.

On Friday, Year 4 had two Plymouth University students came in to teach the children some different sounds in French. The children were Responsible Rainbow Trouts, showing good listening and engaged in sharing ideas. Well Done to the children and the Plymouth University students! Merci!