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World Book Day 5th March 2020

As a school which exploits every opportunity to promote the joy of reading, we approach World Book Day on Thursday 5th March with much excitement. Posters advertising World Book Day events are

Women in Science Day

On 11th February, the United Nations, partners worldwide, women and girls will mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, celebrating the theme, 'Investment in Women and Girls in

Search for a Star 2020

Can you Sing? Dance? Tell jokes?

Want to represent Thornhill Academy in the City Final in March?

Our annual Search for a Star talent contest will take part on Wednesday 26^th February 2020 with two

Thornhill Passport to Prom

 Thank you to parents of Year 11 for encouraging students to attend our revision sessions in preparation for the upcoming GCSE exams. These have got off to a great start with positive feedback

The Lionesses Academy

The Lionesses Academy is a programme available for females aged 14-16 and will provide CPD opportunities in coaching, refereeing and event management, there will be 4 CPD events throughout the

Review Day January 2020

Wednesday 29^th January 2020

In Main School Hall

We are pleased to invite you and your son/daughter to Thornhill’s annual pupil Review Day on Wednesday 29^th January 2020. 

You and your

Year 10 Parents Meeting

I would like to invite you to visit school on Wednesday 27^th November between 3:00pm and 6:00pm for our Year 10 Parents’ Meeting. 

The parents’ meeting is to discuss progress with

Winner Winner Christmas Dinner!

Help school to promote full attendance, Have Christmas Dinner on us!

Your chance to win £50 ASDA Gift Card…

Terms and conditions

• The aim is for pupils to achieve 100% attendance for

Thornhill Sponsored Walk 2019

Once again Thornhill pulled out all the stops with over 60 pupils turning out for this years sponsored walk.  We are all so proud of our children for giving up a Saturday for such a worthy

NCS Experience

Buzzing and books!

There was a buzz around school last week as year 7 students were presented with their own fiction books in house assemblies.

Upon starting at Thornhill in September all of our Y7 students were asked

Thursday 3rd October- National Poetry Day

As part of this year’s National Poetry Day celebrations, all pupils will spend English lessons completing activities based around this year’s theme: Truth.

In our annual ‘Poem in

Year 11 Parents Meeting October 2019

Wednesday 2^nd October 3:00pm and 6:00pm Year 11 Parents’ Meeting. 

The parents’ meeting is to discuss progress with subject teachers and to assist you in understanding what your

Harvest Collection

I would like to take this opportunity to inform you of a great tradition here at Thornhill.

Every year, we ask pupils, parents and carers to contribute whatever they can afford to our harvest

Thornhill’s First Cambridge Summer Scholar!

In March 2019, Tally Mennear (10H2) entered the Immerse Education Tech Competition which is held in conjunction with Cambridge University. This is an extremely popular and challenging competition in

Summer Reads

We’ve collected together some of our favourite summer reads in the collection below. 

Give them a go!

Summer Concert

Come and join the Music Department as they showcase the musical talent in the school. 

After many performances in the thumbprint and the yard the pupils would like to invite family and

Thornhill Exhibition of the Arts

Homework Hot News

Thanks to the many parents / carers who braved the weather to attend our Y7 Parents’ Evening and Homework Support drop in session last night. We hope that the leaflet with Thornhill’s Top

Thornhill Thinkers Take on Oxford

On Friday 24^th May 2019, a group of 15 of Thornhill Academy’s most high achieving pupils visited Oxford University.

This unique opportunity – the first of its kind at Thornhill,

Homework Success

As we approach the end of this half term we are again celebrating the amazing homework that has been produced by our students.

Now working from Homework Menus in Key Stage 3, our students have the

Brilliant Club 2019

Brilliant Club Undergraduates are Ready to Fly!

Thornhill Academy has recently launched the second academic year of the Brilliant Club Scholar’s Programme for some of their Most Able pupils in

Big Book Giveaway

You have won over £250 of free books for your school! After reading through thousands of entries, we're delighted to announce that you are one of 100 winners of James Patterson's

Earn to Live program

Following the success of our Earn to Live program in 2018, we have decided to run the program again this year. The aim of the drop down event is to introduce our students to some of the

Annual Book Fair

Thornhill Academy’s English department are excited to announce our annual book fair , which will be held in the LRC from March 18^th to the 22^nd. A Book Fair is a celebration of reading

British Science Week 2019

British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths, featuring entertaining and engaging events and activities across the UK for people of all ages.

Thornhill

Inter House Netball Tournament

Online Safety

World Book Day 2019

As a school which exploits every opportunity to promote the joy of reading, we approach World Book Day on Thursday 7th March with much excitement. Posters advertising World Book Day events are

Nissan Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair

Nissan Apprenticeship Recruitment Fair to be held at Nissan on  Tuesday 5th March and Wednesday 6th March at 6pm.

This is an opportunity for pupils and parents to come along and hear about our

International Day of Women & Girls in Science

Thornhill science department next week will be supporting the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, through our work to achieve bronze crest award and promoting our upcoming science week

Class charts

We would like to thank all parents, carers and relatives who joined us last week for our busy Review Day. We really value the chance to talk to families and pupils together and to share information

Holocaust Memorial Day 2019

Holocaust Memorial Day is on Sunday January 27^th. As part of PDL work and assemblies Thornhill pupils will be commemorating the event by carrying out a number of activities related to this

Pupils WW1 Centenary showcase

Pupils continue to work on activities associated with the WW1 Centenary. This will culminate in pupils showcasing their work to fellow pupils and staff in school on Friday 9^th November.

There have

WWI Centenary Commemoration

Day 1 - Monday 5^th November

Our week of commemorative events got underway with a very poignant wreath laying ceremony in the specially created commemorative garden. Next to the Thornhill Tommy

National Restart a Heart Day

Our academy motto “Learn to Live” is broadened today by the fact that all year 9 pupils are receiving training to possibly help save someone’s life in the event of a cardiac No comments Read More

Chat and Tour

Year 6 pupils – Secondary School Selection

Thornhill recently hosted a very successful Open Evening for year 5 & year 6 pupils. We realise not everyone could make this event therefore we

Careers Convention 2018

Thornhill Academy Careers Convention 2018 will be held on Wednesday 10th October 2018 from 1.30pm-4.30pm in the Sports Hall. Year 11 pupils will be invited to attend the Convention during period 6

Bronze Arts Awards

Last term our year 10 pupils proudly ended the school year with a special exhibition in Sunderland Minster showing off the work they produced during their Set Sails project with the Cultural Spring

Homework Club

With the new term now well underway our Homework Club goes from strength to strength. Open every Monday to Thursday from 3.10 until 4pm (2.20 – 3pm Wednesday) and with 2 staff in attendance

Thornhill Walk 2018

On Saturday 6^th October 2018 we are holding our annual sponsored walk from Seaburn to South Shields. This year we are once again going to try and raise money for Cancer Research UK which I hope you

Storm Ali

Storm Ali has arrived….. During lunchtime today we suffered some damage to one of our outdoor ceilings. Pupils were fantastic and followed staff advice and guidance; we continue to operate as

Open Day 2018

WEDNESDAY 19th SEPTEMBER 2018, 3.30PM – 6.30PM

You will have the opportunity to meet our Headteacher, Ian Redford, staff and students as well as having a tour of our excellent

Uniform Update

Dear Parents/Carers

We are aware of the on-going issues and mixed messages being communicated from Initial Images our new uniform supplier. We would like to reassure parents that we understand and

GCSE Results Day 2018

Results can be collected on Thursday 23rd August in the Tom Cowie between 10am - 12 noon.

Brilliant Club Graduation

On the afternoon of Monday 16th July our hugely successful Brilliant Club members, accompanied by parents and staff, attended the graduation ceremony at Durham University. Having successfully

England V Croatia

Due to the huge success of the England team we want to allow our pupils to feel involved. We are therefore allowing our pupils to wear their England shirts for school on Wednesday.

Pupils can

A Night at the Musicals

Don't miss out on this year’s fabulous Thornhill Academy Production 'A Night at the Musicals'.

A combination of the shows from the past 4 years including Joseph and the Amazing

National Writing Day

There's been a big focus on reading as an aid to literacy, and while this is ongoing, we’re focusing upon writing and celebrating the pleasure that can be gained from writing a good story.

We

Exhibition of The Arts

England V Nigeria

Saturday 2^nd June 2018

Meet at Thornhill for 8:30am leaving at 9am.

Pupils will need some money for refreshments.

No need for School Uniform! Just something Red/White & Blue.

We expect to

Pathways Evening

Pathways Evening 23^rd May 2018

The evening starts at 4:30pm with a presentation by the Headteacher then the opportunity to discuss individual subject requirements with specialist staff.

Pathway

Readathon Challenge

Thornhill Academy’s English department will be launching this year’s Readathon Challenge to mainly year 7 and 8 pupils this week. Pupils are being encouraged to collect as many

Cancer Research UK AGM

Thornhill Academy welcomed our close friends Cancer Research UK. For many years we have helped raise money for this charity and this year has been no exception. Our annual Thornhill Walk raised over

Brilliant Club

Pupils from the Brilliant Club attended the launch of their collaboration with Newcastle University on a project titled “Illuminating the Body” this week. The day involved: an

Book Fair

Thornhill Academy’s English department are excited to announce our annual book fair, which will be held in the LRC from March 19^th to the 23^rd.

A Book Fair is a celebration of reading

British Science Week

British Science week takes place 9^th – 18^th March. Here at Thornhill we shall be hosting a mobile planetarium in our main hall in conjunction with Kielder Observatory.

Many of our pupils will

Earn to Live, Live to Earn

Can you Inspire the Workforce of Tomorrow?

Earn to Live, Live to Earn 

26th-28th March 2018

Are you an ex-pupil, parent, local business or a supporter of the school who would be

Fantastic community effort

I would like to say a massive thank you to the 50 strong work force who turned up yesterday. It was fantastic to see pupils, parents, staff, governors and supporters digging deep…..literally,

School site update

Hi everyone (pupils and parents) I hope you have been enjoying the snow days. In an effort to open the site safely on Monday I am looking for some help tomorrow (Saturday) from 11:30am. Our

SCHOOL CLOSURE 2ND MARCH

In an effort to allow parents to be informed as early as possible we are announcing that Thornhill Academy will be closed tomorrow (2^nd March). We appreciate this is not ideal and would prefer to

SCHOOL CLOSURE UPDATE

Due to the Amber weather warning in place and the significant snowfall we have received we have decided to remain closed tomorrow. We appreciate this may inconvenience parents, however we would like

SCHOOL CLOSURE

Due to adverse weather conditions and disruption to travel Thornhill Academy wil be CLOSED TODAY (Wednesday 28th February) to staff and pupils due to health and safety reasons.

Adverse Weather

We will always endeavour to open the school in the event of adverse weather, as long as it is safe to do so.  In the event of disruption caused by weather conditions such as heavy snow, the

Exploring mind-set

This week, some of our Year 10 boys took part in a session exploring mind-set and the importance of skills for learning. As well as reflecting on their own mind-set and learning more about the cycle

Safer Internet Day

On Tuesday 6th February Thornhill Academy will take part in Safer Internet Day which, this year, is themed Create, Connect and Share Respect.

At Thornhill we expect all of our pupils to be

Time to Talk Day

It’s easy to think there’s no right place to talk about mental health. But the more we talk about it, the better life is for all of us.

Too many people with mental health problems are

THE TALL SHIPS RACES 2018 SUNDERLAND 11-14 JULY 2018

Ahoy there! Ready for a challenge of a lifetime?

All year 10 pupils were recently offered the opportunity to apply to sail to Denmark as part of the Tall Ships Races Sunderland 2018.

After much

Parent/Carer Homework Survey

A huge thank you to those parents and carers who took time out of their busy lives to respond to our survey. Your feedback, together with the pupil responses already gathered, is invaluable to us as

Shoebox Appeal 2017

Congratulations and thank you to all staff and pupils who contributed to our recent shoebox appeal.

A grand total of 83 Christmas shoeboxes together with £250 to help distribution costs, were

Northumbria University Unzipped

On Monday 27^th November all members of year 7 participated in a drama based event delivered by Northumbria University staff, giving an insight into the opportunities available to students who go on

Top 10 Christmas Reads

Looking for an extra Christmas present?

Why not try one of our top 10 Christmas reads?

Some of the books that make the list:

• The Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Getaway by Jeff Kimmy
• Bad Boy by David

7X2 Run Across The Country

Congratulations to all members of Mrs Richardson’s 7X2 PE group as collectively they have ran more than the equivalent distance from Sunderland to Whitehaven on the west coast of

Anti - Bullying Week

The theme for this year’s national anti-bullying week is “All Different – All Equal”.  Here in Thornhill during the next two weeks within PDL, pupils and tutors will be

Art & Design

Over this term in Art and Design we have been working with pupils to develop their understanding our department vision and the qualities we seek to promote in our lessons.

Thornhill Academy Art and

Yr 11 Revision

Year 11 Revision Timetable

A timetable of all revision sessions available to our year 11 pupils has been issued this week.

We all know the importance of revision in preparation for GCSE exam

Thornhill Sponsored Walk 2017

Once again Thornhill pulled out all the stops with over 80 pupils turning out for this years sponsored walk.  We are all so proud of our children for giving up a Saturday for such a worthy

Careers Convention

Thornhill Academy will hold its annual Careers Convention on Wednesday 11th October from 1.30-4.30pm. Year 11 pupils will visit the Careers Convention during period 6. At 2.20, pupils from all other

Hays Attendance Award

This morning we held our first Hays Travel attendance award prize draw whereby all pupils with 100% attendance for September were eligible to win a £20 Bridges gift voucher. Mr Poulton was

ARTiculation Workshop

Thornhill pupils attended an ARTiculation workshop at Baltic this week. Taking them right out of their comfort zone they worked in groups with pupils from other schools and colleges, engaged in

Thornhill Pupils Become Industrial Cadets

 16 Thornhill pupils have already spent 6 days at Nissan this half term becoming Industrial Cadets. The Year 10 pupils spent a day touring the production line, visiting the Bodyshop to see how

Do you need more information about Thornhill Academy?

Thank you to all visitors who attended our recent Open Evening. We were delighted to meet you all, especially year 5 and year 6 pupils. We hope everyone managed to see all they wanted to see but

Tips for New Year 7 pupils

As the summer holidays draw to a close we hope new year 7 pupils are getting excited about joining us here at Thornhill.

The following points may prove helpful as we approach September start No comments Read More

GCSE Results 2017

RECORD SUCCESS AGAIN AT THORNHILL SCHOOL!

Staff and governors at Thornhill are delighted with the results our young people have achieved this year. We wish to congratulate every one of our pupils

GCSE Results Day

Thursday 24^th August 

GCSE results can be collected between 10am-12noon in the Tom Cowie Centre.

Beauty and the Beast

On July 4^th, 5^th and 6^th Thornhill School along with Richard Avenue Primary School and Barnes Infant School together starred in a wonderful production of the Disney musical ‘Beauty and the

Thornhill and Larkmead expedition to India

The group are all doing great, they have no signal at the moment but are hoping to get more pictures to us soon.

The building project is going really well, the group are off to a celebration event

Millionaire Readers

Thornhill Millionaires!

Thornhill School would like to congratulate our twelve millionaire readers. Lamya Salam, Anju Kamaly, Tally Mennear, Nilima Ahmed, Jake Nicholson, Emma Thornton, Thalia

Double your chance to win "Be In Plenty for Twenty"

Be In Plenty for Twenty

As we approach the end of our summer term pupils continue to earn entries into our “Be In Plenty for Twenty” attendance draw. For each week of 100% attendance

Tribute for Bradley

TRIBUTE FOR BRADLEY

Thornhill School has paid tribute to Bradley Lowery by wearing something blue with their uniform today and paying 50p for the privilege.  This was initiated by pupils

Wear something blue for Bradley

1 little boy’s smile can bring a whole nation together.

At just 18months old Bradley was diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma, with years of fighting and the treatment wearing him down, he

Primary Beauty and the Beast rehearsals

We were delighted to have budding performers visit us recently. Primary pupils from year 2 – Year 6 joined us to learn their roles for our forthcoming production of “Beauty and the

Attendance Award Scheme

Mr Gareth Gaston (from Vision Teacher supply agency) visited school recently to present a cheque to cover costs for our current attendance promotion scheme – Be In Plenty for Twenty, whereby 15

Community Spirit

Chloe Oliver 8H2 was a fantastic servant to the community recently. While doing her paper round after school she heard a cry for help and then could see an elderly lady (Mrs

Thornhill pupils support city run

Sunderland city’s 10k and half marathon runs took place on Sunday May 7^th. Once again we were delighted to provide a team of 22 volunteers to assist with this community event. Pupils involved

Yr 8 Pathways Evening

The Parent & Pupil Pathways Briefing has been scheduled for Wednesday 24th May 2017. The evening will commence with a short presentation regarding the latest educational changes, followed by an

Be In Plenty for Twenty – Attendance Prize Draw

Following the success of last terms attendance prize daw we are to continue with the same incentive scheme this term.

Not only will 100% attendance every week enhance a pupils chance of academic

Easter Holidays

School closes for all pupils for the Easter holidays on Friday 7^th April 12:40pm and re-opens to all pupils on Monday 24^th April normal time.

Year 11 easter revision school is on Monday 10th -

“Be In Plenty for Twenty” winners

Our 3 house prize draws took place this week for our “Be in plenty for twenty” attendance promotion scheme. All pupils with a weekly attendance rate of 100% gained on entry for the No comments Read More

Year 9 & 10 Parents Meeting

Year 10 Parents’ Meeting - Wednesday 3rd May between 3:00pm and 6:30pm

Year 9 Parents’ Meeting - Wednesday 10th May between 3:00pm and 6:30pm

The parents’ meeting is to discuss

Sunderland Schools Anti –Bullying Awards 2017

Congratulations to our TARAH team of peer mentors who recently received another award to add to their collection from recent years.

Last Thursday year 10 representatives attended the city schools

Search for a Star Winner

A fantastic win for Daisy Pringle of Hislop House as she won the Search for a Star city final on Tuesday night.

Thornhill are no strangers to the competition with former winners being Ben Forster

The Race is on - "Be in Plenty for £20"

UPDATE

An update for week ending March 17^th, Johnson House have stormed into the lead with 90% of their pupils with 100% attendance for that week. Miss Tench is delighted and has high hopes for

Good news for year 6 pupils!

Congratulations and welcome to all year 6 pupils who have recently heard that they will be joining Thornhill for year 7 in September.

We are confident that you have made a very good choice and we

Search for a Star 2017

Search for a Star 2017

6.30pm Wednesday 1^st March

Thornhill's talent show Search for a Star is back again to find two talented students to represent our school at this year’s Area Grand Final

Hays Travel Attendance Award

Congratulations to Amelia Shilling of year 11 who was the winner of our 100% attendance prize draw for the month of January. Brydon’s Head of House Mr Chalk presented Amelia with £30

The Caring School

Thornhill School were congratulated for all of the charity work they have done over the years for Cancer Research UK.

We were joined by three members of the Cancer Research UK committee Sunderland:

"Be In Plenty for Twenty"

Our new attendance reward scheme has started in earnest. Just like our pre-Christmas scheme, pupils will receive a raffle ticket every time they achieve 100% weekly attendance.

At the end of term

Holocaust Memorial Day

Holocaust Memorial Day January 27th 2017 - Thornhill School

This week we reflect upon the events of the Holocaust and ensuing genocides. At Thornhill School we have had assemblies delivered to all

Royal visit

Unknown to our parents and pupils who were taking part in our annual review day Thornhill School had a brief visit on Wednesday.

The Royal helicopter touched down on our all weather pitch as a

Pupil Review Day

Thornhill’s annual pupil Review Day Wednesday 18th January 2017

 in the Main Hall

You and your son/daughter are required to attend this meeting as an important opportunity for you and

Thornhill Christmas Concert

Thornhill Christmas Concert offers an evening of Christmas carols, Thornhill and Primary schools choirs, our traditional Staff Panto and Rock band, dancers, singers and a Brass Band to get you in the

Awards Evening

Well done to the Thornhill School Class of 2016 who had their awards evening on Thursday night. It was great to see so many of you in attendance to pick up your certificates, prizes and

Thornhill School Celebrates 50 Years

Thank you to the numerous past pupils and staff who joined us in our celebration.

The morning started with pupils receiving an engraved water bottle and cupcake sponsored by our FASTA (Friends and

Children in Need 2016

ITS TIME TO GET SPOTTY!!!

Friday 18^th November 2016

Staff and students can wear a spotty tie which can be the usual conventional tie or a dickie bow tie.  They can be homemade or shop

£100 for 100% attendance - Be in it to win it

As part of our campaign to promote excellent school attendance we have just introduced our latest reward scheme ‘£100 for 100% - Be in it to win it.’

For every week of 100%

Thornhill School 50th Anniversary

Thornhill is pleased to announce that they will have a Celebration day on 30th November 2016 for our 50th Anniversary.

There will be a balloon release at 2pm, with every pupil releasing a balloon

Kickboxing Success

Hislop House were represented in the Unified World Kickboxing championships during October half term. 7H1's Aaron Solomon represented England in Carrara Fiere Italy, putting in an outstanding

One Voice Award Ceremony

Thornhill was proud to host Sunderland BME network 'one voice' award ceremony 2016 on the 26th October.  

Our main hall was the centre of the community as they gathered for this prestigious

Journey to Justice Exhibition

Fantastic to see Thornhill pupils promoting the launch of the Journey to Justice Exhibition at the winter gardens (23.10.16). This traveling exhibition on the civil rights movement is in the winter

Harvest Festival Fun

A great time was had by all at this year's Harvest Festival in which our pupils did their parents and school proud. The festival included some incredible performances by the school choir, Daisy

Trampolining Success

Well done to Thornhill pupils who competed in the Sunderland School Games Competition and managed to qualified in these rounds.

Beginners KS3:- Ethan Hayley and Alex Lamb

Beginners KS4: -

Sunderland Schools Games Swimming Gala

"Thornhill Pupils meeting (Left to Right) Josef Craig Bronze Medallist, Adam Taylor International Champion and Matt Wylie Gold Medallist at the Sunderland School Games Gala

Thornhill Walk 2016

Well done to everyone who took part in this years sponsored walk.

Thornhill School have been raising funds for Cancer Research UK for the last 38 years undertaking a sponsored walk.

Once again,

GCSE Results 2016

Thornhill is the Top Performing School in Sunderland – Again!

The new national headline results measure indicates that the academic progress of Thornhill’s pupils is the highest in the

Open Day 2016

OPEN DAY 2016

Our recent Open Day was a great success for everyone concerned. We were delighted to welcome increased numbers of visitors (hopefully an indication of another increase for Y7 pupil

Pupils return to school Tuesday 6th September

All pupils return to school on Tuesday 6^th September for the start of our 50^th anniversary year.

Y7 and Y11 pupils start at 8:40am when the Y11 pupils will be participating in a study skills

Thornhill visit to New York

As you read this Thornhill pupils will be returning from an amazing five days in New York.

The music department and Mrs LeRoy organised this visit to give pupils this once in a life time

Flamingo Land Visit

Year 8 and 9 pupils have been involved in a visit to Flamingo Land with the Science Department this week.  

Pupils were involved in workshops where they reinforced what they have been

Christmas 2016 holiday dates

Dear Parent/Carer

There has been discussion in many schools across the city regarding the Christmas holiday dates for 2016. Primary schools in particular are concerned that the holiday begins too

Art Exhibition 2016

The Yearly Art Exhibition took place on Tuesday 21^st June and was a great success.

Year 11 GCSE Art and Design students along with GCSE Graphic Communication students work was displayed for all to

We Will Rock You - The hit musical by Queen and Ben Elton

Thornhill School along with Hudson Road Primary, Diamond Hall Juniors and Richard Avenue Primary School’s together starred in a wonderful production of the hit musical by Queen and Ben Elton

Hannah and Sarah's Codex 1300 Contribution

Hannah Turnbull (8B1) and Sarah Sweeney (8H2) were the proud contributors of Thornhill’s entry into the magnificent Codex 1300 project that left St Peter’s Church in Monkwearmouth on June

Animal Aid Visits Year 9 Pupils

Year 9 GCSE R.S. pupils were visited by Jim Fox, a representative of animal rights group Animal Aid who aim to raise awareness of and peacefully protest against animal cruelty issues by means of

Hoax telephone call

You may have heard in the news this week there has been an orchestrated campaign of hoax threats attempting to cause disruption of schools during this important examination period. 

Today

Mayor’s visit to Thornhill’s School Council

Members of our school council recently held a breakfast meeting which was attended by our city’s Mayor and Mayoress , Barry Curran and his wife Carol.

In between croissants and coffee our

Sunderland 10k & Half Marathon Helpers

Congratulations to our team of 18 volunteers who helped with the recent City of Sunderland 10K and Half Marathon Run.

This is the second year we have been asked to help with this event proving that

NHS Careers Competiton Winners

For the second year in a row, Thornhill School has been named regional winners in the Step into the NHS Careers Competition.

This time, Rebecca Gilby and Sarah Sweeney both of 8H2, won with their

Year 9 Parents Meeting

Year 9 Parents’ Meeting - Wednesday 4^th May between 3:00pm and 6:30pm

The parents’ meeting is to discuss progress with subject teachers and to assist you in understanding what your child

Year 8 Pathways Evening

Date change: This event has moved from the 11^th May to the 8^th June

The Parent & Pupil Pathways Briefing has been scheduled for Wednesday 8th June 2016. The evening will commence with a short

Parental Survey Results 2016

Thank you to all parents and carers who spared the time to complete our parental survey back in January during Review Day.

We have recently received the final report from the research company

Yr 8 Competition Winners

Year 8 pupils have been working with The Foundation of Light education programme for the last term.  They have been completing a wide range of activities which are submitted to gain

World Maths Day Competition Winners

Thornhill Pupils Celebrate World Maths Day.

To celebrate World Maths Day on Wednesday 2^nd March, we ran a school wide competition for all pupils to get involved. The competition required pupils to

World Maths Day

Thornhill Pupils Participate in World Maths Day.

World Maths Day is on Wednesday 2^nd March.  To celebrate the event Thornhill School are holding a school wide competition for all pupils to get

Search for a Star Final

Thornhill School saw a large audience entertained by 19 acts, who sang and danced in an attempt to win this years’ title of ‘ Search for a Star’.

Our three guest judges including

Inspiring IIAG

Inspiring Information, Advice and Guidance

Thornhill School has been successful in achieving Stage 1 of Inspiring IIAG, a national quality award that is awarded to schools and colleges in

Melissa Cavanagh returns to Thornhill

Melissa Cavanagh, current contestant of BBC's hit show The Voice returned to Thornhill school to inspire Year 11 in an assembly.

Melissa recalled her time at Thornhill and how she overcame her

Holocaust Memorial Day January 27th 2016

At this time of year everyone at Thornhill reflects upon the events of the Holocaust and ensuing genocides. We strive to learn lessons from the past to help challenge prejudice and

Woolly/Festive Jumpers

Friday 18th December 2015

Come to school in your Festive/Woolly jumper for only 50p

All donations raised will go to Age UK and Shelter

Here are just a few of some of the

Christmas Concert 2015

The Thornhill Christmas Celebration Concert 2015

The festive spirit was flowing from last night’s Christmas Concert. Hosted by Mr Leadbeater the concert saw Thornhill pupils join forces with

State of the City Debate

Sate of the City Debate – Civic Chambers

Sunderland Civic Centre Friday 27^th 2015

Eight of our School council members represented Thornhill in a city wide youth debate last Friday. Set in the

Teachers Got Talent 3

Teachers got talent 3 certainly entertained a strong main hall audience last night. Hosted by year 7 pupils Esne Green and Brooke Simmons the annual event was a great success with staff performing a

I'm an Engineer 2015

‘I’m an Engineer – Get Me Out Of Here!’

28 Year 7 Thornhill students have been participating in ‘I’m an Engineer. Get me out of here!’ The event has taken

Children In Need Inter House mastermind

There was strong competition between the representatives of each house in the special Children in Need mastermind competition.

The event was hosted by our very own Mr Salkeld. There were no

Teachers Got Talent

Do not miss out on the talent search event of 2015

A rare chance to see the singing talents of Ellis, Willmore, Hinds, Poulton and Mrs Charlton and her amazing wonder dog Dougal!

Tickets for this

Thornhill School Remembers

Pupils and staff at Thornhill School paid their silent respect to the country’s war dead in the Remembrance Assemblies this week as well as pausing and reflecting during our period of silence

Harvest Festival Evening

On Wednesday 31^st October, we celebrated our school Harvest Festival. Over the weeks leading up to the festival, pupils and staff had donated gifts of food to be distributed to Age UK Sunderland and

Thornhill X-Factor

Thornhill X-Factor Talent Competition

Tuesday 6.30pm in the main hall

Over 50 people auditioned and 20 fantastic acts have made it through to tomorrow night’s Thornhill X-Factor final.

The

Year 8 Disco

After the success of our year 7 disco it is the turn of year 8.

Make sure you don't miss out on this event as tickets will go fast. The DJ is booked, the tuck has been ordered lets disco on

Premier League Trophy Visit

Barclays Premier League Trophy visits Thornhill School

The Barclays Premier League Trophy visited Thornhill School, Sunderland on Tuesday 20th October 2015 between 9am and 11am - giving football

Alice is 150 Design competition winner

Alice is 150 - "Your Alice in Sunderland" Design Competition

A massive congratulations to Sarah Sweeney of 8H2 who has won the 12-17 year old category of this city wide art competiton.

Sarah has

Harvest Festival 2015

Wednesday 21st October 2015

It is a great tradition  that all pupils attend with their parents or carers and of course the rest of the family is welcome too. Tickets are free and available from

Battlefields 2015

Mr Bewick and 2 year 11 pupils Jack Miller and Claire Cowdery took part in a government scheme to commemorate the centenary of the 1^st World War.

We visited the battlefields of Ypres and the Somme

Year 7 Disco

Year 7 It's Disco Time

FASTA our enthusiastic PTA present a Year 7 Disco on Wednesday 7^th October.

Tickets are available at only £1 from Hislop Study.

The DJ is booked, the tuck is ordered;

Year 11 Parents Meeting

Year 11 Parents Meeting Wednesday 14^th October between 3:00pm and 6:30pm.  All appointments will take place in the Thumbprint restaurant.

We have introduced an online appointment booking system

Year 6 Parents/Carers

The deadline for parents/Carers to select their child’s secondary school is only a few weeks away, October 31^st 2015.

We were delighted to welcome many families of year 6 pupils (and year 5!)

Yr 10 & 11 Inter House Football

Congratulations to the Johnson House boys who won this year's '10 and 11 Inter House Football Tournament'.

Special mention goes to the year 11 players who have managed to win this trophy in

Free Uniform Offer

As part of our 50 year celebrations in 2016, Thornhill School will be offering all new Year 7 starters a FREE UNIFORM (Blazer and badge, tie, jumper and trousers or skirt).

Once your child's place

Open Day - Saturday Morning

Parents of Year 6 pupils will have received information from the authority regarding choosing their child’s future secondary school.

Year 5/6 children from our partner primary schools will

Thornhill Walk

On Saturday 3^rd October 2015 we held our annual sponsored walk from Seaburn to South Shields. This year we are once again going to try and raise money for Cancer Research UK which I hope you agree

Reading Millionaires

Many of our pupils have made exceptional progress on the ‘Accelerated Reader’ Programme, reading a phenomenal number of words and increasing their reading age in some cases by 3

September 1st pupil starting times

All pupils return to school on Tuesday 1st September.

Year 7 pupils start at 10:30am to enable new pupils time to arrive and settle before the main body of pupils.

Year 11 pupils start at 10:50am

GCSE Results 2015

A pleasing set of GCSE results which has consolidated a very positive position where all our pupils continue to make excellent progress.

Every pupil achieved a GCSE qualification and an outstanding

Top School in Sunderland

Thornhill celebrates as the highest performing secondary school in the city 2015.

Pupils and staff are proud that this year’s government school league tables placed Thornhill in the top spot

Morocco Blog

Day One

This morning we met at the school car park at 8:30am which was the very start of our trip. We went and took a group photo outside of school and then we went and said goodbye to our parents.

Year 10 Summer Revision

Get Revising Year 10!

We all hope you enjoy the Summer Year 10 but….

We would like to provide a few guidelines for each subject to enable you get into a regular routine of study that ensures

Thornhill Visit to Morocco

After catching a very early flight the team landed safe and well in Morocco a little tired but still smiling.

So far they have enjoyed playing football and rounders with children from the village

Thornhill Pupils go to Nissan

16 Year 9 pupils have successfully taken part in the Nissan TRYZ Program.

This involved them completing a one day induction at Nissan, during which they met young graduates and apprentices from

Class of 2015

Did you leave Thornhill School this year?

Don't want to forget the friends you made at school, take a look at your class of 2015

Exhibition of Art

On Tuesday 16^th June, Thornhill hosted it’s annual GCSE art exhibition. 

Featuring work by our talented Year 11 Art & Design and Graphic Communication students, the show consisted of

Mayor and Mayoress reception

Twenty of our year 10 pupils were delighted to accept an invitation to attend a thank you reception held at Sunderland Civic Centre yesterday evening.

The event was organised by Sunderland City

Uniform Breaking News

I am pleased to inform you about final decisions and can now detail our new uniform which retains elements of our tradition, complemented by a modern, smart, style. However, before doing so, I wish

Anti-Bullying Award presentation

Winners of the Anti-Bullying Award -Thornhill School Peer Mentor Team

An award ceremony was held within school so each member of the peer mentor team could receive their No comments Read More

Keep The Memory Alive

Tuesday 31^st March was a very memorable day indeed for Thornhill School. In conjunction with the 70^th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz, 85 year old Holocaust survivor Mr Zigi Shipper

Anti-Bullying Awards for Thornhill

JJ Robins 8B2 attended the Council Chambers on Friday 27^th March to receive an Ipad from the Mayor as his prize for designing a logo for the Local Authority Anti-Bullying service in a competition in

Sunderland Young Achievers' Awards 2015

Winners of the Anti-Bullying Award -Thornhill School Peer Mentor Team

This group was established in 1990 and has been an extremely successful project since then in terms of helping significant

Foundation of Light Enterprise Core Programme

This term year 8 pupils had the fantastic opportunity to take part in a business and enterprise scheme provided by SAFC and Caterpillar Articulated Trucks. The project educated the pupils on various

Invitation to parents

As a school we are honoured to host a special presentation on Tuesday March 31st 2015, 1:45pm - 3:00pm.

To help commemorate the '70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz', Holocaust survivor

Safeguarding News

As part of our PDL programme, year 8 pupils recently watched a professional theatre group perfom 'Chelsea's Choice'.

This presentation was aimed to raise awareness of the dangers of sexual

New Uniform Proposal

After almost 50 years we are proposing to modernise our school uniform. We would welcome any comments regarding the proposed change.

This proposal is in the early stages of planning but any changes

MFL Booster Day

The languages department invited 17 pupils to participate in a MFL booster day where they were immersed in French for a day.

During the day the team from PET-Xi challenged our pupils to use their

Year 10 Afternoon Tea

Thornhill's year 10 Hospitality group hosted an afternoon tea for invited guests. This is part ot their coursework and is worth 60% of their final grade.

They have to plan the theme, the menu,

Berlin 2015

Young Achievers Award

TARAH Thornhill Schools peer mentor group have been shortlisted for the Sunderland Young Achievers Awards in the Anti-bullying group category, we currently have 68 trained peer mentors in school.

A

Working Lunches

Working Lunches

To help you to think about careers that you might be interested in, we have arranged a number of Working Lunches with local business people and employers.

These will be short talks

Holocaust Memorial Day 2015

Thornhill School will mark the 70th Anniversary of the Holocaust with a number of memorial assemblies.

Keep The Memory Alive

Search for a Star 2015

We auditioned over 30 acts and in the final a total of 17 acts and groups performed in front of a packed audience in the main hall.

The show was compared by Thornhill pupils Owen Seafield &

Lab Safety Poster Competition

Pupils have been working hard designing new Lab Safety posters, with the winning posters going up in the Science labs for all to see. Well done to everyone who took part!

Here are just a few of the

Information Evening

Thankyou to the parents who attended the year 9/10 Parents Information Evening on Wednesday 21st January 2015, your interest and support is much appreciated.

The feedback from the evening was very

Disco Time

Calling all year 9's 

Year 9 & 10 Information Evening

Wednesday 21st January 4:30pm - 6:30pm

Tom Cowie Centre

Our year 9 and year 10 pupils are presently studying GCSE and BTEC courses. We would value the opportunity to talk to you about the important

Year 8 Internal Examinations

Year 8 Examination Timetable 2015

The internal examinations will take place Monday 19th January - Friday 23rd January.

Monday 19^th – Science period 2 & 3, French period 5

Tuesday 20^th

Review Day

Wednesday 14th January 2015

You and your son/daughter are invited to Thornhill's annual pupil review day. This is an important opportunity for you and your child to review their progress.

You are

Christmas Fayre

FASTA our enterprising and enthusiastic PTA are running a small Christmas fayre before this year’s Christmas concert. 

Starting at 6pm you will have the opportunity to get those last

Woolly Jumper Day

Friday 19th December

For only 50p come to school in your festive/winter themed woolly jumper!

Christmas Concert 2014

Christmas starts here!

Wednesday 17th December 

Main Hall 7pm

We are pleased to announce our annual christmas concert, come along and enjoy a festive musical treat!

Staff mini

Walk a mile for Children in Need

Be a hero for Children in Need!

Walk a mile on Friday 14th November 1pm on the All weather pitch.

£1 entry 

Which tutor group will have the most participants?

Prize for the winning

Thornhill picks up Second Equality Award

THORNHILL PICKS UP SECOND AWARD FOR THEIR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY.

At a ceremony at Gosforth Park Marriott Hotel, Thornhill School were announced winners in the 2014 North East Equality

Beruce Khan returns to Thornhill

Thornhill recently welcomed back one of our past pupils, Beruce Khan who has found success as an actor. During his time with us, Beruce participated in many of our school productions and, after

NASUWT Arts and Mind Award

THORNHILL PUPILS WIN NASUWT ARTS AND MINDS AWARD

Thornhill pupils are celebrating after their artwork was crowned a winner in the 2014 Arts & Minds competition organised by the NASUWT, the

Primary News

Choosing your childs secondary school?

Thank you to families who attended our Open Day last month. We were pleased to meet you and to hear so many positive comments!

If you were unable to attend

Free Your Feet - Walking Challenge

Year 7 & 8 pupils are taking part in the above challenge aimed to increase pupils fitness levels through increasing the time spent walking and also helping to ease traffic congestion in our

Sponsored Walk

UPDATE

Due to the extremely poor weather forecast for tomorrow (Saturday 4^th October) we are regrettably postponing our annual school walk until Saturday 18^th October. We apologise for any

European Day of Languages

Year's 7 and 8 have been having a change of language in MFL lessons today. 

Changing from French to Spanish and German!

In Spanish they were learning greetings and names

In German it was

Year 7 School Disco

FASTA our fantastic PTA are pleased to announce a Year 7 Disco!

Wednesday 8th October 6-8pm

Tickets on sale now from Hislop study

Open Day 20th September 2014

Are you considering your child's secondary school ?

Is your child in year 5 or 6?

Here at Thornhill we are very proud of our school and we would like you to visit in order to see why.

Our OPEN DAY

Able & Talented

Several Yr 10 pupils from Thornhill took part in an event hosted by Durham University held on 28th June.

Pupils were able to get their hands on ancient artefacts, turn the pages of rare antique

Summer Sports Update

Wearside Schools Year 7 Athletics Championship

Held at Thornhill as we are the only school with a 4oo metre track. Not quite as successful as last year and still awaiting results. However JJ Robins

New Head Boy & Girl Announced

The new School Head Boy and Head Girl have been selected for next term, as well as the Deputy Head boy and Girl.

Shopon Malik from 10J1 is the schools new Head Boy. Lucy Almond from 10B1 is our new

GCSE Timetable

The 2014 GCSE timetable is now available, so you can check on the time and date of every exam you're entered for. It's available to download on the left hand side of this page

Good luck to all our

Year 9 Football Success

The Yr 9 boy’s school football team were joint league winners this season, sharing the title with St Aidan’s school. Their final game was actually a thrilling 2-2 draw with St

Cybersafety

Pupils and parents can now access guidlines on cybersafety thanks to a new document recently published by Sunderland City Council. Any pupil or parent that has any questions relating to on-line

Review Day Success

Thornhill's Review Day proved to be a big success with parents and staff, with 89% of parents meeting staff members to discuss the progress of their child.

Whilst the Thumbprint Restaurant was

Game, set and match!

Girls from Year 9 attended Sunderland Tennis Centre to help out with some Primary School tennis lessons.

There were different drills for the young pupils to try, including shuttles and short court

Amazing Sporting Achievements

After comprehensive victories at the Sunderland Schools Basketball Championships Thornhill U14 Girls went on to represent Sunderland in the Tyne and Wear finals at City Space on Tuesday 28th

Thornhill in Top 5 Performing Schools in Sunderland

School league tables confirm Thornhill in top five best performing secondary schools in Sunderland

Hot on the heels of record GCSE results the 2014 government school league tables place

Grease Auditions begin

Auditions begin on Monday 13th January at 3.15pm in the Music Dept. All are welcome, it's going to be a cracker!

Listed below is a cast list, are you the one-that-we-want?

THE CAST

Danny Zuko -

Strike Information

Several professional associations have announced a day of industrial action on Thursday 17th October, on this day Thornhill school will be unable to open to pupils.

On behalf of governors the

School set to Rock again

Thornhill has a strong traditional of nurturing the performing arts, and 2013 is no different with the announcement that this year's stage production will be the hugely successful musical 'We Will

Raising Standards

RAISE online, the Ofsted school evaluation website, provides interactive analysis of school and pupil performance data. Thornhill School received some excellent news from RAISE this term when it

Parking Enforcement

Information For Parents / Carers

For the next few months the a car equipped with a camera will be enforcing the parking restrictions around the school. The car is designed to stop people parking

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