Dates for the diary:

May 18-22                                  Walk to school week

POSTPONED                            Nursery Sports' day - a new date will be emailed to you after half term

Thursday 21st May                    Year 4, 5 and 6 Sports' day 9:15am

Thursday 21st May                    Year 2 and 3 Sports' day 1.30pm.

Friday 22nd May                        Non Uniform Day raising money for PTA

Friday 22nd May                        NEW DATE:Reception and Year 1 Sports' day 1:45pm

Important Information

Sports days 

The times and dates for Sports Days are at the top of this page. They will take place as long as it is not pouring with rain, so if you do not hear from us then you can assume they are going ahead. 

In order to make sure all children stay safe, please stay behind the barriers at Sports Day and don't call your child over to you. The children have been told to wave at their families but not to go over. If for any reason your child becomes upset, a member of staff will comfort them and might then call you over, but otherwise please wait behind the barriers.

Parents will arrive through the single side gate in the lane and the children will come onto the field via the steps. At the end of sports day we will ask the parents to leave first and the children to remain where they are. Once parents have left, the children can then come off the field. As always, if you need to collect your child for any reason, come to the office and we will go and notify a member of staff to go and collect your child from the field. 

We also understand that you want to take photos and videos of your child in Sports Day. If you are filming or taking photos, please zoom in on your child and try not to get others' faces in shot. Please don't share anything on social media as we have children who cannot be on social media for safeguarding reasons. Thank you for your understanding. 

Plastic bottle top collection

Don’t forget that we are still collecting any plastic bottle tops! Milk tops, pop bottle tops etc of any colour can be used for our art project. Children can bring them to school and put in the coloured buckets outside the Year 4 classrooms. We need lots so please keep bringing them in, and we are especially interested in blue and green ones to make some water murals!

Vote for us at Tesco

Thornhill Primary School have been selected to be part of a vote to potentially receive £1500 towards our Edible Garden project. I am sure that your children have told you how much they love working with Mrs Brown to grow their own fruit and vegetables, and then cooking them with Miss Lawrence, and this money would help us ensure that the project will continue.

You can vote for our project when you shop in the following Tesco stores, from Tuesday 28th April 2026 until the end of July 2026

Cardiff Cregiau Express Express CF15 9NL
Cardiff Extra CF14 3AT
Canton Cardiff City Express Express CF11 9AN
Whitchurch Cardff Express Express CF14 7BQ
Cardiff Central Square Express Express CF10 1FS
Mermaid Quay Card Express Express CF10 5BZ
Tyn Y Parc Cardff Express Express CF14 6BN
Corporatn Road Crdf Express Express CF11 7AT
Culverhouse Cross Extra CF5 6XQ
Canton Express Express CF5 1JG
Maes Y Coed Crdif Express Express CF14 4TT
Cathays Ter Crdif Express Express CF24 4HZ
Ely Cardiff Express Express CF5 5TD
Cardiff North Road Express Express CF14 3BH

To check the location of any of the above stores, please go to the Tesco website here: http://www.tesco.com/store-locator/uk

To vote, you will need to make a purchase within store of any value. You will receive one token per transaction and it's not necessary to purchase a carrier bag in order to receive a token.

If you have friends and family in Cardiff then please feel free to spread the word and get them voting too!

Walk to school week 18-22 May

Next week is Walk to School week. I know that many of you already walk to school but we are trying to promote the benefits of not only being active in the mornings but also of having less cars trying to park near the school. So that you can plan ahead, we will be encouraging children to walk, cycle or scoot to school (there are bike and scooter racks in school if your child needs to leave them here during the day). If you live too far away to walk, please consider doing a 'park and stride' where you leave the car a bit further away from school and walk the rest of the way. You might even find you like it and want to make it a new habit! 

PLEASE SEE THE VIDEO THE CHILDREN HAVE MADE ABOUT THIS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.