At Thorn Primary we celebrate lots of exciting events throughout the year.

We welcome visitors all year round to host workshops in a range of subjects.

• At the start of the academic year we held a number of history workshops focussing on Ancient Greece, Baghdad and Ancient Egypt. Year 1 visited Clitheroe Castle!

• In January 2026 we welcomed visitors from various religious backgrounds to learn more about their religion. Year 2 and Lighthouse Class made Diya lamps whilst learning all about Hinduism, Year 6 learned all about Buddhism, Year 3 and 4 Learned about the Prophet Muhammad on his trip to Hajj in a workshop about Islam, and EYFS and Year 1 joined an Indian Dance workshop!

Throughout the year, our PTA organise lots of exciting events including Termly family Fairs, Discos and lots of other events too. We are looking forward to the Valentines Disco in February!

We celebrate World Book Day each year with a different theme or task for pupils to complete - previously including making their own costumes, creating a "book in a box" or by bringing a book to our "book swap" event to encourage reading.

We hold an annual Careers Convention for Year 4 and Year 6 pupils to deliver awareness amongst our children of the job opportunities that are available within the local community and beyond. The children will be given the opportunity to speak to people who do a variety of jobs to gain an insight into how to achieve their ultimate goal.

Author Visit

EYFS & Year 1 were thrilled to be visited by children's author Antony Flynn-Few. Our very own EYFS pupil Harry was particularly excited as he got to introduce his Dad to the class.He shared his story 'Mr Jelby and The Lion' - a book full of courage, kindness and adventure. The children loved asking Antony questions and were excited to learn he has written 9 books altogether!