Thornfield House special School, Newtownabbey
School Closure School Closure Unfortunately due to adverse weather conditions we have made the difficult decision to close the school on Monday 5th January. School will reopen as usual on Tuesday 6th. We would kindly ask parents to contact their individual drivers alone escorts to inform them.  Many thanks,  Mrs L Creighton (Principal) 
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Outdoor Classroom Day

11th Nov 2024
Teaching and learning can happen anywhere and everywhere! 
We had an Outdoor Classroom Day where children took part in mental math's activities using a range of resources outside. Children benefit from this kinesthetic approach to learning and often don't realize they are working hard because they are not in the classroom.  
We have been looking at the features of Instructional Writing this term and followed instructions during Outdoor Classroom Day in order to build a tent correctly. We soon realized the importance of following instructions step by step. Children excelled at this activity and had great fun trying to all fit into the tent after it was put up!
Taking it down and fitting it back into the tent bag was much more of a challenge!