Scholastic Book Club Sale If you’re wondering why your child hasn’t brought home the Scholastic Book Club leaflet this term, it’s because this one is not available in paper format, instead orders should be placed online here https://shop.scholastic.co.uk/schools/turton-high. You can still have books delivered to your child in school free of charge and we still benefit Read More …
Meet Jacqueline HarveyJacqueline Harvey, one of Australia’s most popular authors, will be meeting pupils from our feeder primary schools on Monday 17th Oct as part of her UK tour. If you’d like to know more about her and her books have a look at her website http://jacquelineharvey.com.au/ The event was originally being held at Turton but will Read More …
Year 7 Summer Reading ChallengeThis summer we are encouraging year 7 students to keep up their reading and avoid the traditional slipping behind that takes place in the long holiday, with our summer reading challenge. Pupils have been given a postcard with details of the challenge but you can also download it here. The challenge falls Read More …
Library Closure and Returning BooksThe library will be closed for the whole of the last week of term to prepare for the new school year. Please try to return any books before then unless you have asked to borrow them for the summer holidays. The book box just inside the door will be available for Read More …
Celebrating World Book Day ( by L. Gray / J. Sprawling )To celebrate World Book Day on Thursday 3rd March 2016 Year 7 & 8 students were invited to consider how their favourite book could be represented in a simple jar. The project was a cross-curricular venture between our English and Art & Design Departments Read More …
Author Patrick Ness Visits Turton School Award winning author Patrick Ness visited Turton on Tuesday 10th November to talk with KS4 and 5 students about his books.His book “A Monster Calls” is being made into a feature film starring Liam Neeson, and he is currently involved with writing a new script for a Dr. Who spin-off Read More …
Award winning author Patrick Ness is to visit Turton on Tuesday 10th November to talk with KS4 and 5 students about his books. His book “A Monster Calls” is being made into a feature film starring Liam Neeson, and he is currently involved with writing a new script for a Dr. Who spin-off series class. Read More …