AQA GCSE Specification (Art & Design)

AQA GCSE Specification (Art & Design) This file (below) is the AQA GCSE Art & Design Specification and contains everything students will need to know about the GCSE Art & Design courses. This link may be more beneficial for parents to support their son/daughter. The Assessment Criteria can be found on pages 22-23 and all students should Read More …

GCSE Art Exam 2017 (Art & Design)

GCSE Art Exam 2017 (Art & Design)Information to support the Year 11s with their preparation for completing Unit 1: Portfolio and Unit 2: Examination in GCSE Art & Design. The students have received these timescales in their lessons and, unlike other subjects, there will be no “revision” as such. Instead, students should be working on Read More …

Celebrating GCSE Art & Design, GCSE Graphic Design

Celebrating GCSE Art & Design, GCSE Graphic DesignSome wonderful GCSE Art & Design and GCSE Graphic Design work on display from Thursday night’s Year 9 option evening…  [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”38″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_pro_mosaic” row_height=”180″ margins=”5″ last_row=”justify” lazy_load_enable=”1″ lazy_load_initial=”35″ lazy_load_batch=”15″ captions_enabled=”0″ captions_display_sharing=”1″ captions_display_title=”1″ captions_display_description=”1″ captions_animation=”slideup” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]            

Rising Stars: A careers talk by Gunan Shang – Material Science

Rising Stars:  A careers talk by Gunan Shang.Turton recently hosted a careers talk by Gunan Shang (a former student in material science) for our design technology students. “I really enjoyed the Turton career talk of material science. I found the subject very interesting and Gunan made the job of material scientist seem very enjoyable and compelling. Read More …

We are now a “Fair Achiever” School

Turton School is now a “Fair Achiever” school.  This is the highest certification for Fairtrade schools and will run from 2016 to 2019.‘This is a really great policy – it is clear to see that you have considered each of the requirements of the FairAchiever award and worked hard to incorporate this into your policy. This Read More …

PHOTOS: GCSE Art & Design Enrichment Visit to London

GCSE Art & Design Enrichment Visit to London (21st-23rd October 2016)Our Art & Design students were absolutely fantastic and a real credit to the school…Whilst in London we visited:Tate BritainThe Saatchi GalleryTate ModernThe National GalleryLondon Eye Miss. L. Gray(Head of the Art Department)   

GCSE Art & Design Enrichment Visit to London

GCSE Art & Design Enrichment Visit to London (21st-23rd October 2016)Parent Meeting: Monday 10th October 20165:30pm – 6:30pm in the Arts TheatreAll students & parents must attend for vital information & travel arrangementsContact Miss Gray for more information: grayl@turton.uk.com