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

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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 …

Scholastic Book Club Sale!

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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 …

Homework Challenge: Science (Core Stability #11)

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Science Homework (Year 11):  Core Stability #11Please answer the following questions in your exercise book (entitled ‘Core Stability #11’)Homework  Topic:Question 1Which process is being carried out when the nucleus from an adult body cell is transferred to an empty unfertilised egg cell?B1Question 2Put these energy sources in order increasing reliability… wind, tidal, nuclearP3Question 3Suggest a useful Read More …

Macmillan Cancer Support Cake Sale

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Macmillan Cancer Support Cake SaleA cake sale was organised to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.A range of delicious cakes were baked and eaten by staff and students. [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”35″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_pro_thumbnail_grid” override_thumbnail_settings=”0″ thumbnail_width=”240″ thumbnail_height=”160″ thumbnail_crop=”1″ images_per_page=”20″ border_size=”0″ border_color=”#eeeeee” spacing=”2″ number_of_columns=”0″ ngg_triggers_display=”never” 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″]  

Operation Christmas Child

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Operation Christmas ChildOperation Christmas Child is the world’s largest children’s Christmas project, bringing hope and joy into the lives of some of the world’s poorest children. It does this through a gift-filled shoebox delivered to children who are living in poverty, who are ill in hospital, who have been orphaned, abandoned, who are living on the streets or who have been the Read More …