Year 8 Pathway choices for Year 9 have startedYear 8 students have recently received their booklet about their pathway choices for next year.There is an evening for parents on Monday and then students have until Friday 20th April to make their decisions. Students have to choose two from Art, Music, Drama, Food / Product design, and Read More …
COMMUNITY FUNDRAISING PROJECT NEED YOUR HELP TO GET BETTER SPORTS FACILITIEST-Force is a new charity based in North Bolton who provide sporting facilities to Schools in Bromley Cross and the wider area. The charity plan to bring the community together by improving and adding to the sports facilities available. Over the next two years, T-Force Read More …
Interview with Mrs Bali – Teachers are getting their running shoes on to raise funds for Ex-Student Ross Smith…Team: Leah Ridley, Lottie Keighley
BBC School Report 2018: Kier building work at Turton School Turton involved in major new building project… Team:Becca Cove-Burrell & Izzie Banks
Holocaust Beacon AwardMP Visits Turton School to find out about the Holocaust Teaching Programme… Lecturer Tom Howard from University College London also came on the visit to show his support for the Beacon Award… Sixth formers – Danielle Jeffries and Jessie Blake talk about their experience of visiting Auschwitz… Mr. Tither being interviewed on teaching the Holocaust in schools… Team:Sansa Read More …
SHOULD THE VOTING AGE BE REDUCED TO 16?By Martha Smith, Eleanor Martin, Libby Roberts and Ayesha RaufA third of the world’s population is under 18 yet they lack any representation and have no say in how their country is run. In 2009, the UK Youth Parliament debated the minimum voting age and whether it should Read More …
LGBT – Do We Have Equality Yet?By Megan Heeks and Lexie HorrocksRecently, schools have been trying to fight homophobia in the classroom, but is this enough as more LGBT students are being discriminated against every year? We recently completed a survey in a classroom asking “do you think schools educate students enough about LGBT discrimination?” Read More …
BBC School Report 2018: EBACC Options at Turton School Students and staff give their views on the new EBacc Pathways Team:Libby Hill, Daisy Mather, Ellie Deighan, Stacie Lok.
[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”51″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_pro_slideshow” image_crop=”0″ image_pan=”1″ show_playback_controls=”1″ show_captions=”0″ caption_class=”caption_overlay_bottom” caption_height=”70″ aspect_ratio=”1.5″ width=”100″ width_unit=”%” transition=”fade” transition_speed=”1″ slideshow_speed=”5″ border_size=”0″ border_color=”#ffffff” ngg_triggers_display=”always” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Special thanks to Sir David Crausby and Tom Howard (UCL) who visited Turton School for the first time today. It is particularly pleasing that both are recognising and showing their support for our Read More …
Happy International Women’s Day to all staff.[ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”50″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow” gallery_width=”600″ gallery_height=”400″ cycle_effect=”fade” cycle_interval=”5″ show_thumbnail_link=”0″ thumbnail_link_text=”[Show thumbnails]” ngg_triggers_display=”never” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] We are in a strong position of influence, working with young people, to press for progress.Let’s be explicit in our gender inclusivity. As well as raising awareness of all the girls around the world Read More …