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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 …

A visit to Canon Slade to see Author Chris Riddell. By Grace Higginson (Year 7)

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A visit to Canon Slade to see Author Chris Riddell. On the 16th November, I and a group of 25 fellow year 7 went on a trip to see the amazing, current children’s laureate author, Chris riddell. It was a great experience to meet this wonderful author and illustrator. Aged just 54, he has already achieved Read More …

Turton School Presents… Christmas Concert 2016

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 The music department’s annual Christmas concert 2016 will be held on Tuesday 20th December from 7pm in the Arts Theatre.  For more information and ticket sales please contact Mr. Hindle (Music/Events Technician, hindler@turton.uk.com).     

We are now a “Fair Achiever” School

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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 …

Author Visit: Joshua Khan ( 20th October, 2016 )

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 Author Visit:  Joshua Khan – “Shadow Magic” Author Joshua Khan was in Turton on Thursday afternoon entertaining year 7 with a talk about his new book Shadow Magic and the things that inspired him to write it. Books were on sale after the talk which he signed in between letting students take lots of selfies.  A Read More …

Year 11 Celebration Evening – (Wed, 9th November, 2016)

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Year 11 Celebration Evening  (9th November, 2016) Dear Parent,It is with great pleasure that I invite you and your son/daughter to the Year 11 GCSE Certificate Presentation Evening, to celebrate your child’s success at Turton.  All certificates gained during the period 2015/2016 will be presented on this evening. The evening will take place on Wednesday 9th November Read More …