Fancy a night out? Join us for our casino night to raise funds for the Sports Hall Roof.Over 18s only.Tickets are £15 (including a free drink on arrival) and can be purchased from our finance office (01204 333233).The night will be held at The Bleachworks (Unit 13A, Dunscar Business Park, Egerton, Bolton, Bl7 9PQ)
AcademisationDespite last week’s TUC article in the Bolton News, Turton’s governing board actually only voted on whether to academise or not on Monday. The vote was overwhelmingly in favour of academisation and there are very good reasons for this. Turton’s aim is to maintain its strong position as a community school that serves the local area, Read More …
Turton Community Sports Centre Roof Appeal (Turton School Parents’ Association)Dear Sir/MadamTurton School is very proud to run a community sports centre which provides affordable and easy access to sports activities for local residents. Since taking over the running of the centre in 2012 the sports centre staff have worked hard to increase the range of Read More …
Swim SuccessSince September the weekly training sessions on Wednesdays and Thursdays after school has been a roaring success with pupils from all years attending with an aim to improve their technique, stamina, fitness and make friends. Commitment from pupils has been fantastic. Initially for some I think the training regime was a bit of a shock Read More …
Parents’ Forum letter (Jan, 2017) Download PDF
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 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 …
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 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. 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 …