Important Keystage 4 Options Dates

Tuesday 19th January - KS4 Options booklets issued and available here

Tuesday 26th January - KS4 options Evening 7.00pm. Parents and their children are invited to attend at 7.00pm. There will be two presentations in the hall:-

7.00 pm Parents and pupils of 9DH, 9FR, 9GT, 9HD

8.00 pm Parents and pupils of 9HE, 9JS, 9NGD

Please make every effort to attend these meetings as the choice available is complex. In addition all subjects will have a representative available to discuss their subject and answer your questions regarding courses. ALL staff will be available from 7pm onwards in subject areas. If you are attending the second presentation then please come in before 8.00 pm to see staff in their subject areas.

Thursday 4th February - Option Interviews with tutor and senior staff

Tuesday 9th February - Option Interviews with tutor and senior staff

Friday 12th February - Option Forms returned to tutors

Posted on: 15/01/2010

Box Tops for Schools

Please can I appeal to you all to continue to collect the Box Tops for Books tokens? These tokens are on the top of breakfast cereal packets. We have collecting boxes in reception and here in the library. When you ask friends, relatives and neighbours to collect for us too we are very successful. In the past we have chosen many valuable books from this scheme - the new books look really good. For more information please click here. By eating a healthy breakfast you will be helping us to collect for the next new series.

Posted on: 08/02/2010

Stages Production

For information about the upcomming Stages Production taking place on Thursday 25th & Friday 26th February please click here.

Posted on: 05/02/2010

GTS hosts Devon Schools Cross Country Event!

GTS will be hosting this years Devon Schools Cross country event. This will take place at Torrington Rugby Club and Donnacroft playing fields on Saturday 6th February and will be taken on by the best runners in Devon, thereafter, finding the runners that will form this years Devon team. Torrington School has 8 athletes competing, Sarah-Jane Vanstone (Yr 7), Taren Stacey (Yr 9), Jordan Blair (Yr 9), Ben Peacham (Yr 9), Jack Kirby (Yr 9), Steise Hodgson (Yr 9), Adam Davey (Yr 10) and Megan Hughes (Yr 10). We would like as many people to come along and support our athletes as possible (refreshments will be available!), please find times of races here.

Posted on: 03/02/2010

Earlier Lunch Break

We are hosting two Year 5 Arts Days here at GTS on Wednesday, 10th and Thursday, 11th February 2010. As a result we will be having early lunch on Thursday, 11th February (only), after period 3. Times on Thursday, 11th February will be as follows:

Registration 8:55 - 9:10
P1 9:10 - 10:05
P2 10:05 - 11:05
Break 11:05 - 11:20
P3 11:20 - 12:20
Lunch 12:20 - 1:05
Registration & P4 1:05 - 2:10
P5 2:10 - 3:10

Posted on: 02/02/2010

Parental Questionnaire: Can you help us?

Every two years we carry out a Parental Perceptions Survey. The purpose of this is for you to tell us what you think of the school and how we can provide a better service to you and your children. As in previous surveys the results will be analysed by the educational consultancy that designed the questionnaire and then used in the school’s annual planning process which starts in April. The aim is to provide your children with an even better quality education during their time at Great Torrington.

A random sample of 600 pupils from all years will be provided with a questionnaire on Monday 1st February. Please can you take the time to fill in the questionnaire which you child brings home and return it to his/her tutor by Friday 12th February at the latest.

Thank you

Mike Clarke

Deputy Headteacher

Posted on: 26/01/2010