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Goodbye & Good Luck Year 11

We said goodbye to Year 11 having released them from all but their remaining exam timetables. Students have worked incredibly hard in revision sessions over the last few terms and will hopefully reap the rewards of their efforts in August! We all wish them the very best in their...
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University Challenge

Year 11 students from Southmoor and Sandhill View Academies visited Newcastle University, to experience higher education and learn more about the transition from GCSE to A-level study. They tested their knowledge with an interactive university challenge quiz, learned new...
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Workshops with Sunderland University

Thank you to Sunderland University who recently held a series of workshops to our Year 11 students. Our pupils participated in a variety of activities revolving around skills for future careers in technology, manufacturing, business and engineering.
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Sandhill at the Sixth Form

90 of our year 11 pupils spent the day exploring our Sixth Form at Southmoor. The day was filled with a wide range of options for the students to choose from, looking at law, experimenting with gears and pulleys in the engineering session, dissections in the biology lab and many...
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Understanding University

150 of our Year 11 pupils visited Durham University. The day consisted of a range of activities looking at finance and planning for the future to give pupils a greater understanding of student loads. They also practised some creative revision skills to help prepare them for their...
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Goodbye & Good luck

We said goodbye to Year 11 having released them from all but their remaining exam timetables.  Students have worked incredibly hard in revision sessions over the last few terms and will hopefully reap the rewards of their efforts in August!  They have been a fantastic year group...
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Student Sleuths

Year 11 English students from Miss Hills’ class recently tested their investigative powers as part of a ‘who did it?’ murder mystery.  Pupils took the time to get out of class and roam the building gathering clues before returning to the classroom so that they...
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Year 11 Leavers’ Assembly

We said goodbye and farewell (at least until examination results day in August) here in the Academy to our wonderful outgoing Year 11 students.  They now move on to the next stage of their future having experienced the many changes which Sandhill View has undertaken in recent...
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Year 11 Prom

After their leavers assembly on Monday, last night saw our Year 11s looking very sharp for their end of school prom at the Sunderland Marriott Hotel. The pupils’ behaviour and dancing was fabulous and they were a credit to the school. Students and teachers alike had a...
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Good Bye Year 11

Today we said goodbye to a fantastic group of young people. Their behaviour during their exams has been excellent, with today’s final exam being no exception. We will miss them all and are very much looking forward to seeing them again at their leaver’s assembly and...
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Sandhill View at The Sixth Form

On Thursday we invited a group of Year 11 students from our partner school, Sandhill View Academy, to visit Sixth Form and experience a taste of life after GCSEs. Our visitors experienced taster lessons in English, Law and Biology and chatted with current Sixth Formers (whom...
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Goodbye Year 11

Farewell to our Year 11 Class of 2016 who had their leavers celebration assembly this week. Awards were passed out to both pupils and tutors alike, memories were shared, well wishes exchanged, last goodbyes were said. You all be missed, especially by your form tutors and of...
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