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A Wonderful Work Discovery Week

Year 9 students visited the Stadium of Light for the ‘Work Discovery Week’ launch. They took part in a host of sessions including a Careers Fair, an employability skills workshop and an interview skills session. Pupils had the opportunity to network with companies such as...
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Park Art

Year 9 pupils have used a variety of materials in collaboration with the Thought Foundation Art Gallery, local artists and scientists to create a sculpture inspired by climate change. They have used cement, found plastic and plaster to create their response to how society views...
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Sandhill Lionesses Celebrate Women’s Football

Our Year 7 and 8 girls’ football teams attended a football festival at Sunderland University. The purpose of the festival was to promote leadership and the women’s world cup.  The girls played a number of games, attended a leadership workshop and even got to try on...
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Race for Life

Thorney Close Primary Years 3, 4 and 5 took part in our annual ‘Sandhill View Race for Life’. All the classes showed great effort running around the course and with some great sportsmanship demonstrated in cheering other runners on.  Our Year 8 and 9 students helped organise...
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Commemorating & Celebrating

Our Year 11 cohort joined us in school one last time as a year group to attend the dedication of a memorial to their fellow student, Josie King. Josie was a much loved Sandhill View student and the short but beautiful ceremony included her brother Jack, planting a yellow rose...
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Joining the Academy

We recently welcomed our latest group of Year 6 students who will be moving into Year 7 in September for their official enrolment into Sandhill View Academy. The parents and pupils had the chance to meet their head of house, make new friends in their tutor groups, learn more...
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Politics in Perspective

Budding Year 9 politicians from Southmoor and Sandhill View were invited to a Politics Open Day at Durham University. They got a flavour of student life attending a lecture on climate change, playing a game to re-enact the distribution of public goods and competed...
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