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Year 10 Summer School at the Sixth Form

Last week, Southmoor Year 10 students were joined by their peers from Sandhill View Academy and other schools across the city, at our Sixth Form for a day of taster subjects.  Students got the chance to try a breadth or reputable A-level subjects including: Art, Literature,...
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May the Odds be Ever in your Favour

Last week saw the return of our Sandhill Hill Games, where our students battled to earn glory for their house group.  Pupils went head-to-head over a series of events including physical and mental challenges that really showed off the friendly competitive spirit that the new...
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Beyond the Band Pit

Last week students got the chance to perform their own original musical compositions at the Sunderland Empire as part of the ‘Beyond the Band Pit Project’.  The project is ran by The Empire in association with Sunderland Music Hub with our students working alongside local...
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Crest is Best

Twenty of our Year 7 students have taken part in a CREST Discovery award project with all of them passing to go on to receive the award. Pupils worked for five hours on a project entitled “Stop the spread”, this was a project looking at how disease is spread and how we could...
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All Signing, All Dancing

Our students took to the stage to entertain members of the public in an all singing, all dancing show that saw them perform a medley of song and dance numbers from the world class musicals we all know and love. Well done to all the talented performing arts and music students who...
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Insight at Sandhill View

Sandhill View hosted our first Insight session for local Year 5 pupils.  As well as providing prospective Year 5 pupils with a taste of secondary life, the sessions are part of a wider project aimed at raising young people’s aspirations, starting at the...
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Sandhill Scholars Graduate

Students and their families concluded the end of the Scholars Programme with a graduation event, kindly hosted by Dr. Anne Allen, Acting Principal of St John’s College, Durham. The ceremony was designed to replicate a matriculation at Durham University, mixing tradition and...
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Moving On Up!

At the start of the month we welcomed nearly 150 pupils from our feeder primary schools who will be joining us in September as our new Year 7 group.  Our new pupils were excited to find their way around their new school, meet their teachers, try news subjects, enjoy our...
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Prom Prowess

After all of the hard work and effort put into their GCSEs it was time for Year 11 to dress up and celebrate in the sunshine for their Prom at The Ramside Hall Hotel.  A fantastic time was had by students and staff alike, with plenty of dancing, speeches and laughter. ...
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