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December 6, 2019

Outward Bounds to the Lochs

06 Dec 2019
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Seventeen Year 9 pupils spent a week in Loch Eil in Scotland on an Outward-Bound course ran by the EEF. The students were split into two competing teams where they worked on a range of transferable skills that they can use in and out of the classroom. This included team building...
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Art Masterclass with Hastings Hill

06 Dec 2019
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Thank you to the staff and Year 5 pupils from Hastings Hill who joined us for an Art Master Class as part of our wider transition programme. Pupils had the chance to learn about colour theory and do a large-scale artwork that mirrored the work of Yayoi Kusama. Well done!
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On Your Bike!

06 Dec 2019
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Pupils took part in the 5 Miles Go-Eco Cycle Ride Challenge. After starting their journey by the Sunderland Glass Centre, pupils biked along the river walk, through Roker Park and up the coastal path to the cliff tops. Students also got the chance to try some peer fishing for...
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Surveying in the Rain

06 Dec 2019
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Year 11 Geography students visited three sites in Newcastle to investigate ‘does sustainability vary across different areas of the CBD’ as part of their human geography fieldwork. Sustainability may have varied but the weather didn’t! Despite the persistent rain, all sites were...
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Pane to Pane with Sandhill Scholars

06 Dec 2019
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Julian Lawrence, an award-winning Canadian cartoonist, ran a comic book drawing workshop for the Scholars hosted at The Sixth Form at Southmoor. He introduced them to the history of comics and challenged them to comic book ‘speed-drawing’ where they had to draw 4 images of...
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Sandhill Students Join the Debate

06 Dec 2019
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A group of six Year 8 & 9 pupils represented Sandhill View at the annual ‘State of the City Debate’ at the City Council Chambers. The debate, which each year invites some of the best students from the Sunderland area, is designed to give young people the opportunity to...
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University in Perspective

06 Dec 2019
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All year 10 students visited Northumbria University to gain a deeper understanding of post 16 options. They each took part in a carousel of activities which included a tour of the campus where they got to see the state of the art engineering and sports science equipment, along...
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Building STEM Skills

06 Dec 2019
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A group of our Year 8 students have been taking part in the first Lego League tournament this year. This is the first time we have taken part in this as part of our STEM programme. The students have been met by three challenges. Firstly, they must build, code and manage a robot...
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