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Year 10 and Year 11 were joined by representatives from Future Me in assembly to discuss what Higher Education can mean for them. Students were challenged on their pre-conceived notions of Higher Education, including culture, cost and other perceived restrictions, and...

Cracking Code Breakers

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A group of year 9, year 10 and year 11 girls participated in a series of interactive sessions with Sunderland University. These sessions varied from Code Breakers which involved deciphering Morse Code; Gaming development which allowed students the opportunity to design their own...

Building Up To Constructive Careers

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Year 11 students enjoyed a morning at Resources North East in Southwick sampling bricklaying and joinery. Students expressed an interest in these areas at our careers fair and were given the opportunity to have ‘hands on’ experience in what apprenticeships and...

Banksy Bounding

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During the GCSE Art and Photography taster session students analysed and explored the work of contemporary street artist, Banksy. Students worked in small groups discussing and understanding the artwork they had been given. As a taster for photography students responded to...

Holocaust Awareness Workshop

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The 27th of January marked Holocaust Memorial Day. Students took time in tutor to reflect on this year’s theme of ‘One Day’. Students were asked to take the day to hope that ‘One Day’ genocide will be no longer. Also, Year 9 students had the...

Every Day Counts

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Mr. Goodwin held assemblies upon the importance of attendance. Throughout the school closures, due to the recent pandemic, making every day at school count has become more important than ever. Mr Goodwin used his love of Maths to demonstrate how data clearly shows how closely...

Careers in Performing Arts

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For Careers in Performing Arts week, we have been focusing on the different career options across the music sector including jobs in education, a record producer, singer/songwriter, sound engineer and box office ticket assistant. We have discussed transferable skills that are...

Green Fingers

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The Eco Team gathered for a demonstration on how to plant trees and a walk around our school garden. As a school we have ordered 450 native trees and shrubs to plant around school creating vital wildlife corridors which is aimed at reduce the carbon footprint...

Buzz About School

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Our Year 11 students spent time with David Hodgson, the author of the ‘Buzz’ personality test. He ran a session based on his book Brainbox. This focused on how students learn and the science behind how the brain works and stores information. This was a great...

Micro Masterpieces

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Students in Year 9 enjoyed a taster GCSE photography lesson. Pupils combined art and science by exploring microscopic artwork. They then recreated this with water and ink, experimented with digital manipulation and created these wonderful, repeated patterns which are now proudly...

Shakespeare in Action

17 Jan 2022

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A selection of our Year 8 girls experienced a Shakespeare workshop delivered by West End Schools where they performed various sections of Romeo and Juliet. The girls were shown how to act out fight scenes and recited Shakespeare’s lines from the most prominent scenes of the...

Building Character with Sandhill Scholars

17 Jan 2022

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Julian Lawrence – senior lecturer at Teesside University and storyboard artist for ‘Ed, Edd and Eddy’ – delivered a comic book drawing workshop to our Scholars. We learned how to draw a character using basic shapes such as circles, squares and ovals, and...

Careers in PE Week

17 Jan 2022

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In PE, pupils completed a military style entry test based around aerobic endurance and muscular endurance which included students leading each other through various exercise. All students showed leadership qualities through motivating others within the more challenging stages of...

Year 9 Pupil Progress Evening

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Monday 24th January 2022 4:00pm – 6:00pm Our Year 9 Pupil Progress Evening will take place on Monday 24th January 2022 from 4.00pm to 6.00pm when subject teachers will be available to discuss your child’s current progress and their performance which will help you to make informed...

Brilliant at Beamish

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Well done to Maths class 7C won the ‘Maths in the Museum’ competition during a live stream at the recent Beamish visit. Students used their money conversion and calculation skills to complete a task involving a vintage jar of sweets which they now...

Cross Country Championship

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We took 28 students across years 7, 8, 9 and 10 to represent Sandhill View at the Sunderland Cross Country Championships. The students did exceptionally well, running in freezing, muddy conditions. Alot of the students finished within the top 25 in their...

Badminton Brilliance

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Our Year 9 boys represented Sandhill View in the Sunderland School games Badminton Competition. The boys played a mixture of singles and doubles games against Castle View, St Aidans and Farringdon. Our boys did extremely well in the tournament finishing in second place just...

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