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June 2022

Awaiting Matilda

29 Jun 2022
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It’s now less than a week until our school production of Matilda hits the stage! The cast and crew are putting the finishing touches to the show which looks to be one of our most ambitious performances yet. The show is for one night only on Thursday 30th June at 5pm and we...
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Summer Uniform Pop Up Shop

29 Jun 2022
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Over the summer break, our school uniform supplier, Elizabeth’s Embroidery, are holding a pop up shop at the school on the following dates and times: Monday 25th July 11am – 3pm  Monday 15th August 12pm – 4pm. Access to our school site for both dates will...
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Charlie Reaching New Highs

29 Jun 2022
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As featured in this week’s Headteacher’s Award, we celebrate the sporting success of Charlie Hutchinson (Year 8) who is surely on the way to becoming a trampolining super star. Not only has Charlie recently won the Sunderland Schools Trampolining Competition but...
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How Our Garden Grows

28 Jun 2022
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Students have been working on the expansion of another four vegetable beds to expand our ability to grow more food. We have also picked our first set of Little Gem lettuce and radish! As the peak of summer is ahead of us, we are certainly looking forward to harvesting more...
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Discovering the Rocky World

27 Jun 2022
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Year 7 are currently studying ‘The Rocky World’, a recent lesson was understanding the importance of soil. With the beautiful weather, it was an excellent opportunity for students to go out to the school garden to complete the lesson outside.  During the lesson...
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One Last Farewell

27 Jun 2022
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We invited our Year 11 students to join us one last time for their special leavers’ assembly. After completing their final GCSE exam, our students came together with their Year Leader, Miss Clarkson, our Headteacher Mrs Dodd and special guest, Trust CEO, Mrs Maw. in this...
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The Pandemic Project

27 Jun 2022
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Year 8 students from Southmoor and Sandhill took part in an exclusive ‘Pandemics Through Time’ project with Newcastle University and Durham University. They spent 4 days exploring both historic pandemics and COVID-19 through different academic lenses. Students visited...
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Matilda Rehearsals Intensify As Show Draws Near

23 Jun 2022
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As our latest school musical production approaches we are intensifying rehearsals to perfect the show. Our pupils are working hard both on stage and behind the scenes to bring this all-singing, all dancing production of hit musical Matila to life and make it our best one yet. The...
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Primary School Commonwealth Games

23 Jun 2022
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We hosted a ‘Commonwealth Games’ sports day for our local feeder primary schools. Each of our feeder primaries had ten students representing them, competing in a variety of track and field events. Much fun was had by all as friendly local rivalries led to some exciting...
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SMSC Poster Competition Winners

22 Jun 2022
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Congratulations to the Keystage 3 students who were selected as winners for our first SMSC poster competition. The standard was really high across the board but these six pupils created, we thought, the most effective designs. They will now have an opportunity to make the posters...
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Bright Sparks Return

22 Jun 2022
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Sandhill View’s mathematicians attended their final Bright Sparks event where they tackled advanced logic and network mapping problems. These included the famous Konigsberg bridge problem and used ideas from Euler to determine the outcome. Well done to all our future...
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Transition Evening 2022

21 Jun 2022
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Sandhill View would like to extend our gratitude to what was a highly successful event for Year 6 students and their parents. It was excellent to see so many of our future students excited about joining us at the Academy, meeting their form teachers, completing enrolment...
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Artist Workshop With Year 10

21 Jun 2022
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Year 10 artists were lucky enough to work with contemporary artist, Paul Raymond creating drawings and sculptures inspired by Nostalgia. They even created moving artwork they could race at the end of the session. Students showed incredible resilience, creativity and impeccable...
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Goodbye Year 11

21 Jun 2022
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We said goodbye to Year 11 students after weeks of incredibly hard work in revision sessions and completing their GCSE examinations. We release them for study leave for their final few exams and to enjoy their prom. We await their all-important results in August and look forward...
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Sandhill Ski 2023 Open For Signups!

15 Jun 2022
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Miss Malloy and Mrs Barnes introduced our students to all the details regarding our ‘Sandhill Ski’ school trip 2023. Students in Years 7, 8 & 9 (going into Years 8, 9 & 10 next year) will have the opportunity to join us for an exciting adventure in the mountains of...
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Gardening Glory

14 Jun 2022
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After a week of half term the weeds had certainly grown in the school garden! Students have been working extremely hard to keep on top of the things. The vegetables are growing well and in the coming weeks, lettuce, radish, and spring onions will be ready to be harvested!...
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Year 10 Progress Evening 2022

14 Jun 2022
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Our Year 10 Pupil Progress Evening will take place at Sandhill View Academy on Monday 4th July 2022 from 4.00pm to 6.30pm, where subject teachers will be available to discuss your child’s current progress, performance and behaviour for learning. I am sure you will find this...
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Generation Green on Video

13 Jun 2022
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Following our Eco Team’s trip to Boggle Hole the Youth Hostel Association’s ‘Generation Green’ program have released a video made whilst the team were there, highlighting our visit and discussing the benefits that this experience has on young peopl...
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Year 10 Work Experience

01 Jun 2022
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  Our Year 10 students who have secured work placements were out at work across the area learning about the essential skills needed in the jobs they have chosen to try their hand at. Over 100 students were out on placement at various places including primary...
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Geography Trip

01 Jun 2022
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Students from our GCSE Geography course were out and about conducting field work, collecting data and information for their geographical survey coursework. Pupils studied the effects of longshore drift as well as the effects of erosion evident on the beaches at Seaham in...
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