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Awesome Athletes Compete for SHV

Students from Year 8 and 9 represented Sandhill View, competing against seven other schools at the Sunderland School’s Athletics Championship. Our students took part in all the running and throwing events. Our students were up against some tough competition as some of the...
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Mastering Microbits

Last week in Computing lessons Year 10 students have been using their problem solving and creativity skills to build circuits using breadboards and Micro:Bits. The students have been working independently on different projects using a range of new components. They have...
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Swim Gala Glory

Our students took part in the first Sunderland Schools Swimming Gala post Covid. Year 7 and Year 8 took part in individual and team events. All students swam really well and placed high in the heats. Special mention to Peyton Lancaster (Year 8) who qualified for the 25m freestyle...
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Fantastic Fundraising Final Total

Thank you to everyone who took part in our recent fundraising event for Comic Relief. We can now reveal the final total raised on the evening of our special pantomime performance was £348! Well done to everyone who made it happen from our performers, their supporting crew, the...
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Growing Success in our School Garden

The weather last week meant that students from the Eco Team and the Bridge were incredibly busy planting out a variety of vegetables from onions and potatoes to cabbages and carrots. May is the month where night-time temperatures start to increase and this means that plant growth...
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Daring Dodgeball

Our Year 7 and 8 boys competed in the Sunderland School Games Dodgeball competition last week. They won three of their games and managed to secure third place in the tournament. All of the boys played well and showed good sportsmanship following the rules. Special mentio...
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Eco Photography

Some of our Year 10 photographers visited the Eco Garden last week to take photographs of the landscape. They took macro (close up) photographs of the plants growing as well as wider landscape shots. It was lovely to get outside for a change and enjoy the amazing work of the Eco...
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Building Bridges for Careers in Physics Week

Last week we looked at careers in Physics. One area of study was architecture and civil engineering. We took a look through history at one of our most famous civil engineers, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and students had the opportunity to design and make models of structures that...
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NCS This Summer?

NCS are offering an amazing opportunity for our students in Year 11 to do something meaningful over summer and a chance to develop skills and take on new challenges that will set them up for adult life as part of a 5 night residential. Year 11 will have the chance to choose from...
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Year 10 Elevate

Last Wednesday afternoon, all year 10 students took part in their introductory session with a Elevate Education. Elevate’s study skills workshops and seminars are designed to achieve behavioural change amongst students. It isn’t enough that students simply understand what they...
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Amazing Coding Skills

Last Tuesday we had a visit from HMRC to show students a different side of a government organisation other than tax. It was explained that an integral part of their job was linked to the gov.uk website and making code. The hands-on workshop allowed students to code some sphero...
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Attendance Matters Most This Summer Term

Last week we received details of our attendance and attitudes to learning incentives for students over this term. Year 7 & 8 students are being challenged to maintain 100% attendance this term alongside positive academic progress to have a chance to be part of a Summer...
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Year 8 Artists in Training

Year 8 Art and Geography students attended the Art Rooms in Sunderland to complete their painting project for the train station. Students created art which will be installed around the train station while improvement work is underway as part of Sunderland’s regeneration...
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Fundraising Riley

Well done to Riley Greener (Year 10) who last weekend completed a charity trek on a 16km circular route from Seathwaite up to Scafell Pike. Riley is raising money for the Lullaby Trust in honour of his little sister who sadly passed away to SIDs last year. Riley was obviously...
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