Sandhill View Academy

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The COVID-19 pandemic has seen an increase in demand and need for support for young people. However, there is currently a shortage in provision across the UK – with only one in three children and young people with a diagnosable mental health condition receiving NHS care or...

Value & Self Worth

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We were joined by a representative from Wearside Youth for Christ who spoke to our students about the importance of having self-worth and the value you have as a human being to make positive contributions to the world around you. Having high self-esteem is key to...

Sportsability

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A small group of Year 7 pupils took part in a ‘Sportsability’ school trip at Silksworth Sports Complex. Students took part in five activities including: skittles, dodgeball, handball, cricket and tennis with each sport engaging them with mini games to test...

Easter Eggstravaganza

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Well done to all those students who had 100% attendance last week and thus were entered into our weekly attendance competition. The first set of winners of the Easter Eggstravaganza are: James Rollins, Abigail Buck, Katie Belford, Ewan MacDonald, Lacey...

Art & Science Meet

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Students in Year 9 were challenged to create an exciting poster using their favourite quotes from scientists as part of our recent British Science Week celebrations. Students created the hypnotic, swirly designs using ink, water, and Adobe Photoshop. Leo Leader, Grace Spraggon...

Eco Team on Tour

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It was another busy week for our Eco Team, council meetings, potting young plants and attending a Generation Green Residential trip. The team spent much of the morning potting on young cabbages and lettuces which were planted last month. Students worked extremely hard...

DesignLab Nation Get Crafty

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Trip number three with DesignLab Nation! Back to the National Glass Centre were we used the pots and glass we created from our first trip. Students vamped up their creations by using found or recycled objects. Our project is all about reusing, sustainability and...

Heart Starting with Red Sky Foundation

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We were delighted to welcome into school Sergio Petrucci from the Red Sky Foundation, a local charity who have raised over £480,000 to support the Children’s Heart Unit at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. Sergio talked to students about the importance of learning how to perform...

Easter Eggstravaganza

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Our popular attendance competition is back once again searching for the top attenders on the run up to Easter and the end of term. Students must attend school everyday for free entry into a weekly prize draw for some fantastic tasty treats. If pupils miss no days between the 21st...

Sandhill View Artists Take on London

21 Mar 2022

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We had an amazing day at the V&A Museum as part of our DesignLab Nation Project. We explored the V&A’s ceramic and glass collection, experimented with drawings techniques to influence our sustainability and repurpose design brief. Students were inspired and in awe of the...

British Science Week 2022

21 Mar 2022

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We celebrated British Science Week staging some extra science-based activities to celebrate the subject. Pupils were challenged to use their knowledge to take part in an ‘escape room’ task, where they had a series of challenges to defeat as a team in order to be the...

Virtual Author Q&A

21 Mar 2022

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A selection of Year 7 and 8 students took part in a virtual Q&A session with the author Taran Matharu who spoke about the inspiration for his new book ‘The Novice’ and gave some tips on how to write a successful story for any aspiring authors amongst our book...

Bright Sparks

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Our brightest Year 9 mathematicians took part in a ‘Bright Sparks’ maths seminar with other schools from the northeast. They tackled problems using the Gauss formula to find the sum of arithmetic and geometric sequences. This was the first session with the bright...

Exploring Blencathra

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Year 7 had a fantastic time at Blencathra in the Lake District. We learnt about National Parks, completed a river investigation and developed our bush craft skills. Learning outside the classroom is an unforgettable experience and something pupils will remember for a long time....

Girls Active

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Our Year 8 girls represented Sandhill View at the Sunderland School Games Girls Active event. The event was a chance for the girls to take part in new sports that they might not have tried before. The girls took part in cardio, tennis, karate, archery, curling and boxercise. All...

National Careers Week 2021

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We held a range of events and activities for National Careers Week, in assembly our Raising Aspiration Coordinator, Miss Moody spoke to our students about the various careers advice and resources available to them in school. Our careers curriculum is one of the most...

Art on the Move

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We were lucky enough to have the Travelling Gallery visit us, as SHV is one of the few schools in the area to have been selected by The Baltic for a visit. The Travelling Gallery is an art gallery in a bus that travels all around the country making art accessible to everyone. The...

Celebrating 25 Years of World Book Day

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We celebrated World Book Day’s 25th anniversary in school. All students were given a £1 book token that can be used to claim a free World Book Day book or as £1 discount off a book of their choice. The tokens can be used at most supermarkets and bookstores. ...

Aspiring Author

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As we celebrate World Book Day it is only fitting that we look at our very own published author, Darcie Peters, year 10. Darcie was inspired to write her own novel ‘The Palace of Glass and Thorns’ after immersing herself in the works of Brandon Sanderson. She found...

Design Lab Takes Off

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A small number of Year 8 and 9 students started their Design Lab Nation project. The project is all about sustainability, reworking and reusing materials to create another form. We began by a trip to the National Glass Centre working with several artists who has work displayed in...

The Bottle to Reduce Plastic Waste

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As we strive as a school to reduce our carbon footprint and work towards net zero, we are now focusing on our single use plastic. With this in mind we have purchased every child a Sandhill View water bottle, made from recycled plastic, so we no longer need to use disposable...

Rocking Out to Bonnie

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Students were treated to a thrilling live performance by upcoming artist ‘Bronnie’. Bronnie is a Pop/Rock Artist from the UK (with a band around her) who equips a high energy persona with catchy Alt/Punk/Rock influences. Having previously gained extensive touring experience...

Riot Act on Road Safety

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Year 8 took part in a live theatre-style performance by The Riot Act called ‘Josh Green’. This lively presentation gave students the opportunity to explore pedestrian safety, including on public transport, raising awareness of pedestrian dangers such as distractions (phones,...

A Tale as Old as Time

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We pride ourselves on having students that are Ready, Respectful and Safe, and we want them to Aspire, Achieve but also Enjoy their time at Sandhill View. As a reward for those students who uphold our school ethos every day, have 100% attendance along with the highest praise...

School Eco Drive Continues to Blossom

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The Eco Team and students from The Bridge have completed their first project of planting 450 native trees and hedging plants around the school grounds. This is a fantastic achievement and students have worked incredibly hard to complete in all weathers! Our focus has...

Creativity in Practice

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Our Year 10 Art and Graphics students have been hard at work in exam practice, flexing their creative skills to create some inspiring pieces of work under GCSE exam conditions. Well done to everyone who took part, our art department were very impressed with the work students...

Talking About Respect

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In assembly Mrs Johnston discussed the concept of respect with our pupils. Respect is an important ingredient in our daily lives. Respect helps us build healthy relationships at home with family, is an important part of strong intermate relationships and is essential when...

On the Grow

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With the growing season fast approaching it is all go in and around our school garden! The Eco Team and students from The Bridge during their horticulture lessons have been busy planting our remaining trees that we had delivered at the beginning of the month. We have...

Future Maths Marvels at SHV

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Mathematics hosted their first session with a selection of high achieving pupils from Broadway & Thorney Close Junior Schools as part of an eight-week programme. In the first session Mr Brown and Miss Tallintire covered problems with time and working with reflection. We were...

Sandhill’s Search For a Star Has Begun!

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Our school talent show is making a return. We’re on the search to find the next performing arts super star! Whatever your talent may be, singing, dancing, comedy, we’d like to see it! Auditions will be taking place in MU1 after school on the 10th February and are open to all...

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...

On the Row

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Students from years 8 – 10 represented Sandhill View in the Sunderland school games indoor rowing competition. The event was held at Durham Rowing Club. Our students did very well, racing against five other schools to achieve the longest distance in the selected time....

Activities Day

17 Dec 2021

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The end of our Autumn term brings with it our much-anticipated activity day for students to spend their reward points on a huge range of activities both inside and out of school. Activities included everything from computer or board games, arts and...

Attendance Bonanza

17 Dec 2021

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We held assemblies for each year group to celebrate good attendance with our special tombola bonanza. Our lucky draw winners got their hands on some great prizes such as shopping vouchers, Amazon Echo Dots, Chocolates and other early...

SEN Students Get Christmas Crafty

17 Dec 2021

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Our SEN students have been getting into the Christmas mood with some arts and crafts activities. Pupils had a go at creating hand-made Christmas cards to take home and share with their relatives.

Spooky Spectacular Shocks

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We were delighted to welcome a sold-out audience into the academy after school hours for our first show of the academic year. Pupils have been working incredibly hard on the show since the start of term, using their lunch breaks and after-school free time to perfect their...

I Spy

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MFL Enrichment is welcoming SHV pupils who want to learn ‘How to become a Spy or a Special Agent’. The club meets after school on a Monday in MFLIT and complete challenges in their own handbooks called ‘The Secret Agent’s Handbook of Language Challenges’. Pupils use the...

Careers in Biology Week

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Biology is the study of life. It is an exciting time to be a biologist. Biologists are working to solve some of the world’s the biggest challenges currently faced by people and the planet – fighting disease, protecting the environment, and feeding our growing...

Wonderful Watercolours

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Students created beautiful expressive artwork using online tutorials to build confidence to work independantly over half term. We are so impressed with them and their dedication this term, well done to our Year 10 artists!

This Week in SMSC

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In personal development assemblies, students focused on the idea of aiming high. Our school motto is ‘Aspire, Achieve, Enjoy’ which was strongly reflected in this week’s theme, challenging our students to go further and strive to reach new goals they might not have...

Hitting a High at the Sunderland School Games

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Sandhill View attended the first event of the Sunderland School Games. We took a team of students to AAA Sports Centre to compete in the Sunderland Schools Trampoline Competition. All the students did extremely well, completing the next step 3...

Year 7 in the Kitchen

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Year 7 students got the chance to take their first practical lessons in technology as they donned their aprons and prepared their ingredients. Pupils created a delicious vegetable soup using fresh ingredients with some fantastic results despite this being the first time...

Help with Maths Adds Up

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We invited Year 7 students and their parents to spend part of their evening doing maths enhancement lessons. These lessons are designed to boost numeracy skills and help parents understand the processes pupils use when undertaking their maths homework. We hope by working...

Football Team Trials

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We are now recruiting squad members for our new Year 7 and Year 8 football teams. Team trials have began with successful students who show enough teamwork, talent and commitment being part of our team effort to win Sandhill View some silverware this...

A Knock Out Success

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Jake Brown (Year 9) has recently won the England boxing schoolboys national championships. Jake won four fights along the way whilst travelling the country to win the class B 44.5kg school boys championships. The fight was even broadcast live on YouTube...

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