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Thank you to New Writing North who have been running song writing classes and enrichment sessions at Sandhill View throughout our last term, helping our students to create two unique songs that they wrote and produced themselves. As part of this, the group will be holding a...

Getting Crafty at the Northern School of Art

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Students enjoyed a hands-on taster day at the Northern School of Art on their Middlesbrough campus. Pupils learnt about the creative careers that studying a further educational course such as the ones offered by the school can lead to, had fun constructing a 3D sculpture from...

Translating MFL Lessons into a Rewarding Career

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We have continued our drive to improve our students’ knowledge about how their lessons can lead to different careers and job opportunities. This time it was the turn of languages to share with students how learning a language could benefit them with valuable skills in the job...

Fantastic Fundraising

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A huge thank you to everyone at Sandhill View who helped student Adam Young to donate £140 worth of games for Ward 2B of The Great North Children’s Hospital in Newcastle. The other £120 of the money raised will be spent on a virtual reality set that will help...

Cambridge Chat with Year 9

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Student Ambassadors from Cambridge University met Year 9 to talk about what sets Cambridge apart from other institutions. Students learned about the variety of courses available (including Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic), the collegiate system and societies on offer from sports...

Polling Our Pupils

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Along with the national General Election on Thursday 12th December, Sandhill View students were able to take part in their own mock election to see what the result would have been in the school if students were allowed to vote. Students looked at the manifestos for each party...

Musical Maestros in the Making

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We gave a special gift to the fifteen Year 7 & 8 students who have done the most independent work as part of our School Orchestra Project since September. As a thank you for their dedication to learning a new instrument, these pupils were gifted their very own violins as an...

Raffle Winners Scoop Some Early Presents

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Congratulations to the winners of our Christmas raffle, arranged by Sandhill student Adam Young. With their help, and the help of everyone who bought a ticket, Adam managed to raise an amazing £260 for Ward 2B of The Great North Children’s Hospital...

Stargazing Students

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Peter Swift from Durham University’s Physics Department visited the scholars recently, bringing with him the University’s pop-up planetarium! Students learned about our galaxy, observed stars, constellations and explored the planets in our solar system. They were taught how...

Autumn Activities Day

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The end of our Autumn term also brought our much-anticipated activity day. Students cashed in their hard-earned praise points to take part in a huge range of activities both inside and out of school. Activities included everything from computer games to nail art and trips out to...

Lego Legends

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We welcomed in representatives from the North East Raising Aspirations Partnership for a special STEM workshop where our Year 7 students explored engineering through Lego and tried their hand at designing, building and racing their own vehicles in a fun competition against their peers.

Putting the Paddle In

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Pupils from Years 7- 9 represented Sandhill View at Durham Rowing Club for the Sunderland Schools Games Indoor Rowing Competition. The pupils competed against eight schools with over 100 competitors entering the competition! The students showed great effort and determination...

Top of the Praise Tree

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Congratulations to all of the students who managed to be in the top tier for praise points and attendance. Each student was presented with a certificate from Mrs. Maw for their personal record and to mark an excellent start to their school year. Well done!

Outward Bounds to the Lochs

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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...

Art Masterclass with Hastings Hill

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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!

On Your Bike!

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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...

Surveying in the Rain

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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...

Pane to Pane with Sandhill Scholars

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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...

Sandhill Students Join the Debate

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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...

University in Perspective

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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...

Building STEM Skills

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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...

Careers Fair 2019

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Thank you to all the higher and further education institutions, training and apprenticeship providers, employers and representatives from our UK forces who joined us for our Careers Fair. Our students were extremely well informed by the variety of options available to them, with...

A Poignant Pause

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Every year group took part in our Remembrance Day commemorations. Our wonderful student volunteers led the ceremony with reflections on why we mark Remembrance Day alongside poignant poetry and music as well as an impeccably observed two-minute silence alongside the rest of the...

The Spice of Life!

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Our students got creative in the kitchen courtesy of our catering provider Chartwells. Year 7 pupils had the chance to take part in special ‘Spice of Life’ workshop where they discovered the health benefits of preparing fresh food and how simple it can be to cook a...

Sandhill Scholars Get to Work

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The Sandhill View students selected for our special ‘Scholars’ programme have been enjoying special lectures from some amazing guest speakers down at The Sixth Form at Southmoor. Our pupils have had the opportunity to identify unknown substances using a spectrometer and last week...

The National Theatre and a Curious Incident

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Sandhill students were delighted to attend a special performance of ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ by the National Theatre at our sister school, Southmoor Academy. This was a fantastic opportunity for students to watch the show in an up-close and personal...

A Way with Words

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We were delighted to welcome Lisette Auton who is a local disabled poet working for New Writing North. Our Year 7 students had the chance to listen to Lisette speak about her work as a disabled activist, writer, spoken word artist, theatre-maker and creative practitioner as well...

School Orchestra Project Makes its Debut

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We launched our new School Orchestra Project by handing out the first instruments to eager Year 7 students. The project sees every student in Year 7 receive an orchestral instrument and whole-class tuition in their curriculum Music lessons. Last year’s project at Southmoor...

Success Stories

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As part of the recent Big Draw Festival 2019 students had the opportunity to write a description that brought an inanimate object to life with a supporting illustration. Dylan Douglas, Karrie Weetman and Lara Dickson submitted fantastic entries and were...

Awesome Athletes

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Congratulations to the students that represented the school at the Sunderland Schools Indoor Athletics Competition. All the students give 100% effort and their behavior and attitude was impeccable. We are still waiting for the final results of the whole school standings but in...

Half Term Fun in France

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Over half term pupils had the chance to take part in a week of fun in France as part of our Autumn Adventures. The trip started with arrival at our accommodation in a chateau in Normandy before pupils went on to sample local culture and cuisine in Honfleur, take in the...

Autumn Activities

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We held our first Autumn Adventures, where pupils enjoyed a host of exciting activities held with the Sunderland Community Action Group. After receiving a free breakfast every morning, they tried their hand at cookery, competed in sports, tackled an inflatable assault course and...

Internet Safety Hawkes

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Thank you to musical pop duo Hawke who, as part of The Prime Agency Project, delivered an assembly to Year 7 and 8 students about the importance of staying safe online. Amongst the messages of cyber safety there was even time for a sing-along to some original hits by the band...

GCSE Art Exhibition 2019

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Thank you to everyone that joined us for our Year 11 Art Showcase just before half term. It was fantastic chance for us to show off last year’s GCSE students’ artistic talent to our current pupils and members of our community.

Marking Mental Health

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Just before half term student representatives collected our Bronze Mental Health Charter Mark from Mayor of Sunderland, Cllr David Snowdon. The charter mark recognises what we do to support mental health awareness in our young people. We are delighted to have received this award...

Art at Home

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Well done to our Year 7 Art students and their parents from Miss Moody’s class who have produced some amazing homework between them, Students have commented that their parents/carers or other family members at home have loved getting involved with their art project

Sandhill Ski 2020

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Sandhill View will be once again running our annual ski trip to Grandvalira, Andorra. The trip will take place from the 4th-11th April 2020. Grandvalira is one of the largest ski resorts in Andorra and hosts over 70 ski lifts. Our ski trip would include an inclusive package of...

Careers Fair 2019

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Our successful careers fair is set to return on Friday 15th November, with representatives from companies and organisations from across our region hoping to educate and inspire our students. Representatives from higher education institutions, the armed forces, public services and...

Sandhill Students Rise to a Trampoline Challenge

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Sandhill view students from Years 7-10 represented the school at the Sunderland school games Trampoline competition. Hosted by AAA sports. All of the students did a fantastic job performing their routine. Well done to all that took part!

Making a Splash at the Swim Gala

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Sandhill view pupils from Year 7 – 9 represented the school at the Sunderland School Games Swimming Gala. The girls took part in a number of team races swimming against schools from around Sunderland. All of our swimmers give 100% in their events and showed great...

Question Time

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We were honoured to invite MP for Houghton and Sunderland South Bridget Phillipson to our academy to meet with our newly selected student council. MP Phillipson was keen to hear from our students about the issues that mattered to them and they certainly did not disappoint!...

Coffee & Cake for a Good Cause

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On Friday 27th September we celebrated Macmillan Coffee morning, with our staff and students putting on a spread of baked treats to help raise money for the charity. Between our Year 11 students and our staff we managed to raise £75 towards cancer support. Well done and...

Revving Up with Revision Tips

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With the first of our Mock Exams now only a handful of school days away we are giving our Year 11 students the best support to prepare and help them achieve exam success. Students are receiving top exam tips everyday as well directed tutoring. The mock exams are...

Skill Building with Year 10

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Year 10 students took part in the second session of the “Building My Skills” programme from Esh Group following the introduction 2 weeks’ ago. Representatives from the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW NHS) talked about the huge...

Open Evening 2019

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We once again opened our doors for our annual Academy Open Evening. The event was an immense success with pupils and their parents packing out our school theatre to capacity at the start of the evening. With everything from fizzes, pops and bangs in science, mathematical...

A Warm Welcome to Sandhill

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Having thoroughly enjoyed their transition experience at the end of our last school year, Year 7 pupils felt confident as they began their new life at Sandhill View. Our new year group are settling in very well, with many of them adapting to secondary school quickly and already...

Terrific Travelling Tubas

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Year 7 students had the chance to enjoy an interactive performance by Travelling by Tuba, one of the UK’s busiest and most successful classical music duos. The pair gave students an eclectic performance designed to encourage more children to take music lessons before inviting...

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