Sandhill View Academy

GCSEs Incoming!

06 May 2025

GCSE Exam season is just around the corner! Our Year 11 students have pulled on their leaver’s hoodies in anticipation of the final stretch in school and are working hard to revise and prepare for their exams! The full table of exams, including the extremely valuable...

Fun in the Sun

06 May 2025

As the temperature soared this week and we saw the hottest start to a May on record, we indulged our students in a taste of summer on Thursday by handing out free ice lollies over lunchtime, to help cool them down in the unseasonal sunshine as well as allowing access for some of...

Animal Ingenuity with Zoo Lab

06 May 2025

Last Tuesday, KS3 students attended an engaging assembly on biomimicry—the science of learning from nature to solve human problems and design sustainable solutions. They discovered how snake venom has been used to develop blood-thinning medicine, how spider webs inspired the...

A Quack-tastic Arrival

14 Apr 2025

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We’re thrilled to share that we have successfully incubated and hatched three ducklings from our on site Silver Appleyard ducks. These adorable new arrivals will be lovingly nurtured until they’re ready to join their parents in the garden, where they’ll play a special role in...

Health Matters

14 Apr 2025

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On Wednesday, five of our most conscientious and hard-working Year 9 pupils attended the Sunderland Youth Health Summit. This event, the first of its kind, was designed to give the young people of Sunderland a unique opportunity to learn about and discuss issues surrounding all...

Standing Against Stalking

14 Apr 2025

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This week in assembly, students heard from a representative of the Alice Ruggles Trust, who spoke about the dangers of stalking. The trust was founded after the tragic death of Alice Ruggles, who was murdered by her stalker. It now works to raise awareness and understanding of...

Grils Get Set for Greatness

07 Apr 2025

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GirlsGetSet have had an incredible week, successfully completing their fourth Masterclass led by CE Healthcare. They showcased their impressive presentations to a panel of judges from Baker Hughes, who evaluated their innovative carbon capture designs, speed efficiency,...

Pupils Progressing to the Next Stage of the Wonder Challenge

07 Apr 2025

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After a successful submission of task one, our Wonder Challenge team are now progressing onto task two where the design of our Sustainable Transport system is being developed. Students are required to complete market research before sketching plans so our partner companies,...

Young Carers Get First Aid Fundamentals

07 Apr 2025

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On Friday, Daisy First Aid delivered a First Aid training session in the Theatre to a group of our students who are Young Carers outside of school. The course provided students with valuable skills, including the recognition of an unconscious person, casualty and airway...

Considering Construction

31 Mar 2025

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This week, students from Year 8 and 9 stepped outside the classroom for their Geography Fieldwork enquiries, collecting primary data in the field. Luckily, the weather was on our side (a rare occurrence, as we usually fall victim to the Geographer’s Curse!) and students...

Wayfinding Talent

31 Mar 2025

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We have been reflecting on a wonderful week of performances with our production of Disney’s Moana Jr. What a wave of talent we had on our stage! We navigated three shows, braving the tides of local Primary School audiences, and then the families of our incredible cast. And...

Calling All Alumni

24 Mar 2025

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We would like to invite all of our Alumni to our very first Sandhill View Alumni celebration on the Tuesday 10th June from 8:30 – 12:30pm. The event will start with a welcome breakfast, lots of school memorabilia to look at and current teachers to chat to....

British Sign Language Week 2025

24 Mar 2025

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Last week in school we participated in British Sign Language Week 2025. This year’s theme is: “More than a language: culture, community and belonging”. The aim of the campaign is to encourage people of all ages across the UK to take up the challenge of learning BSL for...

Don’t Forget Yr 9 Progress Evening!

17 Mar 2025

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Our Year 9 Pupil Progress Evening will take place at Sandhill View Academy on Wednesday 19th March 2025 from 3.30pm to 6.00pm. This is an extremely important opportunity for parents to receive crucial feedback on their child’s progress in school as they...

SHV Ski 2025

17 Mar 2025

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After two years our popular Ski trip has returned to the slopes of Andorra! Pupils jetted off from Newcastle Airport at the start of the week to travel to the snowy Pyrenees where they enjoyed a fantastic week in a mix of conditions to learn the basics of skiing and eventually...

Celebrating British Science Week

17 Mar 2025

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British Science Week has been a whirlwind of discovery and inspiration for our students! This year’s theme was ‘Change and Adapt’! Everyday this week Mrs Wassel hosted assemblies for students along this theme, explaining how changing and adapting plays a big part in science; you...

Set Sail for Moana

10 Mar 2025

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We are excited to announce the upcoming school stage production of Disney’s Moana! Join us for an unforgettable performance into the unknown featuring our talented students bringing this beloved story to life. There will be two performances, one on Wednesday 26th...

World book Day 2025

10 Mar 2025

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At Sandhill View, we take great joy in celebrating World Book Day, as we recognise the importance of nurturing a love for reading among our students. This event holds a special place in our school calendar, offering a wonderful opportunity to share our passion for books and our...

National Careers Week 2025

10 Mar 2025

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Last week was national careers week in the UK which is a widespread celebration of careers pathways. As always, we like to support celebrations by participating in as many events which will help raise the aspirations of our students. The week started off with a very exciting...

Happy Birthday Bess

24 Feb 2025

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Our future therapy dog, Bess had a few special visitors on Friday to help her celebrate her 1st birthday. Bess has been spending certain days in school in her first year to naturalise her to the school enrolment including the sites, smells and sounds she needs to be used to in...

Looking Into Sunderland’s Tech Talent

24 Feb 2025

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On Tuesday 18th February Mrs McKinnell and a group of year 11 students were invited to Sunderland Software City for the Tech Talent Expo. During our visit we had a talk from the owner of INFINITY27; INFINITY27 is based in Gateshead it is an open game studio and...

Girls Get Set To Go Green

24 Feb 2025

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On Wednesday, our GirlsGetSet group had the privilege of collaborating with employees from Baker Hughes on their carbon capture project. This initiative is an integral part of their effort to achieve the Bronze Industrial Cadet Award. As part of the project, participants...

Year 9 Go To University

24 Feb 2025

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Last week Sandhill View Year 9 students went to university! We took our students to Newcastle University to learn about higher education, how they can apply for university, what it would be like and what pathways it would open for them. Students took part in workshops including...

Secretary of State for Education Visits SHV

24 Feb 2025

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This week we had the pleasure of welcoming some very important guests to our school including Bridget Phillipson the Secretary of State for Education, along with some key members of the Duke of Edinburgh organisation. The visit was to look at some of the amazing things we provide...

Roving Robotics

17 Feb 2025

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Last week, the VEX teams competed in the VEX Robotics competition at Newcastle University, showcasing the hard work and dedication they have put into building and refining their robots over the past term. Facing teams from across the region, they demonstrated resilience and...

Film Making Fun

17 Feb 2025

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On Thursday afternoon, a group of GCSE Media students (listed below) had the opportunity to participate in a filmmaking workshop with the team from Turps Film, a North East film studio who have worked on films and animations for corporate videos, promotional films, online content...

On Top of the World

17 Feb 2025

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Year 9 students took part in an assembly and small writing workshops led by Matt Dikenson. Matt is a filmmaker and writer who is best known for his award-winning novels and his documentary work for National Geographic Television, Discovery Channel and the BBC. He was also one of...

National Apprenticeship Week 2025

17 Feb 2025

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Last week in the UK was National Apprenticeship Week and as always at Sandhill View, we like to support as much as we can. This year’s National Apprenticeship Week is all about celebrating the successes of Apprentices all across the country, and the skills needed to be...

Thinking Choices for Year 9

10 Feb 2025

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It’s almost time for our Year 9 students to choose their options subjects to study at Key Stage 4. Every student will soon be receiving an options booklet packed with information on the GCSE courses available to them from next year. They will also take part in taster sessions in...

A Time of Heroes & Villains

10 Feb 2025

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In Technology some of our Year 7 students have completed their first big project as part of the subject. Students have each designed and made a clock based on the theme of heroes and villains using hand tools in our school workshop to craft them. You can see some of their...

Diving into Lego League

10 Feb 2025

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On Thursday, six Year 8 students joined Mrs McKinnell at Nissan for the First Lego League competition. The students competed in 4 rounds programming their robot to move around the board interacting with a wide range of ocean themed tasks. This year’s topic was...

Thinking Feed

03 Feb 2025

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This week the Land Based Studies students have been in the classroom learning about the importance of correct nutrition and the impact of an unbalanced diet within a range of animals. They have then been out to the poultry unit to put theory into practice. Students have explored...

Scholars Look Ahead to University

03 Feb 2025

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This week in Scholars we were greeted by a representative from Sunderland University. She spoke to the students about what university entails and how to apply. Students learnt about the UCAS process and the importance of starting to collect information such as achievements,...

Considering Careers in the NHS

03 Feb 2025

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On Thursday morning, all Year 8 students took part in the annual ‘Careers in the NHS’ presentation delivered by educational theatre group Performance in Education. This enthusiastic, lively presentation introduced students to the range of pathways that are available in the NHS at...

A Fresh Start

27 Jan 2025

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This week we were happy to welcome back Andy from ‘Wearside Youth for Christ’ who once again entertained students with his usual charismatic style of presentation. As always, we began with a quiz where students had to identify the classic Disney movies and their modern remakes...

Esports Entertain

27 Jan 2025

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Last Monday six year 9 girls joined Mrs McKinnell for the day at the British ESports Centre based in Sunderland; this was a career experience offered to us as we are a CyberFirst School. Whilst there the students were learning how to build their own Fortnite island in both design...

Road Safety with Josh Green

27 Jan 2025

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Last week, Year 8 enjoyed a live theatre-style performance by Theatre Space North East called ‘Josh Green’. This impactful drama conveys the significance of road safety to Key Stage 3 students during a pivotal period in their development. By emphasising the influence of peer...

The Gift of Giving

16 Dec 2024

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Last week our pupils have shown the true meaning of Christmas, using the money raised from recent fundraisers to buy food items and treats to create 20 festive hampers for disadvantaged people in our community who are suffering from food poverty. Each hamper...

Spicing It Up in Hospitality

16 Dec 2024

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Mexico 70 chef David Tanner (who is an ex-student of SHV) popped in to do a taco workshop this week with our Year 10 Hospitality and Catering students. They had a great time learning how to press and cook tacos and make guacamole then presented their dishes perfectly.

SHV Reaching New Heights

16 Dec 2024

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This week, schools’ performance data for the 2024 GCSE Exams were published by the Government. We are absolutely delighted with the knowledge that SHV is now in to top 20 ‘most improved’ schools in the entire country! Thanks to unified leadership, exemplary behaviour, an...

That Festive Feeling

09 Dec 2024

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This week we are encouraging students to enter into the full festive spirit. Our annual ‘Christmas Jumper Day’ will take place this Thursday. Pupils are welcome to wear a festive jumper under their blazer for the day. All other items of uniform must be worn as normal. We will...

Mad About Mushrooms

09 Dec 2024

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On Tuesday, some of our Year 7 and Year 8 pupils had the opportunity to work with Kylie Dixon. Kylie is a published children’s author and illustrator who predominately writes books on the theme of ‘mushrooms’ inspired by her long walks across the North East....

Academy Christmas Card Competition 2024

09 Dec 2024

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Well done to: Sienna Wilson (Year 7), who won our art competition to create this year’s official Academy Christmas card. She impressed our judges with a beautifully simple string of Christmas lights for her design. Well done, the winning card will now be turned into an official...

Fact Finding on the Farm

02 Dec 2024

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Last week in Science some Year 10 students attended East Durham College for an authentic science experience. They worked with people who used science within their job to help them connect their learning from the classroom with the world of work, and what fun they had! The...

Careers Fair 2024

02 Dec 2024

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The annual Careers Fair at Sandhill View is always an excellent opportunity to make early steps on the journey beyond school and this year was no exception. Students once again had the opportunity to speak to a vast range of employers, educational providers and training providers...

Why Queue?

25 Nov 2024

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Last Monday morning, we were delighted to welcome into school Theatre Space North East to deliver the annual ‘Why Queue?’ educational performance to our Year 7 students. The presentation encouraged students to think carefully about safe and sustainable travel options and it...

On Your Bike

25 Nov 2024

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Last week students have been taking part in the ‘Bikeability’ scheme. Bikeability is a government approved National Standard for cycle training, a cycling proficiency course for the 21st Century. It has been developed to give young people the knowledge, skills and confidence they...

A Taste of Spain

25 Nov 2024

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Last week almost 50 of our students from Year 7 up to Year 10 took the chance to test out their Spanish by visiting a Spanish restaurant, El Torero, in Newcastle. The students were treated to a tapas menu that included patatas bravas, albóndigas, chorizo, croquetas, pan y ali...

A VIP Visitor

18 Nov 2024

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Last week we had an incredibly special visitor who popped into the academy as part of a nationwide tour. Pudsey the Bear from BBC’s Children in Need joined us in school to pay a visit to our students in lesson time, enjoy a book in our LRC, join in with our homework club and put...

SHV Business Breakfast

18 Nov 2024

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Last week Sandhill View Academy held our very first Business Breakfast. We had representatives from a variety of companies in the local area come in to speak with staff from school. The purpose of the breakfast was to come up with ways employers can support the work we do in...

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