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Last week a group of Year 9 pupils visited Blackfriar’s cookery school to explore how mathematics skills are used in a culinary context. Students had a fantastic time making brownies and pizzas – although some of the food was so tasty, it didn’t even make...

Easter Eggstravaganza Winners!

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Last week we celebrated our Easter top attenders by rewarding those students who kept their attendance at 100% for the last half of this term. Well done to: Cameron Cooke, Deacon Anderson, Kate Armstrong, Lacey Lackenby, Beth-Anne Coxon, Alex...

Sunderland’s Search for a Star 2022

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Last Wednesday our recent ‘Sandhill Stars’ talent competition winners joined performers from across Sunderland secondary schools at Search for a Star 2022. The event was compered by students from Monkwearmouth Academy, winners of the 2020 competition and hosted by Sunderland...

Bright Sparks Return

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On a few weeks ago, our year 9 mathematicians attended the second Bright Sparks maths session where they tackled a brand new topic. They worked with modular values and used these to prove divisibility tests for 3 and 11. Once again, they represented the school amazingly at this...

Mental Health Awareness with the NHS

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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

28 Mar 2022

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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...

Heart Starting with Red Sky Foundation

28 Mar 2022

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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

28 Mar 2022

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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...

Revision Skills Workshop

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As we move closer to the return of official exams this year GCSE students took part in a revision workshop where they learned about a variety of revision techniques including mnemonics, using post-it notes around the house and making mind-maps. They learned how to harness these...

Hand Ball Heroes

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Our Year 8 boys took part in the Sunderland school games Handball competition. This was the boys first ever Handball event. The team competed against seven other schools from the Sunderland area. The boys did a fantastic job winning three of their games. They showed good...

Raising Money for Red Sky

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On Friday we encouraged our pupils to wear red as part of a non-uniform day in aid of The Red Sky Foundation. We are proud to support the work of this amazing local charity who are raising money to improve the life of cardiac patients who are born with or develop heart conditions...

More Future Mathematicians

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lAST week we welcomed back Primary School pupils from our local feeder schools to try their hand at some of the advanced maths concepts they will study in secondary school. Pupils had the chance to test their numeracy skills individually and in small groups, working with their...

Sandhill’s Got Talent

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The stage was set last Thursday for our talented students as an impressive range of acts competed in our annual ‘Search For A Star’ event. Judges were blown away by the variety of flair shown by the performers. Acts included singers, dancers, rappers, ballerinas,...

A Tale as Old as Time

14 Feb 2022

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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

14 Feb 2022

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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

14 Feb 2022

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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...

Additional Help for Students Taking Exams

08 Feb 2022

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Ofqual Support Package for Students Taking Exams in Summer 2022 An unprecedented package of support has been put in place for students. Advance information will help them focus their revision. Exam boards have provided advance information for exams in most subjects. Students will...

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...

Future Me Ask; Why HE?

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Year 10 and Year 11 were joined by representatives from Future Me in assembly to discuss what Higher Education can mean for them. Students were challenged on their pre-conceived notions of Higher Education, including culture, cost and other perceived restrictions, and...

Cracking Code Breakers

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A group of year 9, year 10 and year 11 girls participated in a series of interactive sessions with Sunderland University. These sessions varied from Code Breakers which involved deciphering Morse Code; Gaming development which allowed students the opportunity to design their own...

Building Up To Constructive Careers

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Year 11 students enjoyed a morning at Resources North East in Southwick sampling bricklaying and joinery. Students expressed an interest in these areas at our careers fair and were given the opportunity to have ‘hands on’ experience in what apprenticeships and...

Banksy Bounding

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During the GCSE Art and Photography taster session students analysed and explored the work of contemporary street artist, Banksy. Students worked in small groups discussing and understanding the artwork they had been given. As a taster for photography students responded to...

Holocaust Awareness Workshop

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The 27th of January marked Holocaust Memorial Day. Students took time in tutor to reflect on this year’s theme of ‘One Day’. Students were asked to take the day to hope that ‘One Day’ genocide will be no longer. Also, Year 9 students had the...

Every Day Counts

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Mr. Goodwin held assemblies upon the importance of attendance. Throughout the school closures, due to the recent pandemic, making every day at school count has become more important than ever. Mr Goodwin used his love of Maths to demonstrate how data clearly shows how closely...

Careers in Performing Arts

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For Careers in Performing Arts week, we have been focusing on the different career options across the music sector including jobs in education, a record producer, singer/songwriter, sound engineer and box office ticket assistant. We have discussed transferable skills that are...

Green Fingers

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The Eco Team gathered for a demonstration on how to plant trees and a walk around our school garden. As a school we have ordered 450 native trees and shrubs to plant around school creating vital wildlife corridors which is aimed at reduce the carbon footprint...

Buzz About School

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Our Year 11 students spent time with David Hodgson, the author of the ‘Buzz’ personality test. He ran a session based on his book Brainbox. This focused on how students learn and the science behind how the brain works and stores information. This was a great...

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