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A selected group of art students enjoyed workshop lessons with guest tutor Mat Fleming from The Baltic Art Gallery. Pupils explored film photography and created their own film reel with sharpie pens and inks. They also explored cyanotypes and creating photographs with developer...

Student Council Meetings

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Student councillors met again with Mrs Maw. This year council meetings have been split to match our bubbles but that has meant that each year groups has had more time to discuss the issues that matter most to them. Last time we met, students in years 7, 8 and 9 said they wanted...

Yet More Riot Act

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Year 8 took part in a live virtual performance by The Riot Act called ‘Josh Green’. This lively virtual presentation was delivered in classrooms and gave students the opportunity to explore pedestrian safety, including on public transport, raising awareness of pedestrian dangers...

Cutting County Lines

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Northumbria Police have produced a leaflet on the subject of ‘County Lines’. County Lines is where illegal drugs are transported from one area to another, often across police and local authority boundaries (although not exclusively), usually by children or...

Virtual Work Experience

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On Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th May, all Year 10 students will be taking part in a 2-day Virtual Work Experience and Careers Explorer event. This is a great opportunity for students to find out more about the world of work and also to learn more about their possible post-16...

Masks Off

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As a reward for the fantastic attitude our students have shown to wearing their masks so diligently over the last few months, we were delighted to wheel out the Sandhill Ice Cream Cart once again. Pupils from all year groups helped themselves to a free ice cream over their lunch...

Real Love Rocks

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For the final lesson in the ‘Real Love Rocks’ our Year 7 students took part in an informative workshop around the subject of online porn. It is estimated that 90% of young people have access to porn on the internet and so this workshop’s aim was...

Helping Out the Homeless

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As we reported a few weeks ago we have been helping Sunderland Youth Council gather clothes and other useful items for the homeless within our city. We are delighted to have received plenty of donations to make a sizeable contribution to the campaign. Thank you to everyone that...

Why Queue?

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Year 7 took part in a live virtual performance by The Riot Act called ‘Why Queue?’. This lively virtual presentation was delivered in classrooms and gave students the opportunity to sustainable travel options, both now and in the future. It gave the opportunity to raise awareness...

Brilliant Club Graduates

10 May 2021

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A group of Year 9 students have been working with The Brilliant Club on their ‘Scholars Programme’ over the past year. They became ‘disease detectives’, and studied the spread of Malaria with a PhD tutor at university-level. They attended a virtual...

A Careers Champion

10 May 2021

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Representatives from ‘Real Love Rocks’ returned to continue their healthy relationships workshop lessons with our Year 7 students. This time the focus was the tough topic of Child Sexual Exploitation. Pupils not only learned the definition of CSE but also how it can take place...

Stamp of Approval

10 May 2021

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The winners of the NHS Lockdown Heroes stamp competition that we held in school got the chance to collect their prizes along with a certificate for their fantastic work in creating a stamp design to honour someone they consider a lockdown hero. Well done again to everyone who...

Knife Crime Awareness with Northumbria Police

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Year 9 students have been taking part in a workshop all about knife crime and the laws surrounding this. This coincides with Operation Sceptre which is an annual event aimed at tackling knife crime. The workshop was interactive and well received by the students that...

Stamp of Approval

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Years 7, 8, and 9 have been working hard on their designs for the post office’s ‘Heroes’ Stamp Design competition. We have received so many fantastic entries from students who were tasked with creating a stamp that pays tribute to the people who have meant the...

Enact are Back!

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We welcomed back the Enact group with a virtual performance of their ‘Destination Success’ drama-based presentation to all Year 9 students. The performance encouraged students to aim higher with an engaging scenario delivered by professional...

Student Artwork Celebrates our ICC Heroes

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Well done to Natalia Kelly (Year 11) who produced this fantastic piece of artwork celebrating our hard-working health professionals for the ICC unit at Sunderland hospital. Natalia’s piece is now hanging in the reception area for everyone to...

Ask an Alumnus with Megan Allen

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We are delighted to hear back from Megan Allen, Sandhill view and Southmoor Sixth Form Alumni. Megan answered some questions about what she’s up to now. What degree are you completing and at what university? I am reaching the end of my LLB (Hons),...

Sixth Form Taster Day

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Over the last two weeks, Year 11 students at Sandhill View have taken part in a fantastic range of Taster Sessions by colleagues who teach in the Southmoor Sixth Form to give them a short sample of what it is like to study these subjects at an advanced level. Students...

Careers in Geography Week

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We continue with our careers weeks taking place throughout the year and we recently saw our Careers Week in Geography. All of our Careers Weeks this year are linked to the Skills Builder Framework and Geography chose to focus on TEAMWORK. This is a significant skill that is...

Promoting Healthy Relationships with Year 7

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Our year 7 students are taking part in Real Love Rocks, which is a 4-week programme aimed at promoting healthy, consensual, and safe relationships, and to raise awareness of grooming and child sexual exploitation. The first of their sessions looked at consent, and explored...

Love Learning Art

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In the first of our ‘Love Learning’ transition lessons, students explored what they will study in Year 7 at Sandhill View. We talked about what next year’s art lessons will include and students had a lot of questions. During the taster session...

Love Learning Begins!

19 Apr 2021

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We saw the start of our ‘Love Learning’ lessons for Years 5/6 as part of our transition programme. Our first subject was science. Year 5 and 6 students brought to life cartoons such as ‘The Snowman’ this evening by digging deeply into scientific models of...

Covid Heroes Get the Stamp of Approval

19 Apr 2021

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We’re taking part in Royal Mail’s Heroes Stamp Design Competition, to honour the heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. We thought it would be a lovely welcome back activity for our Key Stage 3 students to take part in, during art lessons for the next 2 weeks. There...

Year 9 Cross a Global Bridge

19 Apr 2021

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All of Year 9 will be spending some time on Wednesday 21st April dedicated to the #GBFutureStars online careers event hosted by our colleagues at Global Bridge. The event features keynote speakers, such as Steph McGovern, Vicky Gosling OBE and Action Jackson. Lots of...

Out in the Field

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Although the pandemic has temporarily made field trips and external visits untenable, we have been making the most of the early spring weather and getting some of our students learning outside in the school grounds. Year 7 have conducted a...

A Welcome Boost for Remote Learning

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Last week, we shared the great news that Asda Sunderland Community Champion Emily Whittington arranged a surprise delivery of ten laptops to Sandhill View as part of the supermarket’s initiative to close the ‘digital divide’. This week we have yet...

A Bridge of Opportunity

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We were delighted to welcome Sunderland football legend, and natural born leader, Kevin Ball to Sandhill View Academy to preside over the official opening of our new ‘Bridge’ provision. The Bridge is a brand-new facility within the school, created to help us...

No Bystanders to Bullying

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Last week in assemblies, Mrs Johnston spoke to students about the importance of not supporting bullying in any form. There was particular emphasis on not allowing damaging rumours and hear-say to spread. Often bullying and conflict can spring from the ‘he said, she said’...

NCS Impress Year 11

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On Monday afternoon, all Year 11 took part in a virtual assembly from NCS to introduce students to this summer’s fantastic NCS programme. The NCS Summer programme is a great opportunity for students to take part in new challenges, learn new skills and meet new people during...

Clubs Return!

22 Mar 2021

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This week we saw the return of our lunch time clubs and after school enrichment activities. With a few additional safety measures in place in our fight against covid, year 7 students took part in trampolining, arts and crafts, hairdressing, badminton and MFL club on...

Dealing with Anxiety

22 Mar 2021

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This week in assemblies, Miss Summerside spoke to our students about the problems that anxiety can cause in our lives. Although anxiety is a perfectly normal part of everyday life, Miss Summerside outlined the importance of being mindful of its effects on...

Word Book Day Winners

22 Mar 2021

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A few weeks ago we celebrated World Book Day with a range of literary themed competitions. We are pleased to announce that Maddison Henderson (Year 11) and Callum Cubby (Year 9) were the winners of the prize draw for the World Book Day quiz....

Welcome Back!

15 Mar 2021

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We saw the phased return of students to school with teaching moving from mostly on screen back to the classroom. During lockdown our students have worked superbly, accessing online lessons to help keep their learning on track. Our pastoral team have been helping everyone settle...

Ask an Alumnus

15 Mar 2021

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We were delighted to hear back from SHV Alumni Laura Jayne Smith, who completed school at Sandhill a few years ago before going on to graduate from the Sixth Form at Southmoor. Laura got in touch with us to tell us what she’s up to now… Where are you now and what...

Bags of Opportunity

15 Mar 2021

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Year 10 students were able to collect their personalised revision resources bags. After hours of preparation by our dedicated teams of staff, pupils were delighted to receive their packs that are jam-packed with revision workbooks, scientific calculators, geometry sets and...

COVID-19 INFORMATION UPDATE

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On this page you will find the latest information and announcements around school and measures to control the Corona Virus pandemic. • Letter to Parents Regarding Return to School and Testing Procedures SCHOOL CLOSURE – UPDATED INFORMATION 26/02/21 Date In School ...

Mindful March Shines Through

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Let’s take the time to pause, breathe and really take in what’s all around us. This month we’re encouraging our students to take some time to look within. Learning to be more mindful and aware can do wonders for our well-being in all areas of life...

National Science Week 2021

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2020 people may feel was the year of the vaccination but much more happened in Science in the last year with dozens of fantastic science advancements and achievements happening every week that we should continue to celebrate. To this end, we are...

Kooth Continues to be There for You

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We know how difficult the past few weeks have been for you and the young people in your household; dealing with lockdown restrictions and in many cases home schooling. You may have heard your child mention Kooth through information they...

From Science Lab to Covid Testing Centre

01 Mar 2021

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We welcomed our Year 11s on site for the first of the 3 lateral flow tests, which have to be 3-5 days apart. The Testing site has been set up with military precision and students were superb at keeping to their allocated appointment slots. The test is quick, simple and students...

World Book Day

01 Mar 2021

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This year we will be celebrating World Book Day remotely on Thursday 4th March 2021. During online lessons students will be taking part in World Book Day themed activities, quizzes, and competitions. Every student will also receive a £1 book token on their return to school...

Creativity in the Cold

15 Feb 2021

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Our art teams have been inspired by our recent flurry and this week set a challenge for staff and students to take advantage of the snow and get creative by making snow sculptures. They also asked GCSE students to take...

Messages to Year 11

15 Feb 2021

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As our Year 11 students prepare for the next round of GCSE assessments when school resumes on site, their teachers have been sending out messages of support to help them feel motivated in their revision. We have been very impressed by how hard our Year 11 students have...

Year 9 Subject Pathways Virtual Event – Online Now!

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Our Subject Leaders have worked hard over the last two weeks to ensure you and your child receive accurate information, regarding their subject, which is essential to you as your child makes their KS4 choices. Decisions made by Year 9 students about which subjects to study...

Online Learners of the Week

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Well done to all our top online learners this week! You have all gone above and beyond in your home lessons and we’d like to recognise that.

Children’s Mental Health Week

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For Children’s Mental Health Week we are highlighting the importance of mental wellbeing and healthy thought practices to our students. Tutors are making regular welfare calls to pupils with the support of our mental health ambassadors: Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Pitchers and Mrs....

On the Road to Tokyo