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The Sandhill View and Southmoor Scholars graduated from the programme – a huge well done to everyone for their resilience, curiosity and hard work throughout the year! We were privileged to invite Revd. David Rushton from St Chad’s College, Durham University, as our...

Getting Active in Sports Week

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Year’s 7, 8 and 9 took part in Activ5 and National school sports week. They took part in mini mixed tournaments in bench ball and football and competed against each other in athletic events. Through sport, the students collectively worked on teamwork,...

Year 11 Art Exhibition

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We celebrated the fantastic artwork of Year 11 Art Class of 2021 with an exhibition of their work. The exhibition included pieces from the students during their time in Art, from Year 9 all the way through to Year 11. Family, friends and students were invited to celebrate from...

Skills Builder Silver

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We are delighted to announce that, following our participation in the Skills Builder Accelerator programme this year, we have been awarded with the SILVER Award. This is a significant achievement for our school and puts us in a select group of schools and colleges who have...

Welcome to SHV!

21 Jun 2021

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We recently welcomed our latest group of Year 6 students who will be moving into Year 7 in September for their official enrolment into Sandhill View Academy. Though we have had to arrange this day in a different manner to previous years due to COVID restrictions,...

Year 10 Visit Sunderland College

21 Jun 2021

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Year 10 students had an amazing taster day at Sunderland College. They took part in a variety of activities, which they had individually chosen based upon their future aspirations. The courses took place at Bede Campus and City Campus. The activities ranged from cyber...

Considering University

21 Jun 2021

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Year 9 students took part in a virtual lecture presented by Northumbria University. These lectures are designed to give students a taste of the academic subjects they might like to study at University and introduce exciting ideas across a wide range of topics. Our...

Year 8 Discuss Healthy Relationships

14 Jun 2021

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Our Year 8 students took part in a live session on the topic of healthy relationships and consent ran by Together for Children. Students focused on the idea of exactly what consent was, how it relates to the relationships we have and the importance of understanding what is and is...

Empathy Day

14 Jun 2021

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On Thursday 10h June in tutor time, students took the time to discuss the topic of empathy. We guided our pupils in the idea that having empathy is like putting yourself in someone else’s shoes and trying to understand the challenges that other people face. Through...

Updated Guidance on Close Contacts in a School Setting

14 Jun 2021

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NHS Test & Trace now offer a PCR test to anyone who is identified as needing to self-isolate due to being a close contact of a person who has tested positive for Covid-19. It is recognised that not all school-based contacts (e.g. school bubble) will flow...

So Long, Farewell

01 Jun 2021

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On Thursday, we said goodbye to our latest Year 11 cohort. Students have worked incredibly hard over the last few terms and will hopefully reap the rewards of their efforts in August! Our class of 2021 enjoyed the traditional ‘guard of honour’ upon leaving before a goodbye...

Fighting for your Dreams

01 Jun 2021

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Year 11 students enjoyed some inspirational words on their final day in school from MMA Fighter and Sandhill View Alumnus, Cal Ellenor. Cal is a successful Mixed Martial Arts sportsman with many professional bouts under his belt. Cal talked about the hard work...

Careers Explorer Day

01 Jun 2021

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Last week, our Year 10 students had the opportunity to explore more about the world of work and to learn about possible future pathways with our first ever Virtual Work Experience and Careers Explorer days. These events took place over two days. On day one, students...

Developing Skills in Photography

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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