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We elected our brand-new student council for the rest of the academic year. Form classes had the chance to vote for their representatives to join the council which will meet regularly (in a suitably socially distanced setting) to discuss important issues and ideas brought up by...

Parent Survey 2020

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We are always looking for ways to improve our academy. We are very keen to continue to foster an environment that our children enjoy being in as they learn and grow into young adults. To that end, we are asking for your feedback in our latest parent survey. If you could...

Tintastic Harvest Collections

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In support of Sunderland Foodbank and their Pennywell branch, we gave students the chance to take part in an optional non-uniform day today. Instead of a monetary contribution to take part, we instead asked pupils to bring with them at least one item of tinned or dried...

Supporting our Careers Programme

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We are always looking for businesses and employers to support our Careers Education programme at both Academies. We realise that at the moment this will be more challenging for businesses currently; however, we are still very keen for our students to experience as...

Non Uniform Day Supporting Sunderland Foodbank

13 Oct 2020

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In support of Sunderland Foodbank and their Pennywell branch, we are giving students the chance to take part in an optional non-uniform day this Friday 16th October. To take part pupils should bring with them at least one item of tinned or dried food that we will then collect and...

Book Buzz Begins

12 Oct 2020

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We presented our students with the choice from a range of books as part of the ‘Book Buzz’ programme. Pupils had the chance to read the synopsis of each title, discuss some of them in class with their peers and then make their choice. Pupils will receive their free books within...

Hello Yellow!

12 Oct 2020

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We asked our students to join us in supporting World Mental Health Day by wearing adding a splash of yellow to their school uniform as part of the in #HelloYellow campaign. Lockdown is having a devastating effect on children and young people’s mental health. It’s been...

On a Learning Journey with Maths

12 Oct 2020

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This week we take a learning journey with our Maths Department. Maths is a core subject, every student receives several maths lessons every week and there is much importance placed on Maths grades at GCSE, with many further education providers, apprenticeships and employers...

Student Council Members Wanted!

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Students in all year groups will be choosing their tutor groups representative for the student council. In the spirit of democracy, candidates will put themselves forward and then the group will vote with the majority vote taking the place on the council. This year we will have a...

National Poetry Day

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For National Poetry Day our KS3 classes were encouraged to draft their own poems based on this year’s theme of “vision”. We are running this as a poetry writing competition with Waterstones vouchers as prizes. Students can take their work from class home...

World Mental Health Day

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On Friday 9 October, we will be joining thousands of schools, offices and community groups across the UK to take part in #HelloYellow, to support young people’s mental health on World Mental Health Day. Lockdown is having a devastating effect on children and young people’s...

National Skills Day Draws Near

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Back in May, lots of our students and staff featured in the first ever National Skills Day. On Wednesday 7 October is the next National Skills Day, this time sponsored by Skills Builder, who we are working with this year to roll out a programme of essential...

Enrichment Returns

28 Sep 2020

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We saw the start of our clubs and enrichment activities for this year. These have been planned with everyone’s safety in mind and follow social distancing rules in order to protect everyone involved. Year 10s and 11s are taking part in football on lunchtime and years 8 and...

On a Learning Journey

28 Sep 2020

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In an effort to communicate to parents what their children will be learning throughout their time at Sandhill View, we are creating specific learning journeys to help illustrate what each part of the curriculum for every subject studies from Year 7 right to Year 11. Miss Davies,...

The Big Anti-Bullying Assembly

28 Sep 2020

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In a nationwide study by The Diana Award, 51% of young people said they were worried about being bullied and 34% said they were worried about returning to school after lockdown. With this in mind, our students will be taking part in ‘The Big Anti-Bullying Assembly’...

Starting at Sandhill

21 Sep 2020

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We are well into our second full week of term and things are starting to settle despite the disruption caused by the ongoing global situation. This also includes Year 7, who are adapting to secondary school life very well. Don’t just take our word for it though! Watch the video...

Sandhill Scholars Programme Returns

21 Sep 2020

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The ‘Scholars Programme’ is a 1-year academic programme for Year 10 students. The year is made up of three elements – a lecture phase, a study skills phase and a project phase. In the lecture phase, students attend a weekly guest lecture on a Wednesday...

Academy Open Evening 2020

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Sandhill View Academy Virtual Open Evening 2020 We are excited to once again throw open our doors and welcome everyone to our Virtual Academy Open Evening 2020. Whether you’re a Year 6 parent looking at your child’s future or just interested to see what we’re...

Welcome Back!

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It’s wonderful to finally get to see our students again. Though times may be difficult we are delighted to once again be providing the crucial classroom learning we have been missing over the course of this pandemic. We have fully risk assessed our school and provided the best...

Hello to Year 7

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Though this may be a very unusual year so far, we are very happy to welcome out latest cohort of Year 7 students into Sandhill View Academy. We have taken particular care to introduce our new students into life at secondary school since they did not get the chance to take part in...

A Little Face-Lift

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We’ve been busy around the building over our school closure period. Building staff have been hard at work not only installing Covid-19 measures but also giving our communal areas a little bit of TLC. We’ve made our year bases in particular brighter and lighter areas for our...

Virtual Nurse Drop-In

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Though our face-to-face school nurse drop-in sessions are currently suspended due to the ongoing pandemic, we are happy to offer students the ability to use a virtual drop-in system for all their health and wellbeing enquiries. Students are free to contact local health advisors...

Face Masks at SHV

04 Sep 2020

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As of Monday 7th September face masks must be worn in all corridors and communal areas of school. This additional measure has been put in place to enhance safety within our year group bubbles, and for the safety of staff who are working across all bubbles. We are also mindful of...

Return to School Arrangements

28 Aug 2020

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September Return to School We are looking forward to welcoming all of our students to a full return to school next week. The following pages provide reminders of key information, requirements and hopefully plenty of reassurance that whilst your child’s return to school will see...

How to Attach Year Group Badges

26 Aug 2020

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Above you will find a helpful instructional video from our uniform supplier on the best way to attach our new coloured year group badges for pupil blazers you will be receiving soon. Year Group Badge Colours for 2020 – 2021 Year 7 Orange Year 8 Blue Year 9 Grey Year...

GCSE Results Day 2020

20 Aug 2020

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Socially Distanced Celebrations on GCSE Results Day 2020 We were delighted to welcome our Class of 2020 back into Sandhill View to collect their well-deserved GCSE results today. After much uncertainty in national press, there were smiles all around as students...

GCSE Results Day 2020 Schedule

19 Aug 2020

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This is a reminder about GCSE results day, this Thursday 20th August. Your child may collect their GCSE results from School by appointment only, in order to allow for effective social distancing. Students will be able to enter school at the following times:...

GCSEs 2020 Process

30 Jul 2020

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Ofqual have released information for students and parents regarding how GCSEs will be graded this summer in the face of the unprecedented disruption caused to exams by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent school closures. Please refer to the graphic below or click here for...

Summer School on the Horizon

14 Jul 2020

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Our Summer School will start on Monday 20th July for one week where we will welcome our new year 7 pupils for 3 days of fun activities. This is a great opportunity for them to meet their new classmates and ease any trepidation they may have about joining us in September. Our...

Your Summer Skills Builder

14 Jul 2020

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After 16 weeks of lockdown, facing a 7 week stretch of holiday and thinking of ways to entertain your child might seem like a challenge in itself! If you like the idea of planing varied holiday activities but lack inspiration, here’s a great way for you to support your...

Goodbye to our Key-Worker Kids

14 Jul 2020

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As a very unconventional school year comes to a close we would like to say thank you and goodbye to the small group of key-worker children who have been into school nearly every day during the pandemic. Their behaviour has been exceptional the entire time and they have coped...

Hello Year 6

06 Jul 2020

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This week we were so happy to welcome a select number of our next Year 7 cohort. Through our transition week may not be extensive and immersive than previous years due to COVID-19, we have tried to make the experience of moving up to big school a valued one for our future pupils....

You Shall go to the Ball!

06 Jul 2020

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We are delighted to confirm that our Year 11 Leavers Prom has been rescheduled to take place on Friday 13th November as a provisional date for this year’s cancelled big event. We hope this gives plenty of time for safe planning, but it should also be a wonderful...

A Big Thank You

06 Jul 2020

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As the school year draws nearer, our Key Worker students have taken the time to do a group task to thank the Sandhill View staff who have continued to look after them, enrich their lives and support their learning throughout this crises. We’d also like to say a big thank you to...

Northumbria Police Youth Lockdown Survey

29 Jun 2020

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To help understand the true impact of lockdown, and prepare for that September return, Northumbria Police have compiled a short youth survey for students aged 14 and over. Through this consolation they will be able to gather key insight into the challenges ahead and what services...

Goodbye Year 11

29 Jun 2020

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As our year 11 students would have been completing their GCSE exams this week and started to prepare for their transition to The Sixth Form or whatever they have plans for next, we took the time to look back through their time at Sandhill View. You can watch a short video of what...

Welcome to Sandhill View

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We invited Year 6 pupils and their parents into school to complete their enrolment as they prepare to join us in September. Though it may be limited due to COVID-19 restrictions, we found it wonderful to meet some of next year’s Year 7 students and their parents as they prepare...

Year 10 Return

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We are delighted to once again see some of our Year 10 students return to school. Though it may be under unprecedented circumstances we have been careful to provide a safe space for our students to learn and get that all-important in-person contact with their teachers as they...

Social Distancing Measures

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As school slowly starts to re-open to more and more students, we have been busy creating an environment where students can learn with the minimum risk to themselves, their households and our staff. We are keen to promote responsible social distancing throughout the school, with...

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