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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...

Eggcellent Childcare Skills

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BTEC Child Development students have been taking care of their very own ‘egg babies’ at home as part of an assignment to learn about the needs of young children. Students were encouraged to decorate, dress and name their eggs.

Grading in 2020 – information for students

16 Jun 2020

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If you are a Year 11 student, please see the video above for Information for students expecting GCSE, AS or A level results in summer 2020 from Ofqual.

Wellbeing in Mind

15 Jun 2020

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Our students have been taking advantage of the easing lockdown situation by supporting their own wellbeing. Pupils have been getting out and about to get some fresh air, taking up new hobbies such as sculpting, reconnecting with friends and in the case of Michael Laing,...

A Helping Hand for Hastings Hill

15 Jun 2020

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Our friends at Hastings Hill Academy have unfortunately been the target of vandalism over the recent COVID-19 school closures. This is a challenging time for schools in particular as they adapt to difficult learning environments and so damage inflicted upon the school for...

Year 9 Globalbridge Future Stars Careers Event

15 Jun 2020

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On Wednesday 17 June, between 10am and 1pm, all Year 9 students (other year groups are welcome too) have been invited to take part in this optional interactive virtual careers event. The Future Stars event will be a fantastic day including: Advice and tips from top employers,...

More Acts of Kindness from our Students

08 Jun 2020

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We’ve received more acts of kindness from our students as they work to help their family and community over this uncertain period. Well done to everyone who gave their time to help someone over the last few weeks. We’d also like to say a special well done to Tommy...

Keeping Active in Isolation

08 Jun 2020

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Our students have been keeping themselves active over the last few weeks by cycling or walking to places in our area. With lockdown being eased it is the ideal opportunity to go on a family bike ride or a walk. Our students have visited the beach, Stadium of Light, Penshaw...

National Skills Week

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Last week we celebrated National Skills Week where we are encouraged our staff and students to try something new and practice a new skill whilst lockdown continues. We had all sorts of submissions showing off the new things people have been trying. From baking to bike rides,...

Spreading Kindness for Mental Health Awareness Week

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Last week was Mental Health Awareness Week and we challenged our students to spend seven days sharing acts of kindness, something that is all the more important in these difficult times. Being kind to others, taking the time to connect and show that you care is not just something...

Taking the Ice Bucket Challenge

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We asked our Year 7 students to take the ice bucket challenge as a fun morale-boosting exercise that they could do together whilst remaining socially distant. As temperatures around the country begin to rise some of our students stepped up to cool off and take the plunge. You can...

A World Record that Really Adds Up

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Have you got what it takes to earn a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title? Guinness World Records has created a new title – Highest score achieved on ‘Times Tables Rock Stars’ in one minute – and we are looking for players to join in Times Tables...

Headteacher’s Award

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Congratulations to Alex Clark (Year 9) She has been working really hard not only schoolwork but also baking, cooking, gardening, looking after and entertaining Milo her dog, ‘pampering’ her mum and keeping herself fit. What an all round star! Other winners this week...

Student Entrepreneurs Making the Most of Lockdown

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A couple of our enterprising students are making the most of their time over lock down! Niall Aiston (Year 7) has been tendering his own horticultural business, cutting grass around his neighbourhood and tidying lawns, he even has his own logos and uniform. During lockdown he has...

Celebrating VE Day

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Our students have been celebrating the VE Day commemorations at home despite the nationwide lockdown. Pupils and their families took the time to paint murals, put up banners and throw tea parties to help mark the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe and the defeat of the Nazis...

A Splash of Solidarity

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Head of Year 7, Mrs Scott, has challenged our students to an ice bucket challenge as a bit of fun to boost moral and ensure we remain a team in Year 7. In these stressful and anxious times, we want to remind our pupils and parents that although when we go to school, we work hard...

Headteacher’s Award

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Congratulations to Ava Nicholson who is this week’s recipient of our headteacher’s award. Ava has shown an amazing commitment to at home learning for science, creating a bio dome, taking a Skype science lesson with her uncle and learning about food chains. She has also...

Students Helping Out at Home

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Our fastidious students have not just been hard at work doing their home learning tasks but have also been lending a hand around the house and garden, helping with all many of home projects to help keep them busy during the lockdown period. Here are just some of the projec...

Taking the Captain Tom Challenge

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Our PE Department have challenged our staff and students to take on the ‘Captain Tom 100 Challenge’ in celebration of Captain Tom Moore who raised million for the NHS by walking lengths of his garden for his 100th Birthday. The challenge asks participants to complete 100 of...

Student Art Gallery

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We’re celebrating the talent of some of our young artists over the next few weeks by bringing you a mini art exhibition of their work for you to enjoy. Below you will find some of the artwork we’ve had submitted by students before and during the lockdown period. We hope you enjoy...

Sport at a Distance

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The children of key workers have been enjoying one of the few sports we can do safely with social distancing during the international outbreak. Pupils picked up their foils and donned masks of a different kind to try their hand at fencing. You can view a short video of their...

Remembering Our Spring Term

04 May 2020

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As we continue home learning into our Summer Term we’ve taken the time to make a short video with a look back at what our students got up to over our Spring Term. We hope this serves as a reminder of the good times our students had at school earlier this year and helps them look...

Turning the Page on our Reading Challenge

04 May 2020

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Our ‘100 Days of Reading’ challenge continues unabated by the school closures, with students taking the chance to fill long days spent stuck at home with a good book, filling their time, igniting their imaginations and improving their literacy all at once! Here’s what some...

Headteacher’s Award

04 May 2020

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This week’s award goes to Adam Young (Year 8) who has astounded us all with his amazing response to the Keith Haring graffiti project! The aim of Haring’s work was to inspire others and brighten up the spaces in worked in. We love how he has not only created...

Messages to Year 11

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Mrs Maw Miss A. Wright Miss Gallon Mrs E. Wright Mrs K. Parker Mr A. Goodwin Mrs A. Johnston

Supporting Our Community

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56 families received free breakfast items today via our link with the Magic Breakfast team. Those families that responded to the MyEd message asking if they would welcome breakfast provision picked up packs for a fortnight’s worth of breakfasts for each child in the...

Post 16 Pathways

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We have produced this helpful guide for parents and students to explain the different post-16 pathways available to students at the end of their time in secondary education. Click here to download our helpful leaflet that will explain the options available to your child.

Year 7 Making Rainbows

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Our creative Year 7 students have turned their skills to showing their support for our amazing NHS during the lockdown period by creative rainbows. You can see a selection of their submissions below.

Stage Success

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Year 7 and 8 were set a project over Easter holidays to make a Theatre Box for Drama, designing their own sets in miniature. They have clearly worked hard and had fun at the same time. You will all agree how wonderful it is to see all of the wonderful work produced by our...

Headteacher’s Award

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Congratulations to Oliver Cowie (Year 7) who has managed to be the first ever student to win a Headteacher’s Award from home! Oliver has also helped to raise money with the help of his fantastic football teams, coaches and family members who were challenged to do 10,000...

Ofqual Announcement on GCSE Grades

17 Apr 2020

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Ofqual Announcement on GCSE and A Level Grades Ofqual have just given further information about how GCSE and A-level grades will be calculated. The full details can be found on Ofqual website and in the letters to parents section which can be found here: Letter to Students Summer...

Student Work of the Week

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Our pupils continue to do some fantastic work from home as they adapt to learning under lockdown. This week’s home-working heroes are: ICT: ⭐ Tito Carlson (Year 7) ⭐ Tyler Mccully (Year 8) GCSE...

Year 7 Hard at Work

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Year 7 students have been working hard from home, completing their daily tasks on Show My Homework whilst also taking part in our ‘100 Days of Reading’ Challenge and ‘PE with Joe Wicks’. Don’t forget, you can visit our ‘Work From Home‘...

Careers Learning at Sandhill

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As part of National Careers Week, Sandhill View were visited by a film crew to speak to students, staff and employers. The highlights video has just been released and it is wonderful to see Sandhill View featured, emphasising the importance of Careers Education in...

PE with Joe Wicks

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As the national lockdown continues, we are encouraging staff and students to take part in Joe Wicks’ body workouts to keep fit and healthy. Joe, is hosting daily sessions via YouTube. People of every generation have been getting involved with Joe’s workouts and he has...

Safeguarding at Home

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We know that parenting and caring for children is often difficult and there are many things which we need to be vigilant with to keep our children safe, happy and healthy. This is especially difficult during the ongoing crisis where children may be spending prolonged periods...

Showing Appreciation

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As the country stood on their doorsteps to applaud the NHS, one of our own students – Leah Simpson (Year 7) showed appreciation in a different way. Leah wanted to do something nice for the NHS and, because she has two little sisters, she decided she wanted to do...

Student Work of the Week

30 Mar 2020

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As our pupils work from home with the tasks our staff are setting them daily, we’d like to take the time to celebrate the successes of the students who have worked hard and succeeded in producing some fantastic work. We look forward to reporting on more excellent...

Mental Health & Wellbeing Support

30 Mar 2020

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At Sandhill View Academy we place the highest important upon the mental wellbeing of our students. Young people in our modern society face many stresses and strains that affect their mental health, especially at school. This is no less important in these difficult times where the...

Reading at Home

30 Mar 2020

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During this period of extended home study there is nothing better you could be doing than reading. It doesn’t have to be a book, it could be a magazine, online blog or autobiography of your favourite celebrity! Reading supports every area of the curriculum and is to the...

National Careers Week 2020

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We celebrated National Careers Week. This included hosting assemblies, a fantastic range of employers joining us in school over lunchtime to speak to our students about job opportunities and all members of staff displaying their Higher Education pathways, making Careers Week...

Young Artists in Exhibition

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Year 10 Art students have created work inspired by ‘Received Wisdom’ an exhibition of contemporary art at the Sunderland Museum. They were inspired by contemporary artists who confront our assumptions about ageing, bringing the young and young at heart together in one...

Sandhill Scholars Study Newcastle University

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Our Year 10 scholars programme students went on an ‘ACE Day’ trip to Newcastle University to learn about university life. They also competed in a scavenger hunt and won out of 15 other groups from across the region! Well done.

A Wonderfully Wordy World Book Day

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Both students and staff celebrated ‘World Book Day’ in school through various activities. All Year 7, 8 and 9 students received a book token which can be used at any participating book store to get either a free World Book Day book or get £1 off a book their choice....

Year 10 & 5 Get Creative