Sandhill View Academy

A Tale as Old as Time

15 Feb 2024

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Our performing arts club students have recently been hard at work on our school’s rendition of the classic Disney musical ‘Beauty and the Beast.’ Our production of Beauty and the Beast premieres next month on Monday 18th and Tuesday 19th March. Don’t miss out on this enchanting...

Police Awareness on Anti-Social Behaviour

15 Feb 2024

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Last week we were joined by representative from Northumbria Police who spoke to Year 10 students discussing the topic of anti-social behaviour, with particular focus on illegal nuisance motorbikes as this is an increasing issue locally. Antisocial use of a vehicle is more than a...

Children’s Mental Health Awareness Week

12 Feb 2024

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Last week in assembly we were joined by a representative from South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Trust as part of Children’s Mental Health Week. Our guests spoke to students about the importance of wellbeing and mental health, siting examples such as signer Lewis Capaldi who has...

National Apprenticeship Week 2024

12 Feb 2024

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Last week, we celebrated National Apprenticeship Week in school – an opportunity for students to learn about the world of apprenticeships as a possible future pathway. We had ASK apprenticeships deliver an assembly and workshops to our Year 11 students whilst Year 8, 9 and...

Exploring Architecture at Farrell

12 Feb 2024

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Last week a small group of students from Year 8 and 9 visited the Farrell Centre in Newcastle University. Students visited an interactive contemporary art exhibition called ‘The Architect has Left the Building’. It’s an exhibition revolving around a large-scale...

IT Exploration with the Altitude Foundation

07 Feb 2024

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Altitude Foundation visited Computing classes throughout the day on Friday 26th January delivering engaging physical computing sessions to help develop the student’s coding skills. Altitude Foundation are a charity who support students in Y8-11 to engage with programming,...

SHV Alumni Inspires Our Scholars

07 Feb 2024

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Year 11 and Year 10 Scholars all attended a lecture with a guest speaker last week. Curtis is one of our very own Alumni who graduated SHV in 2013. Curtis is working on a PHD at St Andrews University. He graduated from the university as a Geologist and has been working in this...

Girls’ Team in Tournament

05 Feb 2024

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Last week our girls football squad were on the pitch at Kepier for a local schools’ tournament. The girls played four games at a 7-aside tournament held at Kepier. They managed two wins, one draw and a loss. Mention must go to Amelia Cooney’s excellent technique which led...

Promoting Positivity

05 Feb 2024

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Last week in assembly we were once again happy to welcome back Andy from Wearside Youth for Christ. Andy gave one of his typically animated assemblies about positivity, optimism and hope. After challenging our student volunteers to a tricky task of using chopsticks to lift...

Year 9 KS4 Options Evening

05 Feb 2024

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Year 9 options evening will be held on Wednesday the 14th February 2024. Next week we will be starting the GCSE Options process with Year 9 students and parents/carers. This is a very important transition point in the education of a young person as they make a decision...

Myths & Legends with Sandhill Scholars

31 Jan 2024

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Scholars and a group of Year 9 students were given a lecture by Oxford University last week. The session involved critical thinking involving the study of Greek Mythology. They listened to stories and looked at artifacts. In addition to this they learnt about Oxbridge and routes...

Holocaust Memorial Assembly

29 Jan 2024

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In last week’s assemblies, students embarked on a poignant journey of reflection, as we commemorated Holocaust Memorial Day on the 27th of January. This day serves as a solemn reminder of the six million Jewish people who tragically lost their lives at the hands of the...

Science Live Workshop

29 Jan 2024

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Last week Usmaa from the Royal Institute came back for a second year to present an interactive and engaging show about cells. Year 7 and 8 got to see how diseases spread and how antibodies and vaccines work. Families were then invited to an explosive rocket based show. All shows...

DesignLab Pizza Perfection

24 Jan 2024

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Last Wednesday afternoon students who took part in the DeisgnLab Nation trip to London were rewarded with a Pizza Party and Movie afternoon. For all of their hard work, dedication and maturity, it is only right we treat the students to a celebratory afternoon. Their attitude...

Astrophotographers

24 Jan 2024

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We have partnered with Kielder observatory to offer Year 10 and 11 students a once in a lifetime experience to explore Astrophotography with professional Astronomers and Astrophotographers. We began by attending a Photography lecture where students were introduced to photography...

SMART Scholars

24 Jan 2024

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Scholars students enjoyed another session with Molly from Durham University last week. Molly was talking to the students about SMART targets, how to write them and why they are important. The students spent time looking at examples and then wrote their own SMART targets based on...

Robotics at Nissan

24 Jan 2024

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For the first year Sandhill View entered a team into the VEX Robotics IQ competition held at Nissan. Nine Year 7 students who have been working tirelessly in their lunchtimes to design, build and code a robot went to compete. They held their own competing against 15 other schools...

Year 10 Progress Evening

22 Jan 2024

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Our Year 10 Pupil Progress Evening will take place at Sandhill View Academy on Wednesday 24th January 2023 from 4.00pm to 6.30pm, where subject teachers will be available to discuss your child’s current progress, performance and behaviour for learning. This is an excellent...

Smashed Live

22 Jan 2024

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Last week we were joined by actors from the ‘Smashed Live’ tour. Smashed Live is an inspiring live theatre experience touring schools with interactive workshops for students. Smashed empowers young people to explore the themes raised through a natural fascination with the...

Healthy Heads in January

17 Jan 2024

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January can be a tough time for everyone, including young people. The Health Heads Mental Health Support Team are here to support children and young people who are struggling with Mild-Moderate Mental Health Difficulties. The Healthy Heads Team is a Mental Health Support Team...

Josh Green Performance

17 Jan 2024

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Year 8 took part in a live theatre-style performance by The Riot Act called ‘Josh Green’. This lively presentation gave students the opportunity to explore pedestrian safety, including on public transport, raising awareness of pedestrian dangers such as distractions (phones,...

Spring Term Key Dates

15 Jan 2024

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Robots at the Ready

15 Jan 2024

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This year Sandhill View has teams competing in the VEX IQ and Vex V5 competitions. As the competitions start this week the students have been working hard in their own time to complete and test their robot designs. Stay tuned to the blog for more information on how their...

Autumn Term Achievement Awards

15 Jan 2024

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Last week in assemblies we celebrated the success of our students over the Autumn Term. Mr Goodwin spoke to each Year Group in turn about the milestones they have achieved so far this year. Many children have already achieved the ‘SHV 1000’ certificate, where they have...

End of Term Winter Wonderland

08 Jan 2024

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We rounded off our term in a suitably festive style by rewarding our 95 for 95 and 100 for 100 students. Last term we ran incentives to encourage students to give us at least 95% attendance and behaviour which means being in school with a good attitude towards learning. As a...

Celebrating Our Reading Leaders

08 Jan 2024

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Some of our Year 10 students have been volunteering to help support some of our Year 8 students with their reading fluency and comprehension during tutor-time. We are extremely proud of how mature and supportive they have been over the last term and appreciate their on-going help...

Students Seek Out Sunderland Uni

08 Jan 2024

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Last month, as part of our careers program all of Year 10 were taken to Sunderland University for the day. Three coaches arrived taking us all to the central campus. On arrival we headed to the Murray Lecture Theatre where we carried out ice breaker games and were introduced to...

SHV Maths Bright Sparks

18 Dec 2023

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Last Friday, a group of fantastic Year 9 mathematicians attended their first ‘Bright Sparks’ trip where they learned how to use Gauss’ formula to calculate the sum of terms in an Arithmetic or Geometric sequence. This is the first of three sessions that will...

Army STEM Workshop

18 Dec 2023

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Last week Year 7 were in Army workshops with a focus on disaster relief. They looked at the full range of jobs that the army provides, including search and rescue. Using Lego spike robots they designed, built and coded robots to find and rescue victims.

A Festive Thank you

13 Dec 2023

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From Monday, to get into the Christmas spirit, we have been raising money for charity through our ‘Thank You Candy Canes’. Our student council has been going from class to class every morning during form time selling these festive treats. They are £1 for staff and 50p for...

The Big Book Buzz

13 Dec 2023

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Last week Year 7 and 8 received their very own book as a gift from the school through the Book Trust ‘Bookbuzz’ programme. This year we’re encouraging students to use their Bookbuzz book to take part in a sponsored read-a-thon for the charity Read for Good. Read...

Christmas Jumper Day 2023

11 Dec 2023

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We once again took part in Save the Children’s annual Christmas Jumper Day. Pupils were asked to attend school wearing a suitably seasonal jumper alongside their usual school uniform. Thank you to everyone that got into the festive spirit and took part, helping us raise awareness...

DesignLab in London

11 Dec 2023

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As part of the DesignLab Nation trip students visited London and the V&A. Students explored the Fashion, Ceramic and Design departments to gain inspiration for their product inspired by Sowerby Glass. Students got involved in a variety of drawing exercises and even got the...

Introducing: SHV Stay Connected

06 Dec 2023

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We have launched a new system to allow us to stay in touch with students once they have left our school. This is called an alumni network. You will receive further information about this at school events. In the meantime if you have any children, family members (even yourself)...

CSI: Sandhill

06 Dec 2023

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Last Wednesday saw the final meeting with the student mentors. The group of Year 10s were also treated as part of the ‘STEM Like Us’ programme to a forensic science workshop where they got to work in teams to compete, not only against each other but against other...

Students Cook Up Wholesome Harvest Food

04 Dec 2023

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Last week Year 9 students used produce from the school garden to make soups and muffins in their technology lessons. We used pumpkin, onions, potatoes and leeks to make pumpkin soup, leek & potato soup and pumpkin & raisin muffins. You can see photos of some of their...

Christmas Card Competition Winners 2023

04 Dec 2023

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Well done to: Abigail Kuppamadathil (Year 7), who won our art competition to create this year’s official academy Christmas card. Abigail impressed the judges with an elaborate layered and cut out composition that folded to create a reflective festive scene. Well done Abigail, the...

Stargazing Students

04 Dec 2023

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Last Thursday we welcomed staff from Kielder Observatory to introduce their Astrophotography course to the Year 10s. As part of the course other students from across the school were invited to experience the planetarium, where the students were treated to a tour of the night sky...

Year 9 Progress Evening

29 Nov 2023

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Our Year 9 Pupil Progress Evening will take place at Sandhill View Academy on Wednesday 6th December from 4.00pm to 6.00pm. Subject Teachers will be available to discuss your child’s current academic progress, together with their behaviour for learning. Staff will also be able...

Design Lab Nation

29 Nov 2023

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Students started their DesignLab Nation journey last Thursday at the Shipley Art Gallery. Students were challenged with the design task of creating an object, whether it be functional or aesthetic, inspired by Sowerby Glassworks. Students will be developing their textile and...

Year 7 Athletes Compete for SHV

28 Nov 2023

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Students from Year 7 represented the school in their first Sunderland school’s Indoor athletics competition. The students competed in a range of track and field events. All our students give 100% and should great resilience and determination. The students competed in both...

Talking Railway Safety

28 Nov 2023

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Last Friday we were joined by representative from The British Transport Police and Network Rail who spoke to our Year 7 & 8 pupils about the importance of being safe around our railway lines. Latest figures show that there were 18,517 trespass incidents on the British rail...

Christmas Attendance Incentives

27 Nov 2023

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As the end of term draws closer, we are once again introducing a suite of incentives to encourage students to continue to keep up their good behaviour and excellent attendance all the way to the end of term. This includes the chance to win double positive points, the opportunity...

Discovering Durham

27 Nov 2023

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32 of our fabulous Year 7’s visited Durham Cathedral on Thursday 23rd November. We had a tour of the historic building and explored the museum to find out more about life in different periods in Durham’s past. We visited the treasures of Saint Cuthbert and interviewed the...

Thinking Faces

21 Nov 2023

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Over the last 2-3 weeks during art lessons, Year 7 students have been completing facial feature workshops in a variety of materials. They experimented with tonal pencil, biro pen and watercolour paint. We are absolutely over the moon with the quality of the year 7 work so far...

Reading Information Evening

21 Nov 2023

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Last week we invited parents into school to discuss the importance of reading and how being a competent reader can lead to academic success. Ms Dolan and Mrs Patel explained the process of learning to read with parents and explained the reading interventions that we have in place...

STEM Like Us

20 Nov 2023

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Last week saw the start of a selection of Year 10 students signing onto a mentoring program where they get coached by a mentor from industry or university about their career pathway. Led by Generating Genius, an organisation that aim to inspire fresh thinking, bridging the skills...

SHV Careers Fair 2023

20 Nov 2023

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Once again, our school hosted its annual Careers Fair, offering every pupil the valuable opportunity to engage with a diverse array of exhibitors. Students seized the chance to converse with a broad spectrum of professionals, educational institutions, and training providers,...

Year 10 Information Evening Success

14 Nov 2023

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Thank you to everyone who attended last Monday’s Year 10 Information Evening. It was an excellent opportunity for parents and carers to learn about Key Stage 4, the important milestones and dates involved, what is expected of students and how to maximise their support for their...

Why Queue?

14 Nov 2023

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All Year 7 students attended a special interactive theatre-style presentation this Friday, delivered by a visiting group called “The Riot Act”. The presentation encouraged students to think carefully about safe and sustainable travel options and it raised the awareness of the...

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