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Our Uniform provider, Elizabeth’s Embroidery, will be running their pop-up shops on site on the 24th July, 3rd August and 14th August between 11am-2pm for any student or parent wanting direct access to our supplier. Parents and carers should please access the building via...

Transition Evening 2023

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Sandhill View would like to extend our gratitude to what was a highly successful event for Year 6 students and their parents. It was excellent to see so many of our future students excited about joining us at the Academy, meeting their form teachers, completing enrolment...

Station Appreciation

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Throughout April and May, our pupils took part in a collaborative art project for a new mural that will adorn the walls of Sunderland’s new train terminal, which is currently under construction. Last Wednesday, Year 8 pupils enjoyed a celebratory lunch at Betsy Jenny Cafe...

Goodbye & Good Luck Year 11

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We said goodbye to Year 11 students after weeks of incredibly hard work in revision sessions and upon completing their GCSE examinations. We release them for study leave for their final few exams and to enjoy their prom in a few weeks as well as their special leaver’s...

Malicous Communications Workshop

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This half term, we are delighted to have Kerry from the Violence Reduction Unit at Northumbria Police Force, visiting our classes to deliver workshops on topics that may impact our local community and some of our young people. Last week pupils covered Malicious Communications and...

Sandhill Scholars Get University Ready

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Year 10 last week had a seminar with Matthew from Sunderland University. He spent time discussing with students how they could be university ready- what did they need to do to prepare for choices which are not that far away!

Year 7 Go Behind the Scenes

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Last Tuesday a group of Year 7 students visited the Sunderland Empire. The students took part in a creative workshop, resulting in a performance from each of the groups! After lunch, the students were given the opportunity to have a tour of the Empire. We got to visit parts of...

Breathing Spaces

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This week we were visited by representatives from the ‘Breathing Space’ project who were with a group of Year 7 girls to provide a fun learning activity outside of the usual curriculum. Breathing Space is an innovative whole family project by Together for Children that...

Farrell Fun

12 Jun 2023

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A group of Year 9 students attended Newcastle University last Monday as part of the first day of the Farrell project. This was a fantastic day! Students spent time in the library looking at the archives, including bibles from 1481, items found from World War One, Queen...

Year 10 Work Experience 2023

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Our Year 10 students who secured work placements were out at work learning about the essential skills needed in the jobs they have chosen to try their hand at. Over 100 students were out on placement at various places including primary schools, engineering, wind turbine...

Mental Health Coffee Morning

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On Thursday morning we invited members of our local community for a relaxing coffee morning with our Leadership Team and representatives from the NHS mental support team. The theme of the morning was, of course, mental health, and our visitors took the chance to discuss...

Scenic Slinkachu

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Our Year 9 photographers took photos in the school garden today, recreating the work of Slinkachu. Students explored the garden creating different scenes with small figurines. Students loved using their imagination to influence their photoshoots and thoroughly enjoyed getting...

Salter’s Discovery Day

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On Wednesday, ten Year 9 students had the opportunity to take part in a Salters’ Institute Chemistry Discovery Day at Newcastle University. Students took part in a three-hour lab session producing aspirin, they independently followed a method in a fume cupboard and measured...

Awesome Athletes Compete for SHV

24 May 2023

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Students from Year 8 and 9 represented Sandhill View, competing against seven other schools at the Sunderland School’s Athletics Championship. Our students took part in all the running and throwing events. Our students were up against some tough competition as some of the...

Mastering Microbits

24 May 2023

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Last week in Computing lessons Year 10 students have been using their problem solving and creativity skills to build circuits using breadboards and Micro:Bits. The students have been working independently on different projects using a range of new components. They have...

Swim Gala Glory

23 May 2023

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Our students took part in the first Sunderland Schools Swimming Gala post Covid. Year 7 and Year 8 took part in individual and team events. All students swam really well and placed high in the heats. Special mention to Peyton Lancaster (Year 8) who qualified for the 25m freestyle...

Fantastic Fundraising Final Total

23 May 2023

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Thank you to everyone who took part in our recent fundraising event for Comic Relief. We can now reveal the final total raised on the evening of our special pantomime performance was £348! Well done to everyone who made it happen from our performers, their supporting crew, the...

Growing Success in our School Garden

23 May 2023

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The weather last week meant that students from the Eco Team and the Bridge were incredibly busy planting out a variety of vegetables from onions and potatoes to cabbages and carrots. May is the month where night-time temperatures start to increase and this means that plant growth...

Daring Dodgeball

22 May 2023

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Our Year 7 and 8 boys competed in the Sunderland School Games Dodgeball competition last week. They won three of their games and managed to secure third place in the tournament. All of the boys played well and showed good sportsmanship following the rules. Special mentio...

Eco Photography

22 May 2023

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Some of our Year 10 photographers visited the Eco Garden last week to take photographs of the landscape. They took macro (close up) photographs of the plants growing as well as wider landscape shots. It was lovely to get outside for a change and enjoy the amazing work of the Eco...

Building Bridges for Careers in Physics Week

22 May 2023

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Last week we looked at careers in Physics. One area of study was architecture and civil engineering. We took a look through history at one of our most famous civil engineers, Isambard Kingdom Brunel and students had the opportunity to design and make models of structures that...

NCS This Summer?

16 May 2023

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NCS are offering an amazing opportunity for our students in Year 11 to do something meaningful over summer and a chance to develop skills and take on new challenges that will set them up for adult life as part of a 5 night residential. Year 11 will have the chance to choose from...

Year 10 Elevate

16 May 2023

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Last Wednesday afternoon, all year 10 students took part in their introductory session with a Elevate Education. Elevate’s study skills workshops and seminars are designed to achieve behavioural change amongst students. It isn’t enough that students simply understand what they...

Amazing Coding Skills

15 May 2023

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Last Tuesday we had a visit from HMRC to show students a different side of a government organisation other than tax. It was explained that an integral part of their job was linked to the gov.uk website and making code. The hands-on workshop allowed students to code some sphero...

Careers in Graphics Week

10 May 2023

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Last week in Graphics, pupils learned about the various careers that they could pursue using the skills they learn in Art and Design lessons. Pupils focused on Graphics Design as a career with particular emphasis on packaging design. Students created their own sweet packaging and...

Attendance Matters Most This Summer Term

09 May 2023

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Last week we received details of our attendance and attitudes to learning incentives for students over this term. Year 7 & 8 students are being challenged to maintain 100% attendance this term alongside positive academic progress to have a chance to be part of a Summer...

Year 8 Artists in Training

09 May 2023

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Year 8 Art and Geography students attended the Art Rooms in Sunderland to complete their painting project for the train station. Students created art which will be installed around the train station while improvement work is underway as part of Sunderland’s regeneration...

Fundraising Riley

04 May 2023

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Well done to Riley Greener (Year 10) who last weekend completed a charity trek on a 16km circular route from Seathwaite up to Scafell Pike. Riley is raising money for the Lullaby Trust in honour of his little sister who sadly passed away to SIDs last year. Riley was obviously...

Eco Team Tidy-Up

03 May 2023

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Over the last two weeks students from the Eco Team and volunteers have worked tirelessly to take part in the national event “The Great Big School Clean Up”. They have been clearing the hedgerows, yards, and general school grounds of litter. They collected 11 bags...

RHS School Garden Finalists!

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Earlier this term the Eco Team received the fantastic news that they have been selected as one of ten school gardening groups nationally to go through to the next round of the RHS School Gardening Team of the Year! This is an absolutely superb achievement and proof...

Army Youth Challenge

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Students from year’s 9 and 10 travelled to Albemarle Barracks to take part in the Army Youth Challenge course. Students took part in activities such as an assault course, fitness tests, bridge building, observation tasks and a careers talk. The students successfully...

Fake Exam Material Warning

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We are aware of reports of Summer 2023 exam materials being advertised on social media platforms, such as TikTok, Instagram and Telegram. We constantly monitor these platforms and we’re in touch with them to try and remove these posts. Please let your...

Search for a Star 2023

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Last week saw the return of the annual Sunderland Search for a Star, held at Sunderland College’s Bede Campus Arts Academy Theatre. With a panel of esteemed judges, the different acts of varying artforms performed in their bid for a chance to win a recording session at the...

The STEM Truck Parks Up at SHV