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Introducing Family Breakfast

Keystage 3 students at Sandhill View Academy had their first taste last week of what we are calling ‘Family Breakfast.’ This new initiative is designed to foster the relationship between school and its pupils. Every day, as part of our new extended tutor time, pupils from...
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Building Improvements

Our amazing site staff and contractors have been very busy over the summer break to continue to improve our school building. We’ve not only added in new flooring and more coats of paint to freshen up the building and our outdoor furniture...
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Sizzling Summer School Fun

Over the summer we had a great time hosting our incoming year 7 students for our annual Summer School. This year we had all sorts of amazing activities including inflatable obstacle fun, creative workshops, cooking/baking classes, multi sports activities and much more! Our...
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Hello Year 7

We are once again very happy to welcome our latest cohort of Year 7 students into Sandhill View Academy. Our new pupils joined us on the first week back looking impeccably smart, with plenty of smiles as they lined up in their new form classes in the lovely...
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Welcome Back!

Despite sad circumstances with the death of Her Majesty, it has been a delight to welcome back our students to the new academic year at Sandhill. Pupils returned from their summer break looking refreshed and happy to see their peers and teachers again, ready for an full and...
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Remembering HM Queen Elizabeth II

Today we are deeply saddened by the news of the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, our longest serving monarch. For over 70 years, she has dedicated her life to the service of our country and commonwealth, leading us all with strength, dignity and fortitude. Today staff...
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Back to School!

We hope everyone is having a wonderful summer. We look forward to welcoming students back to school for a staggered start on Wednesday 7th September. Students should arrive five minutes before their start time, at the location shown below: New Year 7 students to be on the...
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Academy Open Evening 2022

We are excited to once again invite everyone to our Academy Open Evening 2022!  Whether you’re a Year 6 parent looking at your child’s future or just interested to see what puts us at the heart of our local community, there’s plenty of fun-filled activities, bundles of free...
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GCSE Results Day 2022

Smiles & Celebrations on GCSE Results Day 2021 There was a fantastic buzz at Sandhill View Academy today, as we welcomed the class of 2022 back in to collect their well-deserved GCSE results. Staff and students came together to celebrate some excellent grades. Sandhill...
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GCSE Results Day Information

GSCE Results Day is this Thursday 25th September. Sandhill View students may collect their results from 9am in the LRC. We ask those attending to collect their results to please enter via the Gindon Lane side entrance and not via main reception as this usual entrance is closed...
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The 2022 Sandhill Games

We saw the return of our Sandhill Games, where our students fight it out in earning glory for their house group. Pupils went head-to-head over a series of events including physical and mental challenges that really showed off the friendly competitive spirit that exists between...
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Welcome to Our Summer Fair

We welcomed in Year 7 & 8 parents and carers to our Academy to enjoy an afternoon with their children at our very first Summer Fair. This was a fantastic chance to enjoy some fun events in a relaxed atmosphere and a chance to win some great prizes from the fun stalls our...
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Activities Days 2022

As usual, our last week of term was jam-packed full of exciting activities for our students to enjoy before the end of the school year. Pupils had the chance to take part in sports events, watch a movie together in our theatre, play video games in our IT suites, challenge their...
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Year 10 Summer School at the Sixth Form

Year 10 students jumped at the chance to visit The Sixth Form at Southmoor for our Year 10 Summer School. Students experienced a breadth of reputable A-level subjects including Art, Literature, Psychology, Sociology, Biology, Engineering, Photography, Health & Social...
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Awards Season Comes to a Close

We closed out Awards season with Year 9 and 10. Parents and carers were delighted to see their children reap the rewards of a successful year at school, with certificates of achievement for every student as well as special form tutor awards for those who have had the best...
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Active Sunderland Gold Award

We are delighted to announce that Sandhill View has achieved the Great Active Sunderland Schools Charter Gold Award. The Great Active Sunderland Schools Charter was launched in September 2015. The Charter has been developed as an improvement tool and to give credit to those key...
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SHV Summer Reading Bingo

Over the summer holidays take part in the ‘Summer Reading Bingo Challenge’. Try to complete all of the tasks on your bingo card throughout the summer for the chance to win a prize! • Complete one line (3 tasks from the same line – horizontally) to be in with a chance to...
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Robotics with Year 6

We invited primary school pupils from our local feeder schools into the academy as we hosted a VEX Robotics workshop. VEX Robotics is an educational robotics tool designed for everyone. VEX solutions span all levels of both formal and informal education with accessible and...
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The Pandemic Project Celebration

Year 8 students who took part in the ‘Pandemics Through Time’ project celebrated their achievements at Palace Green Library, Durham. Students delivered a presentation to their families and guests about the archive they created, and their art pieces were exhibited at...
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Primary Race for Life 2022

Primary school pupils from Years 3, 4 and 5 took part in our annual ‘Sandhill View Race for Life’. All the classes showed great effort running around the course and with some great sportsmanship demonstrated in cheering other runners on. Our Year 8 and 9 students helped organise...
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Prom Perfect

After a break due to Covid-19 related restrictions we welcomed back our much-anticipated Year 11 Prom! After all of the hard work and effort put into their GCSEs it was time for Year 11 to dress up and celebrate in the sunshine for their extravagant Prom at The Ramside Hall...
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School Garden Grand Opening

After much hard work throughout the year by our Eco Team with the support of students from The Bridge and peers in every year group, we held the grand opening of our school garden project, inviting in governors and staff as well as other special guests to see the work our pupils...
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In the Know on Knowledge Organisers

Miss Tallentire took the time to introduce students to the concept of a ‘Knowledge Organiser’. A Knowledge Organiser is a single page document that lists the important facts that children should know by the end of a topic. It is the minimum that needs to be...
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Sandhill View Awards Season Begins

We kicked off our awards celebration season with ceremonies taking place for students in year 7 & 8 who were recognised for their achievement throughout this academic year. Both of our ceremonies were a resounding success with huge turnouts from parents and carers eager to...
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Awards Evenings 2022 Next Week!

Today sees the start of our annual award ceremonies. We’d like to invite you to join us at the Academy to celebrate the success of our students’ achievements throughout this academic year together. The dates and times for each year group are as follows: Year 7 Awards...
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Matilda Wows Audiences

The talented cast and crew of our long-awaited school production of Matilda wowed a packed-out audience of parents, teachers, and guests from our local community. Onlookers were stunned by the talent and enthusiasm shown by our students who have been hard at work for many...
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Year 7 & 8 Summer Fair

We are delighted to invite parents to come along to our Year 7 and 8 Summer Fair. We have all had a very challenging couple of years and as a result our doors at Sandhill View Academy have been open less. To readdress the balance we would like to invite you to come along and...
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Transition Week 2022

We welcomed over 150 Year 6 pupils from primary schools across the city to join us for three days of finding out everything they need to know about Sandhill View Academy, thus making their transition to secondary school in September much less daunting for them.   It was...
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Awaiting Matilda

It’s now less than a week until our school production of Matilda hits the stage! The cast and crew are putting the finishing touches to the show which looks to be one of our most ambitious performances yet. The show is for one night only on Thursday 30th June at 5pm and we...
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Summer Uniform Pop Up Shop

Over the summer break, our school uniform supplier, Elizabeth’s Embroidery, are holding a pop up shop at the school on the following dates and times: Monday 25th July 11am – 3pm  Monday 15th August 12pm – 4pm. Access to our school site for both dates will...
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Charlie Reaching New Highs

As featured in this week’s Headteacher’s Award, we celebrate the sporting success of Charlie Hutchinson (Year 8) who is surely on the way to becoming a trampolining super star. Not only has Charlie recently won the Sunderland Schools Trampolining Competition but...
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How Our Garden Grows

Students have been working on the expansion of another four vegetable beds to expand our ability to grow more food. We have also picked our first set of Little Gem lettuce and radish! As the peak of summer is ahead of us, we are certainly looking forward to harvesting more...
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Discovering the Rocky World

Year 7 are currently studying ‘The Rocky World’, a recent lesson was understanding the importance of soil. With the beautiful weather, it was an excellent opportunity for students to go out to the school garden to complete the lesson outside.  During the lesson...
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One Last Farewell

We invited our Year 11 students to join us one last time for their special leavers’ assembly. After completing their final GCSE exam, our students came together with their Year Leader, Miss Clarkson, our Headteacher Mrs Dodd and special guest, Trust CEO, Mrs Maw. in this...
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The Pandemic Project

Year 8 students from Southmoor and Sandhill took part in an exclusive ‘Pandemics Through Time’ project with Newcastle University and Durham University. They spent 4 days exploring both historic pandemics and COVID-19 through different academic lenses. Students visited...
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Matilda Rehearsals Intensify As Show Draws Near

As our latest school musical production approaches we are intensifying rehearsals to perfect the show. Our pupils are working hard both on stage and behind the scenes to bring this all-singing, all dancing production of hit musical Matila to life and make it our best one yet. The...
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Primary School Commonwealth Games

We hosted a ‘Commonwealth Games’ sports day for our local feeder primary schools. Each of our feeder primaries had ten students representing them, competing in a variety of track and field events. Much fun was had by all as friendly local rivalries led to some exciting...
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SMSC Poster Competition Winners

Congratulations to the Keystage 3 students who were selected as winners for our first SMSC poster competition. The standard was really high across the board but these six pupils created, we thought, the most effective designs. They will now have an opportunity to make the posters...
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Bright Sparks Return

Sandhill View’s mathematicians attended their final Bright Sparks event where they tackled advanced logic and network mapping problems. These included the famous Konigsberg bridge problem and used ideas from Euler to determine the outcome. Well done to all our future...
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Transition Evening 2022

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...
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Artist Workshop With Year 10

Year 10 artists were lucky enough to work with contemporary artist, Paul Raymond creating drawings and sculptures inspired by Nostalgia. They even created moving artwork they could race at the end of the session. Students showed incredible resilience, creativity and impeccable...
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Goodbye Year 11

We said goodbye to Year 11 students after weeks of incredibly hard work in revision sessions and completing their GCSE examinations. We release them for study leave for their final few exams and to enjoy their prom. We await their all-important results in August and look forward...
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Sandhill Ski 2023 Open For Signups!

Miss Malloy and Mrs Barnes introduced our students to all the details regarding our ‘Sandhill Ski’ school trip 2023. Students in Years 7, 8 & 9 (going into Years 8, 9 & 10 next year) will have the opportunity to join us for an exciting adventure in the mountains of...
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Gardening Glory

After a week of half term the weeds had certainly grown in the school garden! Students have been working extremely hard to keep on top of the things. The vegetables are growing well and in the coming weeks, lettuce, radish, and spring onions will be ready to be harvested!...
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Year 10 Progress Evening 2022

Our Year 10 Pupil Progress Evening will take place at Sandhill View Academy on Monday 4th July 2022 from 4.00pm to 6.30pm, where subject teachers will be available to discuss your child’s current progress, performance and behaviour for learning. I am sure you will find this...
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Generation Green on Video

Following our Eco Team’s trip to Boggle Hole the Youth Hostel Association’s ‘Generation Green’ program have released a video made whilst the team were there, highlighting our visit and discussing the benefits that this experience has on young peopl...
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Year 10 Work Experience

  Our Year 10 students who have secured work placements were out at work across the area 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...
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Geography Trip

Students from our GCSE Geography course were out and about conducting field work, collecting data and information for their geographical survey coursework. Pupils studied the effects of longshore drift as well as the effects of erosion evident on the beaches at Seaham in...
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Sandhill View Wembley Take Over

History was made as Sunderland AFC enjoyed their first playoff final victory in front of 47,000 supporters at Wembley Stadium. The 2-0 victory means Sunderland will be playing Championship football for the first time in four years. It was an occasion which will live long in the...
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Sandhill Ski Returns!

We are delighted to announce that we are launching our ski trip after the half term. Students will be offered the chance to go skiing in Andorra March 2023. Mrs Barnes and Miss Malloy will be launching the ski trip during assembly. If your child is interested in the trip please...
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