Sandhill View Academy

Activities Days 2022

19 Jul 2022

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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...

Year 10 Summer School at the Sixth Form

18 Jul 2022

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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...

Awards Season Comes to a Close

18 Jul 2022

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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...

Active Sunderland Gold Award

13 Jul 2022

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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...

SHV Summer Reading Bingo

13 Jul 2022

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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...

Robotics with Year 6

13 Jul 2022

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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...

The Pandemic Project Celebration

12 Jul 2022

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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...

Primary Race for Life 2022

12 Jul 2022

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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...

Prom Perfect

12 Jul 2022

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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...

School Garden Grand Opening

11 Jul 2022

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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...

In the Know on Knowledge Organisers

11 Jul 2022

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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...

Sandhill View Awards Season Begins

11 Jul 2022

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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...

Awards Evenings 2022 Next Week!

05 Jul 2022

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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...

Matilda Wows Audiences

04 Jul 2022

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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...

Year 7 & 8 Summer Fair

04 Jul 2022

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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...

Transition Week 2022

04 Jul 2022

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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...

Awaiting Matilda

29 Jun 2022

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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...

Summer Uniform Pop Up Shop

29 Jun 2022

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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...

Charlie Reaching New Highs

29 Jun 2022

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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...

How Our Garden Grows

28 Jun 2022

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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...

Discovering the Rocky World

27 Jun 2022

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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...

One Last Farewell

27 Jun 2022

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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...

The Pandemic Project

27 Jun 2022

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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...

Matilda Rehearsals Intensify As Show Draws Near

23 Jun 2022

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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...

Primary School Commonwealth Games

23 Jun 2022

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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...

SMSC Poster Competition Winners

22 Jun 2022

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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...

Bright Sparks Return

22 Jun 2022

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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...

Transition Evening 2022

21 Jun 2022

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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...

Artist Workshop With Year 10

21 Jun 2022

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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...

Goodbye Year 11

21 Jun 2022

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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...

Sandhill Ski 2023 Open For Signups!

15 Jun 2022

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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...

Gardening Glory

14 Jun 2022

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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!...

Year 10 Progress Evening 2022

14 Jun 2022

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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...

Generation Green on Video

13 Jun 2022

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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...

Year 10 Work Experience

01 Jun 2022

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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...

Geography Trip

01 Jun 2022

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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...

Sandhill View Wembley Take Over

31 May 2022

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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...

Sandhill Ski Returns!

31 May 2022

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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...

Outdoor Skills with the Prince’s Trust

30 May 2022

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Currently two groups of students from KS3 are completing a Prince’s Trust project focusing on teamwork. As part of the course, they visited a forest in Teesdale and learnt to build campfires and how to safely cook outside. The students all took a role in...

Class Glass

30 May 2022

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Year 8 & 9 students who were involved in the DesignLab Nation project visited the National Glass Centre as a celebration of the amazing work they produced during the project. The students were presented with a certificate and were able to see their work displayed in the...

Published Publicity

25 May 2022

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You may remember Sandhill View’s own aspiring student author Darcie Peters and her first novel being published online. Darcie has recently enjoyed some publicity for her writing efforts with an article about her story in the Sunderland Echo. Darcie is extremely passionate about...

Why Queue with the Riot Act

24 May 2022

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All Year 7 students attended a special interactive theatre-style presentation, 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 range of...

Mental Health Matters

23 May 2022

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We welcomed representatives from the national charity ‘Mental Health Matters.’ The charity’s aims are to promote the wellbeing of persons who are experiencing mental or physical health problems or illnesses; however those problems or illnesses have arisen. Mental health...

Global Acts of Unity

23 May 2022

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Some of our Year 10 students were fortunate to attend a presentation by Mike Haines, founder of the charity Global Acts of Unity. Mike set up the charity after his brother, David, a humanitarian aid worker, was murdered by Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014. David had been working to...

GCSE Exams Commence

23 May 2022

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Our year 11 students began their ultimate test of their time at Sandhill View Academy. Our pupils have been working hard in revision classes to prepare for the first formal, in-school GCSE examinations in over two years. The behaviour of our year 11 group has been impeccable...

Eco Team Dig-In

18 May 2022

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At this time of year, the garden is buzzing back to life and our school garden is no exception. It has been an extremely busy few weeks for our Eco Team. Students have been planting beetroot and radish directly into our vegetable garden and have been hardening off existing plants...

Sing Like a Star Workshop

17 May 2022

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Our Drama students were lucky enough to have visit from a professional Musical Theatre performer! The workshop covered some key themes which reflect our current society, such as body shaming, bullying and discrimination creating some thought provoking performances...

One Last Derby

17 May 2022

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To celebrate the end of the sporting year, our Year 11 students hosted a Trust derby against their counterparts from our sister school, Southmoor Academy. This was the last time many of our team members will pull on the Sandhill jersey to represent their school in competition...

Matilda Getting Set for the Stage

16 May 2022

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The cast of our upcoming school musical ‘Matilda’ were in rehearsals, hard at work practising their blocking, choreography and signing read for what proves to be an exciting show at the end of the school year. This is one of our largest casts in recent years and it’s fantastic to...

Discussing Determination

16 May 2022

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Mrs Southwick spoke to students about having determination. Pupils were encouraged to think about the adversity they are experiencing in their life right now, the difficult or unpleasant situations they are facing. They were then encouraged to think about such...

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