The ‘Scholars Programme’ is a 1-year academic programme for Year 10 students. The year is made up of three elements – a lecture phase, a study skills phase and a project phase. In the lecture phase, students attend a weekly guest lecture on a Wednesday after school, from October-February half term. In the past, this has included skeleton science, comic book drawing, cosmology in an inflatable planetarium, a crime scene investigation, and much more! It’s a great opportunity to cover a range of interesting topics that go above and beyond the school curriculum. From February-Easter, students attend a series of study skills sessions, to provide them with the ability to work independently and at a high level.
 
Finally, the students design their own academic project – either an essay or an artefact. In the past, this has included music composition, an artistic drawing, and an essay on the merits of space travel. Punctuated throughout the year are several university visits to institutions such as Newcastle, Sunderland, Durham and Cambridge, finished off with an end-of-year graduation event for students and families. 
 
Spaces are limited. Year 10 students have until 2^nd October to reply.

You can watch a video of our previous year’s scholars students from both Sandhill View and Southmoor Academy, who are all now studying at our Sixth Form at Southmoor, talk about their experiences on the programme by clicking below: