Sandhill View Academy

Last week we staged a mock general election as the rest of the country went to the polls. Many of our students will be eligible to vote in the next general election so hopefully this experience has given them some food for thought and will spur them on to remain politically...

Head of School’s Blog #11

13 Mar 2017

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Head of School’s Blog #10

01 Mar 2017

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Introducing our New Student Council

23 Jan 2017

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Student voice in any school is essential and here at Sandhill View this is undertaken in a very democratic way with the year 11 students electing a Head Boy and Head Girl to be ambassadors for the Academy each academic year. This year we are proud to have both Lewis Charlton and...

Cross Country Colossuses

08 Dec 2016

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After an extremely wet cross-country session, a number of our PE students arrived safely back at Sandhill View with excellent set of results for our school. All students were a real asset to the academy and embraced the harsh conditions, with the following having qualified for...

Head of School’s Blog

27 May 2016

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Countdown Conundrum

01 Apr 2016

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Just before the end of Term Years 7, 8, and 9 recently took part in a Countdown competition, based on the popular TV show, which proved to be a great success. Representing their tutor groups, in teams of 2, nominated students worked on a series of challenging number and word...

Sweet Science

17 Mar 2016

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On Monday morning our Science Technician, Miss. Thomson, brought in 120 cupcakes to be arranged in the order of the periodic table by our lovely World Challenge students. They sold out in under 10 minutes and raised another £60 for world challenge. Thank you to everyone who...

Author Spooks Year 7

26 Feb 2016

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A huge thank you to world renowned author Joseph Delaney who came into school before half term to present to our Year 7’s about his life as an author and the influences behind his multimillion selling Wardstone Chronicles series. The highlight of this was hearing Joseph describe...

University Calling…

01 Feb 2016

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The Sixth Form at Southmoor was buzzing on Wednesday night. Not only did we have a fantastic turnout from Sandhill View pupils, but there were more students from schools across the city than we’ve ever had before. Clearly the word is beginning to spread – they also...

Open Morning

07 Jan 2016

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We are holding a Careers Open Morning at the school on Saturday 16th January 9.00am to 12:00 noon. This will give potential applicants for the teaching roles available this year at the academy an opportunity to see the school and hear about our plans as well as talking to key...

Baltic Creative Careers Visit

23 Oct 2015

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As a way to kick start a brand new GCSE course at SHV we took the entire photography cohort to the Baltic centre for contemporary art in Gateshead and to the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens to take some exciting shots for their projects. Students attended various...

The Book Club is back.

16 Oct 2015

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The VI Book Club will be starting up again this month. The Book Club is the only club in the country of its type for children with visual impairment and we are delighted that it is to continue this year. Sandhill View pupils with visual impairment have attended the club on a...

SHV Open Evening

25 Sep 2015

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On Wednesday 23rd September we held our Academy Open Evening. The event was a huge success with record numbers of parents turning up with their children, curious to see the massive changes and improvements happening at the school. After a short presentation in the theatre that...

Open Evening 2015

14 Sep 2015

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At Sandhill View Academy, we pride ourselves on being a school with its heart in the community. We believe that if lessons are exciting and challenging, if young people are successful, if they are involved in their learning and in school life, then our Academy will act as a...

Our G.C.S.E results are in!

25 Aug 2015

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A difficult year involving a lot of hard work from students and staff has certainly paid off, following our recent GCSE results! We are delighted to be the second most improved school in Sunderland, regarding our five A*-C’s including English and maths figures – 46% of our...

Sports Day 2015

14 Aug 2015

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On the last week of term this year we held our annual sports days. Each year group from years 7 – 9 took up the colours of a country to represent them across several events. Teams competed with each other to score points across a host of events such as 100m sprint, discus,...

Art & Design Showcase

13 Aug 2015

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Starting on Tuesday 7th July our G.C.S.E art students got to the chance to show off their creative talents in the Summer Art Show which took place in the school theatre. From the opening preview night on the 7th the show was open to the public on the evenings and to the students...

Fame!

11 Aug 2015

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Between Tuesday the 30th June and Thursday 2nd July our drama enrichment pupils staged a fantastic rendition of the musical fame at the school to very appreciateive audiences from the local community. The cast have worked tirelessly on the production since the start of the school...

New School Website Live!

14 May 2015

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We are very excited to welcome you to our brand new school website. We have been working very hard over the past few months to bring together a website that will help better represent the school with its online presence. The new website is stuffed with all sort of useful...

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