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Digging Deeper into Forensic Archaeology

Durham4Schools hosted a workshop for our Year 9 prospective Sandhill Scholars which involved handling ancient artefacts (including casts of human remains!) and how to identify possible causes of death. Students debated the ethics behind displaying human remains in museums and...
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Political Points of View

Recently our Scholars students were visited by Gertjan Hoetjes, a politics researcher from Durham University. They learned about the United Nations, including its history, evolution from the League of Nations, and its current role today. They then debated the position that the UK...
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Shooting for the Stars

Peter Swift from Durham University’s Physics Department visited the Sandhill scholars with a very special prop – an inflatable planetarium!  Students learned about our galaxy, observed stars, constellations and explored the planets in our solar system.  They were taught how...
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Getting Creative with Southmoor Scholars

Our Sandhill scholars lecture series continued with a session delivered by Teesside University that focused on comic book illustration, which is now seen as a serious form of artwork that can be studied at university. Students created cartoon characters of themselves and learned...
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Sandhill Scholars Start their Journey

Just before half term saw the launch of the trust-wide Honours Programme with 30 students from Southmoor and Sandhill View selected. Students were given their reflective journals to record work on their personal projects over the coming weeks.
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