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Unforgettable Days at Disney

Year 7 and 8 pupils enjoyed their much anticipated trip to Disneyland Paris. They had a fantastic time exploring the parks and enjoying the attractions in glorious sunshine. Behaviour was excellent throughout and we are already looking forward to next term’s initiative as part of...
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International Visitors Get a Look at Southmoor

We welcomed 16 visitors from the USA, Australia and the UK who are attending the International Education Summit in Newcastle. They are experts in their field in the latest education techniques, bringing new ideas into the classroom. After a tour of the school, they held a...
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Code Cracking in the Capital

Well done to our Code Cracking students who ventured down to London to take part in the Mangahigh Challenge Final hosted by Nesta. The boys presented their maths game pitch at the Nesta HQ with the other finalist teams and, though they didn’t manage a top three...
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Work Discovery Week

Year 9 students visited the Stadium of Light for the ‘Work Discovery Week’ launch.  They took part in a host of sessions including a Careers Fair,  an employability skills workshop and an interview skills session. Pupils had the opportunity to network with companies...
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Politics in Perspective

Budding Year 9 politicians from Southmoor and Sandhill View were invited to a Politics Open Day at Durham University. They got a flavour of student life attending a lecture on climate change, playing a game to re-enact the distribution of public goods and competed...
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Uncovering Discovery

Pupils attended ‘Science Works’ at Newcastle Discovery Museum where they took part in numerous exciting scientific activities.  Favourites included getting hands on in a marine habitats session, touching lobsters, crabs and starfish with marine biologists from the Dove...
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More Awards & Accolades

It was the turn of Phoenix and Triton tutor groups to celebrate their awards evenings. As well as see their children receive their awards, parents were treated to an outstanding rendition of ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen from the School Orchestra and members of our chamber choir....
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Terrific Tennis Aces

Congratulations to the Year 7 tennis team who played in the school city finals.  Players took part in both singles and doubles matches against six other Sunderland schools. Gabriel Roxby placed first overall in the seed 1 competition. Brett...
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Introducing Our New Head Students!

The election took place for our new Head Students.  All pupils were balloted to choose their representatives. As ever, the competition was very close but we can now proudly congratulate Roop Kang & Ricky Prentice  who have been elected to...
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