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School Orchestra Goes Onward

Our School Orchestra Project is going from strength-to-strength with primary school pupils now joining our budding virtuoso’s for musical tuition each Friday after school.   Such is the success of the project, we are thrilled to have been nominated to perform at the...
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Goodbye & Good Luck Year 13

At the end of last half term, we said a very fond farewell to Year 13 students. As always, we forge long-lasting relationships with pupils both past and present. We look forward to celebrating at the Year 13 Prom and are anticipating another great set of results in August before...
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Taking on the Brewin Dolphin Challenge

Year 8 students took part in the Education Challenge at Brewin Dolphin, a global wealth management company in Newcastle.  They found out about career paths in the financial industry and apprenticeships available. Pupils also tested their creative skills by pitching some...
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University Explorers

Students from Year 7 visited Northumbria University to experience a range of different activities based around higher learning subjects.  They took a tour of campus facilities and spoke to students about life at university.
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Putting Some Thought into Mental Health Awareness

To mark Mental Health Awareness week, Sunderland Mind alongside our Peer2Peer mentors invited students to a special workshop where they could discover how to be mindful, where to go if they need help and the best practices for dealing with their emotions.
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Peer2Peer Prodigies

Congratulations to our latest group of Peer2Peer mentors who completed their training with mental health charity, Sunderland Min. Our expanding team of mentors is available to speak to their peers and offer friendly advice and guidance on any problems our young people may face.
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Year 9 Get to Work

We launched our work experience programme to Year 9 pupils who will be following it into Year 10. This year’s initiative has been a massive success and we intend to build upon it over the next year. To kick things off, The National Careers Service hosted assemblies and a panel of...
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A Listening Ear is Available

As part of their Wellbeing Access Support Project, Sunderland Mind are offering confidential chats for students who feel the need to talk to someone. Representatives will be available in the Reading Suite every Thursday from 11:15am to 12:15pm to listen and support pupils. Anyone...
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Think Before You Follow

We were once again joined by Mark Lloyd who delivered assemblies to Year 8 about the importance of not giving in to peer pressure both in school and online.  He spoke about how easy it is to be caught up in online trends that might encourage harmful behaviour but also why...
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Insight Returns

We welcomed Year 5 pupils from Barnes Junior School for our Insight Raising Aspirations Day. Our visitors sampled advanced topics and learned more about themselves, including what animal most represents their personality! Thank you to the visiting staff and students from Barnes,...
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