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Scholars Seeing Stars

Our Scholars were treated to a galactic spectacle as Dr. Peter Swift joined us from Durham University to give his Astrophysics lecture from within a planetarium in our very own hall. Students were enthralled as Peter shared his passion for understanding our planetary system,...
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Attendance All Stars Back in Time for Christmas

Last week we saw the return of our ‘Attendance All Stars’. Students who are in school every day throughout the week will receive a special ‘All Stars’ ticket during form time on Friday morning. This can be exchanged at our special All Stars hatch on the main yard at lunchtime for...
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Diamond Art Club Sparkles

Here at Southmoor we have a rich roster of enrichment available for our students every week. From budding thespians, crafty creators and sporting enthusiasts, there really is something for everyone. One club in particular has proved a huge hit with our students on a Wednesday...
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Scholars Seek Out Northumbria

On Monday Scholars had their first University Visit, building on the fantastic workshops we’ve been having in school. Northumbria University gave us a very warm welcome and it was brilliant to be on Campus during Winter Graduations, our students loved seeing Northumbria students...
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A Taste of Sixth Form

On Friday afternoon, students in Year 11 who would like to continue studying in the Sixth Form at Southmoor Academy next year, had the opportunity to take part in a range of different taster lessons in each of the subjects that will be available next year. These taster lessons...
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Christmas Card Competition Winners

Well done to: Elora Lowe (Year 8), who won our art competition to create this year’s official Academy Christmas card. She impressed our judges with a delightful rendition of a Southmoor student putting the finishing touches to a Christmas tree. Well done, the winning card will...
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Creative Careers with Channel 4

On Monday and Tuesday last week, we were delighted to welcome back into school, Michael Longhi from Channel 4, to deliver workshops with all of our Year 7 students about Creative Careers. Michael started with an introductory assembly on Monday morning where he talked about the...
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In the Lab at Thomas Swan

Some Year 8 students had the fantastic opportunity to take part in a STEM trip to Thomas Swan, a chemical manufacturing company based in Consett. Whilst at Thomas Swan students took part in various activities such as laboratory experiments, which investigated the viscosity of...
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Rugby in the Spotlight

The Year 9 rugby team played out another draw against St Aidans under the floodlights at Southmoor in the All Schools Tournament. Despite there being nothing to separate the two teams for the second game in a row the quality of the rugby on display was far greater than in the...
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Careers Fair 2024

On Thursday was our annual Careers Fair which took place, after two years at Sunderland University, back on site again in the Main Hall and Old Gym here in school. This year over 70 organisations came into school to engage with over 1000 students in Years 9 to 13 throughout the...
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