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Raising & Giving Week

Last week we saw a variety of creative fundraising ideas unleashed with the help of our Sixth Form Council as part of ‘Raising and Giving Week’ in support of three local charities. From the classic sweets in the jar game, bake sales, competitions, car washing, waxing, henna,...
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Road Safe with The Riot Act

Year 8 took part in a live theatre-style performance by The Riot Act called ‘Josh Green’. This lively presentation gave students the opportunity to explore pedestrian safety, including on public transport, raising awareness of pedestrian dangers such as distractions (phones,...
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Raising Money for Red Sky

We were delighted to welcome back to school Sergio from Red Sky Foundation where the charity were presented with a cheque for £630.98 which was raised on our non-uniform day before the Christmas holidays. He was presented with the cheque in front of our newly installed external...
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Musical Masterclass with Southmoor Scholars

Rachel Clark from Newcastle University delivered a music workshop, covering elements of theory, composition and performance. The Scholars analysed pop music, described monophonic and polyphonic textures of musical pieces, and ‘actively listened’ to famous pieces of...
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Year 8 Enter Room 101

Year 8 pupils have been delivering ‘Room 101’ style speeches in their English classes, going head-to-head in pairs and using all the rhetorical features they have studied so far this half term. Our students have done brilliantly with their speeches and have...
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Basketball Brilliance

Well done to our budding basketball team who made an impressive debut performance in the recent Sunderland Schools Basketball Tournament at City Space, Sunderland. Overall, the whole team were fantastic, played very well, displayed a great attitude, and did Southmoor proud. Our...
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Amazing Offers Continue to Roll In!

This year has so far been a fantastic year for the students in our sixth form who are aspiring to the highest levels of academia across the world. We are delighted to say that we’ve so far received three offers for Oxbridge. These include Chris Watson – who has...
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Attitudes & Attendance Always Matter

Pupils in Year 7, 8 and 9 received their attendance badges for last term alongside the much coveted ‘Attitudes to Learning’ badges. Attendance is very closely linked to achievement and even just a few extra days off can mean all the difference between the best grades at the end...
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Game Theory with Southmoor Scholars

Students were virtually visited by Dr Adrian Millican, a Professor of Politics at Durham University. The students learned about ‘game theory’, and how this can be applied to political situations such as pollution or war. Students considered the ‘Prisoner’s...
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