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A Big Book Buzz

We are launching ‘Bookbuzz’ with Year 7 and 8 to encourage reading for pleasure. Pupils will be allowed to select a free book from a list of titles that they will have the chance to look at next week in lessons. You can see the list of books that pupils will be able to choose...
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Southmoor Scholars Return

The ‘Scholars Programme’ is a 1-year academic programme for Year 10 students. The year is made up of three elements – a lecture phase, a study skills phase and a project phase. In the lecture phase, students attend a weekly guest lecture on a Wednesday...
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Breakfast Bagels Back up for Grabs

A pandemic should not stop children from having the nutrition they need to start their school day.  We are therefore continuing our ‘Breakfast Bagel’ programme, offering pupils the chance to have a free bagel before they start their lessons. Bagels are available as each year...
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A-Level Results Day 2020

It’s been a strange year, but despite the unprecedented circumstances, we are hugely proud of the achievement of our students at A level – and most of all, of where they go to next!  3 students are going on to study at Oxford (Medicine – Megan Simmons,...
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Wellbeing Wednesdays

Thank you to everyone who has taken part in our ‘Wellbeing Wednesday’ programme over the last few months. It has been wonderful to see our pupils helping themselves and their families overcome the difficulties presented by the national situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic....
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Year 7 Get Heroic

Over the last few weeks in English, Year 7 pupils have been working on the theme of ‘heroes’. Pupils have looked at literary heroes, unlikely heroes as was typical with mythological Greek heroes as well as modern superheroes. They have also written letters to armed forces and...
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Key Worker Construction

We challenged our key-worker children group with an engineering task. Pupils were challenged to build a bridge spanning two chairs using only paper straws, card and string. We then tested their creations to see how much weight they could hold with varying results! Thank you...
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Work Continues at Southmoor House

Our contractors have been busy at Southmoor house with a large part of the first stage of development well underway. Builders have cleared much of the building, stripping it back to the bones as well as making headway on the layout intended for our new building. We’re looking...
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Wellbeing Wednesdays

We would like to continue to boost our wellbeing on ‘Wellbeing Wednesdays’ by revisiting the aim ‘acts of kindness – do something nice for someone’. Acts of kindness can help improve your wellbeing. If you have already tried one act of kindness, why not make an effort to...
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Key Worker Kids Get Crafty

Our key worker group of students have been getting hands-on again with a crafty challenge this week. Students have been having a go at making bird feeders for their gardens using lollipop sticks and spare bits of wood. You can see some of them at work on their creations above and...
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