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UK Parliament Week 2025

On Thursday, we were delighted to welcome Lewis Atkinson, Member of Parliament for Sunderland Central, to Southmoor as part of UK Parliament Week. During his visit, Mr. Atkinson toured the school with members of our School Council, meeting staff and speaking with our senior...
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Creative Careers with Channel 4

Last Monday and Tuesday this week, we were delighted to welcome back into school, Michael Longhi from Channel 4, to deliver workshops with all our Year 7 students about Creative Careers. Michael delivered ‘Have A Go’ workshops to all Year 7 classes during Monday and Tuesday,...
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Goal Getters

A group of students went to the Raich Carter Sports Centre on Tuesday evening after school for a hockey taster session provided by Sunderland Hockey Club. Students were given the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the clubs training facilities and met some of the coaches...
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Careers Exploring the Sixth Form

Following our Careers Fair on Thursday, on Friday afternoon Year 11 students who are interested in joining our Sixth Form next year took part in the annual CareersExplorer event which involved a huge range of taster lessons in subjects that can be studied within the Sixth Form....
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Odd Socks On

Last week, we marked Anti-Bullying Week with our ‘Odd Socks Day’ celebration. Pupils and staff were encouraged to wear mismatched socks to celebrate diversity and promote inclusion. Anti-Bullying Alliance’s Odd Socks Day is an annual event during Anti-Bullying Week that...
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2025 Christmas Card Winners Revealed

Congratulations to Amaiya (Year 9), who won this year’s Academy Christmas card competition! Their artwork impressed the judges with its beautifully presented Rudolph cartoon. The winning design will now be turned into the official Academy Christmas card to be used by our school...
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Careers Fair 2025

Thursday was our annual Careers Fair which took place once again in the Main Hall and Old Gym here in school. This year over 60 organisations came into school to engage with over 1000 students in Years 9 to 13 throughout the morning, followed by a Careers Cafe at lunchtim...
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After the huge success of last years Farms For City Children trip, Miss Tinman, Ms Doherty, Mrs Roddam and Mr Summers have decided to do it all again this year and will begin their fundraising for the trip by aiming to complete the Ullswater Way Walk. It’s a 20.2 mile walk...
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Scholars in the Castle

This year’s cohort of Southmoor Scholars began the programme with a matriculation event at Durham Castle. Matriculation is a traditional ceremony wherein students are formally entered into the university, so for our Scholars this was the beginning of their scholarly...
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SMA Remembers

Last week’s Aspire Theme of the Week was ‘Remembrance‘. During our annual Remembrance assemblies, Mrs Richardson spoke to students about the importance of Remembrance not only in the UK but also across the world around the theme of ‘Community’. When we think...
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