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Looking Onwards to Oxford

21 Jan 2019
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As part of their road trip around the North East, Oxford University visited high achieving Year 9 and 10 students with a focus around what makes Oxford different.  This included it’s collegiate system (where some colleges compete in a yearly turtle race) and one-to-one...
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Electrifying Competition in the Farday Challenge

21 Jan 2019
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Year 8 students took part in The Faraday Challenge where teams from 161 schools pitted against each other in an engineering-based competition to see who can design, create and promote the best solution to a given challenge.  All challenges are genuine, real-life engineering...
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Booked In

21 Jan 2019
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Scholars visited Palace Green Library at Durham to explore the question ‘What is a book?’.  They handled books from the archives (including a first edition of Emma by Jane Austen) then recreated a Scriptorium and attempted calligraphy with real goose quills to create...
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Stage Advice

21 Jan 2019
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A group of Year 9, 10 & 12 students worked with an actor and director exploring Donmar Warehouse’s critically acclaimed all female production of Shakespeare’s ‘Julius Caesar’.  They explored the script and performed sections of the...
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Southmoor Scholars Get Creative

21 Jan 2019
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We welcomed Jarrow School to our Scholars lecture series. The session was delivered by Teesside University and focused on comic book illustration which is now seen as a serious form of artwork that can be studied at university. Students created cartoon characters of themselves...
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Stage-by-Stage Careers Advice

14 Jan 2019
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We were delighted to host Martin Prendergast, former Director of Communications for the National Theatre, to talk to students about his past role and what to expect from pursuing a career in the entertainment industry. Martin also enlightened students with his ‘top tips’ for a...
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Practical Performances

14 Jan 2019
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Just before Christmas, GCSE performing arts students undertook their practical exams after a lot of hard work refining their performances and staging.
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Sounds Good

14 Jan 2019
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The Northern School of Art visited creative students across several year groups to run a workshop on sound design. Students learned about ‘foleys’ – the recreation of sounds using everyday objects – and created their own scene of birds flying away from a tree using...
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Cambridge Calls In

14 Jan 2019
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Students from Jesus College, Cambridge University, visited Year 11 and 12 to provide an overview of Cambridge University, the opportunities available and how it differs from other institutions. Each student ambassador spoke about their own subjects and experiences with some of...
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Rugby Coaching Intensifies

14 Jan 2019
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Just before Christmas, five members of the boys’ rugby team who have shown potential leadership and exceptional enthusiasm for the game had the chance to attend training at Kingston Park with The Newcastle Falcons and RFU.  Pupils received a Level One Refereeing...
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