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Sharing ideas Half a World Away

We welcomed 25 visiting Careers Leaders and teachers from secondary schools in Hong Kong.  The group spent 5 days in the UK looking at examples of outstanding careers guidance provision to take inspiration back to their own schools nearly 8000 miles away. The visitors heard...
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Polling Our Pupils

Southmoor has been gripped by election fever. To mirror constituencies across the country, pupils were given the chance to take part in democracy and cast their own vote after assessing the main political party’s manifestos. The results were as follows…
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Tins Start to Roll In

We once again opened up our collection point for donations as part of our Tin Appeal 2019. Our tally is growing steadily as eager students hauled over bag loads of tins from their form classes. Our total so far is 1329 tins towards our target of 3000. The final deadline for...
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Jolly Jumpers on for Charity

Pupils and staff donned their festive jumpers and headgear for ‘National Christmas Jumper Day’ in support of Save the Children. Well done to everyone who pulled on their woollies and got into the Christmas spirit to raise money for this worthy cause.
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Champions in the Making

As our current Young Health Champions delivered their assembly, our newest recruits for the cause of teen health have been in training with the aim to bolster the ranks of the YHC initiative and help spread the message of healthy lifestyle choices amongst peers.  
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Long Distance Legends

Congratulations to Southmoor’s Cross Country Team who competed in the Sunderland Championships. There were some excellent individual results: Arron Franklin and Jacob Waterston finished first and second in the Year 7 boys’ race, Lucy...
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Carol of the Bells

Congratulations to our talented Performing Arts students who stunned audiences at the Salvation Army’s Christmas Concert. They performed ‘Carol of the Bells’ and ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ along with a sneak preview from our upcoming musical ‘Beauty and the Beast’. Well done to...
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To the Stars with Southmoor Scholars

Peter Swift from Durham University’s Physics Department visited the scholars bringing with him the University’s pop-up planetarium! Students learned about our galaxy, observed stars, constellations and explored the planets in our solar system. They were taught how to spot star...
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State of the City Debate

A group of pupils represented Southmoor at the annual ‘State of the City Debate’ at the City Council Chambers. The annual debate invites some of the best students from across Sunderland to give young people the opportunity to discuss topics which are considered important to them,...
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Putting the Paddle In

Students took part in the Sunderland Schools’ Indoor Rowing Competition for the first time where they enjoyed competing on the banks of rowing machines at Durham Amateur Rowing Club against 130 students from across the area. Though we didn’t qualify for the finals as a...
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