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Orchestra at the Orchestra

Our school Orchestra Project students from Southmoor, Hill View, Barnes, Grangetown, Valley Road and Ryhope Primary attended the open rehearsal of the world famous Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Sunderland Empire Theatre. Students met two of the players and were able to ask them...
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Scholars Get to Work on their Personal Projects

Having completed the lecture phase of the Scholars Programme, students have recently turned to the next part that involves researching a topic they are passionate about and producing a piece of work that reflects that passion. Miss Ungley chatted with scholars about their ideas...
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Games of Two Halves

The Year 7 and Year 9 boys’ football teams took to to the field for the semi finals of the Sunderland Schools’ Cup.  Year 7 got off to a good start going 1-0 up at half time before a strong comeback from their opponents finished the game 1-3.  Meanwhile, Year 9 boys put...
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Netballers Scoop Silver

Our Year 7 girls’ netball team also saw some tournament action.  They performed amazingly well, with victories over Oxclose, St Robert’s, St Anthony’s, Biddick and Monkwearmouth, managing to progress all the way to the final against St Anthony’s A team....
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National Careers Week 2020

We celebrated National Careers Week.  A range of employers joined us to speak to students about job opportunities and all members of staff displayed their Higher Education pathways, made Careers Week pledges and answered questions about their own experiences.  Staff...
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Schoalrs Seek Out Newcastle University

Southmoor Scholars visited Newcastle University for an ‘ACE’ Day, which introduced them to student life at a Russell Group University. They learned about societies, took part in a budgeting bonanza activity, went on a campus crawl and played a university Pictionary...
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World Book Day 2020

We marked World Book Day with this year’s theme being ‘literary pairs’. The English department got into the spirit with many teaming up to dress up as their favourite fictional duos. Author Michael Ball made a special visit to do a shared reading for Year 7 and 8 students.
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An Insight into the Future

We saw the return of our initiative towards encouraging high aspirations at a young age with our Insight Programme. Year 5 students from Hill View Junior Academy had the chance to learn more about the subjects they could go on to study at Sixth Form and beyond. This included...
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A Mindful Memorial

Five staff members took part in the Tom Brookes’ Memorial Football Mini Tournament at the Beacon of Light. It was organised by Tom’s mum to raise awareness and funds for young people’s mental health. The event was a big success with support from Sunderland Mind, The Mayor and...
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We once again invited Year 11 pupils and parents from across the city to join us for the final Sixth Form Open Evening of the academic year. This was a chance for students to discover where our subjects can take them and where they want to be in three years.  Universities...
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