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Careers Café Serving Employer Advice

We launched our brand-new Careers Café. This is a weekly event, taking place every Monday at 1pm in Southmoor House for students in Years 9 to 13. We welcomed Kier Construction and Speakers for Schools to talk informally with our students and to answer any questions. Both...
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Remembrance Day 2022

Every year, as a mark of respect, we take a pause to remember those who have given their lives for our freedoms. There were special Remembrance assemblies each morning, where students were able to explore this year’s theme which is Remembrance and Service. At the end of the...
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Careers in History Week

Each subject in school has their own careers week and this year’s theme is all about stepping into higher education. In History Careers, pupils were given the opportunity to consider the skills that the study of History will help them with in terms of employability. Pupils were...
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Half Term Fun With Our Feeder Friends

Over half term we were joined by pupils from our local feeder primary schools who had a go at lots of different fun activities including: various arts and crafts, circus skills, sporting action and much more. They were even able to throw their support behind the Children in Need...
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Brilliant Time at Bamburgh

On the last day before half term, we took every single Year 7 student on a day trip to Bamburgh Castle in Northumberland. Our students enjoyed a wet and windy day in the picturesque setting, exploring the 10th century building and it’s rich history which is now fully open to the...
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An Explosive Design Challenge

Before half term, Mrs Doherty set Year 9 Geography students the homework task of creating model volcanoes and the results were fantastic! We had some truly fantastic entries, with lots of detail and effort put into every single model. The difficult task of judging the winners was...
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Year 11 Construction Festival at Sunderland College

Before half term, Year 11 Engineering students were invited to Sunderland College’s first construction festival. During the day the students had the opportunity to see the college’s engineering and construction facilities, which they could protentional use if they...
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Top T-Shirts Designed By Josie

During Year 10 Work Experience Week, Sergio from Red Sky Foundation came into school to talk to the students about the work of the charity, the importance of CPR and the use of defibrillators. He also set a challenge and asked the Year 10 students to design some products for the...
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Southmoor Student Council Elected!

Prior to the half term break, our students council were elected after the candidates showed their manifestos to their peers. Congratulations to the following students who will now serve their term over the next year, acting as ambassadors to the school and liaising with senior...
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Your Achievers Award Winning Students

Southmoor Peer2Peer mentors were shortlisted in the peer group category at the Sunderland Young Achievers Awards. We were delighted to see them announced as winners at the glittering awards ceremony which was held at the Stadium of light. Three of our Year 11 students were highly...
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