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Floating Ideas with Northern Gas Networks

Last week was Hydrogen Week! We welcomed Alex from Northern Gas Networks to deliver a session to our wonderful 10A2 science class. Alex spoke about “bond energies”, a topic which is also on the GCSE specification, and how this can be applied to the combustion of...
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National Careers Week

This week is the annual National Careers Week – a nationwide celebration of Careers education. Here at Southmoor, every week is a Careers Week! However, we do have some special activities taking place during the week to join the nation in celebrating Careers. On Monday, we have a...
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Come to see the Wizard!

Get ready to be transported to the merry old land of Oz! This week sees the debut of our latest school musical which our enthusiastic student cast have been hard at work on since the start of the school year. Pupils from the cast and crew have been frantically treading the boards...
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Make Your Mark Ballot

In form activities last week students had the opportunity to take part in a ballot as part of the annual ‘Make Your Mark‘ campaign organised by the UK Youth Parliament. In the ballot, students had the opportunity to vote for an issue that they felt is important to...
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Family Hubs

The Department of Education are providing funding for 75 local authorities to set up family hubs in their areas as part of the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme. Family Hubs aim to Bring together local services and advice for babies, children, young people and their...
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Building Book Day Excitement

The excitement for World Book Day is starting to build! Pupils in KS3 have been gifted a book token from National Book Tokens in anticipation of World Book Day on Thursday 7th March. Pupils will be able to take their token to any of the local retailers mentioned below and...
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Southmoor Students Take on the STEM Reading Challenge

During the last two days of this half-term, pupils in Years 7 and 8 enjoyed lessons in English and Science as they took on the National Literacy Trust’s STEM Reading Challenge. The challenge encouraged pupils to think about how English and Science share similar skills and...
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Hendon Youth Fair

This half term Back on the Map are holding a Youth Fayre in nearby Hendon. This 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 Half-Term Youth Fayre will take place at Raich Carter Centre on Wednesday 21st February from 11am – 3pm. There is alot to take part and have fun with! Including: Music, DJing, Boxing, Biking,...
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Student Council Spread the Love

Last Wednesday lunchtime, to spread the love for Valentine’s Day and promote positive mental health amongst students, our student council handed out Haribo heart throb sweets along with positive affirmations while donning heart themed head boppers and glasses, all whilst...
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All Aboard the Zen Bus

Last week we got a flavour of americana with the arrival of the Zen bus on our school yard. The Zen Project & Wates Group present is a morning of guided Zen Sessions, focusing on helping to lower stress and anxiety levels, improve focus and increase resilience involving a...
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