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OxNet Study Trip

Successful OxNet applicants attended their first Study Day at Ushaw College in Durham with Dr Peter Claus and Professor Giles Gasper. Students threw away the boundaries of A-level study and became undergraduates for the first time learning how to analyse gobbets of...
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Combined Cadets Force looking for Recruits

Southmoor is set to run its very own CCF contingent for The Royal Air Force Air Cadets with a programme launched to Year 9 and 10 by Mr Soulsby, our Combined Cadets Force representative. The programme enables the development of personal responsibility, leadership and...
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Translating MFL Lessons into a Rewarding Career

Our drive to improve students’ knowledge about how their lessons can lead to different careers and job opportunities continued with our Languages department sharing how learning a language could be of benefit in the job market. This included careers not just directly related to...
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Street Style in Performing Arts

Dance Club enjoyed special instruction from Jennifer Oswald from UDO IT Dance Foundation. Jennifer is a street dance enthusiast who provided four workshops encouraging students to be active and have fun with dance. Pupils learnt a street-style routine which they will add to and...
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Year 10 Building Skills

The latest Building Our Skills session for Year 10 was led by Jas Singh, a former Southmoor student, who now works at the Foundation of Light. Jas talked to Year 10 about the importance of looking after their online presence and how to use social media in a sensible way. 
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Back of the Net for Year 7 Footballers

Well done to our Year 7 girls’ football club who have won their group rounds to progress into the finals of the Tyne & Wear Schools’ Tournament. The finals will take place on Monday 30th March. We wish our girls the best of luck in their efforts to secure some...
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Physician Information

We welcomed Terry Aspray, a Consultant Physician at Newcastle NHS and Newcastle University, to speak to Year 7, 9 and Sixth Form students about careers in medicine. He also talked about raising aspirations and going to university. Terry comes from a background where no one in his...
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Oxford Offers

This week we were delighted to hear that three of our Year 13 students have received offers from Oxford University! Congratulations to Amy Knott, who has been offered a place to study English Literature and Megan Simmons and Tyreke Holness who have both been offered places at the...
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Wartime & Welfare with Southmoor Scholars

Andrzej Olechnowicz from Durham Univeristy’s history department ran a lecture on wars and welfare to our Scholars this week. Students started off by discussing a book entitled ‘War is Good for Babies and Other Young Children’, and how this could possibly be...
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Creative with Careers

Students learned about careers in Art & Photography. They received bespoke lessons designed to inform them of the kinds of jobs the subject can lead to in the creative industry as well as the key skills they need to succeed. They designed their own creative CV as if they were...
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