Sandhill View Academy

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Fun Fundraising

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Our students participated in a day of fundraising activities in aid of BBC’s Children in Need. Activites ranged from bake sales, a mini disco, sponsored sports & video games challenges and special prize competitions. Our students also donned their Pudsy ears and spotty...

On An Energy Quest

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Year 8 took part in an interactive STEM workshop called ‘Energy Quest’. It was a day packed with hands-on activities, careers information and stories of how engineers are constantly problem solving. Each student explored different sources of energy that could be...

Spooky Science

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Pupils from Year 7, along with the assistance of the Academy Science Ambassadors, took part in the Science department Halloween themed Science Club. They made spooky slime and pumpkin bath bombs which smelt amazing and were some of the best we have ever seen. As it was...

Head of School’s Blog #19

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Primary Prize Winners

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Congratulations to the primary school pupils whom have won some of the fabulous prizes up-for-grabs at our open evening in September. Gypsy Burt of Hasting Hill Academy had the closest guess for the ‘sweets in the jar’ competition, Tayn Blacklin of Broadway Juniors...

Head of School’s Awards

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Congratulations to our Head of School’s Award winners for the first half term. These pupils have earned the most Praise Points since the start of the year and are recognised by Mr. Carr with a certificate, a photo and a special ‘Head of School’s Award’...

Year 7 Know How to Party

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Just before half term our Year 7 were given the chance to get their groove on in their annual school disco. The evening involved fun games, snacks, music and some very wild dancing that gave our pupils the chance to bond socially outside of lesson time, make friends and learn...

Aspiration Day

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The jobs market is changing and so are the skills needed to be successful in life. Robots and artificial intelligence mean that young people today need to be able to adapt quickly to these changes. Over the last few weeks students have been learning about key employability skills...

Brave Biologists

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Pupils from Thorney Close Primary joined us recently to take part in a special biology lesson as part of our transition programme. Year 6 pupils got the chance to handle animal organs, watch a dissection of a pig’s heart and learn about it’s structure. Despite the...

Stupendous STEM

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We are pleased to announce that under the leadership of Mr Bunn, the Academy has recently received acknowledgement of our work in STEM by being the proud recipients of the national ‘STEM Ambassadors’ Award. STEM stands for: Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. This means...

Football Report

17 Oct 2017

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After comments of; ‘The world is ending’, ‘Are we really playing football in this weather?’ and ‘I’m not allowed out when its dark’, the Year 7 boys took on their first real test in St. Aidan’s A team. The game was very tight but a...

Careers Fair 2017

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On Tuesday 10th October we hosted a Careers Fair at Sandhill View Academy. Thank you to all of the exhibitors from Colleges, Universities, Businesses, Services & The Armed Forces who joined us for the afternoon. The event was a massive success with students from Years 9, 10...

Sandhill Lions Roar

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Our Year 7 boys football team have had a fantastic start to the season with a 4-3 victory over Castle View Academy in their first game. The Sandhill footballing fortress and new strips were put to the test this week in our first home game hosting Red House Academy. On the back of...

Entering The Litter Lab

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Our students were invited to enter the ‘Litter Lab’ in assemblies presented by the national ‘Bin It!’ campaign. The campaign has been running since 2006 and has grown to support schools and teachers in a multitude of ways. Each year the Bin It! roadshow...

Bring it On!

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On Wednesday 4th October, Mr Bunn and 14 Year 8 students visited the ‘Bring It On’ event at The Stadium of Light. This is an event where STEM companies showcase the amazing opportunities that they have for young people that will be looking for a career in the next ten years....

H’way the Lads

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Six of our Year 8 students recently took part in football trials for the Sunderland Boys football team. All of our boys showed outstanding footballing ability, however, two students in particular impressed the coaches. Well done to Deacon Donnell and Mitchell Fairweather who...

Charity of Choice

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Students got to opt for the schools charity focus for the year. All form classes initially put forward three potential charity suggestions and then the top three were put to the school vote. In the spirit of democracy each student was given a token and then allowed to cast their...

Head of School’s Blog #18