Sandhill View Academy

Headteachers Blog #9

31 Jan 2017

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Introducing our New Student Council

23 Jan 2017

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Student voice in any school is essential and here at Sandhill View this is undertaken in a very democratic way with the year 11 students electing a Head Boy and Head Girl to be ambassadors for the Academy each academic year. This year we are proud to have both Lewis Charlton and...

Sixth Form Open Evening

23 Jan 2017

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We would like to invite any students with an interest in our Sixth Form to our Southmoor Progression Evening on the 25th January. This is our main evening event and is designed to give potential students as much information as possible about their choices post-16. The evening...

SHV Alumni Advance

17 Jan 2017

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Among the many students who have secured excellent offers at our associated Sixth Form at Southmoor Academy, three former Sandhill View students stand out. Brandon Smith has been offered a place at Veterinary School in Liverpool while Bobbie-Jay Barnett and Dillon Scott are both...

Activities Week

16 Dec 2016

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As usual, our last week of term saw host to activities week. Pupils really look forward to the different activities and trips that they can spend their hard earned praise points on and this time was no exception, with more interesting things to take part in than ever! Whether it...

ClueHQ

15 Dec 2016

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The students have just finished the Clue HQ part of their visit. The students split into two teams. Both groups thoroughly enjoyed attempting to solve the puzzles and worked superbly as a team demonstrating great resilience to gain success. It became fiercely competitive as...

December Attendance Advent

15 Dec 2016

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For the month of December we are having a prize draw where each day one lucky pupil who has had 100% December attendance will win a £10 shopping voucher. All pupils are entered each day as long as their December attendance remains 100%. Winners so far: 1st December – Harvey...

SnoZone

15 Dec 2016

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18 Year 10 students joined Mrs Turner and Mr Twemlow in wrapping up within their winter woolies ready for an action packed day at the SnoZone indoor ski centre in Castleford. Students tried out the nursery slope on the real snow and mastered their turns before moving up on to the...

Headteacher’s Blog #8

08 Dec 2016

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Cross Country Colossuses

08 Dec 2016

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After an extremely wet cross-country session, a number of our PE students arrived safely back at Sandhill View with excellent set of results for our school. All students were a real asset to the academy and embraced the harsh conditions, with the following having qualified for...

The Big Draw

29 Nov 2016

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Big Draw STEAM powered (adding ARTS to STEM) took over tutor groups last month where pupils were asked to become architects and redesign famous local buildings, inspired by a piece of scrunched up paper! Pupils developed their creativity, team work and presenting skills. Feedback...

Anti-Bullying Week 2016

29 Nov 2016

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Last week Sandhill View Academy took part in National Anti-Bullying Week 2016, launching the #NOBYSTANDERS campaign that will be running throughout the year. Students took part in a range of activities during extended tutor time which addressed understanding ‘what is bullying’...

Olympic Visitor

29 Nov 2016

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On Thursday, we were proud to host Olympic bronze medallist and local girl, Amy Tinkler – along with other local schools who came to visit and hear about her inspiring life. Amy dazzled our students with a short floor display before taking questions and answers from our...

Head of School’s Blog #7

08 Nov 2016

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Students with Bounce

08 Nov 2016

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Congratulations to all students that recently competed in the Sunderland Schools Trampolining Competition. All our students were a credit to the themselves and the school. We have two students who will be representing Sunderland at the level 3 Tyne and Wear schools event. Shauna...

Enrichment at SHV

08 Nov 2016

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Enrichment is up and running and in full swing this year. We have a wide range of popular activities, some which are returning from last year, and some which after speaking to pupils’ requests are brand new. We have a qualified mechanic working closely alongside pupils...

SHV Scores Success

17 Oct 2016

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Last week our girls football team took on the Northern Girls Football Week Tournament in Durham. Sandhill view got off to an amazing start beating Hetton 3-1. Their second game was against St Thomas Moore which they won 1-0. In their third game the girls kept up their winning run...

Head of School’s Blog #6

17 Oct 2016

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Cake for a Good Cause

17 Oct 2016

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Recently Year 9 launched the first “dream team” tutor group for girls and have made an excellent start with Miss Lamb. Having only been together for two weeks, the girls planned and organised their very own Macmillan coffee morning on 30th September. The girls worked...

Rich Rocks SHV

17 Oct 2016

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Thank you to the the amazing Mr. Rich Cottell for joining us at the Academy yesterday to speak to our students about British Values, anti-bullying and staying safe online and how these important issues relate to young people. Rich is a talented musician and online personality...

Head of School’s Blog #5

27 Sep 2016

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World Challenge Wonders!

27 Sep 2016

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During the summer holidays, five of our students ventured to Costa Rica and Nicaragua for a challenging three week expedition of a life time. There first stop was to complete a five day community project in the Osa Pennisula, with the aim of conservation, helping with the...

Open Evening 2016

27 Sep 2016

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Thanks to everyone that joined us for our Academy Open Evening last Wednesday, as you can see from the photos it was a great night,with parents from across the city coming to see just what makes Sandhill such a wonderful school. We’d also like to thank our staff who really...

Change of Number

06 Sep 2016

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The school has recently changed its contact information. The new telephone number is 0191 594 9992 to contact us directly. This will put your through to our switchboard which will then direct you to the correct person to contact in school.

A Leap forward for SHV.

25 Aug 2016

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Students and staff at Sandhill View Academy are celebrating after a great improvement in GCSE results. The school added more than 10% to its headline figure for students gaining five top GCSEs moving from 36% to 46% this year and this represents an improvement of 18% in the last...

Head of School’s Blog #4

18 Jul 2016

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The Circle of Life!

18 Jul 2016

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Over twenty of our pupils have shown off their amazing talents in the production of The Lion King. The pupils, ranging from YR7 to YR11, performed for all of our visiting year 6 pupils. We also invited the year 5’s from schools across Sunderland to come and watch the show, meet...

Heaps of Fun

01 Jul 2016

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Thank you to Craig Heap for visiting us and our students as part of the ‘Sky Living for Sports’ event, linking to our growth mindset programme. Craig is a retired Commonwealth Games Gold medal winning gymnast who has represented England over 100 times in various...

Goodbye Year 11

01 Jul 2016

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Farewell to our Year 11 Class of 2016 who had their leavers celebration assembly this week. Awards were passed out to both pupils and tutors alike, memories were shared, well wishes exchanged, last goodbyes were said. You all be missed, especially by your form tutors and of...

Head of School’s Blog #2

20 Jun 2016

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Head of School’s Blog

27 May 2016

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Parent View Survey

01 Apr 2016

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We invite all Sandhill View parents to take our Parent View survey in order to help us make improvements to the school. Parent View gives you the chance to tell Ofsted what you think about us, from the quality of teaching to dealing with bullying and poor behaviour. The survey...

Points Mean Prizes

01 Apr 2016

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The last week of term was our Activities week, where students are offered the opportunity to spend the praise points they have earned throughout the term on fun activities and lessons being offered throughout the entire week. From baking to arts and crafts, Henna tattoos to nail...

Countdown Conundrum

01 Apr 2016

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Just before the end of Term Years 7, 8, and 9 recently took part in a Countdown competition, based on the popular TV show, which proved to be a great success. Representing their tutor groups, in teams of 2, nominated students worked on a series of challenging number and word...

Sweet Science

17 Mar 2016

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On Monday morning our Science Technician, Miss. Thomson, brought in 120 cupcakes to be arranged in the order of the periodic table by our lovely World Challenge students. They sold out in under 10 minutes and raised another £60 for world challenge. Thank you to everyone who...

Head of School’s Blog

04 Mar 2016

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7th March 2016 After the recent half-term break we now find ourselves at exactly the half-way point of the current academic school year. Staff and students continue to make every effort in teaching and learning to ensure the progress and success our learners deserve. I have...

Author Spooks Year 7

26 Feb 2016

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A huge thank you to world renowned author Joseph Delaney who came into school before half term to present to our Year 7’s about his life as an author and the influences behind his multimillion selling Wardstone Chronicles series. The highlight of this was hearing Joseph describe...

Big Results from Big Draw!

01 Feb 2016

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Back in October the school hosted Big Draw Week. Amongst other school wide projects for the event, our brave year ten students took on the task of venturing into tutor groups across the school to ask students to create drawings to promote our school summer production of THE LION...

University Calling…

01 Feb 2016

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The Sixth Form at Southmoor was buzzing on Wednesday night. Not only did we have a fantastic turnout from Sandhill View pupils, but there were more students from schools across the city than we’ve ever had before. Clearly the word is beginning to spread – they also...

Open Morning

07 Jan 2016

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We are holding a Careers Open Morning at the school on Saturday 16th January 9.00am to 12:00 noon. This will give potential applicants for the teaching roles available this year at the academy an opportunity to see the school and hear about our plans as well as talking to key...

Head of School’s Blog

18 Dec 2015

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Amazing Work Alert!

11 Dec 2015

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Year 11 art students have been working extremely hard this term to create contemporary sculptures inspired by their Yorkshire Sculpture Park visit in the summer and Banksy’s Dismaland themepark. The themes addressed are extremely diverse ranging from vanity, teenage pregnancy and...

Year 7 Get it Write!

09 Dec 2015

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In November we were lucky enough to be visited by noted children’s author Philip Ardagh, who joined us to talk to our Year 7s about life as a writer . Mr Ardagh is a Roald Dahl Funny Prize winning author with over 100 books under his belt, including Grubtown Tales and the Grunts...

The Magnificent Seven!

27 Nov 2015

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Yesterday our Year 7/8 girls football team faced a challenge with only seven players being available for their nine-a-side games. The girls played two games, winning the first 3-0 against Castle View with goals from Lateesha King, Tia McKitterick and Sommer Bainbridge. Their...

Baltic Creative Careers Visit

23 Oct 2015

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As a way to kick start a brand new GCSE course at SHV we took the entire photography cohort to the Baltic centre for contemporary art in Gateshead and to the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens to take some exciting shots for their projects. Students attended various...

The Book Club is back.

16 Oct 2015

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The VI Book Club will be starting up again this month. The Book Club is the only club in the country of its type for children with visual impairment and we are delighted that it is to continue this year. Sandhill View pupils with visual impairment have attended the club on a...

Big Draw Month!

07 Oct 2015

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October is Big Draw month! SHV will be celebrating 19th-23rd October by creating a whole school animated film with a drawing from every pupil! The creative team at SHV have actively been involved in delivering exciting Big Draw activities over the years in school and with local...

Open Evening Winners

30 Sep 2015

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Congratulations to the winning participants of our prize draw from last Wednesday’s Open Evening. Everyone who joined us on the night was given the chance to take part in a treasure hunt across the building, with each department holding clues to the questions posed. Those...

SHV Open Evening

25 Sep 2015

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On Wednesday 23rd September we held our Academy Open Evening. The event was a huge success with record numbers of parents turning up with their children, curious to see the massive changes and improvements happening at the school. After a short presentation in the theatre that...

Open Evening 2015

14 Sep 2015

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At Sandhill View Academy, we pride ourselves on being a school with its heart in the community. We believe that if lessons are exciting and challenging, if young people are successful, if they are involved in their learning and in school life, then our Academy will act as a...

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