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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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Our G.C.S.E results are in!

25 Aug 2015
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A difficult year involving a lot of hard work from students and staff has certainly paid off, following our recent GCSE results! We are delighted to be the second most improved school in Sunderland, regarding our five A*-C’s including English and maths figures – 46% of our...
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Sports Day 2015

14 Aug 2015
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On the last week of term this year we held our annual sports days. Each year group from years 7 – 9 took up the colours of a country to represent them across several events. Teams competed with each other to score points across a host of events such as 100m sprint, discus,...
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Art & Design Showcase

13 Aug 2015
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Starting on Tuesday 7th July our G.C.S.E art students got to the chance to show off their creative talents in the Summer Art Show which took place in the school theatre. From the opening preview night on the 7th the show was open to the public on the evenings and to the students...
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Fame!

11 Aug 2015
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Between Tuesday the 30th June and Thursday 2nd July our drama enrichment pupils staged a fantastic rendition of the musical fame at the school to very appreciateive audiences from the local community. The cast have worked tirelessly on the production since the start of the school...
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New School Website Live!

14 May 2015
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We are very excited to welcome you to our brand new school website. We have been working very hard over the past few months to bring together a website that will help better represent the school with its online presence. The new website is stuffed with all sort of useful...
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Hello world!

06 May 2015
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Sandhill View Academy

Grindon Lane, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
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