Sandhill View Academy

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We once again opened our doors for our annual Academy Open Evening. The event was an immense success with pupils and their parents packing out our school theatre to capacity at the start of the evening. With everything from fizzes, pops and bangs in science, mathematical...

A Warm Welcome to Sandhill

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Having thoroughly enjoyed their transition experience at the end of our last school year, Year 7 pupils felt confident as they began their new life at Sandhill View. Our new year group are settling in very well, with many of them adapting to secondary school quickly and already...

Terrific Travelling Tubas

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Year 7 students had the chance to enjoy an interactive performance by Travelling by Tuba, one of the UK’s busiest and most successful classical music duos. The pair gave students an eclectic performance designed to encourage more children to take music lessons before inviting...

School Council Now in Session

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We have already appointed our new school council for the year, with representatives from every year group, including our Year 11 Ambassadors and our Head Boy & Girl for 2019-2020. These students will work to represent their peers as student ambassadors and lead in-school...

Hard Work Pays Off

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We are delighted to announce that just before Summer, we have completed Stage 3 (Gold) of the Inspiring IAG Quality Award – the Careers Education, Information and Guidance Quality Award. The accolade recognises the school’s commitment to providing high-quality careers education,...

Down to Earth with the RAF Regiment

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The RAF Regiment, who are the ground fighting force of the RAF and classified as an infantry based unit, came into school to deliver a presentation with all of Year 10 and selected Sixth Formers about the many careers that are available in their field. They spoke to students...

Celebrating our GCSE Success!

22 Aug 2019

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Another Year of GCSE Success! Following last week’s A Level successes at the Sixth Form at Southmoor, we were delighted to once again celebrate a great set results for our GCSE students today. Sandhill View staff welcomed an excited ‘Class of 2019’ into school to collect their...

Academy Open Evening 2019

09 Aug 2019

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Academy Open Evening: Monday 16th September at 5:00pm We are excited to once again throw open our doors and welcome everyone to our Academy Open Evening 2019. Whether you’re a Year 6 parent looking at your child’s future or just interested to see what we’re all...

Year 10 Summer School at the Sixth Form

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Last week, Southmoor Year 10 students were joined by their peers from Sandhill View Academy and other schools across the city, at our Sixth Form for a day of taster subjects. Students got the chance to try a breadth or reputable A-level subjects including: Art, Literature,...

May the Odds be Ever in your Favour

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Last week saw the return of our Sandhill Hill Games, where our students battled to earn glory for their house group. Pupils went head-to-head over a series of events including physical and mental challenges that really showed off the friendly competitive spirit that the new...

Beyond the Band Pit

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Last week students got the chance to perform their own original musical compositions at the Sunderland Empire as part of the ‘Beyond the Band Pit Project’. The project is ran by The Empire in association with Sunderland Music Hub with our students working alongside local...

Crest is Best

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Twenty of our Year 7 students have taken part in a CREST Discovery award project with all of them passing to go on to receive the award. Pupils worked for five hours on a project entitled “Stop the spread”, this was a project looking at how disease is spread and how we could...

All Signing, All Dancing

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Our students took to the stage to entertain members of the public in an all singing, all dancing show that saw them perform a medley of song and dance numbers from the world class musicals we all know and love. Well done to all the talented performing arts and music students who...

Insight at Sandhill View

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Sandhill View hosted our first Insight session for local Year 5 pupils. As well as providing prospective Year 5 pupils with a taste of secondary life, the sessions are part of a wider project aimed at raising young people’s aspirations, starting at the...

Sandhill Scholars Graduate

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Students and their families concluded the end of the Scholars Programme with a graduation event, kindly hosted by Dr. Anne Allen, Acting Principal of St John’s College, Durham. The ceremony was designed to replicate a matriculation at Durham University, mixing tradition and...

Moving On Up!

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At the start of the month we welcomed nearly 150 pupils from our feeder primary schools who will be joining us in September as our new Year 7 group. Our new pupils were excited to find their way around their new school, meet their teachers, try news subjects, enjoy our...

Prom Prowess

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After all of the hard work and effort put into their GCSEs it was time for Year 11 to dress up and celebrate in the sunshine for their Prom at The Ramside Hall Hotel. A fantastic time was had by students and staff alike, with plenty of dancing, speeches and laughter. ...

Sunderland City Council Holiday Activities

17 Jul 2019

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As the summer holidays approach, Sunderland City Council have provided various youth provisions and activities for young people whilst school is closed. More information can be found in this leaflet.

Sandhill Alumni Success!

15 Jul 2019

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Congratulations to former SHV pupils Curtis Rooks and Luke Ellwood who have recently graduated from University. Curtis achieved a Geology Bsc (Hons) 1st at St. Andrews University and Luke Ellwood achieved Mechanical Engineering (Hons) 1st at Newcastle University. Well done! We...

A Wonderful Work Discovery Week

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Year 9 students visited the Stadium of Light for the ‘Work Discovery Week’ launch. They took part in a host of sessions including a Careers Fair, an employability skills workshop and an interview skills session. Pupils had the opportunity to network with companies such as...

Park Art

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Year 9 pupils have used a variety of materials in collaboration with the Thought Foundation Art Gallery, local artists and scientists to create a sculpture inspired by climate change. They have used cement, found plastic and plaster to create their response to how society views...

Sandhill Lionesses Celebrate Women’s Football

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Our Year 7 and 8 girls’ football teams attended a football festival at Sunderland University. The purpose of the festival was to promote leadership and the women’s world cup. The girls played a number of games, attended a leadership workshop and even got to try on...

Race for Life

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Thorney Close Primary Years 3, 4 and 5 took part in our annual ‘Sandhill View Race for Life’. All the classes showed great effort running around the course and with some great sportsmanship demonstrated in cheering other runners on. Our Year 8 and 9 students helped organise...

Commemorating & Celebrating

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Our Year 11 cohort joined us in school one last time as a year group to attend the dedication of a memorial to their fellow student, Josie King. Josie was a much loved Sandhill View student and the short but beautiful ceremony included her brother Jack, planting a yellow rose...

Joining the Academy

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We recently welcomed our latest group of Year 6 students who will be moving into Year 7 in September for their official enrolment into Sandhill View Academy. The parents and pupils had the chance to meet their head of house, make new friends in their tutor groups, learn more...

Politics in Perspective

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Budding Year 9 politicians from Southmoor and Sandhill View were invited to a Politics Open Day at Durham University. They got a flavour of student life attending a lecture on climate change, playing a game to re-enact the distribution of public goods and competed...

Marvellous Medical Mavericks

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Students had the chance to learn about NHS careers with a visit from the ‘Medical Mavericks’ roadshow. They took part in a range of activities including recording their own ECG, taking blood from a fake arm and practising keyhole surgery as well as taking a look inside their own...

Goodbye & Good Luck Year 11

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We said goodbye to Year 11 having released them from all but their remaining exam timetables. Students have worked incredibly hard in revision sessions over the last few terms and will hopefully reap the rewards of their efforts in August! We all wish them the very best in their...

Hasting Hill Pupils Look to their Future

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Hastings Hill students experienced their first Aspirations Workshop, delivered by our Raising Aspirations Coordinator, Miss Ungley. Pupils explored what Aspirations are and how they could succeed in the future. Year 4 students learned about curiosity, and how this has helped...

Heading for the DesignLab

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We are very excited to announce that Sandhill View Academy have been offered 18 fully funded spaces on the DesignLab project, a scheme encouraging young people to engage in the creative industries across the UK. As part of this, Year 10 art and photography students will take part...

Year 6 Intake Evening

17 Jun 2019

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This Wednesday we are welcoming Year 6 students who will be joining us in September as our new Year 7 cohort. We will be dividing the evening into two separate time slots, one at 4pm and the second at 5pm. Parents should have already received an invitation letter...

SHV is Racism Aware

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As a school, we have now completed the Racism Awareness Programme ran by Challenging Youth Racism. This involved a series of workshops ran by an external provider. This culminated in 14 students spending the day completing a course making them Student Champions. This is aimed at...

Hows That?

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A mixture of Year 7 and 8 students represented the Academy in a highly competitive cricket competition at Ashbrooke Cricket Ground before half term. Following our group games, we qualified for the semi-finals in a gripping game by scoring one more run than our opponents. We fell...

Winter Gardens Work Experience

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Year 10 student Allanah Jo Berry is currently completing her work experience placement at the Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens. She is also studying towards an Art Awards qualification in addition to her GCSE’s in school. As part of this she planned her own art...

Fun at the football Festival

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Before half term, year 7 and 8 students represented Sandhill View at a football festival, hosted by Sunderland University. The festival was an opportunity to allow the students to develop an understanding of leadership roles in sport, play competitive football and see past and...

Nothing to Sniff At

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We were visited by Alan the sniffer dog and his handler, who have been into school and visited a number of classrooms and social areas. This visit is not in response to any particular incident but part of our continued links with the community police, to ensure that we...

Restructuring of Hearing Impaired Services

16 May 2019

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We consulted with parents and other stakeholders on changes to Hearing Impaired Provision at SHV. Following consideration by the relevant agencies our proposals have been accepted and from September 2019 hearing impaired support will be provided directly by Together for...

Sandhill Ski Supreme

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Over Easter pupils embarked upon our annual ski visit to Grandvalira in Andorra. Skiers of all abilities enjoyed a fantastic week with excellent conditions of fresh snow to either learn the basics or challenge their skills on the more advanced runs. Thank you to all involved… we...

On Year Bike!

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At the end of last term year 7 students took part in a bike ride tour of Sunderland for activities day. All of the students completed the 18mile bike ride without any issues and had a great day. We visited a number of different local attractions including; Penshaw Monument,...

Are You Future Ready?

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Students participated in a range of activities during our second careers focus day last term to help them think about the preparation needed for their futures. Year 9 visited Newcastle University to see for themselves the wide range of subjects which can be studied at degree...

Prison, Me? No Way!

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A range of students from years 7-10 had the opportunity to attend two workshops lead by representatives from ‘Prison, Me? No Way!’. The first session was based on knife crime and was delivered by a retired correctional officer. This looked at the increase in knife crime in recent...

CSI: Sandhill

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At the end of last term, a shocking discovery was made at Newcastle University: The Dr Martin Luther King statue had been stolen from campus! In an attempt to catch the thief and recover the statue, Newcastle University called in the experts from Sandhill View. Year 9 were...

Fantastic Food Bank Generosity

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The Academy received welcome recognition for its fundraising efforts recently after Sunderland Foodbank presented the school with a certificate for its efforts in making donations throughout last year. Our pupils collected an amazing 91.17Kg of food to help feed those families in...

A Big Business Breakfast

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We hosted a range of business leaders including; Barclays, Stagecoach and The Ministry of Justice to name but a few, who joined us for a ‘Business Breakfast’ to forge links with the staff members who are our Careers Champions and encourage links between local businesses and the...

Year 11 Shoot for Newcastle

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To inspire ideas for the upcoming art and photography exams, our GCSE students explored the exciting graffiti areas around the Newcastle/Gateshead Quayside. Year 11s are working very hard on their final projects and it is an amazing experience to what their ideas grow in the...

Bag Packing Back Packers

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Our World Challenge team recently gave up their weekend for a sponsored ‘bag pack’ to raise some much-needed funds for World Challenge – Thailand 2020. We raised £291.00 in total, over the two days. The girls did a marvellous job and worked very hard to ensure...

Top Form

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Well done to the pupils who have been recognised for their top attendance and Praise Points this term. Students who maintained either excellent attendance or a fantastic attitude to learning were rewarded with a certificate and a chocolate treat just in time for Easter!

Brilliant Baltic Visit for Art Students

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Year 11 art and photography students were lucky enough to spend time in the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead’s Archive to learn how to effectively research and analyse artwork from a range of contemporary sources. This has led to a range of starting points for their...

Peer Support Prodigies

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Sunderland legend Kevin Ball visited the Academy to present students who have been taking part in our Peer Support Project with certificates to acknowledge their participation in weekly training delivered by Sunderland Mind. Pupils are now prepared to...

Poisson d’Avril!