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One Last Farewell

We invited our Year 11 students to join us one last time for their special leavers’ assembly. After completing their final GCSE exam, our students came together with their Year Leader, Miss Clarkson, our Headteacher Mrs Dodd and special guest, Trust CEO, Mrs Maw. in this...
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The Pandemic Project

Year 8 students from Southmoor and Sandhill took part in an exclusive ‘Pandemics Through Time’ project with Newcastle University and Durham University. They spent 4 days exploring both historic pandemics and COVID-19 through different academic lenses. Students visited...
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Matilda Rehearsals Intensify As Show Draws Near

As our latest school musical production approaches we are intensifying rehearsals to perfect the show. Our pupils are working hard both on stage and behind the scenes to bring this all-singing, all dancing production of hit musical Matila to life and make it our best one yet. The...
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Primary School Commonwealth Games

We hosted a ‘Commonwealth Games’ sports day for our local feeder primary schools. Each of our feeder primaries had ten students representing them, competing in a variety of track and field events. Much fun was had by all as friendly local rivalries led to some exciting...
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SMSC Poster Competition Winners

Congratulations to the Keystage 3 students who were selected as winners for our first SMSC poster competition. The standard was really high across the board but these six pupils created, we thought, the most effective designs. They will now have an opportunity to make the posters...
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Bright Sparks Return

Sandhill View’s mathematicians attended their final Bright Sparks event where they tackled advanced logic and network mapping problems. These included the famous Konigsberg bridge problem and used ideas from Euler to determine the outcome. Well done to all our future...
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Transition Evening 2022

Sandhill View would like to extend our gratitude to what was a highly successful event for Year 6 students and their parents. It was excellent to see so many of our future students excited about joining us at the Academy, meeting their form teachers, completing enrolment...
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Artist Workshop With Year 10

Year 10 artists were lucky enough to work with contemporary artist, Paul Raymond creating drawings and sculptures inspired by Nostalgia. They even created moving artwork they could race at the end of the session. Students showed incredible resilience, creativity and impeccable...
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Goodbye Year 11

We said goodbye to Year 11 students after weeks of incredibly hard work in revision sessions and completing their GCSE examinations. We release them for study leave for their final few exams and to enjoy their prom. We await their all-important results in August and look forward...
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Sandhill Ski 2023 Open For Signups!

Miss Malloy and Mrs Barnes introduced our students to all the details regarding our ‘Sandhill Ski’ school trip 2023. Students in Years 7, 8 & 9 (going into Years 8, 9 & 10 next year) will have the opportunity to join us for an exciting adventure in the mountains of...
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Gardening Glory

After a week of half term the weeds had certainly grown in the school garden! Students have been working extremely hard to keep on top of the things. The vegetables are growing well and in the coming weeks, lettuce, radish, and spring onions will be ready to be harvested!...
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Year 10 Progress Evening 2022

Our Year 10 Pupil Progress Evening will take place at Sandhill View Academy on Monday 4th July 2022 from 4.00pm to 6.30pm, where subject teachers will be available to discuss your child’s current progress, performance and behaviour for learning. I am sure you will find this...
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Generation Green on Video

Following our Eco Team’s trip to Boggle Hole the Youth Hostel Association’s ‘Generation Green’ program have released a video made whilst the team were there, highlighting our visit and discussing the benefits that this experience has on young peopl...
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Year 10 Work Experience

  Our Year 10 students who have secured work placements were out at work across the area learning about the essential skills needed in the jobs they have chosen to try their hand at. Over 100 students were out on placement at various places including primary...
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Geography Trip

Students from our GCSE Geography course were out and about conducting field work, collecting data and information for their geographical survey coursework. Pupils studied the effects of longshore drift as well as the effects of erosion evident on the beaches at Seaham in...
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Sandhill View Wembley Take Over

History was made as Sunderland AFC enjoyed their first playoff final victory in front of 47,000 supporters at Wembley Stadium. The 2-0 victory means Sunderland will be playing Championship football for the first time in four years. It was an occasion which will live long in the...
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Sandhill Ski Returns!

We are delighted to announce that we are launching our ski trip after the half term. Students will be offered the chance to go skiing in Andorra March 2023. Mrs Barnes and Miss Malloy will be launching the ski trip during assembly. If your child is interested in the trip please...
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Outdoor Skills with the Prince’s Trust

Currently two groups of students from KS3 are completing a Prince’s Trust project focusing on teamwork. As part of the course, they visited a forest in Teesdale and learnt to build campfires and how to safely cook outside.  The students all took a role in...
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Class Glass

Year 8 & 9 students who were involved in the DesignLab Nation project visited the National Glass Centre as a celebration of the amazing work they produced during the project. The students were presented with a certificate and were able to see their work displayed in the...
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Published Publicity

You may remember Sandhill View’s own aspiring student author Darcie Peters and her first novel being published online. Darcie has recently enjoyed some publicity for her writing efforts with an article about her story in the Sunderland Echo. Darcie is extremely passionate about...
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Why Queue with the Riot Act

All Year 7 students attended a special interactive theatre-style presentation, delivered by a visiting group called “The Riot Act”. The presentation encouraged students to think carefully about safe and sustainable travel options and it raised the awareness of the range of...
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Mental Health Matters

We welcomed representatives from the national charity ‘Mental Health Matters.’ The charity’s aims are to promote the wellbeing of persons who are experiencing mental or physical health problems or illnesses; however those problems or illnesses have arisen. Mental health...
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Global Acts of Unity

Some of our Year 10 students were fortunate to attend a presentation by Mike Haines, founder of the charity Global Acts of Unity. Mike set up the charity after his brother, David, a humanitarian aid worker, was murdered by Islamic State (ISIS) in 2014. David had been working to...
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GCSE Exams Commence

Our year 11 students began their ultimate test of their time at Sandhill View Academy. Our pupils have been working hard in revision classes to prepare for the first formal, in-school GCSE examinations in over two years. The behaviour of our year 11 group has been impeccable...
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Eco Team Dig-In

At this time of year, the garden is buzzing back to life and our school garden is no exception. It has been an extremely busy few weeks for our Eco Team. Students have been planting beetroot and radish directly into our vegetable garden and have been hardening off existing plants...
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Sing Like a Star Workshop

Our Drama students were lucky enough to have visit from a professional Musical Theatre performer! The workshop covered some key themes which reflect our current society, such as body shaming, bullying and discrimination creating some thought provoking performances...
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One Last Derby

To celebrate the end of the sporting year, our Year 11 students hosted a Trust derby against their counterparts from our sister school, Southmoor Academy. This was the last time many of our team members will pull on the Sandhill jersey to represent their school in competition...
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Matilda Getting Set for the Stage

The cast of our upcoming school musical ‘Matilda’ were in rehearsals, hard at work practising their blocking, choreography and signing read for what proves to be an exciting show at the end of the school year. This is one of our largest casts in recent years and it’s fantastic to...
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Discussing Determination

Mrs Southwick spoke to students about having determination. Pupils were encouraged to think about the adversity they are experiencing in their life right now, the difficult or unpleasant situations they are facing. They were then encouraged to think about such...
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Setting the SMSC Standard

We are delighted to announce that Sandhill View has been awarded Gold level of the National SMSC Quality Mark.  The external verifier was extremely impressed with the community spirit of Sandhill View and how our core values of  Aspire, Achieve and Enjoy...
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Sandhill Scholars Explore Newcastle University

Year 10 students on our ‘Scholars’ programme attended an exclusive visit to Newcastle University with their counterparts from Southmoor Academy. They spent the day with dedicated student ambassadors and took part in a range of activities including university...
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Celebrating Success

We celebrated our top praise points and attendance stars with certificates for the entirety of our Spring Term handed out in assembly each day. We are glad to report that many of our students earned themselves a certificate for their hard work, punctuality and commitment to...
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Careers in the NHS

Our Year 8 students were given a live performance entitled ‘Why Care?’. The show was a high impact, exciting educational theatre performance that raises awareness of the rewarding world of healthcare in a fun 40-minute interactive experience. As well as, challenge...
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Insight into Design

Mark Rogerson, who is a lecturer at Sunderland University, visited our Graphics classes. Mark is a senior lecturer in Graphic Design and has worked with companies such as Yeo Valley, McDonald’s and Carlsberg. Mark spoke to Year 10 Graphic students all...
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Responsible Recycling for our Eco Drive

Our Eco Team and students from The Bridge Provision were joined by Diane Farrer who represents the ‘Crisp Packet Project’ and has been working with students to turn unwanted crisp packets into insulation blankets. Our students have been working hard to collect the...
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Pupils on the Pitch at The SoL

An amazing opportunity arose for six Sandhill View students to be flag bearers for Sunderland AFC against Rotherham. The lucky six students were chosen because of their outstanding behaviour in school and having over 97% attendance this academic year.   Matthew, Mia, Jaxon,...
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Learning About Alcohol Abuse

Our Year 7 students enjoyed a live performance of the school show ‘Smashed’. The performance and interactive workshop helps pupils understand the facts, causes, and consequences surrounding alcohol misuse and the risks of underage drinking. ‘Smashed’...
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Triple Attendance Perfection

Well done to Imogen, Michael and Milly Laing (Year 11) who are celebrating their outstanding commitment to school with not a single day off in not only their time at Sandhill View but also their entire time at primary school at Hasting’s Hill. Spanning 12 years of education, this...
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Maths in the Kitchen

Last week a group of Year 9 pupils visited Blackfriar’s cookery school to explore how mathematics skills are used in a culinary context. Students had a fantastic time making brownies and pizzas – although some of the food was so tasty, it didn’t even make...
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Easter Eggstravaganza Winners!

Last week we celebrated our Easter top attenders by rewarding those students who kept their attendance at 100% for the last half of this term. Well done to: Cameron Cooke, Deacon Anderson, Kate Armstrong, Lacey Lackenby, Beth-Anne Coxon, Alex...
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Sunderland’s Search for a Star 2022

Last Wednesday our recent ‘Sandhill Stars’ talent competition winners joined performers from across Sunderland secondary schools at Search for a Star 2022. The event was compered by students from Monkwearmouth Academy, winners of the 2020 competition and hosted by Sunderland...
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Bright Sparks Return

On a few weeks ago, our year 9 mathematicians attended the second Bright Sparks maths session where they tackled a brand new topic. They worked with modular values and used these to prove divisibility tests for 3 and 11. Once again, they represented the school amazingly at this...
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Mental Health Awareness with the NHS

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen an increase in demand and need for support for young people. However, there is currently a shortage in provision across the UK – with only one in three children and young people with a diagnosable mental health condition receiving NHS care or...
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Value & Self Worth

We were joined by a representative from Wearside Youth for Christ who spoke to our students about the importance of having self-worth and the value you have as a human being to make positive contributions to the world around you. Having high self-esteem is key to...
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Sportsability

  A small group of Year 7 pupils took part in a ‘Sportsability’ school trip at Silksworth Sports Complex. Students took part in five activities including: skittles, dodgeball, handball, cricket and tennis with each sport engaging them with mini games to test...
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Easter Eggstravaganza 

Well done to all those students who had 100% attendance last week and thus were entered into our weekly attendance competition. The first set of winners of the Easter Eggstravaganza are: James Rollins, Abigail Buck, Katie Belford, Ewan MacDonald, Lacey...
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Art & Science Meet

Students in Year 9 were challenged to create an exciting poster using their favourite quotes from scientists as part of our recent British Science Week celebrations. Students created the hypnotic, swirly designs using ink, water, and Adobe Photoshop. Leo Leader, Grace Spraggon...
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Eco Team on Tour

It was another busy week for our Eco Team, council meetings, potting young plants and attending a Generation Green Residential trip.   The team spent much of the morning potting on young cabbages and lettuces which were planted last month. Students worked extremely hard...
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Heart Starting with Red Sky Foundation

We were delighted to welcome into school Sergio Petrucci from the Red Sky Foundation, a local charity who have raised over £480,000 to support the Children’s Heart Unit at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. Sergio talked to students about the importance of learning how to perform...
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