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Heading for the DesignLab

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...
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Winter Gardens Work Experience

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...
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Financially Sound

All year 10 students spent a day exploring Northumbria University. This was a great day looking at the myths behind student finance and higher education, a tour of the state of the art facilities and ending with a range of practical revision skills to aid them in their upcoming exams.
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Medical Marvels

As part of our Careers curriculum, a group of Year 10 students visited Sunderland University to find out about the range of careers available in the medical profession.  All students found it a really interesting and informative event and it was a very much an interactive...
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Engineering a Future Career

Computer science students from Year 10 recently attended the ‘Bring it on!’ event where businesses from across the region inspired, educated and informed students about the many possibilities engineering can offer in the North East. The day was active and interesting giving year...
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Early Exam Excellence

Nine of our year 10 students have recently completed Entry Level qualifications in English and Maths. Their hard work has paid off as all students have successfully achieved their certificates and are now working towards level 3. Well done everyone!
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Politically Correct

40 Year 10 students from Southmoor and Sandhill View visited Durham University’s Government and Politics Department for a taste of university life. They explored game theory in the context of politics and discussed the difference between fact and opinion. Students also took...
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Year 10 Taste Sixth Form Life

Year 10 students from Sandhill View Academy recently joined their peers from Southmoor Academy and other schools across the city at Southmoor Academy’s Sixth Form for a day of taster subjects. Students got the chance to try a range of intriguing A-level subjects including:...
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Women in Engineering

We took eight of our Year 10 girls to Sunderland College for a Women in Engineering event. The day focused on the wide range of opportunities in the engineering sector and aimed to highlight to the girls that this was not just a male oriented career. Throughout the day the girls...
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A Red Card for Racism

Year 9 & 10 students participated in lessons presented by special guest volunteers from ‘Show Racism the Red Card’.  Show Racism The Red Card is an anti-racism educational charity that aims to combat racism through enabling role models, who are predominately but not...
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Looking into Creative Careers

Year 10 recently explored career choices and contemporary art at The Baltic Gallery in Gateshead.  The Year 10s found that there are over 8000 jobs in the creative industries in the North East in a careers workshop before heading up to their current art and photography exhibition...
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A Look into Life

Miss Wallace took a group of Year 9 & 10 students on a trip  to the Centre for Life in Newcastle, to allow them to get a feel for what a real life science lab is like. Our students learnt about the use of Stem Cells in modern bio-chemistry and participated in a biology...
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SnoZone

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...
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