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Exhilarating Action in Europe

As a reward for their excellent behaviour and attendance, students from Years 7 and 8 enjoyed their much-anticipated trip full of thrills and adventure in France over last weekend. Pupils had a fantastic time exploring the two parks that make up the Disneyland Paris resort as...
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Belated Christmas Card Competition Winners

Back in December, Mrs Cassells entered several Christmas cards into the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Christmas card competition, all designed by our students. This week, we received certificates for all entrants deemed “super participators” along with some RSC...
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Swim Gala Glory

Year 7 and 8 Southmoor Swimmers swam their socks off to compete against nine other Sunderland secondary schools including; Monkwearmouth, St Anthony’s, St Robert, Castle View, Farringdon, Thornhill, Oxclose, Biddick, Sandhill View at the Sunderland Schools Swim Gala. The girl’s...
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The Power of Pet Therapy

Last Friday we invited in some animal friends and their handlers to our Pupil Support Centre. Pupils in the PSC were delighted to handle a selection of cute critters including tortoises, rabbits and guinea pigs and a dog in an effort to help them relax, something particularly...
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Northumbria Police Workshops

This half term in Personal Development, we are delighted to have Sarah and Kerry from the Violence Reduction Unit, visiting our classes to deliver various workshops on topics that may impact our local community and some of our young people. Year 7 are looking at Child Criminal...
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Awesome Athletes Compete for Southmoor

Last week students took part in the Sunderland School Games Athletics Competition. It was a great day, with our students really enjoying the atmosphere and while we didn’t win overall there were a lot of extremely good individual results and performances. Carter McQue came...
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NCS This Summer?

NCS is an amazing once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our students in Years 11 to do something meaningful and a chance to develop skills and take on new challenges that will set them up for adult life. Year 11 will have the chance to choose from three unforgettable experiences and...
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Published Polygots

Last week we reported on some of the talented multi-lingual students who have been taking part in the Express Yourself North East Festival of Languages. Following on from this we are delighted to present their work, fully published in Mother & Other Tongue antholog...
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Creative Careers Workshops with Channel 4

Last week we were delighted to welcome back to school Michael Longhi from 4Schools to deliver an assembly and practical workshops about Creative Careers to all Year 8 students. During the assembly, students had the opportunity to find out about the range of careers involved in TV...
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Year 8 Animal Art

Last week our Art department borrowed a collection of taxidermy animals from Sunderland Museum to support Year 8 in their current Animals project. Over the next coming weeks, pupils will be learning the benefits of observational drawing from a primary source and will create a...
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