0191 594 9991

Sky’s The Limit With The CCF

An action packed week last week for our CCF Section with cadets flying, many for the first time, and a visit to IWM Duxford with community ATC Squadrons. Flying at RAF Leeming is always a sought-after experience and all six cadets achieved their blue RAFAC wings. Wings are...
Read More →

World Book Day 2024

Every year Southmoor celebrates World Book Day and this year was no different! On Thursday 7th March the whole school came together to discuss why reading is equally fun and important for learning. Staff and pupils alike shared extracts from their favourite books around the...
Read More →

Channel 4 Returns!

Last Tuesday, Michael Longhi from Channel 4 returned to school to, once again, talk to all Year 7 students and deliver a virtual Q&A panel with other representatives from Channel 4. During the Q&A panel, students heard from 4 employees who work at Channel 4 about their...
Read More →

Southmoor Students Hit The Court In Newcastle

Last Wednesday saw our under 16 basketball team compete in the Northeast regional basketball finals. This was following a very successful Sunderland competition just before February half term. Our combined team of Year 10s and 11s attended the event at the Newcastle Eagles’...
Read More →

Great Success at National Careers Week 2024

We launched National Careers Week on Monday last week with a special virtual assembly with Year 11 in the Hall and the rest of the school watching on Teams. For the launch, we were delighted to hear from Leanne Cahill, CEO of Bravissimo and Chancellor of Sunderland University – a...
Read More →

Off To See The Wizard!

Our talented cast of students alongside a dedicated team of backstage, lighting and sound volunteers as well as live musicians brought the magic of the ‘Wizard of Oz’ to life with our very own stage production of this classic show. Across a spectacular three nights, including an...
Read More →

Southmoor Students Shine

On Wednesday, six members of our Student Council took part in a very exciting photoshoot at Penshaw Monument with the Shine Trust. It was a real privilege for our students to be the face of a press release by the Shine Trust about the launch of a £10million fund to support...
Read More →

Students Devour a Maths Feast

Two teams of Southmoor pupils took part in MATHS FEAST, a competition for Year 10 mathematicians. Rounds included TV quiz solutions , Calculator cross number solutions, Maths-Hatters and a Rhombic Dodecahedra building. Both teams used problem solving, team building, and aiming...
Read More →

Floating Ideas with Northern Gas Networks

Last week was Hydrogen Week! We welcomed Alex from Northern Gas Networks to deliver a session to our wonderful 10A2 science class. Alex spoke about “bond energies”, a topic which is also on the GCSE specification, and how this can be applied to the combustion of...
Read More →

National Careers Week

This week is the annual National Careers Week – a nationwide celebration of Careers education. Here at Southmoor, every week is a Careers Week! However, we do have some special activities taking place during the week to join the nation in celebrating Careers. On Monday, we have a...
Read More →
Translate »