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Down to Earth with the RAF

The RAF Regiment, the ground fighting force of the RAF classified as an infantry based unit, delivered a presentation to Year 10 and selected Sixth Formers about the many careers available in their field.  Students had the opportunity to experience some of the training and...
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Year 6 Continue their Insight

Year 6 students from Hill View Junior Academy returned to complete the second part of our aspirations programme this week.   After joining us for the first part as Year 5 they had the chance to delve deeper into some of the advanced subjects they touched on last year...
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GIMME at Nissan

A group of Year 9 girls visited Nissan for a ‘GIMME’ event aimed to encourage women into engineering.  The girls heard from women currently working at Nissan and practised their own engineering skills by building spaghetti towers to hold a marshmallow!
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Why Queue?

Year 7 students attended an interactive theatre-style presentation delivered by ’The Riot Act’. The presentation encouraged students to think carefully about safe and sustainable travel options and raise awareness of the range of benefits for young people who choose to travel...
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Oxploring Big Questions

Our Aspiring Scholars in Year 10 attended a welcome event with Oxford University focusing on answering ‘Big Questions’ with Oxplore.  They discussed whether footballers should be paid more than nurses which culminated in a final debate on the topic of...
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Joining the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning

The bake-off came to Southmoor with sixth form students hosting a Macmillan Coffee Morning joining thousands of other businesses and organisations across the UK in peddling a selection of tasty treats in aid of this fantastic charity. Well done!
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Jeans for Genes 2019

Staff and students jumped into their jeans and jeggings in support of Jeans for Genes 2019. The organisation helps disorder-specific charities and patient groups to deliver inspiring projects and support services for children affected by a genetic disorder in the UK....
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Terrific Travelling Tubas

Year 7 students enjoyed an interactive performance from Travelling by Tuba.  The pair, one of the UK’s most successful classical music duos, gave an eclectic performance encouraging students to take music lessons before inviting them to take part in their own...
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Skill Builders

Year 10 will take part in the “Building My Skills” programme from Esh Group which involves businesses coming into school to deliver six workshops throughout the year. Students will learn about key employability skills including CV writing and will prepare their own future...
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Southmoor Student Joins Sunderland School of Medicine’s First Ever Cohort

We are delighted to report that Southmoor alumni, Laura Giles, has joined fifty other students at The University of Sunderland’s new medical school facility in what has been described as a watershed moment for the city and the North East.  Speaking to reporters from ITV and...
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