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Sports Days Galore!

We celebrated our Keystage 3 Sports Days with students in Year 7 – 9 participating in separate events. With a range of sporting events taking place on our school playing fields from Olympic inspired archery, javelin and relay to the classic egg and spoon, three-legged race and...
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Generous Laptop Donation

Thank you to local company Click Travel who generously donated equipment that was no longer in use at their business to younger people in order to support their learning and development. Our students were excited by the haul of Apple laptops and we’re already looking...
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A Brilliant Graduation

Year 9 students who completed ‘The Brilliant Club’ programme had their graduation, with representatives from St Anne’s College Oxford. A special thank you to Charlotte Roughton, their PhD tutor, for teaching them the content and giving them the knowledge and...
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Awards Season Reaches Southmoor

We kicked off our awards celebration season with ceremonies taking place for students in Year 7 & 10 who were recognised for their achievement throughout this academic year. Both of our ceremonies were a resounding success with fantastic turnouts from parents and carers eager...
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Discovering Northumbria University

A group of Year 8 students visited Northumbria University. On the morning students attended a sample lecture about English language and dialects, and then they designed their own university and presented to the group. On the afternoon students competed in a campus treasure hunt...
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Bridge Building Brilliance

After looking at the design of the Tacoma bridge which was classified as the worlds wobbliest bridge until it collapsed in 1940 pupils were asked to develop their engineering skills and design to create a bridge with a given budget. Their design had to carry a load across a...
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A Night at the Prom

After all of the hard work and effort put into their GCSEs, it was time for Year 11 to dress up and celebrate by the seaside for their Prom at The Roker Hotel. Students arrived in style wearing their finest attire, ready for the fun activities that included bonkers bingo,...
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Triathlon Champions!

Everyone Active Sunderland hosted the Sunderland Schools Triathlon Event. The event was attended by Thornhill Academy, St. Anthony’s Academy, Farringdon Academy, St. Aidan’s Academy and Castleview Academy and all participants competed in the three triathlon disciples...
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Moving On Up!

We welcomed Year 6 pupils and their parents into Southmoor for our special transition evening. This was a chance to learn more about what’s in store for September, meet form tutors and try on that all important Southmoor uniform! The following day we then welcomed back nearly 250...
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Southmoor Scholars Present Their Projects

The Year 10 Southmoor Scholars have come to the end of their projects, and presented their ideas to Mrs Maw in a roundtable presentation event. We heard about a range of projects, including: a short story, the psychology behind our fixation on horror, nutrition and gymnastics,...
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