Oct 03
The whole of the Sixth Form visited Sunderland University for the afternoon. This is the first event as part of the school’s exciting new partnership with our local university. During the afternoon, students had the opportunity to take part in one taster lecture from a range of subjects including Nursing, Media, Criminology, Psychology and many …
Oct 03
Our Year 13 Oxbridge applicants took part in a small group workshop to find out more about the admissions process, including admissions tests and interviews. They then broke off into subject groups and interviewed each other with example questions.
Sep 27
Two Sunderland Councillors were invited into school to discuss the role of local government to our Year 12 Law students. The Councillors were both former Southmoor students! Martyn Herron and Lyall Reed talked to the students about topics ranging from dealing with antisocial behaviour in the area, to how Sunderland Council spends its £100m budget. It was …
Sep 26
Fiona Larkin from Sunderland University visited the Art department to outline to our current Year 13 Art and Photography students the expectations for applying to University and how to create a portfolio to submit. The students received one-to-one advice from Fiona and are looking forward to attending workshops at Sunderland University on Wednesday 28th September.
Sep 26
Psychology hosted a digital Careers Event with NE1Can called ‘Behind Bars, Exploring Careers with the Prison Service’. This session included students from year 12 and 13 from Psychology and Sociology and it gave them the opportunity to explore employability behind bars and learn all about what it takes to work in Britain’s Prison Service. They …
Sep 22
We welcomed Professor Iain Chapple, a professor of Periodontology and head of the School of Dentistry at the University of Birmingham. Ian spoke to our Year 12 students about the “Seven Ages of Man”, a truly inspirational presentation about life through his lens. Ian studied at Southmoor and we were truly honoured to have him return to …
