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Feb 17
We were delighted to welcome Peter Hyman, a former policy adviser to both Tony Blair and more recently Sir Keir Starmer, to Southmoor on Wednesday. He held a workshop on online radicalisation, and gathered views from our sixth form students that will feature in the research paper he is writing.
Feb 17
We are very proud to be the official school in the Northeast that is part of the Sunbelt Rentals Beacon Schools Project. On Tuesday, our Year 12 Engineering students took part in the first part of this project with a visit to the AESC Gigafactory being built by Wates in Washington. During the visit, our …
Feb 10
Team Southmoor Student Volunteer programme is up and running and students across the school are already enjoying the opportunities that having a dedicated team of sixth formers is providing. Taking on Coaching, Managing, Journalism and Photography roles the volunteers are gaining valuable, real world industry experience that will not only benefit the students that they …
Feb 10
Our Year 12 Geographers visited East Boldon and Hendon as part of their A Level topic on regeneration – comparing contrasting local places. After completing extensive secondary research, they collected primary data which will allow them to compare the character of these contrasting places.
Jan 27
We have put together a group of 6th formers who are Team Southmoor Student Leaders. Some of these are volunteering as photographers and journalists to cover our lower school sporting events whilst others will be managing their younger peers. This week our sixth formers who were successfully appointed to be part of Team Southmoors Student …
Jan 26
Recently, we have set up an excellent Fluency Reading Programme in conjunction with Shotton Hall Academy. We have superb mentors from both Year 12 and Year 10 assisting selected Year 7 pupils in their reading, with an emphasis on reading fluently which aids understanding. The programme, so far, is a huge success and is being …
