On Tuesday morning last week, as a follow up to the recent visit to the Wates/AESC Gigafactory construction project in Washington, we were delighted to welcome into school Genna and Jimmy from Sunbelt Rentals and Ashleigh and David from Wates Group to deliver the second part of the exciting Sunbelt Rentals Beacons Schools programme with …
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Mar 11
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 former Southmoor student. Leanne talked …
Mar 11
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 extra day-time performance for some of our primary …
Feb 21
OxNet Study Skills Day
Last Tuesday, Southmoor Academy hosted a ‘Study Skills Day’ for the North East cohort of OxNet. This year, a selection of Year 12 students from across the North East will partake in the ‘Heritage 360’ programme. ‘Heritage-360’ is a new initiative for 2024, which is based on connecting collaborative practice between natural and cultural heritage …
Feb 20
Year 12 Engineering Shadow Day at Wates/AESC
We have been delighted to have been asked to be the only school in the North East to take part in the Sunbelt Rentals Beacon Schools Programme. Sunbelt Rentals are a company that not many people might know; however, you will have come across them at some point. They provide services to all major events, building …
Feb 20
Break for Sport at Sunderland University
As part of our Sixth Form wellbeing day, Year 12 students visited City Space for an enrichment afternoon to take part in a rotation of activities lead by Team Sunderland. Students enjoyed trying touch rugby, a climbing wall, circuit training and the gym and got to experience what is on offer at the University of …