Apr 14
Year 12 Geographers completed 3 days field work in the Lake District this week, based at Derwent Hill. They collected data for their coursework in Keswick, completed orienteering and rocketing building challenges on the Monday. Tuesday was spent successfully climbing Helvellyn, England’s third highest mountain! On the way up and down, we were considering the extent to …
Apr 07
On Tuesday, representatives from Sunbelt Rentals and Wates Group came into school to carry out interviews with our Year 12 Engineering students who are interested in securing a very sought-after paid Work Experience placement in July. During the interview, students had to give a short presentation, where they had to prepare a maximum of two …
Mar 24
Year 13 Fine Artists and Photographers recently visited the National Glass Centre and Centre for Contemporary Art at St Peter’s, to explore the current art and photography exhibitions on show. Students took part in a gallery walk-through with Learning and Engagement Manager, Lucy Lax, who helped to further explore their understanding of the work on …
Mar 10
On Tuesday morning, as a follow up to the recent visit to the Wates/AESC Gigafactory construction project in Washington, we were delighted to welcome into school Jimmy from Sunbelt Rentals and Ashleigh, David and Jeff from Wates Group to deliver the second part of the exciting Sunbelt Rentals Beacons Schools programme with our Year 12 …
Feb 24
With the recent publication of school’s results from across the country it has been revealed that our Sixth Form is looking in increadably good standing amongst the dozens of other institutions across the wider North East. From Middlesbrough to Sunderland, Newcastle to Northumberland, many of the North East’s recent school leavers excelled in their A …
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.
