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Nov 18
On Wednesday 13th November, some of our Year 12 students were invited to Sunderland University for a tour of the media facilities at St Peters Campus, which was followed by a live radio interview for Spark FM! Poppy Tomlinson and Ruby Clark, alongside Miss Knott, shared their personal experiences of Southmoor and the Sixth Form to …
Nov 18
A group of Year 12 Business students had the opportunity to spend the day at the Newcastle offices of PwC (Pricewaterhouse Coopers), one of the largest professional services firms in the world. Students faced challenging tasks around financial literacy, intoducing them to payslips, income tax and national insurance. They were able to set realistic budgets …
Nov 11
Last week was the first of a new series of Aspire lectures for students in Year 12. Every fortnight, students will have the opportunity to hear from external speakers from industry, education and other sectors. Our first visitor was Sergio Petrucci, CEO of Red Sky Foundation. Sergio spoke to Year 12 about the origins of …
Nov 11
We saw a fantastic turnout for our latest Sixth Form Open Evening at Southmoor, last week, with students and their parents from schools from across the area joining us to find out more about the special level of support we give our students. This was a chance for potential sixth formers to check out why …
Oct 30
On the last day of half term we celebrated the end of term down in the Sixth Form with Year 11 who joined us for a special ‘Sixth Form Fair’. Pupils got the chance to try a variety of fun activities including a photo booth, exotic petting zoo, hook-a-duck, ring toss and even participate in …
Oct 17
As part of their Biopsychology unit, Mrs Dias delivered a brain dissection session to our Year 13 Psychologists this week. Students explored the different lobes and hemispheres as well as discuss localisation of function of the brain. Structural comparisons were mapped out to a human brain and using their new-found knowledge our young psychologists could anticipate …
