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Easter Fundraising for Kendal

Our Year 11, 12 & 13 Camps International group are once again pushing to collect every penny possible for their big trip to Kenya in summer. This week our students set out some Easter themed stalls over break and lunchtime to tempt students with some seasonal treats and earn themselves a little extra for their …

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Field Work with a View

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 …

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Sunbelt Rentals Work Experience Interviews

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 …

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Year 13 Artists Look for Inspiration

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 …

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Exploring Employability with Sun Belt Rentals & Wates

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 …

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Year 12 Take Part in a Radicalisation Workshop

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.