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DofE Adventuring

Last Friday 40 students from year 12 and 13 embarked on a practice expedition for their silver Duke of Edinburgh award. This was our biggest DofE Awars cohort yet, with students starting in Marrick and successfully navigating the 17-kilometre walk through the Yorkshire dales and, despite a soggy start, managed to avoid most of the …

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Top Exam Tips for Year 13

Last week Mrs Dias gave a talk to all year 13 students, ahead of their upcoming exams, with final exam tips. She showed the students what small things they could do to make a big difference in their exam papers – such as signposting examiners through their answers and effective use of diagrams and examples. …

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Duke of Edinburgh Practice

Year 12 and 13 students have begun their Duke of Edinburgh practice expedition today. The group must carry all of their equipment with them as they set out on this walk and will be setting up camp this evening and cooking for themselves on portable stoves. Students are all in great spirits so far despite …

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Building Skills with Esh

Last Monday we welcomed Darush Dodds, Director of Corporate Affairs for Esh Group, into school to talk to all of our 12 students about his pathway from school to his current position. Darush also discussed what he feels are important employability, and in particular, leadership skills that are important in his sector. Darush talked about …

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Celebrating Raising & Giving Week

Last  week has seen all at Southmoor come together for our annual Raising and Giving Week in support of Red Sky Foundation (link), our schools partner charity. Throughout the week, every form group has ran their own fundraising stall during break times for other students to participate in. From coconut shy’s to bake sales, football challenges and …

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Exploring History at Auschwitz

In March, the History Department took a group of 31 sixth form pupils to Krakow, Poland.  The trip was planned to help pupils A-level Historians embed and experience their knowledge and understanding of the complex features of World War Two and how the Nazis carried out and implemented both occupation of Eastern European countries and …

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