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Sunderland, which is in the north-east of England, is a seaside resort with a modern marina. The city has a large shopping centre, an Edwardian theatre and a Winter Gardens. Southwick village was developed for workers in the nearby shipyards and coalmine. These are no longer in existence and there is high unemployment. Southwick is connected to the city centre by Wearmouth Bridge. The school is not far from Sunderland AFC football ground 'The Stadium of Light'. There have been many links between Sunderland AFC and our school. Sunderland is steeped in history. Close to the school is Hylton Castle, which was built about a thousand years ago. The castle is said to have a ghost called 'The Cauld Lad'. Another famous local legend is 'The Lambton Worm'. Some of our pupils danced as the Lambton Worm in street performances organised by Creative Partnerships in Durham and Sunderland. About 2 km from our school is the Anglo-Saxon church of St Peter's, which was built around 650AD. Penshaw Monument is a copy of a Greek temple. It stands on a hill in south Sunderland. Not far from Sunderland is Durham City, which stands on the River Wear. The city has a beautiful Norman cathedral. A huge modern metal sculpture called 'Angel of the North' stands on a hill in the nearby town of Gateshead.
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'About Us' contains information on a wide range of school activities.
There are pages on our New Beginnings Neighbourhood Nursery
Click on one of the following titles to learn more about our wide range of activities.
International work : This section describes the development of the International Dimension in our school. Recent activities can be found in International School Award 2009 (click the button on the left). Our international work began in 1994 & has included three consecutive Comenius projects (2000-3, 2003-6 & 2006-9). Teachers and pupils have visited partner schools abroad and French, Italian & Spanish has been taught in extra-curricular clubs. In 2002 & 2006 we received the full DCSF/British Council International School Award (ISA) & in October 2009 we received the ISA for the third time. We have have had links with schools in Catalunya, Finland, Italy, Poland, Czech Republic, Norway, Malta & France. In October 2009 we began a Connecting Classrooms project with schools in Syria.
Special events : Our school is always buzzing with activity. There are a many annual events including Book & Health Weeks, Year 5-6 visits to Derwent Hill outdoor activity centre, Options for Year 3-6 pupils, Year 6 Leavers' Performance in July and our Lantern Festival, which takes place in October. Each year we celebrate Chinese New Year. In 2008 Reception made a huge dragon, Chinese students from Sunderland University came into school, Year 5 pupils took part in a Tai Chi event at our National Glass Centre and Year 6 pupils visited a shopping centre to see the traditional Lion Dance. Unfortunately, the move into our new school was in February 2009 & we were not able to celebrate Chinese New Year. Special projects: Past projects have included Creative Partnerships, No Strings, Young Enterprise, Pupils First & 'Worldbench'.
Our school has links with many national and international organisations.
The websites of certain organisations, which may be of interest to visitors to our website from the UK and elsewhere, are listed in our Useful websites section. In this section are websites about Sunderland and the North-East.
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