News updates from Devizes School. 🦁For more details visit our website. Proud to be part of The White Horse Federation Multi-Academy Trust.
@WhiteHorseFed
We are extremely pleased to announce that our school has been graded 'Good' in the recent Ofsted inspection.
Letters to parents will be emailed today.
More information can be found on our website:
Look out for more in the press on Thursday. 😃
Here they are! Goodbye Year 11 and good luck. You have been amazing in such difficult circumstances.
We look forward to seeing many of you back to 6th Form in the Autumn.
Have a great summer. 🍹⛱️🌞❤️
#beingDevizes
A huge well done to Charlie & Konnor in Year 9 who kindly helped an injured lady on the canal towpath last week. You are both superstars and a credit to our school! 👏
She is most grateful. 🤩
Because of the snow we have been forced to close the school today. We feel the site is not safe and we can't secure the correct amount of staff to run it.
School will be closed all day. We expect to be open as usual on Monday.❄️☃️
Final day of Covid testing of students in school today.
These volunteers are absolute stars! ⭐️
Self test kits have now been issued to all students. Testing is required twice a week from home. This should also continue over the Easter break.
#beingDevizes
👍👍
We wave farewell to the legend that is Mrs Carter tomorrow. So sad to see her go.
Her eight years at Devizes School have been jam packed! So many brilliant roles.
Good luck, we shall miss you 🥰
@Y7Devizes
@KAC_Devizes
Our amazing geography teacher
@MissCHonor
has been selected as one
@guardian
's 100 inspiring teachers.
We've written a little bit more about why she was chosen:
Due to the unprecedented weather warnings in place for overnight and tomorrow morning, We have made the difficult decision to revert to online learning for students on Friday 18th February. As safety is our number one priority, there will be no students or staff on site tomorrow
Sadly we are unable to have our usual whole school Remembrance service this year. However it is Devizes School tradition to plant poppies, Year 8 did this earlier today.
#beingDevizes
♥️
Throwback Thursday......
Don't forget our 50th Anniversary Reunion on October 12th!
These 3 lovely guys were part of
@DevizesPE
a number of years ago and still remembered fondly. Pictured here at Year 11 Prom.
Thanks to
@PhilCocks1
for this. 👏
Great work by
@Devizes6thForm
who have been packing boxes for the Devizes Food Bank.
Great for them to get involved with such a worthy charity, especially in the current circumstances. 👏
Thanks to the Year 7 tutors, Miss Snelson, Mrs Gough, Mrs Mackay and Mr Anderson who organised
@Y7Devizes
brilliantly this morning!
Y7 have had an assembly and are now in tutor groups. 😊
We haven't lost anyone yet!
A huge thank you to Morrisons for their donation of goodies to staff.
@Morrisons
are kindly donating food hampers to local key workers as a thank you for their service during the current pandemic.
Much appreciated in the staff room 😋👍🎄
Today we congratulated the top 20 students for progress in their mock exams. (sadly 5 are missing from the pic) They had a huge well done from Mrs Mackay and Mr Fiddament.
The future is bright for this great group. 💡
#beingDevizes
Huge well done to Y10 Annabel who won 3 out of 4 races beating the BMX World no.1 at the Regional finals in October. She has trained hard throughout lockdown this year. She is also heading towards the GB team....
Amazing dedication to the sport! 👍👏🚵♀️
@DevizesPE
A huge well done to
@Devizes6thForm
Sophie for getting through the final round of
@ICS_UK
interviews in London.
She has won a 4 month placement in Bangladesh helping to build communities!
👏 🇧🇩
Well done to all of our Y11 students on GCSE Results Day 2022! Our students have shown determination and resilience to overcome many challenges over the past years. We are so proud of how well they've done in spite of this.
Sports Day 2022- what a wonderful day! Thank you to
@DevizesPE
, our staff and all the students for taking part and making it such a great event.🏅
#sportsday
Today we say goodbye. There's me (Mrs Sims!), Mrs Wheeler, and Mrs Mead. Together we have given 70 years to Devizes School.
It's been an absolute pleasure and we shall miss everyone we leave behind.
Thank you Devizes School, what an amazing 70 years!
👏👋😊❤️
Ready to go with another round of Covid testing in school.
Fully trained school staff have volunteered to do this.
#beingDevizes
We have the best staff! 😊
A huge well done to
@DevizesPE
Sam who competed at the SW Athletics Championships at the Octathlon.
He positioned 10th overall from SW England!
A brilliant achievement! 🏆
All of us at Devizes School are saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We remember her family & those who knew her well, & our whole wider community at this time of national loss. We will share with the town in commemorating her remarkable reign.
Graduation No 2 for my daughter
@BathSpaUni
today, she now starts her teaching career in September.
We boiled in Bath today! 🥵
Happily though, we bumped into lovely Miss Gonzalez, one of my daughters old teachers, what a coincidence....🇪🇸 😊
And so the winning Christmas card design is.......This amazing creation by Pugalaruvi in 7GXG!
Sadly she was unwell today so we will give her the prize tomorrow! 🎄
Well done to Archie on his fantastic achievement as a young carer, he is a credit to the school.
Thank you also to
@claireperrymp
for visiting Archie in school today to present the award.
Archie, his Mum and the school are so pleased and very proud! 🏆
Thank you to
@HTempestPhoto
this morning.
@Y7Devizes
currently having their school photos taken. They are being fabulously patient and well behaved 👏
Standing photos this year, no sitting for individual photos to stop any cross contamination.
All going well! 📸
A huge well done to
@Y7Devizes
Hattie who took part in the Welsh Taekwondo Championships yesterday in Cardiff.
Hattie came 3rd in the individual sparring and 1st in the 'Tag' team event!!
@DevizesPE
🏆🥇
We were all blown away by the confidence of these two amazing
@Y7Devizes
students who got up in front of everyone and talked about their first 3 weeks at Devizes School! 👏
Open Evening 2019
At Devizes School, this year's results have shown a significant increase in attainment from previous exams across all areas of the school. This includes 12 students who have achieved all A*/A grades. The percentage of top grades has also increased significantly:
Some of you will remember Mr Cooper who was a Classroom Manager at our school for many years.
I am delighted to say he is now Mayor of Marlborough!
Great news Coops! 👍👏😃
Continuing the excellent work of Phil Bevan, Julian Morgan will be joining Devizes School in September as our new principal. Welcome to Devizes, Mr Morgan!
Apologies, I overlooked this photo earlier!
This young man deserves every award he gets as he's an absolute star! ✨🏊♂️
Another one for the trophy room Alex....
Last but not least we will lose
@DevizesPE
Mr Lund this week - he is off to
@LavingtonSchool
I'm sure we shall still see him across the football pitch however! ⚽️
Good luck Mr
@Lundy10
👍
PS I had so many photos of Mr Lund that I didn't know which to choose.....🤣
It happened- in aid of
@Julias_House
Mr Raymond bravely said goodbye to his flowing locks, raising over £1,600, and donating his ponytails to the 'Make a Wish' foundation too. There's still time to donate too, via ParentPay or the 'gofundme' link shared in previous posts.
I am really sorry to announce that Lorraine will be leaving us tomorrow.
She has been an absolute star and will be missed by both staff and students. 😥
Amazing shots Of
@Devizes6thForm
Imogen who recently did a tandem jump with the Red Devils in order to fund raise for her trip to Peru this summer.
Brave girl! 🛩️ 😮
This fantastic group of
@Devizes6thForm
are our new Head Students (seated) and 6th Form students appointed to leadership positions.
All very important roles. 😃👏
Head student Lily sadly absent today, we shall catch up with her at a later date. 6⃣
Friday 9th November will be our Annual Remembrance Service.
The whole school will attend this service and invited guests including students from local Primary Schools will also attend.
Fab Graduation Day with
@KtSims_
@BathSpaUni
today!
Miss Sims, Fine Art BA Hons will be starting her teacher training at Devizes School's Art Department in September
Great ceremony, thrilled that Chancellor Jeremy Irons hosted!
Miss Sims will also teach at Camp Xtra this summer
Students Alfie, Ellie and Max are supporting the 'Stop Climate Change' cause today and we fully support them.
Sadly they were unable to join the local 'UK Youth Strike 4 Climate' marches today.🌍
However, next term a group will be set up in school, more details to come!
Great story below.
Two of our
@Devizes6thForm
students were part of the U18 Hockey team who became National Champions of England at the weekend. 🏴
A huge well done to Ella T and Emily W. 🏆🏆
@DevizesPE
Our very own Mr Strickland has written a book. 📚
55 Year 10 History students will travel with Mr S to Ypres in March with
@studies_global
for a trip to the battlefields.
I'm sure they will all benefit from his obvious extensive knowledge!
So very sorry that Year 11 couldn't have their prom this year which would have taken place this evening 😭
If any of you are still celebrating (at a social distance) please let us know!
Thanks to
@pollylowebooth
and her family who are looking fabulous! 😍🥳🎉🍾
Lovely to see Year 7 an an assembly this morning, great to get you all in the same room!
@Y7Devizes
Looking very smart by the way ☺️
More photos to come with tutors later...📸
It's almost time...! We're so looking forward to welcoming Years 7 and 12 to the new academic year tomorrow. Year 7 will start in the Main Hall as they did on their induction day last summer, Year 12 in the Sixth Form Centre. We can't wait to get started!
40 laptops given/lent to students.
On Teams:
1225 users logging in for live lessons
600 active lesson groups and tutor groups
Over 94,000 chat messages sent
1,722,032 minutes spent in Teams Live Lessons
All since January 4th!🤩
Amazing stats from Mr Mullings today.
#beingDevizes
The hot weather looks likely to continue so we have taken the decision to allow students to wear their PE kit throughout this week.
A reminder that Thurs 12th is CORE Day and Fri 13th is Sports Day.
We want students to be safe in the sun so sunscreen & water are important!
Tutors came along this afternoon to say their goodbyes 😢
We'll miss you Year 13 💙
@Devizes6thForm
And as Miss Dale said, we will always be here for you, please keep in touch.
#beingDevizes
Our Head of Science, Mr James leaves us next week after 18 years at our school.
We wish him all the best for the future!
Open Evenings just won't be the same in the Science Faculty! 👨🔬 👇👇👇