On Friday 18th November 2011 Devonshire went dotty in aid of Children in Need. 

The school council organised a dotty themed cake sale.  Children brought in lots of cakes, many of which were decorated with dots and the school council worked hard collecting them in the morning and setting them out in the afternoon . As soon as the school day finished the undercroft was full of parents, carers and children all wanting to buy a plate of cakes and help raise money for this very worthwhile cause.  The cake sale was very successful and rasied £310.

The choir also helped raise money for Children in Need: they joined in the Sutton Rotary's activities at the St Nicholas Centre.  Pudsey and the Rotary were trying to make a mile of coins and our choir sang songs to entertain everyone whilst they collected money and tried to make the mile of coins.

Good news!  Devonshire was awarded Healthy School Status in November 2011.  We are very committed to trying to help children understand the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle both in and out of school.  We develop the children's understanding of this, not only through the curriculum but also through the additional activities that we provide and offer, all of which support the children's learning.  Being awarded Healthy School Status validates all of the activities that the children are involved in and the contributions that these make to their learning.  Look out for the Healthy School logo on our website and on our headed notepaper.

Have a look at the clubs and activities page of our website which shows all of the activities that the childen can get involved in outside of the classroom.  Also, have a look at the curriculum page of our website which shows that topics that the children learn about in the classroom. 

 Photos from the Year 6 trip to the Britain at War Experience in November 2011.

We have been learning about the Great Fire of London.  We made models of the houses that were in Pudding Lane.  We then made our own Pudding Lane, starting with the bakery, on the school field.  Then Mrs Rouse set our Pudding Lane alight and we all stood safely at the edge of the field.  The fire spread very quickly from house to house and the fire got bigger and bigger.  The houses burnt to the ground and they turned into ash.  We enjoyed watching the fire spread and it helped us imagine what happened to the houses in The Great Fire of London.  As the houses burnt we sang ‘ London’s Burning’.

By our Year 2 school councillors - Lily, Yusuf and Lily

4SK have been reading books from the series which were written by Eireann Littlefield.  They had a very special reason for reading these books as they had a very important task that the author had asked them to do; learn and sing the theme tune to her series of books and then record it for her so that she could use it for her animated series.  So on Monday 27th June, Eireann came to visit 4SK to listen to them sing and record the theme tune.  After that she came to our assembly and read one of her books to everyone, it was a book that was being published so she read to us from the only copy of the book in the whole world!  We also had the chance to ask her lots of questions.

Have a look at some of the work that 4SK have done following Eireann's visit.

When Eireann Littlefield came in to school we sang the  theme tune for Maisy the Animal Minder.  If you don't know who Eireann is then she is an animal minder who writes funny stories about what she does.  All the stories are true apart from the characters.

Maisy the Animal Minder is a series; the first book is called Casey and the Ducks and is published and selling all over the world.  The second, Fergus and the Deer has only one copy in the whole world and we were the first people to read it.

When we were recording the theme tune for 'YouTube' I stood up to introduce the song and we are going to be on 'YouTube', well at least some of us are.  Because I introduced it I got a free signed copy of her first book.  We got to see and meet the author, illustrator and the filmer who were all very nice.  The illustrator drew me a picture of Maisy's head which is a cartoon of Eireann's oldest daughter who is at university now.  It was great and I really enjoyed it.

Ellen

On Monday 27th June Eireann Littlefield came to Devonshrie Primary School.  We discovered everything in her books really happened in her real life.  Her camper van is called Cherry, she works as an animal minder and Eireann did really look after Cassie and the ducks.  Eireann hasn't got a home because she travels around the world in Cherry so she only gets to stay in a house for 2 or 3 days.

Max

On Friday 4th February, Steve Johnson from Durtnell building company announced the winners of the Building Safety Poster Competition.

Congratulations to both winners. The posters are displayed at the front of the school.

Devonshire's first car free day was a huge success - 95% of staff and parents came to school 'car free'.

See report on www.sutton.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=13278

The school also participates in the WOW scheme - walk once a week. See leaflet [Adobe Acrobat PDF - 1.97 MB].

Having had a very successful league year, reaching the semi-finals of their division, our netball team ended the season by taking part in the Sutton Schools Netball Rally on Saturday 7th May. The rally comprised 13 teams from Sutton, Wallington and Carshalton. The girls played superbly and managed to fly through to the semi-finals by winning their group!

In the semis they came up against St Cecilia’s and played brilliantly, winning 2:1. They went on to play a nail biting final against Foresters. It was fast paced and full of skill but they were pipped at the post.

The girls should feel extremely proud to call themselves tournament runners up and were wonderful ambassadors for Devonshire. A special thank you also to Mrs Rouse and the parents who supported the team on the day.

Mrs Mann would also like to thank all the children who have been so committed to Netball Club this year. Their hard work and determination has really paid off. Well done Devonshire!!!