Following our Christmas jumper mufti day and the charity week at the end of last term I can now reveal that the grand total of £1,400 has been raised by students.
This will be split between the students own chosen charities; St Luke’s Hospice and The Grand Appeal at Bristol Children’s Hospital.
Well done to everyone involved.
Year 8 Options Evening
Last evening’s options event was very well attended by Year 8 students and their families.
During the evening Mr Adams, Deputy Head, said, “Welcome to the GCSE years, the next exciting stage in your educational career. During these years you will grow significantly, not only physically, but in your maturity, confidence and leadership. Our wide offer of super-curricular opportunities such as the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, the Plymouth Employability Passport, school productions, competitions, house leadership positions, subject clubs, sports and enrichment week activities will contribute significantly to your development. The KS4 years are also full of academic demands from your subject teachers and the examination boards”.
He added, “These years represent a major step on your road to a rewarding and successful career”.
Excellent Work
Several Year 7 Geography students submitted excellent entries to the ‘My Favourite Place’ competition which was judged by Logan Rossiter during his time as DHSB’s Takeover Day Headteacher.
Logan said, “The entries were of very high quality. It was very difficult to choose but the winners are as follows: Kai Watson 7E, Seth Stevens 7C and Laurie Thomson 7C”.
Well done to all who entered and all who were shortlisted.
Third place – Laurie Thomson 7C
Second place – Seth Stevens 7C
First place – Kai Watson 7E
Peer Mentors
This week I met the group of Peer Mentors who have come to the end of their formal role in school.
It was a pleasure to thank the students for their dedication and to encourage them to continue using the skills and attributes they have developed.
‘Once a peer mentor, always a peer mentor’.
Here the 2018 team is pictured as they started their year in the role.
PTFA Quiz and Curry Evening
A reminder that the DHSB PTFA id planning a Quiz and Curry Evening on Friday 8 February.
Please see this poster for all the details or contact Michaela Armstrong at school.
Sports Update
Football
Congratulations to the Year 7 and Year 9 teams; both through to the next round of the Plymouth Cup after convincing victories against Hele’s School.
Year 7
Year 9
Mr Strang reports that Tuesday saw the start of the Year 8 central venue football at Plymstock. He says the Year 8 team played three games in total winning one game and drawing the other two.
Well done to the Year 11 team. Mr Bunney said the team was back to ‘winning ways’ beating Tor Bridge in the Plymouth Cup first round.
Congratulations also to the Sixth Form second team who beat top of the league Marjon 2 – 1 with caretaker managers Mr Burt and Mr Manley.
Basketball
On Wednesday Year 9 played at the Life Centre in the central venue basketball league winning against St Boniface but losing to Eggbuckland.
Indoor Cricket
There was an exciting finish at the U15 Plymouth indoor cricket competition on Thursday.
The team lost to Stoke then beat Plymstock which meant a three-way playoff to decide took the overall number one spot. DHSB then lost to Stoke again and Plymstock which meant we finished in third place.
Mr Bunney said, ‘Well played to our U14s playing a year up”.
Sports Newsletter
Thank you to Mr Orkney and his team for producing this newsletter which gives a summary of school sport during the autumn term.
Future Events
14 – 18 January
Year 12 & 13 Exams
15 January
Year 9 Parents Evening
16 January
Founder’s Day (1896)
18 January
Year 11 Report
23 January
Year 8 Parents Evening
23 January
PTFA meeting