The Devonshire Hill Times

Friday 9 May
Home Learning Projects due

Monday 12 - Thursday  15 May
Y6 SATs Exams - 8am start

Tuesday 13 May
POSTPONED - Y5 Onyx at IntoUniversity

Wednesday 14 May
POSTPONED - Y5 Quartz at IntoUniversity

Friday 16 May
Gold Star & Headteacher's Award cut off
R, Y1, Y2 Home Learning Assembly

Monday 19 May
Walk & Wheel Week
Y3, Y4, Y5, Y6 Home Learning Assembly
Pizza Party - Most Improved Attendance

Tuesday 20 May
Charlie's 10th Birthday

Thursday 22 May
Y5 Class Assembly - families invited

Friday 23 May
Inset Day - School Closed

Monday 26 - Friday 30 May
May Half Term - School Closed

Monday 2 June
Y4 Multiplication Tables Check (2 weeks)

Monday 9 June
Y1 Phonics Screening Check

Monday 16 - Friday 20 June
Devonshire Hill Olympic Sports Week

Monday 16 June
Nursery Sports Day - 9.15am/2pm
Reception Sports Day - 2pm

Tuesday 17 June
Y1 & Y2 Sports Day - 1.30pm

Wednesday 18 June
Y5 & Y6 Sports Day - 1.30pm

Thursday 19 June
Y3 & Y4 Sports Day - 1.30pm

Friday 20 June
R, Y1, Y2 Sports Day Presentation

Monday 23 June
Y3, Y4, Y5 Sports Day Presentation

Our Red Nose Day was a huge success! So many families contributed delicious bakes for our ‘Bake Off’ competition. It was fantastic to see so many of you supporting our bake sale! It turns out a lot of our families and staff like cake, your support helped to  raise a total of £291.50, these funds will be equally divided between Comic Relief and Devonshire Hill.

We would like to offer a huge congratulations to those of you who were awarded for your brilliant bakes. We presented certificates under four categories; star baker, most delicious bake, best presented bake and most creative bake.

Congratulations to our 2025 Easter Raffle winners and a huge thanks to everyone who donated. Your generosity meant that 40 prizes could be awarded and lots of happy children were able to take away a fantastic Easter hamper. This event raised a total of £278 pushing our 2024/25 fundraising total to £2,622.50!

Our Fundraising webpage is looking fantastic and we are so close to reaching our goal for the academic year. For more information about the fantastic FUNdraisers we have hosted so far this year please visit https://devonshirehill.com/news/fundraising/

The theme of Science Week 2025 was ‘Change and Adapt’. We asked our families to apply their creativity and produce a vibrant and unique poster which explored this theme. Their entries covered a broad variety of ideas, from chameleons and cacti to climate change. Well done to everyone who submitted a design and congratulations to the ten winners who were selected from across the school for having the best poster designs. Winners from Nursery to Year 2 were presented with a special science themed book and the winners from Year 3 to Year 6 were able to attend a trip to the Science Museum’s Wonderlab.

Exam season is upon us! Children in Year 6 have been working really hard to prepare for their KS2 SATs, they are looking forward to enjoying a healthy breakfast together on each morning of their exams. Additionally, children in Year 4 are working really hard at knowing their times tables with confidence for their Multiplication Tables Check (MTC) in June. Finally, children in Year 1 are developing and applying their phonetics knowledge to read ‘alien words’, also known as pseudo words, in preparation for their Phonics Screening Check. Daily practise at home will support your child to feel confident when taking part in their statutory assessments which take place on the following dates

Y6 SATs 
Monday 12 - Thursday 15 May 2025 - 8am

Y4 Multiplication Tables Check
Monday 2 June - Friday 13 June 2025

Y1 Phonics Screening Check
Monday 9 June - Friday 13 June 2025 

Five very lucky children in KS2 were recently offered the incredible opportunity to be part of the Spurs Legends event at the Tottenham Hotspurs stadium. They were selected not only as keen fans of our local football club but also for their regular enthusiasm and participation in sport. 

During their visit our fantastic five were fortunate enough to be a part of the Chirpy parade and to support as flag bearers on the football pitch alongside legendary Spurs players including Ledley King and Robbie Keane. ‘I felt nervous when we were about to go on the pitch, there were so many fans. I was so excited when our names were announced by the commentator.’ 

The children even saw Devonshire Hill families in the stands, what a brilliant way to spend a Sunday afternoon!

Children from the local community had a wonderful time at the recent Dalmage Active Holiday Camp. Those who attended were from a variety of local Haringey primary schools, including Devonshire Hill! The two week camp offered a number of activities throughout the day including sports, crafts and games.

One highlight of the week was a surprise visit from Haringey’s Councillor Zena Brabazon who gave a glowing review about her visit via Haringey Council’s YouTube channel. 

If you would like to join one of the Dalmage Active clubs, including the May Half Term Holiday Camp, Breakfast Club, Sports Club and After School Club please use the following link:

https://dalmageactive.classforkids.io/

Devonshire Hill families have access to an exclusive 20% discount code when booking before Saturday 17 May. Please check your messages on MyEd to avoid missing out!