Thank you @readforgood.bsky.social for our latest delivery of great reads - what a treat to kick off 2026!

We welcomed back our young people yesterday and there is plenty to keep us busy as we settle into 2026. See our website for all our latest updates - devonhospitalschool.org.uk

The end of term is here! You can read about all the great learning our young people have been doing in our latest newsletter at devonhospitalschool.org.uk/about-us/new...

🗺️ We have a new trail in the Children's Library! 🎅 Santa and his elves have been practicing their best Christmas jokes. Find all the hidden jokes around the children's library to earn yourself a sticker.

Thank you to everyone who came along to our open afternoon this week. It was fantastic for our young people to be able to showcase their amazing learning and for visitors to try these fabulously festive bakes!

New Mental Health Support for Young People Young Devon has launched MyWay, a new service offering counselling,CBT, wellbeing convos&instant digital support through Kooth. Designed with young people, it’s open to 8–25s, including those with SEND, across Devon. 👉 Find out more&sign up bit.ly/4asgKuB

We run two LEGO® clubs at Exeter Library 😁 Dig through our huge collection & build whatever you fancy. Meet other LEGO fans and swap building tips. Sundays: 12:30-2pm, downstairs café (alternating weeks - next one 7 Dec) Wednesdays: 4:15-5:30pm (alternating weeks - next one 10 Dec) Free drop-in.

Delighted to see that our Tree of Gratitude is in position! We are looking forward to visiting the exhibition @exetercathedral.bsky.social

Next week is our open afternoon at our Outreach Centre - do pop in if you can!

Michael bringing joy again on a bitterly cold Devon day - thank you @readforgood.bsky.social

An amazing morning of poetry and puppets today with storyteller, Michael - thank you @readforgood.bsky.social for sending us Michael once again!

🎁 The Present Factory 🎁 Make your own pocket-sized present puppets with puppetry company, Baby Panda. Make, decorate, & perform your very own tiny puppet show in this free drop-in workshop. 🕚 11am – 12.30pm, Sat 22 Nov 📍 Exeter Library, Children’s Library FREE • Drop-in • Ages 3+

Amazing work by our young people. We are hoping our 'tree of gratitude' will be displayed @exetercathedral.bsky.social - we have so many things to be be grateful for, including glasses and grandmas!

🎭 Little Terror at Exeter Library 🗣️ We're so excited for the English Touring Opera's Little Terror later this month! Here's a few snaps from rehearsals. Enjoy an adventure-filled family opera, made with and for Learning Disabled audiences!  📅 Sun Nov 23 - 3-4pm 📍 Exeter Library

Thank you @readforgood.bsky.social for another amazing book delivery to our Bramble Ward school room - so many good choices, our young people will be spoilt for choice!

Welcome back from half term to all of our young people and their families 🤩

Lovely. We know just how magical @readforgood.bsky.social storytellers are - thank you!

We had some special visitors to our Bramble Ward schoolroom this week as part of Play in Healthcare Week - not a new uniform we are thinking of adopting any time soon!

🚨 All of the ticketed events for StoryFest have ALREADY sold out! But don’t worry — there’s still loads of FREE drop-in fun happening this Oct Half Term👇 ✨ Interactive AR Trail (from 18 Oct) ✨ Crafty family drop-in session ✨ Wallace & Gromit Movie Marathon More info: linktr.ee/exeterlibr...

A special visitor to our Outreach Centre today on #WorldMentalHealthDay to help us enjoy more time outside - welcome, Welly!

Today is World Mental Health Day. It’s a day that should be every day of the year. You are worthwhile, and you deserve to be here. #WorldMentalHealthDay #WMHD25 #MentalHealth

Just a flavour of some of the brilliant curriculum work in our classroom on Bramble Ward this morning

Yes please to joining you!

📣 Workshop: Supporting a Child with ADHD Parents & carers - join this friendly, practical online workshop from FACE Family Advice to gain tools, strategies & confidence to support children with ADHD at home & school. 👉 Book via facefamilyadvice.co.uk #ADHDSupport #ParentWorkshop #TorlandsCommunity

🐑 Shawn the Sheep + Wallace & Gromit are coming to Exeter Library! 🧍‍♂️🐕 This Oct half term there's going to be a week of family fun including: - Live with Shaun the Sheep 25th - Wallace & Gromit film marathon 26th - Creative writing kids 27th - Aardman clay & animation workshops 29th + more!

Our amazing storyteller from @readforgood.bsky.social had to contend with a closed M5 yesterday but he still managed to create some fantastic tales with the young people on Bramble Ward at RDUH Exeter - thank you, Michael!

We are very short on space at out city centre Outreach Centre but Project Pond is now nearly complete - just waiting for the frogs to find us now...

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This month we are focusing on the joy of learning languages at DHSSS 🌍 - have a read of our updates below!

What better way to start September than with a delivery of brand new books - thank you @readforgood.bsky.social for this fab-u-lous selection!

Last day of term treats at the DHSSS - amazing Pierogi made by Year 7 students! Check out all our news in this term's newsletter at devonhospitalschool.org.uk

✨The Imagination Station- Story Making Workshops for ages 6-11✨ Across 4 weeks at Exeter Library, Above Bounds Theatre will work with children to invent their own stories, through games, drama exercises & creative tasks. Mon: 28 July, 4 August, 11 August, 18 August 11am-12pm Free. Booking needed

Owl Babies definitely deserving of a front row position on the @readforgood.bsky.social book trolley!

A huge 'thank you' to the wonderful @readforgood.bsky.social for our final delivery of books of 24/25 - so many treasures here to bring some joy over the summer break. Can you spot any old favourites? So pleased to see Owl Babies still going strong!🦉

We have been trying to increase biodiversity in our small garden recently, including fat balls and bug hotels made by our students. Next up, project pond begins!

🐟 The Girl With the Gills: Author Talk & Storytelling Workshop A magical event with Becca Rogers, where young readers can invent their own underwater creatures & worlds! Ages 8–12 (with colouring for young siblings). 📍 Exeter Library 📅 Mon 11 AUG 🕧 12:30–1:30pm 🎫 Free: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

We might be rattling towards the end of term but there's still plenty going on at DHSSS - take a look at our latest updates!

Fantastic foraging by our Year 7 students this morning in Art - they found a complete colour wheel within about 100m of our Outreach Centre!

Pantomime dame & Britain's Got Talent semi-finalist, Mama G, is coming back to Exeter Library! Sharing original stories, songs, & some of the best picture books on the market, in an uplifting story time for the whole family. 📅 WED 30 JULY, 4pm 🎟️ £5 adults / £3 under 16: www.eventbrite.co.uk...

Young people at our Outreach Centre have loved getting to know our resident chickens during the recent lovely weather - taking the curriculum outside!

Thank you too to author and illustrator, Rachael Skinner, for the donation of her lovely book, To and Fro

Thank you @readforgood.bsky.social for another wonderful visit from your amazing storyteller, Michael - our young people loved creating poetry with the help of some old books from a charity shop!

Always a highlight to unpack a delivery from the amazing @readforgood.bsky.social - thank you for this fantastic selection which arrived this week at our schoolroom on Bramble Ward

Thank a Teacher Day will be held on 18th June! Let’s celebrate the hard work of teachers and support staff. Register your interest to access free resources: ow.ly/aVTU50VxzEC #Teachers #EducationStaff #SupportStaff #EduSky

Crossing everything for some positive fledgling news soon…

A big welcome back to June to all of our amazing young people, families and partner schools - here are just a few of the things we will be focussing on this half term 🌼

Fabulous shark artwork in our Outreach Centre today!

Great VE Day learning and discussions in our Outreach Centre this week

A huge 'thank you' to @readforgood.bsky.social for this wonderful delivery of books to our school room in Exeter - they are already being enjoyed on Bramble Ward!

A comic book kids' book club is coming up @waterstones.bsky.social in Exeter - find out more at www.waterstones.com/events/kids-...