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-...

A hard fought game of boccia to finish off Friday on our first week back - well played, all!

🧱 Our Lego clubs have returned to the main library on alternate Sundays and Wednesdays. We set up the Lego, you come and have fun! Free drop-in. The next sessions are this Sunday 27th April (12.30-3pm) and next Wednesday 30th April (4.15-5.30pm). Both in the main library foyer. #LegoInLibraries

🔖 We find some lovely bookmarks left in our books from loans gone past. They live in our lost property for a while but if no-one comes to collect, then we have to decide their fate. Our solution is to give them back to the community. If you're ever in need of a bookmark in Exeter, come see us...

This May, Exeter will commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day with special events that look back at the devastation of war and the joy of its end. More: news.exeter.gov.uk/exeter-remem...

A big 'thank you' to the lovely Nan of one of our students who made us some bunting to brighten up our outside space (garden might be stretching it...!) at our city centre Outreach Centre

And we have been celebrating today too!

It's the end of a busy spring term here today. Wishing all of our students and families a very happy holiday 🌞

Here's Michael, one of our Read for Good storytellers - It's your Readathon donations which help us to bring our story tellers into hospitals across the UK. Don't forget to pay in your sponsor money!

Another fantastic visit from our amazing @readforgood.bsky.social storyteller, Michael, today. Here he is with our end of term newsletter to read on his way home!

April is nearly with us and here are our updates for the new month - we hope you find a bit of time for The Stone Roses on April 1 too!

🥚 There's an Easter hunt in our Children's Pop-Up Library! 🐰 Grab a hunting sheet, grab a pen, and start searching for the carrot and egg sheets hidden around the Pop-Up Library in Princesshay. Find all 15 to get a lovely Easter sticker!

Head on down to Exeter St David's train station to see the #WorldPoetryDay themed selection's we've got in our Penguin Books Vending Machine! 🐧 This month's selection features writers from Exeter and Prague #CityofLiterature!

The 'Adolescence' series will have prompted concerns & questions re online misogyny & toxic influencers. See our advice on how schools can approach these issues responsibly and effectively through the PSHE/RSHE curriculum: pshe-association.org.uk/news/address... #PSHE #RSHE

🕯️ Be part of an exciting new artwork in Exeter Cathedral! 🕯️ ‘From The Vow Made’ will feature 1,000 miniature wax sculptures, created by 1,000 people. Come to Exeter Library on 📆Wed 02 April for a chance to create yours. No experience needed! Drop in any time 10:30am-5pm.

Amazing work on the Ward today - we have all enjoyed trying out George's digger!

It's the time of year when our attentions inevitably turn to revision for our Year 11 students. We are so impressed by our young people's determination to strengthen their own revision toolboxes

We at Well at School celebrate neurodiversity! #EduSky #neurodiversity #autism #adhd

Our classroom table on Bramble Ward is full to bursting in time for @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social thanks to another generous delivery from @readforgood.bsky.social - thank you!

It’s the time of year when parents think about costumes for #WorldBookDay! I loved opening the new Wynstream school library, & I’m proud that #Exeter is @unesco.org City of Literature. From #Asterix to #Narnia, reading was my escape as a child. I want every #Exeter child to be able to read for fun

Plenty to keep us busy as we spring into March, including today's Mars Day from @esa.int and @ukspaceagency.bsky.social

Fantastic work on plants by our Year 9 students in Science this week - perfect for the first signs of spring!

Love this! Think we should encourage our students to leave post-it note reviews in our books too

Loads of great things happening at Exeter Library next week - the chance to make jellyfish? Yes please!

So lovely to welcome back Michael, our amazing storyteller from @readforgood.bsky.social - his creativity and humour brought a smile to so many today. Thank you @readforgood.bsky.social

It's bitterly cold still but spring is on its way at our Outreach Centre with the first of the bulbs bringing some much needed colour! 🌼

✨🧱The After school Lego club continues EVERY WEDNESDAY! (term time)🧱✨ While we're in the pop-up library we're making our After School Lego Club a weekly event. The times have changed so it's now 3.30-4.30pm in the pop-up. For ages 5-16, come & have a play! #LegoInLibraries

Fantastic training yesterday with our team reflecting on our maths curriculum - so good to take some time to reflect on what might make the most difference to our young people

Amazing work by one of our Year 11 students in her Food and Nutrition practical lesson - definitely a star baker!