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Celebrating exam success
Staff at Devenish College joined students in once again celebrating success at Post 16 level with the students gaining just recognition for their hard work.
The Principal, Mr Mervyn Walker, congratulated everyone on their success and acknowledged that the motivation of the pupils, support of the parents and the quality of teaching led to a set of very pleasing results. Overall 73% of the grades achieved at ‘A2’ level were A, B or C.
Post-16 courses - September 2010
The following courses are on offer to those students wishing to study in Devenish College from September 2010.
At A level students can study 3 courses in the College or choose to study 2 courses in the College and avail of another course offered through the Fermanagh Learning Community.
The following Level 3 courses (equivalent to A level) are offered in Devenish College:
Applied Science
Art and Design
Single Award Applied Business
Double Award Applied Business (equivalent to 2 A Levels)
Single Award Health and Social Care
Double Award Health and Social Care (equivalent to 2 A Levels)
Applied ICT
Media Studies
Psychology (AS)
Religious Studies
Sociology (AS)
Technology and Design
The following Level 3 courses may be studied at another school through links promoted under the auspices of the Fermanagh Learning Community:
Physical Education
Music
Government and Politics
Moving Image Arts
The following courses may be studied at the South West College under the auspices of the Fermanagh Learning Community.
Travel bursary - young women aged 18-25
Soroptomist International of Enniskillen and District is offering 4 travel bursaries in memory of Janet O’Neill who sadly died last year. This is a fitting tribute to Janet, a former Enniskillen Soroptomist Club President and Chairman of the Programme Action Committee.
These bursaries are open to young women aged 18-25 living in Fermanagh for international travel and who will offer service to the community.
Well done Crom - again!
Congratulations to CROM who are winners of the house competition for this year and commiserations to Tully who were leading up to the last minute and were just pipped at the post. The margin of victory was a mere 33 points out of a total of 32,870 awarded.
Top Junior scorers were Katie Wray (252 points) and Christopher Dunne (244 points).
Devenish protest at Stormont
Representatives from Devenish including Governors, Parents, Teachers and Students travelled to Stormont on Tuesday 1 June 2010, along with representatives from Portora Royal School and Erne school, to express their dissatisfaction with the delays to the promised new build.
Those who travelled had the opportunity to make their views known to the media and the various politicians from across the political sprectum who took time out of their busy schedules to speak with them. A question was also tabled at Education Question Time in the Assembly but time ran out before the question could be put to the Minister.
Jason shines at the Ulster finals
On Saturday 9 May Devenish pupils travelled to the Antrim Forum to compete in the Annual Ulster Athletics Finals.
Jason White ran a solid heat in the 100m to make it through to the final, which took place in the afternoon. He was also competing in the Triple Jump and a final round jump of 12m 10 was enough for him to fall into bronze medal position which was a pleasant surprise for him as he was very focused on achieving his best on the track.
Healthy Eating update
As a school we constantly strive to promote healthy eating through curricular subjects, specific events and the school meals service. Recently at a full school assembly the students and staff were treated to a very visual display of different types of food.
The assembly related the story of food from biblical to current times through a vareity of stories, displays of food and interesting facts.
House Points
| House | Junior | Senior | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crom | 6299 | 5084 | 11383 | 1st |
| Tully | 6395 | 4955 | 11350 | 2nd |
| Necarne | 6246 | 4697 | 10943 | 3rd |
| Caldwell | 6063 | 4514 | 10577 | 4th |
| - | 18704 | 14166 | 32870 | - |
Well done Tully
After a very successful sports day organised by the PE department and supervised by staff, Tully emerged as champions. Necarne came second, Caldwell third and Crom fourth.
This now makes for a very interesting finale to the House competition for this year.
E District Athletics success
46 pupils from Devenish recently travelled to the Antrim Forum for the Annual ‘E’ District Athletics Finals. The E district takes in Donegal, Monaghan, Cavan, Fermanagh and half of Tyrone. With more than 30 schools represented the standard of competition as always was extremely high.
Dutch students return home
The first part of the annual Dutch exchange has taken place with 18 Dutch students and 2 staff visiting Fermanagh for 4 days. The group, hosted by families from Devenish and St John’s Business and Enterprise College, Dromore had a very enjoyable time.
When they arrived on Sunday they met up with the students and their parents and spent the remainder of the day with their host families.