Devonport High School For Boys Parent, Teacher and Friends Association

Devonport High School For Boys Parent, Teacher and Friends Association Please follow this page to receive updates of our fundraising events. We have 6 meetings a year and we’d love you to join us.

DHSB parents - the PTFA are holding an EGM (Extraordinary General Meeting) as we would like to update our constitution. ...
22/09/2026

DHSB parents - the PTFA are holding an EGM (Extraordinary General Meeting) as we would like to update our constitution. Our current governing document is the 2008 Parentkind Constitution. The governing document sets out the fundamental rules and procedures we must follow. We would like to replace it with the Parentkind 2021 version. The main difference being that online meetings are permitted. With the exception of a period during Covid, we are currently not able to do this. After discussions, we feel that this change would be beneficial to the PTFA.

Legally, in order to update our constitution, we need to hold an EGM where every member, which for us is every parent, is invited. It would be a very short meeting, just a formality to cover the above. If you are able to come it would be much appreciated as we need a quorum to proceed.

The EGM is scheduled for the 14th October at 5.30pm, in the Conference Room which is directly behind the Visitor Reception. Perhaps you live nearby or maybe you will not be too far away, on the way home from work, and could pop in? We will make it as short as possible - hopefully no more than 20 minutes.

Parentkind states ‘Is your constitution older than your school’s WiFi? Time for an update!’

A big thank you in advance.

A very big thank you to Katherine, Jade, Erica, Joanna, Kat, Sam and Bill for all your help today providing refreshments...
19/09/2026

A very big thank you to Katherine, Jade, Erica, Joanna, Kat, Sam and Bill for all your help today providing refreshments at the second 11+ event!

A big thank you to everyone who came to our first meeting on Wednesday! It was lovely to see you all! A very warm welcom...
18/09/2026

A big thank you to everyone who came to our first meeting on Wednesday! It was lovely to see you all! A very warm welcome to new parents who came along - we hope you’ll be back 😀. We had a great meeting and were delighted to approve grants for the CanSat project, maps and dry bags for DofE, printing of canvas prints of wildlife from the 2025 Costa Rica trip and a reading book for every Year 7 student for the DHSB Year of Reading.
Our next meeting is the 11th November, please come along if you can - we’d love to meet you.

Don’t forget our first meeting tomorrow at 6.30pm in the Conference Room (directly behind the Visitor Reception).  Pleas...
15/09/2026

Don’t forget our first meeting tomorrow at 6.30pm in the Conference Room (directly behind the Visitor Reception). Please join us if you can - we’d love to meet you. Refreshments supplied. Please email [email protected] if you are considering coming so we have an idea of numbers. Last minute attendees welcome too 😀

Day One of the 11+ test! A very big thank you to Joanna, Rachel, Kat and Bill for providing refreshments today.  If you ...
12/09/2026

Day One of the 11+ test! A very big thank you to Joanna, Rachel, Kat and Bill for providing refreshments today. If you would be interested in getting involved and helping at one of our events (even for just an hour) please email [email protected]
A reminder too of our first meeting on Wednesday - please come along, we’d love to meet you! (Please email if you are interested so we have an idea of numbers for refreshments)

We cannot think of a better way to end the year then announcing the winners of our annual photography competition.  Firs...
18/07/2026

We cannot think of a better way to end the year then announcing the winners of our annual photography competition. First Place was awarded Ellis (7S) for his fantastic photograph, taken one morning, at Saltash train station, as the sun was rising, and the train was pulling in. Ellis said ‘the bridge loomed over me. Showing the true beauty of where we live.’ Congratulations and a big well done Ellis!@

A big well done and congratulations to our Second Place winner, Maxim (12KAL), for his amazing photo of a go-cart at Forest Edge Kart Club becoming airborne after hitting a kerb.

Our Third Place goes to Pablo (9L), for his stunning photograph taken as the sun shone through some trees in Dartmouth when he was on a hike with his dad. A big well done and congratulations to Pablo too.

Ellis, Maxim and Pablo will receive an Amazon voucher of £50.00, £30.00 and £20.00 respectively as their prizes.

Five very worthy winners were awarded Highly Commended for their entries, they are:

Jasper (7A) - for his photograph taken at Hobbiton Park, New Zealand
Archer (8T) - for his photograph of the Frecce Tricolori, the display team of Italy, taken at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford.
Gael (8A) - photograph taken during a walk through Central Park with his brother and best friend. Gael says ‘the afternoon sun really makes the photo look majestic to me.’
Bodhi (9W) - stunning flower and wildlife
Arley (11F) - looking across the Arno River in Florence, Italy, showing the historic Vecchio Bridge.

Our Highly Commended winners usually receive a chocolate prize - as you can understand, due to the heatwave, we will think of an alternative 😀@

As always, the standard of the entries was incredibly high! We loved looking at them all - viewing them on the new large screen in the theatre showcased them perfectly!

A big thank you to everyone who entered the competition - looking through the brilliant entries is always a highlight of our year.

Our grateful thanks to Miss Hicks, Teacher of Art and Design too, for judging the competition. It was no easy task and we certainly did not envy her.

Our final event of the year - the DHSB Open Evening.  A big thank you to Rachel, Sally, Joanna (who unfortunately missed...
07/07/2026

Our final event of the year - the DHSB Open Evening. A big thank you to Rachel, Sally, Joanna (who unfortunately missed the photo call 😀) and my mum 😀. They literally poured hundreds and hundreds of drinks of water and squash - unsurprisingly tea and coffee was not in much demand on this very hot day!
Also a big thank you to Prefects Cicely, Ivan, Arthur and George who were kept busy replenishing the jugs of water/squash and the multiple trays of biscuits! 😀

05/07/2026

C’mon England! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ⚽️🏆

05/07/2026

Gangnam Style…
Everybody clap your hands 👏 👏 👏

05/07/2026

Cha Cha Slide…
Slide to the left!

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Paradise Road
Plymouth
PL15QP

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