Devine House

Handbook
2019-2020

Devine Spirit:
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What is the Devine Spirit? Quite simply, Devine Spirit is about a team of brothers, working together and
guided by the principles of trust, support and mutual respect. We may have our sibling squabbles but like
brothers we live, work and play together for each other. We may not have all of the best sportsmen, or all of
the best musicians, but when it comes to competing or performing we all contribute, and if we are unable to
compete, we support our fellow Devinites! Whatever the challenge we will always try our best to beat the
man in front and we will always try to have fun on the way. The more we try, the more we get out of the fun
challenges of Clayesmore life.

Over the last fifteen years, amongst our many victories we can claim six house singing competitions, six
sports days, a number of cross countries and quite a few swimming galas. We know that we cannot win
everything, but we try our best and we compete. We offer the school actors, scholars, readers, doers and
triers and a string of head boys. We work to take advantage of the opportunities Clayesmore offers us.

Nearly twenty ago Devine became a band of wanderers, giving up our day-room outside the Medical Centre
to the drummers in the music school. We found temporary refuge in the old physics lab until we were able to
find a more permanent base in the underground tunnels of the Main House. We have now anneed the Sixth
Form Common and have a wonderful open space with a table tennis table, lots of sofas, two screens, music
speakers and an office for both the matrons: Ms Hughes and Mrs Meadows. Perhaps more importantly we
have a kitchen area (bar!) for lashings of toast, biscuits and drinks. Devine boarders become, in all reality,
day pupils – and this is one of the key factors in the close and healthy relationships between Devinites.

Yet at the end of the school day many day boys take advantage of the Devine escape, and join their boarding
friends back in the House where they can enjoy the warm smile of Ms Hughes and more rounds of freshly
buttered toast – and then the football in the garden begins, or a good old-fashioned game of kick-the-can.
The rooms are always immaculate and a delight to return to, for Devine is fortunate to have such supportive
‘counsellors’ as Muriel and Mandy. The boys do have to do their bit, and are expected to make their own
beds and keep their own rooms tidy, and the Ladies will add the finishing touches. It’s not home but it is
pretty close to the real thing.

With another stroll back through the village for school tea, Devinites return to their academic priorities
(prep) followed by an assault on the kitchen where great culinary delights such as noodles or frozen pizzas
are prepared! Steaks and bacon from the village shop are the quality snacks. The occasional Sunday Roast
with guests from other houses is another treat. Sunday brunches with oodles of bacon, eggs and are an
essential part of our Sundays. And the boys eventually clean up their own mess – and a mess it will be!
Order out of idle chaos!

The location of the boarding house has allowed Devine to develop an independent identity away from the
business of the main school, and it is this identity that has allowed Devinites to join together as one and to
flourish as leaders within one team.

Adapted from Clayesmorian Article (2006)

DEVINE HOUSE
RULES
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Ethos: Devine runs on reason, respect and trust.

Devine boys are encouraged to become responsible for their own actions within a close
community: to aim to satisfy their full potential, and to develop an awareness and respect for
those around them. They are encouraged to become responsible for their own learning whilst
appreciating the advantage of developing a breadth of interests and hobbies.

Duty tutors (both visiting and resident tutors) are expected to enjoy their evenings in Devine
as much as possible. They should get to know the boys, encouraging and supporting them,
listening to their problems / concerns and offering sympathy and appropriate advice,
following up on any concerns / problems; enjoying the company of individuals and groups.

At the same time a relaxed but constructive and orderly attitude to prep is to be encouraged.

Sixth formers are employed to put the juniors to bed and to carry out specific routine chores
(cleaning up the kitchen and TV room after use).

Six formers have no authority or permission to punish any pupil. They are big brothers
learning to gain cooperation through respect. They can report difficult, rude or uncooperative
individuals or groups to the head of house, the duty tutor, the house matron or the
housemaster.

Tutors are expected to record ALL incidents, problems, phone calls and concerns in the
house diary for the housemaster and / or matron to be able to decide on an appropriate course
of action. The housemaster is usually in and can be summoned at any time. He will have
informed the duty staff if he has to be away for the house for all or part of the evening.

Any notices for line will be written down by the matron and left on the office desk. These
sheets of paper are kept for possible future reference.

Prep code: Pupils are expected to develop an individual responsibility for their prep. Prep
should be conducted in a relaxed but constructive and orderly manner. Music may be listened
to on headphones but no sound should be able to be heard by others (NB headphones should
not be worn at night). Prep must be completed at a table /desk whilst sitting on a work chair.
Once a pupil has completed his prep he may retire to a comfortable chair in order to read a
book (novel, short story etc) or an approved (educational) magazine, e.g. National
Geographic, the Geographical, RSPB magazine, Hindsight History etc.

Pupils are expected to ask for permission and to sign out and in if they wish to leave the
house grounds at any time other than an ‘out night’. The rules for ‘out nights’ are as
described in the school rules.

Although Devine cannot be a home in the real sense of the word, the aim is to make the
running of Devine as homely and home-like as possible:
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ENCOURAGE
TRUST
REASON
SUPPORT
GUIDE

1. RESPECT ONE ANOTHER’S

PRIVACY AND PROPERTY
2. BE COURTEOUS TO ALL
3. BE HONEST
4. BE THOUGHTFUL
5. USE YOUR COMMON SENSE

Devine Prefect Daily Routine

Morning Checklist

First Bell: 7:10am

2nd Bell: 7:20am
3rd Bell: 7:40am
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Check dorms are tidy as you chase up stragglers.

Line: 7:40am
Year 9, 10 & 11 depart

Check gate is open and held back.

Morning line: Sixth may be last to line but they must not be late
U6 to front with duty master and Head of House

Make sure ALL seating is facing front. Chairs to back and Year 9s at front

(Pupils to stand?)

Line 8:15am

School prayer to be read on Monday by member of House (HoH to start)

Evening Checklist

Line 6:40pm

Quiet hour and quarter (Years 9 & 10) and two hours (11 & 6th) after line has finished

If boys still working after prep dorm-mates MUST leave dorm until bedtime

Tidy kitchen and ready for bed 15 minutes before in-bed time; once in bed 15 minutes talk and read time
allowed before lights out.

When putting Years 10 and 11 to bed check bedded dorms are quiet(ening)

End of night: Make sure kitchen and common roomS are clean and tidy, ALL lights are out, front gate is
closed and ALL exit doors are closed (front, back and cellar); close kitchen, common room and corridor
doors.
You must be able to account for the whereabouts of every Devine boy – are they still out on a trip? Are
you sure they are in the bathroom?
RELAX knowing your job is done and the House is safe and secure.

Head of House:
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Ben Hendy
Head of Senior Boys Boarding:

Josh Burvill
Head of Senior Boys Boarding (Admin):

Ben Mills
Head of Junior Boarding:

Jack Tillen
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Head of Year 9:

Tom Mackenzie
Head of Devine Sport:

Robert Hinton

Head of Church Path:

Dillan Barnes

Head of Weekend and Evening Arrangements:

Charles Jones

Prefect Responsible for Opportunity and Resilience:

Christopher Beaumont

New Pupil Mentors 2019-2020

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Year 9 Year 10 Mentor Sixth Form Mentor

Tobias Browse Arthur Bouskall Freddy Yearley

Robert Gould Lewis Burrows Jack Tillen

Will Musgrove Ben Daniels Thomas McKenzie

Xander Coffin Henry Dunlop & Felix Lamb

Jasper Lyne

Ben Hewitt Harrison Edwards Ben Hendy

Ollie Howe Tommy Geary Ben Heath

Archie Watson & James Gundill Dominic Holden

James Keen

Thomas Munton William Holman & Ben Wright

Gunnar Saastad

Luke French Lucas Jones Charles Jones

Charles Robertson Thomas McNab Christopher

&Joshua Pillay Beaumont

Theo Simpson Edward Mercer Seb Rowe

Oliver Spencer Joshua Mills Ali McDouall

Charles Turk & James Pound Dillan Barnes

Oliver Waugh

Alex Bachra & William Squires & Joel Cazalet &

Heinrich Hoehn Thomas Wong Arthur Crumplin
(Y10)
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Year 11

Moritz Stehr Dominic Story

Year 12

Brendan Marchment Ayush Raj Iyer Ben Mills

Marcus Purwanto Ayush Raj Iyer Ben Mills

Jonny Song Henry Gundill Josh Burvill

George White Henry Gundill Josh Burvill

DUTY STAFF
Weekends Mr Rimmer
Monday DIR/WHG (fortnightly)
Tuesday SH & GT.
Wednesday NCS
Thursday ALC & WHG/DIR (fortnightly)
Friday NCS/LTC
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FIRE ALARM
EVACUATE HOUSE
1. Take and ANSWER phone
2. ADT will phone to ask if you need the fire brigade

- Check panel and check origin of alarm whilst

- Head of House or prefect takes registration
- Cross check with signing out sheet
- Check where fire is indicated (see main alarm board index)
If no fire is obvious, check which sensor has triggered the alarm (there are
small red lights on the ceiling sensors on each landing and in each room)

IF THERE IS ANY SUGGESTION OF FIRE, THE FIRE BRIGADE WILL

BE CALLED AUTOMATICALLY; THE PUPILS (AFTER THE ROLL
HAS BEEN TAKEN) WILL BE ESCORTED (SENT) TO THE CHAPEL.
THE HM SHOULD BE TELEPHONED AND / OR RUNNERS SENT
FIRST, TO 3. CHURCH PATH, SECONDLY TO GATE HOUSE AND
THIRDLY, TO HM.
If the alarm has been triggered by a known or accidental cause (aerosols, fire
drill, burnt toast etc) silence the alarms and re-set. The alarm will not re-set
if the problem persists. You may need to phone the fire alarm company back
for advice (number and contract number on fire alarm)
ABOVE ALL
IF IN ANY DOUBT
PHONE THE FIRE BRIGADE
YOUSELF AND EVACUATE THE BUILDING.
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EMERGENCY PROCEDURE

1. LOOK (SHOUT) FOR a member of staff

However, if the duty member of staff is out:

2. CHECK FOR Mr and Mrs Rimmer, Mr Sexton or Ms Harms

Do not be afraid to open private apartment doors to shout for help.
If no adult is available:
3. USE THE HOUSE PHONE
- There are THREE House phones: the first on Ms Harms’s desk, the
second on Mr Rimmer’s desk and the third is in Mr Rimmer’s kitchen;
there is also a BT phone in Mr Rimmer’s sitting room.

EMERGENCY NUMBERS:
MEDICAL CENTRE (24hrs): 2133 or (01747)813 133
HM: 2128 or (01747) 813 128
KING’S: 2148 or (01747) 9 813 148
GATE: 2149 or (01747) 813 149
MANOR: 2150 or (01747) 813 150
WOLVERTON: 2151 or (01747) 813 151
MR AND MRS Mareau-Jones: 2283 or (01747) 813 283
IF IN ANY DOUBT DO NOT HESITATE TO DIAL 999

If trying to call from the big phone on Mr Rimmer’s desk you

need to dial 9 first. You can only use this phone for the internal
connections ie 2133
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First Aid
There is a limited first aid kit on the office
cupboard but all medical concerns should be
checked with the medical centre first:

2133

01747 813 133

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Sad? Scared? Lonely?

Who can help?

Want to phone home but mum and dad are away?

Speak to:
Your Housemaster, your Matron, the Head of House, a
Prefect, a Senior boy you like and trust

Mrs Thomson is ALWAYS available for you

So are
Mrs Bailey and Mr Carpenter
and
The Medical Centre or the doctor

The School but independent Counsellors:

Mrs Philippa Sadler 07824154335

(or contact via the Medical Centre)

Childline: 08001111
Dorset Children’s Service:
01258 472 652(Ask for the Child Care Duty Officer)
The Children’s Commissioner –
0800 528 0731
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Yr Pupil B/ Comment Yr Pupil B/ Comment
D D
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09 BROWSE, Tobias S D
09 COFFIN, Xander L D 12 CAZALET, Joel D
09 FRENCH, Luke B 12 CRUMPLIN, Arthur D
09 GOULD, Robert B 12 GUNDILL, Henry R B
09 HEWETT, Benjamin D 12 HOLDEN, D
09 HOWE, Oliver C D 12 MARCHMENT B
09 KEEN, James W B 12 MCDOUALL, D
09 MUNTON, Thomas G D 12 PURWANTO, B
09 MUSGROVE, William C D 12 RAJ IYER, Ayush B
09 PILLAY, Joshua M B 12 ROWE, Sebastian C D
09 ROBERTSON, Charles T B 12 SONG, Yuyi B
09 SIMPSON, Theodore D D 12 WHITE, George B
09 SPENCER, Oliver D 12 WILKINS, Louis D
09 TURK, Charles R B 12 WRIGHT, Benjamin D
09 WATSON, Archie B 13 BARNES, Dillan B
09 WAUGH, Oliver B 13 BEAUMONT, B
10 BACHRA, Alexander D 13 BURVILL, Joshua R B
10 BOUSKELL, Arthur J D 13 HEATH, Ben D
10 BURROWS, Lewis B 13 HENDY, Ben D
10 DANIELS, Benjamin D 13 HINTON, Robert B
10 DUNLOP, Henry D 13 JONES, Charles W B
10 EDWARDS, Harrison E D 13 LAMB, Felix D
10 GEARY, Tommy A D 13 MACKENZIE, D
10 GUNDILL, James W B 13 MILLS, Ben D B
10 HOEHN, Heinrich J B 13 TILLEN, Jack B
10 HOLMAN, William D 13 YEARLEY, Frederick D
10 JEFFERY, Adam B 0 0 0
10 JONES, Lucas A B 0 0 0
10 LYNE, Jasper B 0 0 0
10 MCNAB, Thomas V M B 0 0
10 MERCER, Edward J R D 0 0 0
10 MILLS, Joshua T D 0 0 0
10 POUND, James A B 0 0 0
10 PRIMMER, Luca D 0 0 0
10 SAASTAD, Gunnar D 0 0 0
10 SQUIRES, William L D 0 0 0
10 WONG, Thomas B 0 0 0
11 BREHENY, Joseph E B 0 0 0
11 COMBES, Rupert B 0 0 0
11 D'ARBOST, Max R D 0 0 0
11 DRYDEN, Freddie L D 0 0 0
11 GODDEN, James R B 0 0 0
11 HALL, Oliver D 0 0 0
11 HOWE, Henry J D 0 0 0
11 HUMPHREY, James A B 0 0 0
11 LEGGE-BOURKE, Lochy B 0 0 0
11 MAFTAH, Lewis B 0 0 0
11 MCCOURT, Cameron B 0 0 0
11 MCKENNA, Robbie F D 0 0 0
11 POWNER, Tommy J B 0 0 0
11 ROPER, Alfred M D 0 0 0
11 SPENCER, Charlie D 0 0 0
11 STEHR, Moritz B B 0 0 0
11 STORY, Dominic B 0 0 0
11 WADDINGTON, Archie B 0 0 0
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FIRST FLOOR

G DORM: 4 H DORM:2 ISTUDY:1 J STUDY:2

Lucas Jones George White Ben Mills Jamie Humphrey

Thomas Wong Marcus Lochy Legge-
Heinrich Hoehn Purwanto Bourke

F DORM: 5
E DORM: 5 BATHROOM

Thomas McNab
James Pound Luke French
James Gundill Robert Gould
Adam Jeffery Archie Watson
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GROUND FLOOR

D DORM: 6
COMMON ROOM MATRON’S TUTOR’S
OFFICE: FLAT: James Keen
Charles
Miss. Harms Mr Sexton Robertson
Charles Turk
Oliver Waugh
Joshua Pillay

A DORM: 5 KITCHEN SHOWERS AND W.C.

W.C.

Housemaster’s Study B STUDY:1

Burrows

HOUSEMASTER’S FLAT:
MR. AND MRS. RIMMER
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TOP FLOOR

K STUDY: 2

Jack Tillen S STUDY: 2

Moritz Stehr
Dominic Story
L STUDY:1

R STUDY: 2
Henry Gundill
Cameron McCourt
Joseph Breheny

M STUDY:1

Charles Jones

SHOWER
N STUDY:1 AND
O STUDY:1 P STUDY:1 Q STUDY:1 W.C.

Josh Burvill Brendan Ayush Raj Iyer Jonny Song

Marchment

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CHURCH PATH

4=7 2=3 1=6 = 16

1.Mr and Mrs Mareau-

Jones

2.

Dillan Barnes
Christopher Beaumont

4.
Robert Hinton
James Godden
Archie Waddington
Rupert Combes
Tommy Powner
Lewis Maftah
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BE BUSY,
BE BOLD,
BE
SUCCESSFUL!