A PROUD HISTORY.
CONTEMPORY THINKING
The Rector
J B Calderwood
P B 3741, Marondera, Zimbabwe.
Tel: 263 79 24951
Fax: 263 79 24200
Head of Peterhouse Girls'
Dr John Bradshaw
Head of Springvale House
G A Peebles
Registrar registrar@peterhouse.co.zw
Secretary secretary@peterhouse.co.zw
Festival/Culture
culture@peterhouse.co.zw
Bursar
bursar@peterhouse.co.zw
Accounts debtors@peterhouse.co.zw
Sport
sports@peterhouse.co.zw
PETERHOUSE
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The Peterhouse group of Anglican boarding schools has 1,045 students on 3,000 acres at Marondera, Zimbabwe, and comprises Peterhouse Boys', Peterhouse Girls', the Preparatory School, Springvale House, Peterhaven at Nyanga and the 800 acre Gosho Park conservation education project and wildlife sanctuary.
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OUT OF SHADOWS
Jason Wallace (F87) has just had his first book published and it will be available as from 4 February 2010. It is called Out of Shadows and is set at a school in Zimbabwe during the 1980s. If they read the first 2 chapters on his website, Petreans will get an idea as to which school it is set around..... www.outofshadows.co.uk
A Petrean Society group has been formed on the LinkedIn networking site which links 45 millions professionals. Petreans are encouraged to join our fast growing social media group on LinkedIn. If you're not already a LinkedIn member, go to: http://www.linkedin.com and "search groups" for "Petrean Society" to join.
PETREAN SOCIETY IN SOUTH AFRICA RELAUNCHED
The Petrean Society in South Africa has been relaunched
Chairman – Tafadzwa Mhlanga (timhlanga@gmail.com)
Secretary – Dirk Meyer (dmeyer@za.go2uti.com)
Events Co-ordinator – Thandiwe Moyana (thandimoyana@yahoo.com)
Petrean are welcome to contact the office-bearers with any questions or suggestions relating to the Petrean Society, or would like to assist in some capacity.
1st FIXTURE FREE WEEKEND NEWSLETTER – LENT 2010
Dear Parents and Guardians,
VALE
The Peterhouse Community is in shock at the sudden and unexpected death of Mrs Terri Mushiko, wife of Trevor Mushiko, Housemaster of Founders and Senior Master – Pupils. Terri taught Business Studies, Maths and was Director of Sport at Peterhouse Girls. She was an outstanding school mistress, loved and respected by all. She achieved fantastic results in class and on the sports field. May her soul rest in peace. Please remember Trevor, his family and the Matongo family in your prayers.
STAFF APPOINTMENTS
Dr John Bradshaw is the Headmaster
of Peterhouse Girls' School on the retirement of Mrs Sue Davidson at
the end of 2009. Dr Bradshaw attended Springvale School and Peterhouse,
and holds a Ph.D from Cambridge University. He has been a farmer and university
lecturer, and for the past seven years he has been Headmaster of Watershed
College, near Marondera. We are very fortunate that Sue Davidson has
agreed to remain on our staff, and will be teaching mathematics at Peterhouse.
Mr Patrick Fantiso returns to teach Biology ; Miss Bernice Candy
to teach English while Mrs Michelle Scott Elliot will teach Biology
and Physical Education.
We welcome Mrs Sarah Fynn who will teach Art; Ms Angela Wilde who will teach Music; Mr Hleze Kunju who will teach Music and Drama; Mrs Chipo Marikano who will teach English and Mr Forward Chisenga who will teach IT for a term. Ms Shamiso Whitcomb will help in the Progress Centre.
PUPIL APPOINTMENTS
Congratulations to the following on their appointments:
Head of School Philip Gaisford
Deputy Head of School & Head of Paget Sydney Gata
Head of Ellis Tatenda Zhou
Head of Founders Philip Zinyama
Head of Grinham Tatenda Chikaka
Head of Malvern Kurt Greatorex
Head of Snell James Cragg
Head of Tinokura Thomas Hanly
The boys will be joined by the Girl Prefects and their their Deputy Head of House on a Leadership Course at ‘Far and Wide’ this weekend.
Captains 2010
Athletics - S Gata
Basketball - N Mataranyika
Bridge - P Van Der Ruit
Chess - T Zhou
Cricket - P Gaisford
Cross Country - JJ Cragg
Golf - R Barker
Rowing - S Cox
Squash - P Gaisford
Swimming - T Nhari
Tennis - G Maggs
Triathlon - D Rautenbach
Volleyball - T Rushwaya
PUBLIC EXAMINATIONS
Note that the A Level percentages include boys and girls writing the examinations. ‘A’ Level The overall pass rate of subjects passed was 99 % in 2009.
Accounting - 100 %
Art - 100 %
Biology - 96 %
Business Studies - 100 %
Chemistry - 100 %
Design Technology - 100 %
French - 100 %
Geography - 100 %
History - 100 %
Literature - 100 %
Mathematics - 100 %
Physics - 83 %
IGCSE – ‘O’ Level The overall pass rate of C or above of subjects fell to 75% in 2009. For your interest the summaries are as follows: Accounting - 77 % Art - 56 % Biology - 65 % Business Studies - 80 % Chemistry - 75 % Computers Studies - 88 % D & T Drawing - 84 % English Language - 89 % French - 71 % Geography - 81 % History - 87 % ICT - 14 % Literature - 81 % Mathematics - 84 % Physics - 59 % Physical Education - 91 %
Congratulations to staff and boys on some fine results. Academic awards will be made next week and published in the mid-term newsletter.
SPORTS AND CULTURAL RESULTS
Basketball
vs St John’s P6 W3 L3 1st Team Lost
37 – 40
Basketball vs Prince Edward P8 W5 L3 1st Team Won 46 - 44
Cricket
At the end of last year our Cricket Team travelled to the Eastern Cape
where they played three matches – winning one and losing two. Sadly their
final game was rained off.
vs St George’s P8 W5 L3 No 1st XI
match
vs St John’s P10 W2 L8 1st XI Lost by 2 wickets in the last over
Fishing
Congratulations to Jed Browell who
was awarded a Gold Medal for winning the U16 fishing category in the Zimbabwe
Zone 6 Tournament at Kariba. The Zimbabwe U16 team won Gold against South
Africa and Namibia. Jed was also awarded Zimbabwe and Zone 6 Colours.
Congratulations to Shaylin and Nilan Goven who were chosen to represent
Zimbabwe at Bass fishing. Shaylin has been awarded his Zimbabwe Colours.
Rowing
Arundel Regatta : Men’s A Single 2nd S Cox, 3rd A Faber Men’s A Double 2nd A Faber and S Walraven Men’s A Quad 1st A Faber, S Walraven, B Turnbull and M Johnson Men’s B Single 1st M Johnson Men’s B Double 1st M Faber and M Johnson
Squash
vs St Georges’ P1 W1
vs Prince Edward P1 W1
Swimming
PN Brits represented Zimbabwe at Swimming in Nairobi Kenya from 6 – 11th January. The boys team came 1st in their division, the girls’ team came 6th and Zimbabwe came 2nd out of 11 countries overall. PN Brits came 3rd in the Medley relay, 5th in the 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke and Freestyle Relay and 7th in the 50m breaststroke.
Tennis
vs Hellenic P4 W3 L1 1st Team Won
12 – 0
vs Chisipite P2 W2 1st Team Won 10 – 2
During the December holidays D Shoko reached the semi-finals of the Zimbabwe New Winners Tournament in Harare. He was also a member of the Zimbabwe U19 Team that toured South Africa. He reached the Singles and Doubles Quarter finals at the Gauteng Junior Open and reached the semi-finals of the singles and the double final of the Gauteng North Junior Championships.
Triathlon
D Rautenbach and M Philp have qualified to represent Zimbabwe at the South African Triathlon Championships that will be held in March.
MT KILIMANJARO EXPEDITION
In 1959, 1960 and 1963 Peterhouse boys summitted the highest mountain in Africa, Mt Kilimanjaro. We are planning to take a group there again in 2011. Any current A Block, or 5th Form boys who would like to be part of this expedition must let Mrs Shoesmith know by the 8th of February 2010. Please contact her for details on conservation@peterhouse.co.zw.
J B CALDERWOOD
RECTOR
A DAY IN THE LIFE
OF PETERHOUSE 1976
A fantastic 11 minute slide show, music and commentary prepared for the 1976 Speech Day thanks to Robin Getty.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5903522899954774395&pr=goog-sl
