Dear
Parents and Guardians
We end our Trinity term on a very high note! Our Bi-annual Festival, that took place last week, was a resounding success and I thank those of you who made the effort to experience it. I thank my dedicated and committed staff for their input and make special mention of Mr John Barrie - the Festival Coordinator and Miss Bryony Rheam - his assistant, for their attention to detail that ensured it was such a successful event.
Staff
We say farewell to Mr Brian and Mrs AJ Foakes. They have, in the time they have been here, contributed a great deal to the life of Peterhouse. Brian's contribution to Music and to IT - he set up our two computer rooms, introduced the ICDL, email addresses for pupils and has made us proud of our facility, to teaching and to Paget House - as Housemaster. AJ's contribution in class, as Head of Junior Science, on the cricket field as U14A's coach and Person in Charge of Hockey, together with her input in the House has been outstanding. They will be sorely missed.
Mr Ashley Denman - Director of Sport - also leaves at the end of this term. Taking over from Mr Reg Querl was never going to be easy - I congratulate him on all he has achieved in his five terms here. We wish him and Judith and their daughters happiness in England.
Our Junior Master - Terence Sibanda leaves to further his education overseas.
Sadley most staff leave because of the political and economic situation that faces Zimbabwe. This has been pointed out to me by the many ex staff who have visited in the past month - Paul Davies, Suzanne Barrington, Rev Martin Housman, Phillipa Sex and Andy and Rowena Hall! - it is difficult to keep them away from Peterhouse!
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Trevor Mushiko as Housemaster in Founders - he has been Acting Housemaster since January. Mr Adam Burgess has been appointed Acting Housemaster in Paget while Mr Prince Chavunduka has been appointed Assistant Housemaster in Malvern.
ACADEMIC MATTERS
Mid-year examinations. Your son will have a Report reflecting his term assessment and results from the examinations he wrote. Boys in A Block and VI Form wrote mock examinations and the symbols and marks attained give an indication of how they will fare in next term's public examinations.
Holiday Revision. This is an important holiday for all pupils writing public examinations in November. They have been set work to do and they will have their own revision programmes to follow. The amount of time and effort put into this preparation will affect their grades significantly. Your support in removing distractions and encouraging effective work will obviously help them. We have recently heard that South African universities will be restricted to accepting only 10% of its students from SADC countries in future. This will make entrance more difficult - your son needs to obtain good grades!
D Block Parent/Teacher Meeting. This will take place at 10.15 am on Friday 26th of September. Please try to attend the meeting; it occurs at the beginning of our First Fixture Free Weekend.
Awards. Congratulations to the following boys who have been awarded Half Colours for Academics. MT Borerwe, FW Douse, ME Jakazi, TT Kaviya, JK Mavetera, MA Osman and V Shah. These are A Block boys who look set to distinguish themselves in the examinations next term.
Full Colours for Academics has been awarded to Maxwell Rugonye who is predicted 3 'A' grades at A Level this year. Congratulations!
HONOURS AWARDS
Three boys have been awarded Honours Ties this term - our highest award - for their outstanding contribution to Peterhouse - I congratulate Aaron Denenga, Tjaart Walraven and Daniel Calderwood.
CULTURAL MATTERS
School Plays. I mentioned the success of our Festival and would like to congratulate the staff, boys and girls who were involved in the four plays that took place. Congratulations to Mr G Yiend - 'Henry the Tudor Dude', Ms Bryony Rheam - 'The Glass Menagerie', Mr Trevor Mushiko - 'Calamity Jane' - a French play and Mrs Barbara Mutuke - Shona Play.
There were many outstanding performances in the plays but I would like to single out Munyaradzi Chidzonga's performance in the Glass Menagerie - he was quite outstanding!
Half Colours for Drama have been awarded to Munyaradzi Chidzonga.
Music. My sincere thanks to Mrs F Yiend for preparing our Chapel Choirs for the two "Three Choir Festival" services, for producing the Lloyd Webber Show and for all she contributed to the Festival. Congratulations to Chando Karidza on his being awarded Half Colours for Music and to Lindani Chiriva on his award of Full Colours for Music.
SPORTING MATTERS
Basketball.
'Top Schools Tournament" - Winners
T Makoni, T Tawengwa and A Mudawarira selected for Mash East.
Chisipite Tournament - Runners-Up - to Prince Edward
Chess
v's Marondera High W7-5
v's Falcon W4-1
Hockey
v's Watershed P9 W8 L1 1st XI W 2-0
v's St John's P13 W4 L2 D7 1st XI D 1-1
v's St George's P12 W10 L1 D1 1st XI L 0-1
v's Falcon P7 W3 L4 1st XI L 0-1
Congratulations to T Keith, D Knight, D George, C Buchanan and A Loubser on being awarded Half Colours.
Mr Denman and Mrs Foakes are presently with our First XI in Cape Town - the boys are playing in an international schools tournament.
Rugby
v's Prince Edward P13 W11 L2 1st XV W 29-17
v's CBC P4 W4 1st XV W 50-5
v's Churchill P9 W9 1st XV W 31-7
v's Falcon P10 W7 L3 1st XV W21-12
Falcon Weekend - For the first time we hosted all of the matches here. This meant looking after 230 Falcon boys and staff. I thank Mr French, Mr PAL Davis and Mr Denman who ensured that the weekend ran very smoothly. Our match against Falcon decided this year's winner of the Inaugral Schweppes "Super 8" Rugby league. By beating Falcon, at 1st XV level, Peterhouse won the competition. (It involves the U16, 2nd XV and 1st XV of the top eight rugby schools in Zimbabwe!) I congratulate Mr Snook, Mr French and Mr Davies respectively on their teams performances this term.
Congratulations to the following boys on being awarded Half Colours for Rugby - P de Klerk, T Haamucenje, T Karimanzira, T Mapfumo, T Tawengwa and T Shirihuru.
Congratulations to the following boys who have been awarded Full Colours for Rugby - B Mutsonziwa, S Hill, T Mtawarira, M Yiend and T Matenga.
Mention must be made of our school Captain, David Cloete - he has had a superb season and completed a distinguished career here on the rugby field - well done!
For your interest overall results for the term were - Played 100 W 85 L13 D2 matches
Soccer
v's St Geroge's P8 W4 L3 D1 1st XI W 1-0
v's Falcon 1st XI Drew 1-1
Congratulations to M Gwashure, C Karidza and B Tafa on being awarded Full Colours for Soccer.
Our soccer team is playing in the CHISZ Schools Soccer Tournament at Lomagundi this week.
Squash
v's Prince Edward P2 W2
v's Chisipite P2 W2
Congratulations to R Jackson, G Querl and TW Rensburg on being awarded
Half Colours for Squash.
PASTORAL MATTERS
My thanks to Mr Nick Stott and members of Zambezi Ministries for spending time here during the term. The boys enjoyed their service on Sunday 27th of July.
Parents are reminded of our Confirmation Service on Thursday 16th of October at 0900 hours - the Bishop of Harare will preside.
GENERAL MATTERS
School Fees - please find a letter from the Chairman of our Executive Board about school fees for the Michaelmas term. I thank those who attended the Parent's Meeting at Prince Edward. Note that because of the present inflation rate the option of paying fees on an annual basis no longer can be offered. Please contact Mr J Rheam - our Bursar if you have any proposals or queries.
Springvale Campus Jubilee Thanks to Mr Shaw and Mrs P Sylvester "The Chronicle of the Springvale Estate" is now published. If you are an old boy/girl, or you are interested in the development of the Springvale Campus over the past 50 years, please order your copy from Mrs P Raynor -079 23920 or raynor@ecoweb.co.zw - cheques payable to Peterhouse.
I wish you a restful and safe holiday.
Yours sincerely
J B CALDERWOOD
Rector
7 August 2003
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