Group Newsletter 5 - Trinity 2011.pub

August 2011

Welcome to our Group of Schools Newsletter 5

Trinity Term 2011

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Welcome to the Peterhouse Group of Schools E-Newsletter

This years Interact Variety Concert was most enjoyable with a large vari-ety of shows including classical music and choir, gymnastics, hip-hop, ballroom dancing, plays, marimbas and skits. Interact managed to raise close on $2,000 for charity. The Junior Council held a basketball competition which raised over $800 for charity while the Leo Club Dance raised $790 for charity. A Green Day was organised at each school as we observed World Environment Day in line with our conservation programme.

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Biennial Festival

COMMUNITY

JENNY CALDERWOOD KIDZCAN RUN WALK

The Run for Josh was renamed and dedicated to Jenny Calderwood this year. The event was held on Africa Day with the cycle, run or walk taking place throughout Gosho Park. All three of the Peterhouse Group of Schools participated as well as Ruzawi School, Lendy Park and a large number of supporters from the Marondera Community. It was a wonderful day and a fitting tribute to someone who loved the Peterhouse Group so much. Just over $15,000 was raised for the Kidzcan Cancer Ward.

15th to 17th July - Conservation and the Environment The Peterhouse Festival was, once again, a resounding success. We were blessed with a beautiful day with the highlight being the Organ Re-cital in the Chapel by Prince Nyatanga. The festival also featured a Musi-cal Soire at Peterhouse Girls School, the Three Choirs Festival with Arundel School in the Chapel and the Watershed Choir in the quad. The day also saw many market stalls, an equestrian demonstration, the Prince Edward Jazz Band, the St Johns Pipe Band, an Inter-House Mas-terchef competition, food courts, displays, Rockafella, Skydivers, the bikers from Harare and ended with the popular local band Evicted.

BIENNIAL FESTIVAL

GUYS & DOLLS

This Broadway musical production staged on the last weekend of term highlighted some outstanding performances from both actors and the or-chestra who played an array of compositions throughout the show. A huge amount of time and dedication went into this performance which was well received by audiences.

IRON WILL

This years event was held in Matopos over the Easter Weekend. Three teams competed in a gruelling race of over 100km on mountain bikes, and 60kms on foot raising money for seven charities in Harare. Ayla New-march, Lena Hufnagel and Emily Hawgood came 12th overall and won the Girls U21 category.

Kidzcan Walk / Run

Iron WillMatopos

Guys & Dolls

Nursery School Play

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Our PTA held a number of successful events this term including the Africa Day Kidzcan Jenny Calderwood Memorial Run that was followed up with a braai in Gosho Park afterwards. This year we hosted eighteen schools (64 teams) for the Hockey / Rugby festival which involved over eight hundred children playing in a series of matches against teams from all over the country. The inaugural Flame Lily Touch Rugby Festival for adults was held at Springvale House and proved to be a fun filled day.

Springvale House

Springvale House - The Peterhouse Preparatory School for Boys and Girls

The new fields are now in use and provide a beautiful view over Gosho Park. Our new tennis courts are looking good and should be ready for use next term.

The Senior Girls have been very strong, winning the majority of their hockey and netball matches while the Junior Girls have also won the ma-jority of their games. The Senior Boys have managed to win over 75% of their rugby and hockey matches while the Junior boys were unbeaten in hockey. Our 1st XI Hockey Girls accompanied by Mrs Nicholls and Miss Bester are currently on tour in the Eastern Cape where they will play five matches. J Burl was selected for the Zim U11 Squash Team and won seven of his nine matches in the South African Championships while R Spies came 1st in the Mashonaland Gym Competition. At Inter-Provincial Selection three boys and five girls were selected for hockey and seven boys were selected for rugby.

CULTURAL

The Junior Play Return of the Glass Slipper was performed to three full audiences and a Music Concert took place.

SPORTING NEWS

PTA

DEVELOPMENTS NEW FIELDS

SPRINGVALE HOUSE Private Bag 3774 Marondera Zimbabwe Tel and Fax: +263 (0)279-23598 Mobile: +263 (0)712-651748 Email: sec@springvalehouse.co.zw

INTERACTIVE BOARDS

HOCKEY & RUGBY FESTIVAL ACADEMICS

Another three Inter-Active Boards have been purchased to bring the total to six in use plus a portable unit. They are proving to be very useful teaching tools. Conservation Weekeach class picked a project theme which included vermiculture, trees, water and global warming. A Green Day was held which raised money for Gosho Park. Educational TripsThe Grade 6s have been to Far and Wide on a Team Building and Leadership Course while the Grade 5s and 7s travelled to the Lowveld and Rifa respectively.

SVH WORLD CUP RUGBY GOLF DAY9th September 2011

This will be held at Royal Harare Golf Club. Mexican Hat (teams of 2) $150 per team incl. course, caddy, lunch, dinner and merchandise. Sponsorship opportunities available. All welcome. Non-golfers dinner $20 per head. Please contact: sec@springvalehouse.co.zw to confirm your booking and hole.

CANOEING AT RIFA

A new Dormitory is under construction and walls are now above window height. The new classroom block should begin shortly while the new sports fields are well advanced and will be ready for grassing in late Au-gust. The new tennis courts have been levelled and the retaining walls are under construction. Surfacing will be complete before the onset of the rains. Planning for 2012 is now in hand and the next dormitory has been sited. Discussions are currently underway for the new Dining Hall and kitchen facilities as well as the possibility of a new practical subjects block for Fashion & Fabrics, Food & Nutrition and Design & Technology.

PETERHOUSE GIRLS SCHOOL A member of the Peterhouse Group of Schools

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A number of girls have been selected for National and Provincial teams this term. Thirteen girls have been selected for various National Hockey teams and two girls will be representing Zimbabwe at the World Rowing Championships in the UK. Congratulations must go to Laurelle Brown who won the Gold Medal in the U19 category of the All Africa Triathlon Championships. She automatically qualifies to race in the World Champi-onships in Beijing later this year. The Hockey team travelled to Cape Town and won all five of its matches. They went on to play in the St Marys festival and were placed 19th out of 28 schools. Several girls toured with the Zimbabwe Tennis team to the South African inter-Provincial Tournament . The U15s came 9th and the U17s came 7th.

SPORT

DEVELOPMENTS & EXPANSION

TERM DATES 2011

Michaelmas Term - Monday 5th September to Thursday 1st December. Dates for the 2012 School Calendar will only be made available in Octo-ber 2011.

Basketball vs Hillcrest

Guys and Dolls

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Twelfth Night

Biennial Festival

Interact Variety Concert

MUSIC AND CULTURE

This years Buckland Arts Festival saw some outstanding contributions from the girls in the form of flower arranging, food & nutrition, fashion & fabrics, art, music, drama and poetry culminating in a most enjoyable con-cert. The girls have been very involved this term not only in the Broadway musi-cal production Guys and Dolls but in Shakespears Twelfth Night while the choir sang beautifully in the Three Choirs Festival on the Festival Weekend.

PETERHOUSE GIRLS SCHOOL Private Bag 3774, Marondera, Zimbabwe Tel and Fax: +263 (0)279-23599, Mobile: +263 (0)772-133480 Email: secretary@phg.co.zw, www.peterhousegroup.com

New A Block Dormitory

Rugby vs St Georges

The Shona Club travelled to Paris for a Cultural Tour and tool part in a cultural exchange programme with children from other countries. A num-ber of boys and girls are currently on a French Tour which will increase their use and understanding of the language and culture. The AVA Choir (Authentic Voices of Africa) consisting of twenty girls and twelve boys travelled to Bulawayo to perform in two highly successful con-certs held at the end of last term. This year D Block parents were treated to warm sunny weather and a full weekend of activities at the annual Tinokura Camping Weekend.

Our Basketball team travelled to the Durban Boys High School Festival in April where they played five, won two and lost three matches. The Volley-ball Team is currently on tour in Mafikeng. In April three boys accompanied a Rowing Association of Zimbabwe tour to the UK. It provided the rowers with a high level of training, racing and regatta experience at top level. M Johnson has been chosen to represent the Zimbabwe U19 team at the Junior World Rowing Championships in London held at the Olympic Course. HockeyC Saul, J Cragg and K Sanyatwe have been chosen to repre-sent the Zim U17 team while SE Faydherbe, A Steynberg, T Marume, DM Saul and R Kelly have been chosen for the Zim U19 team. Soccerthe highlight of the term was the 31 victory over Falcon! CricketThere have been three cricket tours this term! The Zimbabwe U14 team with five Peterhouse boys travelled to South Africa. D Brent represented the Zimbabwe U16 side while R Burl has distinguished him-self at U17 and U18 level. RugbyWe have had a successful term with G Benade, K Bruce, S Hlan-guyo, D Hutchings, A Kok and C Macmillan selected for the Craven Week U14 while K Makanza, T Ndudzo, R Zee and S Zeederberg were selected for Craven Week U18. Thanks to the help and support of Springvale House we were able to play all matches against Falcon at Peterhouse this termHockey, Soccer and Rugby. We hosted two hundred and forty boys and over twenty staff for what turned out to be a most enjoyable weekend.

PETERHOUSE A Member of the Peterhouse Group of Schools

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CULTURAL & COMMUNITY NEWS

Sky Diver Prince Nyatanga

PETERHOUSE, Private Bag 3741, Marondera, Zimbabwe www.peterhousegroup.com Tel: +263 (0)279-22200/4, 24951/3, Fax: +263 (0)279-24200, Email: peterhouse@peterhouse.co.zw,

Guys and Dolls

Founders Refurbishment

Tinokura Camping Weekend

SPORTS NEWS

DEVELOPMENTS

Work on Ellis House has been completed and the refurbishment of Foun-ders House is currently underway. The whole top floor of Founders House has been gutted to make way for newly built brick studies with the current residents spending the term in the Bunk House. Every boys House has now been fitted with Solar Water Heating for showers which has been a great improvement on the current system. Ditches have been dug to accommodate piping for the distribution of red water to Houses and staff gardens and the Nyakambiri pipeline to ensure water to our estate and fields. A new fibre optic telephone link, a new switchboard and extra lines will lead to an improved telephone system. The final section of fencing has been finished to enclose the South and West of the school to create a Game Park and Conservation area.

PETREAN NEWS

PETREAN GOLF DAY

Please contact - Andrew Shoesmith strategy@peterhouse.co.zw

for more information and to register for the next meeting.

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For more Petrean Information visit Oliver Beaumonts website at

www.vicnet.net.au/petrean

PETREAN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

PETREAN GOLF DAY - 20th May 2011 at Borrowdale Brooke One hundred Petreans, Staff, Parents and Friends of Peterhouse gath-

ered for the Annual Peterhouse Golf Competition at Borrowdale Brooke

Golf Course.

Organized by Brenda Bell and the Petreans Committee, we had fantastic

sponsorship of holes and prizes. We are very grateful to all our sponsors

for their support.

It was a relaxed and fun afternoon with unusual events slotted in for the

unwary competitor. The course was fantastic, the organisation slick, and

the event was thoroughly enjoyed by all.

Please contact Brenda Bell ( brenda@totaltrainingexcellence.com ) if you

would like to participate next year.

FAMILY FUN DAY - SUNDAY 25th SEPTEMBER 2011 At Raintree, Harare, 10am-6pm. Booking essential. Tickets available

from Absolute Sports, Sam Levys Village. For more information contact Marion, 0772570009 or marion@yoafrica.com

PETERHOUSE / FALCON OLD BOYS TOUCH RUGBY FESTIVAL This took place over the biennial Festival Weekend on 16th July 2011 and saw about 50 Petreans and 30 FOB clash in various age group cate-gories. The Petrean under 30s won the round robin (most points of the completion). The Play off was won by Petreans Under 40s (but over 30) versus the same age group from FOB. The final was a select team made up of at least 3 from each age group which was again won convincingly by Petreans (6 0). A white wash! The Beast Floating Trophy stays at home.

THE PETREAN SUPER RAFFLE On behalf of Petrean Committee and the Raffle Proposer Mr Richard Moores, I would like to thank all of you who participated in any way with this initiative, and especially those of you who helped with sales, or by purchasing raffle tickets (and in some cases books of tickets). This has been an extremely successful scheme and the Petrean Fund is considerably bolstered. We plan to finish the Red Water project at the school and thereafter support projects at the school by application. Andrew Shoesmith (Petrean Chairman)

PRIZE WINNERS 1st Prize - Fibrecraft Riverbird - Darren Coetzee

2nd Prize - Toyota Single Cab - Phil Frost 3rd Prize - Years School Fees at Peterhouse - D O Neil Williams

4th Prize - Hunting Safari at Lemco Ranch - D Lewis 5th Prize - Trip on Luxury Houseboat - Musankwa - P Molam

6th Prize - Weekend for 4 at Rukomechi Camp - P Mandivenga 7th Prize - Husqavarna Ride on Mower - W Huchu 8th Prize - Voucher for Masango Lodge - J Keith 9th Prize - Samsung 42 Plasma TV - N Malaba

10th Prize - Generator Kipor 5kva - Gina Havercroft 11th Prize - 3 Nights at Fishermans Rest Kariba - Hazel Forrest

12th Prize - Famous Grouse Whiskey Hamper - D & M Bain

PETREAN SUPER RAFFLE

PETREANS VS FALCON OLD BOYS TOUCH RUGBY