 The Peterhouse Group of Schools comprises three schools and a Nursery School.
Peterhouse, founded in 1955, caters for approximately 490 boys from Form 1 (D Block) to VIth Form, all full-boarding and offers a rounded education in terms of academics, sports and cultural activities.
Peterhouse Girls’, founded in 1987, caters for 320 girls from Form 1 (D Block) to VIth Form) all but 12 full-boarding,
Springvale House, founded in 1985, caters for 240 boys and girls, weekly-boarding and day-scholars from Grade 1 to Grade 7.
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Peterhouse Group Branding |
 Information for Stakeholders
As a result of an executive decision the following branding has been implemented at the Peterhouse Group of Schools with immediate effect.
The Peterhouse Group is now represented by the name Peterhouse and the Peterhouse Coat of Arms and is the overriding brand image the group will use on any group asset.
The individual senior school names will no longer be referred to as Peterhouse and Peterhouse Girls’ School, but will now be referred to as Peterhouse Boys and Peterhouse Girls.
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Baby Giraffe - January 2012 |
 The baby giraffe, born in October, is well and we have two baby wildebeest and eighteen new impala. The male sable has settled in and a 'new' male kudu has joined the group - all animals look healthy with the good grazing. There are plans to bring in new blood lines of zebra, impala and wildebeest this year - fund raising is ongoing.
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 ‘Lean into the end of the gun, hold it tight into the top of your shoulder and squeeze the trigger’. Five seconds later there was an incredibly loud bang and all of us, fingers in our ears, looked towards the target – did Seb Yates get a bull’s eye? Everyone had four shots with the .308 and ten shots with the .22 rifles under the guidance of Andrew Dawson and Mike Payne, our professional hunters on this trip.
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Cricket Tour to Kearsney 2012 |
 A squad of twelve boys and a scorer travelled to KwaZulu Natal for the 2012 Cricket Tour from Friday 6th to Saturday 14th January..
The squad : K.C. Barbour (Staff ) Mr G Steyn ( Assistant Manager )
D Ballance, D Flack, C Saul, D Moolman, B Steyn, D Brent, S Nyamusa, D McRoberts, T Gadzikwa, B Mandivenga, W Hattingh and B Magumura ( Scorer )
Results: Played 5, Won 1 Drew 2 Lost 2
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 Alan Megahey passed away after a short illness at the end of last summer. He was laid to rest in his final parish in Leadenham on 26 August 2011. As many of his former pupils and other Petreans were not able to make the funeral, a memorial service will be held at St. Marylebone Parish Church on Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LT at 14:00 on Saturday 10 March 2012. The memorial service will be a fitting way to remember a man that had such a positive impact on not only all of our lives but also on education in Zimbabwe. If you are in touch with any other Petreans please do forward these details to them. |
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Micheen Thornycroft - PHG05 |
 Thornycroft realises Olympic dreamDANIEL NHAKANISO, SPORTS REPORTER | 2012-01-12
http://www.newsday.co.zw/article/2012-01-12-thornycroft-realises-olympic-dream/
Representing Zimbabwe at the Olympic Games was always the ultimate goal for 24-year-old female rower Micheen Thornycroft.
So determined was the talented former Peterhouse Girls student she dedicated much of her time to the physically-draining sporting discipline which required her to train three times a day starting at 5:15am every morning.
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 The 9th January 2011 saw the first day of school for 95 D Block (Form 1) boys as they began moving their trunks into Tinokura. New D Blocker, Craig Burl in Grinham, was welcomed as a third generation pupil and was accompanied by his father, Stu Burl (G91), and Grandfather, Alan Burl (G64). Mr John Greenacre (Petrean Secretary), who had taught Mathematics to both Alan and Stu, strolled down to Tinokura to welcome them.
Photo L-R: Craig Burl, Stu Burl, Alan Burl, John Greenacre.
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Zim U16 Fishing in Namibia |
ZIMBABWE U16 – ALL SPECIES ZONE 6 TOUR TO NAMIBIA – DECEMBER 2011
Zone 6 “All Species Tournament” is an annual event held between South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe.
This tour is approved by Zimbabwe Sports Council and all records and results will be recognized by the same. 2011 was held at Hardap Dam in Namibia.
The species fished for were: Barbel, Carp, Orange River Mud Fish, Yellow Fish and Mozambique Bream.
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 Dick Was on the first School List in February 1955 when Peterhouse opened. Dick Arrowsmith passed away in the UK on 3rd December 2011.
Dick was the husband of Dorothy and father of Rosemary, Anthony and Michael and was well known for over 50 years in the tobacco industry in this country.
A Thanksgiving service will be held Wednesday 18th January at 11 am at Highlands Presbyterian Church.
Please accept this invitation
Contact: Rosemary Allison
Home phone 336704
Our thoughts and prayers are with the Arrowsmith family at this time. |
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Workers' Children Xmas Party |
The Workers’ Children Christmas Parties were held just after the end of term at each of the three schools.  Presents were donated by staff and pupils and then wrapped by the Service Clubs while Christmas Trees and decorations were put up as part of their afternoon activities. Staff organised music, games, quiz’s and dancing competitions while Servcor organised a Christmas lunch.
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 The Marondera Clean Up was held on the morning of Wednesday 30th November. It was initiated by the Peterhouse Group of Schools who managed to find donations and sponsorship in order to include eleven other local schools being Ruzawi School, Lendy Park School, Chitepo School, Rakodzi School, Cherutombo School, Nagel House, Nyameni Secondary School, Tapfuma Primary, Nyameni Primary, DomboTombo Primary and St Francis Primary. In total there were approximately 1500 children involved and approximately 6000 rubbish bags of litter were collected.
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Marondera Schools Carol Concert 2011 |
 The Carol Concert was held in the Peterhouse Chapel on the evening of Monday 28th November with carols performed by a variety of Peterhouse Choirs and Orchestra. Each of the following schools performed a choral piece - Watershed College, Ruzawi School, Springvale House, Wise Owls, Marondera High School, Digglefold School, Godfrey Huggins School, Lendy Park School and Nagel House. The final piece of the evening saw all schools take the stage to sing together “Siyabhiyoza” (We are Celebrating the Birth of Jesus).
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 Peterhouse, Peterhouse Girls and Springvale House held a Tree Planting day on Saturday 26th November 2011. Both estates planned well in advance digging and preparing holes for each and every tree that would be planted. In some areas these trees were planted in place of the gum plantations that had been clear felled.
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Foundations for Farming 2011 |
 Foundations for Farming representatives visited Peterhouse to plant a demonstration plot in a prominent area at the school. This demo plot is what they refer to a Well Watered garden, this comes from Isaiah 58, which it the key scripture from which the teachings are based.
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