Bishopslea Preparatory School
| Bishopslea Preparatory School for Girls | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
Bishop Gaul Avenue, Belvedere Zimbabwe | |
| Coordinates | 17°49′14.7518″S 31°01′17.5764″E / 17.820764389°S 31.021549000°ECoordinates: 17°49′14.7518″S 31°01′17.5764″E / 17.820764389°S 31.021549000°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, preparatory, boarding and day school |
| Motto | Ecce ancilla Domini (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Christianity |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Established | 1932 |
| Founder | Rt Rev. E. F. Paget |
| Gender | Girls |
| Age | 4 to 12 |
| Number of pupils | 387 (2015)[1] |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Houses | 4 |
| Affiliations | |
| Website | Official website |
Bishopslea Preparatory School for Girls (commonly Bishopslea) is an all-female independent preparatory boarding and day school in Harare, Zimbabwe. The school was founded in 1932 as Bishop's Lea, St Mary's Diocesan Preparatory School by Rt. Rev. Edward Paget on the grounds of the Anglican Cathedral in Harare.[2]
Organisation
Bishopslea is a member of the Association of Trust Schools (ATS), and its head is a member of the Conference of Heads of Independent Schools in Zimbabwe (CHISZ).[3]
Sport
Sports offered by the school include athletics, hockey, netball, swimming and tennis.[4][5][6][7][8]
Houses
Bishopslea has a house system consisting of four houses: Beaven, Gaul, Knight-Bruce and Paget.[2] The associated house colours are:
- Knight-Bruce — Yellow
- Gaul — Green
- Beaven — Red
- Paget — Purple
The houses are named after bishops Frederic Beaven, William Gaul, George Knight-Bruce and Edward Paget.[2]
Notable alumnae
- Elana Hill, rower
See also
References
- ↑ "Bishopslea Preparatory School for Girls (Schools Directory entry)". ATS CHISZ. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "History of Bishopslea". Bishopslea Preparatory School for Girls. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ↑ "ATS CHISZ: Primary schools directory". ATS CHISZ. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Athletics". Bishopslea Preparatory School for Girls. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ "Hockey". Bishopslea Preparatory School for Girls. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ "Netball". Bishopslea Preparatory School for Girls. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ "Swimming". Bishopslea Preparatory School for Girls. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
- ↑ "Tennis". Bishopslea Preparatory School for Girls. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
External links
- Official website
- Bishopslea profile (ATS CHISZ directory)
This article "Bishopslea Preparatory School" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Bishopslea Preparatory School. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
