Cornway College

Cornway College

Cornway College Emblem

Cornway College Emblem
Let There Be Light
Location
No. 1 Haydon, Mount Hampden
Mashonaland West
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
Information
Type Private, Selective, Day & Boarding School
Opened 23 January 2006
Founder Lovemore Kurotwi
School district Zvimba District
Nursery years taught 4-5 years
Early Child Development
Primary years taught 5-12 years
Grade One - Grade Seven
Secondary years taught 12-18/19 years
Form One - Upper Six
Gender Co-educational
Average class size 25 pupils
Education system Zimbabwean
Language English
Houses Cheetah, Eland, Lion, Tiger
School colour(s)      Blue
     White
     Yellow
Sports Junior College: 11
Senior College: 11
Affiliations National Association of Secondary School Heads
Clubs and Societies Junior College: 4
Senior College: 7
Examination boards Cambridge International Examinations
Higher Education Examinations Council
Zimbabwe School Examinations Council
Postal Address P.O Box CY 3314
Causeway
Harare
Zimbabwe
Website www.cornwaycollege.com

Cornway College is a private, selective, co-educational, day and boarding school in Mount Hampden, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe, which is 16.5 kilometres from the Harare Central Business District. Cornway College was established in 2006 at its present-day location. It has a preparatory school (Cornway Junior College) and a high school (Cornway Senior College). The language of instruction is English.

Cornway has a diverse student body with children from the Southern African region to as afield as the United Kingdom. Cornway College was ranked as one of the Top 10 High Schools in Zimbabwe in 2014.[1] Apart from being academically competitive, Cornway is establishing itself as a sporting powerhouse especially in volleyball, football and basketball.

History

Early history

“ The college will bloom like a cornflower.

— Lovemore Kurotwi Junior, circa 2006 [2]

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Cornway College

Cornway College was founded by Lovemore Kurotwi and it was formally opened on the 23rd of January 2006. Its founding student body was from a study group called Whitehorse Academy which was founded by Mrs S.M. Wenzel, the academy had a pupil population of 120 at the time.[3] The name "Cornway College" was suggested by Lovemore Kurotwi Junior when he was eleven years old. His reason for naming the college "Cornway College" was "The college will bloom like a cornflower." [2] The founding Headmaster of Cornway College is Mr Edmore Mutekwe who left in 2008 and his preparatory counterpart was Mr Mpofu. Both Heads have left the school.

2010s

2010
Construction of the boarding facilities was completed and both colleges started enrolling pupils who wished to be boarders.

2011

Cambridge International Examinations

The Senior College became a registered Cambridge International Examinations centre. This meant that the College could now conduct the examinations for Cambridge International Examinations for Ordinary Level, International General Certificate of Secondary Education, Advanced Subsidiary Level and Advanced Level internally. Before this, Cornway Senior College conducted examinations at an external registered Cambridge International Examinations centre.

2012
Cornway Senior College hosted its inaugural 3-day sports festival (for basketball and soccer) with 16 schools attending the event.[4] The Interact Club at Cornway Senior College hosted a Christmas dinner at the school hostels where the best pupils of 2012 were honoured.[5]

2013
Buses that would transport day pupils and staff from the school to their homes in Harare were acquired. They are also used as transport for pupils and to educational tours, sporting events et cetera.

Cornway Junior College held its inaugural Africa Day commemorations under the theme "My Culture, My Pride" showcasing African music, dance, cuisine and fashion. Fifty-four countries were represented at the event.[6]

The Senior College became a registered Higher Education Examinations Council centre (HEXCO), allowing pupils to sit for the Computers examinations in particular at the College (the awarded certificate is a vocational qualification that supplements the IGCSE/O-Level and A-Level certificate). Cornway Senior College won M and H Under-17 soccer tournament at Kwekwe High School in which 12 schools participated.[7] The boys' volleyball team won the International School of South Africa (ISSA) Volleyball Festival in Mafikeng, South Africa for the second time whilst the girls' team were the runners-up in their category as the 32 teams from South Africa and Zimbabwe participated.[8] Cornway Senior College received a prize at the Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Week held at the Harare Exhibition Park for devising a mobile phone-controlled remote system.[9]

2014
The Junior College received a new headmaster, after the departure of Mrs Zengeya. The Junior College has also begun implementing the Cambridge Primary program developed by Cambridge International Examinations.

The Cornway Senior College boys' volleyball team won the St George's College Under 20 Volleyball Tournament with the girls' volleyball team achieving second place in their category.[10] The boys' volleyball team at Cornway Senior College retained its title in the National Association of Secondary School Heads (NASH) U20 volleyball tournament held at Kwekwe High School in the Midlands Province.[11] The Interact Club at the Senior College held a Charity Golf Tournament at Highland Country Club on the 8th of August. Proceeds from the event went to Simbaredenga Children's Home.[12] Cornway had seven boys selected into Zimbabwe Under-17 national basketball team after the players won the National Association of Secondary School Heads (NASH) Under-17 Basketball tournament in Harare representing Mashonaland West.[13] The Senior College won the second edition of the National Association of Secondary School Heads (NASH) Under 20 Beach Volleyball Tournament in the boys' category with 24 boys' teams and 22 girls' teams participating in the tournament.[14] The Senior College was ranked as one of the Top 10 High Schools in Zimbabwe in 2014.[1] Twenty pupils of the Senior College and Harare City Council workers went on a clean-up campaign to raise awareness of hygiene, cleaning up Mabelreign Shopping Centre in Harare.[15] . .

Motto

“ And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.

— Genesis 1:3, New International Version [16]

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"Let There Be Light" is the motto of the Colleges. The motto is synonymous with a phrase from a popular verse in the Bible. The verse is Genesis 1:3 and is as follows in the New International Version of the bible: "And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light." [16] The phrase can be metaphorically interpreted as the spreading of knowledge and dispelling ignorance.[17] The Latin equivalent, "Fiat Lux" (also rendered as "Sit Lux" et cetera) is used by numerous other institutions globally e.g. University of California, University of Liverpool etc.[18] The motto appears on the Cornway College Emblem.[19]

Mission Statement

To produce high quality and relevant primary and secondary education to pupils by instilling in them sound intellectual, physical, moral, social and technological skills that will enable them to become self-reliant and responsible citizens.[20]

Admission

Senior College
Admission into the college is largely based on academic merit.[21]

Academics

Junior College

The Junior College uses the Cambridge International Examinations and Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (ZIMSEC) Primary syllabus and examinations are conducted by the school every year for the Grade Seven (Year 7) pupils. The subjects on offer at the Junior School are:

The table below shows the subjects and their availability at either CIE or ZIMSEC

Subjects Offered
Subject CIE ZIMSEC
Computer Literacy Yes Not available
English Language Yes Yes
General Paper Not available Yes
Mathematics Yes Yes
Science Yes Not available
Shona Language Not available Yes

Senior College

IGCSE
A-Level

The Senior College uses the Zimbabwe Junior Certificate (ZJC) syllabus for Form One to Form Two (Year 8 and 9). For Ordinary Level (Form 3 and Form Four i.e. Year 10 and 11) and Advanced Level (Lower Six and Upper Six i.e. Year 12 and 13), the Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) syllabus is used as the primary syllabus to study for the CIE examinations (IGCSE taken in Form Four and A-Level taken in Upper Six) and ZIMSEC examinations (O-Level and A-Level) which are conducted at the school every year. The table below shows the subjects and their availability at each level:

Subjects Offered [22]
Subject Secondary IGCSE/O Level AS/A Level
Accounting Yes Yes Yes
Agriculture Yes Yes Yes
Biology N/A Yes Yes
Business Studies N/A Yes Yes
Chemistry N/A No Yes
Combined Science Yes Yes N/A
Commerce N/A No Yes
Computer Science N/A Yes Yes
Divinity N/A N/A Yes
Economics N/A No Yes
English Language Yes Yes Yes
French Yes No No
Geography Yes Yes Yes
History Yes Yes Yes
ICT Yes Yes, CIE only No
Literature in English Yes Yes, CIE only Yes, CIE only
Mathematics Yes Yes Yes
Physical Science N/A Yes Yes, CIE AS only
Physics N/A No Yes
Religious Studies Yes Yes N/A
Shona Yes Yes, ZIMSEC only Yes, ZIMSEC only

NB N/A in this case means 'Not Available' as the subject is not offered at that level.

The Senior College is also a registered Higher Education Examinations Council (HEXCO) centre for Computers examinations. This supplements a pupil's IGCSE/Ordinary Level and Advanced Level certificate.

Prefectorial Council

The Prefectorial Council is a body of exemplary senior pupils in the college given the task of maintaining order and enforce rules on behalf of the College administration. The pupils are selected by the teaching staff and the Head of College and his deputy. The pupils chosen to be prefects are exemplary pupils in the College with leadership potential, a good academic and sporting background and active participants in the College's extra-curricular activities.

Junior College

The Prefectorial Council at the Junior College is jointly headed by 2 individuals i.e. the Head Boy and Head Girl, followed by their vices/deputies. The subordinates of the Vice Head Boy and Vice Head Girl are the Senior Prefects (there are two posts: one reserved for a boy and one reserved for a girl). Their subordinates are the prefects.

At the Junior College, pupils are chosen in Grade Six and Grade Five to be prefects for the following academic year. This is done at a leadership retreat during the December holiday.

Senior College

The Prefectorial Council at the Senior College is jointly headed by 2 individuals i.e. the Head Boy and Head Girl, followed by their vices/deputies. The subordinates of the Vice Head Boy and Vice Head Girl are the Senior Prefects (there are 2 posts: one reserved for a boy and one reserved for a girl). Their subordinates are the prefects.

At the Senior College, certain pupils (that is, Lower Six and select Form Three pupils) are first interviewed by the College teaching staff. After the interviewing process, pupils are short-listed and they begin a temporary tenure as school monitors in the Third Term, showcasing their capabilities. A final selection of members for the Prefectorial Council is done and the pupils go to a leadership retreat during the December holiday. The Prefectorial Council is introduced to the whole College at an assembly in the First Term of the new academic year. Pupils begin their tenure as prefects in the new academic year.

Houses

The four houses at Cornway College are games houses, id est they in compete sports, athletics in particular in the first term. Winning participants are selected into the Athletics College team after competing for their houses in the annual Inter-House Athletics Competition.

The table below shows the houses, house colour and year founded.

Cornway College Houses
Houses Colour Year Founded
Cheetah      Yellow 2006
Eland      Red 2011
Lion      Green 2006
Tiger      Blue 2006

House T-shirts are sold by the school at the Uniform Shop.

Sports

Junior College

Sports at the Junior College include:

Senior College

Sports at the Senior College include:

Clubs and Societies

Junior College

Clubs and societies at the Junior College include

Senior College

Clubs and societies at the Senior College are:

Transportation

Some buses in the fleet at Cornway College

Day pupils from and around Harare use school buses and private transport to come to school. The college provides transport to pupils for a fee excluded from tuition.[25]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 DarrylYV8 (9 October 2014). "Top 10 High Schools in Zimbabwe". Youth Village Zimbabwe. Youth Village Zimbabwe. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cornway College Established 2006 Magazine,Page 3, published 2006, retrieved 2014.
  3. ↑ Cornway College Established 2006 Magazine,Page 9, published 2006, retrieved 11 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Cornway College hosts sports festival". Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation. 22 June 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Swagga T (7 December 2012). "Cornway’s colourful dinner". The Herald (Web). Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Swagga T (31 May 2013). "Africa's Golden Jubilee". The Herald (Web). Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  7. ↑ "Cornway win M and H Under-17 soccer tournament". The Chronicle (Web). 9 August 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Garrun, Theo (10 August 2013). "Cornway Rise to the Occasion Once Again; Zimbabwean School Successfully Defend Their Title in Mafikeng". The Saturday Star (South Africa). Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  9. ↑ Mupangi, Sarudzai (24 October 2013). "allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe Scientists Come of Age". The Herald. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  10. ↑ Mashaya, Blessings (25 June 2014). "Cornway defends volleyball title - DailyNews Live". Daily News (Harare). Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  11. ↑ Gwabanai, Precious (30 July 2014). "Cornway, Chibi retain Nash volleyball titles - The Zimbabwe Mail". The Zimbabwe Mail. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  12. ↑ "Follet-Smith in contention - NewsDay Zimbabwe". NewsDay Zimbabwe (Web). 5 August 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  13. ↑ Mashaya, Blessings (6 August 2014). "Mash West, Harare win basketball titles - DailyNews Live". Daily News (Harare). Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  14. ↑ "Cornway, Masarakufa lift NASH titles". Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  15. ↑ Jasi, Thabani; Shasha, Wesley (13 December 2014). "Clean-up for a cause". The Herald. Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Genesis 1:3 § Text". Wikipedia. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  17. ↑ "Let There Be Light - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". Wikipedia. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  18. ↑ "Let There Be Light - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". Wikipedia. Retrieved 17 May 2014.
  19. ↑ "File:CornwayCollegeLogo.png - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". Retrieved 26 January 2015.
  20. ↑ Cornway College Established 2006 Magazine,Page 6, published 2006, retrieved 11 February 2015
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 "Admission". Cornway College. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  22. ↑ "Academics". Cornway College. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Sports". Cornway College. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Clubs". Cornway College. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
  25. ↑ "Campus". Cornway College. Cornway College. 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

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