Greensteds School
History
Greensteds School was established in 1936 on a 50-acre (200,000 m2) piece of land as a mixed day and boarding school situated 17 kilometres south of Nakuru town, Kenya. The school provides an English curriculum at both IGCSE and A-levels in subjects in the arts ranging from French as second language to mathematics and the sciences.
Houses
- Kibo - red
- Batian - blue
- Nelion - yellow
Sports
The school competes against other Kenyan international schools. In the Michaelmas term, cricket (boys) and rounders (girls) is played. The second term (Hilary) has hockey as the sport for both sexes. In the last term (Trinity) boys play rugby, football and basketball, while the girls play net ball.
Athletics is practised, particularly before sports day (Michaelmas term). Events include short distances (100 m) and longer distances (1500 m) as well as long, triple and high jump.
The school has a 25 metre long swimming pool, opened in 2000, which is the scene of internal and inter-school swimming competitions particularly in Hilary term.
Other sports practised are karate, tennis, cycling, motorbike riding, hiking, athletics, football, dance, horse riding, taekwondo, gym, golf, cross country running, and volleyball.
Performing arts
Greensteds School has a performing arts department. The department runs music tours featuring an all student band and choir to locations in Kenya and abroad, promoting causes such as Operation Smile.