Special Features
Here are just some of the special features of Falcon that will make it an unforgettable life experience for your son(s).
The School operates from a Christian base with boys having to attend Chapel services twice a week – with voluntary services on Sundays. The School is multi denominational.
Our conservation area called Quiet Waters is fairly unique for a school. It is a 1000ha of pristine Matabeleland bush veld. This area is extensively used for visiting schools on natural history visits and ecology trips. Our own students use it extensively and our parents and visitors utilize our picnic sites as well as our ‘A’ frame accommodation cottages in the park.
The College has a strong tradition of cultural activities and annually hosts a cultural weekend. This weekend has grown and last year children from 15 schools attended. The school endeavours to attract big names in drama, music, dance, literature, debate and other areas to guide workshops over this weekend and then to present a small extract at the final concert. This festival is probably the biggest for schools in the country. The College prides itself in its tradition in drama with at least two productions a year to make use of the Turner Hall, which provides a good facility for this.
The College has a music department with a full time music teacher.
We also have a well, established design technology department which caters for metalwork, technical graphics and design technology.
The College receives satellite television, which is transmitted to the houses, which keeps both staff and boys alike up to speed on happenings in the world.
The dining facility is one we are proud of – we have a private caterer and the whole school has sit down meals. We still insist on boys dressing for dinner. The staff and boys eat lunches together. We have tried hard to maintain table manners and traditions in the dining hall.
The College has a two-ward 15 bed sanatorium, which is manned 24 hours a day by two qualified sisters. The school also has a doctor on call at all times as well as access to physiotherapists and dentists.
Our computer department is now growing – we teach Computers in the curriculum and hope that all boys leave the College with the International Computer Drivers Licence at the very least. We hope to up grade this facility and offer computers as an examinable Cambridge subject.
Communication with parents
Boys at the College are monitored in terms of academic work via a mark order system. Each child is assessed twice a term and those marks are gathered by class teachers. The class teacher would discuss academic progress with the class and individuals – this would then be passed on to the Housemaster and his tutoring staff. They would also check on a boy’s situation and discuss his progress. Mark order cards are also sent home monthly at Fixture Free Weekends. Boys get to go home 3 times a term from a Thursday to Sunday evening.
End of term exams are conducted and formal parent teacher meetings are done annually for each class/year group.
Parents are asked also to communicate with Housemasters at sporting functions and when ever they may be concerned. Our College is a national school with boys from all over the country and in fact, from neighbouring countries as well. We do all we can to get children home at weekends and half term breaks in our luxury coaches. We have two luxury coaches to move boys to sporting fixtures and on Fixture Free Weekends.
How we choose new pupils
We do have an entrance exam – but it is not the only criterion on which we take boys. We consider the previous headmaster’s report and assess the situation carefully to see if we feel we can educate the young person in question.
There is financial assistance available to boys who we feel would benefit from an education at the College. Boys with exceptional talent in academics, music or sport would be considered for help and are encouraged to apply for a place.
Discipline
This is an area that we pride ourselves in. Our boys are groomed in a disciplined society. We know that young people make mistakes and so we try to deal with problems in a structured and caring way. We still use corporal punishment at the Headmaster and Housemaster level. We do try to create a self-discipline with a clear code of conduct for boys and we do expect it to be followed in the strictest terms. We hope that the environment is one in which young people can ‘grow up’ – which is our aim.
The School operates from a Christian base with boys having to attend Chapel services twice a week – with voluntary services on Sundays. The School is multi denominational.
Our conservation area called Quiet Waters is fairly unique for a school. It is a 1000ha of pristine Matabeleland bush veld. This area is extensively used for visiting schools on natural history visits and ecology trips. Our own students use it extensively and our parents and visitors utilize our picnic sites as well as our ‘A’ frame accommodation cottages in the park.
The College has a strong tradition of cultural activities and annually hosts a cultural weekend. This weekend has grown and last year children from 15 schools attended. The school endeavours to attract big names in drama, music, dance, literature, debate and other areas to guide workshops over this weekend and then to present a small extract at the final concert. This festival is probably the biggest for schools in the country. The College prides itself in its tradition in drama with at least two productions a year to make use of the Turner Hall, which provides a good facility for this.
The College has a music department with a full time music teacher.
We also have a well, established design technology department which caters for metalwork, technical graphics and design technology.
The College receives satellite television, which is transmitted to the houses, which keeps both staff and boys alike up to speed on happenings in the world.
The dining facility is one we are proud of – we have a private caterer and the whole school has sit down meals. We still insist on boys dressing for dinner. The staff and boys eat lunches together. We have tried hard to maintain table manners and traditions in the dining hall.
The College has a two-ward 15 bed sanatorium, which is manned 24 hours a day by two qualified sisters. The school also has a doctor on call at all times as well as access to physiotherapists and dentists.
Our computer department is now growing – we teach Computers in the curriculum and hope that all boys leave the College with the International Computer Drivers Licence at the very least. We hope to up grade this facility and offer computers as an examinable Cambridge subject.
Communication with parents
Boys at the College are monitored in terms of academic work via a mark order system. Each child is assessed twice a term and those marks are gathered by class teachers. The class teacher would discuss academic progress with the class and individuals – this would then be passed on to the Housemaster and his tutoring staff. They would also check on a boy’s situation and discuss his progress. Mark order cards are also sent home monthly at Fixture Free Weekends. Boys get to go home 3 times a term from a Thursday to Sunday evening.
End of term exams are conducted and formal parent teacher meetings are done annually for each class/year group.
Parents are asked also to communicate with Housemasters at sporting functions and when ever they may be concerned. Our College is a national school with boys from all over the country and in fact, from neighbouring countries as well. We do all we can to get children home at weekends and half term breaks in our luxury coaches. We have two luxury coaches to move boys to sporting fixtures and on Fixture Free Weekends.
How we choose new pupils
We do have an entrance exam – but it is not the only criterion on which we take boys. We consider the previous headmaster’s report and assess the situation carefully to see if we feel we can educate the young person in question.
There is financial assistance available to boys who we feel would benefit from an education at the College. Boys with exceptional talent in academics, music or sport would be considered for help and are encouraged to apply for a place.
Discipline
This is an area that we pride ourselves in. Our boys are groomed in a disciplined society. We know that young people make mistakes and so we try to deal with problems in a structured and caring way. We still use corporal punishment at the Headmaster and Housemaster level. We do try to create a self-discipline with a clear code of conduct for boys and we do expect it to be followed in the strictest terms. We hope that the environment is one in which young people can ‘grow up’ – which is our aim.