The House System
In the second year of primary school (P2) students are nominally divided into four "houses" which compete in sports, academics and other activities. They are called Rowcroft, Guise, Miller and Cochrane, and named after Lord Cochrane, Vice Admiral Guise, General William Miller (all military figures) and Charles Thomas Rowcroft, the first British diplomat in Peru. Their colours are red, blue, green and yellow, respectively. Houses compete in a series of events, among them a swimming competition and an athletics event, to obtain the Founder's shield.
The House competition is mainly but not entirely focused on sports. The house competition has two major elements; the Swimming Gala and Sports Day. While these are the two most important competitions, during the 2nd and 4th bimesters students compete in sports weekly. The Interhouse competitions include: football, basketball, rugby, hockey, volleyball, softball and minisports. Minisports consists of many small disciplines such as archery, shooting, climbing, surfing, table tennis, tennis, badminton, chess, croquet and others.
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