School Crest
The school crest was designed in around 1909. The name Plumtree had to be incorporated and so there is the conventional tree in the middle with plums the size of water melons hanging among the foliage.
The school was started as a school for the children of railway employees. Plumtree was the site decided upon because at that time, 1901, a railway family stationed there had many children of various ages and they almost made a school in and of themselves. Other children came from other railway sidings up and down the line. The nine plums represent the first nine students who attended the school in its first year. These students resided in the Hammond Huts as the main hostels were not yet built at that time.
The connection with the railway is shown by the approaching engine, probably copied in the first place from the cover of a railway guide.
The Railway Mission, Church of England, were the promoters and builders of the School and so the anchor is given to show the Church's place in its origin.
The elephant is to denote that the School is in Matabeleland, for an elephant rampant is the badge of that province.
The anchor represents the social link between the school and the community of Plumtree town affectionately known as "The Village". It symbolises a relationship that bonds the two parties in service to one another.
The pictorial crest is placed above a scroll with the School motto - "Ad Definitum Finem" - "To a Definite End"
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