The Cove School Anthem

2007 was a special year in the history of our school.  In May, Cove School linked with the Aburi Girls' Secondary School (AGSS) in Ghana and, in September 2007, we opened our new building (library, community ICT suite and HI suite) and celebrated the 70^th anniversary of the school on its present site.

Cove School moved to St John's Road in September 1937.  Originally, Cove Senior School occupied the same site as the junior school but when the school leaving age was raised, it was recognised that the existing site was too small.   When the St John's Road building opened in 1937 it was to accommodate 320 boys and girls.  Today, the heart of the building is still the original quadrangle, where pupils once gathered to celebrate Empire Day!

The girls at the AGSS are noted for their wonderful singing and the Ghanaian school has an anthem.  Having heard that, our Director of Music, Jean Medcraft-North, was inspired to write an Anniversary Anthem for Cove School and we now sing it at special events.

If you use the link below, you can hear the Cove School Anthem being sung by the Aburi Girls in May 2009.  The girls were singing it through for the first time!  Now, every Wednesday evening, the girls gather at Aburi for an evening assembly and sing the Cove School Anthem ‘to keep the light of our link forever burning'.

The Cove School Anniversary Anthem

Our School is built on true values

The principles we declare.

To fight poverty, injustice and famine

To bring freedom to the world we share

To work hard for the next generation

For a world that is safe and free

To bring peace and love and forgiveness

That all around may share and see.

Arise Cove Arise!

For excellence we strive

Arise Cove Arise!

Let our lives be a light that shines.

Arise Cove Arise!

For excellence we strive

Arise Cove Arise!

Let our school be a light that shines.

Please click on the "Play" button to listen to the audio clip