Learners Excel in Music Examination

๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น

Congratulations to senior music students, ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฑ (Grade 8 ), ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ (Grade 9) and Melissa Naudรฉ (Grade 8) who successfully passed their recent Rockschool Practical Examinations with assurance!

Sasha played a Classical Rockschool Grade 4 Examination and achieved 80% (Merit). For this examination, she performed sixteen Technical Exercises (with legato feel), one Stylistic Study and three Performance Pieces presented as a continuous program.

๐˜ˆ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ 20๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ 21๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜บ.

Taegen played a Contemporary Rockschool Grade 3 Graded Certificate Examination and achieved 94% (Distinction). For this examination, she performed twenty Technical Exercises (with swing & straight feel), two Chord Voicing Exercises and three Performance Pieces presented as a continuous program.

๐˜ˆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ-๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ซ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ป, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ & ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ played the Grade 2 Performance Certificate Examination and achieved 86% (Merit).

For this examination, she performed five Performance Pieces presented as a continuous programme.

Well done Sasha, Taegen and Melissa!

A Parting Gift

For most of our Grade 12s (๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ), their journey at the Union Schools came to an end today, Friday, 2 December, having written their final matric examination!

As has become tradition, the matrics took off their school shoes upon finishing their exam and left them behind on their examination desks.

As we watched the matriculants leave the school in high spirits – either barefoot, in flip flops, or wearing only their socks – our hearts swelled.

At Union, ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ and seeing so many pairs of shoes and knowing the importance they hold for the underprivileged, make us very proud of our learners.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ข๐—™ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ!

SAMO 2022

As Unionโ€™s maths teachers constantly encourage the fun element in maths and like to challenge learners to stretch themselves and step out of their comfort zones, the learners were, once again, encouraged to participate in this yearโ€™s ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ ๐˜ผ๐™›๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ˆ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™จ ๐™Š๐™ก๐™ฎ๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™–๐™™ (๐™Ž๐˜ผ๐™ˆ๐™Š), an annual Olympiad organised by the South African Mathematics Foundation (SAMF).

The first round of the Olympiad โ€“ in which Union had fifty Grade 8 to 12 learners sitting for the paper – was held in March this year.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™, receiving certificates for their participation: Shiraz Pedersen, Samantha Charles, Trystan Hulleman, Erin Gedult, Tara Ferreira, Sarah Wilmot, Cadee Arends, Matthew McNaughton and Siphosethu Malotana.

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to 2022 Grade 12 learner ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป (pictured here) on earning a spot among the Top 85 participants in the Eastern Cape

Scoutmaster Honoured

๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

During the recent AGM of the Graaff-Reinet Scout Troop, outgoing Scoutmaster Mr Bruce Maree was recognized for all of his years of volunteer service to the local Scouting movement.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ 15 ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ 1967, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง-๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ 55 ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ 2022.

In the first 50 years of the Troop’s history (1910 to 1966) there had been 13 Scoutmasters. Since 1967, the 14th Scoutmaster has remained at the forefront of Graaff-Reinet Scouting, the 4th oldest Scout Troop in South Africa.

๐™Ž๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™ง๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ข, ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฅ, ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™—๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ ๐˜ผ๐™›๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™–’๐™จ ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™Ž๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜ผ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™—๐™ค๐™  ๐˜ฝ๐™–๐™™๐™œ๐™š and the Troop has a proud record of 74 such Springbok Awards. In recent times Brian Kingwill, Brian and Stuart Welman, John Marais, James Moore, Rodney Naude, Kevin and Carl Watermeyer, Joe Kroon, Kayne Kingwill, Kobus Olivier , Leonard Kingwill, Kevin Prinsloo, Johan Vorster and Cameron Muir (to name a few), have achieved this prestigious accolade.

At present, Union has 17 Scouts from Grade 5 through to Grade 12 invested in the programme.

We thank Mr Maree for his dedication to Unionโ€™s Scout movement and for guiding the hundreds of boys attending Scouts from the corridors of Union High School.

โ€ข ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜–๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต, ๐˜”๐˜ณ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ 15๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง-๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ.

Verses Vs Verses 2022

โ€œ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด.โ€- ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜

In a bid to inspire our learners to write more poetry, the โ€˜๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€โ€™ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป was introduced in 2021.

Names were removed from 15 entries and a panel judged the poems which resulted in Brigette Oelofsen, Vivian McEwan and Naโ€™eem Mahomed being chosen as winners.

๐™„๐™ฃ 2022, ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™›๐™š๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ 65 ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™จ!

Ten poems were shortlisted and these poets were invited to an evening of poetry and pizza at the home of Union educator, Mrs Bronwen Langmead. The topics of the poems ranged from descriptions of a special pet, to the emotional journey between a father and son.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง. ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ป๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ-๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ-๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.

The poems โ€œWe real coolโ€ and โ€œNothing Gold can Stayโ€ were also discussed and the group learned of the strength of a few, powerful, carefully chosen words.

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to the 2022 winners, who emerged as:

๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: Thato Chungwa Tshomela – โ€œSins of the Fatherโ€

๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: Naโ€™eem Mahomed – โ€œHappiness Homicideโ€

๐Ÿฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ: Mark Lemke – โ€œImaginationโ€

Congratulations to Naโ€™eem Mahomed, Mark Lemke and Thato Chungwa Tshomela

Our Union Community Did It Again!

Our Interact Club recently asked for your help in collecting toiletries and other necessities for their ๐—›๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜ ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—˜๐—•๐—ข๐—ซ ๐——๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—˜, and you delivered!

Earlier today, Wednesday, 16 November, all donations received were gifted to a local non-profit organisation, Siya Phambili.

๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜บ๐˜ข ๐˜—๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ-๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง-๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข.

To all those who donated, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™œ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ and for your unwavering and tireless support of our learner-led charitable initiatives.

AGM – 2023 Budget

Dear parents/guardians,

Please take note that the Annual General Meeting, at which the ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ’ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐—•๐—จ๐——๐—š๐—˜๐—ง will be presented to parents, will be held on Monday evening, 14 November, in the Tony Burrell Union.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด/๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ.

Well Done Tristan

Grade 8 learner ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ participated in a competitive endurance ride on Waterlea Farm in the Hofmeyr district this past weekend (Friday and Saturday, 4 and 5 November).

Tristan did well to complete the 80km course on Friday successfully and finished strong by winning the 40km course on Saturday with a time of 1 hour, 54 minutes (averaging 21km an hour).