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Meet Our New Leaders

Union High School was filled with exuberance and excitement today, Friday, 10 September, as our 2021/2022 prefect body was announced during a special early-morning outdoor assembly.

Our new leaders will be the ambassadors whose actions inspire others to dream, to learn, to hope and to be the best version of themselves.

We wish them courage and kindness to see them through.

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝘁𝗼 Sisipho Arnols, Matthew Basson, Mohamed Hartley, Ruzhe Hendricks, Tamsin James, Tessa James, Kendall Krige, JJ Liebenberg, Asa Matross, Matthew McNaughton, Grace Merifield, Lisakhanya Mvandaba, Daniel Nell, Buhlebethu Rolomane, Chloe Shires and Bubele Thibini for your well-earned selection.

Front: Sisipho Arnols, JJ Liebenberg, Mohamed Hartley. Middle: Matthew McNaughton, Matthew Basson. Back: Ruzhe Hendricks, Bubele Thibini, Daniel Nell.

Front: Asa Matross, Buhlebethu Rolomane, Grace Merifield. Middle: Tamsin James, Chloe Shires. Back: Tessa James, Kendall Krige, Lisakhanya Mvandaba.

To conclude the 2021/22 prefect induction ceremony on Friday morning, 10 September, our new prefect body made their way to the headmaster’s office to sign the prefects’ book and pledge.

Signing this book is a symbolic gesture of their commitment to their new roles.

𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦’ 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗗𝗚𝗘

𝘐 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯

𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘰𝘧

𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵,

𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴

𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦

𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘰

𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧

𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦

𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯

𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥

𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰

𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧

𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘜𝘕𝘐𝘖𝘕 𝘏𝘐𝘎𝘏.

Union High School, once again, extends its congratulations to the new leaders for 2021/22, but would also like to take this opportunity to thank our outgoing prefects for their leadership throughout this past year.

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Art Club

𝚃𝚑𝚎 ‘𝙴𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚑’ 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 ‘𝙰𝚁𝚃’ 𝚒𝚜 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 ‘𝚎𝚑’…

Union High School’s Art Club has been busy adding life to our stairwells this term.

The learners chose a design depicting origami birds symbolizing both peace and freedom. During their afternoon sessions, the Art Club learned how to transfer the designs carefully onto the walls and then meticulously mixed enamel paints to tones that suited the folds of the birds.

Other valuable lessons included cleaning up, removal of mistakes, teamwork and most importantly how, with a little bit of time and effort, a bland, nondescript area can be made into something beautiful.

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High Tea For Gr 7 Ladies

On Monday and Tuesday afternoon, Grade 7 class teachers, Mrs Hanli Rose-Innes and Mrs Jenny Nel, treated the young Grade 7 ladies to tea at the Drostdy Hotel.

Dressed in their finery, the girls enjoyed tea and treats while having a lively discussion about proper manners and etiquette.

Union extends its grateful thanks to the Drostdy Hotel Graaff-Reinet for hosting the girls, Mrs Cheryl Waddelow of Pick n Pay for the donation of cakes and pastéis de nata and Mrs Vanessa Copeman for the beautiful bouquets of flowers presented to each teacher.

We also extend our thanks to the class teachers for treating the girls to this lovely afternoon.

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Gr 7s Introduced To Cape Malay Cuisine

As part of the Term 3 curriculum, Union High School’s Grade 7s are learning about the colonisation of the Cape in the 17th and 18th centuries.

This week the learners learned about slavery and, in particular, the heritage left by the Cape Malay slave community.

To this day, we still use many Malay words and have adopted many Malay dishes as authentic South African cuisine.

As many of the learners have never tasted Bobotie or samosas, Mrs Hanli Rose-Innes thought it a good idea to introduce them to these tasty dishes.

Union extends a grateful word of thanks to Jade Palmer’s mom, Lecinda, and Alexander Anthony’s mom, Natalie, for preparing the Bobotie and yellow rice and samosas for the learners.

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UHS Pianist Excels In Exam

Erin Gedult, a Grade 8 learner at Union High School, recently participated in the ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) Grade 4 Piano Performance Graded Exam.

A Performance Graded exam is assessed from a video recording and is all about the musicians performance.

For the exam, Erin had to select and perform four pieces presented as a continuous programme.

According to Erin’s instructor, Ms Zelda van Rooyen, Erin’s performance showed personal commitment and musical awareness throughout, with good and positive interpretation and understanding of each piece style and character.

Well done on an overall mark of 77% Erin!

Sport Results, Tennis

Top 12 Back On Court

Union High School’s Top 12 senior tennis boys resumed tennis practice in full force this week. After months of no sport, it was heartwarming to see their enjoyment.

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Good Luck Grade 12s!

As Union’s Grade 12s prepare to knuckle down for the 2021 NSC preliminary examinations – which will be written over the following 4 weeks – we share with them these words of encouragement from our 2021 head prefects, Kyle-Luke du Preez, Hannah Watermeyer, Amzolele Relu and James Pienaar:

𝘈𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘫𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥.

𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥! – 𝗞𝘆𝗹𝗲-𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲 𝗱𝘂 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘇 (𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝘆)

𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴,

𝘐𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴. 𝘓𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳!

𝘎𝘰 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴.

𝘎𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 ’21. – 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗵 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝘆𝗲𝗿 (𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹)

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴, “𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘨,” 𝘰𝘳 “𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴”. 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘉𝘌𝘎𝘐𝘕𝘕𝘐𝘕𝘎! 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴! 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵!

𝘚𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮, 𝘎𝘖 𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘋. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘫𝘰𝘣… 𝘎𝘖 𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘋.

𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 ’21 𝘎𝘖 𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘋! – 𝗔𝗺𝘇𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝘂 (𝗗𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝗹)

𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘸𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦! 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘴𝘩. 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥.

𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬! – 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗿 (𝗗𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝘆 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝘆)

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Over 18s Vaccinated

𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹 𝘂𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲𝘀
With over 18s being declared eligible for the vaccine rollout this past Friday, officials from the Department of Health (DoH) visited Union High School today, Wednesday, 25 August, to establish a vaccination site in order to administer Covid-19 vaccines to learners over the age of 18.

Twenty-five learners made use of the opportunity to receive the vaccine – with their parents’ consent.

Union High School extends its thanks to the DoH for their efforts in this regard.

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SGB Induction

On Thursday evening, 19 August, all newly elected School Governing Body (SGB) members of the Union High School and Union Preparatory School, attended an induction programme at the Tony Burrell Union.

The event was hosted by the Eastern Cape Department of Education (EDoE) and facilitated by Mrs Nomandla Singeni, the Circuit Management Centre (CMC) Head for Graaff-Reinet.

The meeting served to prepare the newly elected members of the two SGBs for the mandate lying ahead and to inform them about their roles and responsibilities in their 3-year term of office.

“SGB members are expected to ensure that their schools are governed in the best interest of all stakeholders, especially learners, and to always put the best interest of the school before any personal interests,” said Mrs Singeni.

She continued, “As per the South African Schools Act no 84 of 1996, they must promote the best interest of the school and ensure its development. They have to help the headmaster, educators and other staff members to perform their professional functions, decide on school policy, including admissions, language and finance, and administer and control the property of the school, buildings and grounds. They have to encourage parents, learners, educators and other staff members at the school and offer voluntary services.”

The new SGB members who were elected earlier this year have already assumed their responsibilities. Ahead of them lies an immense task of effecting school functionality to ensure that the Union Schools continues to provide the very best in all-round education.

Seen here is Union High School’s SGB chairman, Mr Kelvin Kayster, with Mr William Pringle (Union High School’s Headmaster), Mrs Nomandla Singeni (ECDoE’s Graaff-Reinet CMC Head), Mrs Belinda Botha (Union Preparatory School’s Principal) and Mr Dave Stern (Union Preparatory School’s SGB chairman).

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Welcome to Union!

Union High School extends a special welcome to our new FET phase mathematics teacher Mr Bienvenu Mbanga, who hails from Krugersdorp.

Mr Mbanga is a graduate of the University of Johannesburg (UJ), where he obtained his Master’s Degree in Chemistry (Analytical Chemistry).

Prior to this, he completed his BSc In Natural Sciences (Chemistry And Mathematics) through Unisa, followed by BSc (Hons) in Chemistry at UJ.

Mr Mbanga is truly passionate about teaching, and brings with him a great deal of experience as a Grade 10 to 12 educator.

He also boasts extensive experience as a research analyst at the University of Johannesburg and, as an active member of the South African Chromatography Society (ChromSA), the South African Chemical Institute (SACI) and the South African Mathematical Society (SAMS), Mr Mbanga is thoroughly committed, and passionately applies himself, to high standards of excellence in the learning, teaching, research and advancement of mathematics and chemistry in South Africa.

Mr Mbanga looks forward to broadening and enriching his learners’ mathematical education and helping them prepare for the transition from school to university.

The school wishes him a fruitful and rewarding stay.

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