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Main Quad Garden Revamp

“𝘛𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸.” – Audrey Hepburn

We’re digging into a new gardening adventure this week, with the revitalisation of the flower beds in Union High School’s main quad.

As a result of the prolonged drought, the once lush-looking garden has been left looking uncommonly dry and barren.

Mrs Amy Swart was therefore tasked with redesigning the garden and, today, with the assistance of Mr Frederick Japhta, the beautification process was started.

For the redesign, Mrs Swart chose a palette of plants that are attractive, low maintenance, drought-tolerant and indigenous to the area.

After barely a day of toiling in the soil, the garden is already showing a lot of promise and we can’t wait to see how this garden will look in a couple of months when the plants have settled in and established themselves.

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Gr 7 LO – Nutrition

𝗔𝗻 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆…

Union High School’s Grade 7 Life Orientation curriculum currently sees the learners focussing on 𝗡𝗨𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 and physical activity, with lessons centering around optimal nutrition and teaching children the importance of taking ownership of their own health.

To reinforce what they’ve been covering in class, Miss Charlene de Jager, a dietician at the Midlands Hospital, visited the Grade 7 classes on Tuesday, 21 September, to talk to them about a healthy diet and lifestyle.

Miss de Jager shared some very valuable insight with the learners, which we’re sure will assist them in making better choices to nourish their bodies and help them feel their best.

Union High School extends its grateful thanks to Miss de Jager for taking the time to engage with our learners.

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Grade 10s Preparing For Odyssey

Union High School’s Grade 10s spent the afternoon hiking in the hills around Mountain Drive today, in preparation for their 5-day Odyssey, on which they will be embarking at the end of this week.

During their time away, they will wild camp as they hike down the Gats River canyon from Nieu-Bethesda to Graaff-Reinet.

The practice hike today allowed the adventurers to acclimatize to their laden packs and to experience walking off-road.

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CTO Musicians Surprise Union Learners

Earlier today, Thursday, 16 September, members of the Cape Town Opera Company (CTO) surprised the unsuspecting learners of Union High School with a short performance.

The musical trio, consisting of Louisa Theart on the flute, Frances Brand on the clarinet and Jeremy Silver on piano, are part of the Judith Neilson Cape Town Opera National Tour staging the much-loved opera 𝘓𝘢 𝘉𝘰𝘩è𝘮𝘦 in Graaff-Reinet this week.

During their visit to Union, the musicians played a beautiful selection of music, to the delight of all the learners present. The learners were also presented with the opportunity of conversing with the musicians afterward, which many were eager to do.

• Union High School extends its grateful thanks to these musicians for their impromptu visit. It was much appreciated by all those privileged enough to be able to watch.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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