Dear Parents
Please take note of Union High Schoolโs new โ7-to-5 Golden Ruleโ.ย This involves not sending a school-related message or e-mail to teachers or our admin staff before 07:00 in the morning and after 17:00 in the evening, and preferably not over a weekend (unless there is a specific school-related activity taking place).
Thank you!
2022 Spar Schoolgirlsโ Hockey Challenge
This past Sunday, 6 March, saw Union High Schoolโs 1st team hockey girls participate in the annual Spar Schoolgirlsโ Hockey Challenge hosted by DSG in Makhanda.
The opening match saw Union take on DSG in what was a heated encounter.ย ย The match started at high speed with DSG putting Union under early pressure, however, they couldnโt find the back of the net.ย ย The Union team showed great determination and stuck to its defensive principles. They created seven counter attack opportunities, but DSGโs goal keeper had a good performance and kept a clean sheet.ย ย The match saw DSG beat Union 1-0.
Unionโs next match was against VGHS.ย ย Due to lack of concentration, and underestimating the opposition, Union started the game poorly. With Kendall Krige injured in the first match the girls struggled to adapt to new positions. VGHS pounced on this and scored early in the first half.ย ย Throughout the match Union created a lot of opportunities – 14 short corners and 34 circle entries – but couldnโt score.ย ย VGHS struggled against the pace and skill of the Union player.ย ย The match saw lose 0 โ 1 to VGHS.
Unionโs final match was against Brandwag.ย ย Based on the previous gameโs result, the girls had a point to prove. Union created numerous goal scoring opportunities but could not find the net.ย ย The second half saw the girls focused and determined to win. They were rewarded with 4 great goals.ย ย Union won this encounter 4 โ 0.
Well done to Kendal krige for winning the Bravery award and Misha Newton for winning a Spar gift bag.
Captain Chloe Shires and her team must be commended on their performance throughout this tournament. ย
UHS 1st XV vs Andrew Rabie: 5 March 2022
On Saturday, 5 March, Union High Schoolโs 1st XV travelled to Somerset East to participate in the Gill College Sports Day.
After two years of Covid, fifteen boys finally played their very first match in the treasured white jersey.
After a slow start to their match against their Andrew Rabie counterparts, Union found their rhythm and produced waves and waves of attack, which they, unfortunatelty, couldnโt convert.
Twenty minutes in, Andrew Rabie scored the first points of the match. This, however, fired the Union boys up and they responded almost immediately with a try through JJ Liebenberg, leaving the halftime score to stand at 5-5.
The Union team enjoyed a much better start to the second half.
They were relentless on attack and resolute in defence. After a brilliant passage of play where captain Sisipho Arnols broke the line, a ruck was set up just outside the 22 of Andrew Rabie. Alutho Cekiso produced a moment of magic, dancing around the defenders, which resulted in a try being scored by Xhamla Magubeni.
Union ran in another two tries through Siya Badiwe and JJ Liebenberg.
Well done to the 1st XV on winning the match 20 โ 5.
Unionโs u/16A team also participated in the Gill College Sports Day, winning their match against Cradock 8 โ 7. Well done, boys!
Union will be hosting a parentโs evening on Thursday evening, 5 May from 17:30 in the Union High School Hall.ย Registration for this event costs R50 and can be done at the following link https://www.quicket.co.za/events/169169-cyber-smarts-parents-evening/#/ or with Ms Moos at Union High School reception.
Topics that will be covered with parents during the parentsโ evening include:
โข A parent’s role: Monitoring & Mentoring
โข Harmful content
โข Pornography & addiction
โข Online predators
โข Filtering software
โข Safe Gaming
โข Social Media
โข Sexting & Cyberbullying
โข Setting boundaries & digital citizenship
โข Being a digital role model
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด!
Click here for more information on Screen Smarts and the grade specific workshops planned for Unionโs Digital Citizenship Week
