Rockschool Practical Examinations

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to senior music student, ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ (Grade 9), who successfully passed her recent Rockschool Practical Examinations with assurance!

Kirsten played a Classical Rockschool Grade 1 Graded Certificate Examination and achieved 75% (Merit).

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.

Kirsten has mastered the key basic debut level skills and has since acquired greater use of technique, rhythms, co-ordination and musical understanding.

For the examination, she performed sixteen Technical Exercises (with legato feel), one Stylistic Study and three Performance Pieces presented as a continuous program.

๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ! ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ!

UHS & HVS Prefect Social

Last night marked a delightful occasion as the 2024 prefects of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet and Hoรซr Volkskool Graaff-Reinet united for their annual start-of-year get-to-know-one-another social event.

This year, Volkskool’s head prefects took the reins of organisation, and they did not disappoint – ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ช๐™ก๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™œ๐™–๐™ข๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™จ.

With the invaluable assistance of the talented bowlers from the Graaff-Reinet Bowls Club, the learners were able to fully immerse themselves in the sport and unleash their hidden potential. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

The most heartwarming aspect of the event was witnessing the learners from these neighbouring schools come together and enjoy themselves. ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

Senior Rugby Results – Graeme Day

The past Friday, 16 March, was a day filled with excitement and determination as Union High School’s senior rugby players travelled to Makhanda to participate in the annual Graeme Day.

The u/16A team kicked off the day’s proceedings with a challenging match against Daniรซl Pienaar. Despite their best efforts, the Union side faced a tough defeat with a score of 36-5. However, this match served as a valuable learning experience, highlighting key areas for improvement that will undoubtedly contribute to their future success.

The main event of the day for the Union supporters featured Union’s 1st XV rugby team taking on the formidable Daniรซl Pienaar side.

The game started off on a promising note, with Union displaying great skill and determination in the first quarter. Unfortunately, a quick turnover by Daniรซl Pienaar led to their first try, setting the tone for the rest of the match. While Union had opportunities to score tries, luck was not on their side.

At halftime, the score stood at 6-19 in favour of Daniรซl Pienaar. Despite the wind at their backs in the second half, Union struggled to put points on the board, while their opponents continued to capitalize on their chances. The final score of the game was 6-48 in favour of Daniรซl Pienaar.

Although the outcome may not have been what Union High School desired, there were many positive aspects to take away from the match. The team showed great tenacity and resilience, and their performance serves as a valuable learning experience moving forward.

With a festival on the horizon this weekend, there is much anticipation and excitement for the future matches to come.