๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Taegen Hamid, a Grade 7 learner at Union High School, who recently passed her Rockschool Grade 2 Comtemporary Piano practical examination with distinction (90%)!
Union High School is extremely proud of Grade 6 learner Tara Piercey who, during the recent Karoo Eisteddfod, achieved a total of 98% – Triple Gold – for her original story, โHopeโ.
T. Piercey
When Unionโs athletes take to the school’s tennis courts to start off the 2022 season, they will be playing on beautiful, newly reconstructed, playing surfaces.
The resurfacing of the schoolโs tennis courts kicked off this morning, Wednesday, 17 November, and – in a couple of weeks – will soon be in great shape again, ready to serve the school community!
๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ!
At Union High School, keeping our school ๐ฆ๐๐๐ โ along with all the teachers, staff and learners residing inside โ is of utmost importance.
We, therefore, recently embarked on a project that will see the school’s perimetre fence along the riverbank replaced with secure palisade fencing.
The total length of this project – which will enhance the security of our campus immensely – spans 600m and will stretch all the way from the corner at Union High School’s AstroTurf, past Herby Arnott House and the Union Preparatory School to the back of Arthur Kingwill House.
We can’t wait to see this project completed and thank our team of groundsmen for their efforts in erecting this fence.
“๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ตโ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต.” โ ๐๐ต๐๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ
Author Mr Alan Landau, who currently resides in Australia, recently published the sixth and final book in his ‘Langbourne’ series, titled โLangbourneโs Legacyโ.
Although this book isn’t available in South Africa as yet, Union was extremely fortunate to be gifted two of them by Mr Landau, to complete the two sets of this series he donated to the school in 2019.
We are extremely grateful to Mr Landau for this gesture. The learners have loved following David and Morris Langbourne on their epic African adventure and we’re sure that many are looking forward to – what is sure to be – its epic conclusion.Follow the link to read more about the Langbourne novels by author Alan Landau: https://www.unionschools.co.za/2019/08/
Seen here are library monitors and bookworms of note, Precious Nobula and Keisha Mentoor, with the copies of โLangbourneโs Legacyโ.Union High School is excited to announce that we will be hosting our ๐ญ๐ฑ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น at the start of 2022, from 12 to 15 January!
We look forward to welcoming Daniรซl Pienaar Technical High School, Marlow Agricultural High School, Queen’s College Boys’ High School, Stirling High School, East London, Edgemead High School, Milnerton High School and Nico Malan to our campus for four days of competitive cricket in an environment that promotes collegiality, friendship and camaraderie.
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The team that will be representing Union High School as its 1st XI during this festival, consists of Sisipho Arnols (captain), Hlaki Skepe, Ivan Murray, Lihle Mxhunyelwa, Daniel Nell, Brent Hesselink, Joshua Horne, Laythan Carelse, Shaakir Kazi, Camran Swartz, Jude Langmead, Thokozani Mpanza and Jordan Wilmot.
We wish them all the best in their preparations for this festival
In spite of yet another disruptive year, the cultural activities of Union High School continued in the background.
The highlight of the year was certainly the more than 100 learners who participated in 82 items for the Karoo Eisteddfod in the categories of Music, Art, Drama, Speech, Photography and Creative Writing.
We are truly grateful to our educators, Ms Jenny Street, Mrs Hanli Rose-Innes, Mrs Bronwen Langmead, Mrs Sanette Brink, Ms Zelda van Rooyen and Miss Paula-Jane Phillips, who prepared and entered the learners in the different categories.
Our learners did exceptionally well, with marks ranging from Triple Gold to Silver.
Not one learner got under 70%.
Over the next couple of weeks, weโll feature the achievers in each category, but weโd like to start it off today with Camran Swartz, Joy Merifield, Tyra Binney and Ababalwa Matutu, seen here on the accompanying photos, who each received a Triple Gold certificate for their 2D artwork entries.
In an early morning assembly today, Friday, 12 November, Union High School announced its sports captains for the 2022 season.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Chloe Shires (Hockey), Sisipho Arnols (Rugby and Cricket), Brent Hesselink (Boys Tennis) and Marli Brummer (Girls Tennis).
We are delighted to have these learners lead our teams and look forward to the season ahead.
Congratulations to young photographers Rebecca Copeman (Grade 7) and Sarah Jacobs (Grade 8 ) on their excellent results following this yearโs Karoo Eisteddfod!
Rebecca entered six photos in the competitionโs โNature Photographyโ entry class, receiving either a Gold or Double Gold certificate for all her entries.
Sarah received a Triple Gold certificate for her entry entitled โMushroom Delightโ, and Double Gold and Gold for her other two entries respectively.
ย Rebecca is seen here holding one of her entries, โGlorious Karoo Rain & Rainbowโ, while Sarah is holding her entry, โMushroom Delightโ.
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Congratulations to Union cricketers, Sisipho Arnols, Hlaki Skepe and Shaakir Kazi on being selected for the 2021 EP Rural Inlands u/17 Team.We wish them the best of luck when they compete in the CSA Rural Week (12 to 17 December 2021) at Kearsney College in Durban.
(The rest of the team is composed of Marlow, Cradock and Winterberg players, while Unionโs Mr Sean Koeberg has been appointed to manage the team.)