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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.
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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Ribbons For Remembrance

“𝘛𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦.” – Thomas Campbell
On Friday afternoon, 20 August, many Union High School learners participated in Union Preparatory School’s 𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 installation by tying a ribbon to the school’s front fence to remember a loved one or to show their support for those grieving the loss of a loved one.
Union High School’s head prefects, Hannah Watermeyer and Kyle-Luke du Preez adding their ribbon to Union Preparatory School’s 𝐑𝐢𝐛𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 installation earlier this morning, Friday, 20 August.
The installation, which will remain on the preparatory school’s front fence in Plasket Street until 30 August, serves to honour all those who have passed away during the Covid-19 pandemic and to show support to all those who are grieving.

• 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘢𝘧𝘧-𝘙𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘥𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘣𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘭 30 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵.

➡ View the full story and more photos on the Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet Facebook page.
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Interact “Jar of Hope” Project

“𝘈 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘯𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦.” – Roy T. Bennett
Union High School’s Interact Club invites you to participate in their 𝗝𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗘 project.

You can help in any of these ways:
1. Donate empty (clean) coffee jars.
2. Donate any ingredient(s) listed below
3. Donate a filled jar (containing the ingredients listed below)
4. Share this post
Layer a large jar with:
½ cup rice
½ cup lentils
½ cup soup mix
1 unwrapped stock cube
1 packet of soup powder
The smallest contribution can make a huge difference in someone else’s life.
Let’s take hands and feed our community!
• Contributions can be sent to school with a learner, dropped off at Union High School’s reception, or contact us at 049 8910262 to arrange pick-up.