The Centenary flag flying proudly outside Union in our colourful summer garden this morning. Preparations are well under way for our 100th Founder’s weekend which takes place from February 2nd.
We congratulate the following tennis players who have been selected to represent Graaff-Reinet and District at the Eastern Province Country District trials:
U/12 girls
Chloe Erasmus
Misha Newton
Tara Ferreira
U/12 Boys
Matthew Paxton
U/14 girls
Tayla Kingwill
Caytah-Leigh Koeberg
Anna Pringle
U14 Boys
Brent Hesselink
U/16 boys
Kyle-Luke duPreez
Open girls
Micela Loock
Christine Harris
Sarah Kingwill
Open Boys
Noä Cilliers
Brett Amsterdam
Matthew Hesselink
Peter Watermeyer
Country District trials: U14 to Open trials will take place in Graaff-Reinet on Monday 21 January 2019.
U10 and U12 trials will be held in Cradock on Tuesday 22 January 2019.
Our new Grade 5s making good use of the great weather and our outdoor classroom areas while learning to represent numbers in different ways and using different mediums.
From 3-5 January our 1st XI participated in the 13th Annual Mica UHS Cricket Festival.
In spite of it being so early in the year, the teams played with great enthusiasm and in great spirit, which made for a very enjoyable week of cricket.
We started the week with a declaration match against Daniel Pienaar who won the toss and elected to bat. UHS started off with some wonderful disciplined bowling and never allowed the opposition to score freely. A magnificent individual performance with the ball from Brett Amsterdam helped restrict and bowl Daniel Pienaar out for 187. Bowling figures: Brett Amsterdam 6 for 32, Luke McNaughton 2 for 27, Caerwyn Spence 2 for 53.
UHS went in to bat and through an outstanding mature innings by Jaden Brotherton, who held the innings together allowing his team mates to bat around him, we managed to pass the target with 8 wickets down. Union won the match by 2 wickets. Batting performance: Jaden Brotherton 113 n.o., Kyle-Luke Du Preez 20, Luke Mc Naughton 19.
On Friday a 50over match was played against Queen’s College and on the back of a fine batting performance UHS won the toss and elected to bat first. Unfortunately, we were unable to carry on where we left off and struggled against good accurate bowling and were bowled out for 91. Batting performance: Luke McNaughton 20, Zusakhe Ngwane 18. Queen’s were able to reach their target with 3 wickets down. Union lost the match by 7 wickets. Bowling figures: Luke Mc Naughton 1 for 20, Brett Amsterdam 1 for 18.
On the Saturday we played a T20 match against Despatch. UHS won the toss and elected to bowl. We started off with a bang taking a wicket with the first ball through a magnificent diving catch which set the tone for a wonderful bowling and fielding performance and restricted Despatch to 115. Bowling figures: Luke McNaughton 2 for 10, James Pienaar 2 for 15, Caerwyn Spence 2 for 20.
Union came in to bat and managed to keep a good steady run rate in pursuit of their target, including a wonderful 50-run partnership between Brett Amsterdam and Bowen Langmead. Unfortunately, we were unable to take advantage of this good start and ended up short of our target. UHS lost the match by 9 runs. Batting performances: Brett Amsterdam 34, Bowen Langmead 32.
ACADEMIC AWARDS – 11 JANUARY 2019
(Based on the results of 2018)
ACADEMIC BARS
GRADE 6 (Based on Grade 5 results of 2018)
Zara Deysel-Douman
Erin Gedult
Megan Nortjé
Matthew Paxton
Emma Short
GRADE 7 (Based on Grade 6 results of 2018)
Caytah-Leigh Koeberg (Re-award)
Na’eem Mahomed (Re-award)
Sadé May (Re-award)
GRADE 8 (Based on Grade 7 results of 2018)
Siyamthanda Desha
Keisha Mentoor
Simoné Prinsloo
Sinazo Soyana
AJ Victor
Cadee Arends (Re-award)
Lana Bouwer (Re-award)
Brent Hesselink (Re-award)
Tayla Kingwill (Re-award)
Jude Langmead (Re-award)
Siphosethu Malotana (Re-award)
Gemma Naudé (Re-award)
Brigette Oelofsen (Re-award)
Anna Pringle (Re-award)
Caitrin Spence (Re-award)
ACADEMIC TIES
GRADE 9 (Based on Grade 8 results of 2018)
Alexandra Imrie
Matthew McNaughton
Grace Merifield
Daniel Nell
Simamkele Soyana
Matthew Basson (Re-award)
Amber Binney (Re-award)
Hannah Bodenstein (Re-award)
Michelle Doyle (Re-award)
Jamie Jaftha (Re-award)
Kendall Krige (Re-award)
Chloe Shires (Re-award)
GRADE 10 (Based on Grade 9 results of 2018)
Jade Edwards
Mekisha Manzana
Zoë May
James Pringle
Melissa Swart
Catelyn Anthony (Re-award)
Shayna Japhta (Re-award)
Amzolele Relu (Re-award)
James Rose-Innes (Re-award)
Marthinus van den Berg (Re-award)
Hannah Watermeyer (Re-award)
HALF COLOURS/FULL COLOURS
GRADE 11 (Based on Grade 10 results of 2018)
Half colours
Jade Shires
Full colours
Matthew Hesselink
Katherine Imrie
Sara Kingwill
Bowen Langmead
Laetitia Theron
Deger Williams
GRADE 12 (Based on Grade 11 results of 2018)
Half colours
Bridget Stander
Full colours
Christine Harris
Micela Loock
Megan Doyle (Re-award)
Sanja du Plesssis (Re-award)
Ethan Gedult (Re-award)
Zintle Maki (Re-award)
Jenna McNaughton (Re-award)
Taylyn Miller (Re-award)
Peter Watermeyer (Re-award)
Our music teachers, Mrs van der Walt, Mrs Brink and Mrs van Rooyen started their year by attending a Rockschool workshop, presented by Mrs Naome Bezuidenhout, an international Rockschool examiner from Vanderbijlpark in South Africa. Rockschool is an international exam board, “Awarding the Contemporary Arts”.
RSL was founded on an ethos to provide innovative, contemporary qualifications for music and the arts. Being at the forefront of the industry for over 25 years, their operations include Rockschool Graded Music Exams, Teaching and Performance Diplomas, Vocational Qualifications (VQ’s) and Performance Arts Awards (PAA).
They pride themselves on delivering the most academically rigorous, industry-relevant qualifications designed to support aspiring artists, educators and teaching establishments – wherever they may be.
Our teachers were instructed on the content of the piano syllabus, from Debut to Gr 8, and the standard and different aspects of the graded exams. They learned a lot and are excited to implement the syllabus as another option of instruction into our music program for learners who wish to earn a graded qualification in contemporary piano music.
Congratulations to the following learners on their academic achievements based on 2018 results
ACADEMIC BARS
GRADE 6 (Based on Grade 5 results of 2018)
Zara Deysel-Douman
Erin Gedult
Megan Nortjé
Matthew Paxton
Emma Short
GRADE 7 (Based on Grade 6 results of 2018)
Caytah-Leigh Koeberg (Re-award)
Na’eem Mahomed (Re-award)
Sadé May (Re-award)
GRADE 8 (Based on Grade 7 results of 2018)
Siyamthanda Desha
Keisha Mentoor
Simoné Prinsloo
Sinazo Soyana
AJ Victor
Cadee Arends (Re-award)
Lana Bouwer (Re-award)
Brent Hesselink (Re-award)
Tayla Kingwill (Re-award)
Jude Langmead (Re-award)
Siphosethu Malotana (Re-award)
Gemma Naudé (Re-award)
Brigette Oelofsen (Re-award)
Anna Pringle (Re-award)
Caitrin Spence (Re-award)
ACADEMIC TIES
GRADE 9 (Based on Grade 8 results of 2018)
Alexandra Imrie
Matthew McNaughton
Grace Merifield
Daniel Nell
Simamkele Soyana
Matthew Basson (Re-award)
Amber Binney (Re-award)
Hannah Bodenstein (Re-award)
Michelle Doyle (Re-award)
Jamie Jaftha (Re-award)
Kendall Krige (Re-award)
Chloe Shires (Re-award)
GRADE 10 (Based on Grade 9 results of 2018)
Jade Edwards
Mekisha Manzana
Zoë May
James Pringle
Melissa Swart
Catelyn Anthony (Re-award)
Shayna Japhta (Re-award)
Amzolele Relu (Re-award)
James Rose-Innes (Re-award)
Marthinus van den Berg (Re-award)
Hannah Watermeyer (Re-award)
HALF COLOURS/FULL COLOURS
GRADE 11 (Based on Grade 10 results of 2018)
Half colours
Jade Shires
Full colours
Matthew Hesselink
Katherine Imrie
Sara Kingwill
Bowen Langmead
Laetitia Theron
Deger Williams
GRADE 12 (Based on Grade 11 results of 2018)
Half colours
Bridget Stander
Full colours
Christine Harris
Micela Loock
Megan Doyle (Re-award)
Sanja du Plesssis (Re-award)
Ethan Gedult (Re-award)
Zintle Maki (Re-award)
Jenna McNaughton (Re-award)
Taylyn Miller (Re-award)
Peter Watermeyer (Re-award)
Friday, 1 February
- Service at St James Church @ 8.00
- Re-Enactment of walk from St James Church to school
- Celebratory tea for learners on the Puttick Field and adults in the Tony Burrell Union
- OUA Annual General Meeting @ 11.30
- Old Unionite / Parents / Supporters – T20 cricket matches starting at 14.00.
Contact Dave Stern (082 770 5960) - Old Girls vs School Girls Hockey starting at 14.00.
Contact Diane Murray (0829293231)Team Time Field U/9 Girls vs Moms
U/10 Girls vs Moms
Junior 1st vs Moms & Old Girls
Senior 1st vs Old Girls15.00
15.30
16.00
17.00UHS Astro
UHS Astro
UHS Astro
UHS Astro - Old Unionite Steak Evening @ 18.30
Saturday, 2 February
- Gisela Kingwill Mother & Daughter Tea: Herby Arnott House @ 9.30
Ticket available from Monday, 14 January from UHS Reception @ R80 pp - Old Boy vs School Boy & Dads vs Lads Cricket – contact Dave Stern (082 770 5960)
Team Time Field 1st team
2nd team
U/15
U/14
U/13
U/11
U/910.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
11.00
7.30
7.30Murray Field
Puttick Field
Botanics
HVS
Munnik Field
Murray Field
Puttick Field
Be sure to buy your tickets for this beautiful event from Mrs Moos from Monday, 14 January – only 160 tickets available. Moms without daughters are welcome to adopt one for the morning! Please support our hardworking grade 11 fundraisers!