Senior Music Evening

On Monday evening, 13 October, Union High School hosted its much-anticipated ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—– ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š, this year themed โ€˜๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ปโ€™.

The event showcased the schoolโ€™s incredible senior musical talent – ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜–๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ตรฉ ๐˜–๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ.

Beautiful dรฉcor by Mrs Abigail Gedult set the perfect stage for a night filled with harmony and heart, while music teacher Ms Zelda Oosthuizenโ€™s dedication and passion shone through every polished performance.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ – a fitting finale to a night that celebrated artistry, hard work and Unionโ€™s rich musical spirit.

Annual General Meeting

Dear parents/guardians

Please take note that the ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ’ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—•๐—จ๐——๐—š๐—˜๐—ง will be available for viewing (๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ) in the Union High School Bursar office from 29 October to 10 November.

 Please contact the school at 049 891 0262 to make an appointment.

 The ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด at which this budget will be presented to parents will be held on Monday evening, 10 November, in the Tony Burrell Union.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด/๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ.

Cape Schools Cricket Festival – Results

The 2025 Cape Schools Festival started on Saturday, 4 October and concluded on Tuesday, 7 October, with 12 schools from the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Free State attending.

The first two days were played under a one-day, two innings format, in which 120 overs were played over the whole day.ย  Days three and four were standard 50-over fixtures.

Selborne College vs Union High

Selborne won the toss in a declaration match and elected to bat first, posting a commanding 350 runs.

Standout Performances:

  • Trystan Hulleman: 6 wickets in 12 overs for 78 runs.
  • Richard Murray: Scored a well-played half-century.

Excellent efforts from both players in a challenging encounter.

As the boys took to the field for their first ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€’ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ, we celebrated Trystanโ€™s ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ for Union High Schoolโ€™s 1st XI – a well-deserved achievement and a moment to cherish.

Union High vs SACS

Union won the toss and batted first, scoring 298 all out. Unfortunately, six dropped catches in the field proved costly.

Bowling Highlights:

  • Yaseen Kazi: Brilliant performance with a 5-wicket haul.
  • Trystan Hulleman: Continued his strong form with 4 wickets.

Union High vs Wynberg (T20 Match)

Union batted first, scoring 110 runs. Wynberg responded with aggressive intent, chasing the target in just 10.4 overs with 9 wickets in hand. A tough result, but a valuable learning experience for the team.

Union High vs St Andrewโ€™s College

St Andrewโ€™s won the toss and batted first, scoring 315 runs.
Union, in reply, were bowled out for 138, resulting in a 177-run loss.
Trystan Hulleman was the top wicket-taker for Union High School during the Cape Schools Festival โ€” a remarkable achievement. Congratulations, Trystan!

Well Done, Taylor

Union High School Grade 6 learner ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ proudly represented the Eastern Cape Elephants at the Synergy Tennis Tournament held in Cradock this past weekend.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ, ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด.

Taylor and her team finished as runners-up in their age group, narrowly missing out on the top spot to the EC Aloes after impressive wins over both the Northern Cape and Free State teams.

๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜…๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ played over the two days – a truly outstanding achievement!

U/13 Cricket Tour To Knysna – Results

Union High School’s U/13A cricketers enjoyed an unforgettable tour to Knysna this past weekend – ๐˜ข ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต.

๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ:

In a ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„-๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, Union suffered a narrow ๐Ÿฎ-๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ to Kenridge. The Cape side posted 69/8 in their 30 overs, with ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜‚ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ (๐Ÿฎ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ) and ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† (๐Ÿฎ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ) keeping things tight. In reply, ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ top-scored with 24, but Union were bowled out for 67 – ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ.

๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ:

Union bounced back brilliantly to claim a ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐Ÿต๐Ÿฒ-๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป over Welgemoed. ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ (๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿญ) and ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† (๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ)* powered Union to 189 before the bowlers took charge. ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐˜€ (๐Ÿฐ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ) and ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐Ÿฐ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด) tore through the opposition to bowl them out for 93 – ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.

๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ:

Union continued their fine form with a ๐Ÿต๐Ÿต-๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† over Elkanah House. A ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜† from ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜€) set up the total of 189. In reply, Elkanah were dismissed for 90, with ๐—Ÿ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ (๐Ÿฏ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ) and ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜‚ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ (๐Ÿฎ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ) leading the bowling attack. ๐Ÿ†

๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿฒ ๐—ข๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ:

The final game against De Hoop went right down to the wire. Union posted 101, with ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ anchoring the innings on ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿญ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜. Despite great effort from ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (๐Ÿฎ/๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ), De Hoop reached the target off the second last ball, clinching a tense ๐Ÿฎ-๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด!

U/15 Rugby, Iqhawe Week in Oudtshoorn

Three of our talented young rugby players – ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐— ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ, ๐—”๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ and ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฎ – proudly represented the ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ at this yearโ€™s U15 Iqhawe Week, held at Langenhoven Gimnasium in Oudtshoorn from 3 to 8 October.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฃ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€, securing victories against SWD (19 – 0), Griffons (39 – 7) and Griquas (27 – 7).

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด – ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ!

Prefect Camp

Our newly elected 2025/26 prefects attended their much-anticipated ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—™๐—˜๐—–๐—ง ๐—–๐—”๐— ๐—ฃ – a weekend dedicated to leadership, learning and loads of fun!

Set in the heart of Addo, at the beautiful Leaders In Life-School and Youth Camps outdoor centre, the group – guided by Mrs Nelia Read and Mr Hanno Sparrius – took part in exciting challenges and activities designed to grow confidence, strengthen teamwork and inspire self-belief.

Swimming – Well Done, Angelique

Congratulations to Union High School Grade 7 learner, ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ-๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‡๐—ฎ, on a fantastic performance at the ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ, held in Oudtshoorn from 9 to 12 October.

Competing against some very strong swimmers, Angelique showed incredible determination throughout the tough, ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป-๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

Her hard work paid off as she managed to achieve a personal best (PB) and delivered excellent results overall. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ!

U/14 Cricket at Worcester Gymnasium Festival – Results

Union High Schoolโ€™s u/14 cricket side recently enjoyed a fantastic tour to the ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—š๐˜†๐—บ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—บ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น held over the holidays.

The young team played five matches, winning three and losing two – ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

The boys embraced every challenge with enthusiasm, representing Union with pride and spirit both on and off the field.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ-๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ผ, setting the tone for the festival with disciplined bowling and sharp fielding. Though they fell short against a strong Parel Vallei side, the team bounced back superbly to secure an emphatic 89-run win over Boland Landbou, thanks in large part to a mature and composed 65 not out from ๐—ฅ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ-๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต – a confident chase against host school Worcester Gymnasium, where they overhauled 114 runs in just 17.3 overs.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ. Once again, Collett led the charge with another outstanding 65, an extraordinary effort for a 13-year-old playing well above his age group.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ/14๐˜ˆ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด – ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

Headmaster’s Letter Term 3

๐—”๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐Ÿฏ, we’d like to share the latest ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐——๐— ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ’๐—ฆ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ, in which Mr Pringle reflects on โ€œthe important little thingsโ€ – the quiet, everyday lessons of kindness, teamwork and integrity that help shape our learners far beyond the classroom.