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Congratulations to senior music students, 𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 (Grade 9) and 𝗝𝗼𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 (Grade 10), who successfully passed their recent Practical Examinations with assurance!

𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗹𝘁 played the ABRSM (Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music) Performance Grade 5 Examination and achieved 81% (Merit).

𝘈𝘯 𝘈𝘉𝘙𝘚𝘔 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮, 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮. 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘯’𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭.

𝗝𝗼𝘆 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 played the Classical Rockschool Grade 8 Examination and achieved 83% (Merit).

𝘑𝘰𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘴 𝘡𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘢 𝘖𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 6 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 7 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 4 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦, 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺, 𝘤𝘰-𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.

𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘥 12 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘌𝘹𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 (𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘰 & 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭), 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮me.

𝗘𝗿𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗝𝗼𝘆, thank you for your diligent and precise work!

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Earlier this evening, Friday evening, 21 October, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet held its annual Senior Prizegiving Ceremony and we are all just beaming with pride at what our learners have accomplished this year.

The last few years have been challenging, however, 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙙𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙨𝙢 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝.

This wonderful evening was concluded with a much anticipated announcement – that of Union’s 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯.

𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 – 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥.

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On Friday, 21 October we formally said goodbye to the Class of 2022 during our annual 𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗬.

We wish the matrics all the best as they approach the end of their schooling journey!

𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘣𝘪𝘨, 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦.

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𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to junior music students, 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝗛𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 (Grade 5), 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲 (Grade 5) and 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘂 (Grade 7) who successfully passed their recent Rockschool Graded Music Exams with aplomb!

Kira passed her Debut Contemporary Exam with Distinction (90%), Curen also passed his Debut Contemporary Exam with Distinction (91%) and Liso passed his Grade 1 Contemporary Exam with Distinction (91%).

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴!

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The school badge is the graphical symbol that represents an educational institution and the values it aims to inculcate in its learners. 𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀.

It expresses something true and inherent to the tangibles that the school offers and with time it becomes a shorthand for the quality of school and its associated education.

How do school badges arise? Most of the time they’re a product of history and legacy.

The design of Union High School’s badge, known as the A.E. Puttick badge, dated 1927, was at the time guided by the schools’ origins, bearing in mind the school’s imagined future, while conforming to the societal conventions of the time.

While the badge in itself consist of a collection of graphics and colours, each a unique response from the people setting up the school – their answer to the question of what does a school represent – The Union Flag featured in the badge, in particular, is representational of the Union of South Africa being part of the British Commonwealth of Nations at that time.

But, no matter how much time, effort and thought is put into it, 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘣𝘢𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦. They all evolve with time, changing societal conditions, and most importantly, how learners take home their memories of what their school badge means to them.

Today, based on the multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-racial and multi-lingual composition of the learners at the school, Union is a microcosm of the community around it.

Very few schools can actually claim this and it is this very fact that charges Union with being an agent for social cohesion within the community, by promoting a greater understanding of cultural diversity among its learners.

And, as Union doesn’t operate in a vacuum, it is influenced by the happenings in the community and in-turn the school has an impact on the town it inhabits.

Union therefore has an important role to play in nurturing the community to be socially inclusive. We are in a position to build bridges between different cultural perspectives. This can be done in an atmosphere of shared learning, within the safety of the school grounds in the first instance, but also through reaching out to the wider community, and through making small – but impactful – changes, such as a change to the design of the school’s badge.

While there’s a 100 years of legacy locked up in Union’s badge, we can’t ignore that it doesn’t serve to truly represent the entire school community in this day and age.

The South African national flag represents a converging of paths, the merging of both past and present. It represent a synopsis of the country’s vexillological history and current political realities. It represents a compromise, the binding together of all sections of the people in one common sentiment.

𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.

Including it in our school badge, will make a monumental difference to the badge’s ability to unify the learners and school community it represents in that it will truly serve to be an accurate reflection of our school community going forward.

We hope that with a bit of time it comes to be an image that learners, parents and staff invest their pride in, a badge that represents and connects the incredible little community of the Union Schools.