We’d like to give a special ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐จ๐ง to Union cricketer Skaakir Kaziย who took 6/56 in 21 overs during Unionโs declaration match against Edgemead High School.
On Wednesday, 19 January, Union High Schoolโs new Grade 5s had the privilege of adding their names to Unionโs Stand Tall Project – a participatory art installation created through the collective involvement of Union High Schoolโs learners.
With the inspiration behind the project being the habit of parents measuring their children at home, โ’๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ง๐ค๐๐๐๐ฉโ was launched at Union High School last year as an interactive installation that aims to commemorate a learnerโs time at Union, by measuring their height at certain intervals during their school career.
Much like the doorframe at home, this wall will record a learnerโs growth at their Union home.
Today, the new Grade 5 learners were invited to stand against the wall while their teachers marked off their height. Then, armed with a permanent marker, they labelled it with their name, surname and date.
This installation will gradually have more and more individual markings and names added to it at specific intervals during the school year, which we hope in years to come will create a constellation of measurements blurring the boundaries between art and everyday life.
And just like that, the first day of the ๐๐๐๐ school year has arrived!
We wish all our learners well for the year ahead! No one knows what 2022 will bring, but each and every one of us has the power to make the most of all the opportunities afforded to us…
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Message of ๐ช๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ from our Heads of Hostel, Bubele Thibini and Asa Matross, our Head Girl, Kendall Krige and our Head Boy, Matthew Basson to all new and returning Union learners.
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Union High School is delighted to welcome Mrs Linda Rowe to our team of educators.Mrs Rowe – who boasts 33 yearsโ experience in the education sector – will be teaching Afrikaans to the schoolโs Grade 8s and 9s.
Mrs Rowe recently settled in Graaff-Reinet after having moved here from Orkney where she served as an educator at Milner High School in the nearby Klerksdorp.
Mrs Rowe brings with her both a passion and enthusiasm for teaching and we are proud to have her on board!
Union High School is incredibly excited to announce the appointment of Mr Calvin Beck as our new Head of Hockey and Sports Administrator.Mr Beck is one of the top young coaches in South African youth hockey today and is committed to building a strong programme here at Union.
Before joining Union, Mr Beck served as the Head of Hockey at Hoรซrskool Jim Fouchรฉ in Bloemfontein, where he coached both the girlsโ and boysโ squads while being responsible for the overall development of hockey as a sport at the school.
Prior to this, he served as coach to the University of the Free Stateโs 2nd menโs hockey team and assisted the 1st team. He also enjoyed a 7-year tenure as the coach of the Central University of Technologyโs hockey teams (four with the womenโs squad and three with the menโs).
In addition to this, he boasts a long-standing association with Free State Hockey โ as coach, selector and head of High Performance for teams from u/16 through to senior level.
To say that we are excited about the wealth of knowledge and breadth of experience Mr Beck is bringing with him to the benefit of our players, is an understatement.
We look forward to a bright future for Union hockey with Mr Beck at the helm.
โข ๐๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ, ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ-๐๐ฏ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
We were very fortunate to be able to start our year off by celebrating some of our staffโs long-service milestones.
While we continue to reiterate that the commitment, dedication and hard work by all staff is noticed, greatly appreciated and worthy of recognition, in this particular event we honoured members of staff who have been with Union for 10 years (2 awardees), 15 years (1 awardee) and 20 years (1 awardee).
Over the years, these loyal colleagues have helped to make this institution and the Union community who we are today.
Please join us in congratulating Mr ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ช๐จ (10 years), Mrs ๐พ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ (10 years), Mr ๐
๐ค๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ง (15 years) and Mrs ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ (20 years).
Over the past two years, Union High Schoolโs music students have continued to make steady progress on the piano despite the many disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
As they’ve been deprived of the opportunity of performing in front of a live audience for quite some time, our Music teachers, Mrs Sanette Brink and Ms Zelda van Rooyen, dead set on sharing their studentsโ talents with the Union community, asked all their pianists to carefully prepare a piece for a virtual music showcase at the end of 2021.
Please take the time to watch our fabulous performers!
The showcase includes performances on the piano by all our pianists and includes beginner piano pieces through to advanced.
Thank you to all of our performers for taking the time to video and share your beautiful music.
We look forward to the day that our Music Department can host their Annual Music Evening in person on the Union stage again just like in years past.
๐๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ. – ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป’๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
Grade 11
1. Matthew Basson
2. Kendall Krige
3. Grace Merifield
3. Amber Binney
5. Kathrynย Odendaal
6. Chloe Shires
7. Hannah Bodenstein
7. Jamie Jaftha
7. Marli Brummer
10. Michelle Doyle
Grade 10
1. Caitrin Spence
2. Siphosethu Malotana
3. Cadee Arends
4. Brigette Oelofsen
5. Gemma Naudรฉ
6. Trinity West
7. Tayla Kingwill
8. Anna Pringle
9. Andrue Victor
9. Siyamthanda Desha
Grade 9
1. Naโeem Mahomed
2. Caytah-Leigh Koeberg
2. Joy Merifield
4. Charlize Vorster
5.Sarah Wilmot
6. Sadรฉ May
7. Johanes du Plessis
7. Joshua Neill
9. Ethan Linch
9. Jayden Swart
Grade 8
1. Erin Gedult
2. Tara Ferreira
3. Megan Nortje
4. Sarah Jacobs
4. Pieter-Trystanย Hulleman
6. Kenza Neill
7.Aaminah Steele
7. Sasha Cochrane
9. Alaistair Imrie
10. Kananelo Kometsi
10. Noah Edwards
10. Danika du Preez