Well done to Grade 5 cricketer ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป on claiming an incredible 6 wickets for just 5 runs in 3 overs, including a superb hat-trick, against Willem Postma Primรชr.
There are very few people we could imagine stepping into the well-worn shoes of Mr Kingwill as Estate Manager, but in ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ we have every confidence that we have found a most worthy successor.
With a smile and what looked suspiciously like the keys to the entire kingdom in hand, Mr Kingwill officially entrusted Mr Jacobs with his new domain today.
We have no doubt that under his watchful eye, everything will remain in excellent order – ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด!
As this month draws to a close, so too does an extraordinary chapter in the life of our school.
With ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น retiring as Estate Manager of Union High School, we paused this morning to honour a man whose quiet dedication has shaped our school for nearly three decades.
๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐, Mr Kingwill has been a steady and faithful presence on our campus – arriving before most, leaving long after many and tending to our grounds and facilities with pride and care.
๐๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด; ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ.
During Assembly today, we paid a very special farewell tribute to him. There was a deep sense of gratitude in the air as we reflected on the years he has given so selflessly. Following Assembly, our staff and learners formed an ๐๐ข๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐๐ฅ๐ – a corridor of appreciation – lining up to thank him in a way words alone never quite could.
In an emotional moment, Mr Kingwill was invited to ring the Centenary Bell – its clear notes echoing across the grounds he has cared for so faithfully.
๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ.
๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐, ๐ต๐๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
Congratulations to our Union High School, Graaff-Reinet and Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet swimmers who, following their excellent performances at the recent Karoo Gala, were selected to represent the Karoo Team at the ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐ being held at Merrifield College in East London at the beginning of March.
๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ Grace Kitching, Mercy Dizitiro, Liam Pienaar, Uziah Willemse, Catie Davenport, Gemma Murray, Daniel Davenport (absent), Taylor Jacobs and Lisa McEwan, as well as Ruben Bester, Blake Bezuidenhout, Alivia Palmer, Julia Walker, William Preston and AJ Venter.
This evening we had the privilege of hosting our ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก and what a wonderful evening it was.
๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 8 ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ 9 ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
From powerful reflections on believing in yourself, to the influence of role models, to the thought-provoking question of whether happiness is a choice – ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐.
We are incredibly proud of every learner who participated. Public speaking takes bravery and our juniors rose to the occasion beautifully.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet looks forward to hosting our 25th annual Anne Beagley Junior Rugby & Hockey Festival this year!
We are excited to welcome schools from across the country for four unforgettable days of top-quality junior rugby and hockey, great sportsmanship and a lot of festival fun!
๐๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ 25๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ! 
RSVP here: https://forms.gle/fteywCjzWGZmnW927
๐ช๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ!
Well done to ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด (Grade 5) on her excellent achievement in the Girls U11 High Jump at the recent Sarah Baartman Athletics Meet for Primary Schools at the Oval in Gqeberha. Graceโs impressive performance secured her selection to represent the Sarah Baartman Team at the Provincial Championships to be held at Queen’s College in Komani from 6 to 7 March.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
The annual ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ข ๐๐๐๐, held at Hoรซr Volkskool this afternoon, Wednesday, 18 February, once again brought together talented swimmers from across the region.
In addition to the Union participants, teams from Gill, Cradock, Volkskool, Marlow and a group of home-schoolers competed in an exciting event that celebrated both individual excellence and teamwork.
In the primary school category, ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ ๐๐๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ with an impressive 367 points. Laer Volkskool followed closely with 344 points, while Gill (284) and the Homeschool team (125) completed the standings.
In the high school section, Union High School’s girls finished in a strong second place with 179 points, just behind Hoรซr Volkskool (196). The boysโ finished third with 77 points against tough competition from Hoรซr Volkskool (137) and Marlow (116).
A massive congratulations to ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ on being named Senior Victor Ludorum following last week’s ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ข ๐๐๐๐. We are equally delighted to celebrate ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐, who was crowned Junior Victrix Ludorum after a phenomenal set of swims.
Taylor not only secured six 1st places in the U14 Primary division, but also broke the 50m Backstroke record in an impressive 34.89 seconds. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ!
A special mention to ๐ญ๐ผรซ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ for her outstanding four 1st places and to ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, who claimed six 1st places in the U14 Primary division and broke the 100m Freestyle record in 1:08.49.
Well done as well to ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐, who earned three 1st places and one 2nd place in the U12 category and to ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, who secured one 1st place and three 2nd places.
Congratulations too to ๐๐น๐๐๐๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ, who achieved three 2nd places and one 1st place in the U16 Girls division and to ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ for her excellent three 2nd places in the U14 Girls category.
We are ๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ of every swimmer who represented the school with pride and dedication.
๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด.
Nine athletes from Union High School participated in the Sarah Baartman Athletics Meeting on Tuesday, 17 February at the Oval in Gqeberha.
Our athletes delivered outstanding performances in both field and track events. Their hard work was rewarded with several top finishes, securing the following positions on the podium:
u14
๏ฌ Liyabona Magqabi 1st place in 400 m
๏ฌ Noel Shakane 3rd place in 100 m and 2nd place in Long Jump
๏ฌ Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza 3rd in Shot Put
๏ฌ Samantha Musakase 3rd in High Jump
U15
๏ฌ Jordan Maritz 2nd place in 200m
๏ฌ Rachel Wenham 3rd place in Javelin
u17
๏ฌ Qhama Solomon 2nd place in Long Jump as well as High Jump
U19
๏ฌ Liam Hornabrook 2nd place in Discus
Qhama Solomon was selected to represent the Sarah Baartman Team at the Eastern Cape Schools Athletics Meeting in High Jump and Long Jump, Boys u17 in Komani from 13 – 15 March:
We wish him all of the best for a successful and rewarding competition.
What an unforgettable morning at Thru The Karoo!
A heartfelt ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ to the incredible organisers for putting together such a joyful event and for giving Union High School the opportunity to be part of it.
๐ง๐ผ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ who passed our water station – your smiles and appreciation made the early start and busy morning more than worthwhile.
A very special thank you must go to groundsman, ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐, whose love for Union shines through in everything he does.
๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ โ๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅโ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต – ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐บ!
We are also deeply grateful to ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ for so generously giving his morning, alongside the enthusiastic boarders from Arthur Kingwill House, to help man a water station with such energy and pride.
To the wonderful Union girls who helped at our station – ๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐๐ป.
And lastly, sincere a thank you to FreshStop At Astron Energy for their generous contribution to our stall!
๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต!
