In Social Sciences yesterday (Tuesday, 21 January), Union’s Grade 9s discovered for themselves how the concept of contours is applied.
After drawing the contour lines onto their ‘butternut mountains’ using increasing water levels for accuracy, it became clear to them how contours are an ingenious tool to describe the physical landscape on maps.
The butternuts were made into a hearty soup afterwards!
(Based on the results of 2019)
GRADE 6 (Based on Grade 5 results of 2019)
Amber Bezuidenhout
Ciara Kivedo
Anebel Norval
Josh Arends
Samantha Charles
Bradley Davenport
Jade Palmer
Katelyn Trollip
GRADE 7 (Based on Grade 6 results of 2019)
Sasha Cochrane
Tara Ferreira
Zara Douman-Deysel
(Re-award)
Erin Gedult (Re-award)
Megan Nortjé (Re-award)
Matthew Paxton
(Re-award)
Emma Short (Re-award)
GRADE 8 (Based on Grade 7 results of 2019)
Terry Mabuni
Jayden Swart
Charlize Vorster
Na’eem Mahomed
(Re-award)
Caytah-Leigh Koeberg
(Re-award)
Sadé May (Re-award)
GRADE 9 (Based on Grade 8 results of 2019)
Cadee Arends
Lana Bouwer
Siyamthanda Desha
Tayla Kingwill
Siphosethu Malotana
Gemma Naude
Brigette Oelofsen
Anna Pringle
Soyana Sinazo
Caitrin Spence
Trinity West
GRADE 10 (Based on Grade 9 results of 2019)
Kathryn Odendaal
Matthew Basson
(Re-award)
Amber Binney
(Re-award)
Hannah Bodenstein
(Re-award)
Kendall Krige
(Re-award)
Matthew McNaughton
(Re-award)
Chloe Shires
(Re-award)
GRADE 11 (Based on Grade 10 results of 2019)
GRADE 12 (Based on Grade 11 results of 2019)
Half colours
Meghan Basson
Sakhe Booi
Erin Mitchell
Micaela te water Naude
Full colours
Matthew Hesselink
(Re-award)
Katherine Imrie
(Re-award)
Sara Kingwill
(Re-award)
Bowen Langmead
(Re-award)
Laetitia Theron
(Re-award)
Deger Williams
(Re-award)
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Union High School kicked off its 101st year on Wednesday, 15 January, with the arrival of three new members of staff who joined the Union family.
Union extends a warm welcome to:
Union is proud to have these new teachers on board – their enthusiasm for teaching and their commitment to their learners’ well-being makes them a wonderful addition to the school.
We have no doubt the difference they will make in the lives of learners and to the field of education at Union.
With the 2019 school year done and dusted, the top academic achievers for the year has been determined.
These learners have put in an extensive amount of effort in the pursuit of academic excellence and Union High School thanks them for their dedication to their studies and congratulate them on this achievement.
A word of thanks is also extended to the learners’ relevant educators for their efforts and to the parents of these learners for the support they provided.
The top academic achievers in Grade 11 are:
1. Laetitia Theron
2. Katherine Imrie
3. Sara Kingwill
4. Bowen Langmead
5. Déger Williams
6. Matthew Hesselink
7. Sakhe Booi; Meghan Basson; Micaela Te Water Naudé; Erin Mitchell
11. Daniël McNaughton
12. Brett Amsterdam
13. William Kayster
14. Jade Shires; Jeanne-Marie Brummer
The top academic achievers in Grade 10 are:
1. James Rose-Innes
2. Hannah Watermeyer
3. Kyle-Luke du Preez
4. Melissa Swart
5. Amzolele Relu
6. James Pringle; Michaela Price
8. Mekisha Manzana; James Pienaar
10. Jarrod Naudé
11. Litha Mngoma
12. Sayma Wajid; Zoë May
14. Shayna Japhta; Rogan Odendaal
The top academic achievers in Grade 9 are:
1. Matthew Basson
2. Kendall Krige & Hannah Bodenstein
4. Amber Binney
5. Kathryn Odendaal; Matthew McNaughton
7. Chloe Shires
8. Michelle Doyle
9. Lauren Waddelow
10. Ruzhe Hendricks
11. Alexandra Imrie; Marli Brummer; Asa Matross; Mohamed Ashiq Hartley; Grace Merifield; Simamkele Soyana
The top academic achievers in Grade 8 are:
1. Caitrin Spence
2. Siphosethu Malotana
3. Cadee Arends
4. Brigette Oelofsen
5. Tayla Kingwill; Trinity West; Gemma Naudè
8. Anna Pringle
9. Sinazo Soyana; Lana Bouwer
11. Siyamthanda Desha
12. Jenna-Lee Jansen
13. Andrue Victor
14. Brent Hesselink; Simonè Prinsloo
The top academic achievers in Grade 7 are:
1. Na’eem Mahomed
2. Caytah-Leigh Koeberg
3. Charlize Vorster
4. Sadè May
5. Terry Mabuni
6. Jaden Swart
7. Tyra Binney; Joshua Neill
9. Johannes du Plessis
10. Max Price; Alinda Goosen
12. Bontle Mashiane; Joshua Basson; Owethu Singeni
15. Ann-Noleen Koeberg; Matthew Davenport
The top academic achievers in Grade 6 are:
1. Emma Short
2. Megan Nortje; Tara Ferreira; Erin Gedult
5. Matthew Paxton
6. Zara Deysel-Douman
7. Sasha Cochrane
8. Alastair Imrie
9. Hayden Pienaar; Cullan Erasmus; Kenza Neill
12. Muhammad Ahmed; Aaminah Steele
14. Anna-May Hayes
15. Alexander Neill
The top academic achievers in Grade 5 are:
1. Katelyn Trollip; Bradley Davenport; Ciara Kivedo
4. Josh Arends; Jade Palmer; Anabel Norval
7. Samantha Charles
8. Amber Bezuidenhout
9. Misha Newton
10. Taegen Hamid
11. Lisa Vutula
12. Daniël Short
13. Ashleigh Shell; Rebecca Copeman
15. Melissa Naudé
The results are in!
There was a wonderful atmosphere on our beautiful Union High School campus earlier today (Wednesday, 8 January) as the Class of 2019 gathered in reunion and celebration.
The 70-strong Class of 2019 was Union’s biggest Grade 12 class since 2015!
Of these 70 learners who wrote the recent NSC examination, 64 passed. (This is also the highest numbers of matriculants for Union since 2015.)
Our top performers for 2019 each achieved 3 distinctions in their respective subjects:
They are: (in alphabetical order)
• Megan Doyle (Accounting, Life Sciences and Life Orientation)
• Sanja Du Plessis (Accounting, Afrikaans FAL and Life Orientation)
• Micela Loock (Afrikaans FAL, Mathematical Literacy and Life Orientation)
• Jenna McNaughton (Afrikaans FAL, Life Orientation and Music)
• Peter Watermeyer (Accounting, Afrikaans FAL and Life Orientation)
The following learners each achieved 2 distinctions:
• Ethan Gedult (Afrikaans FAL and Life Orientation)
• Christine Harris (Mathematical Literacy and Life Orientation)
• Zintle Maki (Afrikaans FAL and Life Orientation)
• Rashieda Mali (Life Orientation and Tourism)
• Liano Naidoo (Afrikaans FAL and Life Orientation)
• Chevonne Prinsloo (Life Orientation and Tourism)
• Lunga Zantsi (Life Orientation and Tourism)
In total, our Class of 2019 produced 48 A-symbols collectively, with 66% of the learners qualifying for entry to study towards a bachelor’s degree.
Union High School would like to express its sincere gratitude to all the members of staff who played such an integral part in the education of the Class of 2019 over the past 12 years.
They have, as always, provided a superb platform for the learners to achieve to the very best of their abilities. A special word of thanks is also extended to the families of every single one of our learners for their steadfast support throughout the learners’ years of study.
Although we are disappointed that our pass rate for the NSC examination has dropped from 96% in 2018 to 91,4% in 2019, we remain, as always, very proud of our learners and wish them all of the very best as they embark upon an exciting future.
Union High School’s Grade 10 and 11 science classes celebrated Mole Day today (Wednesday, 23 October), with a series of fun and interesting activities focused on the mole.
And by ‘mole’, we don’t mean the furry little critters that burrow underground, but rather a useful unit of measurement in chemistry that all Grade 10 to 12s (should!) know well.
Mole, abbreviated mol, designates an extremely large number, 66.02 x 10^23, of units (be it atoms, molecules or other specified articles), and is central to many chemical calculations.
As such, the 23rd day of the 10th month between 6:02am and 6:02pm is used to celebrate all things molar, with the aim of helping the learners understand the importance of the chemical ‘mole’.
This year, the theme for Mole Day was ‘DespicaMOLE Me!’ and the learners had a lot of fun celebrating this molmentous occasion with various mole-related activities.
Not everyone is cut out to be an accountant. You need to enjoy both technology and numbers as well as working with people and being a leader. You need to be able to sweat the details, yet understand the big business picture.
Aside from a penchant for numbers, do you have the personality it takes to be an accountant?
This was a question a group of Grade 11 aspiring accountants were asking themselves during a recent educational excursion to Port Elizabeth and Uitenhage, aimed at providing the learners with a better understanding of how accounting is used in a business environment.
The group left Graaff-Reinet early Wednesday morning, 18 September, for their 3-day trip.
Although the learners had to get up long before the sun decided to make its appearance, the fun got off to a quick start with a lot of singing, laughing and what must have been close to a million ‘selfies’ being taken on the bus, while the kids munched on their packed breakfasts.
Upon their arrival in Port Elizabeth, the group stopped at Pioneer Foods where they were taken on a very informative tour of the SASKO factory. After the tour, they were given free goody bags and treated to some snacks.
The learners then enjoyed lunch at the Greenacres Shopping Centre’s food court, which was followed by a seminar at KPMG – an international accounting firm.
Here, the learners were lectured about the challenges and benefits of the real accounting world.
The guesthouse they stayed in for the duration of the excursion, the Treetops Guesthouse, was very accommodating and all enjoyed their stay tremendously. Union extends its thanks to the establishment for their efforts in ensuring the learners’ comfort.
Day 1 was concluded with an eventful evening at the Boardwalk.
Day 2 turned out to be just as, if not more, educational and fun as Day 1.
The learners visited the Volkswagen Group South Africa (VWSA) plant in Uitenhage and attended a seminar at NMU hosted by Dr Heloise Sathorar, the Head of Program, B Ed FET/PGCE at NMU.
It most-definitely had the learners thinking about their future and the all-important decisions they need to make. Here, the learners also received gift packs and a packed lunch which they thoroughly enjoyed.
The group then spent their last night in Port Elizabeth at the Baywest Mall where they enjoyed a lovely sit-down dinner. The learners bonded over their shared love of accounting and got to know each other better as they enjoyed some delicious pizzas.
The excursion was concluded with a day at the beach on Friday, 20 September. Although the weather wasn’t ideal, the learners made the most of the opportunity.
A special word of thanks is extended on behalf of the learners by Meghan Basson, “We all would like to thank Mr Christopher Felix and his lovely wife for allowing us to have this experience – we hope to go on a similar, if not more exciting, trip next year”.
This trip succeeded in providing the learners with a better, more complete understanding of what the job of an accountant actually entails and the problems they might face when working in one of those jobs.
Union extends its thanks to everyone who made it possible for the learners to go on this excursion and especially to the learners for their impeccable behaviour throughout!
This past weekend, a maths retreat in Nieu-Bethesda proved a winning formula for Union High School’s Grade 11s.
During this annual excursion, the learners do more than just the regular run-of-the-mill high school mathematics. Here, they take a look at the world of mathematics beyond what is covered in the syllabus.
During this year’s camp, the Grade 11s built their confidence in the Fibonacci Sequence, The Golden Ratio and two and three-dimensional fractiles. The learners also had some time to apply their knowledge of Grade 11 mathematics by solving problems and cracking codes which were designed by maths teacher, Mr. Elrich Jantjies.
On Saturday, 31 August, they took a walk to find fractiles in the real world – this activity was however cut short by rain. Most of the learners then made use of this time to study for their upcoming tests. Later that evening, they watched a movie called “Hidden Figures” which they all found very inspirational.
Every year, this maths camp is a tremendous success and thoroughly enjoyed by all involved. It would, however, not be possible without the generosity and kindness of Ian and Katrin Alleman and their staff, who always host and accommodate the group at their backpacker accommodation establishment in Nieu-Bethesda.
Union High School’s Grade 7 learners put in a lot of extra effort to make their market day, which took place this morning, Monday, 19 August, a huge success.
The market forms part of the Economic Management Sciences Curriculum, where the Grade 7s learn about Entrepreneurship and the opportunities it provides. Market Day involved creating an ‘open market’ atmosphere, where the entire school had an opportunity to purchase goods on sale from our budding Grade 7 Entrepreneurs. This project involves everything from advertising and marketing, to budgeting and calculating their profit or loss.
Items on sale included: food and drinks, crafts, toys and novelty items, along with some fun activities such as slingshot shooting, a balloon popping station and a bunny petting zoo.
On Wednesday morning, 17 July, Ebben Hufkie, Priscilla Booysen and Leilani Brinkhuis, representatives of the Johann & Gaynor Rupert Foundation, paid a visit to Union High School.
The purpose of their visit was to address the school’s Grade 12 learners regarding the world of educational opportunities that await them after high school. To start, they gave a brief presentation in respect of university acceptance and fee structures. They also discussed possible career options to consider and encouraged learners to work hard towards achieving their most ambitious goals and dreams. They then broached the subject of the Johann and Gaynor Rupert Foundation Bursary Programme and explained to learners who would qualify for this programme.
They made it clear that the submission of bursary application forms must be accompanied by an acknowledgment from a tertiary institution that an application has been submitted and is being processed.
Union’s Grade 12s are urged to apply for this bursary before 30 September 2019.
The school extends its thanks to the Foundation for its investment in the education of our youth.