Members of the Union community are requested to please ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ for the Union Schools’ annual ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐’ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ celebrations to be held on Friday and Saturday, 23 and 24 January 2026.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณย Union High School ๐ญ๐ฌ7 ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐ผ.
We are so proud to announce that some of our very own Union High School learners have been featured in the Imibala Trustโs first official book, ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ!
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ 9 ๐ต๐ฐ 20, ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐บ.
The book is more than just a creative showcase – ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐. It was launched earlier this year as part of the 2025 Indie Authors Rise Up – Fire Fringe Book Festival, highlighting culture and heritage from across the country.
๐๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ด๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
A huge ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to our talented learners whose work was selected for publication: Lina Tadesse, Amber Slater, Jade Slater, Clea Clark, Gerda Clarke, Saskia Strydom and Jourdon-Bethany Koeberg.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ดโ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ!
This past term, our learners have been channeling their creativity and skill into a range of ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ.
Featured here are some of our Grade 7s โ ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ผ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป, ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ป and ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ค๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ โ with their hand-crafted crane. Complete with hydraulics and a pulley system, their creation impresses with its smooth rotation and sturdy design.
๐ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด-๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ!
Union High Schoolโs Primary Department is delighted to invite you to their annual ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ก๐, taking place on Tuesday, 30 September.
Themed โ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บโ, this year’s showcase promises a magical night filled with songs that will have you humming along and tapping your feet.
๐ง๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต and will be available from the Union High School foyer starting Monday, 15 September.
๐๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด, ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ด.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ-๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป ๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐ฒ – all thanks to the incredible generosity, hard work and vision of our 1st team tennis parents.
The clubhouse has been beautifully transformed into a true recreational space that celebrates Union High Schoolโs love for tennis.
Spectators can now enjoy the matches from the comfort of lovely new benches added in front of the clubhouse, while ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ด๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
The upgrades also include a fresh coat of paint, a new fridge and urn, ensuring refreshments are always on hand, as well as Union tennis-themed mugs that add a personal touch.
Proudly adorning the walls are new honours boards, alongside updated 1st team photos dating all the way back to 1940, offering a rich glimpse into our schoolโs sporting history.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ – ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด.
We are deeply grateful to our 1st team tennis parents for their dedication and generosity in creating this ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐.
At the start of this term, we were delighted to put our brand-new ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ’ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ข๐ into use – a space created especially for our Grade 5 to 7 girls, who have thoroughly enjoyed having their own facilities.
๐๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด.
Our ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ go to Montego Pet Nutrition for their generous contribution in helping us meet this need at our school.
For more than a decade, Union High Schoolโs ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ has stood as one of the most powerful, transformative experiences in the journey of our learners.
Hundreds of Unionites have stepped into the vastness of the Karoo with little more than their backpacks, tents, courage and the guidance of two extraordinary people: ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ.
The Odyssey is no ordinary school outing. It is a rite of passage – one that strips away comfort, demands resilience and challenges every learner to discover their own strength.
From flash floods and stomach bugs to blisters and aching bodies, the Karoo landscape tests the mettle of even the bravest. Yet it also rewards with sights and moments of pure magic – ๐ค๐ณ๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ด, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 10 ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ – the engine that keeps the Odyssey alive and thriving. With their love for the outdoors, deep passion for young people and zest for life, they have sown wisdom, grit and courage into the next generation.
๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด, ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
What makes their contribution even more remarkable is that, with their own three children long graduated from Union, Bronwen and David continue to give tirelessly to other peopleโs children. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐๐๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ โ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น, ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ.
The Union Schools considers itself profoundly blessed to have such stalwarts in our midst. The legacy of the Odyssey is written not just in the dust of Karoo trails, but in the character and spirit of every learner who has taken part – and at the core of that legacy, stand Bronwen and David Langmead.
๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐น๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 10๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด!
From the entire Union family: ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐, ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฑ . You are changing lives and your impact will echo for generations
Union High School is proud to share that its annual ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ took place this past weekend in the picturesque village of Nieu-Bethesda, where 33 enthusiastic Grade 11 learners immersed themselves in an unforgettable weekend of innovation, creativity and problem-solving.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ – ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
This yearโs camp featured a very special guest, ๐ข๐น๐ฑ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ, who fondly recalled attending his own Grade 11 STEM Camp in 2016. Joining forces with Mr Brink were Mrs Cathy Pringle, Mr Elrich Jantjies and Mr JP Kruger, who all guided and inspired learners throughout the weekend.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ-๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐. Learners explored the world of gaming and web design using advanced tools provided by Google Gemini (AI). They also discovered the basics of how to create their very own AI agent, experimenting with innovative AI tools that unlock creativity and enhance learning.
๐๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ-๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด โ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆโ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ซ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด. Traditionally, no grade has ever managed to crack one of his puzzles without his assistance. This year, however, history was made. The Grade 11s applied their classroom mathematics, worked tirelessly through the first stage, and – with determination, teamwork and just a touch of luck – became the first group ever to fully crack the code!
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ that included educational games tailored for junior school learners โ an inspiring way to combine fun, functionality and service to younger learners.
The camp was a resounding success, not only equipping learners with cutting-edge digital skills but also strengthening bonds of teamwork, perseverance and innovation.
๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด.
We were privileged to enjoy ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป at the Graaff-Reinet Club last night, where the theme โ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ตโ set the stage for an engaging and insightful discussion.
๐๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ – ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
It was a thought-provoking evening that encouraged reflection on how we can ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป, ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ.
๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ๐ goes to all who joined us and contributed to the warm atmosphere of the evening. We are especially grateful to Gary for generously sharing his time and wisdom, to the Old Unionite Association for hosting such a meaningful event and to the Graaff-Reinet Club and The Coldstream Restaurant for providing the perfect setting.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐โ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐โ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ๐, starting today, led by Gary and joined by Jordan Gregory. Together, they will guide and inspire our cricket programme – ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
Union High School has embarked on an exciting, sustainable fund-raising initiative – ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ฆ – aimed at assisting deserving learners with their school and boarding house fees.
As part of this project, a greenhouse has been constructed behind Arthur Kingwill House with the kind assistance of our dedicated ground staff.
๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ช๐ญ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญโ๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฑ๐ด, ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
A beautiful variety of indigenous trees are currently available for purchase, including the Wild Olive (๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข var. ๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ข), the Camdeboo Stinkwood (๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ข), the Huilboerboon (๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ข), the Kei Apple (๐๐ฐ๐ท๐บ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด), and the majestic Outeniqua Yellowwood (๐๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ด ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ด).
๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, such as the Cape Chestnut (๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ข๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ) and the ever-popular Jacaranda (๐๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ข). Fruit and avocado trees will also soon be available, broadening the range for those looking to support this worthy cause while greening their gardens.
๐๐น๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, offering great value for an enduring investment in both education and the environment. For those looking for something a little smaller, vibrant red geranium plants are also on sale at the bargain price of R30 per bush.
๐๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐๐พ๐พ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐พ๐พ๐, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
Email headmaster@unionschools.co.za to find out more about this project.