Earlier this year, Union High School bid a heartfelt and bittersweet farewell to one of its most beloved educators, ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐น๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฒ-๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐, who went on early retirement after celebrating her 15th remarkable year at Union.
๐ง๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฒ-๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐. She brought to Union an incredible mix of dedication, enthusiasm and warmth – the kind of teacher every learner remembers with a smile. Hard-working, incredibly organised and bursting with energy, Mrs Rose-Innes poured her heart into every lesson, every event, every child.
As the Primary Departmentโs Creative Arts teacher, ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ฒ-๐๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐. Her lessons were not only engaging and imaginative, but also supported by next-level handouts and perfectly crafted rubrics – a dream for any learner and a treasure for her colleagues.
๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ.
If you ever found yourself seated near her in the staff room, you were in for a treat. Laughter was guaranteed, and soon enough, her little corner became known affectionately as the โnaughty cornerโ – ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฃ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ, ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ. ๐๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ-๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ – ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ.
In fact, tea was such a part of her identity that she once gave a now-famous devotion on how to drink tea – one that left everyone smiling and perhaps looking at their teacups with a little more reverence. She brought this same heart and thoughtfulness to her roles beyond the classroom, whether it was as a speaker at the schoolโs Mother & Daughter Tea or the ever-gracious organiser of the annual Grade 7 Ladiesโ Tea.
๐๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ-๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด – ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญโ๐ด ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ ๐๐ญ๐ถ๐ฃ, ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ.
As a teacher, she believed deeply in applied learning – ensuring her learners experienced education, not just studied it. ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐ป ๐บ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐.
Her colleagues remember her not just for her professionalism, but for her deep care. Feeling unwell? Mrs Rose-Innes always had a trusty boere remedy at the ready. Need a smile? A warm chat with her did the trick. She had a way of making everyone feel special – and that, perhaps, is what weโll miss the most.
Mrs Hanli Rose-Innes was more than an educator; she was the life, heart and soul of Union in so many ways. She leaves behind a legacy of laughter, learning and love – and a void that cannot easily be filled.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด.
Thank you, Hanli, for everything. ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐น๐ ๐บ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
