Today marked another step closer to saying goodbye to our ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ, as we captured their official matric photo.
With the countdown to Valedictory already well underway, weโre cherishing these last few days of Term 3 – ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ 4 – before they begin their final examinations.
๐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ดโฆ Our ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ has now been officially welcomed into the Old Unionite Association, marking both the closing of one chapter and the beginning of a lifelong bond with the Union family.
In light of ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ (coming up this Sunday, 5 October), our Union High School prefects turned into cookie-carrying superheroes today!
๐๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, they made their way around the school, surprising our incredible teachers with cookies made especially for them!
A small gesture to say a ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ to the educators who inspire, guide and shape the future every single day.
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒโ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ – ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฃ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป!
With this year’s ๐ข๐๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ adventure having come to an end, we reflect with gratitude on what a true privilege it has been for our learners to experience nights like these – beneath the breathtaking Karoo sky, with its endless stars, moonlight and the stillness of nature.
After days of challenge, laughter, growth and adventure our Grade 10s returned to campus today to a true heroโs welcome.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐๐ด๐, ๐๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ – ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ – ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ, capturing the pride of a journey completed and the joy of being reunited.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐บ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด.
A huge ๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to our Union High School learners who showed up in full force today to support the South African National Blood Service blood drive!
Your willingness to roll up your sleeves (literally!) and give back is nothing short of amazing.
๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด!
On Friday morning our Grade 5 to 7 learners eagerly participating in our annual Primary Department ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ – showcasing not only their talent, but also their growth and courage.
๐๐โ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ!
Grade 5:
Runner-up:ย Kelly van Rensburg
Winner: Saskia Strydom
Grade 6:|
Runner-up:ย Taylor Jacobs
Winner: Layla Ott
Grade 7:
Runner-up: Abdullah Muhammad
Winner:ย ย ย ย ย Iminathi Jaxa
โ๐๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐บโฆโ
Meet Union High Schoolโs brand-new ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐๐ฌ for 2026!
Hereโs to a year of leadership, laughter and leaving their markโ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ!
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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!