It’s Official – UHS To Host ‘Burn Camp’

We are incredibly excited to announce that Union High School will be the ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—จ๐—— ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฆ of one of the official Nedbank ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐—•๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ก ‘burn camps’ – an overnight site for the 650 participants (hailing from 25 different countries) taking part in the inaugural edition of this ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿณ-๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ – set to take place in October this year!

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ 7-๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, 800๐˜ฌ๐˜ฎ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ขโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด – ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ – ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ขโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜จ 5.

This is a truly special opportunity for Union and the greater Graaff-Reinet community to be part of ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

Be sure to visit the Gravel Burn Facebook page to learn more about this incredible adventure!

Thank You, Tyremart!

Our hockey goal boxes have gotten a splash of extra colour, thanks to the new Tyremart Graaff-Reinet advertising boards now proudly on display!

A huge ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ to Tyremart for their generous support of our hockey fundraising efforts – itโ€™s wonderful to have a community partner so invested in the success of our school.

๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถโ€™๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ด, ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฉ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ@๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด.๐˜ค๐˜ฐ.๐˜ป๐˜ข

Save The Date – Camdeboo Eisteddfod, 20-22 August, 2025

Union High School is beyond excited to present the third annual ๐—–๐—”๐— ๐——๐—˜๐—•๐—ข๐—ข ๐—˜๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐——๐——๐—™๐—ข๐——, happening on 20, 21 and 22 August 2025!

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ-๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ.

Be sure to ๐——๐—œ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฆ because for three unforgettable days, our young performers, artists and visionaries will dazzle, delight and inspire!

Weโ€™re also thrilled to welcome our amazing new title sponsor, Montego Pet Nutrition, to the Camdeboo Eisteddfod family. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ!

๐—˜๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป Wednesday, 4 June! (Only online entries will be accepted.)

Whether you’re ready to take the stage or just want to soak in the magic, head to https://www.unionschools.co.za/camdeboo-eisteddfod/ for everything you need – entry forms, event info and more.

๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ.

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The Table That Makes You Think

In the foyer of Union High Schoolโ€™s hall stands a piece that is more than just furniture – ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜. While many of our learners and visitors may pass it daily, few may realise just how remarkable this unique installation truly is.

The ‘๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ’, a one-of-a-kind sculpture, was gifted to Union in 2020 by the Arnott family in celebration of the schoolโ€™s Centenary.

๐˜Š๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜–๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜›๐˜๐˜๐˜•๐˜’ ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ – ๐˜ข 10-๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.

At first glance, the bronze centrepiece of the ‘THINK Table’ appears to simply spell the word THINK. But, as any learner who pauses for a moment will discover, from another angle it reveals an entirely different image: human silhouettes in various reflective and intellectual poses. Some figures are seen teaching and learning, others are deep in discussion or thought, all contributing to an important message -๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ.

This message, embedded in the very design of the sculpture, aligns perfectly with the values the Union Schools seek to instil in its learners. Inspired by the ethos of โ€œ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅโ€, the table serves as a daily reminder of the power of thoughtful reflection and meaningful dialogue.

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐˜:

โ€œ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ.โ€

Far more than a static work of art, the ‘THINK Table’ was designed to be used – a space where learners, staff and visitors alike can sit, connect, collaborate and, most importantly, think.

๐—”๐˜ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†. The ‘THINK Table’ is not just symbolic of this belief – it is a physical manifestation of it. It represents our commitment to nurturing minds that question, challenge, innovate and ultimately, change the world.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†โ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€, ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ‘๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ’ – perhaps the moment an idea sparked, a perspective shifted, or a meaningful conversation planted the seed of something greater.

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Save The Date – Anne Beagley Junior Rugby & Hockey Festival

We are exactly one month away from hosting the 23rd annual ๐—”๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—•๐—˜๐—”๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—š๐—•๐—ฌ & ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ, sponsored by Astron Energy Eastern Cape and Bothaโ€™s Garage, and the excitement is building!

Preparations are in full swing as we gear up to welcome nearly 600 enthusiastic u/13 rugby and hockey players for four days of spirited competition, from 28 June to 1 July.

๐—ช๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€, including Stirling, Clarendon Park, Gonubie, Muir, Grey Junior School, Volkskool, Lilyfontein, Lorraine, Westering, Crewe, George Randell, Belvue, King’s College, Sunridge, Clarendon Girls, Victoria Primary, Erica Girlsโ€™, Charlo, Cradock, Riebeek Girlsโ€™, Cambridge and Sonop.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต, ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด!

Careers Day 2025

A group of receptive and enthusiastic Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 12s, coupled with experts from various Higher Education Institutions and professionals from our community, made for an inspiring ๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ this year.

During the morning session, the Grade 12s were given ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ณ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ by private institutions including Eduvos, Varsity College, The International Hotel School and UXI Sport.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜“๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ!

The evening event was less formal but equally informative. ๐— ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป spoke to the Grade 12s about his career journey in the field of Accounting; ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ delved into to field of law and answered some fascinating questions; ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—š๐˜„๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐˜‚ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ gave a fascinating talk on how our lives sometimes take 180ยฐ turns – often for the better – enlightening the Grade 12s on joining the police force.

The talks ended with ๐——๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‡, a local physiotherapist, who engaged the group on a discussion on the medical field, focusing on her specialization. Union High is extremely grateful to these friends of the school who gave up of their time so willingly.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ-๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 12๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ.

Second Term Art Club Activities

This term, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐—• explored the rich visual language of the Australian First People’s dot art, focusing on the fascinating tradition of ‘Songlines’ or ‘Dreamings.’

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

Inspired by her recent visit to the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney, Mrs Bronwen Langmead brought back fresh ideas and insights that ignited their creative journey.

๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€, ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ-๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜.

It has been a meaningful way to honour an ancient tradition while making their own mark as young artists.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ’๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต!

Happy Feet – Another Delightful Production!

This past Thursday and Friday evening, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s Primary Department (our talented Grade 5 to 7 learners) waddled into the spotlight to perform a delightful production of ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต, the musical!

With toe-tapping tunes, our young performers brought the Antarctic to life – complete with dazzling dance moves, heartwarming harmonies and an inspiring message about being true to yourself.

๐—˜๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป – ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

Their ability to memorise lines, perform full musical numbers and embrace the spotlight is nothing short of exceptional!

๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ.

Our junior choir and marimba band also deserved their moment in the sun (or should we say snow?) โ€“ their performances added rhythm, richness and a touch of magic to an already spectacular production.

๐—ข๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ, ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ-๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ-๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ.

A heartfelt thank you to Mrs Avrille Putter and Mrs Sanette Brink, as well as their dedicated team, for managing everything from sound and lights to curtains, tech and set design.

๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ!

Next year, itโ€™s the seniorsโ€™ turn to take the stage โ€“ and if this performance was anything to go by, ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„!

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Thank You, Montego!

We extend our heartfelt thanks to Montego Pet Nutrition for their incredible generosity in gifting our u/13B hockey team with brand-new Grays Hockey team bags and a stunning OBO goalie kit!

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ and involvement in our school community.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต!

Vision For The Future – High Performance Centre

At the Union Schools, our hope for the future has always been bigger than any challenges we face and in an ever-changing world, our dedication to excellence, opportunity and the holistic growth of every learner remains unwavering.

It is in this spirit of optimism and resolve that we are proud to share our vision for the Union Schools’ state-of-the-art ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ – a transformative project born from our belief in the boundless potential of every child.

Slated for completion in the coming years and located adjacent to our main AstroTurf hockey field, the new Centre will be a multi-sport facility designed to inspire, support and elevate the physical development, wellness and competitive spirit of our learners.

๐—–๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜†, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€. We are actively engaging with philanthropic partners and potential benefactors who share our vision for youth empowerment through sport. This means the Centre will be brought to life at no financial cost to the parents or families of our school – ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ.

At the heart of the Centre lies a fully adaptable indoor arena, equipped with an innovative netting system that allows for transformation into eight indoor cricket nets, an action cricket pitch, or an indoor hockey field. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ-๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ-๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

A high-performance gym will serve as the strength and conditioning cornerstone of the facility, complemented by on-site medical and rehabilitation spaces to foster a holistic approach to athlete care – prioritising health, recovery and sustained excellence.

Overlooking the action will be our second-floor sports administration offices and viewing deck, providing coaches and support teams with an ideal vantage point for coordination and planning. On the ground level, purpose-built amenities – including modern change rooms, a tuck shop and kitchen, comfortable seating and essential storage – will round out the facility.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต; ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป with our Union Schools community and look forward to the day when the doors to the High Performance Centre open โ€“ unlocking new opportunities and lasting impact for generations to come.