๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น’๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐: ๐ ‘๐๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฆ’ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ
Join us for a delightful evening of musical performances featuring our talented junior pianists, percussionists, choristers and vocalists.
๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: Wednesday, 12 June
๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ: 18:00
๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ: Union High School Hall
๐ง๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ are available at R30 each (non-reserved seating) from Ms Elsebรฉ Moos in the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet foyer.
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค!
The Union Schools are thrilled to announce the return of the ๐ง๐ฅ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ข event, taking place this October.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด.
With new challenges and a vibrant atmosphere, Tri the Karoo is set to be a major drawcard for athletes of all levels. ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช’๐ง๐ ๐ ๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฉ-๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐ง, ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ง๐จ ๐จ๐ค๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐.
Keep an eye on the Tri The Karoo Facebook page for exciting updates and details on registration, which opens very soon! Don’t miss your chance to experience the thrill of racing through the beautiful Karoo landscape.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป’๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ
It is with profound sadness that we learned of the passing of ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ผ๐๐ a cherished member of the Union Schools community today.
Mr Bez, as he was fondly known, was not only a dedicated teacher and coach, but also a devoted parent of our school. ๐๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.
He was a true pillar of our community and his absence will be deeply felt.
Our hearts go out to his wife, Trudi, their beloved daughters, Amber and Chantรฉ, and the rest of his extended family. We offer them our deepest condolences and pray for strength and comfort during this difficult time.
๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ป๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ.
During Term 2, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Primary English Department (Grades 5, 6 and 7) embarked on an exciting educational journey by hosting a spelling contest designed to enhance the vocabulary and comprehension skills of their learners.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐บ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต-๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.
The contest began with the distribution of spelling lists at the start of the term. Learners were instructed to mark off a few words each week, which they were required to learn for homework every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐, ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ต๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐๐๐ฑ๐. Alongside learning the correct spellings, learners were also tasked with understanding the meanings of these words, thereby integrating language skills with their overall academic curriculum.
The highlight of this term-long endeavour was the spelling contest, where learners showcased their learning and competed for top honours. The competition culminated in recognizing the best spellers in each grade, with winners receiving well-deserved cash prizes.
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐:
โข ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ: Shana Theron
โข ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ: Lwandle Kubashe
โข ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ: Carlie George
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐:
โข ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ: Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza
โข ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ: Noรซl Shakane
โข ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ: Hermon Wolde
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ณ ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐:
โข ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ: Samiah Naidoo
โข ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ: Alison Jacobs
โข ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ: Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout
Union extends its heartfelt congratulations to all participants and winners. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
We are extremely pleased to be able to utilise our brand-new ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐๐ room for the first time. ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป and care for our sportsmen and women, ensuring their health and safety are prioritized at all times.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ณ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ด๐ข๐ง๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
Two big chess tournaments are coming up soon in Graaff-Reinet!
The 3rd round of the Sarah Baartman Chess Trials will will be held at Union High School on Saturday 1 June. We encourage chess players of all ages to enter.
Cash prizes and medals will be awarded to the winners in each category.
Click on the link below to enter:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScGYB0xw6cNGEm3PRiZo89b5pvNkeq4uy5rj16yzECJAC5k4Q/viewform
On 11 June Laer Volkskool will be hosting the Graaff-Reinet Circuit All Ages School’s Chess Tournament where the best 5 chess players in each age group in Graaff-Reinet will be selected to compete in a triangular tournament against the other districts.
If you would like to participate in, or sponsor any of these event, contact Hanli Rose-Innes: 0842613815
Union is eagerly anticipating entries for its second installment of this event, scheduled to take place on 14, 15 and 16 August in Graaff-Reinet this year.
๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ, ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐๐๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ.
For more information and to enter, please visit the event page at https://www.unionschools.co.za/camdeboo-eisteddfod/
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ’๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Shaakir Khazi, Na’eem Mahomed, Trystan Hulleman, Erin Gedult and Tara Ferreira for their outstanding performance in Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s recent whole-school ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ quiz.
These five learners demonstrated exceptionally diverse subject knowledge to secure the top scores in the competition.
Their success has earned them the honour of representing Union at the upcoming ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น’๐ ๐๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด, where they will compete in the Quiz competition.
๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ง, ๐๐’๐๐๐ข, ๐๐ง๐ฎ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ, ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ก๐ช๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ญ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐๐.
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Gerda Clark, Cayla Newton and Alex Hunter who emerged as the top scorers among the Grade 8 and 9 learners in Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s recent ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ป๐ผ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ competition.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด.