Senior Speech Competition

Union’s annual speech competitions concluded recently with outstanding performances from our talented learners.

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to Joy Merifield and Asive Dwane, as well as Amber Bezuidenhout and Zusange Phehlukwayo, on coming out tops.

๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 11 ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ 12 ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ด. ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 8, 9 ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ 10 ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ก๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

These four exceptional learners will proudly represent Union in the annual Speech Competition during this year’s ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ’ week.

๐™’๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ก๐™ช๐™˜๐™  ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™™.

UHS Hosting Professional Rugby Coach

This week, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet had the privilege of hosting Nicolas Tisdale, an ex-professional rugby player turned dedicated and driven professional rugby coach.

๐™๐™ž๐™จ๐™™๐™–๐™ก๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™  ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ, ๐™—๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™ž๐™ข ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ง.

With a background spanning all levels of age group and adult rugby through clubs, schools and professional sports clubs, he has a proven track record of success. His expertise has helped nurture professional players, achieve league promotions and facilitate schools in succeeding at national competitions both in the UK and in South Africa.

๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜†, ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:

โ€ข Head of Rugby at Malvern College in Worcester, England, United Kingdom
โ€ข Scottish Exiles coach and regional manager for the Scottish RFU
โ€ข Coaching consultant for various South African schools such as St Stithians College and Michaelhouse School
โ€ข Elite Player Development Coach at Worcester Warriors RFC / Midland West Academy
โ€ข u/16 Forwards cCoach at Gloucester RFC

Throughout his week at Union, ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. His guidance was instrumental in enhancing the skills and understanding of the young athletes, who greatly appreciated the opportunity to learn from such a distinguished professional.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ.

Eco Club Activities – Term 2

Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s ๐—˜๐—–๐—ข ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐—• recently concluded a three-week educational theme focused on the benefits of healthy, seasonal fruits and vegetables, emphasizing their nutritional values.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

During the second week, the club organised an insightful visit to Pick n Pay. Here, ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™™๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ, ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™๐™š๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ.

In the final lesson, the learners applied what they learned by calculating the cost and contents of healthy lunch boxes. This exercise helped them grasp practical aspects of meal planning, ensuring their choices were both nutritious and economical.

To cap off the theme, the Eco Club members created a vibrant poster showcasing everyoneโ€™s efforts and choices. This poster not only highlighted the students’ newfound knowledge but also served as a visual representation of their commitment to healthy eating.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ ๐—–๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฏโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€, ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜†๐—น๐—ฒ.

Gr 11 Learners Visit Local Water Purification Plant

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Grade 11 Geography learners recently had the opportunity to visit the local water purification plant and pump station as part of their curriculum.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

During the visit, learners were given a comprehensive tour of the facilities, where they observed the various stages of water purification and the mechanisms involved in pumping water to the community.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด-๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต

Art Club Visits Renowned Artist, David Langmead

This week, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐—• experienced an enriching visit to the studio of renowned artist David Langmead.

The visit was a unique opportunity for the budding artists to gain insights from a professional, and it proved to be an unforgettable hour.

During their time at the studio, Mr Langmead generously shared his expertise on various crucial aspects of art, including composition, perspective and painting techniques.

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

Celebrating 50 Caps!

Representing your school is always a major honour, but reaching the milestone of 50 first team caps is something that does not come around too often.

Five members of the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet 1st hockey team received the incredible honour of taking the field in their 50th match for their school!

Prior to their encounter against Framesby this afternoon, Friday, 10 May, ๐—”๐—บ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„, ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ, ๐—ง๐˜†๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†, ๐—”๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ and ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜‡๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น were presented with their official 50 cap certificate as well as a small gift on behalf of the team in which they have so valiantly served for the past two years.

Amy, Tara, Tyra, Aaminah and Kenza have been true ambassadors of the 1st XI and we could not be prouder of them.

๐™’๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก.

Exciting Developments Underway At Union

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet is buzzing with anticipation as several exciting construction projects are currently underway – from modernizing classrooms to improving facilities for essential services, the school is investing in its infrastructure to better serve its learners and staff.

๐—ข๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น, where the old Book Room is undergoing a complete overhaul. This once humble space is being completely gutted and reimagined as a state-of-the-art mathematics classroom – equipped with the latest technology and designed to foster collaborative learning, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด.

โ€ข In addition to enhancing academic facilities, Union is also prioritizing the well-being of its learners and staff by establishing ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ-๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ. This dedicated space will not only serve as a hub for first aiders to administer care on derby days, but also provide a tranquil environment for individuals in need of assistance during sports encounters.

โ€ข Recognizing the invaluable contributions of its ground staff, Union is also embarking on the construction of ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ. This space will offer a welcome retreat for the dedicated individuals who work tirelessly to maintain the school grounds – complete with modern amenities and comfortable furnishings, the break room will provide a well-deserved respite for these valued members of the school community.

๐™๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ’๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก-๐™—๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ. By investing in modern facilities and amenities, the school is ensuring that learners and staff alike have the resources they need to thrive.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด.

Art Club Activities

This term, the members of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐—• have been diligently channeling their creativity towards the upcoming ‘Wool in Art’ competition, with each member pouring their heart and soul into their respective entries.

Today, however, marked a departure from the woolly subjects that have been the focus of their attention. Instead, the artists ventured outdoors to the school’s sports fields, where they sought inspiration from the dynamic movements of our Union learners engaged in their various sporting codes.

๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ‘๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ’ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

The challenge was further compounded by a howling wind that threatening to whisk away the artists’ sketches with each gust.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ, ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ!

EP Hockey Capping Ceremony

The ๐—–๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—–๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฌ for the newly elected u/14, u/16 and u/18 EP hockey sides took place at Pearson High School in Gqeberha this past Sunday, celebrating the talent and dedication of the province’s young hockey players.

๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข๐™จ:

๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐—”: Mia Botha and Onika Jantjies
๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ๐—•: Nadine Murray and Unabuntu Maneli
๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐—•: Chavenne Lamont, Misha Newton, and Jordan Koeberg
๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด๐—”: Caytah-Leigh Koeberg and Sadรฉ May

Wishing these exceptional hockey players the best of luck as they embark on practice sessions and tournaments ahead. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ!

Astro Advertising Board Spaces Available

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet is excited to announce that we are making space for several new AstroTurf advertising boards this year.

๐™๐™๐™š๐™จ๐™š ๐™—๐™ค๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™จ, ๐™ข๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ 3๐™ข๐™ญ0.8๐™ข, ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก๐™ช๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ง๐™–๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™™๐™ž๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐˜ผ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™๐™ช๐™ง๐™› ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™š๐™จ.

The support of local businesses has been instrumental in the success of our AstroTurf project from its inception, with their annual contributions playing a big role in our ability to resurface our facility recently.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ.

Any businesses interested in acquiring a board, are encourage to contact Mrs Mariรซtte Burger at uhsmarketing@unionschools.co.za.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.