Music Evening 2022

๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐ŸŽถ
With limited performance opportunities for our musicians during the course of the past three years, Union High Schoolโ€™s ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—– ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š held on Thursday evening, 18 August, was a welcome โ€˜return to the normโ€™ for our pianists, percussionists and choristers โ€“ from Grade 5 through to Grade 12 – to share their learning and talents with friends and family.
The junior choir opened the evening in rousing style before Unionโ€™s musicians each took to the stage to present their competitive programme of pieces they had prepared this year.
๐™’๐™๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ, ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™–๐™ก๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™˜๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™š๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™˜๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š!
The eveningโ€™s masters of ceremonies, Grade 12 learners Likhona Batala, Ijabulile Mtwazi, Dylan Petitt and Matthew Basson, kept the evening rolling and congratulated all the music instructors and musicians for their efforts, which resulted in a great night of musical entertainment.
The audience really enjoyed the evening and were enthusiastic in their praise.
๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ, ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜”๐˜ด ๐˜ก๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข ๐˜–๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ, ๐˜”๐˜ณ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ˆ๐˜ท๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.
Unionโ€™s Head of Culture, Mrs Bronwen Langmead, commented, โ€˜๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ/๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.
๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!
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Primary Department Speech Competition

While ๐—ฃ๐—จ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—– ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—”๐—ž๐—œ๐—ก๐—š is something some of our Primary Department learners enjoy โ€“ and others dread โ€“ they are all aware that public speaking and presentation skills are incredibly important.
After all, in an age saturated by information and opinion, it has never been more important (or difficult) for their voices to be heard.
๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ƒ๐™ž๐™œ๐™ ๐™Ž๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™กโ€™๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™–๐™ก ๐™‹๐™ง๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™Ž๐™ฅ๐™š๐™š๐™˜๐™ ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™–๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ช๐™™๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š.
And, of course, they โ€“ and their peers โ€“ learn a lot about their chosen subject, improve their research skills, and have fun in the process.
On Tuesday evening, 16 August, 25 brave learners from Grades 5, 6 and 7 took part in this yearโ€™s speech competition, hosted in the Tony Burrell Union.
๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก-๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ ๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก, ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™–๐™ช๐™™๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™–๐™™๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ ๐™š๐™จ.
The three adjudicators, Brigette Oelofsen, Matthew Basson and Mrs Bronwen Langmead (Unionโ€™s Head of Culture), all remarked on the exceptionally high standard amongst the speakers.
๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ 25 ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ-๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.
Left to right: Tara Piercey, Sixolile Singeni, Aidan Ferreira, Helen van den Heever, Chloe-Anne Fourie and Zunaida Deysel
Aidan Ferreira was the popular choice as winner among the Grade 5s, followed closely by Helen van den Heever, runner-up. In Grade 6 Chloe-Anne Fourie was the best speaker, followed by Zunaida Deysel as runner-up. Tara Piercey took 1st place in Grade 7 with Sixolile Singeni as the runner-up.
๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to all 2022 speakers!

Junior Music Students Excel

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to junior music students, ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (Grade 5), ๐—”๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ (Grade 7) and ๐—”๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ (Grade 5) who successfully passed their recent Rockschool Graded Music Exams with aplomb!
Helen passed her Debut Contemporary Exam with Distinction (96%), Allison also passed her Debut Classical Exam with Distinction (90%) and Aimee passed her Grade 1 Contemporary Exam with Merit (85%).
๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—”๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ and ๐—”๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€
๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ด! ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง! ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญโ€™๐˜ด 2022 ๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ, ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, 18 ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ต 18:00 ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง-๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ.

Chess Challenge

On Monday evening, 15 August, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet hosted a ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฃ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—–๐—›๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฆ’ ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ก๐—š๐—˜ in the Tony Burrell Union.
The evening provided an opportunity for the schoolโ€™s chess players โ€“ from prep school through to matric โ€“ to compete against their parents in a game of chess.
[ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด-๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ]
As the event commenced, the ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™œ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™š๐™–๐™™ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ.
Throughout the evening, across the floor, participants could be seen crowded close to the chessboards, nervously assessing the game, with the opportunity of beating their opponents cause for much excitement and it was quite heart-warming to see the younger children playing their moves like stalwarts with rapt concentration and a collected demeanour.
In the end, whether a match was won, lost or drawn, a ton of fun was had by all!
After conclusion of the matches, all those who attended could help themselves to a delicious selection of soups and breads.
๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅรฉ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ.

Final Results!

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅโ€ฆ
As is always the case, there is no easily won Interschools between Union and Volkskool. We are, however, grateful to this year be in a position to be able to ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ our learners on an Interschools well-fought!
๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to those whose overall efforts this past week has secured Union the title of ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ with 40 points to Volkskoolโ€™s 36!
๐˜ž๐˜ฆ’๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ – ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด’ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด – ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต – ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ!

The scores were as follows:

Chess

โ€ข Union Juniors lost 13 – 23
โ€ข Union Seniors won 14 โ€“ 2

Quiz

โ€ข Union won 18 – 11

Debate

โ€ข Seniors: Union High claimed first place, Volkskool took second place
โ€ข Juniors: Volkskool won first place, Union won second place

Tennis (Seniors)

Senior Girls
โ€ข Union 1st Team won 5 – 4
โ€ข Union 1st Team won 9 – 0
โ€ข Union 3rd Team won 6 – 3

Senior Boys
โ€ข Union 1st Team lost 9 – 0
โ€ข Union 2nd Team lost 9 – 0
โ€ข Union 3rd Team lost 3 – 6

Junior Tennis
โ€ข 1st Girls Team won 5 โ€“ 4
โ€ข 1st Boys Team lost 1 โ€“ 8
โ€ข 2nd Boys Team lost 6 โ€“ 3

u.10 Tennis
โ€ข Boys lost 0 – 9
โ€ข Girls won 9 โ€“ 0

Hockey

โ€ข Union u.7 lost 0 – 5
โ€ข Union u.8 B lost 1 – 2
โ€ข Union u.8 A won 2 – 0
โ€ข Union u.9 A won 2 – 0
โ€ข Union u.10 won 10 – 0
โ€ข Union u.13B won 1 – 0
โ€ข Union u.13 A lost 1 – 2
โ€ข Union hockey vs HVS netball won 7 – 0
โ€ข Union u.16A won 2 – 0
โ€ข Union 2nd Team won 2 – 0
โ€ข 1st Team won 1 โ€“ 0

Rugby

โ€ข Union u.7A lost 0 – 35
โ€ข Union u.9B lost 10 – 15
โ€ข Union u.9A won 7 – 27
โ€ข Union u.11B lost 20 – 24
โ€ข Union u.11A lost 0 – 28
โ€ข Union u.13B lost 0 – 51
โ€ข Union u.13A won 12 – 14
โ€ข Union u.14 won 27 – 5
โ€ข Union u.15 won 7 – 5
โ€ข Union u.16 lost 0 – 26
โ€ข Union 2nd XV won 14 – 5
โ€ข Union 1st XV lost 31 – 3

Karoo Eisteddfod 2022

The ๐—ž๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข ๐—˜๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐——๐——๐—™๐—ข๐—— ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ will be hosted at Union High School on Friday, 12 August, from 07:30 to 16:30.

โ€ข Tickets are valid for the entire day (after purchasing a ticket, you can leave and re-enter throughout the day, at will.)

Please click on the accompanying link to view the day’s ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—–, ๐—ฉ๐—ข๐—–๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐——๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐— ๐— ๐—˜:ย https://online.flippingbook.com/view/32703874/

Click on the accompanying link to view the day’s ๐——๐—ฅ๐—”๐— ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐— ๐— ๐—˜:ย https://online.flippingbook.com/view/33457890/

Special Interschools’ Message From Our Prefects

This is an incredibly special time of year not only for the learners involved but for ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™š.

We are fortunate enough to be able to participate in this event after two years of not being able to have interschools due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

The 2022 Union High School Prefect body wishes to encourage all the sportsmen and -women to give it their all on the field this weekend.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ.

The Head Prefects of Union High School: Sisipho Arnols (Deputy Head Boy), Matthew Basson (Head Boy), Kendall Krige (Head Girl) and Asa Matross (Deputy Head Girl).

Interschools Captains

Perhaps nowhere is the importance of ๐—š๐—ข๐—ข๐—— ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฃ as apparent as in a sports team.
A good sports team captain can lead his team to success and recognition; and can help a moderate team play better; whereas, a weak captain with poor leadership skills can hinder a teamโ€™s chances of competing and bonding successfully.
๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™˜๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ leading our teams this Interschools who will most assuredly lead their teammates to victory .

RCL Hosts Youth Session

Union High School RCL played host to youth leaders representing their respective schools(Union High School prefect body, Nqweba RCL, HVS RCL, Spandau RCL, Asherville RCL) in an hourย Empower Youth Session on 21 July 2022 in the Union High School Hall.

The learners were engaged in four speeches delivered by Mr. Elrich Jantjies, Mr. Lazlo Maya, Matthew Basson (headboy) and Katherine Odendaal (president of UHS RCL).

The program was masterfully directed by Ijabulile and a few fun activities, brilliantly led by Musa, rounded up the program. The vote of thanks was delivered by Singalakha.

The afternoon was concluded when all 84 participants enjoyed a hamburger together.

Our thanks goes to each member of the Union high school RCL for displaying a wonderful sense of teamwork and responsibility and their effort to make our guests feel welcome.

Supporter Gear

We are proud to unveil our new range of ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—š๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ!
With Interschools almost upon us, thereโ€™s no better time to pop in and get your little piece of Union.
๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ป #ProudlyUnion hoodies, bodywarmers, 3-in-1 jackets, trade jackets, peak caps, golfers and quarter-zip jerseys, among other – ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™›๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™š๐™ข๐™—๐™ง๐™ค๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ‘๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง’ ๐™—๐™–๐™™๐™œ๐™š.
๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ดโ€™ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜” ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ 2๐˜Ÿ๐˜“. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.
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