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Well Done Tristan!

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 8 learner 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗽𝗲 participated in his very first competitive endurance ride this past weekend (Friday and Saturday, 19 and 20 August) in the Camdeboo National Park.

Aptly called the sport of a million steps, 𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 is a long-distance competition against the clock, testing the speed and endurance of a horse and challenging the rider over their effective use of pace, thorough knowledge of their horse’s capabilities and ability to cross all kinds of terrain. 𝘈𝘭𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵.

Tristan fared exceptionally well, as he not only completed a 40km course on both days successfully, but did so on two different horses, one of which he’d never ridden before.

His best time clocked during the event was 2 hours, 34 minutes. Tristan’s next race will be the Bedford Endurance Ride planned for September.

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯! 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥!

Bulletin, Hostels

New Hostel Prefects Announced

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀

It was a special occasion on Monday evening, 22 August, at the Arthur Kingwill House annual dinner, when nine learners were appointed to serve as boarding house prefects for 2022/23.

𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘱𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳.

Being a house prefect is the ultimate honour given in any school boarding establishment and means a great deal to all who are chosen.

With the honour of being a boarding house prefect comes great responsibility, but the badge presented to them is a symbol in the faith bestowed upon them by the school community and 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙟𝙤𝙗!

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦!

Brent Hesselink, Joshua Horne, Jude Langmead and Ndalo Qwalela

Back: Ngomusa Zweni, Siphosihle Thibane and Gemma Naude. Front: Shona Zana and Kaitlin Kenmuir

The group will be led by Shona Zana and Brent Hesselink as Heads of Hostel and Ngomusa Zweni and Ndalo Qwalela as Deputy Heads.

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Welcome Mr Gradwell

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet recently welcomed Mr Andrew Gradwell to its staff compliment.

𝗠𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟴 & 𝟵 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘀 (𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮) 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿.

Mr Gradwell is well-known among the Union community, being an 𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗧𝗘 himself.

Upon matriculating from Union, he pursued qualifications in both the Fine Arts and Education from NMMU, after which he served as an educator at the De Kuilen Primary School in Cape Town for about eight years before accepting a position at Union.

(In addition to teaching, Mr Gradwell is also working towards his postgraduate Master’s degree in Education.)

𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘳 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭.

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New Prefects Announced

“𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱: 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦.” – 𝗙𝘂𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗬𝘂𝗮𝗻

𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹, 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮/𝟮𝟯.

With much excitement, the school gathered in the hall this morning, 19 August, for the announcement of Union High School’s new prefect body for 2022/23.

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to (in alphabetical order) Cadee Arends, Lana Bouwer, Siyamthanda Desha, Brent Hesselink, Joshua Horne, Jude Langmead, Siphosethu Malotana, Brigette Oelofsen, Anna Pringle, Hlakanipha Skepe, Chuma Sobantu, Caitrin Spence, David Venter, Karl Venter, Andrue (AJ) Victor, Shona Zana and Ngomusa Zweni.

Back, left to right: Joshua Horne, Andrue (AJ) Victor and Karl Venter Middel, left to right: Jude Langmead and David Venter Front, left to right: Brent Hesselink, Hlakanipha Skepe, Chuma Sobantu

Back, left to right: Lana Bouwer, Anna Pringle, Ngomusa Zweni and Caitrin Spence Middel, left to right: Brigette Oelofsen, Cadee Arends and Siphosethu Malotana, Front, left to right: Siyamthanda Desha and Shona Zana

This is an outstandingly capable, confident and humble team of leaders from within our current Grade 11 class. May they have the conviction and wisdom to lead the school to new heights next year!

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀’ 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲

To conclude the 2022/23 prefect induction ceremony our new prefect body took the stage to sign the prefects’ book and pledge. Signing this book is a symbolic gesture of their commitment to their new roles.

𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦’ 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗗𝗚𝗘

𝘐 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵,

𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦, 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺,
𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯

𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺,
𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘜𝘕𝘐𝘖𝘕 𝘏𝘐𝘎𝘏.

𝙒𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 2022 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙤𝙛 2022, 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙥𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙣𝙙-𝙤𝙛-𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨.

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Winter Awards 2022

Union High School’s annual 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝘆 was held early Friday morning, 19 August.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭’𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳.

Congratulations to the following learners who received full colours:

𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗜𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗖𝗨𝗟𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦: Simamkele Soyana, Matthew Basson, Brigette Oelofsen and Caitrin Spence.

𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗥𝗨𝗚𝗕𝗬: Jacobus (JJ) Liebenberg, Sisipho Arnols and Bubele Thibini.

𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗡𝗜𝗦: Chloe Shires and Caytah-Leigh Koeberg

CULTURAL & WINTER AWARDS ASSEMBLY 2022

Bulletin, Cultural

Music Evening 2022

𝗖𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰

With limited performance opportunities for our musicians during the course of the past three years, Union High School’s 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 held on Thursday evening, 18 August, was a welcome ‘return to the norm’ for our pianists, percussionists and choristers – 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 Union’s musicians each took to the stage to present their competitive programme of pieces they had prepared this year.

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙩, 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙣, 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚!

The evening’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.

𝘞𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘸𝘦𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘬, 𝘔𝘴 𝘡𝘦𝘭𝘥𝘢 𝘖𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯, 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘔𝘳 𝘋𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘦, 𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘳𝘴 𝘈𝘷𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘗𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Union’s Head of Culture, Mrs Bronwen Langmead, commented, ‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰, 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵.

𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱!

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Primary Department Speech Competition

While 𝗣𝗨𝗕𝗟𝗜𝗖 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 is something some of our Primary Department learners enjoy – and others dread – 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.

𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡’𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝘿𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙎𝙥𝙚𝙚𝙘𝙝 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙨𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚.

And, of course, they – and their peers – 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 year’s speech competition, hosted in the Tony Burrell Union.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡-𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙠𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖𝙙𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙛𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙟𝙤𝙠𝙚𝙨.

The three adjudicators, Brigette Oelofsen, Matthew Basson and Mrs Bronwen Langmead (Union’s Head of Culture), all remarked on the exceptionally high standard amongst the speakers.

𝘞𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 25 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘥𝘫𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳-𝘶𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴.

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.

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to all 2022 speakers!

Bulletin, Cultural

Junior Music Students Excel

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to junior music students, 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 (Grade 5), 𝗔𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 (Grade 7) and 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀 (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%).

𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗔𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 and 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧! 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭’𝘴 2022 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺, 18 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘵 18:00 𝘢𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘢𝘧𝘧-𝘙𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦.

Bulletin, Cultural

Chess Challenge

On Monday evening, 15 August, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet hosted a 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗣 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦’ 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘 in the Tony Burrell Union.

The evening provided an opportunity for the school’s chess players – from prep school through to matric – to compete against their parents in a game of chess.

[ 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘴-𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. ]

As the event commenced, the 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨.

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.

𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥é𝘤𝘰𝘳.

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Final Results!

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘥…

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 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗘 our learners on an Interschools well-fought!

𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘 to those whose overall efforts this past week has secured Union the title of 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 with 40 points to Volkskool’s 36!

𝘞𝘦’𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 – 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴’ 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘴 – 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘬𝘴𝘬𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 – 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶!

The scores were as follows:

Chess

• Union Juniors lost 13 – 23
• Union Seniors won 14 – 2

Quiz

• Union won 18 – 11

Debate

• Seniors: Union High claimed first place, Volkskool took second place
• Juniors: Volkskool won first place, Union won second place

Tennis (Seniors)

Senior Girls
• Union 1st Team won 5 – 4
• Union 1st Team won 9 – 0
• Union 3rd Team won 6 – 3

Senior Boys
• Union 1st Team lost 9 – 0
• Union 2nd Team lost 9 – 0
• Union 3rd Team lost 3 – 6

Junior Tennis
• 1st Girls Team won 5 – 4
• 1st Boys Team lost 1 – 8
• 2nd Boys Team lost 6 – 3

u.10 Tennis
• Boys lost 0 – 9
• Girls won 9 – 0

Hockey

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

Rugby

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

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