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7-to-5 Golden Rule

Dear Parents

Please take note of Union High School’s new “7-to-5 Golden Rule”.  This involves not sending a school-related message or e-mail to teachers or our admin staff before 07:00 in the morning and after 17:00 in the evening, and preferably not over a weekend (unless there is a specific school-related activity taking place).

Thank you!

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Young Leaders Empowered

On Wednesday evening, 2 March, Union High School’s prefects joined those from Nqweba Secondary School, Hoër Volkskool, Spandau Secondary School and Asherville Secondary School, at the second annual 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗜𝗧 in Graaff-Reinet.
The event, which was held at the Profcon Resort, was a Prescient Foundation SCI project, organised by Mrs Hestie Clegg.
The 𝗔𝗜𝗠 of this annual summit is to gather the young leaders of Graaff-Reinet in a single forum to share their contributions, experiences, and knowledge on pertinent issues and to motivate these youngsters to be good leaders in their respective schools and communities.
Through the course of the afternoon, Mr Luphumlo T Joka, founding director of Global Leadership Consultants, a leadership and business development firm based in Port Elizabeth, introduced the learners to various qualities and challenges of leadership. The day was filled with fun, exciting and challenging moments to help these learner leaders identify and maximize their leadership skills, create a local network of peers, and obtain the tools and training to make positive change happen in their community and school.
𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘔𝘳 𝘑𝘰𝘬𝘢, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴.
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Speech Competition

“𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬. 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵.” – 𝗢𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀
Having the confidence to speak well is such an important life skill. While for many, the idea of public speaking may invoke a sense of trepidation, that certainly wasn’t evident among the many learners who took to the stage these past two weeks to deliver their prepared speeches to the audiences at Union High School’s 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗘𝗖𝗛 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦.
Overall the standard of the learners’ speeches were very high, and, regardless of the age group, their confidence was astonishing.
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙨:
Grade 8: Endinako Jadezweni
Grade 9: Erin Gedult
Grade 10: Sobuhle Njambali
Grade 11: Caitrin Spence
Grade 12: Kendall Krige
𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘!

 

 

 

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Digital Citizenship Parent’s Evening

Are you 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 in a world you didn’t grow up in? Perhaps your son plays Fortnite or watches YouTube clips? Perhaps your daughter adores TikTok or Instagram?
𝗜𝗳 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝘂𝘁, and you are battling to manage your child’s screen time, you have to attend this event!

Union will be hosting a parent’s evening on Thursday evening, 5 May from 17:30 in the Union High School Hall.  Registration for this event costs R50 and can be done at the following link https://www.quicket.co.za/events/169169-cyber-smarts-parents-evening/#/ or with Ms Moos at Union High School reception.

Topics that will be covered with parents during the parents’ evening include:
• A parent’s role: Monitoring & Mentoring
• Harmful content
• Pornography & addiction
• Online predators
• Filtering software
• Safe Gaming
• Social Media
• Sexting & Cyberbullying
• Setting boundaries & digital citizenship
• Being a digital role model
𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴!

Click here for more information on Screen Smarts and the grade specific workshops planned for Union’s Digital Citizenship Week

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Keller Education Parent Webinar

In partnership with Keller Education, the Union Schools invite all our parents to join us for a 𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥 being held this Thursday afternoon, 3 March, themed, “𝘒𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘜𝘴”.
This webinar is ideal for all parents, whether your children are in pre-school, prep, primary or high school.
All behaviour is communication. Even bizarre, disruptive and disrespectful actions are purposeful and attempt to solve a problem. Through this webinar, Keller Education hopes to equip parents to learn to step back, to think outside of the “behaviour box,” understand where behaviour dwells in the human brain, and how all human behaviours are motivated by four functions.
Unable to join the webinar live? All registrants will receive access to the recording, and a summary pack after the event.
𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸: https://keller.education/…/webinar-kids-who-challenge-us/
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Meet Your Mentors

In 2021, Union High School launched a cross-age peer mentoring programme at the school to promote the learners’ physical, social and emotional well-being.
The programme is constructed between the older and younger learners, with mentors being assigned to specific class groups so that the younger learners can benefit from the experience and knowledge of the older ones.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲.
The support of parents and teachers is undoubtedly vital for the success of our learners. However, the impact that guidance and advice from people who are closer in age can have is often overlooked – in fact, peer mentoring has been shown to lead to improved attitude to school, attendance and behaviour. It can also help learners to build up a peer network within their school, causing more holistic benefits such as a sense of community and belonging.
“𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘶𝘭𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨,” said Grade 12 mentor, Kathryn Odendaal.
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An Exciting Future For Union

The Union High School Governing Body is pleased to announce that it will soon begin construction of a 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚-𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 to the Middle School on the corner of Donkin and Caledon Street.
Once completed, this exciting development will provide 179 square metres in additional classroom space.
Construction is expected to begin within the next couple of months and to be completed and ready for use at the start of the 2023 academic year.
The new building will connect to the current Middle School and will feature modern classrooms, covered patios on the front and side of the building and contemporary breakout spaces.
While the overall design of the new building will “fit in” with the existing historic setting, the classrooms itself will consist of innovative learning spaces that aligns with the pedagogical vision of the 21st century. Think beautiful spaces that are light, airy, fitted with the latest technology and that make learners feel good to be at school.
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗽𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
• 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 5-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.
Seen here are the artist impressions of the new building.
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Blood Drive – 15 February

𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦-𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 🩸

Union High School invites all parents, learners aged 16 and over, and members of the Union community to 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗘 𝗕𝗟𝗢𝗢𝗗 at the SANBS blood drive being held on Tuesday afternoon, 15 February, between 13:30 and 18:00 in the Tony Burrell Union.

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Stoep Tasting 2022

Situated in the heart of Graaff-Reinet against a magnificent mountain backdrop, 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙧𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙩 𝙃𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚, one of the Union High School’s boarding establishments, has opened its doors to accommodate visitors to town during the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗘𝗣 𝗧𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚 festivities (27 to 29 May 2022).

𝘛𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦, 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘵, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘑𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘴𝘈𝘱𝘱 𝘢𝘵 082 927 0282 𝘰𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘢 𝘦-𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘫𝘦𝘯𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦@𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮.