Public Speaking Competition

Last week, Union High School had the pleasure of hosting the Department of Water and Sanitation‘s ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ public speaking competition.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ-๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

We are proud of our Union team – ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ, ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ and ๐—”๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ – whose preparation and confidence were evident throughout the competition. Konke secured 1st place, Abigail 2nd place and Antonia 3rd place, giving Union a clean sweep of the top three positions.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ต ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜ at the provincial public speaking competition in King William’s Town on 24 July.

We congratulate them and wish them all the best for the next round.

Well Done, Kirsten

Congratulations to Grade 6 learner ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ on achieving an outstanding 90% – a Distinction – for her RSL Classical Grade 2 Piano Practical examination.

The examiner praised Kirstenโ€™s โ€œ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ตโ€, as well as her โ€œ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜บโ€ throughout the performance – a wonderful reflection of her hard work and musical talent.

Art Club

Union High School’s ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐—• has enjoyed a creative and productive term working on bird portraits.

Using masonite boards kindly donated by Mr Niรซl Keyser, the learners were taught how to sand, prime and prepare the boards before starting their acrylic paintings.

They also practised enlarging their reference material using the gridding technique, helping them plan their compositions carefully before painting.

๐—œ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฑโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ as the learners explored colour, texture, line, tone and form throughout the project.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ.

Senior Speech Competition

Last night we had the privilege of hosting our ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—˜๐—–๐—› ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก for our Grade 10 to 12 learners – and what an inspiring evening it was!

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น, with each participant speaking confidently and with conviction. In fact, the judges took a full half hour to deliberate – a true testament to the quality and depth of the 16 entries received this year, more than ever before.

Konke Gawula (2nd), Jasmine Abercrombie (1st) and Jemae-Mari Davids (3rd)

Congratulations to our top three speakers: Jasmine Abercrombie (1st), Konke Gawula (2nd) and Jemae-Mari Davids (3rd).

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ – Mrs Tess Neill, Miss Sasha Bosch and Mrs Kelly Westraad – for their time and careful consideration. Mrs Westraad remarked on the learnersโ€™ confidence, their excellent preparation and how powerfully they spoke with passion about matters they truly believe in.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ – ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ!

Junior Speech Competition

This evening we had the privilege of hosting our ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—˜๐—–๐—› ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก and what a wonderful evening it was.

๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 8 ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ 9 ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

From powerful reflections on believing in yourself, to the influence of role models, to the thought-provoking question of whether happiness is a choice – ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜.

We are incredibly proud of every learner who participated. Public speaking takes bravery and our juniors rose to the occasion beautifully.

A special ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout (1st place), Clea Clark and Aidan Ferreira (tied 2nd place) and Isabelle Tadesse (3rd place).

A Memorable Recital by Christiaan-Peter Hiemstra

It was our great honour to host ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป-๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ, one of the leading emerging pianists of his generation, for a memorable recital in our school hall on Thursday evening, 19 February.

Although only 15 years old, Christiaan-Peter is already studying full-time at the prestigious Hochschule fรผr Musik in Basel, Switzerland, and has an impressive list of awards and achievements to his name.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜Œ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ – ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ.

The recital programme featured masterworks by Beethoven, Schumann, Bartรณk, Liszt and Mozart, offering the audience an evening of depth, brilliance and musical storytelling. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ – Christiaan-Peter undoubtedly belongs to the latter.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

๐Ÿ“ท In the accompanying photograph, he is seen with Union music educator, Mrs Sanette Brink, who shares in our pride and appreciation for an unforgettable evening of music.

Scouts Celebrating Baden-Powell Day

Today, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet is proud to recognise Baden-Powell Day (celebrated annually on 22 February) with a special civvies day in support of the Graaff-Reinet Scouts.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ-๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ.

We are especially proud of our Union Scouts (๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ 20 ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ), some of whom are pictured here in their uniforms today, who represent these ideals with commitment and pride.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ and celebrating the spirit of Scouting.

Primary Music Students Excel in Music Examination

We are very proud of the excellent results our primary department music students achieved in their piano examinations at the end of last year.

๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข-๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ Shana Theron (Grade 7, 2026), who completed two grades in a single year – passing Grade 3 with Distinction in Term 1 and achieving 96% Distinction in her RSL Grade 4 exam. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ผ Kate Scott (Grade 7, 2026) for 90% Distinction in Grade 2, Nieke van Jaarsveld (Grade 8, 2026) for 91% Distinction in Grade 1 and Mia Labuscagne (Grade 7, 2026) for 83% Merit in Grade 1.

Scouts Sharpen Their Campcraft Skills

Recently, unfazed by the blazing Karoo sun, seven Scouts from the ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ-๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฝ and two adult leaders gathered bright and early at the Chookie Geard Scout Hall – hats on, water bottles filled, spirits high and ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ.

With a troop full of new, eager faces, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€. From knot work and pioneering to building a mock campsite that looked straight out of a survival guide, the Scouts threw themselves into every task. Each activity became a lesson – not just about Scouting, but about teamwork, problem-solving and leadership.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.

Of course, not everything went perfectly – a few wobbly lashings here, a tent that didnโ€™t quite stand there – but thatโ€™s what Scouting is all about. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป, ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ.

After a morning of hard work, everyone gathered for a well-earned braai – boerie sizzling, laughter flowing and a true sense of camaraderie in the air. ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ – ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ!

Senior Music Evening

On Monday evening, 13 October, Union High School hosted its much-anticipated ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—– ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š, this year themed โ€˜๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ปโ€™.

The event showcased the schoolโ€™s incredible senior musical talent – ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜–๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ตรฉ ๐˜–๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ.

Beautiful dรฉcor by Mrs Abigail Gedult set the perfect stage for a night filled with harmony and heart, while music teacher Ms Zelda Oosthuizenโ€™s dedication and passion shone through every polished performance.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ – a fitting finale to a night that celebrated artistry, hard work and Unionโ€™s rich musical spirit.