Gr 7 Market Day

Unionโ€™s Grade 7 learners put in a lot of extra effort to make their ๐— ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ, which took place this morning, Tuesday, 22 August, a huge success.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 7๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

Market Day involved creating an โ€˜open marketโ€™ atmosphere, where the entire school had an opportunity to purchase goods on sale from our budding Grade 7 entrepreneurs.

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™Ÿ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ซ๐™š๐™จ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฎ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ข ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ, ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™—๐™ช๐™™๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ก๐™˜๐™ช๐™ก๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™›๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ.

Items on sale included food and drinks, crafts, toys and novelty items, along with some fun activities such as spin-the-wheel, a balloon popping station and a photobooth.

Marco Wasserman Tennis Tournament

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s senior tennis players, ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น, ๐—”๐—ป๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ-๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—–๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด, ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ, ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ, ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ต-๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด, ๐— ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป and ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ฑรฉ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†, took part in the annual Marco Wasserman tennis tournament, contested in Middelburg this past weekend.

Over the course of the two days, the players competed in a Round Robin doubles and mixed doubles format in the competitionโ€™s B-League, securing the following results:

โ€ข vs Cradock B: 48-16
โ€ข vs Kingswood B: 45-19
โ€ข vs Hoรซr Volkskool B: 39-25
โ€ข vs Middelburg B: 50-14

Despite facing tough competition, the Union learners performed exceptionally well, displaying their skills and ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ง๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ. They left the tournament having gained valuable insights from the experience.

As the Union High School senior tennis programme enters a rebuilding phase with nine of its top 12 players matriculating this year, the new members of the team certainly demonstrated their potential during this tournament.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด’ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ.

Spar Cradock Primary Tennis Tournament

This past week saw twelve talented Union High School, Graaff-Reinet junior tennis players showcasing their abilities over three days of intense competition at the 2023 Spar Cradock Primary Tennis Tournament held in Cradock.

๐˜ฝ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ก๐™จ’ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฎ๐™จ’ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข๐™จ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก ๐™–๐™™๐™ข๐™ž๐™ง๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™ฎ, ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก๐™ช๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ.

The boys – consisting of ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป-๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต, ๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ, ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ, ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป and ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜‡ – delivered a commendable performance against formidable opponents (the likes of Tjokkies, Paarl Boys and Merrifield College among other), ending 8th overall out of 12 participating teams.

Well done Nadine!

The girlsโ€™ team – consisting of ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ, ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—”๐—น๐˜†๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ, ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ – demonstrated their mettle by defeating Clarendon Primary, Victoria Park Primary and Cradock Primary. Despite their best efforts, the girls narrowly missed out on victories against Fichardt Park and De Aar, securing a commendable fourth-place finish out of the nine participating schools.

We are proud to announce that Nadine Murray was presented with the tournamentโ€™s ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ๐— ๐—”๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฃ ๐—”๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐——. Well done, Nadine!

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ 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˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜™๐˜ข๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด.

Refurbishment Of AstroTurf

We are excited to inform the Union Schoolsโ€™ community that ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™ช๐™ง๐™—๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™—๐™š๐™ก๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™™ ๐˜ผ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™๐™ช๐™ง๐™› ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™ค๐™›๐™›๐™ž๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™™!

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ-๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต.

This photo captures the old turf being carefully lifted and taken away. It’s a bittersweet moment, as we say goodbye to years of hockey memories, but it also symbolizes the fresh opportunities and exciting future ahead.

Camdeboo Eisteddfod 23 – 25 August

We are incredibly excited to be hosting our inaugural ๐—–๐—”๐— ๐——๐—˜๐—•๐—ข๐—ข ๐—˜๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐——๐——๐—™๐—ข๐—— this week – from Wednesday, 23 August to Friday, 25 August.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด.

We invite you to join us and witness remarkable performances from the participating schools and individuals. Daily ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—ฆ will be conveniently available at the door for just R40 per day, allowing you to experience the magic of the Eisteddfod on any given day.

For those who don’t want to miss a single moment, a three-day pass is available at only R100.

๐˜Ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ!

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป’๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

Visit our webpages for more information: https://www.unionschools.co.za/camdeboo-eisteddfod/

Winter Awards – Full Colours

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

We take great pride in having been able to present ๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ to these learners and congratulate them on this wonderful achievement!

๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ were presented to Leah Marais (hockey), Brigettรฉ Oelofsen (hockey) and Hlakanipha Skepe (rugby).

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Brent Hesselink, Anna Pringle, Tara Ferreira (Re-award) and Caytah-Leigh Koeberg (Re-award) on being awarded ๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ for tennis.

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Cadee Arends, Sasha Cochrane, Johan du Plessis, Vivian McEwan, Arno Nell, Sobuhle Nyambali and Shona Zana on achieving ๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—–๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ for participation in cultural activities!

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ. ๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ.

CHESS

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ who received Full Colours for Chess

Endurance Riding – Well done Tristan

We take great pride in being able to congratulate Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ on having been awarded his Full Eastern Cape Colours in Endurance Riding.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ.

New Prefect Body for 2023/2024

During the Winter Awards assembly on Friday morning, 18 August, the newly elected prefects were each presented with a prefect tie and badge.

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s new prefect body of 2023/24: Joshua Basson, Tyra Binney, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg, Ethan Linch, Nangawethu Macanda, Naโ€™eem Mahomed, Bontle Mashiane, Sadรฉ May, Joy Merifield, Joshua Neill, Sobuhle Nyambali, Lolitha Saki, Camran Swartz, Uyanda Tele and Sarah Wilmot!

๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ’๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ.

We would also like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the outgoing prefects. Your immense contributions, unwavering commitment and remarkable leadership have left an indelible mark on Union High School. You have been instrumental in guiding and inspiring your peers, and ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™ง๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™š.

As we embark on this new chapter, let us remember the words of John C. Maxwell, “๐˜ˆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ.”

May this quote serve as a constant reminder for our new prefect body to lead with integrity, empathy and vision. Together, let’s create a legacy that inspires and empowers others!