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Welcome to the Union Family Mr Mfenguza

We are very excited and proud to ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜ the newest member of the Union family.
Mr Samkelo Mfenguza, who has joined the staff as the new Geography teacher for Grades 10 to 12, recently relocated to Graaff-Reinet, after having taught at the Umtata Christian Private School in Mthatha for the past eight years.
Mr Mfenguza is an accomplished and passionate educator, boasting a 100% matric pass rate for his Grade 12 Geography learners for the past five years as well as a โ€˜Teacher of the Year 2020โ€™ award.
He brings with him a wealth of knowledge and an abundance of ideas to enhance the learnersโ€™ education and looks forward to getting to know the learners better and becoming part of this community.
We congratulate him on his appointment and extend our best wishes to him on this exciting new journey.
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Well Done Tara

Grade 8 learner Tara Ferreira competed in a TSA tournament held in Port Elizabeth on Saturday and Sunday, 27 and 28 March.
Tara played exceptionally well, coming out tops in the Girls’ u/14 division.
Well done, Tara!
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Boarding At UHS

Boarding is a happy and contented way of life for many of our learners.
Union High School offers co-educational boarding from Grade 5 through to Grade 12, with options for weekly, termly and casual boarding.
The Grade 5 to 7 boarders are housed in Herby Arnott House and the Grade 8 to 12 boarders in Arthur Kingwill House.
(Weekly boarding is available for Union Preparatory School’s Grade 1 to 4 learners at Max Kroon House.)
Each house has been structured in such a way that it offers its boarders a comfortable home-away-from-home where they can feel a sense of belonging, make friends and enjoy their school years fully immersed in Union’s vibrant campus life.
If you are considering the boarding experience for your children, there really is no better place for them to be than at our wonderful school.
Read more about boarding at Union on our website at http://www.unionschools.co.za/boarding-facilities/ or contact us at 049 891 0262 to find out more or to arrange a visit.
โžค ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฏ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ.
Sport Results

Cricket Results

๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ซ๐—œ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—–
On 27 March, Unionโ€™s 1st XI played against the Standard Cricket Club in a 40 over match in Cradock.
Union won the toss and elected to bat first. The team was bowled out in the 30th over for 95.
James Pienaar (34) and James Pringle (13) top-scored for Union.
Old Unionite William Copeman – playing for Standard CC โ€“ was responsible for most of the damage to Unionโ€™s batting line-up, taking 6 wickets for 18 runs in 6 overs.
When Standard CC went in to bat, they managed to pass Unionโ€™s score in the 21st over.
Jarrod Naude (1/10 in 3 overs) was Unionโ€™s top batsman on the day.
Standard CC won by 9 wickets.
๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐˜€ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ซ๐—œ
Union High School’s u/15 cricket team recently took the field against the schoolโ€™s 2nd XI.
The 2nd team went in to bat first, scoring 221 all out in the 37th over.
The top scorers were Daniel Nell (89 not out), Dylan Kriel (39), Mihlali Tyanase (25) and JJ Liebenberg (13).
The u/15’s top batsman was Makukhanye de Beer, who took 5 wickets for 29 runs in 7,5 overs.
The u/15s were bowled out for 56 in the 16th over.
The 2nd team’s top bowler was Mihlali Tyanase (5/3 in 4 overs).
The 2nd team won by 165 runs.
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Interact Club Shares The Easter Love

In the days leading up to this year’s Easter weekend, the members of Union High School’s Interact Club launched a special appeal for Easter egg donations, with the hopes of providing the little learners of the Union Preparatory School and Union Pre-School each with a chocolaty surprise before Easter.
The Interact Club’s members were completely overwhelmed by the generosity of the school’s learners and their parents, with a huge number of eggs being donated.
Not only could the Interact Club supply Easter eggs to all the learners in the pre and prep school, but they could also give eggs to the learners at the high school, deliver to Vuyani Safe Haven and dole out some to numerous local farm workers.
Union High School extends its thanks to everyone who supported this project! We also thank each and every member of the Interact Club for reaching out to the little Unionites in the pre and prep school.
โžค Congratulations to the Grade 10P class on collecting the most eggs!
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Goodbye, Mrs Botes

Today, Wednesday, 31 March, marks the end of Mrs Danelle Botes’ time here at Union.
Mrs Botes, who has been teaching Geography at the school for just over two years, has decided to put her red pen down for a while in order to be able to spend some more time with her two young children.
Since being appointed at the start of 2019, Mrs Botes has been an amazing asset to the school. She is passionate about whatever she does and her friendly disposition and encouraging attitude will be sorely missed by the learners and her fellow teachers.
The school would like to take this opportunity to thank her for all her hard work and wish her everything of the best for her future.
Seen here is Mrs Botes with some of her Grade 12 learners. To say that they will miss her dearly is an understatement!
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Nurturing Emotional Intelligence

“๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜บ.” – ๐—š๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ
On Thursday, 25 March, the educators of the Union High School, Union Preparatory School and the Union Pre-School, spent their afternoon in the company of Mr Gavin Keller, Executive Director of Keller Education, who presented an engaging, inspirational and motivational session to the staff on the nurturing of emotional intelligence in learners.
This session was part of the Union Schoolsโ€™ ongoing professional development partnership with Keller Education.
โžจ Read more about Unionโ€™s partnership with Keller Education here:
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Good Luck Mr August!

Union High School bids a sad farewell to our Head of Hockey, Mr Alvin August this week.

Mr August has been a valued member of the Union family for the past three years and will be greatly missed by the learners and staff.

We wish him and his family all the best as they make a new home for themselves in Stellenbosch.

Sport Results

UHS 1st XI vs BB Invitational

Union’s 1st team cricket boys travelled to the Asante Sana Private Game Reserve on Friday, 12 March, to take on the Brian Bands Invitational XI.
Brian Bands won the toss and elected to bat first.
The Union boys bowled with good control in windy conditions and managed to create chances very early on, but failed to capitalise by dropping a few catches.
This did not dampen the boysโ€™ spirit, however, and they kept at it, restricting Brian Bands to 147 all out in 35 overs. Unionโ€™s best bowlers were Josh Calitz (4 for 17 in 5 overs) and Laythan Carelse (2 for 8 in 3 overs).
The Union team then went in to bat, chasing down the total of 147. The top order laid a solid foundation with some valuable partnerships upfront, combatting some excellent bowling from the Brian Bands cricketers.
In the end, Union managed to successfully cross the line, winning by 4 wickets, with 5 overs to spare.
Unionโ€™s best batsmen were Sisipho Arnols (32), Rogan Odendaal (31), Joshua Horne (22), Josh Calitz (18*) and MJ Newton (14*).
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Eco Club Is Back In Action

“๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ.” – ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฎ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ต๐—ถ
Eco Club gives all our learners who are interested in the environment a chance to meet, learn, discuss and expand their knowledge of environmental issues.
During their meeting on Wednesday afternoon, 17 March,, it was all about dogs as they kicked off a three-part series of hands-on lessons about pets and how to care for them.
This series encourages children to think about respect for pets and what they bring to the lives of human beings. They will understand that by providing animals with basic needs and treating animals with kindness and respect, they are demonstrating responsible pet care, environmental stewardship and acting as responsible citizens of the community.