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Staff Awards

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲
On the last day of Term 1, Friday, 23 April, Union High School held its long-term service awards ceremony in the Tony Burrell Union.
The awards ceremony is held at the end of each term to acknowledge and commend teachers and support staff who have been serving the school for a long period of time.

The most recent long-term service milestones were achieved by:

Mr Arnold du Plessis – 10 years of service as a groundsman at Union High School.
Mrs Lou-Anne Gerber – 15 years of service as a teacher at Union High School.
Ms Sharon Shell -15 years of service at Union High School.
Mrs Lizet Crankshaw – 20 years of service at Union High School.
Mrs Belinda Grewar – 25 years of service as a teacher at Union High School.
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Tongue Twisters For The WIN!

Union High School recently held a tongue twister competition to see which of our learners can fire off a set of fun Afrikaans, isiXhosa and English phrases filled with either a lot of alliteration or a confusing combination of words without tripping up!
➡️ Read more about this competition here: http://www.unionschools.co.za/…/tongue-twisters-for…/
The 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥𝗦 in the school’s primary department (Grade 5 to 7) are Miecke Blom (Afrikaans), Elizabeth Houseman (English) and Hlelo Skotshi (isiXhosa).
In the senior department (Grade 8 to 12) Vuyo Pietersen won the prize for the Afrikaans tongue twister, James Rose-Innes for English and Ngomusa Zweni for isiXhosa.
There were several learners who attempted all three tongue twisters, here Jarrod Naude and Vuyo Booysen received a special prize for their stellar attempts!
Congratulations to all the winners!
➡️ Visit our YouTube channel to view some videos of the competition: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpuKcTrHgpAQ_KovzKsZXPA