๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น
Congratulations to senior music students, ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฑ (Grade 8 ), ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ (Grade 9) and Melissa Naudรฉ (Grade 8) who successfully passed their recent Rockschool Practical Examinations with assurance!
Sasha played a Classical Rockschool Grade 4 Examination and achieved 80% (Merit). For this examination, she performed sixteen Technical Exercises (with legato feel), one Stylistic Study and three Performance Pieces presented as a continuous program.
๐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ, ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ฐ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 20๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ 21๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐บ.
Taegen played a Contemporary Rockschool Grade 3 Graded Certificate Examination and achieved 94% (Distinction). For this examination, she performed twenty Technical Exercises (with swing & straight feel), two Chord Voicing Exercises and three Performance Pieces presented as a continuous program.
๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ-๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐บ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฑ, ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ, ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ญ, ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐บ, ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฌ, ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ, ๐ซ๐ข๐ป๐ป, ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐จ๐ข๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ฎ & ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ.
๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ played the Grade 2 Performance Certificate Examination and achieved 86% (Merit).
For this examination, she performed five Performance Pieces presented as a continuous programme.
Well done Sasha, Taegen and Melissa!
For most of our Grade 12s (๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ), their journey at the Union Schools came to an end today, Friday, 2 December, having written their final matric examination!
As has become tradition, the matrics took off their school shoes upon finishing their exam and left them behind on their examination desks.
As we watched the matriculants leave the school in high spirits – either barefoot, in flip flops, or wearing only their socks – our hearts swelled.
At Union, ๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐๐ช๐ก๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ and seeing so many pairs of shoes and knowing the importance they hold for the underprivileged, make us very proud of our learners.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ!
As Unionโs maths teachers constantly encourage the fun element in maths and like to challenge learners to stretch themselves and step out of their comfort zones, the learners were, once again, encouraged to participate in this yearโs ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ก๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ (๐๐ผ๐๐), an annual Olympiad organised by the South African Mathematics Foundation (SAMF).
The first round of the Olympiad โ in which Union had fifty Grade 8 to 12 learners sitting for the paper – was held in March this year.
๐๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐ค๐ช๐ฃ๐, receiving certificates for their participation: Shiraz Pedersen, Samantha Charles, Trystan Hulleman, Erin Gedult, Tara Ferreira, Sarah Wilmot, Cadee Arends, Matthew McNaughton and Siphosethu Malotana.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to 2022 Grade 12 learner ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ผ๐ป (pictured here) on earning a spot among the Top 85 participants in the Eastern Cape
๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ
During the recent AGM of the Graaff-Reinet Scout Troop, outgoing Scoutmaster Mr Bruce Maree was recognized for all of his years of volunteer service to the local Scouting movement.
๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ 15 ๐๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ถ๐ข๐ณ๐บ 1967, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐ฃ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ 55 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ 2022.
In the first 50 years of the Troop’s history (1910 to 1966) there had been 13 Scoutmasters. Since 1967, the 14th Scoutmaster has remained at the forefront of Graaff-Reinet Scouting, the 4th oldest Scout Troop in South Africa.
๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ข, ๐๐๐จ ๐ข๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ฎ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ค๐ค๐ฅ, ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ง๐๐๐’๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ผ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ and the Troop has a proud record of 74 such Springbok Awards. In recent times Brian Kingwill, Brian and Stuart Welman, John Marais, James Moore, Rodney Naude, Kevin and Carl Watermeyer, Joe Kroon, Kayne Kingwill, Kobus Olivier , Leonard Kingwill, Kevin Prinsloo, Johan Vorster and Cameron Muir (to name a few), have achieved this prestigious accolade.
At present, Union has 17 Scouts from Grade 5 through to Grade 12 invested in the programme.
We thank Mr Maree for his dedication to Unionโs Scout movement and for guiding the hundreds of boys attending Scouts from the corridors of Union High School.
โข ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต, ๐๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ 15๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฑ.