Day: 6 Dec 2022

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𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗲𝗹

Congratulations to senior music students, 𝗧𝗮𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗱 (Grade 8 ), 𝗦𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗲 (Grade 9) and Melissa Naudé (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.

𝘈 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘲𝘶𝘦, 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 20𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 21𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺.

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.

𝘈 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘙𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘊𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯-𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘱, 𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘬, 𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺, 𝘧𝘶𝘯𝘬, 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯, 𝘫𝘢𝘻𝘻, 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘨𝘢𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 & 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦.

𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗮 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!

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For most of our Grade 12s (𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺), 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, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 and seeing so many pairs of shoes and knowing the importance they hold for the underprivileged, make us very proud of our learners.

𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥.

𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮!

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As Union’s 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 year’s 𝙎𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝘼𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙊𝙡𝙮𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙖𝙙 (𝙎𝘼𝙈𝙊), an annual Olympiad organised by the South African Mathematics Foundation (SAMF).

The first round of the Olympiad – in which Union had fifty Grade 8 to 12 learners sitting for the paper – was held in March this year.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙, receiving certificates for their participation: Shiraz Pedersen, Samantha Charles, Trystan Hulleman, Erin Gedult, Tara Ferreira, Sarah Wilmot, Cadee Arends, Matthew McNaughton and Siphosethu Malotana.

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to 2022 Grade 12 learner 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝗠𝗰𝗡𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗼𝗻 (pictured here) on earning a spot among the Top 85 participants in the Eastern Cape