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Parenting a Digital Native

Are you 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 in a world you didn’t grow up in?

Perhaps your son plays Fortnite or watches YouTube clips?

Perhaps your daughter adores TikTok or Instagram?

As parents, we need to use technology to our advantage, and take back control of our children’s digital spaces.

𝗜𝗳 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝘂𝘁, and you are battling to manage your child’s screen time, you have to attend this event!

➼ 𝗢𝗻 𝗧𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝟱 𝗠𝗮𝘆, 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟳:𝟯𝟬, 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀’ 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗘𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗳𝘁, 𝗮 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 & 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗾𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗵𝗮-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀.

In an endeavour to improve the entire digital landscape of the Union and Graaff-Reinet community for our kids, the event will be 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗮𝗳𝗳-𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴.

Topics that will be covered with parents include:

• A parent’s role: Monitoring & Mentoring

• Harmful content

• Pornography & addiction

• Online predators

• Filtering software

• Safe Gaming

• Social Media

• Sexting & Cyberbullying

• Setting boundaries & digital citizenship

• Being a digital role model

The evening forms part of a 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 that will be held at Union from 3 to 6 May, where learners will be engaged in a 4-day long interactive, fun, learning experience, during which they will be coached in managing screen time, digital life skills, cyber safety and everything else a netizen needs to know to make smart choices in cyberspace.

𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴!

➼ 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝘁: bit.ly/screensmartsparentsevening

(𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀: 𝗥𝟱𝟬.)

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗠𝘀 𝗘𝗹𝘀𝗲𝗯𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹’𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗼𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁.

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Win a Trolley Dash!

Union High School is once again hosting a 𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗬 𝗗𝗔𝗦𝗛 fundraiser in partnership with Pick n Pay Graaff- Reinet!

A raffle sheet was handed out to each learner in the Primary and Senior Departments today. We kindly request that all learners try and sell as many tickets as possible at 𝗥𝟮𝟬 𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 in support of this project!

𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗯𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲.

The draw will be held at the end of the 2nd term and the ‘dashes’ soon thereafter.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘋𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘴𝘩 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴!

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Choir Performance

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s choristers had the honour of 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 Craig and Lisa-Anne Schafer at the beautiful Drostdy Hotel this afternoon, Saturday, 23 April.

𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯.

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Meet The Media Team

We are very excited to introduce Union High School’s new 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠.

The 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 is an extra-curricular opportunity for learners interested in technology and digital storytelling.

In addition to bringing their voices and perspectives to Union’s growing online presence and brand across digital platforms, they also serve as 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡’𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙙, assisting the various departments within the school with their technological needs.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳:

𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

Daniel Marais

Alexander Neill

𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴

Josh Arends

Alastair Imrie

Bukhobenkosi Nomatye

Samantha Charles

𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆

Sarah Jacobs

Amy Waddelow

𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀

Johannes du Plessis

Erin Gedult

Leshay Fourie

Keisha Mentoor

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀/𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀

Aashiq Hartley

JJ Liebenberg

Sport Results

Rugby Results vs Cradock

RUGBY RESULTS: Union High School’s 1^st XV vs Cradock – 23 April

This past weekend, Saturday, 23 April, Union High School’s 1^st XV travelled to Cradock to play against Cradock High School.

In rainy, wet and cold weather conditions, the Union team had to change the way they play their game.

Cradock crossed the white wash after early dominance in the match to take a 7-0 lead.

The Union boys settled and started putting phases together that put Cradock under pressure.

Sisipho Arnols slotted two penalty kicks to narrow the deficit to one point, resulting in Union trailing 7-6 at half-time.

Union started the second half well, dominating most facets of the game, particularly the scrums where Bubele Thibini and Mihan Campbell scrummed exceptionally well, but were unfortunately not rewarded.

Union then had four clean breaks, but could not capitalise. It was certainly a match of missed opportunities for Union.

Cradock scored their second try with about ten minutes to go.

The Union boys kept on fighting until the final whistle, trying to score a winning try, unfortunately, they were unsuccessful and lost the match 12-6.

Well done to Cradock on winning the match.

Other results:

u/14A won 26 – 0;

u/15A won 38 – 3;

u/16A lost 10 -15 and;

2^nd Team lost 5 – 15.

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Junior Rugby & Hockey Festival

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet is proud to announce that it will be hosting its 𝟮𝟭𝘀𝘁 annual Anne Beagley 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗥𝗨𝗚𝗕𝗬 & 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 𝗙𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 at the end of this term, from 24 to 27 June.

The festival, which is sponsored by Caltex Eastern Cape and Botha’s Garage, will see u/13A hockey and rugby teams participating in a jam-packed weekend of rugby and hockey action in the Gem of the Karoo, Graaff-Reinet.

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿’𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗲.

Schools participating in the 𝗥𝗨𝗚𝗕𝗬, include – among other -Union High School, Laer Volkskool, Clarendon Primary, Lilyfontein Primary, Westering Primary, Cambridge Primary, Muir College, Lorraine Primary, Graeme College, George Randall Primary School, Kroonvale Primary, Queens 1 and 2, Stirling Primary School, the Grey Primary School Bulldogs and Gonubie Primary.

The following 𝗛𝗢𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗬 teams – among other – will take to the AstroTurf during the festival: Union High School, Laer Volkskool, Stirling Primary, Westering Primary, Cambridge Primary, Clarendon Primary, Riebeek College, Gonubie Primary, Stirling Primary, Lorraine Primary and Sunridge Primary School.

𝘈𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭, 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘈𝘥𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘔𝘳 𝘙𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘙𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘳@𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴.𝘤𝘰.𝘻𝘢.

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Summer Awards 2022

This past summer, we were thrilled to be able to get back out on the field and dive back into the pool.

Our special 𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗦 𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗟𝗬 that was held this morning, Friday, 8 April, was, therefore, the perfect opportunity to revel in our learners’ achievements in the various summer sporting codes.

On top of that, we were also able to award Full Colour awards for Music and Culture and Service Awards to our Library Monitors and SANBS Peer Promoters.

𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴.

Congratulations to the following learners who were awarded 𝗙𝗨𝗟𝗟 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗦 during Union High School’s recent Summer Awards Assembly

• Jamie Jaftha (Full Colours for Culture and Music), • Barbara McNaughton (Full Colours for Music), • Caytah-Leigh Koeberg (Full Colours for Tennis).

View more photos on our Facebook page

SUMMER AWARDS ASSEMBLY 2022

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Food For Thought

𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺.

On Thursday, 14 April, Union High School’s Interact Club relaunched their annual ‘𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴’ project.

This ongoing project will see the learners of the respective grades at Union compete to see who can make the most sandwiches in aid of this initiative.

In Thursday’s register class period, 𝟯𝟭𝟯 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲 by a group of eager Grade 8 learners who supported this project by donating the required items, making the sandwiches and wrapping them up to go.

Union High School extends its 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗦 to the Grade 8s and their register class teachers for assisting them in this endeavour.

𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳!

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New Head Of Junior Sport

The Union Schools have a new 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧.

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet has appointed Mr Richard Rautenbach as the new Head of Junior Sport (Grade 1 to 7), as of Monday, 25 April.

“𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘧𝘧. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵,” he said.

Mr Rautenbach said his primary objective is to establish an enabling environment and forge new relationships with learners, their parents, educators and coaching staff. “𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵,” he explained.

According to Union Preparatory School principal, Ms Belinda Botha, 𝗥𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗮𝗰𝗾𝘂𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹.

“𝘔𝘳 𝘙𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳. 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘔𝘳 𝘙𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘮, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩,” she said.

Mr William Pringle, Headmaster at Union High School, said, “𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘙𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩.”

• Mr Rautenbach comes to Union from Grey High School in Gqeberha where he served as a sports administrator. In addition to having studied Sports Management and Development, Mr Rautenbach also has years of coaching experience in various sporting codes to recommend him.

𝗪𝗲 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗶𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗮𝗳𝗳-𝗥𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁!

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