UHS ‘Gear-up” In Support Of The Boks

Union High School united in a show of support for the Springboks today, by proudly donning their green and gold supporter gear to school.

Our dedicated teachers – always leading by example – also sported their Springboks gear with pride today.

๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ #๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ2023 ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ. The #proudlyunion family is behind you all the way!

Pearson Cricket Festival – Update

The ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ kicked off with a thrilling day of cricket, showcasing Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 1st XI team in two intense matches.

In the early morning T20 clash, Union’s 1st XI faced Westering in a highly anticipated game. Union began their innings, hoping to set a challenging target for their opponents.

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง 87 ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด.

Undeterred, Westering confidently took to the pitch, determined to chase down the target.

Through skilful batting, they reached the required runs, losing only four wickets and securing a victory by six wickets.

Next up, Union took on Muir College in the second game of the day. Union won the toss and elected to bat first. The batsmen played with determination, accumulating runs steadily. ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ข๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ฏ ๐™ข๐™–๐™™๐™š ๐™– ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข’๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™› 50.

Union finished their innings with a respectable total of 126 runs.

Muir College faced a daunting task as they came in to bat. However, Union’s bowlers proved to be a formidable force, putting immense pressure on the Muir batsmen.

Shaakir Kazi (๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ) displayed exceptional bowling skills, taking four wickets for just 16 runs. Uyanda Tele also contributed significantly, claiming three wickets for 24 runs. Muir College struggled to find their footing and could only manage a total of 64 runs.

Union emerged victorious, winning the match by a commanding 62 runs. ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ข’๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™™ ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š, ๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™๐™–๐™–๐™ ๐™ž๐™ง ๐™†๐™–๐™ฏ๐™ž ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ฎ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™– ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™š, ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™š๐™™ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ช๐™˜๐™ž๐™–๐™ก ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ก๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ช๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™, ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™›๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ก๐™ž๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™–๐™ฎ.

Day 2 of the Pearson Cricket Festival will see Union take the field against Stirling in a ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ-๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต. As the festival continues, we eagerly anticipate more commendable performances from our players on the cricket ground.

STEM Camp 2023

We are delighted to share the exciting success of Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s revived Nieu Bethesda STEM camp, hosted this past weekend, Friday to Sunday, 1 to 3 September.

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง, ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™๐™–๐™™ 18 ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™๐™ฎ๐™จ๐™ž๐™˜๐™จ ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™š๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™ง๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฉ๐™—๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™– ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™จ๐™˜๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š, ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™˜๐™๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฎ, ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™š๐™š๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™จ (๐™Ž๐™๐™€๐™ˆ) ๐™›๐™ช๐™ฃ.

Under the guidance of dedicated educators, Mr. Elrich Jantjies and Mrs. Cathy Pringle, the learners embarked on their adventure in Nieu-Bethesda on Friday, where they received a warm welcome from their gracious hosts for the weekend, Ian and Katrin Alleman.

๐˜›๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜”๐˜ณ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ.

Saturday was a day filled with both challenges and expert guidance, led by the experienced engineering maestros, Gustav Weich and Chris Schmidt. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ? ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ. Divided into teams of three, the learners delved into the fascinating world of bridge design, expanding their knowledge and even learning about famous local bridges along the way.

Sunday morning brought the ultimate test for the bridges created. It was an exhilarating showdown, filled with anticipation.

Well done to the winners of this competition: Josh Neill, Sarah Wilmot and Emihle Wolfkop! Their bridge astonished everyone by holding an impressive 14 kilograms!

This camp went far beyond the excitement of building bridges; it provided an opportunity for the learners to explore, learn and bond together. In addition to gaining valuable knowledge, they formed new friendships that will undoubtedly continue to flourish.

๐˜Œ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜›๐˜Œ๐˜” ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ.

In conclusion, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜‚ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—  ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€, illustrating that learning can be both enjoyable and enlightening. Here’s to a future filled with many more thrilling STEM escapades!

Pearson Cricket Festival

Hoรซrskool Pearson High School in Gqeberha is hosting its 15th annual ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง ๐—™๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—Ÿ as of today, Thursday, 7 September.

The 2023 edition will once again see 25 of the top cricket-playing schools in the province in action, including Union High School, Graaff-Reinet.

Union is already on the field in a ๐—ง๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต against Westering which kicked off at 09:00 this morning. This encounter will be followed by another T20 against Muir this afternoon.

Tomorrow will see the boys facing Stirling in a ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ-๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต, while Saturday will have them take to the pitch against DF Malherbe in a ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ-๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ-๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ – ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ – ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด.

๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป!

Arthur Kingwill House Dinner

Arthur Kingwill House’s annual ๐—›๐—ข๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—˜๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฅ was a truly lovely affair.

The young men and ladies of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet went above and beyond to ensure that they looked their absolute best, and it was clear that they put a lot of effort into their appearances.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ‘๐˜”๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต’. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ.

Guests were treated to a delicious dinner that was prepared with great care and attention to detail. It was evident that the effort put into the culinary experience was greatly appreciated by all who attended.

However, it was not just the food that made the evening so special. It was the genuine warmth and camaraderie that filled the room. Conversations flowed effortlessly and laughter echoed through the air.

The speeches delivered by Mr Donald Kingwill, Shona Zana and Brent Hesselink evoked feelings of nostalgia, especially among the matrics, as it was a reminder that their time at Arthur Kingwill House was coming to an end.

๐˜–๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ 2023 ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜’๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

๐—”๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐——๐—ฆ

Special recognition was given to individuals who excelled in various areas. The hostelโ€™s ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜‡ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ included Kirsten Collett (3rd juniors), Richard Murray (2nd juniors), Luca Kinghorn (1st Juniors), David Kinghorn (3rd seniors), Jude Langmead (2nd seniors) and Yayama Dali (1st seniors). These individuals demonstrated their knowledge and skills, earning them well-deserved accolades.

Richard Murray and Misha Newton were recognized as the ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป, while Jude Langmead and Ngomusa Zweni received the honours for ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€๐˜„๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป. Their dedication and achievements in the realm of sports were duly acknowledged.

The top ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ of Arthur Kingwill House were also celebrated. Samantha Charles, Richard Murray, Milani Pongoma, Matthew Oosthuizen, Joy Merifield, and Brent Hesselink were all commended for their excellent academic performance, highlighting their hard work and commitment to their studies.

The hostelโ€™s ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐˜€ were awarded to Brent Hesselink, Shona Zana, Ndalo Qwalela, Ngomusa Zweni, Joshua Horne, Gemma Naude, Jude Langmead, Kaitlin Kenmuir and Siphosihle Thibane. These individuals demonstrated exceptional dedication and contributions to the Arthur Kingwill House community, and their efforts were duly recognized.

Sarah Wilmot and Sobuhle Nyambali were awarded the prestigious ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† for their deserving qualities. This scholarship acknowledges their character and conduct, as well as their spiritedness and leadership within the boarding community.

Shona Zana and Ngomusa Zweni were honoured with the ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†, which recognizes their exceptional contributions to boarding life at Arthur Kingwill House. Their character, conduct, spiritedness, and quality of leadership set them apart and made them deserving recipients of this special award.

Lastly, the Arthur Kingwill House ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ was presented to Brent Hesselink and Ndalo Qwalela. This award symbolizes their unwavering loyalty and commitment to the principles and values upheld by Arthur Kingwill House.

Well Done, Caitrin

We extend our ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Head Girl ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ on being chosen to compete in the national finals of The South African Literacy Associationโ€™s speech competition on 21 October in Mpumalanga.

Caitrin’s exceptional performance in the semi-finals, held in George on 18 August, earned her an outstanding rating of A++ for her captivating speech on the topic of “Time is Relative.”

The adjudicators were greatly impressed by her abilities and praised her across all aspects of her speech delivery.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ 6 ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต.

This photo of Caitrin was taken during the recent semi-finals held in George.

Talent Shines At Inaugural Eisteddfod

The inaugural Camdeboo Eisteddfod came alive with talent and creativity when it recently graced the stage in Graaff-Reinet.

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด – ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, 23 ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, 25 ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต – ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข, ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด.

The event was not only a platform for learners to exhibit their talents, but also an opportunity to foster a supportive environment where learners could be recognised and celebrated for their performance abilities.

Mrs Bronwen Langmead, the Head of Culture at Union High School, expressed her delight at the positive feedback received from all those who attended this event. “๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ. ๐˜๐˜ต’๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ด,” she said.

The performances were evaluated by esteemed adjudicators who ensured that excellence was celebrated and rewarded. The diverse showcase of talents helped demonstrate the depth of artistic abilities in the community, leaving the audiences in awe of the remarkable performances.

Mrs Langmead further added, “๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ’๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ!”

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet would like to express its heartfelt appreciation to all those who supported and participated in making this event a resounding success.

๐—œ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†.

The success of the inaugural Camdeboo Eisteddfod has undoubtedly set the stage for future events, inspiring even greater participation and showcasing the talents of more individuals.

The organising committee is grateful for the incredible support received and express their heartfelt thanks to everyone involved. A ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—–๐—œ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—— ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž๐—ฆ is also extended to Tyremart Graaff-Reinet, Paul and Liezl Merifield, Joy Merifield and Johan Minnaar for their contribution to the event.

As the echoes of applause fade away, the memories of this extraordinary event will continue to resonate, reminding us all of the power of the arts to captivate hearts and souls.

U13A Cricket vs Sonop Laerskool

The Union High School, Graaff-Reinet ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง team enjoyed a great start to their season on Friday, 1 September, by securing a convincing T20 victory against Sonop Laerskool.

Losing the toss, Union was put in to bat and managed to score 130 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™Š๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™‹๐™–๐™ญ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ง๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š 67 ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™›๐™› 60 ๐™—๐™–๐™ก๐™ก๐™จ. Paxton’s outstanding partnership with Joubert Vorster, which contributed 86 runs for the 5th wicket, was a key factor in Union’s success.

In the bowling department, Union displayed exceptional skills and managed to bowl out Sonop for just 69 runs, securing a 61-run victory. ๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ, ๐—ข๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜…๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐Ÿฎ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต.

On Saturday, 2 September, Union faced Sonop once again in a 40-over match. Sonop stepped in to bat first, with Union’s bowlers restricting them to a mere 103 runs all out, thanks to a stellar bowling performance led by Owen Paxton with 4 wickets and the contribution of 2 wickets by Aidan Ferreira.

๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ in the 24th over, with Brett Kenmuir scoring 20 runs, Owen Paxton 21 runs, and Joubert Vorster, 25 runs.

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ!

Learners participate in SASMT Annual Music Competion

Congratulations to ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜‚ (Grade 8 ), ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฑ (Grade 9), ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ (Grade 10), and ๐—๐—ผ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ (Grade 11) on their successful participation in the 2023 SASMT Annual Music Competition.

On Friday, 18 August, Liso, Taegen and Erin participated in the High School Music Grade 5 to 7 categories. Liso performed “Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor, WoO 59” (also known as “Fรผr Elise”) by L. van Beethoven. Taegen played “Andante” from “Pieces de clavecin, Op. 1” by J.H. Fiocco, and Erin showcased her talent with “Allegro” from “Sonatina in C major, Op. 20” by F. Kuhlau. ๐˜‹๐˜ณ ๐˜Œ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด.

Joy, on the other hand, participated on Saturday, 19 August, in the High School Music Grade 8 and up category, where she performed “Liebenstraum Nocture No. 3 in Ab major” by F. Liszt. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ณ ๐˜’๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜บ๐˜ด.

This musical weekend has enriched the experience and deepened the understanding of music for all four students. According to music educator Ms Zelda Oosthuizen, ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™จ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ๐™š๐™™ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™‡๐™ž๐™จ๐™ค, ๐™๐™–๐™š๐™œ๐™š๐™ฃ, ๐™€๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™…๐™ค๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™š๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™.

Cultivating A Legacy Of Environmental Stewardship

โ€œ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ-๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ง ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.โ€ โ€“ ๐—ข๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€

Early this morning, Friday, 1 September, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet congregated on the sportsfields to partake in a special assembly marking Arbor Day.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.

This year’s event centred around the ceremonial planting of a Camdeboo Stinkwood tree, chosen for its significance and contribution to the local ecosystem.

The assembly began with a captivating devotion led by the passionate members of the schoolโ€™s Eco Club, who highlighted the intrinsic value of trees and their profound impact on the environment. The school body attentively listened as the Eco Club recited inspiring passages, urging everyone to take care of the natural world.

๐™๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™ซ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ง๐™ข๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™จ, ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™™๐™™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก’๐™จ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฅ๐™š โ€“ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™–๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐˜พ๐™–๐™ข๐™™๐™š๐™—๐™ค๐™ค ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ค๐™™ ๐™จ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ.

(The annual Arbor Day celebrations at Union High School not only serves to beautify the campus but also enriched the school’s environmental legacy. The newly planted Camdeboo Stinkwood serves as a symbol of growth, resilience and the schoolโ€™s unwavering commitment to sustainability.)