Bulletin, Cultural

Congratulations, Erin!

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to senior music student, ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ (Grade 12), who successfully passed her ABRSM Grade 7 Performance Practical Examination and achieved 72%!

๐—”๐—ป ๐—”๐—•๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—  ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. For the exam, Erin had to select and perform four pieces presented as a continuous programme.

She performed Tempo di Minuetto (3rd movement from Sonata in A) by Martinez (piece 1), Calme du soir (No. 2 from 10 petits morceaux, Op. 94) by Moszkowski (piece 2), New Kid (No. 9 from The Christopher Norton Jazz Preludes Collection) by Christopher Norton (piece 3) & Pop Bossa (No. 5 from Latin Preludes 2) by Christopher Norton (piece 4).

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Œ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ! It is evident in all the exams that you have completed in four years: Performance Grade 4 (2021), Performance Grade 5 (2022), Music Theory Grade 5 (2023), Performance Grade 6 (2023) and Performance Grade 7 (2024)!

Bulletin, Student Life

Grade 8 Orientation Outing

๐—” ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ

As a new year unfolds, fresh beginnings and exciting opportunities await the learners of Union High School.

The Grade 8s kicked off their academic journey bright and early Monday morning with an unforgettable ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š to the Camdeboo Environmental Centre, setting a positive tone for the year ahead.

Perfect weather greeted the Grade 8 learners as they ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐—ธ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, accompanied by knowledgeable guides from the Camdeboo National Park, Union staff members and supportive school prefects.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 8๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ด. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ; ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜š๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ.

Upon reaching the Environmental Education Centre, the eager Grade 8s took a moment to refuel with some snacks. This break was followed by engaging activities led by the parkโ€™s educational team, designed to enrich their understanding of the environment while encouraging teamwork. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

By the end of the day, although completely exhausted, the Grade 8s returned to campus with a renewed sense of excitement and anticipation. They were not just tired; they were prepared and eager to embrace the journey of becoming seniors at Union High School.