๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ
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 ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ก๐ to the Camdeboo Environmental Centre, setting a positive tone for the year ahead.
Perfect weather greeted the Grade 8 learners as they ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ธ๐บ ๐ต๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, accompanied by knowledgeable guides from the Camdeboo National Park, Union staff members and supportive school prefects.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 8๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ; ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ.
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 parkโs educational team, designed to enrich their understanding of the environment while encouraging teamwork. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐, ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
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.
