Primary Department Top 10 Academic Achievers of Term 4, 2023

On behalf of all the educators and staff at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, we would like to congratulate the ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ academic achievers of Term 4, 2023 in Union’s primary department. (High School to follow.)

โ€œ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต.โ€ โ€“ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿณ:

1. Isabella Hulleman

2. Antonia Adams

3. Gerda Clarke

4. John-Henry King, Quinn Naudรฉ and Owen Paxton

7. Zunaida Deysel, Thomas Taylor, Cayla Newton, Alyssa Trollip and Cate Cochrane

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฒ:

1. Clea Clark

2. Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout

3. Adriaan van Jaarsveld

4. Rachel Wenham

5. Aidan Ferreira

6. Isabelle Tadesse

7. Samantha Gilfillan

8. Kira Hector, Miley Burger and Logan Marais

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ:

1. Noรซl Shakane

2. Nieke van Jaarsveld, Kari Stern and Amelia King

5. Ryan Collett

6. Adam Clark and Ryonn Naudรฉ

8. Mason Knoesen

9. Joshua Kingwill and Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza

Thank You Standard Bank!

We are thrilled to welcome Standard Bank as the official sponsor of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s annual Senior Cricket Festival

๐™’๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™—๐™ค๐™–๐™ง๐™™!

This is a fantastic opportunity for us to not only continue to develop cricket as a sport in Graaff-Reinet, but to also take this much-loved annual festival to the next level. ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ, ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด.

Joining us for 2024’s edition of the festival – being held from 10 to 13 January – are some incredible schools who will be bringing their A-game to the field. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: Stirling High School, East London, Edgemead High School, Westering High School, Hoรซrskool DF Malherbe, Hoรซr Tegniese skool Daniel Pienaar Technical High School, Lilyfontein School, Hoรซrskool Nico Malan, Victoria Park High School, Rand Park High School, Fairmont High School and Cradock High School.

We Shall Give Back…

Keeping with tradition, our matrics left their school shoes after they finished their last exam this past Friday afternoon to be donated to the less fortunate.

๐™‚๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ช๐™จ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™™, ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› 2023!

Scouts at UHS – AGM

The annual AGM of the ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—”๐—™๐—™-๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ฃ was held on 23 November, marking a bittersweet occasion.

The previous AGM had been a special tribute to Bruce Maree, who had dedicated numerous years to leading the troop with wisdom and grace.

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

During the AGM, awards were presented to deserving scouts, emphasizing their achievements throughout 2023.

Troop scouter Johan Vorster and Kyle Liebenberg had the honour of handing out the awards. ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ:

Aidan Ferreira’s unwavering commitment and dedication earned him the ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ, a testament to his reliability and enthusiasm

Quinn Naudรฉ was acknowledged with the ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ, highlighting his selflessness and willingness to assist others.

The ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ was jointly received by Jordan Maritz and Adriaan van Jaarsveld, recognizing their remarkable progress and development within the troop.

The ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น, under the leadership of Josh Neill, emerged as the Best Overall Patrol, exemplifying cohesion, teamwork and excellence in all endeavors.

The ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ was bestowed upon the Eagle Patrol, led by Daniel Marais, who embodied an infectious and uplifting spirit within the troop.

Scouts offers Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s young men a remarkable platform to learn valuable skills, cultivate respect and simply enjoy the adventure of boyhood.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

Endurance Riding – Well done Tristan

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ recently participated in the Waterlea Endurance Ride.

Mounted on his horse, Mahdeeva, who had completed all her novice stages, Tristan took on the challenge of his first competitive 80km ride.

๐™’๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™, ๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™ฅ๐™–๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ, ๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™จ.

He claimed the coveted 1st place in the young riders category and an impressive 2nd place overall. Completing the endurance ride in a commendable time of 4 hours, 15 minutes, and 21 seconds, Tristan demonstrated his dedication and passion for the sport.

Tristan’s was also presented with the Photographers Choice Award. This award recognises his incredible progression and unwavering commitment over the past year. Tristan’s positive attitude and unwavering spirit have truly set him apart.

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ-๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต!

Farewell Mrs Grewar!

As the school year comes to a close,ย Union High School, Graaff-Reinetย bids a fond farewell to Mrs Belinda Grewar, who will be retiring.

๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™š ๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™œ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ˆ๐™ง๐™จ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™š๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง, ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™œ๐™ช๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ฎ-๐™›๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ.

Before joining our school’s staff in 1995, Mrs Grewar embarked on an impressive journey in education. After graduating from Stellenbosch and UCT, she taught at various institutions, including Knysna High School, Capricorn High, Pinedene Primary and Vaal High School in Gauteng.

Later, at Jansenville High School, she held the position of Head of the Languages Department and established a resources center for schools in the area. This period was filled with personal growth for Mrs Grewar, despite facing challenging circumstances.

๐˜œ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜๐˜–๐˜‹ ๐˜”๐˜ณ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ’๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

Her learners were lucky recipients of her innovative and engaging lessons. Many past learners fondly recall how Mrs Grewar nurtured their critical thinking and enhanced their creative writing skills, lessons that have served them well in their current careers.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ˆ๐™ง๐™จ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™š๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง’๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™๐™ž๐™œ๐™ ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก, where she made a significant impact as the Subject Head of English. Not only did her learners benefit greatly from her expertise, but many new staff members were fortunate to receive her mentorship and guidance as they embarked on their own teaching careers.

As a National Senior Certificate examination marker for eleven years and Deputy Chief Marker of English for the past three years, Mrs Grewar’s immense knowledge, experience, and expertise proved invaluable to both learners and staff at our school.

๐˜”๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ’๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜š๐˜Š๐˜ˆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

While we will deeply miss Mrs Grewar’s numerous tangible contributions, her delightful dry sense of humor and infectious spirit of fun will leave a significant void within our school community.

She will always be remembered for her cheerful personality. However, it is her deep Christian faith, which has been a source of inspiration and comfort for so many throughout the years, that will leave the greatest void.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€.

May they find abundant joy, peace and well-deserved rest. May God bless them abundantly for their unwavering dedication and countless contributions.

Well done Owen!

At Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s final assembly for 2023 on the last day of school, young Grade 7 cricketer ๐—ข๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜…๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป was congratulated on taking 5 wickets for 12 runs in 5 overs in a recent encounter against Frans Conradie.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜–๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ!

Rest Well, Mrs Beagley

It is with heavy hearts that the Union community mourns the loss of our beloved friend, ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ (๐——๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐˜†) ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†.

Her passing leaves a void that will never be filled, and her impact on those who had the privilege of knowing her is something that will be cherished forever.

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ต Union High School, Graaff-Reinet. ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

Additionally, she will always be remembered as “Mrs Junior Hockey,” teaching and inspiring young girls in the art of the game. Dobby’s legacy extends even further through her establishment of the “Anne Beagley Junior Rugby & Hockey Festival” 25 years ago, an event that continues to bring joy and camaraderie to this day.

Dobby’s talents knew no bounds. She nurtured Union’s senior swimmers, guiding them towards excellence, while also fostering a love for the performing arts. Year after year, aspiring young thespians took the stage in productions directed and often written by her, showcasing their talents under her mentorship.

๐™‰๐™ค ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™™๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ช๐™ก๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ง๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐™—๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ. She will be remembered for her wisdom, her unwavering support and guidance to younger colleagues, and her infectious sense of humour and fun. The memories shared with her will forever hold a special place in the hearts of all who were fortunate enough to know her.

๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ, ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ.