๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to all the Union High School learners who received awards during our special Winter Awards Assembly on Friday morning, 18 August 2023.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
We take great pride in having been able to present ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ to these learners and congratulate them on this wonderful achievement!
๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ were presented to Leah Marais (hockey), Brigettรฉ Oelofsen (hockey) and Hlakanipha Skepe (rugby).
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Brent Hesselink, Anna Pringle, Tara Ferreira (Re-award) and Caytah-Leigh Koeberg (Re-award) on being awarded ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ for tennis.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Cadee Arends, Sasha Cochrane, Johan du Plessis, Vivian McEwan, Arno Nell, Sobuhle Nyambali and Shona Zana on achieving ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ข๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ for participation in cultural activities!
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ข๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ค ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ. ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด, ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ.
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We take great pride in being able to congratulate Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ on having been awarded his Full Eastern Cape Colours in Endurance Riding.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏโ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
During the Winter Awards assembly on Friday morning, 18 August, the newly elected prefects were each presented with a prefect tie and badge.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s new prefect body of 2023/24: Joshua Basson, Tyra Binney, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg, Ethan Linch, Nangawethu Macanda, Naโeem Mahomed, Bontle Mashiane, Sadรฉ May, Joy Merifield, Joshua Neill, Sobuhle Nyambali, Lolitha Saki, Camran Swartz, Uyanda Tele and Sarah Wilmot!
Front, left to right:ย Joshua Basson, Ethan Linch, Naโeem Mahomed, Camran Swartz
Front, left to right:ย Joy Merifield, Sadรฉ May, Caytah-Leigh Koeberg
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
We would also like to express our heartfelt gratitude to the outgoing prefects. Your immense contributions, unwavering commitment and remarkable leadership have left an indelible mark on Union High School. You have been instrumental in guiding and inspiring your peers, and ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐๐.
As we embark on this new chapter, let us remember the words of John C. Maxwell, “๐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ.”
May this quote serve as a constant reminder for our new prefect body to lead with integrity, empathy and vision. Together, let’s create a legacy that inspires and empowers others!
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s annual ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ก๐ was a great success!
For just over two hours, our talented learners delivered mesmerizing performances filled with joyous music that touched the hearts of everyone present.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด.
๐ผ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ goes to our enthusiastic audience members who made this evening even more delightful. Your support and appreciation for the arts mean the world to us!
Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก, held early Wednesday morning, 16 August, was a memorable event indeed.
The top speakers from Grade 5, 6 and 7 confidently took the stage in a room filled with their peers, proud parents and a panel of adjudicators.
๐๐๐ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐จ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐. From humorous anecdotes to emotional stories, intellectual discussions and serious topics, each speaker brought something unique to the stage. The level of preparation and the delivery of these young speakers left everyone in awe.
Union High School would like to express its gratitude to all the talented participants who took part in the competition. It was truly inspiring to see so many enthusiastic learners presenting their well-rehearsed speeches. Their dedication and hard work were clearly visible.
A special mention goes to the ๐ช๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฆ of each respective grade. In Grade 7, Cate Cochrane took home the victory, followed by Sinalo Blaauw as the runner-up. In Grade 6, Clea Clark stood out with her outstanding speech and Rachel Wenham was recognized as the runner-up. Finally, in Grade 5, Adam Clark delivered an exceptional speech and was declared the winner, while Emily Raath received recognition as the runner-up.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐, ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ’๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐.
On Tuesday evening, 15 August, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet hosted a ๐ฆ๐ข๐จ๐ฃ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ง๐ฆ’ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ in the school’s Tony Burrell Union.
The evening provided an opportunity for the schoolโs chess players โ from prep school through to matric โ to compete against their parents in a game of chess.
[ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด-๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ]
As the event commenced, the ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ช๐จ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ง๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ก ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐จ.
Throughout the evening, across the floor, participants could be seen crowded close to the chessboards, nervously assessing the game, with the opportunity of beating their opponents cause for much excitement and it was quite heart-warming to see the younger children playing their moves like stalwarts with rapt concentration and a collected demeanour.
In the end, whether a match was won, lost or drawn, a ton of fun was had by all!
After conclusion of the matches, all those who attended could help themselves to a delicious selection of soups and breads.
๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅรฉ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ.
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๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 6 learner, Jordan Maritz, who has been selected to represent the Eastern Province at the u/12 Southern Regional Rugby Tournament to be hosted in Riversdal from 28 to 30 September.
This tournament forms part of the u/12 talent identifications process in aid of identifying talent for the 2024 u/13 Craven Week side.
(๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏโ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ/12 ๐๐ถ๐ฃ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ข๐ง๐ง-๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ. ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ.)
Today, Monday, 14 August, sawย Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs talented orators travel to Somerset East to participate againstย Gill College, School of Excellence.
The Union learnersโ remarkable ability to captivate the audience with their eloquence and persuasive skills impressed the panel of judges, securing them the top positions in both the prepared and unprepared sections of the competition.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Naโeem Mahomed on winning the prepared speeches, and Caytah-Leigh Koeberg on claiming second place.
Joy Merifield secured first place in the unprepared speech section, while Sobuhle Nyambali showcased exceptional talent to secure the second place.
๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ.
This past weekend, the Union boys affiliated to the Graaff-Reinet Scout Troop participated in one of Scoutingโs best known and most loved traditions โ camping!
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐บ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ณ-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ.
They honed their survival skills by learning how to build shelters, tried their hand at backwoods engineering and told stories around a crackling campfire, all under the watchful guidance of their seasoned scout leaders.
๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
