Junior Cricket vs Cradock Primary

On Wednesday afternoon, 15 February, Union welcomed Laerskool Cradock Primary School’s cricketers to our campus for an u/11A and u/13A match.

๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง

Union won the toss and elected to bowl first. Union’s bowlers bowled brilliantly to restrict Cradock to 91 after 20 overs. Owen Paxton, Salmaan Steele and Joubert Vorster claimed 1 wicket apiece.

Union chased down the target with 3 wickets down, winning the game by 7 wickets. John Henry King was the best batsman for Union, scoring 45 not out.

๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—” ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง

Cradock won the toss and elected to bat first.

Cayden Thompson was Union’s best bowler with figures of 4 for 13 in 3 overs. Nathaneal Phillips also bowled brilliantly, with figures of 2 for 6 in 1 over. The Union team was brilliant in the field, with 3 run outs.

Union reached the target set by their Cradock counterparts in 10.5 overs.

Josh Kingwill was Union’s best batsman with 32 runs from 19 balls. He also smacked one massive six ๐Ÿ‘

Union won the match by 6 wickets.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ด! ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ’๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ!

Debating

On Monday, 13 February, the Union High School, Graaff-Reinet ๐——๐—˜๐—•๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—  โ€“ consisting of Brigette Oelofsen, Caitrin Spence and Musa Zweni โ€“ enjoyed a wonderful afternoon competing against Gill College.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™˜ ๐™™๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™š๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก๐™ช๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‘๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™šโ€™๐™จ ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ฎ.

Both teams were very well prepared and arguments both for and against were convincing. The Union team narrowly won the debate with a compelling performance. In addition, four speakers delivered highly entertaining impromptu speeches.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด.

Junior Tennis vs LVS

Monday afternoon, 13 February, saw Union’s ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐Ÿฒ ๐—๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—•๐—ข๐—ฌ๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ก๐—— ๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ก๐—ก๐—œ๐—ฆ players face Volkskool on the tennis court in an enjoyable start to the 2023 season.

All the players put forth their best efforts on the day and certainly did the school proud. ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to the Top 6 girls who won their encounter 8 matches to 1 and to the boys, who won their encounter 6 matches to 3.

๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž๐—ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด’ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต! ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ต’๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ!

๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง to our Top 6 senior boys and girls tennis players for showing their support to our juniors today as they took to the courts against Volkskool!

The busy seniors took the time out of their day to make an appearance next to the courts to watch the youngsters play for a bit.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด!

EP Biathlon Champs

Well done to Union biathlete Ben Lemke, who claimed a silver medal in the Boys u/17 age group at the ๐—˜๐—ฃ ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ฆ in Gqeberha on Sunday, 12 February.

Ben recorded a 02:17.94 (800m) run time and a swim time of 01:10.30 (100m)

CMC Athletics Team

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet extends a big word of ๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to the following athletes who have been selected to represent the Graaff-Reinet High Schools’ CMC Athletics Team at the Sarah Baartman Athletics Meet being held at the Oval in Gqeberha on Thursday, 16 February:

โ€ข Anna Bouwer (Girls u/15 shot put)
โ€ข Musa Zweni (Girls u/19 shot put, discus, javelin)
โ€ข Qhama Solomon (Boys u/14 high jump, long jump)
โ€ข Luvela Makaula (Boys u/14 400m)
โ€ข Liso Booi (Boys u/15 400m)
โ€ข Peter-Daniel Clegg (Boys u/15 shot put)
โ€ข Nangawethu Macanda (Boys u/17 shot put)
โ€ข Kyle Liebenberg (Boys u/17 shot put)
โ€ข Xavier Barlow (Boys u/17 long jump)
โ€ข Jayden Odendaal (Boys u/17 shot put)
โ€ข Joshua Swartland (Boys u/19 100m)

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ก๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ฐรซ๐˜ณ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, 4 ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ. ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ 30 ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ 13 ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ, 8 ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ 13 ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ป๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ.

Junior Cricket vs Herbert Hurd

U/13A vs Herbert Hurd

Unionโ€™s ๐—จ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—  played a fixture against Herbert Hurd Primary School on Saturday, 11 February in Gqeberha.

Union lost the toss and were sent in to bat.

After losing 3 early wickets, ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ป-๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด and ๐—ข๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜…๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป enjoyed a 90-run partnership which consolidated the innings.

Union ended up scoring 125 all out.

Herbert Hurd chased down the total with 4 wickets down, therefore securing the victory with 6 wickets to spare.

๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด, ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ!

U/11 A vs Herbert Hurd

The ๐—จ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—” ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ travelled to Gqeberha for their first fixture of the year โ€“ a 40-over match against Herbert Hurd Primary School.

The hosting school won the toss and sent Union in to bat.

Union lost an early wicket, but ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น managed to keep the innings together. He was unlucky not to get to his half century, ending on a total of 42.

๐™„๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก, ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃโ€™๐™จ ๐™—๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™› 100 ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™ค๐™–๐™ง๐™™.

When Herbert Hurd went in to bat, Union’s bowlers were rewarded for their accuracy, bowling their opponents out for a total of 47 in 17 overs.

Well done to Unionโ€™s top-performing bowlers, ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป (4 wickets) and ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป (3 wickets). ๐—ฅ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ and ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป also claimed one wicket each.

๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€.

Chess Tournament

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet hosted a friendly individual ๐—–๐—›๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ tournament on Tuesday afternoon, 31 January, with Hoรซr and Laer Volkskool as our guests.

All-in-all 42 chess players contested four matches each while competing for the top spot.

Unionโ€™s ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฌ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ in the primary section, were Sinalo Blaaw and Asakhula Nkomo, while Chuma Sobantu, Eli Robile and Neelon Fourie impressed with good strategy and solid moves among the high school players.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด

Cross Country Results

As a school, Union endeavours to be successful in sport on both a local, provincial and national level.

It is events, however, like yesterday afternoon’s whole-school Interhouse cross-country, which epitomises the true ethos of sport at Union.

๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™™๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ก ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™™๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™š.

All the learners did exceptionally well and thoroughly enjoyed running their various distances (from 3km to 6km, depending on their age group) in beautiful surroundings.

This time around it was Arnott House who won the day, but every learner who took part should be recognised for the effort and willingness to push themselves and improve.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ.

The ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ in each respective age group are as follows:

๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ:

1. Joshua Kingwill
2. Robert Finlaison
3. Ryonn Naude

๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ:

1. Herman Wolde
2. Emily Raath
3. Kungawo Lisa

๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ:

1. Owen Paxton
2. Ethan Raath
3. Jordan Maritz

๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ:

1. Mia Botha
2. Nadine Murray
3. Onika Jantjies

๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ:

1. Ben Lemke
2. Luvela Makaula
3. Sophephela Vimbi

๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ:

1. Misha Newton
2. Rebecca Copeman
3. Zakithi Sishi

๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ:

1. Athlangene Nonyongo
2. Joshua Basson
3. Uyinthando Ziswana

๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿณ:

1. Kenza Neill
2. Caytah-Leigh Koeberg
3. Aaminah Steele

๐—•๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต:

1. Ethan Linch
2. Joshua Horne
3. Jordan Wilmot

๐—š๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต:

1. Brigette Oelofsen
2. Cadee Arends
3. Kaitlin Kenmuir

Junior Speech Evening

On Wednesday evening, 1 February, the Grade 8 and 9 Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learners took the stage at the Tony Burrell Union for a fruitful ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—˜๐—–๐—› ๐—˜๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š.

All participating learners impressed, elaborating on their chosen topics with aplomb.

Through thorough inquiry, they shared content about the importance of homework, whether humans should colonize Mars, vaping, and bringing back extinct species.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด’๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ Mecoli Vorster, Anna Bouwer, Lisa Vutula, Nombulelo Ncombo, Bukhobenkosi Nomatye, Zack Gradwell, Khazimla Mbulawa, Sixolile Singeni, Liybona Nkomo and Jourdan-Bethany Koeberg.

Union extends its thanks to educators Mr Andrew Gradwell and Mrs Nida Gradwell for hosting this very successful event.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ!

Grade 8 Orientation

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—›๐—œ๐—š๐—› ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐——๐—˜ ๐Ÿด๐˜€!

Early Monday morning, 26 January, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s new Grade 8s, along with the prefects and grade teachers set off on a hike into the Camdeboo National Park.

The reason for this was two fold – firstly, to orientate themselves in the beautiful natural environment and secondly to get to know one another and the prefects.

After 5km of gradual uphill, the Grade 8s reached the top of the neck, flanked by Spandaukop to the left and the Valley of Desolation to the right.

The view into the Camdeboo was spectacular and in turning around and seeing Graaff-Reinet way below, it dawned on everyone how much they had ascended.

๐™๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ’ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™–๐™™๐™š 8๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ. They then continued to walk without so much as a whimper, another 10kms through the back routes of Mountain Drive. As they walked, they stooped to pick up bits of litter that unscrupulous humans had left on Mountain Drive, leaving the park as it should be.

On arrival back at school, everyone enjoyed a swim in our beautiful newly extended pool. The prefects then took over and everyone had lots of fun playing team building games before sharing lunch together.

Union extends its ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—™๐—จ๐—Ÿ ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž๐—ฆ to Mrs Claire Lemke, who blazed the trail.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 8๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ.