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Academic Top 10 Term 2 2023

On behalf of all the educators and staff at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, we would like to congratulate the 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟭𝟬 𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗠 2, 2023.

Grade 12

1. Caitrin Spence
2. Siphosethu Malotana
3. Cadee Arends & Brigette Oelofsen
5. Tayla Kingwill
6. Jenna-Lee Jansen
7. Gemma Naudé
8. Andrue Victor & Siyamthanda Desha
10. David Venter & Lwanda Ntlonti

Grade 11

1. Joy Merifield
2. Na’eem Mahomed
3. Joshua Neill
4. Charlize Vorster
5. Sarah Wilmot
6. Tyra Binney
7. Johannes du Plessis
8. Joshua Basson
9. Sobuhle Nyambali
10. Caytah-Leigh Koeberg

Grade 10

1.Erin Gedult
2.Milani Pangoma
3.Kenza Neill
4. Tara Ferreira
5. Trystan Hulleman
6. Sarah Jacobs
7. Megan Nortjé
8. Aaminah Steele
9. Muhammed Ahmed
10. Farronique Booysen & Demi Kretzmann

Grade 9

Samantha Charles
Katelyn Trollip
Amber Bezuidenhout
Anebel Norval
Ciara Kivedo
Misha Newton
Jade Palmer
Melissa Naude
Endinako Jadezweni
Lisa Vutula

Grade 8

Amber Slater
Kirsten Collett
Liso Sobantu
Sixolile Singeni
Zack Verwey
Richard Murray
Jannat Qaiser
Kyle Finnes
Jade Slater
Lina Tadesses

Grade 7

1. Antonia Adams
2. Isabella Hulleman
3. Gerda Clarke
4. Carlen Prinsloo
5. John-Henry King, Quinn Naude, Cate Cochrane
8. Philip Kayster, Zunaida Deysel, Cayla Newton, Owen Paxton

Grade 6

1. Clea Clark
2. Chante Bezuidenhout
3. Helen van den Heever
4. Adriaan van Jaarsveld
5. Aidan Ferreira
6. Isabelle Tadesses, Rachel Wenham
8. Kira Hector
9. Micha Murray
10. Logan Marais, Duvallene Fass

Grade 5

1. Nieke van Jaarsveld
2. Adam Clark, Kari Stern
4. Noel Shakane, Amelia King
6. Joshua Kingwill
7. Ryan Collett
8. Ryonn Naude
9. Lwandle Dali, Mason Knoesen

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Well Done Joy!

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘺! 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶!

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to Grade 11 AdMaths SA learner, Joy Merifield, whose Term 1 formal test results placed her in the Top 4 Grade 11 AdMaths students in the country!

The AdMaths programme is a national maths enrichment programme aimed at supplementing the curriculum to help prepare learners for university first year maths. It is of great help to those who want to pursue a career in maths, engineering, actuarial science, technology or related fields.

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Academic Top 10 Term 1 2023

On behalf of all the educators and staff at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, we would like to congratulate the 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟭𝟬 𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗠 𝟭, 2023.

Grade 5

1. Noel Shakane
2. Nieke van Jaarsveld, Kari Stern, Amelia King
5. Ryan Collett, Ryon Naude
7. Angelique Kyanda Kaboza
8. Hermon Wolde
9. Mason Knoesen, Luchae Thomas, Adam Clark

Grade 6

1. Clea Clark
2. Chante Bezuidenhout, Helen van den Heever
4. Adriaan van Jaarsveld
5. Rachel Wenham
6. Maribel April, Aiden Ferreira, Kira Hector, Leagan Katzen, Logan Marais

Grade 7

1. Isabella Hulleman
2. John Henry King
3. Owen Paxton
4. Gerda Clarke
5. Antonia Adams, Kwakhanya Ntlonti, Carlen Prinsloo, Quinn Naude, Cate Cochrane, Zunaida Deysel

GRADE 8

1. Amber Slater
2. Sixolile Singeni
3. Kirsten Collett
4. Jade Slater
5. Richard Murray
6. Liso Sobantu
7. Lina Tadesses
8. Jasmine Abercrombie
9. Zack Verwey
10. Jennavieve Woods

GRADE 9

1. Amber Bezuidenhout
2. Samantha Charles
2. Katelyn Trollip
4. Ciara Kivedo
5. Anebel Norval
5. Jade Palmer|
7. Mischa Newton
7. Taegen Hamid
9. Melissa Naudé
10. Josh Arends

Grade 10

1. Erin Gedult
2. Milani Pangoma
3. Kenza Neill
4. Sarah Jacobs
5. Trystan Hulleman
6. Megan Nortje
7. Sasha Cochrane
7. Demi Kretzmann
7. Aaminah Steele
10. Tara Ferreira

Grade 11

1. Joy Merifield
2. Na’eem Mahomed
3. Sarah Wilmot
4. Joshua Neill
5. Caytah-leigh Koeberg
6. Joshua Bassoon
7. Charlize Vorster
8. Ethan Linch
9. Bonle Mashiane
9. Lelomso Ngceba

Grade 12

1. Caitrin Spence
2. Siphosethu Malotana
3. Cadee Arends
4. Brigette Oelofsen
5. Sinazo Soyana
6. Jenna-lee Jansen
6. Karl Venter
8. Tayla Kingwill
9. David Venter
9. Andrue Victor

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Academic Awards

The annual assembly to acknowledge the learners who had attained 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗦𝗨𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗦 during the course of last year was held today, Friday, 20 January.

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Academic Honours

At Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Academic Awards Assembly on Friday morning, 20 January, the sought-after 𝗪𝗛𝗜𝗧𝗘 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗭𝗘𝗥 was presented to Union’s 2023 Head Girl, Caitrin Spence.

The blazer was presented to her in recognition of her well-deserved Honours Award. (𝘈𝘯 𝘏𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.)

𝘾𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙘𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 having maintained an academic average of 95% throughout her Grade 10 and 11 years. It is no small feat to reach this level of academic achievement. Caitrin, however, brings the goal of excellence to all her endeavours, and while she’s involved in all aspects of life at Union, she demonstrates an unwavering focus on her studies in particular, which has allowed her to reach this level of success.

Caitrin becomes the 5th Unionite to receive this award since its inception in 2004 when it was awarded for the very first time to Carl Bezuidenhout. Since then, the three other Unionites who have enjoyed the privilege of donning the white blazer, consists of Sulette Damons (Class of 2007), Kelsey Minnaar (Class of 2016) and Lynne Mugglestone (Class of 2007).

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥!

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Academic Top 10, Term 4 2022

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STEM Fields Promotion by US

On Tuesday morning, 6 September, a group of postgraduate physics students from Stellenbosch University – backed by the professional and scientific bodies of Optica, SPIE and NITheCS – visited Union High School, Graaff-Reinet as part of an outreach programme to promote an interest in STEM fields (i.e. science, technology, engineering and mathematics) among high school learners.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟭𝟬 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟭 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝘂𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 – applicable to the school curriculum – which covered a wide range of scientific topics, such as optics, momentum, electricity and electromagnetic induction, to name but a few.

The learners enjoyed the session tremendously and now have a much better understanding of the study and career opportunities that are available to students of math and science.

𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘵!

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Academic Achievers Term 1, 2022

On behalf of all the educators and staff at Union High School, we would like to congratulate the 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟭𝟬 𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗔𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦 of Term 1, 2022.

𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬!

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟱

1. Clea Clarke

2. Helen van der Heever

3. Chanté Bezuidenhout and Adriaan van Jaarsveld

5. Rachel Wenham

6. Logan Marais

7. Samantha Gilfillan

8. Miley Burger and Jae Fillis

10. Aidan Ferreira, Kate Charles and Connor Te Water Naude

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟲

1. Antonia Adams

2. Cate Cochrane

3. Gerda Clarke and Zunaida Deysel

5. Philip Kayster

6. Isabella Hulleman, Owen Paxton and Alyssa Trolip

9. Kwakhanya Ntlonti and Thomas Taylor

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟳

1. Amber Slater

2. Aimee Short

3. Sixolile Singeni and Tara Piercey

5. Kirsten Collett and Elizabeth Houseman

7. Jade Slater

8. Richard Murray

9. Keanu Linch

10. Jasmine Abercrombie

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟴

1. Katelyn Trollip

2. Amber Bezuidenhout

3. Samantha Charles

4. Ashleigh Shell

5. Ciara Kivedo and Josh Arends

7. Taegan Hamid and Misha Newton

9. Anebel Norval and Jade Palmer

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟵

1. Megan Nortje

2. Tara Ferreira, Erin Gedult and Sarah Jacobs

5. Sasha Cochrane and Kenza Neill

7. Pieter Hulleman

8. Alaistair Imrie

9. Aaminah Steele

10. Noah Edwards

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟭𝟬

1. Joy Merifield

2. Na’eem Mahomed

3. Caytah-Leigh Koeberg

4. Max Price

5. Sarah Wilmot

6. Charlize Vorster

7. Johannes Du Plessis and Jayden Swart

8. Tyra Binney and Ethan Linch

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟭𝟭

1. Caitrin Spence

2. Cadee Arends

3. Siphosethu Malotana

4. Gemma Naudé

5. Tayla Kingwill

6. Brigette Oelofsen

7. Lana Bouwer and Arno Nell

9. Andrue Victor and Trinity West

𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝟭𝟮

1. Matthew Basson

2. Amber Binney and Kendall Krige

4. Tamsin James and Kathryn Odendaal

6. Marli Brummer

7. Michell Doyle and Cole McKenzie

9. Matthew McNaughton

10. Chloe Shires

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Teacher Development

Award-winning teacher and author, Dr Neila A. Connors, once said, “𝘐𝘧 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘌𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴!”

At Union High School we believe in keeping our teachers well-fed professionally because great teachers help create great students.

In fact, research shows that an inspiring and informed teacher is the most important school-related factor influencing learner achievement, so it is critical to pay close attention to how we train and support both new and experienced educators.

We are, therefore, very excited to announce that 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙆𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧.

Initiated in January 2021, Union’s ongoing professional development through Keller Education keeps our teachers up-to-date on new research on how children learn, emerging technology tools for the classroom and more.

As the best professional development is ongoing, experiential, collaborative, and connected to and derived from working with learners and understanding their culture, we feel incredibly fortunate to be able to provide our teachers with this training and look forward to partnering with Keller Education again in 2022!

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Academic Awards Presented

𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱

The annual assembly to acknowledge the learners who had attained 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛 𝗔𝗖𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗖 𝗦𝗨𝗖𝗖𝗘𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗦 during the course of last year was held on Friday, 21 January.