“What would you look for in a school? What would you hope to find?
The Old Unionite Association warmly invites you to an unforgettable evening with the legendary Gary Kirsten
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต’๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ช๐จ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
โ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ: Tuesday evening, 4 March 2025
โ ๐ง๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ: 18:30
โ ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฒ: The Tony Burrell Union
โ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐: R150 (๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ & ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด)
The theme for the evening’s dialogue will be ‘๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐’, focusing on how families can best support young athletes as they pursue their dreams and passions. ๐๐ต’๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐บ’๐ด ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด.
Please note that ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, so we encourage you to secure yours as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Tickets can be obtained from Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s foyer in Donkin Street, or reserve your ticket with Mrs Suzanne Marais via WhatsApp at 082 823 8286.
๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ค๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต. ๐๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ!
This past Monday evening, 17 February, Union High School hosted its annual ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก for its Grade 8 and 9 learners, at the Tony Burrell Union.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ดโ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ด.
After a series of outstanding performances, the judges awarded third place to ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ, whose speech captivated the audience with its depth and clarity.
๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น ๐ช๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ฎ๐บ secured second place with her compelling delivery and strong stage presence. Taking first place was ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐รฉ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ผ๐๐ with her beautifully articulated speech on ‘What Makes a Great Leader’, leaving a lasting impression on both the judges and the audience.
The evening was a true celebration of young talent and all participants should be commended for their hard work and dedication. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฝ๐๐ฏ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น.
Union High School prefects, ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ and ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ, have truly hit the ground running in their roles overseeing the body’s PR portfolio.
Their ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ด๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ท๐ฒ๐ฐ๐, a delightful monthly birthday celebration, is already making a significant impact. Each month, they plan on surprising learners with a sweet treat to celebrate their special day, ensuring that no learner feels overlooked.
Additionally, they’ve created a ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ that will be updated monthly to honour all those celebrating.
๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฅ – ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ!
Union High School is proud to announce the newly elected leaders of the school’s 2025 Representative Council of Learners (RCL), who are poised to guide the learner body with enthusiasm and dedication.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐บ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ.
Grade 12 learner ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป has been elected as president, while matric learner ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ assumes the role of vice-president.
โ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป joined the Union Schools in Grade 8 after moving to Graaff-Reinet and since then, he has made remarkable contributions to our school. A talented athlete, Trystan plays for the 1st team in both cricket and rugby. His leadership skills are evident as he serves on the Media Team and takes on the responsibility of Deputy Head Boy at the school.
Trystan’s involvement extends beyond sports; he is a Blood Peer Promoter, highlighting his commitment to community service. Academically, he excels as a Top 10 student and has achieved Full Colours for Culture and Academics. His multifaceted talents and leadership qualities make him an exceptional choice for the role of RCL President.
โ Hailing from King William’s Town, ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ joined Union as a boarder in Grade 10 in 2023. Since her arrival, she has proven to be an invaluable asset to our school community. Milani currently serves as a school prefect and Head Girl at the hostel, where her leadership and mentoring skills shine.
In addition to her various roles, Milani is a Top Level Club member, a First Aider and a Mentor to our younger Unionites. She also holds the position of vice-chairman of the InterAct Club, where she actively engages in community service initiatives. Milani’s dedication and passion for making a difference align perfectly with her new role as vice-president of the RCL.
๐๐ณ๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ:
๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐:
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ด: Aidan Ferreira, Kira Hector, Liso Mamase and Svenn Norman.
๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐:
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ต: Konke Gawula, Qhama Jacobs, Onika Jantjies, Luyolo Khali, Hlelo Skotshi and Carlen Prinsloo.
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ: Shanica Abrahams, Alexander Hunter, Leander Kraai and Amber Slater.
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ญ: Josh Arends (Secretary), Yaaseen Kazi, Nombulelo Ncombo and Lisa Vutula.
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ: Jayden Eiman (Vice-Secretary), Trystan Hulleman (President), Alex Neill (Treasurer) and Milani Pongoma (Vice-President).
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ง 2025. ๐๐ฆ๐ตโ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต.
On Saturday, 15 February, Union High School hosting the first round of the ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐.
This event has attracted 130 chess players, ranging from u/10 to Open categories, from across the district.
Among the competitors are 28 talented young Unionites who are ready to showcase their skills and represent their school.
๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ญ๐ถ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ!
๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป: ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet is thrilled to announce an exciting event featuring the iconic South African cricketing legend Gary Kirsten on Tuesday, 4 March!
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ-๐ช๐ฏ-๐ข-๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ตโ๐ด ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ.
The day will be packed with a variety of engaging events designed for aspiring cricketers, coaches and sports enthusiasts alike.
Local coaches can look forward to a comprehensive ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฆ’ ๐ช๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ฃ where Gary will share his unique insights and strategies for developing talent on and off the field. This is an unmissable chance for coaches to enhance their skills and knowledge, benefiting local cricketing communities.
Following the workshop, Gary will participate in an ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค&๐ session with Union boys, allowing them to engage directly with a true cricketing icon. This dialogue will focus on the challenges and triumphs of pursuing excellence in sports, providing invaluable advice for young players navigating their cricketing journeys.
๐ง๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ท๐ผ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ผ๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ณ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐’๐ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ. The evening’s dialogue will be themed ‘Parenting in Sport’, and will centre around how families can support young athletes as they pursue their passions.
Stay tuned for more information on the various events, registration details and how you can be part of this extraordinary day
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ค๐ง๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃโ๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐๐จ๐จ ๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐.
Due to overwhelming demand, we’ve decided to host a second showing of our 1st team hockey girls’ highly anticipated movie night!
Join us on Tuesday evening, 18 February, at the John Rupert Theatre for the second showing of ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’.
๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐: Tickets will go on sale starting tomorrow morning, 12 February, at Union High School’s front foyer. Donโt wait too long – these tickets are expected to sell just as quickly as the first batch!
TICKETS FOR 20 FEBRUARY SOLD OUT
Join the Union High School 1st team hockey girls on Thursday evening, 20 February, for a movie night at the John Rupert Theatre in support of their 2025 fundraising efforts!
๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ cost R50 each and will be available as of Monday morning, 10 February, from Ms Elsabรฉ Moos in the Union High School foyer.
The featured movie is ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฏ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ด ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต.
Those attending are requested to arrive at around 17:30 to get their movie drinks and snacks before the movie starts at 18:00.
๐ผ๐ก๐ก ๐๐๐๐จ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ข๐!
Please note that ticket numbers are limited to 140, so all those wanting to attend are advised to get their ticket soonest! No tickets will be sold at the door.
This evening’s ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ง๐๐ฆ๐ง was a celebration of the spoken word with some extra spice thrown in due to the fact that for the first time in a while, Arnott and Daly were pitted against one another.
This year was also unusual in that the Head Prefects of Union and Arthur Kingwill House were invited to participate. With a wide range of topics to choose from, our Grade 11s and 12s spent the week writing and preparing their speeches – an admirable feat during such a very busy time.
๐๐ฅ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ด ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ, ๐๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ 3 ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ผ๐บ๐ฎ’s poignant speech on ‘Choosing the Middle Seat’ had us all inspired and earned her third place. ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ’s ‘last minute’ speech on Procrastination took a well-deserved second place with ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ’s brilliantly executed speech on the Power of Storytelling earned him a standout first position.
Mr Langmead concluded the evening by sharing some valuable tips on speechmaking and all that was left was to announce ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ ๐ฐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ!
This past weekend, Union High School’s ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ proved that they are not just athletes – they are leaders dedicated to making a positive impact in their community.
Rather than waiting for donations to come their way, these exceptional young women took matters into their own hands by organising a plastic bottle collection and recycling initiative. Their efforts not only aim to raise funds for upcoming tours but also contribute to cleaning up our beloved town.
While many were enjoying the weekend, the hockey girls were busy showcasing their commitment to both their sport and the environment.
(Even those representing Union in tennis at the Burgersdorp tournament joined in the effort, bringing back bottles in a true show of teamwork and dedication.)
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ – ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ.
But the effort doesn’t stop there! The hockey team is now issuing a challenge to the Graaff-Reinet community: can you match their incredible commitment to raising funds and cleaning up the environment? Every contribution, no matter how small, makes a difference and helps both the team and the planet.
๐๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐’๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐, ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ.