Union High School will be hosting the 2025 ๐จ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐ ๐จ๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐ ๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ฅ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐ง for the Grade 1 to 7 learners on Monday, 27 January.
Members of the Union community are invited to attend the ๐๐ข๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ’ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ celebrations on Friday and Saturday, 24 and 25 January 2025.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด 106 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ.
FOUNDERS’ DAY ASSEMBLY
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet will host its annual ๐๐ข๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ’ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ on Friday morning, 24 January, at 11:00.
All are welcome to attend
๐๐ข๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ’ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ก๐
All parents, Old Unionites and friends of the Union Schools are invited to a steak braai in the ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ on Friday evening, 24 January, at 6.30pm in honour of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s 2025 Founders’ Weekend.
๐ฃ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐@๐๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐.๐ฐ๐ผ.๐๐ฎ ๐๐ผ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐.
๐๐ข๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ’ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ
Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs Old Girls, parents and friends of the school are invited to join the Old Girlsโ team that will take on the schoolโs 1st team during the annual Foundersโ Weekend encounter on Friday afternoon, 24 January.
๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต 082 927 0282.
FOUNDERS’ WEEKEND T20 CRICKET
All parents, friends of the Union Schools and Old Unionites are invited to come and enjoy ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ผ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐๐ก๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ at Union High School as part of the school’s Founders’ Weekend celebrations
Teams will be selected as players arrive. Players must convene in front of the Tony Burrell Union before 14:00.
๐120 ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ’๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต-๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐บ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป at 083 282 5051 to find out more or to let him know you are available and want to play.
CRICKET – SATURDAY
MOTHER & DAUGHTER MORNING
The annual Gisela Kingwill Mother & Daughter Morning will be held during Foundersโ Weekend, on Saturday, 25 January, at 09:00.
This yearโs event will see guests enjoying a ‘๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ช๐๐๐’ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต’, held under the trees in the Union High School garden.
Tickets will be available for purchase as of Tuesday morning, 12 November, from Ms Elsebรฉ Moos in the Union High School front office.
๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต-๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to senior music student, ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐๐น๐ (Grade 12), who successfully passed her ABRSM Grade 7 Performance Practical Examination and achieved 72%!
๐๐ป ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ปโ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. For the exam, Erin had to select and perform four pieces presented as a continuous programme.
She performed Tempo di Minuetto (3rd movement from Sonata in A) by Martinez (piece 1), Calme du soir (No. 2 from 10 petits morceaux, Op. 94) by Moszkowski (piece 2), New Kid (No. 9 from The Christopher Norton Jazz Preludes Collection) by Christopher Norton (piece 3) & Pop Bossa (No. 5 from Latin Preludes 2) by Christopher Norton (piece 4).
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐น๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ.
๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ! It is evident in all the exams that you have completed in four years: Performance Grade 4 (2021), Performance Grade 5 (2022), Music Theory Grade 5 (2023), Performance Grade 6 (2023) and Performance Grade 7 (2024)!
๐ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ
As a new year unfolds, fresh beginnings and exciting opportunities await the learners of Union High School.
The Grade 8s kicked off their academic journey bright and early Monday morning with an unforgettable ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ก๐ to the Camdeboo Environmental Centre, setting a positive tone for the year ahead.
Perfect weather greeted the Grade 8 learners as they ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ธ๐บ ๐ต๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, accompanied by knowledgeable guides from the Camdeboo National Park, Union staff members and supportive school prefects.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 8๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญโ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ; ๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐จ๐ถ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ.
Upon reaching the Environmental Education Centre, the eager Grade 8s took a moment to refuel with some snacks. This break was followed by engaging activities led by the parkโs educational team, designed to enrich their understanding of the environment while encouraging teamwork. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐ถ๐, ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
By the end of the day, although completely exhausted, the Grade 8s returned to campus with a renewed sense of excitement and anticipation. They were not just tired; they were prepared and eager to embrace the journey of becoming seniors at Union High School.
The annual assembly to acknowledge the learners who had attained ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ฆ during the course of last year was held today, Friday, 17 January.
โข ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ:
Tiyanah Abader
Emma Burger
Aaron Dyter
Carlie George
Isabel Hyldig
Taylor Jacobs
Sintayu Kaitro
Mia Labuscagne
Layla Ott
Keira Raley
Kate Scott
Shana Theron
โข ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ณ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ:
Lilly Hunter
Hermon Wolde
Adam Clark (Re-award)
Ryan Collett (Re-award)
Mason Knoesen (Re-award)
Angelique Kyanda-Kaboza (Re-award)
Noรซl Shakane (Re-award)
Kari Stern (Re-award)
Nieke van Jaarsveld (Re-award)
โข ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ด ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ณ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ:
Chantรฉ Bezuidenhout (Re-award)
Miley Burger (Re-award)
Clea Clark (Re-award)
Aidan Ferreira (Re-award)
Rachel Wenham (Re-award)
โข ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ต ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ด ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ:
Antonia Adams
Isabella Hulleman
Cayla Newton
โข ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ:
Jade Slater
Lina Tadesses (Re-award)
Kirsten Collett (Re-award)
Richard Murray (Re-award)
Amber Slater (Re-award)
โข ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ญ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ:
Taegan Hamid
Ashleigh Shell
Anna Bouwer
Jade Palmer
Nombulelo Ncombo
โข ๐๐๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ญ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ:
Katelyn Trollip
Samantha Charles
Amber Bezuidenhout
Misha Newton
Anรจbel Norval
Ciara Kivedo
โข ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ:
Megan Nortjรฉ
Sarah Jacobs
Kenza Neill
Aaminah Steele (Re-award)
Tara Ferreira (Re-award)
โข ๐๐๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐น๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ:
Erin Gedult (Re-award)
Milani Pongoma (Re-award)
This past weekend, the 2025 prefects of Arthur Kingwill House embarked on an exciting excursion to the charming village of Nieu-Bethesda.
๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ-๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ.
The group engaged in various activities that encouraged collaboration and communication, all while enjoying the stunning scenery and unique culture of the area.
๐๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ง๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด.
Here’s to a fantastic year ahead!
We are unbelievably proud of our Matric Class of 2024, who has achieved a ๐ต๐ด,๐ญ% pass rate in the recent NSC examinations.
๐๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข 64% ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ’๐ด ๐๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข 27% ๐๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ข ๐๐ข๐ด๐ด, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง 44 ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ท๐ข๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.
1. ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ – with an impressive 6 distinctions and an overall average of 88.29%, Joy has shown outstanding academic excellence that stands as a testament to her hard work and perseverance.
2. ๐ก๐ฎโ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐บ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ: 3 distinctions with an average of 80%
3. ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐: 3 distinctions and an average of 79.86%
4. ๐๐ผ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ถ๐น๐น: 2 distinctions with an average of 77.14%
5. ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ: 3 distinctions with an average of 77.00%
6. ๐ง๐๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐: 3 distinctions and an average of 74.57%
7. ๐ ๐ฎ๐
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ: 3 distinctions with an average of 73.86%
8. ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐บ๐๐ผ ๐ก๐ด๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ: 3 distinctions and an average of 72.71 %
9. ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐น๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ: 2 distinctions with an average of 71.14%
10. ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ ๐ก๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ: 2 distinctions and an average of 70.57%
๐๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง 2024โ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด.
This morning, Union High School hosted a lovely information session for its 2025 Grade 8 learners and their parents.
๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ’๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐บ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ, ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
The gathering saw the schoolโs educators address the learners and their families as they embark on this important journey into high school.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ, ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ๐น๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ฑ’๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐.
With the gentle rustling of leaves overhead and the warm sun illuminating the courtyard, the event fostered a sense of community and belonging among the attendees.
๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต, ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐.
Union High School boasts an exceptional musical programme, embodied by its stunning Blรผthner Patent Grand Piano, Model 7.
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐น๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ 1906, ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ต๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ – ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง 192๐ค๐ฎ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ญรผ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ 7 ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ข ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ.
The story of Blรผthner pianos begins with Julius Blรผthner, who was born in Falkenhain, Germany, in 1824. Initially a cabinet-maker, Blรผthner founded his piano-making business in 1853. His dedication and innovation quickly garnered attention; his pianos were showcased at the Industrial Exhibition in 1854 and later adopted by the Leipzig Conservatory. By the turn of the 20th century, Blรผthner had become Europeโs second-largest piano manufacturer, producing both grand and upright models that were celebrated worldwide.
๐๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐นรผ๐๐ต๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
Zelda Oosthuizen, the school’s senior music teacher, enlisted the expertise of Mark Davis from Mark Davis Piano Service in Cape Town to restore the instrumentโs mechanism. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐ผ๐ป ๐ญ๐ฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ, ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ.
The restoration focused on revitalizing components that had experienced wear and tear over the decades. Worn cloth, felt and leather were replaced with new materials, including key mortise bushings, backcheck leather, and various felt components.
Additionally, new hammer shanks, flanges and hammerheads were installed, with all center pins replaced to optimize friction and mechanical performance. Each friction point and surface was carefully lubricated, ensuring smooth operation, before the action was reassembled and regulated for optimal performance.
๐๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐโ๐ด ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ. Mark Davis took great care to replace only those materials that had suffered significant deterioration, preserving the unique character of the Blรผthner while restoring it to excellent playing condition.
In an additional effort to accommodate the local climate, the piano was pitch-corrected and tuned to A442. This tuning choice considers Graaff-Reinet’s humid summer climate, preventing the pitch from dropping too far during the drier winter months. By tuning to A442 in summer, the piano maintains an optimal pitch range throughout the year, ensuring that its musical integrity remains intact.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐นรผ๐๐ต๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐, ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐’๐ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ณ-๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐.
We are thrilled to announce a landmark moment in the history ofย Union High Schoolย – for the first time since 1971, the entire Interschools festival will be hosted on the Union campus!
๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐, ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต-๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐๐ด๐ฏ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ณ.
For years, the rugby games have been held at the Botanics Sports Grounds, but after much debate, careful negotiation and meticulous planning, it has been decided that Interschools 2025 will bring all the action back to the Union Schoolsโ campus. This is a monumental occasion for the Union community, one that promises to elevate the Interschools experience to new heights!
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ด๐ฌ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด – ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ต’๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด.
The atmosphere at Union during Interschools is electric and this time around, watching the rugby matches from the comfort and familiar surroundings of The Union will undoubtedly take the event to another level. The stands will be packed, the crowds will be roaring and the spirit of the Union Schools will be alive like never before.
๐ข๐๐ ๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ง๐๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ ๐ช๐๐ก๐ง ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ ๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐!
This momentous occasion is not only for the current learners, staff and families, but we also want to invite all Old Unionites from near and far to join us for the festivities.
Whether you’re a recent matriculant or someone who walked the halls decades ago, Interschools 2025 will be an event to remember – one that binds generations of Union alumni in celebration of the school that has shaped us all.
The Union spirit is timeless, and we look forward to seeing as many Old Unionites as possible returning to their alma mater for this historic event.
We canโt wait to welcome everyone to the heart of Union for what promises to be a day of excitement, camaraderie and school pride. ๐ฆ๐ผ, ๐ฑ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ โ ๐ญ๐ฑ & ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ด๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ!