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Junior Music Students Excel

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to junior music students, 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 (Grade 5), 𝗔𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 (Grade 7) and 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀 (Grade 5) who successfully passed their recent Rockschool Graded Music Exams with aplomb!

Helen passed her Debut Contemporary Exam with Distinction (96%), Allison also passed her Debut Classical Exam with Distinction (90%) and Aimee passed her Grade 1 Contemporary Exam with Merit (85%).

𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿, 𝗔𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁 and 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀

𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘴! 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧! 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭’𝘴 2022 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸, 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺, 18 𝘈𝘶𝘨𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘵 18:00 𝘢𝘵 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘢𝘧𝘧-𝘙𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘵. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥. 𝘌𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦.

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Chess Challenge

On Monday evening, 15 August, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet hosted a 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗣 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦’ 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗘 in the Tony Burrell Union.

The evening provided an opportunity for the school’s chess players – from prep school through to matric – to compete against their parents in a game of chess.

[ 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘴-𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘦𝘯𝘫𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳, 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. ]

As the event commenced, the 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙜𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨.

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.

𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥é𝘤𝘰𝘳.

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Choir Performance

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet‘s choristers had the honour of 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 Craig and Lisa-Anne Schafer at the beautiful Drostdy Hotel this afternoon, Saturday, 23 April.

𝘞𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯.

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Meet The Media Team

We are very excited to introduce Union High School’s new 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠.

The 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 is an extra-curricular opportunity for learners interested in technology and digital storytelling.

In addition to bringing their voices and perspectives to Union’s growing online presence and brand across digital platforms, they also serve as 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡’𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙙, assisting the various departments within the school with their technological needs.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳:

𝗘𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁

Daniel Marais

Alexander Neill

𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴

Josh Arends

Alastair Imrie

Bukhobenkosi Nomatye

Samantha Charles

𝗣𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝘆

Sarah Jacobs

Amy Waddelow

𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀

Johannes du Plessis

Erin Gedult

Leshay Fourie

Keisha Mentoor

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀/𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀

Aashiq Hartley

JJ Liebenberg

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Speech Competition

“𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬. 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵.” – 𝗢𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀

Having the confidence to speak well is such an important life skill. While for many, the idea of public speaking may invoke a sense of trepidation, that certainly wasn’t evident among the many learners who took to the stage these past two weeks to deliver their prepared speeches to the audiences at Union High School’s 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗝𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗘𝗖𝗛 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦.

Overall the standard of the learners’ speeches were very high, and, regardless of the age group, their confidence was astonishing.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙨:

Grade 8: Endinako Jadezweni

Grade 9: Erin Gedult

Grade 10: Sobuhle Njambali

Grade 11: Caitrin Spence

Grade 12: Kendall Krige

𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 𝗗𝗢𝗡𝗘!

The winners in the Senior competition: Sobuhle Njambali (Grade 10), Caitrin Spence (Grade 11) and Kendall Krige (Grade 12).

The Grade 8 Top 3: Endinako Jadezweni (1st), Anabel Norval (2nd) and Rebecca Copeman (third). The Grade 9 Top 3: Erin Gedult (1st), Tara Ferreira (2nd) and Jayden Eimon (3rd).

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Scouts Summit Nardousberg

On Saturday, 15 January, five intrepid Union Scouts – 𝙅𝙅 𝙇𝙞𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙜, 𝙆𝙮𝙡𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙜, 𝙅𝙖𝙮𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙎𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙩, 𝘼𝙡𝙚𝙭 𝙉𝙚𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙣 𝙇𝙚𝙢𝙠𝙚 – took off on a hike up Nardousberg accompanied by Old Unionites John Finlaison and Richard Collett.

Armed with meagre food rations which consisted of a few Pro-vita’s, a cheese wedge, one apple, a power bar, a carrot and as much water as they could carry, they took on the second highest mountain in the Eastern Cape (2400m).

The hike up was tough, but very well handled by the boys.

They set up camp at the base of the peak at about 21:00 that night after hiking the last section in the dark and thick mist.

The next morning, the group was greeted by stunning 360˚ views as far as the eye could see and a beautiful sunrise. After the short walk to the beacon at the peak to write their names in the record book, they headed back down, mercifully easier, for a lunch of boerewors rolls and reflection of what was a worthy achievement!

These five young men acquitted themselves very well with good manners and a tough spirit and are a credit to themselves, their school and families, well done!

A word of thanks is extended to Mr Bruce Maree, Graaff-Reinet Scoutmaster, for making all the arrangements for the hike and also to Mr Kobus Olivier who once again allowed the Scouts access to this wonderful piece of land!

• 𝘉𝘰𝘺𝘴 (𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 5 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦 10) 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘴, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 18:30 𝘵𝘰 20:30 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘔𝘳 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘦, 𝘢𝘵 082 783 7027 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺, 27 𝘑𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺 2022.

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Virtual Music Showcase

Over the past two years, Union High School’s music students have continued to make steady progress on the piano despite the many disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

As they’ve been deprived of the opportunity of performing in front of a live audience for quite some time, our Music teachers, Mrs Sanette Brink and Ms Zelda van Rooyen, dead set on sharing their students’ talents with the Union community, asked all their pianists to carefully prepare a piece for a virtual music showcase at the end of 2021.

Please take the time to watch our fabulous performers!

The showcase includes performances on the piano by all our pianists and includes beginner piano pieces through to advanced.

Thank you to all of our performers for taking the time to video and share your beautiful music.

We look forward to the day that our Music Department can host their Annual Music Evening in person on the Union stage again just like in years past.

𝘔𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳. – 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47vGRLeH2Mg

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Congratulations Taegen!

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to Taegen Hamid, a Grade 7 learner at Union High School, who recently passed her Rockschool Grade 2 Comtemporary Piano practical examination with distinction (90%)!

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Young Author Shines At Eisteddfod

Union High School is extremely proud of Grade 6 learner Tara Piercey who, during the recent Karoo Eisteddfod, achieved a total of 98% – Triple Gold – for her original story, “Hope”.

T. Piercey

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Art Club Explores Local Gallery

The members of Union High School’s Art Club managed to escape the searing heat this week and spent a cool, contemplative time in the Hester Rupert Art Gallery Graaff Reinet.

During this time they were shown some of the national treasures that are exhibited in this gallery, including original works by Irma Stern, Maggie Laubser, Alexis Preller and Walter Battis.

The young artists looked at works from various art movements such as Impressionism, Expressionism, Surrealism and Post Modernism.

They also saw works in different mediums including oil paint, watercolour, sculpture and various printing techniques.

We are so fortunate to have a collection such as this in Graaff-Reinet, and the Art Club came away with a new appreciation of the visual arts.

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Congratulations Taegen!

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Art Club Explores Local Gallery

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