There was a lovely sense of anticipation at the Tony Burrell Union this evening as we welcomed the parents of our 2027 Grade 1 learners for our ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ ๐๐ป๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด – an opportunity for introductions, a few questions and a first glimpse of what lies ahead for their little ones.
The evening began with a welcome and prayer by ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ, followed by a message from our principal, ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป.
Our Grade 1 educator, ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ฏ๐๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ป, then took parents through what they can expect from Grade 1, while the children of UPS gave everyone a little glimpse of school life with a ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐.
There was also an opportunity to learn more about the sporting opportunities available at UPS, with ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ถ๐น๐ผ ๐ก๐ท๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฎ sharing some insight into our sports programme, while ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ spoke about the school’s ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฒ and ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐.
Our SGB chairman, ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น, also addressed the parents before the evening concluded with an opportunity for questions.
For many of these families, this will be their first experience of Union, while others may already have older children at the school.
Either way, evenings like these are a lovely opportunity to ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ข ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ their little ones will soon call their own.
๐ง๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐จ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ณ!
๐๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
