๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ช๐๐๐ ๐ง๐ข ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฅ๐ข๐ก ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐
On a wintry Monday morning among the blooms of the beloved Max Kroon garden, ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ for a woman who has left an indelible mark on the hearts of many – Matron Ros Rubidge.
Gathered together in a spirit of gratitude, staff and parents came to honour Ros, who has been an integral part of the Max Kroon House family for the past 20 years. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฃ๐บ๐ฆ, ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด.
Mrs Vanessa Copeman, in a heartfelt speech on behalf of everyone present and those who couldnโt be there in person but were certainly there in spirit, captured what Ros has meant to the community. “๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ – ๐๐ฐ๐ด,” she said. “๐๐ตโ๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด.”
Rosโ journey at Max Kroon began two decades ago. Over the years, she has not only cared for and guided countless children but helped shape them into the kind, confident young adults they are today. With humour, Vanessa added, โ๐๐ฐ๐ธ, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต – ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต – ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ค๐ข๐ญ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด, ๐ช๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ 20 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 1๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ 27 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ!โ
The sentiment throughout the morning was clear: Ros is deeply cherished. “๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ’๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฎ, ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ,” Vanessa said. “๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ.”
As a token of appreciation, Ros will be gifted with a beautifully curated Memory Book – filled with photos, heartfelt messages and colourful drawings. “๐๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ,” said Vanessa. “๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ.”
Vanessa also shared a personal reflection on her own journey with Ros, beginning in 2015 when her daughter Rebecca started Grade 1. Their bond was instant, and when Vanessa later discovered she was expecting her son Mark, Ros was among the first to hear the news. โ๐๐ฐ๐ด, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ’๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ’๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ฉ๐ฆ’๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 4, ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐จ๐ช๐ง๐ต ๐ช๐ต’๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ.โ
Though this chapter may be ending, Rosโs legacy at Max Kroon will live on. ๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ – ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น.
โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ,โ Vanessa concluded. โ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ด.โ
With emotions running high, Mr Justin Kingwill, chairman of the Union Preparatory School Governing Body was then invited to say a few words, followed by a lovely speech by matron Demi Van Der Rheede. Everyone present was then invited to enjoy the selection of tea eats lovingly prepared for the occasion.
๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฅ๐ผ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น ๐๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ถ๐, ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฎ๐๐.
