World Literacy Day

Today, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet came alive with magic, mischief and marvellous imagination as we celebrated ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† with a ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด-๐˜œ๐˜ฑ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ!

Our corridors were filled with beloved storybook heroes and villains – from the whimsical ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข with her kind-hearted ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ and fearsome ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ, to an entire army of ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

We spotted a brave ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด, the wise ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜น, plenty of mysterious, non-smiling ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด, the adventurous ๐˜—๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ and even ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ and ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด gracing our classrooms.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€ – sparking imagination, inspiring creativity and showing us that through stories, we can be anything we dream of.

A huge ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to our learners (and parents!) for the incredible effort put into these fantastic costumes – you made World Literacy Day an unforgettable celebration of the wonder of reading!

๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ!