Year: 2022

Five Destiny Swimming Academy swimmers from Graaff-Reinet participated in the 𝗡𝗘𝗟𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗟𝗔 𝗕𝗔𝗬 𝗔𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗖𝗦 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦𝗛𝗜𝗣𝗦 held this past weekend, 9 to 11 December, in Gqeberha. Grade 3 learners 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻 and 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀 represented Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet, while Nina Pieterse represented Read More

Dear ‘Wild Karoo’ family and friends, Please note that – as has been communicated with our parents, sponsors and stakeholders several weeks back – a decision was made by the Wild Karoo committee to 𝙢𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 ‘𝙒𝙞𝙡𝙙 𝙆𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙤 𝘼𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 & 𝙂𝙖𝙡𝙖’ 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 Read More

At Thursday morning’s special assembly, a large number of academic achievements were awarded to our Union Preparatory School learners – please find them listed below. 𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 Read More

On the last day of school for 2022, Thursday, 24 November, we bid an emotional 𝗙𝗔𝗥𝗘𝗪𝗘𝗟𝗟 to our wonderful Grade 4s. As a final goodbye, a guard of honour was formed for the Grade 4s by the Grade 1, 2 and 3 Read More

Several of our Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet swimmers competed in the 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥-𝗗𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗦 𝗚𝗔𝗟𝗔 held on Tuesday, 1 November, where the top swimmers in the Karoo, Albany and Amathola districts gather annually to test their mettle in the water. 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 Read More

What a wonderful start to the festive season! On Thursday evening, 17 November, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet was aglow during its annual 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗦 𝗕𝗬 𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗟𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧 event. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡’𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙤𝙯𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩, as the learners took to the stage to Read More

𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to doubles pairings 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝗧𝗮𝘆𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗯𝘀 and 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁 and 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗻 who were crowned as Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/10 Tennis Doubles’ Champions! The finals were held earlier this week, and saw Harry and Ryan battling it out Read More

These past few weeks saw Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s annual u/10 Tennis Singles Championship contested. The finals were held yesterday afternoon, Monday, 7 November, with Dante Mills and Harry Watson battling it out in the boys’ section and Amelia King and Taylor Read More

This past Saturday, 5 November, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s 𝗨/𝟵𝗔 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗘𝗧 side played a 30-over match against Graeme College. Although there was some uncertainty about whether the game will continue or not as rainclouds were threatening overhead for most of the morning, Read More

This past Friday morning, October 28, our Grade 4 general knowledge boffins represented their respective Houses in Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s annual Interhouse Quiz. While 𝗗𝗔𝗟𝗬 𝗛𝗢𝗨𝗦𝗘 was represented by Rhyno Homveld, Nieke van Jaarsveld, Adam Clark and Kari Stern; Gia Scheepers, Read More