Interhouse Athletics

Congratulations to all our Union Preparatory learners who participated in todayโ€™s ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ, contributing to a marvellous competition for all involved! A sea of blue and red was all that could be seen as the learners took to the track and Read More

Swimming

Congratulations to Grade 4 learner ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ who has been selected for the swimming team that will represent Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics (NMBA) at the Inter-District Prestige Gala to be held at the Newton Park Swimming Pool on Saturday, 28 January 2023.Well Read More

Nelson Mandela Bay Aquatics Championships

Five Destiny Swimming Academy swimmers from Graaff-Reinet participated in the ๐—ก๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก ๐— ๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—” ๐—•๐—”๐—ฌ ๐—”๐—ค๐—จ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐— ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—›๐—œ๐—ฃ๐—ฆ held this past weekend, 9 to 11 December, in Gqeberha. Grade 3 learners ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป and ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ represented Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet, while Nina Pieterse represented Read More

Wild Karoo | March 2023

Dear โ€˜Wild Karooโ€™ 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 ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ‘๐™’๐™ž๐™ก๐™™ ๐™†๐™–๐™ง๐™ค๐™ค ๐˜ผ๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ & ๐™‚๐™–๐™ก๐™–’ ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ Read More

Special Assembly – Term 4

At Thursday morningโ€™s special assembly, a large number of academic achievements were awarded to our Union Preparatory School learners โ€“ please find them listed below. ๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ Read More

FAREWELL

On the last day of school for 2022, Thursday, 24 November, we bid an emotional ๐—™๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ 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

Inter-districts Gala

Several of our Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet swimmers competed in the ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ-๐——๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—š๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—” 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. ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ Read More

Carols by Candelight returns to rekindle the magic of Christmas

What a wonderful start to the festive season! On Thursday evening, 17 November, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet was aglow during its annual ๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—•๐—ฌ ๐—–๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—š๐—›๐—ง event. ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™กโ€™๐™จ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ฏ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜พ๐™๐™ง๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ข๐™–๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฉ, as the learners took to the stage to Read More

Tennis – doubles duo

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to doubles pairings ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด and ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ and ๐—ฅ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜ and ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป who were crowned as Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s u/10 Tennis Doubles’ Champions! The finals were held earlier this week, and saw Harry and Ryan battling it out Read More