๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ…

The educators at the Union Schools hit the ground running this term! Not only did they welcome and settle their learners for the new term, but they also attended a ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น and ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ Keller Education session hosted by Gavin Keller, executive director Read More

๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—จ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿ‰

On Thursday morning, 24 March, Unionโ€™s u/11 rugby team left Graaff-Reinet, making their way to Gqeberha, to participate in ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—นโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ ๐—ฅ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น. Upon arrival, they played their first match of the tournament against Westering Primary, which they Read More

๐—”๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€

It was a very special affair at Union Preparatory School’s recent Special Assembly where the school’s top athletes were honoured. The ceremony was held in Union High School’s Hall on Wednesday morning, 23 March. Congratulations to Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 4 Read More

Special Assembly 1st Term

๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ plays an integral part in the educational experience at Union Preparatory School during the summer months. It was therefore fitting that the 1st term was concluded with a special assembly recognising the athletic talents of our learners. The assembly was held Read More

EP Biathlon

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Grade 2 learner ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต and Grade 3 learner ๐—ž๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ who were recently selected to represent EP Biathlon at the 2022 SA National Biathlon Championships being held in Gqeberha during the first weekend in April. ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ!

๐—จ๐—ฃ๐—ฆ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜€

On Thursday morning, 17 March, Union Preparatory School celebrated a milestone as it ๐—จ๐—ก๐—ฉ๐—˜๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—— ๐—ง๐—›๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—–๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข๐— ๐—ฆ for its Grade 4 learners. The school hosted a special ribbon cutting ceremony (attended by the schoolโ€™s staff, learners, Grade 4 parents, the Union Schoolsโ€™ Read More

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ-๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ

The 2022 ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐Ÿญ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ-๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—š๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ was held on Saturday, 12 March, at the Newton Park Swimming Pool. A group of 11 Union Preparatory School swimmers travelled to Gqeberha to participate in this event. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป Read More

Educational Excursion

Union Preparatory School’s Grade 4s recently enjoyed an ๐—˜๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—˜๐—ซ๐—–๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก to the local museums. This annual outing forms part of their Social Sciences curriculum and this year saw the learners treated to a tour through the – yet unopened – Sobukwe Museum Read More

Cricket U/11A

This past Saturday, 5 March, Union Preparatory School’s ๐—จ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—” ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ played their very last match of the 2021/22 cricket season – a 40-over encounter against Muir College at home. Muir won the toss and decided to bowl first. Union’s openers got the Read More

U/11As enjoy win against Gill

Union’s u/11A cricketers enjoyed a great afternoon of cricket against Somerset East’s Gill Primary School on Wednesday afternoon, 2 March, in a ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ-๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. Gill College won the toss and elected to bat first. Union’s bowlers delivered a stellar performance, restricting Gill Read More