Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet hosted its annual prizegiving ceremony earlier this evening, Monday, 14 October, in the Union High School hall ๐
๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ท๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ฒ ๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ถ๐ฐ๐.
Guests were treated to performances by our talented choir, who captivated everyone with their harmonious melodies. Additionally, our gifted music learners impressed everyone with their incredible performances.
We must say, it was a very special night indeed, and we couldn’t be more proud of our remarkable learners!
The ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ for the Grade 3 learner/s who demonstrate the most praiseworthy social skills was this year jointly awarded to ๐๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐น๐ฎ and ๐ ๐ถ๐ต๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ.
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด who was awarded the ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ข๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐-10 ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง 2003 ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ฏ and ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐บ who was awarded the trophy for ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ at Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s recent prizegiving ceremony ๐
Congratulations to ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป and ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐, who were jointly honoured with the Lutho Pohlongo Floating Trophy for Most Promising Junior Cricketers at the recent prizegiving ceremony at Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet ๐
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Kelly van Rensburg who was presented with the Horace Stanton Floating Trophy as Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s 2024 Grade 4 General Knowledge Champion.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Keira Kingwill, a Grade 3 learner at Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet, on being awarded the ๐ฆ๐๐น๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต๐ (donated by the UHS 2005 First XI) for ‘Most Promising u/9 Player’ at the schoolโs recent prizegiving ceremony.
๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐ก๐ to Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet pianists Kirsten Trollip and Madison Tam who were the joint recipients this year of the ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ for the Most Outstanding Piano Pupil ๐ถ
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to ๐๐ป๐๐ต๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐น๐ผ๐บ who received the ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ป๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด-๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ for this year’s Senior Chess Champion.
We would also like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ on winning the UPS Floating Trophy for Most Promising Chess Player, ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ป๐ธรฉ ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ป on being awarded the ๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ for Most Improved Chess Player and ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ฒ๐๐ฟ๐๐ on receiving the Tossie Minnaar Floating Trophy as this year’s Junior Chess Championโ๏ธ
This year’s recipients of the ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ – donated by the 2007 A-10 class for the learner/s who demonstrates strength of character and shows personal growth while maintaining a positive disposition – are Grade 4 learners ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด and ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ธ๐ฐ!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Grade 4 learner ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด who was awarded the ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ 4 at Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s recent prizegiving ceremony ๐
The Bruce Cumming Award is an honours trophy that is awarded at the end of each year to a learner who is an ๐๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ.
This learner achieves as a scholar, participates in cultural activities and on the sports field. He/she displays leadership qualities and sportsmanship.
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Grade 4 learner ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ who was the recipient of this prestigious award at Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s recent prizegiving ceremony ๐
Well done to Grade 4 learner ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ, whose performance as the fierce and formidable evil queen in Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s 2024 adaptation of ๐ฆ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐, earned her the floating trophy for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Drama’ during the school’s recent prizegiving ceremony ๐ญ
Congratulations to Grade 4 learners, ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด and ๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐, on being recognised as Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s Sportswoman and Sportsman of the Year for 2024 ๐๐ฅ
Jocelyn was rewarded with the prestigious Stern Family Floating Trophy, while Michael was presented with the coveted Carl Bezuidenhout Floating Trophy.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ด!
