Book characters dress-up

Today at Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet, the Grade 1 to 4 learners brought their beloved book characters to life in a vibrant ๐—•๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—ฅ๐—”๐—–๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐——๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ-๐—จ๐—ฃ civvies day!From Pippy Longstocking to The Cat in the Hat, imagination soared as Goldilocks, Harry Potter, Wednesday Read More

New Winter Uniform

We are thrilled to announce that we will be launching the Union Schools’ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—  collection at Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet this year. ๐˜ผ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™Ž๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก๐™จ’ ๐˜พ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™Ž๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ, ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ข๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™– ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š Read More

Cricket u/9A

This past weekend saw Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s u/9A cricketers taking on Summerwood Primary School’s u/10 side in two T20 matches.๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐Ÿญ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต.Union won the toss and chose to bat first.๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š Read More

Inter-Districts Gala

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to the following Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet swimmers who have been selected to represent the #Karoo team at the ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง-๐˜ฟ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™‚๐™–๐™ก๐™– taking place in Makhanda on Tuesday, 5 March, where they will compete against schools from the Amathole and Albany districts:๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ Read More

Compassberg ๐—•๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—™๐—ข๐—ข๐—ง

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet is incredibly proud of Union dad Dawid De Wet, who is set to conquer the formidable Compassberg ๐—•๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—™๐—ข๐—ข๐—ง in support of his son Richter’s soccer team, ๐™ณ๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š›๐š˜๐šž๐šœ ๐™ณ๐šŠ๐š›๐š”๐š’๐šŽ๐šœ โ˜ ๏ธโšฝ๏ธFounded in 1972, Dangerous Darkies holds the honour of being Read More

Inaugural U9 Karoo Rugby Festival this April!

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet is excited to announce that we will be hosting our inaugural U9 Karoo Rugby Festival this April! ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€, ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฑ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฒ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ. This Read More

Mini-cricket

Today, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet had the pleasure of hosting our dear friends from Laerskool Gill / Gill Primary for an exciting session of ๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ-๐—–๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ง. The enthusiastic u/7s showcased their skills and gave it their all on the field. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ Read More

Camdeboo Eisteddfod

Entries for this year’s Camdeboo Eisteddfod โ€“ hosted by Union High School, Graaff-Reinet – open on Friday, 1 March. ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด. Join us on ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ, ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ & Read More

Learning Support Centre

We are pleased to report that following its recent revamp, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s Learning Support Centre is being fully utilised by our Grade 1 to 4 learners. Under the guidance of Mrs Katie Kotzรฉ, ๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ซ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™–๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™–๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ก, Read More

Tennis

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet‘s little Top 6 boys and girls tennis players showcased great sportsmanship and determination in a fixture against Laer Volkskool Graaff-Reinet earlier today. Despite their best efforts, the girls lost 2-7 and the boys lost 0-9. ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† Read More