World Bee Day

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet was swarmed by the cutest little bees today as we celebrated ๐—ช๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—— ๐—•๐—˜๐—˜ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ A heartfelt ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ to Dr. Albertus โ€˜Dakmanโ€™ Marais and Imke Marais for generously sharing some delicious honey with our learners – ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ Read More

Gymnastics Club

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet Grade 1 learner, ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ปรฉ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, on her outstanding participation in the Karoo Gymnastics Club competition this past Saturday! Competing with determination and grace in the bar, beam, vault and floor events, Joanรฉ earned a silver Read More

Hockey vs Kingswood

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet‘s hockey players delivered ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ across the board on Saturday morning against their Kingswood Junior School counterparts. The ๐˜‚/๐Ÿณ๐—” ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—• ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ both secured 1-0 victories, setting the tone for a day of success. The ๐˜‚/๐Ÿด๐—• team dominated Read More

Rugby vs Kingswood

The Union Schoolsโ€™ rugby boys enjoyed a spirited outing to Kingswood Junior School, today, Saturday, 17 May. The ๐˜‚/๐Ÿต๐—” and ๐˜‚/๐Ÿต๐—• teams gave it their all in tough matches, losing 5-12 and 5-40 respectively. The ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ๐—” side (๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ) delivered an impressive Read More

Tennis

Today, our ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿฐ ๐˜‚/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜†๐˜€โ€™ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€โ€™ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ traveled to Makhanda to take on Kingswood Junior School, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape in a spirited afternoon of matches. Our young girls secured a strong 23 – 10 victory in their singles matches. Read More

MASA Provincial Championship

This past weekend, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet proudly saw four of its learners take to the mats at the ๐— ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ and Festival, held at the Ernest Swanepoel Sport Centre in Despatch. Akeem Christoffels, Jaqwan Ahmed, Liam Pienaar and Grace-Lynne Kitching Read More

Stoep Tasting

Whether you’re craving ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ or simply in need of a delicious afternoon pick-me-up, the now-legendary Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet braai stall is ready to serve up something special! Join us during ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ for Read More

Hockey – Collegiate Junior

This past Saturday, our young hockey players travelled to Gqeberha to face their Collegiate Junior School for Girls counterparts. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ. Our Read More

Black slate roof tiles

Following the recent replacement of the roof at Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet, we have a substantial amount of beautiful ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—–๐—ž ๐—ฆ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ available for purchase.๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ Read More

Karoo Festival of Choirs

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s inaugural ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€, held on Thursday evening, 8 May, was a truly wonderful affair that filled the hearts of all who attended with joy and pride. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† the exceptional voices of choirs Read More