2025 Interschools Assembly

Dear Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet community, We are delighted to invite you to join us for the highly anticipated 2025 ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ’ ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ, which will take place on Friday morning, 15 August at 07:20. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ Read More

New Supporter Flags

With the ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—›๐—ข๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ now just three weeks away, the excitement is slowly but surely building across our schools! Pictured here is Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s u/9A rugby captain, Riko Steynberg, with u/10A hockey captain, Keira Kingwill, proudly showing off the brand-new Read More

UPS vs Woodridge

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet had the pleasure of hosting Woodridge College & Preparatory School yesterday for a wonderful morning of rugby and hockey. ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ-๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ’๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด’ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ป๐˜ป ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด Read More

Academic Top 10 Term 2

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet‘s ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐Ÿฎ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ: 1. Lemari Grobler 2. Zanelle Botha 3. Richter de Wet 4. Isabella Petrus 5. Jua van Jaarsveld 6. Keira Kingwill, Ane van der Pol & Natanim Wolde 9. Kiara Knoesen Read More

Interhouse Quiz

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet wrapped up its academic term with a brainy battle on Thursday with the much-anticipated ๐—”๐—ก๐—ก๐—จ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—ค๐—จ๐—œ๐—ญ – a lively tradition that tests wit, teamwork and a dash of fast thinking! The dome was buzzing with excitement as Read More

A heartfelt farewell

๐—” ๐—›๐—˜๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—™๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—ง ๐—™๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐—ง๐—ข ๐— ๐—”๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ก ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ฆ ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—•๐—œ๐——๐—š๐—˜ On a wintry Monday morning among the blooms of the beloved Max Kroon garden, ๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ for a woman who has left an indelible mark on the hearts of many – Read More

Ms Magda Michaels

At the end of Term 2, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ผ ๐— ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฑ๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€, a cherished member of the Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet family for the past four and a half years. ๐˜‹๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜”๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ Read More

Kickboxing Organisation of South Africa

We are delighted to announce that several Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet learners have earned their places on the prestigious Kickboxing Organisation of South Africa (KOSA) teams set to compete on the international stage! Congratulations to ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ-๐—Ÿ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด for being selected to the Read More

UPS Sport

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s learners enjoyed an action-packed day of sport as they welcomed visiting teams from Graeme College for rugby and Victoria Primary School for hockey. Our ๐—ฅ๐—จ๐—š๐—•๐—ฌ players showed courage and commitment in their matches, with the u/11B team going Read More