Music Hour

On Thursday evening, 25 September, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet had the absolute honour of hosting our much-anticipated 2025 ๐— ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—– ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ in the beautiful John Rupert Theatre. With the air buzzing with excitement, parents and families arrived in their finest black-tie attire, ready Read More

Soccer at Samara

๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to our three Union boys who proudly took part in the recent Samara Soccer Tournament  ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐˜ and ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐˜ƒ๐˜‚๐˜†๐—ผ ๐—›๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ turned out for the Dangerous Darkies, while ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต represented the XI Attackers. This annual event, hosted by Samara Karoo Reserve, brings Read More

Cricket

A Friday afternoon well spent under the karoo sun!Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s u9A and u11A cricketers took to the field against a visiting Queen’s College Boys’ Primary School this afternoon – with plenty more exciting matches still to come tomorrow ๐Ÿ

World Literacy Day

Today, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet came alive with magic, mischief and marvellous imagination as we celebrated ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† with a ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜‹๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด-๐˜œ๐˜ฑ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ! Our corridors were filled with beloved storybook heroes and villains – from the whimsical ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข with her Read More

Chess

Over the recent school holidays, siblings ๐—ž๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ travelled to Alice to compete in the Inter-Regional Chess tournament, where they successfully qualified to participate in the EC Closed trials. Between them, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ at Read More

Martial Arts

On 30 August, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet‘s young martial arts champs proudly attended their stand-up grading ceremony. Congratulations to ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, who earned her Orange 2 belt and to ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ and ๐—๐—ฎ๐—พ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ต๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, who both achieved their Green 1 belts – Read More

U10 Hockey Tournament

At the close of a wonderful day of hockey on Saturday at Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet‘s 2025 ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐— ๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ ๐—›๐—ข๐—–๐—ž๐—˜๐—ฌ ๐—ง๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ๐—ก๐—”๐— ๐—˜๐—ก๐—ง it was Unionโ€™s u/9A side who triumphed in the Pool B final, while Unionโ€™s u/10A side proudly claimed victory in the Read More