Mandela Day

This ๐— ๐—”๐—ก๐——๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—” ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ, Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet will be honouring Madibaโ€™s legacy by making the most of our 67 minutes in a meaningful way. On Friday, 20 June, learners are invited to ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ Read More

Martial Arts South Africa

๐—•๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ง ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—Ÿ๐—จ๐—–๐—ž to Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet learners ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, 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 as they compete in the MASA (Martial Arts South Africa) National Championship & Festival, taking place on 14 and 15 June at the Jonibach Sport Centre Read More

Roof project completed

We are thrilled to announce that the Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet roof replacement project is finally complete! ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป. Over the past few weeks, our school has undergone a major transformation – one that, while challenging at times, Read More

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