Over the years, the colourful โ๐๐๐๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ฆโ honouring Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinetโs Grade 4 learners have become a much-loved feature on the schoolโs walls.
This tradition was started to showcase the smiling faces of every Grade 4 who passed through UPS before taking the exciting step into Grade 5 at Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโs junior school.
๐๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ 2012, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด.
This morning, at the Grade 4 end-of-year assembly, the 2025 face tile was officially unveiled – a moment always met with excitement and pride as another group of young learners takes their place in this growing mosaic of memories.
It is truly heartwarming to watch these young faces join the display year after year.
And perhaps the most precious thought of all is knowing that, when these children return to UPS in the years to come, their own younger selves will still be there to greet them โ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น.
