General Knowledge Champion

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Emma van den Heever who was presented with the Horace Stanton Floating Trophy as Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet‘s 2023 Grade 4 General Knowledge Champion following Friday’s Interhouse Quiz. ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ป๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ด, ๐˜Œ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข. ๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ข Read More

Arts & Crafts

Every Tuesday afternoon, directly after school, youโ€™ll find many of Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s budding artists at ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ & ๐—–๐—ฅ๐—”๐—™๐—ง๐—ฆ.๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฌ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต-๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด.Led by Mrs Katie Kotze, the Grade Read More

Wild Karoo raffle winners

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to the winners of our recent Wild Karoo raffle!The draw was held this past Wednesday, 26 April, in front of (and with the help of) the very excited Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet learners!๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ก๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ:๐Ÿ† 1st prize (a pair Read More

Vacancies

๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™Ÿ๐™ค๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™–๐™ข๐™ž๐™ก๐™ฎ! We are looking for a dynamic, loving and enthusiastic individual to join our boarding house support team as an assistant matron. Closing date for applications: 5 May 2023 ๐˜—๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต Read More

Here’s my hat

๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต.๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ,๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜โ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜โ€™๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ.๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ.๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ.๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ.๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ต,๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฌ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต.๐˜๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ.๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต.๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ to Union Preparatory Read More

Summer Sports Awards

The ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐— ๐— ๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ ๐—”๐—ช๐—”๐—ฅ๐—— ๐—ช๐—œ๐—ก๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ at Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet were announced at a special assembly on Thursday evening, 13 April.๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐Ÿ‘๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ:๐—š๐—œ๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—ฆ ๐—จ๐Ÿณโ€ข Taygan George (1st 60m, 2nd 80m)โ€ข Keishia Martins (New Record: 14.69 1st 80m, 2nd 60m)โ€ข Read More

Hockey

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet’s hockey teams kick-started the 2023 hockey season with a fixture against Sunridge Primary School in Gqeberha today, Saturday, 15 April, and what can we say – our little players are as formidable in their skill as they are Read More

Team of the day

In today’s rugby fixture against a visiting Muir College, Union’s u/11A team – the undoubted ๐—ง๐—˜๐—”๐—  ๐—ข๐—™ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ – showed great form and passion to win their match 24 – 0. ๐—ช๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ ๐——๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜ to Lukhona Bulembu (2), Robert Finlaison (1) and Read More

Grandparents’ Tea

Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s Grade 1 to 4 learners had the opportunity to enjoy the delightful company of their grandparents at a very special event earlier today, Thursday, 13 April.Close to 200 grandparents descended on the Union High School hall โ€“ where Read More

TRI THE KAROO

๐—ฆ๐—”๐—ฉ๐—˜ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜!We’ve got some great news for sports enthusiasts! The Union Schools will be hosting its inaugural ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—œ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ž๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข in Graaff-Reinet this October!๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ-๐˜ฐ๐˜ง-๐˜ข-๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ค ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ Read More