There was plenty of colour, pretty dresses and happy chatter at The Coldstream Restaurant this afternoon as our Grade 7 girls joined the ladies of Union High School’s Primary Department for their ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐น๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฒ๐’ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ.
At the heart of this lovely little tradition is something quite simple: ๐ง๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น.
With a cheerful floral theme, delicious cake and good company, it was a lovely opportunity for the girls and their teachers to spend some time together away from the usual bustle of the school day.
The afternoon also gave everyone a chance to get to know ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ, our ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, a little better. She introduced herself to the girls, who in turn had the opportunity to give her a proper Grade 7 welcome.
Another particularly meaningful part of the afternoon was a talk by ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ธ, who shared some thoughtful words with the girls about growing up, embracing change and learning to appreciate the young women they are becoming.
Drawing on the familiar story of ๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค ๐ฎ๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ณ, Mrs Brink encouraged the girls to think about what they see when they look at themselves. As they enter their teenage years, she reminded them that growing up brings all sorts of changes, both exciting and challenging, but that ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฟ๐น ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ, ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ.
One of her loveliest messages was about the danger of comparing ourselves to others.
๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ. Just as every instrument has its own part to play in a beautiful piece of music, every girl has her own strengths, personality and special qualities to bring to the world.
Referring to Psalm 139:14, she reminded them that each of them is ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐๐น๐น๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ, and encouraged them to look in the mirror with kindness rather than criticism. Each girl received a little mirror bearing those very words, a small but meaningful reminder to take with her.
Her message was a simple one, but certainly worth remembering: ๐๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ’๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ.
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And really, that fitted so beautifully with what the afternoon was all about. ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ, ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ’๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ, sharing a few meaningful moments and celebrating all the wonderful things that make each of our girls who they are.
The recent Cape Schoolsโ Cricket Festival in Makhanda was a little extra special for ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, who received his ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ for Union High School’s 1st XI.
Thereโs a lot of time, practice and commitment behind those fifty appearances in the green and white. Well done, Alex – ๐ช๐ตโ๐ด ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง!
It was a good afternoon of cricket at Union High School today, Monday, 12 October, as our ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ and ๐จ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ teams welcomed Hoรซr Landbouskool Marlow for two T20 encounters.
Our ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ซ๐ put together an impressive 179/2 in their 20 overs, with Callum Jacobs leading the way with an unbeaten 71, well supported by Leander Kraai (41*) and Richard Murray (39).
The bowlers then made short work of Marlow’s batting line-up, dismissing the visitors for just 43. Alex Hunter was particularly impressive with figures of 4/8, while Richard Murray claimed 3/23, securing a ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ฒ-๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐.
Our ๐จ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ boys were equally impressive, posting 163/6 thanks largely to a superb knock of 91 off just 47 balls from Dante Mills.
Marlow were then bowled out for 56, with Kwezi Molonga taking 4/9, Timna Qomfo 2/3 and Luandle Dali 2/9, giving Union a ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ณ-๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ป.
Two lovely team performances, some excellent individual contributions and a very encouraging afternoon for Union cricket.
Union’s 1st XI were in fine form against Volkskool, putting together a total of ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ญ.๐ญ ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ before dismissing their opponents for 102 in 17.5 overs.
The result was a comprehensive ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ญ-๐ฟ๐๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ for Union and another encouraging performance from a side that is clearly finding its rhythm.
Top Batsman and Man of the Match:
Richard Murray 115 of 91 Balls. Well done!
Batting Performances:
โข Richard Murray โ Top Scorer 115 runs
โข Joshua Kingwill โ 43 runs.
โข Nathaniel Phillips โ 42 runs.
Best Bowling Performances:
โข Richard Murray โ 4 wickets for 28 runs in 5.5 overs
โข Nathaniel Phillips โ 4 wickets for 28 runs in 7 overs
โข Murray Hope โ 2 wickets for 30 runs in 3 overs
Congratulations to all the players on an outstanding performance, especially everyone play for each other represent thee Badge with Pride!.
Union High Schoolโs Second Team batted first and scored 112 runs all out, with Alchano Jaftha top-scoring with 35 runs off 34 balls. Cradock High Schoolโs First Team chased down the target in the 18th over, winning by 3 wickets.
Despite the result, Unionโs Second Team showed great character and fighting spirit against a First Team, competing until the final two overs. Well done, boys!
U11A Union secured a convincing 10-wicket victory over Kirkwood U11A. After restricting Kirkwood to 45 runs in 15 overs, Union chased down the target, reaching 46 without losing a wicket in just 8.3 overs.
Joshua Prinsloo claimed 3 wickets and Lucko Pehlo and Callan Strydom 2 each.
Jac Jacobs top-scored with an unbeaten 20 off 36 balls, while Liam Raath contributed an unbeaten 6 off 11 balls.
A fantastic team performance from the boys, winning by 10 wickets!
U13A Cricket vs Kirkwood, Saturday 10 October
Union U/13A produced a dominant performance against Kirkwood, securing a convincing 139-run victory.
Batting first, Union posted an impressive 155/4 in their allotted 20 overs. Kari Stern led the way with an unbeaten 37 off 33 balls, while Grant Murray contributed 36 off just 24 deliveries. Michael Maritz also played an important role, finishing unbeaten on 33 off 27 balls to help Union set a challenging target.
Unionโs bowlers then delivered an outstanding performance, bowling Kirkwood out for just 16 runs in 6.5 overs. Edwin Holmes was the standout bowler, taking 7 wickets for 8 runs
We couldnโt be happier to introduce Union High Schoolโs newly appointed head prefects for 2027!
A warm congratulations to ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ (Head Girl), ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ถ (Head Boy), ๐๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฒ (Deputy Head Girl) and ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด (Deputy Head Boy).
Four truly wonderful young people, each with so much to offer. We are delighted with these appointments and have every confidence that they will lead with kindness, integrity and pride in their school.
Union High School’s annual ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ข๐ก๐ฌ held on Friday evening, 9 October, celebrated the achievements of our senior learners throughout 2026.
The evening was a wonderful mix of music, reflection and recognition.
Our senior choir treated us to a beautiful rendition of ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด, while Taegen Hamid’s piano performance of ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ and a piano duet by Mrs Brink and Mrs Beldon added to the occasion.
We also enjoyed addresses by our SGB Chairman, Mr Kelvin Kayster, and Headmaster, Mr William Pringle, and were pleased to welcome ๐ ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐น ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ as our special guest.
It was lovely to see so many young people acknowledged for the effort, commitment and enthusiasm they have shown throughout the year.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ, with the induction of our Head and Deputy Prefects for 2027 and a vote of thanks from our outgoing Head Prefects, Misha Newton and Liso Booi.
Temlett Hockley Trophy U15 Boys โ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ด๐พ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ
Herby Arnott Trophy Open Girls โ ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐
UHS Trophy Open Boys โ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐ง
The Midboard Prize for the Most Promising U15 Cricketer โ ๐๐ผ๐๐ต๐๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐๐ถ๐น๐น
CC Prinsloo Floating Trophy for the Best Fielder in the 1st Team โ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ธ
Wally Kingwill Trophy for the Best Batsman โ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐
Alan McCabe Memorial Trophy for the Best All-Rounder โ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ
Robert Leak Shield for the Bowler who took the most wickets during the season โ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ
๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฌ
Tallies Agencies Sulette Damons Prize for the Most Outstanding Hockey Player โ ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐๐ป๐ป ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐
Wagner / Wright Cup for the Most Promising Hockey Player โ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป
Gail McArthur Trophy for the player showing the Best Sportsmanship โ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
๐ฆ๐ช๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ก๐
The Allistair Wallis Trophy for the Victor Ludorum โ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ
The Maryanne Pringle Trophy for the Victrix Ludorum โ ๐ญ๐ผ๐ฒฬ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐
๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ
Donald Kingwill Trophy for the Most Promising U16 Rugby Player โ ๐๐๐๐ผ๐น๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐ถ
UHS Trophy for the Most Valuable U16 Forward Rugby Player โ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ท๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฟ
UHS Trophy for the Most Valuable U16 Backline Rugby Player โ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐ณ๐๐ต๐ฎ
Andre du Plessis Floating Trophy for the Most Dedicated 2nd XV Player โ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ
Chumani Booi Trophy for the Most Valuable Back โ ๐ค๐ต๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐ป
Sullivan / Light Trophy for the Most Dedicated 1st XV Player โ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐บ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐
Cecil Murray Trophy for the Most Outstanding Rugby Player of the Season โ ๐๐น๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
Gordon Gilfillan Trophy for the Most Valuable Forward โ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ
Meyburgh Floating Trophy for the Man of the Match at Interschools โ ๐๐น๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ
Herby Arnott Cup for the Most Promising U15A Girl โ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ
Melody Charles Memorial Trophy for the U15 Girlsโ Singles Champion โ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ
Garry Sullivan Memorial Trophy for the U15 Boysโ Singles Champion โ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐
Ludwig van Coppenhagen Trophy for the Open Boysโ Doubles Champions โ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ & ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐
George Wiehahn Cup for the Boysโ Singles Champion โ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐
Fergusson Family Trophy for Open Mixed Doubles Champions โ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ & ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐
Nora van Niekerk Trophy for the 1st Team Girl showing the Most Sportsmanship โ ๐๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป
A Levy and Dulcie Bekker-Smith Memorial Trophy and Prize for the Girlsโ Singles Champion โ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป
Pienaar Trophy for Open Girlsโ Doubles Champions โ ๐๐ฎ๐๐น๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป & ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป
Louise Vorster Trophy for Tenacity and Commitment to Tennis โ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐
The Bruce Maree Memorial Shield for Exceptional Character, Devotion to Duty, Great Courage and Endurance or Determination โ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฎ
Vrede Award for Bilingualism โ UHS Prize for Mathematics (1st UHS Prize) โ ๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ
Vrede Award for Bilingualism โ St. Jamesโ School Prize for English โ UHS Prize for Mathematics (1st GSC Rubidge Memorial Prize) โ ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ
Sue Wynford Trofee vir die Beste Leerder in Afrikaans โ Vrede Award for Bilingualism (2nd) โ ๐๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐
Joan Thornton / Bobs Bremner Memorial Prize (highest marks in Maths, Life Sciences & Physical Sciences), GBG Prize for Accounting, St. Jamesโ School Prize for English, 1st Luckhoff Memorial Prize โ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ญ
Fergusson Family Prize for the Best Geography Pupil โ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป-๐๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด
UHS Prize for Tourism โ ๐๐๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ถ๐
W.A.A. Shield for the Most Promising Life Sciences Pupil (6th) โ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐๐
UHS Prize for Mathematical Literacy (5th) โ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ฎ๐ ๐ค๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
UHS Prize for Business Studies โ UHS Prize for History โ ACVV Prize for Afrikaans 1st Additional Language (3rd) โ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
UHS Prize for Life Orientation (2nd) โ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
GBG Prize for Accounting, Kroon Family Prize for Physical Sciences, Lauren Weyer Prize for Mathematics, Vrede Award for Bilingualism, UHS Prize for Computer Applications Technology, UHS Prize for English, 1st Luckhoff Memorial Prize โ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐
๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ฎ
UHS Prize for Music โ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ฑ
Zoetvlei Prize for Geography โ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
UHS Prize for Life Orientation (5th) โ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ
UHS Prize for History (4th) โ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ
McGaffin Prize for Afrikaans First Additional Language โ Vrede Award for Bilingualism โ UHS Prize for Life Orientation โ FNB Cup for Computer Applications Technology (3rd) โ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ผ๐๐
UHS Prize for Tourism โ UHS Prize for Business Studies โ UHS Prize for Maths Literacy (2nd) โ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป
Bloemhof Prize for Life Sciences, GBG Prize for Accounting, Old Unionite Prize for Physical Sciences, Max Kroon Prize for Mathematics, UHS Prize for English and the (1st) Luckhoff Memorial Prize โ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐
James Loock Cup โ Academic Interhouse Arnott House (to be collected by House Captains) โ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ & ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ
๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐น๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ-๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฎ (Grade 8), ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ (Grade 9), ๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฎ ๐๐๐น๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป (Grade 10), ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ (Grade 11) and ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐ (Grade 12) all finished first in their respective grades this year.
Dickie van Rensburg Shield for Overall Interhouse Points โ Daly House (to be collected by House Captains) โ ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป & ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ท๐ฎ๐บ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ
The Principalโs Award for the Most Significant Contribution to the Life of the School โ ๐๐ฑ๐ด๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐
The Serman Family Prize โ ๐ ๐ฎ๐พ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป
The Melda and Gordon Wright Award โ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ
The Puttick Prize โ ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐น๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ถ
The Tony Burrell Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement โ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐
FA Kingwill Cup for All-Round Achievement โ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป
Edwin & Susan Bosch Prize for Leadership in the RCL โ ๐ฆ๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ผ ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎ
RCL Deputy Prize for Leadership โ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ
๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฆ
Irene & Robert Prinsloo Accounting Bursary for Further Study โ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฒ๐
Rayfield Bursary for Further Study โ ๐๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ
Laing Bursary for Further Study โ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐๐ป ๐ง๐ฟ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฝ
William Lawrie Bursary for Further Study โ ๐๐ผ๐๐ต ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐
Old Unionite Bursary for Further Study โ ๐๐๐ต๐น๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐น
Old Unionite Bursary for Further Study โ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ต๐ผ๐๐
John Brodie Prize (Runners-up in Helen Watermeyer/Joy Arnott and Way Memorial Bursaries, for the Headgirls of Herby Arnott House & Arthur Kingwill House) โ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐น & ๐ก๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐๐น๐ฒ๐น๐ผ ๐ก๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฏ๐ผ
Fred Rubidge Memorial Scholarship for the Headboy of Arthur Kingwill House โ ๐๐๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ต๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ
Joy Arnott / Helen Watermeyer Trust Bursary to Head Girl โ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฎ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป
Way Memorial Bursary to Head Boy โ ๐๐ถ๐๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ถ
On Friday, 9 October, Union High School’s matrics joined nearly one million Grade 12 learners across South Africa in signing the 2026 National Senior Certificate Examination Pledge.
It is a simple but meaningful promise to do their best, play fair and let their hard work speak for itself.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐ as they prepare for the weeks ahead. You’ve come a long way, matrics. Now it’s time to finish strong!
