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Union High School, Graaff-Reinet recently had the distinct pleasure of hosting Mr Clive Marriott, Headmaster of Salisbury Cathedral School, during his recent visit to South Africa.

Union has long enjoyed a wonderful learner exchange programme with this 900-year-old school in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, with its incomparable setting beneath the famous spire of Salisbury Cathedral. (𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 1091 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘵 𝘖𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘯𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘮.)

𝗜𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘁𝘁’𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁, Union hosted an small function in the Tony Burrell Union to welcome him to the school and to celebrate the special connection that exists between the two schools.

For 30 years, the Salisbury learners have been coming to Graaff-Reinet as exchange students for a term, followed by Union’s exchange students spending a term in the UK. Quite a few of these Union learners then go on to do a Gap Year at Salisbury after completing their matric year.

The recent event hosted by the school was attended by some of the exchange students from 2013 to date, as well as their parents. After Mr Pringle welcomed all the guests, Mr Marriott addressed all those present, amusing the audience with a few tales of events that have happened over the years.

The 2023 exchange learners were also presented with their Exchange Student badges during this event, which they will wear for the duration of their years at Union.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙀𝙭𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨.

Grade 7 Union learners 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗺𝘂𝗶𝗿 and 𝗭𝗼ë 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 are currently in the UK, where they are spending the term at Salisbury Cathedral School as this year’s exchange students.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://www.unionschools.co.za/…/salisbury-exchange/