Well done to u13 cricketer, ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐, on scoring 112 runs off just 66 balls in a recent encounter against Laer Volkskool – ๐ข ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฃ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต, ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ!
๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to our Union High School, Graaff-Reinet u13 tennis girls on their outstanding performances at the recent Eastern Cape tennis trials!
We are incredibly proud of ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐น๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฏ๐, who has been selected to represent the EC Elephants at the SA Interprovincial Tennis Tournament taking place from 7 to 11 January in Bloemfontein.
A huge well done as well to ๐๐บ๐ถ๐น๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐, who has earned her place in the EC Elephants team competing in the Synergy Cup – the interprovincial fixture between the South (Eastern Cape), Western Province, Boland and Northern Cape – from 27 February to 1 March, also in Bloemfontein.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ด๐ข ๐๐ค๐๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ.
Union High School’s swimmers delivered excellent performances at the second ๐-๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ at Newton Park this past Saturday:
๐๐๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐น๐ฎ (๐ญ๐ณ)
An exceptional performance, securing 1st place in all six of her events: 50m Fly, 50m Back, 50m Breast, 50m Free, 100m Free and 100m Back.
๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ (๐ญ๐ฐ)
A consistent set of results, including 3rd place in the 100m Back, along with top-10 finishes in all her remaining events.
๐จ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ต ๐ช๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐บ๐๐ฒ (๐ญ๐ญ)
A solid showing with significant time improvements and competitive placements across all four of his events: 50m Back, 100m Free, 50m Breast and 50m Free.
๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ!
Please note the following ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก regarding Union High Schoolโs role as a marking centre for this year’s NSC examinations:
๐ ๐ก๐๐ช ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ช๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐
As Union High School prepares to bid farewell to Mr Donald Kingwill who will be retiring soon, we do so with immense gratitude for his years of dedicated service to Arthur Kingwill House.
๐๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญโ๐ด ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ, ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ธ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ.
Replacing someone of his caliber is no easy task – his impact is woven into the very fabric of AKH.
๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป.
We are delighted to announce that, in ๐ ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐, we have found an individual who embodies the values, energy and compassion needed to guide Arthur Kingwill House into its next chapter.
Mr Sparrius is no stranger to the Union family. Having joined Union High School in 2012 as a Life Sciences teacher, he quickly established himself as a respected educator and a mentor to our learners.
His involvement in rugby and athletics – ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ – has made him a favourite among our learners, who appreciate both his enthusiasm and genuine care.
๐๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ผ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ๐, Mr Sparrius has also played an important leadership role on our Governing Body, where he currently oversees the discipline portfolio with fairness, integrity and a steady hand.
๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ-๐ด๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.
Mr Sparrius and his lovely family will move into Arthur Kingwill House at the start of 2026 and we look forward to welcoming them into this special community.
As we prepare for this transition, we extend our heartfelt thanks to Mr Kingwill for his loyal service and ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐บ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐โ๐ ๐ด๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ.
Arthur Kingwill House could not be in better hands.
As the Grade 12s’ time @theunionschools rapidly nears its end, the members of the Class of 2025 came together today to sign their names to the school’s signature wall, where all our soon-to-be high school graduates leave their mark to indicate “they were here”.
At the Union Schools, we take great pride in our strong Christian ethos, which continues to guide us in all we do.
As a small reminder of this, weโre delighted to share that ๐ช.๐ช.๐.๐. bracelets, in Unionโs colours, are now available at our Clothing Shop.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ต๐ฉ – ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ท๐ข๐ญ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐๐ฆ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ป๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง 2026 !
Please ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ forย Union High Schoolโs 2026 Gisela Kingwill Mother & Daughter Morning, set to take place on Saturday, 24 January, at 09:00, during the school’s annual Founders’ Weekend celebrations.
This time around, the event will be themed โ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ & ๐๐ช๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ดโ
๐ง๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ this December from Ms Elsebรฉ Moos in the Union High School front office during report handout and again when school resumes in the new year.
In honour of ๐ฅ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐ก๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ, or Poppy Day as it is often known, which is observed on 11 November each year, a Remembrance Day Service was held at St James’ Anglican Church in Graaff-Reinet on Sunday, 9 November.
(๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 11 ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ. ๐๐ฏ 1918, ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ (1914 – 1918) – ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ-๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ โ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ดโ ๐ค๐ญ๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง 8 634 300 ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด.)
This is an important and deeply meaningful occasion, especially for the families and relatives of the fallen – and also for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, as we pause to pay tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
In the photo are Unionโs representatives โ our 2025 Head Girl, Misha Newton; Head Boy, Liso Booi; Deputy Head Girl, Katelyn Trollip and Deputy Head Boy, Josh Arends.
๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ข๐น๐ฑ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฟ:
โข Lt Charles M. de V. Booysen SAAF (1943)
โข Lt Victor P. de Kock MBE DSC MID (1943)
โข 2nd Lt Fanie Nieuwoudt SAAF (1943)
โข Trooper Gerrit T. Ferreira (1944)
โข Lt Ronald Briggs DFC SAAF (1944)
โข Trooper John G. Erlank (1944)
โข Lt Allan McCabe SAAF (1944)
โข Lt Piet Welman SAAF (1944)
โข Capt. A.C. Ramsay RE (1945)
โข Flt. Sgt Billy Wright SAAF (1945)
โข Lt Noel Wright SAAF (1945)
โข L Cpl Mark A. Plateel SAMS (1981)
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ,
๐๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ, ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฏ,
๐๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ,
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
A huge ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ to Union High School cricketers ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ and ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ on their well-deserved selection to represent the Eastern Province Rural u17 team at the ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ด ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, from 5 to 8 December.
Weโre equally proud of Unionโs 1st XI coach, ๐๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐พ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐, who has been appointed as head coach of the EP Rural u17 side, with Jason Vers joining him as assistant coach