There was a little extra chemistry among our Grade 11s this week as they celebrated Mol Day, an annual celebration of all things chemistry! Mol Day commemorates Avogadro’s Number (6.02 x 10ยฒยณ), which is a basic measuring unit in chemistry.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟโ๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐น ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐. Congratulations to our newly crowned Mol Queen, ๐๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ, and ๐ ๐ผ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ – we hope you enjoyed your moment on the throne.
Please take note of the Union Schoolsโ ๐๐ก๐ก๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ on ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐ต ๐ก๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ, at the Tony Burrell Union, where the 2027 budget will be presented.
Parents are encouraged to attend and be part of planning for the year ahead.
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.
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!
There are some goodbyes that are harder than others, and Friday, 9 October, was certainly one of them.
Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐ฌ ceremony for the Class of 2026 was an incredibly emotional occasion, filled with tears, laughter, hugs and the kind of friendship that only comes from years of growing up together.
๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ด ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ and how much being part of this class has meant to them.
From the heartfelt words shared by Mr Pringle and our head prefects, Liso Booi and Misha Newton, to the matrics singing ๐๐ฏ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ together and watching their school years unfold in a slideshow, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ.
And as the familiar words of the accompanying song by Green Day, ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ (๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ง๐ฆ) remind us, we really do hope theyโve had the time of their lives.
Because somewhere between the ordinary school days, the laughter in the corridors, the friendships, the challenges and all those little moments they probably never thought twice about, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐โ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐๐๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐บ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ.
Watching them walk out together for the last time was a reminder of just how quickly these years pass.
๐ง๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ: we hope that when you look back on your time at Union, youโll remember not only the things you did, but the people you shared them with and how it all made you feel.
Union High School’s Primary Department held its annual ๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ข๐ก๐ฌ this morning and what a lovely morning it was!
It was an opportunity to celebrate the hard work and achievements of our Grade 5, 6 and 7 learners, with parents, teachers and special guests gathering to share in the occasion.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด’๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐น ๐บ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐, with our Junior Choir opening proceedings, a piano duet by Mrs Brink and Mrs Beldon and individual performances by Shana Theron and Kate Scott.
We also heard from our headmaster, Mr William Pringle, SGB Chairperson Mr Kelvin Kayster and Departmental Head Mrs Rochelle Gerrand, before recognising our learners for their achievements in academics, culture and sport.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐! It was a lovely morning of celebrating the many talents, efforts and accomplishments of our young Unionites and a reminder of just how much there is to be proud of in our Primary Department!
Although the ceremony saw numerous awards being presented to learners across all subjects and grades, the climax of the event was the presentation of the ๐ข๐น๐ฑ ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ which was this year awarded to Grade 7 learner, Taylor Jacobs.
Here follows a list of all the prize winners – ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐ฆ!
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ (highest average for English & Afrikaans combined): Gia Du Preez
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด: Amia Steenkamp, Anรฉ van der Pol, Cara Murray, Courtney Diza, Gia Du Preez, Grace Kitching, Hibbah Kazi, Isabella Petrus, Jamie-Lee Minnies, Kiara Knoesen, Lily Burton-Moore, Madison Klerk, Mia Herrington, Zahra Smith and Zanelle Botha
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 80% ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ: Amia Steenkamp, Andrew McEwan, Anรฉ van der Pol, Cara Murray, Courtney Diza, Grace Kitching, Gia Du Preez, Hibbah Kazi, Isabella Petrus, Jamie-Lee Minnies, Keira Kingwill, Khazimla Fundi, Kiara Knoesen, Liam Raath, Lilly-Ann Brunette, Lily Burton-Moore, Mandla Mahlaba, Mia Herrington, Natanim Wolde, Zahra Smith and Zanelle Botha
1๐ด๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ: Gia Du Preez
2๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ: Anรฉ van der Pol
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ: Alizwa Ngcangula, Hannah van der Walt, Jianna Hardine, Kate Daley, Nareece Wessels, Taylor Liesing, Willca Visagie and Zoey Buys
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด: Ava Mafeking, Benjamin Daley, Clashay Lamont, Elizabeth Fourie, Leah Abader, Lunathi Wellman, Mason Smit, Othandwayo Dontsa and Scarlett Rand
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ: Kirsten Trollip & Kelly van Rensburg
๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ (highest average for English & Afrikaans combined): Madison Tam & Kirsten Trollip
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐น๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด: Angelique Fortuin, Gemma Murray, Hannah van der Walt, Harlee Palmer, Kelly van Rensburg, Kirsten Trollip, Lesedi Mphahlele, Leyanah Koeberg, Madison Tam, Mia Serfontein, Rosemary Brown, Saskia Strydom and Willca Visagie
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 80% ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ: Abelo Msimang, Ben Steynberg, Cathryn Davenport, Gemma Murray, Harlee Palmer, Iyana Magwentshu, Kelly van Rensburg, Kirsten Trollip, Lesedi Mphahlele, Leyanah Koeberg, Madison Tam, Mia Serfontein, Rosemary Brown, Samuel Wakoyo, Saskia Strydom and Uziah Willemse
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ: Kate Scott
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง 80% ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ: Aaron Dyter, Carlie George, Chloe Burton-Moore, Emma Burger, Isabel Hyldig, Jameson Houseman, Kate Scott, Layla Ott, Lisa McEwan, Mackenzie Preston, Mia Labuschagne, Reece Gibbons, Shana Theron, Sintayu Kaitro, Taylor Jacobs and Tiyanah Abader
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ: Emma Burger
๐๐๐ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ: Taylor Jacobs
๐๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ฆ๐บ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ญ๐ญ-๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ: Hannah van der Walt
๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐บ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ: Emma Burger
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ: Kate Scott
๐๐ช๐ค๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ: Taylor Jacobs
๐ง๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฆ
๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด: Hannah van der Walt
Before stepping into their new roles, ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐น๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ/๐ฎ๐ณ had a chance to spend a few days getting to know one another a little better.
From 4 to 6 October, they attended prefect camp at the Leaders In Life-School and Youth Camps outdoor education centre in the heart of Addo, accompanied by Mrs Nelia Read and Mr Hanno Sparrius.
๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐๐ป, ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ณ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฝ๐๐น๐น ๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ. It was also an opportunity to learn more about themselves and the people theyโll be working alongside in the year ahead.
