Thank You, OVK

A huge ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ to OVK for once again showing their support for our u13A cricket team this year.

Your partnership means so much to our school and our young sportsmen and women and ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—ž ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ towards youth development in our community.

Pictured here is Mr Paul Marx of OVK Graaff-Reinet and OVKโ€™s Marketing & Communications Manager, Christel Basson, alongside cricketers Edwin Holmes and Kari Stern, proudly showing off the new warm-up tops.

Scout Troop Trestle Race

We are proud to see so many Union boys actively involved in the 1st Graaff-Reinet Scout Troop and taking part in special traditions such as the annual ‘Trestle Race’.

Held at the start of each year, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ as they learn their first knot, work together under pressure and experience firsthand what it means to learn by doing.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

Events like these reflect the strong values of leadership, resilience and service that we strive to nurture at Union. ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป and for providing our boys with such meaningful opportunities beyond the classroom.

The troop meets every ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด:๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ during the school term at the Chookie Geard Scout Hall.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.

Union Girls Take Top Honours!

The Dr Beyers Naudรฉ Local Municipalityโ€™s ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ceremony, held on Monday morning, 26 January, celebrated the outstanding achievements of the regionโ€™s top learners.

Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s top matric candidate from the 2025 NSC examinations, ๐—˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜, had the honour of addressing an audience of fellow achievers, parents, politicians and officials from both the municipality and the Department of Education.

During the ceremony, Erin was announced as the highest-achieving matric in the municipal region, with fellow Union learner ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ proudly claiming second place.

Gisela Kingwill Mother & Daughter Morning

Our annual ๐—š๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐— ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ & ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, held on Saturday in the gardens of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet as part of our Foundersโ€™ Weekend celebrations, was truly a special occasion.

๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฅรฉ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ.

The atmosphere was one of warmth, laughter and connection, celebrating the precious bond between mothers and daughters in the most meaningful way.

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ๐˜€ to our lovely speakers, ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€, who shared her uplifting message, โ€œWhen Life Gives You Lemons,โ€ and ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป, who delighted us with her creative citrus recipes.

A heartfelt thank you as well to all our generous donors who contributed so many wonderful prizes for our lucky draw. ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. Finally, our deepest appreciation goes to Mrs Anรฉlle Ekkerd and the MF Committee for their dedication and hard work in organising such a beautiful and successful event.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ.

View photographs of this event on our Facebook Page

Founders’ Day Assembly

As the start of Founders’ Weekend early this morning ushered in a day of reflection and celebration, we found ourselves wrapped in the warmth of gratitude and admiration.

๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€’ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† – ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† – ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€’ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, marking not just the passage of time but the profound impact of the men and women who had the vision that led to the creation of the school back in 1919, and who have contributed to the leadership and vision of the school since.

None of the education for which the school has become known would have happened without the foresight of these individuals, who set out with the express intention of developing a school which would provide an excellent education for children in Graaff-Reinet. We owe them a debt of gratitude – without them, this fine school simply would not exist – and this is why we honour them on Foundersโ€™ Day each year.

๐—ช๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—นโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€’ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ’๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€.

The ceremony commenced with a warm welcome from the headmaster, Mr William Pringle, who also led a brief devotional. Following his address, the learners of Union High School, Graaff-Reinet, filled the hall with a heartfelt rendition of the school song.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ, ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ 7 ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ญ๐˜ข ๐˜–๐˜ต๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ.

A special congratulatory message was the delivered by Union Preparatory School, Graaff-Reinet learners Paballo Mabapa and Christian-Ross Maya.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€, the learners eagerly exited the hall to enjoy their doughnuts and partake in the festive activities planned for Founders’ Weekend 2026.

Long-Serving Staff Members

Today we were privileged to honour and celebrate some of our ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ก๐—š-๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—™๐—™ ๐— ๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฆ whose dedication has helped shape Union High School over the years.

๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜‚-๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ was recognised for an incredible 20 years of service, while ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ and ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€-๐—๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ were celebrated for 10 years each.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ.

Head Prefects visits Gr 1 Classrooms at UPS

Early this morning, Union High Schoolโ€™s head prefects and their deputies paid a special visit to the Grade 1 classrooms at Union Preparatory School.

๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜บ, ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜บ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‹๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜Ž๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ญ ๐˜’๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฑ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ด.

After friendly introductions, ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜, lovingly handmade by a Union mom. These special hearts form part of a gentle โ€œhug-a-heartโ€ initiative – a small but meaningful token to help comfort our youngest Unionites through the sometimes worrying first weeks of school. ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ตโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต.

We extend our heartfelt ๐—ง๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—ž๐—ฆ to Misha, Liso, Josh and Katelyn for sharing their time, warmth and leadership – and for helping to wrap our youngest learners in Union love.

Senior Interhouse Athletics Day

A ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—›๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—˜ ๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—–๐—ฆ ๐——๐—”๐—ฌ for the books – huge congratulations to Daly House for retaining the title with 655 points, just ahead of a spirited Arnott House on 528!

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NSC Results – We Acknowledge Our Educators’ Commitment

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ during (and in the time leading up to) the 2025 NSC examinations.

๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด.

๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑโ€™s work in English Home Language produced 3 A aggregates with a highest mark of 86%, while Life Orientation achieved a 100% pass rate, 13 A aggregates and a top mark of 90%. ๐— ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต guided her Afrikaans First Additional Language learners to 9 A aggregates and a highest mark of 87%. Strong results were also seen in Mathematics under ๐— ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ท๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (1 A aggregate, highest mark 80%) and Mathematical Literacy with ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ (4 A aggregates, highest mark 89%). ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐—ธ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑโ€™s Accounting class achieved a 100% pass rate, 2 A aggregates and a top mark of 93%. ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ recorded excellent results in Business Studies (4 A aggregates, highest mark 87%) and Tourism (100% pass rate, 1 A aggregate, highest mark 84%). Further 100% pass rates were achieved in Computer Applications Technology (๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€-๐—๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€), Geography (๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€), and Life Sciences (๐— ๐—ฟ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐˜€), with Life Sciences also producing 2 A aggregates and a highest mark of 93%. ๐— ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ปโ€™s History class earned an A aggregate with a top mark of 80% and Physical Sciences under ๐— ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ achieved an A aggregate with a highest mark of 81%.

๐˜ž๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ.

Grade 8 Excursion

Our Grade 8s, accompanied by their teachers and prefects, set off early this morning on a memorable ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐—ธ๐—บ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ in the heart of the Camdeboo National Park.

As part of their high school orientation, they are spending the night immersed in nature, rounding off the day with a special dinner, surrounded by the quiet beauty of the park.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ.