Category: Bulletin

Congratulations to Caytah-Leigh Koeberg (Head Girl), Na’eem Mahomed (Head Boy), Sarah Wilmot (Deputy Head Girl) and Joshua Neill (Deputy Head Boy) on being announced as Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s new 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗦!

We couldn’t be more proud of these outstanding learners and are extremely excited for the well-deserved recognition they have received.

𝘖𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴, 𝘸𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺.

We have no doubt that Caytah-Leigh, Na’eem, Sarah and Josh will continue to shine in their new roles as leaders of our learner body.

𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙮 𝙗𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩.

Today we are formally saying goodbye to the Class of 2023 during our annual 𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗬.

We wish the matrics all the best as they approach the end of their schooling journey!

Dear parents/guardians,

Please take note that the Annual General Meeting, at which the 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗢𝗟𝗦’ 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗕𝗨𝗗𝗚𝗘𝗧 will be presented to parents, will be held on Monday evening, 13 November, in the Tony Burrell Union:

• Union Preparatory School @ 17:30
• Boarding Houses @ 18:00
• Union High School @ 18:30

𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴/𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦.

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet was exceedingly priviledged today, to welcome back one of our very own, Luphumlo Joko, to our campus.

Luphumlo, a former Unionite from the 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟭, is not only an accomplished author, speaker, trainer and business coach, but also a passionate advocate for leadership development.

This afternoon, Wednesday, 11 October, Luphumlo led a workshop with our newly elected prefect body, focusing on the importance of effective leadership. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀, 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗟𝘂𝗽𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗹𝗼’𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.

Luphumlo’s first book, “The Ultimate Leader-Shift,” delves into the concept of heart-centered leadership, which emphasizes leading from within oneself. He believes that true leadership comes from understanding and embracing one’s own inner-self, and he shared these valuable teachings with our prefects during the workshop.

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗟𝘂𝗽𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗹𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀.

𝘈𝘵 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸. 𝘞𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘓𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘭𝘰 𝘑𝘰𝘬𝘰 𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘯𝘪, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵-𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱.

Once again, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to Luphumlo for his invaluable contribution to our learners’ education and personal growth.

𝙒𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙮.

The annual induction ceremony hosted by the Old Unionite Association, is always such a special rite of passage for Union’s matrics.

In a memorable ceremony, held on Tuesday evening, 10 October, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Class of 2023 embarked on a new chapter of their journey as they were officially inducted into the Old Unionite Association (OUA).

The highly anticipated annual event commenced with the distribution of OUA membership cards and a gift to the Grade 12 learners, symbolizing their entry into the Union High School alumni community. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙨, 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙜𝙝 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙧𝙨.

Headmaster Mr William Pringle extended a warm welcome to the Grade 12s, setting the tone for an evening filled with pride and reflection, after which guest speaker Mr Rhett Newton, Chairman of the OUA committee, seized the opportunity to share invaluable words of wisdom with the young learners. 𝘏𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭’𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘈𝘭𝘮𝘢 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭𝘴.

The memorable event came to a close with the Class of 2023 coming together to enjoy a delightful meal, fostering camaraderie and nostalgia among the matriculating learners.

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Term 4 Extramural Programme

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Our newly elected #prefects for 2023/24 are attending their prefect camp this weekend, 22 to 24 September.

This year’s camp is being held near Somerset East on the farm ‘Skietfontein’.

Accompanied by Mrs Nelia Read and Mr Hanno Sparrius, our learner leaders will spend the weekend doing fun-filled activities geared towards fostering the development of key skills such as 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙛-𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙛, 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 and 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩.

𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦!

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Grade 10 learners embarked on their highly anticipated annual 𝗢𝗗𝗬𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗬 today, Thursday, 21 September.

With spirits high and an early start from De Toren, Nieu-Bethesda, they dove headfirst into this 5-day hiking adventure.

𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘱 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘱 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩-𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱.

The journey has only just begun, but already these courageous young learners are forging unforgettable memories, eagerly anticipating the discoveries that await them on the remaining days of their odyssey.

It was with great pride that Mr. William Pringle, the headmaster of Union High School, rang the David Stern Memorial Bell before the start of today’s 1st XI’s match against a visiting Marlow Agricultural High School side.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴’ 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘥 𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘜𝘯𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨.

This bell is located outside the Tony Burrell Union overlooking Union’s cricket field, and is to be rung 5 minutes before the start of every home 1st XI match, to signify the imminent start of play.