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Scouts at UHS – AGM

The annual AGM of the ๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—”๐—™๐—™-๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ง ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—ง๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—ข๐—ฃ was held on 23 November, marking a bittersweet occasion. The previous AGM had...

Farewell Mrs Grewar!

As the school year comes to a close,ย Union High School, Graaff-Reinetย bids a fond farewell to Mrs Belinda Grewar, who will be...

Vacancy: Teaching Grade 5 – 7

Union High School, Graaff-Reinetย has the following ๐—ฉ๐—”๐—–๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—ฌ available. (๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต.) Interested candidates are kindly requested to ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป to...

Rest Well, Mrs Beagley

It is with heavy hearts that the Union community mourns the loss of our beloved friend, ๐—”๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ (๐——๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐˜†) ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜†. Her passing...

Aftercare At Boarding Establishments

Starting from the beginning of 2024, Union's boarding establishments will be offering ๐—”๐—™๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—–๐—”๐—ฅ๐—˜ in the afternoons. This will provide a convenient...

Gr 7 Boys Excursion

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet's Grade 7 boys recently had an unforgettable experience that marked ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น...

Sport Results

Endurance Riding – Well done Tristan

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet learner ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ recently participated in the Waterlea Endurance Ride. Mounted on his horse, Mahdeeva, who had completed all her novice stages, Tristan took on the challenge of his first competitive 80km ride. ๐™’๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™–๐™ง๐™ ๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š...

Well done Owen!

At Union High School, Graaff-Reinet's final assembly for 2023 on the last day of school, young Grade 7 cricketer ๐—ข๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜…๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป was congratulated on taking 5 wickets for 12 runs in 5 overs in a recent encounter against Frans Conradie....

Cricketers Rewarded For Outstanding Achievements

This past Friday's assembly at Union High School, Graaff-Reinet saw some of our cricketers being ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ค๐™œ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฏ๐™š๐™™ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ง๐™š๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ข๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ during their recent encounters on the cricket field. ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ took 5 wickets for 4 runs in just 3...

Senior Interschools Athletics

On Wednesday afternoon, 25 October, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet's Grade 8 to 12 athletes participated in the annual Senior Interschools Athletics event held at Hoรซr Volkskool. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป...

Jocelyn Marais Tennis Tournament

This past weekend saw Union High School, Graaff-Reinet's Top 4 junior girls and boys tennis players participating in the annual ๐—๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜†๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ in Graaff-Reinet. The girls' team competed against formidable opponents from Stellenbosch, Worcester and Cradock in the...

Junior Interschools Athletics

The recent Interschools' athletics meet, contested by the Grade 1 to 7 learners of Union and Volkskool on Monday afternoon, 23 October, saw several records being broken. Six of these new records were set by Union High School, Graaff-Reinet's Grade...

EP Chess Championship

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to Union High School, Graaff-Reinet's impressive chess players on their outstanding achievements at the recent Eastern Province Chess Championship held in Jeffreys Bay! In the u/16 Boys' category, ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ secured a well-deserved silver medal in the team competition....

U/13A Cricket vs Newton Park

Union High School, Graaff-Reinet had the pleasure of hosting Newton Park today for a match between the schools' respective u/13A sides. Union lost the toss and were asked to bat first. Initially, Union encountered difficulties, losing four wickets with only...

Headmaster’s Message

For children in a country school, life isn't solely routine. Take your eye off the hockey ball and you could see a Black Eagle circling overhead or a lone Kudu bull watching from the mountain slopes. Union High School supports the Classical educational philosophy of a child active in all four spheres of development within the changing South African community ...