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Grade 7 Annual Ladies’ Tea

There was plenty of colour, pretty dresses and happy chatter at The Coldstream Restaurant this afternoon as our Grade 7 girls...

Head Prefects 2027

We couldnโ€™t be happier to introduce Union High Schoolโ€™s newly appointed head prefects for 2027! A warm congratulations to ๐—”๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ...

Senior Prizegiving 2026

Union High School's annual ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ญ๐—˜๐—š๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—–๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฌ held on Friday evening, 9 October, celebrated the achievements of our senior learners throughout...

NSC Examination Pledge

On Friday, 9 October, Union High School's matrics joined nearly one million Grade 12 learners across South Africa in signing the...

Valedictory 2026

There are some goodbyes that are harder than others, and Friday, 9 October, was certainly one of them. Union High School,...

Primary Department Prizegiving 2026

Union High School's Primary Department held its annual ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—ญ๐—˜๐—š๐—œ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š ๐—–๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—˜๐— ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฌ this morning and what a lovely morning it was! It was...

Prefect Camp

Before stepping into their new roles, ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ/๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ had a chance to spend a few days getting...

Odyssey Learners Home Safely

They say ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฑ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ. For our Odyssey...

Sport Results

50 Caps For Alex!

The recent Cape Schoolsโ€™ Cricket Festival in Makhanda was a little extra special for ๐—”๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜… ๐—›๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, who received his ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ for Union High School's 1st XI. Thereโ€™s a lot of time, practice and commitment behind those fifty appearances in...

Senior Cricket vs Marlow

It was a good afternoon of cricket at Union High School today, Monday, 12 October, as our ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ซ๐—œ and ๐—จ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฑ๐—” teams welcomed Hoรซr Landbouskool Marlow for two T20 encounters. Our ๐Ÿญ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ซ๐—œ put together an impressive 179/2 in their...

Well Done Richard – 115 off 91 Balls!

Richard Murray scored 115 off 91 balls during Saturday's match agains Hoรซr Volkskool. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ! The ball flies off ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†โ€™s bat for SIX, for a wonderful century against Hoรซr Volkskool! ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ!

1st XI Cricket vs HVS – Results

Union's 1st XI were in fine form against Volkskool, putting together a total of ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿญ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ before dismissing their opponents for 102 in 17.5 overs. The result was a comprehensive ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿญ-๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† for Union and another...

2nd Cricket Team vs Cradock 1st Team – Results

Union High Schoolโ€™s Second Team batted first and scored 112 runs all out, with Alchano Jaftha top-scoring with 35 runs off 34 balls. Cradock High Schoolโ€™s First Team chased down the target in the 18th over, winning by 3 wickets....

Junior Cricket vs Kirkwood – Results

U11A Cricket vs Kirkwood, Saturday 10 October U11A Union secured a convincing 10-wicket victory over Kirkwood U11A. After restricting Kirkwood to 45 runs in 15 overs, Union chased down the target, reaching 46 without losing a wicket in just 8.3...

Junior Tennis – EC Synergy Cup Tournament

Union High School U13 tennis players ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—˜๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป and ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—บ took part in the 2026 EC Schools Synergy Cup Inter-Provincial Tennis Tournament, which ran from 24 to 26 September. The tournament sees selected primary school players from across the...

Junior Cricketers At EPL Tournament

Five Union High School, Graaff-Reinet boys spent part of their school holiday doing what they enjoy most - playing cricket. ๐— ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ, ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ represented the Centurions at the U14 EPL Tournament, while ๐—๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ž๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น played for...

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 ...