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Hip To Be Square Art Competion

A self-portrait offers such an interesting glimpse into ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด and our ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ art competition gave...

Gr 11 Self-Defence Lesson

Our Grade 11 learners enjoyed a rather different kind of ๐—ฃ๐—ง lesson this week, with ๐— ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ผ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐˜‚ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ introducing them...

Gr 7s Watch Time Pass

A lovely little moment of learning captured during the school day! Our ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿณ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ gathered around the ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ...

Save The Date – Gisela Kingwill Mother & Daughter Morning 2027

Save ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ for Union High School, Graaff-Reinet's 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 themed ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ...

Grade 11s Celebrate MOL Day

There was a little extra chemistry among our Grade 11s this week as they celebrated Mol Day, an annual celebration of...

Annual General Meeting 2026

Please take note of the Union Schoolsโ€™ ๐—”๐—ก๐—ก๐—จ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—š๐—˜๐—ก๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐— ๐—˜๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š on ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿต ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, at the Tony Burrell Union, where the...

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...

Sport Results

2026 LVS Invitational Athletics Meeting

Union's Grade 1 to 7 athletes enjoyed a successful outing at the ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฉ๐—ฆ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—”๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด this past Tuesday afternoon, producing some lovely individual performances and contributing to an excellent overall team result. Competing against five other schools across...

Open Water Swimming

๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐Ÿญ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, saw our Union swimmers take to the water at ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐˜† for the opening round of the Zsports Events SA and NMBA-sanctioned open water swim series. Thereโ€™s a different challenge to swimming beyond the...

Cricket – Achievement Awards

Congratulations to five of our Union High School cricketers who recently received special awards in recognition of their achievements on the field! ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—žh๐˜„๐—ฒ๐˜‡๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ was recognised for taking an impressive ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜… ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜...

B Age Group Gala – Results

Nine Union swimmers travelled to Gqeberha on Saturday, 24 October, for a day of competitive swimming, with some lovely results and encouraging improvements in the pool. ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ had a particularly successful outing, claiming ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ in the boys'...

Junior Cricket vs Laer Volkskool

Our ๐˜‚๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐—” ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ enjoyed an excellent afternoon with both bat and ball against Laer Volkskool! Electing to bat first, Union put an impressive ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿต/๐Ÿฑ on the scoreboard in their 20 overs, thanks to a wonderful century from ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ผ๐—น๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€, who...

Senior Cricket vs St Andrew’s College

UHS 1st XI vs St Andrewโ€™s College 1st XI Union High School struggled with the bat, being bowled out for just 27 runs after batting first. St Andrewโ€™s College chased down the target comfortably, winning by 7 wickets UHS 1st...

U13 Cricket vs Graeme College

Union U/13A Cricket Match Report โ€“ Friday, 23 October Union U/13A lost to Graeme College by 7 wickets on Friday. Union posted 70 all out in 18 overs, with Sintayu Kaitro top-scoring with 12 runs, followed by Matthew Bosch (11)...

Well Done, Taylor & Emily!

Well done to Union High School Grade 7 learners, ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐˜€ and ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€, who have been recognised for their efforts on the tennis court following the selection of the 2027 Eastern Cape Elephants Synergy teams. Taylor has earned selection...

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 ...