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Union High School, Graaff-Reinet recently had the distinct pleasure of hosting Mr Clive Marriott, Headmaster of Salisbury Cathedral School, during his recent visit to South Africa.

Union has long enjoyed a wonderful learner exchange programme with this 900-year-old school in Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK, with its incomparable setting beneath the famous spire of Salisbury Cathedral. (𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 1091 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘵 𝘖𝘴𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘥, 𝘯𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘺, 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘖𝘭𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘶𝘮.)

𝗜𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘁𝘁’𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘁, Union hosted an small function in the Tony Burrell Union to welcome him to the school and to celebrate the special connection that exists between the two schools.

For 30 years, the Salisbury learners have been coming to Graaff-Reinet as exchange students for a term, followed by Union’s exchange students spending a term in the UK. Quite a few of these Union learners then go on to do a Gap Year at Salisbury after completing their matric year.

The recent event hosted by the school was attended by some of the exchange students from 2013 to date, as well as their parents. After Mr Pringle welcomed all the guests, Mr Marriott addressed all those present, amusing the audience with a few tales of events that have happened over the years.

The 2023 exchange learners were also presented with their Exchange Student badges during this event, which they will wear for the duration of their years at Union.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙮 𝙀𝙭𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙐𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙣𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨.

Grade 7 Union learners 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘁 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗺𝘂𝗶𝗿 and 𝗭𝗼ë 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 are currently in the UK, where they are spending the term at Salisbury Cathedral School as this year’s exchange students.

𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: https://www.unionschools.co.za/…/salisbury-exchange/

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𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗦 to Union learner 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗼 𝗡𝗲𝗹𝗹 who was one of 50 talented young vocalists to be selected from hundreds of online entries, to participate in the second season of the “𝘐𝘯 𝘓𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦 𝘓𝘺𝘸𝘦” television series.

From these 50 contestants, Arno was selected as one of the 𝗧𝗢𝗣 𝟭𝟱, who had to then perform in front of a live audience on Wednesday, 19 April.

𝘐𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘰𝘱 15, 𝘈𝘳𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵.

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As a part of their 𝗩𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗚𝗨𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘, Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s Grade 12s were treated to an interesting demonstration by Rinette Enslin, the executive chef and owner of the Bloemfontein-based Olive Chef School.

The art of fine dining was beautifully demonstrated and the learners’ eyes opened to the stressful – but rewarding – career of cheffing.