From the Middle School
Thank you to all the Middle School parents who were able to join us on Monday morning in the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts for the SSPG Parent Breakfast. It was great to catch up with many of you and to share insights into how the girls have been navigating the term to date.
Opportunities to mingle with other parents such as these are important for building community and facilitating connections with the parents of your daughter’s friends. I am so pleased that so far, the college has had three such events: Icebreaker, our Middle School Knowing People, Knowing Pymble event and the recent arent breakfast.
The next opportunity for feedback on your daughter’s learning will be the Academic Learning Discussions that will take place across the last two days of this term; details to follow shortly. I would like to strongly encourage you to ensure your daughter is part of this valuable conversation about her own learning. By celebrating and sharing insights into challenges the girls are able to step up and take responsibility for their own growth.
Gloucester Gatherings continues to be a fun activity run by our leaders. The girls also had an opportunity to attend Justice Unite on International Women’s Day.
Congratulations to the following girls who have been selected in the igsa 2023 Diving and Swimming teams. We wish you all the best for Friday 17 March.
Swimming
| Megan | Chia | Year 07 |
| Imogen | Jones | Year 07 |
| Anne | Liu | Year 07 |
| Emma | Ng | Year 07 |
| Gwen | Pickthall | Year 07 |
| Zara | Sandham | Year 07 |
| Annabelle | Li | Year 08 |
| Jisoo | Yeou | Year 08 |
Diving:
12 Years: Sasha Dubrovina
13 Years: Addison Woods, Mia Micallef, Rose Purcell
14 Years: Méa Shires, Leila Rich
The NSW Schoolgirl Head of the River is held on Saturday 18 March at the Sydney International Regatta Centre.
All Pymble rowers and coxswains will be competing in the crews in their final race of the season
All rowers will be attempting to win as many points for Pymble in an effort to win the overall point score trophy. Pymble has a long and proud history of success at Head of the River, and hopes to have a very successful conclusion to the school rowing season on Saturday. Good luck to our Middle School girls competing:
Katherine Boyce, Emily Englund, Bonnie Hebblewhite, Sanaya Lakhani, Annika Maslin, Harriet Murphy, Mie Naito, Olivia Norton, Annie Pennington, Phoebe Pockley, Isabella Woodall, Georgia Yuen, Emily Bartrop, Georgina Curtis, Clare Ferreira, Mia Sherry, Lucy Simpson, Zara Kinniburgh, Emily Raaff, Sanaa Kapoor, Allegra Taubenschlag, Angelina Attinger, Abby Pisani, Alexandra Ritchie, Alice Gall, Anabella Legge-Hughes, Annika Amundsson, Aurora Zhang, Claudia Wyatt, Harriett Lisle, Katherine Xu, Madison Landgrebe, Peilin Shi, Poppy Fox-Ashwin, Rose Jones, Sarah Quan, Sasha Paris, Xinrui Li, Emma Roberts and Zara Sandham.
Our Middle School Robotics teams continue to do exceptionally well. Congratulations to the girls who have been selected to compete at the Vex Robotics competition in Houston over the break:
Leahara Wijesuriya, Jessica Persson, Celine Soo, Chloe Shao, Valerie Zhao, Nicole Fan, Elaine Zhang, Jenny He, Olivia Moon and Jessica Shi.
Congratulations and good luck also to two more of our Year 7 students who will be competing internationally over the Easter break: Celine Soo who will be performing at Albert Hall, London at a prestigious piano competition and Sophie Heap who will be competing in Acrobatic Gymnastics at the FIAC 2023 event in Flanders, Belgium. Amazing achievements!
Congratulations to our wonderful Middle School Tildesley Tennis players for their massive efforts and great results at last week’s competition.
From the Middle School Parent Group
Secondary School Parent Group (SSPG) Middle School Breakfast (Years 7 and 8)
A huge thank you to all parents who attended the Middle School Breakfast on Monday morning, especially the parents who popped in quickly before heading off to work. It was a wonderful morning with over 115 parents attending this event. As always, it was fabulous to see parents and staff get to know one another.
PPA New Parents’ High Tea
All Year 7 parents and families new to Pymble in 2023 are welcome to attend this truly special event. The High Tea will be held on Thursday 23 March at 10.00am in the Jeanette Buckham Gymnasium. It will be a wonderful opportunity to meet with our wonderful Principal Dr Kate Hadwen and key College staff, as well as meeting families new to the school in 2023.
The event is FREE for Year 7 parents and families new to the school in 2023.
Please register for this event by Friday 17th March. Click here to register.
Kai Jones (kai_look@yahoo.com) and May Tai (yeemaytai@gmail.com)
PPA Year 7 Co-ordinators
Term 1 Key Dates
Monday 3 April – Year 8 Mind Body Spirit Day
Wednesday 5 April – Learning Discussions
Jenny O’Donnell
Head of Middle School