From the Middle School
Well done to all of our Middle Schoolers who took part in the annual Cross Country Carnival on Monday. Congratulations to those who competed and placed:
Harper Lee – 12 Years Champion
Flossie Murphy – 13 Years Champion
Well done to everyone for your enthusiasm and sense of community. It looked like a lot of fun.
On Wednesday this week, we held the termly Middle School assembly in conjunction with International Women’s Day celebrations. Our Year 8 leaders did a great job designing and presenting, with the theme of Turning Promises into Progress: March forward! We used this opportunity to link back to our focus on respect at the College.
Students were invited prior to the gathering to make beautiful paper flowers – symbols of how we should not just talk about respect, but rather embrace everyday actions that demonstrate respect. Each petal embodied a series of images and words to provoke positives actions that will strengthen our community.
The images below capture the beauty of these creations which now decorate our Compass rooms and our newly planted Middle School garden. We finished off assembly with an activity that facilitated a big sister-little sister conversation, planting metaphorical seeds for future mentoring relationships.
Congratulations to the Year 8 students who supported us with Pymble Mornings on Monday and Thursday. Your enthusiasm and willingness to host College tours for prospective families was most appreciated. All of Year 8 will be invited to apply for this leadership opportunity in the future. We will host many Pymble Mornings over the next semester and look forward to Year 8s participation.
Thank you to all those who have made application for the Year 8 National Exchange Program which will run early next term. This promises to be an exciting reciprocal exchange with a range of diverse schools from across the nation.
Congratulations!
A big congratulations to Catherine Yu (Year 7) who received the prestigious Red Award, which is given to the top-performing primary students in their respective sports. Catherine has represented CIS Primary Girls Soccer for two consecutive years, and last year she represented NSW PSSA in school sports championships where she earned a gold medal.
Congratulations to all the Middle School rowers who competed with such dedication at the PLC Sydney/Kings Regatta on Saturday 22 February and the igsa Regatta on Sunday 23 February. A big shout out to the Year 8 2nd Quad who set an impressive time of 3 minutes 51 seconds, which was the fastest Year 8 2nd time in igsa history, making them igsa champions. Congratulations to Jessica Pickford (Year 8), Lillie Oldfield (Year 8), Emma Lloyd (Year 8), Skye Mitchell (Year 8) and Lucy Woodbridge (Year 8).
All the very best to all our Pymble teams this Saturday 8 March at the Schoolgirl Head of the River. Go Pymble!
From the Year 7 Parent Co-ordinators
You are invited to join other parents from Year 7 for drinks on Thursday 20 March at Killara Golf Club. This will most likely be the only social event we organise for this year so it would be wonderful if you could join us. There is plenty of parking on site. Please see the invitation below, and click here to purchase your tickets.
Bookings close Monday 10 March at 5.00pm. We hope to see you there!
Edwina Burns (0419 580 580)
Maria Guo (0414 379 688)
Jenny O’Donnell
Head of Middle School