Language Arts
Mrs Bronwyn Hubbard – Head of Co-curricular Language Arts
Festival of Speech – Saturday 25 October – A Stellar performance from Pymble
Our Pymble team placed first in the Junior Section and third overall. Well done team on these amazing results! All girls performed impressively. Thank you to the girls, parents and coaches.
- Soapbox Junior – Sahana Shasidharan (Year 7) – First
- Soapbox Senior – Grace McSweeney (Year 10)
- Junior Public Speaker – Estelle Lee (Year 9)
- Senior Public Speaker – Imogen Kee (Year 10) – Fourth
- Junior Reader – Arabella Hoang (Year 8) – Fourth
- Senior Reader – Nikita Srivastava (Year 11) – Fifth
- Junior Poetry – Leahara Wijesuriya (Year 9) – Second
- Senior Poetry – Amrita Marwah (Year 10)
- Current Affairs team – Kiki Chen (Year 11), Amber Wang (Year 11) and Jemma Hung (Year 10) – Second
- Religious and Ethical Questions team – Jasmine Tran (Year 11), Kitty He (Year 11) and Isis Li (Year 10)
2027 Language Arts International Tour
Stay tuned for expressions of interest to THIMUN, The Hague. This international Language Arts MUN excursion will run again in January 2027 and will be open to girls in Years 9 to 12 in 2027.
Information will be emailed to Language Arts families in the coming weeks.
DEBATING
IDC – International Debating Championships
We look forward to Round 3 tomorrow.
The topic areas are as follows –
- Round 1: Education
- Round 2: Health and Technology
- Round 3: Criminal Justice
- Round 4: Politics
Please note that motions will be released in real time at the beginning of each debate. Teams are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the above topic areas and prepare broadly rather than focusing on a single perspective. Coaches have been allocated to teams.
2026 Debating Team Auditions
Language Arts Debating auditions are underway. Auditions are open to all students currently in Years 6 to 11.
Auditions are held after school from 3.30pm to 5.00pm on the dates listed below. The venue for each audition will be confirmed and sent to students registered prior to the audition date. Students must bring pen/pencil and paper to the audition and are required to arrange their own transport home. Online auditions can be arranged for new students to the College for 2026 who are not able to attend a face-to-face audition at the College.
Upcoming Audition Dates
- Monday 10 November – Catch up auditions – Full
- Tuesday 11 November – Catch up auditions
- Thursday 20 November – 2025 Year 9 students (those attending Vision Valley) and catch up auditions
Please use the form in your MyPymble app notices to register for an audition. Reminders will continue to be sent throughout the term. Please email Mrs Hubbard at bhubbard@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au for any questions regarding Language Arts or the auditions. Please email ccsa@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au for any general enquiries or for changes to your submitted form.
PUBLIC SPEAKING, MUN AND MOCK LAW
UN Voice of Youth
Thank you to those who competed in UN Voice of Youth heats. Those progressing to the state semi finals this Saturday, are:
- Aaira Khan (Year 8) – Junior division
- Arabella Hoang (Year 8) – Junior division
- Imogen Kee (Year 10) – Senior division
- Katherine Xu (Year 9) – Senior division
Congratulations girls and best wishes!
Raise Our Voice
Imogen Kee (Year 10) recently won a Public Speaking competition, “Raise Our Voice” campaign, and her speech was read aloud in Federal parliament by her local member. You can watch it by clicking here.
Congratulations Imogen! We are proud of you. You offer great advice to our politicians.
Pymble Model UN Club (PMUN)
PMUN has resumed. Please contact Isis Li (Year 11), our MUN captain for more details.
Mock Law
Team auditions have been completed, and teams will be released soon.
Save the Date!
Language Arts Showcase 2025 Wednesday 19 September from 6.00pm to 8.00pm in the Science Lecture Theatre.