From the Boarding School
In the year of Pymble Gives Back, our Boarders are exploring ways that they can ‘pay it forward’ and contribute to those in need. On Tuesday night we were delighted to welcome Lyn Braico from the Country Women’s Association (CWA) who opened a world of possibility for our generous Boarders. This wonderful organisation has been supporting women, children and their communities for over 100 years and there was much excitement about ways in which our Pymble Boarders can be involved. Our Community Engagement Prefect, Indi Tishler, will be leading the discussion about opportunities and I look forward to sharing our plans in the near future.
Another fabulous day at Hillbilly Cider
A real highlight of the Love It program is our visit to the home turf of Year 7 and 8 Boarders, Cleo and Leander McLaughlin. Fellow Year 8 Boarder, Phoebe Pockley shares the joy below:
This weekend, we went to Bilpin in the Blue Mountains where we went apple picking and visited the McLaughlin’s pizza and cider shed. Eighteen of us headed up to Bilpin with Mr and Mrs Burgess. When we arrived, we went to Shield’s Orchid to go apple picking.
This was a really great experience as we learnt how to pick the right apples, learning which ones were ripe and getting the perfect ones to take back to share with our Boarding sisters. After we were all pleased with the apples that we got, we headed just down the road to the pizza and cider shed. It was overcast but we managed to miss most of the rain and we had the best time.
We all had a taste of their non-alcoholic cider which everyone thoroughly enjoyed, and a share of pizza, particularly the Apple Calzone with cream, which was definitely the favourite for all of us. This Love It activity has been one of the best yet and the bus trip there was most definitely worth it, a special thanks to Shane and Tessa who supplied all the pizza and cider, organised the trip and made it all happen.
It’s not too late to come and see us in Dubbo!
This weekend team Pymble will be in Dubbo for the Boarding Expo. I will be joined by the wonderful Clair Stock and Jackie Garment, along with Boarder extraordinaire, Grace Peters. We would love to see you either at the Expo or at our event on Friday 5 May at Press. Please click below to RSVP if you are going to join us at Press.
Get ready for Garden Party!
Planning is underway for our 2023 Boarders’ Produce Stall and we are looking for volunteers to be involved in this most special event on the Boarding calendar. I am delighted to report that the wonderful Kylie Levy has once again offered to lead our efforts as our Boarding Garden Party Convenor. If you are interested in being involved please email Kylie at k_levy@bigpond.com. More details will follow soon.
Love It – Mrs White
As mentioned above, last weekend was a stellar weekend for Love It. Besides the apple picking, we also had two other wonderful events. The first was a Mother’s Day creations workshop with Mrs Myles. Hopefully some of the creations make their way home in the next week or so. On Saturday night we had 20 Boarders head out to Homebush to watch the Sydney Swifts take on the GWS Giants in the Super Netball. It was a special night, with our very own Year 12 Boarder Grace Whyte playing in the pre-match.
This weekend is our Community Weekend for Term 2, and we have lots of exciting events planned. We begin the weekend with our annual Year 7 to 9 Social, welcoming Knox, Shore, Abbotsleigh, Wenona, Loreto Normanhurst, Ravenswood and Ascham to the event. The Boarders have been spending time this week planning their outfits under the theme of ‘Famous Groups’.
Saturday night we will be hosting the very popular Just Dance event, followed by our Community Church Service on Sunday with Pymble Gordon Uniting Church. Following Sunday brunch, the girls will be heading to the gym for the Angus Cup Bench Ball competition before attending the Afghan Cultural and Football Festival hosted by the College.
View From My Window
Hi! I’m Airiana. I was new to Pymble last term, I’m in Year 11 and freshly turned 16. I started learning the violin when I was 3 but if you heard my playing back then, let’s just say you’d have a collection of earplugs by now like my parents do, allegedly!
My parents are really supportive of me, they’re currently back in Hong Kong. I lived there pretty much my whole life and the past four generations of my family are all there. My uncle has a small farm in a rural area of Hong Kong and we love helping them harvest radishes on a seasonal basis.
I am an only child and I only had one cousin for the first decade of my life until secondary school where suddenly, three of them came out of nowhere. My first cousin, Libby, is the closest thing I have to a sibling. She’s a huge Disney fan which is why a bunch of my old Disney toys are probably laying around in her bedroom right now.
As a city girl, it’s hard to see even one star in the Hong Kong sky so the first time I saw so many stars here, it got me so excited and I wanted to take many pictures and send it to my parents. I definitely miss my family a lot but I’m also really grateful to be here at Pymble to grow and experience new opportunities.
Boarder of the Week
Congratulations to our fabulous Boarder of the week, Madeleine (Mads) Gaden. Mads is a much-loved member of our Year 7 cohort who joins us from Dunedoo in the Warrumbungle region of Central West NSW. She has been an exemplary member of our Boarding family from her very first day.
Mads is kind and caring of other people’s feelings. She exudes ‘Pymble Pride’ wearing her uniform with care and maintaining an organised and beautiful Boarding bedroom. She is committed to her studies, working hard in our Learn It program and balancing her many commitments.
Mads is an accomplished horsewoman and competes in equestrian events at a national level, most recently winning the Childs Grand National Galloway Championship at the Show Horse Council of Australasia Grand Nationals. We couldn’t be more proud of her!
Save the Date
Friday 5 and Saturday 6 May – Pymble in Dubbo
Friday 5 May – Year 7 to 9 Boarders’ Social
Saturday 6 May to Sunday 7 May – Community Days
Sunday 7 May – Boarders’ Combined Chapel Service and Brunch
Sunday 7 May – Afghan Cultural Festival and Football Match
Sunday 14 May to Friday 19 May – Boarders’ Week
Thursday 25 May – Pymble in Griffith
Friday 26 and Saturday 27 May – Pymble in Wagga Wagga
Saturday 27 May – Pymble in Young
Tuesday 6 June – Jersey Day Commemoration Chapel Service
Wednesday 7 June – Jersey Day
Friday 9 June – Boarders’ Long Weekend Travel Day
Monday 12 June from 5.00pm – Return to Boarding
Friday 16 June – Boarders’ Parent Group Meeting (online)
Thursday 22 June – Boarders’ End of Term Travel Day
Monday 17 July from 2.00pm – Return to Boarding Start of Term 3
Friday 4 to Sunday 6 August – Boarder Parents Regional Weekend in Mudgee
Carolyn Burgess
Head of Boarding