Language Arts
Language Arts Picnic Day
A Language Arts picnic lunch will be held on Tuesday 7 November on Gloucester Lawn. Zooper Doopers and picnic lunch boxes will be on sale and Soapbox speeches will be presented for your entertainment. Be there and met our new Language Arts Captains and our Language Arts Prefect! We will be raffling two beautiful holiday baskets full of fun items to get you ready for Summer such as suncream, a new beach towel, a holiday novel to read and a pool toy! Please come along and join the fun! There will be rugs to sit on…See you there!
Thanks to our Captains and Language Arts Parent Support team for all your assistance in making this a reality!
International Debating Championships (IDC)
We are now up to week 3 of IDC this Friday. The topic area this week is education. See you in the Colonnade!
Social Debating classes
Our Social debaters will be visiting Abbotsleigh this Wednesday and next for some fun, Social debates.
Model United Nations (MUN)
Knox Grammar school has commenced an afterschool MUN program each Thursday from 4.00pm to 5.00pm. Pymble MUN students have been invited. Please email our new MUN Captain Catherine Shi or Mrs Hubbard, if you are interested. Mrs Hubbard or a Language Arts coach, will attend Knox each Thursday for the program. Please note that students are to make their own transport arrangements. This week MUN did not run as KMUN boys attended a conference in Singapore. MUN will resume next week.
Pymble Model UN runs in DK05 and DK06 every Monday lunch time – All welcome
PMUN Tour
We have had a wonderful response to expressions of interest for the January 2025 Language Arts tour to London, Bruges, Amsterdam and The Hague. We plan to attend THIMUN at The Hague. Details can still be obtained from Travel@Pymblelc.nsw.edu.au
UN Voice of Youth Public Speaking
Pymble hosted a heat on Friday 20 October. Results will be announced following the conclusion of all heats.
Secondary School Debating Auditions
Please contact Amy Zhang, Debating Captain to register for a Debating audition for 2024 ISDA, Archdale, FED and Social teams. Auditions will take place from 3.30pm in the Colonnade classrooms.
2023 Year 9: 7 November
2023 Year 10: 8 November
2023 Year 8: 9 November
2023 Year 6: 10 November (New students only)
2023 Year 11: 27 October at lunch time in C10
Additional dates will be available and Current Year 7 and Current Year 6 audition dates are to be announced.
Junior School Debating Auditions
Auditions for 2024 ISDA Debating will be held in Term 4 Week 5 over a series of lunchtimes.
If you would like more information or to sign up for an audition, please see Ms Itzcovitz.
Bronwyn Hubbard
Head of Language Arts