From the Boarding School

The Easter weekend was a lovely taste of the holidays that are a matter of days away. I trust the longer weekend was a happy time for your family and I am sure you are counting down the days until your girls return. It won’t be long!

In the meantime, we have plenty of fun to keep the girls busy and active. On Tuesday our Spirit House Captains led the Boarders in learning our very own Boarders’ war cries and to say the response was deafening is an understatement. Tonight, I will meet with our Year 11 Boarders to discuss the process for the election of our 2024-25 leaders and I am excited about the very talented bunch of candidates we have in our midst.

As always, our Love It program will provide plenty of opportunities for those who wish to enjoy time out and about on the last weekend of term. Amongst all of this, some of our Boarders will be preparing to move rooms and all of them will be sorting through their cupboards and getting ready for the change over from the warmer start to the year as we move into the cooler terms. Please encourage your daughter to bring home all the clothes she no longer needs and to minimise the items with which she intends to return.

A day in the life of our Pymble Boarders

I am delighted to share with you our latest Boarding video featuring our wonderful Year 7 Boarders.

Boarders’ Instagram

New members to our Boarding family may not know that we have our very own Boarders’ Instagram page.The account is a private page just for Pymble families and a fast way to keep up to date with what is happening in the lives of our Boarding family. For security purposes we need to be able to link Instagram accounts to Pymble Boarders and their immediate families.

To assist us in this endeavour, click here and fill out a form so that we can verify the accounts that are requesting to follow the page.  Once this has been completed, you can click here to access the Instagram account and request to follow our page.

Loving Love It

We are hoping the rain stays away this weekend as we have some great activities planned!  Friday evening we will be heading to the Drama production on campus – Mean Girls. Saturday evening will be a social outing with Knox for our Year 7 and 8 Boarders. Sunday will be our final beach trip for the term with a trip to the beautiful Clontarf.

I am busy planning the Term 2 Love it program and welcome any suggestions from the Boarders for activities that they would like to do as we head into the cooler months.

I hope you can join us for dinner on Monday 29 April at 6.00pm, when you return your girls from the Term 1 break. This will be the ‘real’ experience, with you being able to enjoy the regular dinner service, just as the girls do each evening. If you would like to join us please rsvp to boarding@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au.

Don’t forget to sign up for a fabulous weekend away with our Boarding families

Following last year’s amazing parent weekend in Mudgee, the McLaughlin family has organised another action-packed weekend away, this time in the Hawkesbury.

After checking into Crowne Plaza Hawkesbury Valley, only a 50-minute drive from Pymble, we will catch a coach to the McLaughlin’s Hillbilly Cider for a late lunch. After returning to the Crowne Plaza, and enjoying the facilities, dinner and drinks will be served at the hotel.

On Sunday morning we will check out of Crowne and make our way to the Windsor Polo Club where we will enjoy a picnic lunch to conclude what’s set to be another wonderful weekend getaway.

We would love to have as many parents join in the fun. Please click on flyer below to book your activities, and click here to book your accomodation for the weekend.

View From My Window

Hi, I’m Phoebe and I’m from Narromine and if you don’t know where that is it’s around 30 minutes from Dubbo and around six hours from Sydney. I started Boarding in Year 7 and that was an experience but ever since I have loved it even though I miss home sometimes. Now I am in Year 10 and enjoying living in Marden House.

I live on a small property which is around 300 acres and we have one crop that we try to harvest each year if it’s a good year. We also have a small group of cows, 24 to be exact and they are pure bred Angus cattle with one bull boss. Although they are not on our property after we gave them to our Nan and Pop during the drought and have not brought them home yet.

Both my parents have other jobs. My dad is the International Sales Manager of an agronomy company and my mum works for regional New South Wales. I have a younger sister, Emma, who is a little blondie who looks nothing like me. She is in Year 8 and it was great that she joined me at Pymble last year. I have 2 tabby cats, one is a ginger like me. Her name is Peaches and she’s so cute and then the other one is Emma’s. It’s called Hazel and it’s not as pretty and doesn’t enjoy cuddles. We also have two dogs, Frank and Zeus. Frank is a small corgi and Zeus is our brown lab.

One thing I love about Narromine is that it never changes and as most small towns everyone knows everyone and going to Coles is one of the biggest social interactions you could get. When I am home my favourite thing to do is go on long walks with our dogs, ride our motorbikes, go water skiing out at Nyngan and watch the sunsets.  Most holidays I like to bring day girls out to our home which is so much fun and we always really enjoy having everyone around.

When I look out my window I see mum cleaning the windows as she went crazy and put windows everywhere in our house and I mean everywhere! I see dad on the barbeque cooking some sausages, Emma is playing with the dogs running around and the cats laying on their backs just taking in how spoilt they are.

Boarder of the Week

Rose was an easy choice as our Boarder of the Week as her Head of House, Mrs Beth Ayling so accurately explains:

It is difficult to sum our beautiful Rose Kirkby up in a manner of words. She came to Pymble in Year 7, a quiet little girl from Moree and it has been a pure delight to watch her flourish and grow into a tenacious young woman. Rose puts in 110 per cent effort in all areas of her life. She is one of the fiercest and fairest rugby players on the field and is a dedicated student.

She is organised, neat and exemplifies the College values in all that she does. Rose always stands up for what is fair and right, not just when it comes to her friends but in regards to all that happens around her. Day to day, Rosie approaches life in a no-nonsense manner and is appreciative and understanding towards Boarding staff.

Rose is a respectful and considerate Boarding sister, and we adore having her in our Boarding family. We can’t wait to see what the future holds. 

Save the Date

28 March         Boarders’ Travel Day for the Easter Long Weekend

1 April              Boarders return from the Easter Long Weekend from 5.00pm

9 April              End of Term Chapel and Dinner for Boarders

12 April            End of Term Travel Day

29 April            Boarders return and Eat Like a Boarder for parents

Extra-special must-save dates!

18 and 19 May      Regional Weekend on the Hawkesbury for Boarder parents only.

25 August       Father, Daughter event

20 September           Boarders and their Families event

21 September           Garden Party

3 November              Mother, Daughter Lunch (please note revised date)

Boarder Parent Group Meetings

7 May – 7.00pm Microsoft Teams meeting

20 September – 2.30pm onsite

24 October – 7.00pm Microsoft Teams meeting

Carolyn Burgess

Head of Boarding