From the Co-curricular Performing Arts Team

One of the pleasures of this week was to attend, albeit briefly last Saturday, The PMUN training weekend held at Pymble which was ably led by the fabulous Mrs Bronwyn Hubbard. It was inspiring and galvanising to witness students in United Nations style contexts of proposal and debate of international scenarios from 22 schools including representatives from Abbotsleigh, James Ruse, Ravenswood, Barker, Knox and many schools located over Sydney and NSW rural areas. Well done to the Pymble students who were worthy representatives of their school in hosting this prestigious event.

Was also bowled over by the ongoing success of the Co-curricular Drama teams at the Ryde Eisteddfod. Surely a testament to not only the undoubted talents of the students but also the dedicated and expert leadership of Sarah Boyd as their co-ordinator.

I also had the opportunity to witness an ongoing rehearsal for King of the Polar Bears presented by Pymble Dance’s RAD ballet stream. A tantalising glimpse of what will be a magical performance. Please see below for booking details. A shout out to the Junior Lyrical and Jazz teams for their eisteddfod successes as well at the Opera House.

The range of the achievements of Music students in both Co-curricular and Curriculum areas of Music is a weekly wonder. I shake my head in admiration at the scope and integrity of their contributions. Please see the list of exciting events for Term 3 in Mrs Turner’s Music section and some advice concerning private music lessons.

In celebrating the outstanding success of Pymble students in this year’s Da Vinci Competition so brilliantly led by Mrs Debbie Tarrant, I wanted to acknowledge the achievements of the following  Pymble students in the Creative Producers section.

The Year 8 team placed third in Creative Producers out of 81 teams.

The students involved were Sitian Chen, Emily Chiang, Sophie Guo, Jenny He, Emily Huang, Karen Kim, Angela Tao and Chloe Wang.

It was a pleasure to work with some of these girls in their skills training sessions.

Michael Griffiths

Director of Co-curricular Performing Arts

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