From the Community Engagement Team
Events Calendar
Parents and carers can view all College community events in the MyPymble app from the calendar tab. We encourage all community members to check the app regularly to keep up to date with the rich array of events at Pymble that keep our community connected.
This week we continue to plan for Term 3 events – in the coming weeks look out for information about the 2023 Cultural Festival Dragon Boat Dinner, Think Pymble and, of course, the various ways in which you can be involved in Garden Party 2023.
2023 Cultural Festival Dragon Boat Dinner
In Term 3 we invite all families at the College to come together at the inaugural all-school Pymble cultural event on Friday 2 July from 5.30pm to 8.00pm in Main Hall. The Pymble community is represented by more than 40 different cultural backgrounds, and we are excited to be celebrating our remarkable diversity at this event.
Starting in 2023, each year Pymble will celebrate a different culture with a dinner or small festival. This year we are celebrating the Dragon Boat Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday. The event tells the tale of Chinese hero and poet Qu Yuan who lived in the second century CE. Through a series of traditional Chinese performances ranging from singing, dancing and musical items from Pymble students and families, Qu Yuan’s story will be woven against a setting of political intrigue and exile culminating in the story of zongzi – traditional delicious rice treats – and how Qu Yuan was responsible for the very first Dragon Boats.
As well as entertainment, there will be plenty of fun activities for the children including craft tables, Chinese paper folding, colouring and calligraphy, as well as fun and whimsical story cards detailing the tale of the Dragon Boat Festival. Complementing the epic saga of Qu Yuan, guests will be treated to yum cha-style canapes including delicious zongzi as well as other traditional Chinese dishes.
We look forward to welcoming all students, parents, carers, siblings and other family members from across our Pymble community to this event to learn more about Chinese culture and to enjoy fun and friendship.
Date: Friday 21 July
Time: 5.30pm to 8.00pm
Venue: Main Hall
Cost: Adults – $50, School-aged children – $30, Children under 5 – free
Inclusions: Yum Cha style canapes and an entertainment
Tickets: Please click here to purchase
RSVP: Thursday 22 June
Annual Appeal
At Pymble, the power of community is very important. We are fortunate that our community sets usapart as a leading, influential, innovative girls’ school in Australia.
Our 2023 Annual Appeal is your opportunity to join others in making a difference to the lives of our current and future students. Your tax-deductible gift before 30 June can support students through our Pymble Foundation Bursary Program (means-tested scholarships) or our Building Fund to help us bring our vision for the future of our learning environments to life.
We warmly invite you to consider how you may be able to assist us to achieve our vision for the future of the College and our goal for Pymble girls to graduate as influential and compassionate changemakers in their local, national and global communities. Your gift has the power to make a real difference as we change the world, together.
If you would like to support these programs, please click here to donate.
Foundation Ball
In 2023 year we announced the formation of the Pymble Foundation which leads philanthropic engagement across our community. This philanthropy benefits current and future generations of Pymble girls by funding buildings and facilities, scholarships, bursaries and other programs. It also enables the College to remain a world leader in educating girls and young women.
We are now excited to invite you to our inaugural Pymble Foundation Ball on Saturday 14 October at the Art Gallery of NSW for a night of fun and community. Please mark the date in your diary and we will share further details soon.
Think Pymble
After the success of last year’s event, the People and Culture team at Pymble are again hosting Think Pymble, an evening of employment opportunity for prospective staff, on Wednesday 26 July in the Kate Mason Building. This year at the event, as we do every day, we are embracing inclusion, because people are at the heart of what the College offers its students. We attract outstanding people from a diversity of backgrounds and career experiences.
Think Pymble – Embracing Inclusion is an information evening which welcomes potential future colleagues who may be interested in joining Pymble at some point in their career. We encourage high quality teachers from all sectors and expert co-curricular, administration and professional services staff from business, universities, education and not-for-profits to attend. Look out for more information in the following weeks, and invite a friend you think may add to the fabric of Pymble.
Kelly Mancey
Director of Community Engagement and Advancement