From the Head of Social Impact

Lindfield Fun Run

A massive thanks to all those members of the Pymble community who participated and/or volunteered for the Lindfield Fun Run on Sunday 19 May. Over 170 people represented Team Pymble in the 10, 5 or 2 km event and 35 students and staff volunteered on or in the lead up to the big day.  It was terrific to see such wonderful support for our local community. All proceeds from the Fun Run went to the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter and KYDS Youth counselling, who provide free mental health support for young people.

Yadha Muru Foundation (YMF)  – City Country Partnership Program

This year in our quest to mark Reconciliation week it was fitting to welcome our City Country Program partner Milingimbi School from Northeast Arnhem Land to Sydney and Pymble. This Sydney immersion is for Milingimbi boys who have followed in the footsteps of the Milingimbi girls who enjoyed their immersion in Term 4 last year.  For all but one of the 15 boys and two of the staff it was their first adventure outside of the Northern Territory.  Their weekend was spent enjoying the sights of Sydney, and their day at Pymbleconsisted of drone programming and flying, hip hop dance, strength and condition and enjoying lunch with our First Nations students.  

The boys spent much of the week at Central Coast Grammar School (CCGS). CCGS has generously teamed up with Pymble to provide enriching cultural learning on the land of the Darkinjung people along with unique classroom experiences for the Milingimbi boys. We were delighted that the CCGS community were happy to billet the boys and provide the opportunity for them to enjoy family life with their welcoming hosts.

For more information about the program, please click here.