From the Junior School

A Message from Mrs Kate Brown, Head of Junior School

Happy holidays! I wish you all a wonderful term break. Safe travels to all those who are travelling interstate or overseas and happy stay-cations to all those who are enjoying a change of pace and routine at home. Thank you for your support throughout the term to the myriad of events we have had this term.

The girls have worked hard and played hard, and they all deserve a break and time to be energised ready for the exciting adventures that await them in Term 3.

Good luck to our Snowsports team

Good luck to our Snowsports team who head down to the snow these holidays as their busy season begins. I look forward to hearing all your news and celebrating your hard work and passion for Snowsports throughout the season.

Formula Goblin team

Our Formula Goblin team has been working hard overseas these last two weeks and enjoyed international success. They won the ‘best presented team’ award in their first competition and placed 2nd overall. This is an impressive achievement for a team who began their journey in February this year and who are competing at this level against teams who have worked together since September 2024 and in schools who have competed in this competition for many years.

I am heading over to the UK tonight and look forward to cheering for our Formula Goblin team, Future Force Racers, in their final race day at the historic racetrack, Goodwood, where many Formula 1 legends have raced. I am also visiting other schools whilst over in the UK to continue fostering global learning partnerships for our girls.

Heidi the Hedgehog is going global!

Inspired by the story Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown, Heidi the Hedgehog has flattened herself so she can travel easily and see the world to spread her message of kindness far and wide. Our Future Force Racers are photographing Heidi’s adventures in the UK, and it would be wonderful if other students could do this too and then share a photo during the break of their Heidi’s adventure too. A QR Code will be on the back of the photo they cut out for uploading photos. All submissions will form a special edition of Digital News next term.

A message from our Kindness Captains: Sooin Lee, Nouvelle Nicholson, Christina Yang, Isabella Yue

We have now achieved 3358 acts of service, and we’re still going! We want to thank all our families for supporting us in our mission to change the world through kindness.

A message from Miss Tiffany Farlow – Creative and Performing Arts Co-ordinator K-6

We are excited to announce a drawing competition for Year 1 and 2 students, based on the musical “Pirates for the Curry Bean”! Students are encouraged to create an original piece of artwork at home during the winter holiday break, using any medium and on A4 or A3 sized paper. The artwork must be the student’s own work, completed without any help from parents or siblings. On the back of the artwork, please ensure the student’s full name, age, and class are written. Additionally, on the back of the artwork in pencil, include a title and a short description explaining how the artwork relates to “Pirates for the Curry Bean”. All entries must be submitted to Ms Farlow by Friday 25 July. The top three artworks will receive prizes, and finalists will have their artwork proudly displayed in the Junior School. We can’t wait to see the creative and original pieces our students will produce!

A message from our Sustainability Club

This term in Sustainability Club we continued composting. Students noticed that the worm farms were getting full of the fruit and vegetable scraps that we were feeding them. As a result, we asked Farmer Dave if we could take some extra fruit and vegetable scraps up to the Farm for the chickens, goats, and sheep to eat. They loved it! It was so much fun taking our fruit scraps up to the Farm on Fridays. We are excited to continue this in Term 3.

“I really enjoyed going to the farm, meeting Farmer Dave, and feeding the animals. I liked giving the food scraps to the farm animals because it helps us not waste food and makes the animals happy to get extra food.” – Anna He (4K Sustainability Captain)

“I really enjoyed taking the compost to the farm to feed it to Fetta the goat. I also really enjoyed when the gardeners taught us how to use the worm farm.” – Isla Morrison (4E Sustainability Captain)

We also continued Waste Free Friday this term. It was fantastic to see Compass Classes working together to reduce our lunchbox waste on Fridays. We are excited to continue Waste Free Friday in Term 3 when the Junior School focuses on ‘Kindness to the Environment’.

“I feel like it was a really good idea to help the environment by bringing less rubbish. I really like to work with my class to reduce our waste. I like to challenge myself to see if I can do it every day.” – Siena Cassidy (4T Sustainability Captain).

Challenge for students: Help your parents pack your lunch on Fridays, see if you can bring in ZERO pieces of non-recyclable waste!

A message from the Deputy Head of Operations – Mr Stephen Robinson

Grey House Walk Closure

As noted in a recent Portal Notice, essential works to our new classrooms in the Grey House Precinct building will mean that Grey House Walk will be closed throughout Semester 2. No students will be able to access the College via this gate. The College has requested expressions of interest for: Loop shuttle services from local destinations Supervise d walking group, departing Grey House Walk entrance at 7.45am. This will operate in a similar fashion as the Grandview walking group that departs at 7.55am. Please register your interest for either of these options using this link by tomorrow, 27 June.

Junior School Canteen Helpers

Thank you to the parents who gave up their time to volunteer this term. Term 3 dates are now available on the Google Form. Please click here if you can volunteer your time. For the care and safety of your daughters, all volunteers must have a current Working with Children Check Number (WWC). If we do not already have your WWC on file, please email to juniorschool@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au your WWC number and date of birth so your WWC can be verified.

Message from Junior School Administration Office

Thank you for communicating with the office to advise when your daughter is late or needs to leave early. Please continue to use MyPymble to mark your daughter’s absence; for two days or more absence please complete the Exemption from Attendance at School form or email through a medical certificate for illness. After school arrangements for girls in Years K-2, please email juniorschool@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au if you have changes to your daughter’s afterschool arrangements in Term 3 once your new registration has been confirmed. If your daughter is in Years 3-6, please update your daughter’s student diary with her new after school arrangements for Term 3.

Lost Property

Please ensure your daughter’s full name is clearly labelled on all items of clothing including socks, hats, and lunch items so it can be quickly returned to her if it is found. White markers are recommended for all dark clothing items including socks and stockings. If you have already labelled your daughters’ items, please use the holiday period to check your daughters’ name can still be clearly identified on the clothing.

Kate Brown

Head of Junior School