From the Junior School
A Message from Mrs Kate Brown, Head of Junior School
Welcome to Term 3 and a warm welcome to our new students and their families to Junior School this term Xanthi (Year 1) and Khloe (Year 3) Audley, Chantal Cheung (Year 6), Leona Hao (Kindergarten), Grace (Year 1) and Suri (Year 2) Jiang, Amelia Liu (Year 1) and Isabelle (Year 5) Liu, Isla Warakadeniya (Year 4) , Jennifer Zhu (Year 2) and returning to our Junior School; Anna Leong (Year 6). We are so excited that your families have joined our Pymble family.
Kindness focus for Term 3
Our Junior School picture book for the year is Why Not? By Kobi Yamada, and within that text the reader is encouraged to ‘marvel at the beauty of this world….and… leave this world a little better than you found it’
Led collaboratively by our Kindness Leaders and our Sustainability Leaders, our kindness focus for this term is kindness to the environment. This term we are asking each of our girls to think of one small change they could make or one small act of environmental kindness they could do to help our planet. This could be taking care to ensure their rubbish goes in the correct bin, picking up rubbish they see lying around the College campus, learning to grow bee friendly plants, composting their food scraps or taking part in a local bush care project through your local council.
Congratulations
Huge congratulations to our phenomenal Snowsports team who excelled again this year on the slopes. With many exceptional personal achievements, the team achieved silver in the Junior division and many of our girls will now continue to State championships.
Congratulations to all these girls who represented our Junior School as part of our Snowsports team:
| Alpine Division 4 – Team placed 2nd Overall |
| Tina Wang (Year 5) 2nd Christina Yang (Year 6) 7th |
| Ellie He (Year 6) 31st |
| Alpine Division 4 |
| Emily Walker (Year 6) 24th |
| Catherine Wang (Year 5) 19th |
| Jasmine Smith (Year 5) 36th |
| Alpine Division 5 – Team placed 2nd Overall |
| Evelyn Zhu (Year 4) 2nd |
| Michelle Wang (Year 3) 7th |
| Yunuo Lin (Year 3) 6th |
| Makayla Cui (Year 3) 13th |
| Alpine Division 5 – Team placed 5th Overall |
| Clover Gong (Year 3) 15th |
| Evelyn Sang (Year 3) 26th |
| Chloe Zhang (Year 3) 39th |
| Alpine Division 6 – Team placed 2nd Overall |
| Anne Li (Year 2) 4th |
| Dorothy Zhao (Year 2) 5th |
| Amelia Hao (Year 2) 26th |
| Ellie Zhang (Year 1) 19th |
| Alpine Division 6 – Team placed 5th Overall |
| Hana Qu (Kindergarten) 45th |
| Katy Feng (Kindergarten) 23rd |
| Audrey Wang (Kindergarten) 39th |
| Hannah Xiao (Year 2) 44th |
| Moguls Division 4 |
| 5th – Catherine Wang (Year 5) |
| 12th – Jasmine Smith (Year 5) |
| Moguls Division 5 |
| 3rd – Michelle Zhang (Year 3) |
| Snowboard GS Division 4 – Team placed 1st Overall |
| Christina Yang (Year 6) |
| Bella Geng-Yang (Year 6) |
| Ellie He (Year 6) |
| Snowboard GS Division 5 – Team placed 1st Overall |
| Michelle Zhang (Year 3) |
| Makayla Cui (Year 3) |
| Yunuo Lin (Year 3) |
| Snowboard GS Division 5 – Team placed 2nd Overall |
| Alyssa Wang (Year 4) |
| Reena Geng-Yang (Year 2) |
| Snowboard Cross Division 4 |
| Chrstina Yang 8th |
| Bella Geng-Yang 7th |
| Ellie He 6th |
| Snowboard Cross Division 5 |
| Michelle Zhang 1st |
| Makayla Cui 2nd |
| Eno Lin 4th |
| Alyssa Wang 8th |
| Reena Geng-Yang 12th |
Years 3-6 Athletics Carnival
Last week, we celebrated our Years 3-6 athletes with their 2025 Athletics carnival. The day was a splendour of House spirit, enthusiasm and strong effort by all the girls. I loved watching the girls as they sprinted, jumped, ran and even hopped their way through the various rotations. One of the unexpected highlights of the day was seeing and hearing the girls’ delight as they bounced balls in the giant parachute! Congratulations to our House Captains who led their Houses with equal amounts of encouragement and pride.
100 Days of Kindy – Kindergarten Coordinator, Victoria Aikman
Kindergarten had a very special reason to celebrate this week as Monday marked their 100th day of school! Our celebration began with two wonderful performances, where the girls sang proudly and beautifully for their special guests. Afterwards our families were invited into the Kindergarten learning space to take part in a range of fun 100-themed challenges. Early engineering and design skills were on full display, with many incredible structures created using 100 stackable cups! The celebration ended with a joyful picnic lunch in the Kindergarten courtyard. Thank you to our families for helping us mark this memorable occasion!
Inspired by our Kindergarten girls and their journey at Pymble over the last 100 days, one of our Year 5 girls has written this poem:
100 days – by Maisie Borg (Year 5)
So many memories are made when you walk into the classroom
with ideas rushing through your head
You are nervous but excited
about all the adventures you have ahead
You think about the challenges and opportunities you may face
And know that you will face them with spirit and with grace
You meet someone new
They greet you with a smile
She seems to be an extremely kind child
The things you can do
The things you can imagine
The world is full of possibilities
So many memories already.
Deputy of Head of Junior School – Operations: Stephen Robinson
Arriving at School in the Morning
Please ensure your daughter arrives at school prior to 8.15am. Teachers are on duty in the playground and the K-2 drop off zone from 7.45am, allowing plenty of time to drop off prior to lessons commencing.
Arriving at school prior to 8.15am allows your daughter to not become rushed, to settle into the morning naturally and most of all, not miss any of the information shared when lessons commence.
Alternate Ways to School
Do you want to avoid the traffic in the morning? Consider dropping your daughter off at Grandview Street (near the train station) between 7.40-7.55am or Grey House Walk 7.30-7.45am. Junior School staff are at these locations between these times and walk students to school. This eases congestion with vehicles on Avon Road and within the College and allows students to undertake a little morning exercise.
Junior School Canteen Helpers
Thank you to the parents who gave up their time to volunteer last 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
A reminder to email juniorschool@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au when your daughter is late or needs to leave early. Please continue to use MyPymble to mark your daughter’s absence, for absence of two days or more please complete the Exemption from Attendance at School form or email though 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.
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.
Important Dates for Term 3 - Week 2 and 3
Tomorrow Jeans for Genes Day Sausage Sizzle (pre-ordered).
Monday 4 August Academic Learning Discussions on campus
Tuesday 5 August Academic Learning Discussions on campus
Wednesday 6 August Academic Learning Discussions online
Tuesday 5 August Year 4 State Library incursion 2.00pm
Friday 8 August Walk-a-thon Y3+6 P5+6
Save the date:
Wednesday 13 August JSPG Term 3 Meeting
Friday 15 August Year 1 and Year 2 showcase: Pirates of the Curry Bean, 2.00pm and 5.00pm