From the Middle School
Congratulations to all of our Years 7 and 8 Jacaranda Award recipients for Term 1. I was so proud to join our year assemblies this week and hear the inspirational reasons why the girls were selected by their Compass teachers to receive this prestigious award which celebrates their commitment to living the College values. There were so many outstanding examples of care and respect for community which underscored the culture of the Middle School.
| Year 8 | Year 7 | |
| Bennett A | Edith Cullinane | Cynthia Chen |
| Bennett B | Madeleine King | Romeca Noe Oo |
| Goodlet A | Imogen Marquez | Isabella Croll |
| Goodlet B | Holly Mitchell | Samadhi Wanniarachchi |
| Hammond A | Rose Craig | Shaanvi Lahiri |
| Hammond B | Victoria Lai | Greta Campbell |
| Ingleholme A | Penelope Hargraves | Karen Liu |
| Ingleholme B | Jessica Franklin | Zoe Liang |
| Lang A | Ava Jamieson | Chelsea Wang |
| Lang B | Keira Donovan | Imogen Martin |
| Marden A | Olivia Hicks-Duncombe | Anna Xu |
| Marden B | Bebe Brennan | Molly Turner |
| Thomas A | Una Kim | Emma Popli |
| Thomas B | Jocelyn Chow | Chloe Zhong |
| Wylie A | Cordelia Curtin | Millie Tian |
| Wylie B | Ishana Viswanathan | Shilin Zhao |
We also celebrated Year 7’s outdoor education experiences with the traditional camp awards. Each Compass teacher was asked to make the hard call and nominate three students from their group whom they believed deserved special recognition. We began by celebrating everyone because the spirit of the camp was a testament to the outstanding ‘have-a-go’ attitude which coloured the weeks at Vision Valley. Well done to everyone for stepping up and on many occasions stepping out of your comfort zone and meeting the challenge. Resilience and friendship were two wonderful outcomes of the experience.
Eight girls from Pymble competed in the Fuse Cup eSports Tournament at Monte. The girls in Year 5 to 8 competed with 40 other boys and girls from around Sydney.
Congratulations to Audrey Wyldhill (Year 8), Sophia Xiong (Year 8) and Isabelle Yeh (Year 8), and a special congratulations to Xanthe Munroe (Year 8) who won the tournament and will now head to the Gold Coast to compete in the National Fuse Cup Tournament.
We also launched the Year 7 leadership process this week and shared with the girls the many opportunities available to them to step into positions of responsibility next term. On Wednesday during lunchtime, our Year 12 Liaison Prefects ran a session on writing applications and presenting during interviews to help support the girls with their submissions. Please ask your daughter to show you the link that was emailed on Tuesday afternoon. Applications close at the end of next week.
During our Year 8 assembly this week, the girls received a special treat to mark the closing of a long term and the impressive collaboration demonstrated across the cohort. One such example was the igsa Swimming Carnival where the girls did themselves proud by being wonderful supporters of the Pymble team. The spirit and camaraderie across Year 8 is worth celebrating.
On Monday evening, we held the family information night for the up-and-coming Year 8 National Exchange Program. This promises to be an exciting experience for the 40 odd students who have been selected to travel to Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane and Toowoomba. We look forward to sharing their stories with the wider community next term.
The MMG Year 8 Parent Tracking Survey is currently still open and we would like to encourage you to please complete this if you have not already done so. Year 8 students completed the survey yesterday during Compass time. The combined data is very valuable in helping us best support families moving forward. Thank you for your input.
Jenny O’Donnell
Head of Middle School