Language Arts

Archdale 

Round 6 of the Archdale Shield competition will resume on Tuesday 25 July, with debaters from Tangara visiting Pymble. The topic area will be Gender. The following week Pymble will host Monte Sant’ Angelo for Round 7. 

Preliminary rounds in the Virtual Archdale competition have concluded and we now await announcement of finalists. 

IDC Debating  

Thank you all those who registered interest in the International Debating Competition to be held in Term 4. We have ten teams ready for registrations to be sent. 

Sydney Social Debating (SSD) 

SSD competition is on a break and will resume later this term. Meeting times will remain the same, Fridays at Pymble from 3.30pm to 6.30pm. Thank you to those who expressed their interest in continuing. Calling beginner debaters! It is still not too late to join. Please email your interest to Mrs Hubbard BHubbard@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au. Registrations will be sent out through Co-curricular Administration. We are pleased to offer this developmental level comp again to our 7 to 12 girls this term. If your daughter is in Year 6, please contact Mrs Martha Itzcovitz to register interest. Thank you to our student coaches and our adjudicators. 

Social Debating classes 

Classes resumed this week and will run throughout Semester Two. Girls begin with theory, some internal debates, inter class debates and we hope to offer some debates with other schools in Term 4. 

Mock Law 

Despite a win in two out of three preliminary round Mock Trials, Pymble narrowly missed progressing to the final rounds. Thank you to our team and coach, Annika Shankar for a solid year. 

A Mediation round was held at Pymble on the last day of Term 2. The girls scored highly and we look forward to hearing news of final rounds. 

Pymble Model United Nations Winter Conference 

PMUN is planning our second annual Winter Interschool conference. This will be held next week, on Friday 28 and Saturday 29 July. We look forward to hearing our invited guest speakers on the Friday evening and hosting the conference proper on Saturday 29 July. Thank you to our MUN captain Mulan Xu and her team who have worked solidly to prepare for this event. 

Here is the link directly to the Expression of Interest – EOI form: https://forms.gle/Bhbr2mT5RyqX88ZbA 

Farewell to Year 12 Language Arts High Tea 

High Tea has become an annual event at Avondale, for Language Arts girls in Years 10, 11 and 12 and Year 12 parents. This year, as has become a tradition, it was held at the end of Term 2, on Wednesday 21 June from 4.30pm to 6.30pm. Thank you to our wonderful leavers for their immense contribution to Language Arts, both as participants and leaders. We hope to see you back as coaches to continue your mentoring work with our younger girls. Best wishes as you prepare for your final examinations. 

Bronwyn Hubbard

Head of Language Arts