Language Arts

Language Arts

Thank You

To all our students, coaches and parents, thank you for a wonderful term! Have a safe and restful break. 

Debating

ISDA and FED 

Last Friday ISDA Senior A Makeup

Our Senior A ISDA team visited Barker for a makeup round last Friday. Despite an impressive debate, our top senior team lost. Congratulations on a fine season and we look forward to following your finals journey.

FED Senior A and B Makeups 

Congratulations to Senior B on their win against SBHS last Friday.

Term 2 

We now have one more round of make ups on Friday 2 May. Following makeups, teams who break and make finals will be announced. Some teams will not progress to finals and have come to the end of their season. Stay tuned for those teams progressing. 

As finals can mean multiple venues, please note that buses will NOT run through finals and parents must be responsible for their daughter’s travel both to and from events. Carpooling is recommended. 

Parents are welcome to attend and please note that parents must arrange transport home following their daughter’s debate. 

Make Up Rounds summary 

Friday 2 May 

  • Primary A and B, Barker v Pymble ISDA Round 3 makeup. Face to face at Barker. Ms Itzcovitz will take the girls to Barker on the train. Girls will need their own travel cards.
  • Senior B, Pymble v Roseville ISDA Round 5 online. We are affirmative. 

Chinese Debating 

Thank you to Mrs Leyya Li, our team parent, who attended the opening ceremony on Saturday at The University of Sydney with her daughter. Round 1 commences on Saturday 12 April. Best wishes to this new team who commence their season this Saturday.

Organisation: NSW Chinese Debating Association  

Form of debate: Prepared debate. One match per week – three rounds (Weeks 1 – 3) – half (Week 4) – final (Week 5). Rounds will be conducted on weekends, at The University of Sydney, School of Business. 

NSDC 

NSDC is Australia’s premier school debating competition and brings together the most talented young debaters from across the country, fostering excellence in critical thinking, persuasive communication and civic engagement. This year NSDC is coming to Sydney for a week in mid-May. Details and opportunities can be found on the NSDC events page. 

Further Debating opportunities 

  • An externally run Debating camp is being offered in the April holidays. Please click here for more information and the form to enrol.  
  • Harvard School Australia New Zealand Debating Championship is once more open for registrations.Click here to register.Please direct any questions to competitions@speakerscornerau.com or phone on 02 8091 7946. 

Public Speaking

UN Voice of Youth, National Finalists! 

Congratulations to Katherine Pan, Year 11 and Hakone Liceralde, Year 10 who have both progressed to the National finals of the UN Voice of Youth Public Speaking competition this weekend.  Best wishes girls and congratulations from all the Language Arts ‘family’, on your progression to the national finals. 

DELO – Public speaking competition 

Bravo to Jenny Xu, our Public Speaking Captain who was the first Pymble girl to enter this competition and to be selected as a finalist.  

The DELO final will be held in the Sydney Opera House on Wednesday 21 May. 

Model United Nations (MUN)

Discover MUN at UNSW

Thanks to all who registered for this event. We are at capacity with 15 places filling quickly and a wait list in place. Please ensure registrations are returned to Co-curricular Administration.

EVATT – UN Youth  

Requiring no prior debating experience, Evatt immerses young people in Years 9 to 12 to uncover the driving forces of influence that threaten to destabilise world order all while mastering the art of public speaking through negotiation. Going beyond ordinary debating, Evatt challenges delegates to think critically, problem solve carefully, and search for answers in the rapidly changing world of current affairs surrounding them.

Evatt commences in May. This is a highly valued diplomacy competition where girls work in pairs to represent a country. Pymble plans to take a bus to Cranbrook, and we ask that you register and attend through school rather than register online individually. When girls register themselves online, we cannot offer additional training should they progress, and we have a duty of care issue. Any senior girls who still wish to register themselves, should ensure this occurs on a weekend rather than a weekday, and parents, please note a teacher from Pymble will not accompany the girls to UTS. Mrs Hubbard will attend the Cranbrook day. 

Pymble Model UN Club (PMUN) 

PMUN runs each Monday lunch in DK06. Come along. Everyone is welcome!  Learn how to prepare for a MUN conference. We will hold our own winter conference later in the year. We have received expressions of interest for a MUN conference to be held at Castle Hill High. Please see our MUN captain, Kiki Chen (Year 11) if interested. 

THIMUN – THE Hague 2026 Proposed International Tour 

In January this year, Pymble Language Arts girls attended THIMUN, The Hague which was a wonderful opportunity. Having secured a highly coveted place at this Model United Nations conference, we are keen to attend again this year as membership is ongoing and we do not want to lose our place.

The proposed January 2026 LA tour will be open to students currently in Years 8 to 11. We are currently gaining prices on two options: 

  • A two-week tour including a visit to Paris, prior to travelling on the Eurostar to the Netherlands and journeying to The Hague for the conference 
  • A shorter tour which just focuses on The Netherlands and the conference. 

If you have a preference, Mrs. Hubbard would love to hear from you ASAP!  

An international MUN conference is an amazing experience. THIMUN has over 3 000 students from around the globe attending. These experiences for learning and growth are valued highly in Europe and by ivy league universities. This opportunity is open, but students must join our own PMUN club and attend regularly to apply. 

Mock Law

Bond Mooting – The date for our heat has been released; Tuesday 20 May at 2.30pm. 

Young Lawyers’ Justice Day at Wollongong University on Friday 2 May 

Thank you to those 15 who have registered interest. We are now at maximum capacity. Notes have been sent via Co-curricular Administration and the bus will leave Pymble at 7.30am and return at 5.30pm. .

Bronwyn Hubbard

Head of Language Arts