Language Arts
DEBATING
ISDA Grand Final! Congratulations to our Year 7 and Year 8 teams who debated in the ISDA semi-finals recently. Both the Year 7 and 8 teams were victorious. This Friday 13 June, both teams will debate in the grand finals at Riverview.
Guests are welcome to watch debates. Good luck teams.
Transport To and From ISDA Debating Final 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.
More Debating Opportunities Social Debating coaches – Thank you to those who have volunteered to assist uni coaches with social debating. This competition runs until and including Friday 27 June
Social Debating girls – We look forward to seeing you after school in Jobson theatre, KM building, to continue your online season. Attendance is compulsory.
Archdale – Shield and Invitational Round 5 Shield and Invitational Debating continued on Tuesday when we visited St Vincent’s for Shield where Pymble had a good round. Next Tuesday, Pymble will host Monte for Round 6. Invitational will be run from IH. Please note that Year 10 Shield and Senior Invitational will be moved to a make-up date to be advised due to clashes for both teams.
MODEL UNITED NATIONS (MUN)
Pymble Model UN Club (PMUN) PMUN runs each Monday lunch in DK06. Come along and join us this term. Everyone is welcome. Learn how to prepare for a MUN conference. We will hold our own Winter conference again this year. We have also received invitations to MUN conferences to be held at various high schools including Trinity and Knox. Please see our MUN captain, Kiki Chen (Year 11), if interested, and email your interest to Mrs Hubbard.
THIMUN 2026 Tour All who have expressed interest in the THIMUN tour have been contacted by Travel at Pymble. Any still interested must contact Mrs Hubbard ASAP.
MOCK LAW
Bond Mooting Congratulations to Catherine Shi (Year 12) and Kitty He (Year 11) who attended the semi-finals of Bond Mooting on Saturday 7 June at Bond University on the Gold Coast. Unfortunately, Kiki Chen (Year 11) was unable to attend due to sickness. Both Catherine and Kitty did very well and we thoroughly enjoyed Bond’s hospitality. A highlight of the trip was watching a Moot from the staff and students of Bond.
Mock Mediation We have decided to open Mediation skills to more than one team. All those in Years 8 to 10 interested in Mediation will be invited to a lunchtime introductory talk. Stay tuned. This is a terrific life skill and will be a fun internal competition.
Young Justice At our recent excursion to the Young Justice Day, we discovered that our lecturer was a Pymble Alumni who lectures in Ethics and the Law. We are delighted that she is keen to return to Pymble for a tour and to conduct a lunchtime session in Jobson Lecture Theatre on Monday 23 June for all interested in Ethics and Law.
Language Arts Dinner Our Language Arts Prefect Catherine Shi (Year 12) and our Language Arts Parent Support mum, Aimy Hoang, have been working hard behind the scenes to organise our first Language Arts dinner! Invitations will be heading your way soon. Stay tuned for this exciting end of term event.
