RSVP to Secondary School Speech Day

Chair of the College Board, Mr Chris Fydler and Principal, Dr Kate Hadwen warmly invite you to attend the Secondary School Speech Day on Wednesday 4 December.

Venue: Jeanette Buckham Centre for Physical Education, Pymble Ladies’ College

Time: The ceremony will begin at 9.30am sharp and conclude at 11.30am.

RSVP: Please click here to RSVP by Friday 29 November.

We look forward to welcoming you!

From the Principal

As the end-of-year showcases and celebrations continue, our girls continue to amaze us with the scope of their learning and how deeply they lean into their unique gifts, talents and passions. This week we have the pleasure of acknowledging our learners in co-curricular Theatresports and Film, Rhythmic and Artistic Gymnastics, Language Arts and Drama – and we were even treated to a fabulous Nativity play by our Year 12 (2025) Boarders on Tuesday night at their final Christmas Celebration in the Chapel. It’s gratifying to see our students ‘own’ their work with so much pride and joy.

While we are on the topic of exceptional creativity, we were thrilled to see an incredible 24 of our Year 12 (2024) Visual Arts students nominated for HSC ARTEXPRESS, which showcases the best practical work in this course in the state. Just this week, we were advised that four of these students have had their work selected for the exhibition, which is the maximum number from any one school in NSW. Congratulations to our gifted students and brilliant staff on this wonderful recognition of your talents.

We also shared a special end-of year-honouring of our Year 6 cohort at their final Chapel Service and Celebration of Learning before they step up to the Middle School next year. Congratulations on this milestone, girls, and always remember that your kindness and our College values are your trusty guides as you navigate your new learning environment in the Secondary School together.

Together is a key word at Pymble. Our motto of “Nothing to you, without you” means we will always consult and collaborate with our community on important matters. The launch of our Wise Phone Initiative is an example of this approach, which was based on student and parent feedback confirming a universal desire to work together to reclaim the childhood our young people deserve, off their devices.

Thank you for your feedback on our uniform review

Last Friday, all parents and carers, students in Years 4 to 12, Alumni and current staff received an email from our Deputy Principal, Ms Rockwell, requesting feedback on a collection of items for a proposed new uniform for all year groups at the College. The ideas presented were based on requests from our students for changes, and the designs informed by student, parent and Alumni focus groups.

Continuing our commitment to consultation on this important decision, Ms Rockwell and I also brought samples along to this week’s assembly, which raised some interesting comments and questions from students in Years 7 to 11. While the black watch blazer inspired a mixed reaction from the 2268 survey respondents, we certainly heard from the girls in assembly that, contrary to focus group feedback, the proposed new design is a ‘miss’. Students expressed a strong desire to remain with a navy blazer and black watch tartan skirt. Thanks for the feedback girls – we heard you and will revert.

The uniform review was undertaken with four key goals in mind:

1. To address issues with the current uniform, as expressed by our students, such as the itchy fabric of the skirt and the sheerness of the shirt.
2. To address the frequent requests from multiple groups of students over the years who have campaigned for pants to be introduced into the uniform range. Since the survey was sent on Friday, more than 30 per cent of our students have indicated they would like pants as an option. (As I write this today, I’m wearing a pant suit!)
3. To reduce the number of uniform items required for students by providing options that can be worn in both summer and winter instead of having separate seasonal uniforms. This will also reduce the cost to parents and carers.
4. To simplify the uniform for our Junior School students and introduce items such as skorts, at their request, so our girls feel more comfortable being active at school.

As mentioned above, based on all the feedback we have received so far, it’s clear we are not there yet.

As a result, we have made the decision to pause for now, and work toward introducing items that bring minimal change and maximum benefit, such as skorts in the Junior School and a pants option in the Secondary School (that doesn’t end up looking like ‘navy on navy’ when paired with a navy jumper or blazer). Of course, any new items introduced will be phased in.

Our survey remains open until 10.00am tomorrow, Friday 29 November, and we warmly invite you to add your voice to this ongoing discussion if you haven’t already done so.

Click here to submit your feedback.

To all those who have taken the time to share your thoughts on this first round of ideas, thank you. Your feedback shifts us into the next phase of the review, which will be more aligned with our current uniform.

Our girls have told us, repeatedly, that they would like to see changes to their uniform, for comfort and for flexibility. We love that our girls and community are so proud of their school, and their uniform. We remain committed to listening to the needs of our students and to getting this right for them.

Windows into learning

As we begin to wrap up this series for the year, we hope you have enjoyed these slices of life in classrooms at Pymble in 2024. This week we go behind the scenes of our upcoming Kindy nativity play – oh my goodness, I can’t wait for that one! – and the role PDHPE plays in developing leadership skills.

Kindy gets into the Christmas spirit

In Performing Arts this term, Kindergarten students have been diligently preparing for their special Nativity performance next Tuesday. The girls have worked so hard since early in Term 3 to learn all the songs, dance moves and actions, and they have been steadily growing in their confidence and love of performing. Starting from Week 5, students have had the opportunity to rehearse on stage in our beautiful Chapel. The first rehearsal in particular was a magical moment of learning. It was wonderful to see elements of the production starting to come together and to hear the students’ joyful voices united in singing and telling the story of the nativity.

Precious too were moments where students stepped out of their comfort zones and gained a boost in confidence from being able to practise performing in front of their teachers and peers. Students have also contributed their amazing artistic talents to the production by drawing and colouring backdrops which will be featured on screen. The 2024 Kindergarten Nativity will truly be a magical experience and a fabulous showcase of students’ learning in Performing Arts, and we can’t wait to share it with our Kindy parents and carers next week.

Ms Ellen Buckley
Junior School Performing Arts Teacher

Training, teamwork and leadership in PE

This term, Year 9 students have been taking the lead in PE, working collaboratively in teams to lead their peers through a nominated sport. 

Students began by reflecting on their strengths to help determine their various roles within their team. They then embraced these roles to lead their peers in training sessions and tournaments. Roles included leading warm-ups and cool-downs as the conditioning team, motivating and promoting wellbeing as team captains, setting and implementing rules of the game as team officials, designing and leading training session as team coaches, and organising the setup for all sessions as equipment officers.

It has been a wonderful opportunity for students to strengthen their leadership skills and build their capacity to engage in reflection and act on feedback to enhance their learning and the learning of others.

Mrs Alison Cruz
Head of Learning Area PDHPE 

From the Junior School

From the Head of Junior School

As we come towards the end of the school year, we honour our Year 6 leaders who have held specific responsibilities for portfolios within our Junior School. Each of these groups of leaders have been mentored by members of staff who have a vested interest in that specific area of leadership and the girls were honoured in our Year 3 to 6 assembly this week by some of our staff. Here are some of the words shared in appreciation of their leadership throughout the year:

Chapel Leaders: Emily Deutscher, Olivia Guo, Lakshi Rajeev and Tanvi Raniga

Thank you for your leadership of chapel this year. Across the year you have led our Year 3 to 6 chapel services with confidence, challenging yourselves and modelling the college values, particularly showing courage reading some of the difficult names in the Bible. Thank you for working with the Chaplains and the Year 7 to 12 Chapel Leaders on initiatives across the year, including leading and running Junior Ignite. Thank you for being wonderful role models and for supporting the younger Junior School girls this year.

From Mrs Giles

House Leaders

Bennett House Leader                          Lang House Leader

Amelie Rahme                                       Lydia Chen

Carolyn Dou                                          Olivia Beaumont

Audrey Quan                                         Madison Burns

Abigail Wu                                             Chloe Pedersen

Goodlet House Leader                          Marden House Leader

Bethany Tucker                                     Anna Smart

Anna Wang                                            Sueann Deng

Angela Chiang                                       Alexandra Qiu

Deanne Fernando                                 Melody Hai Chen

Hammond House Leader                     Thomas House Leader

Greta Campbell                                     Emma Popli

Alice Liu                                                 Sophia Sayegh

Savannah Sherlock                               Leia Ripley

Cecilia Zhang                                        Taylor Green

Ingleholme House Leader                     Wylie House Leader

Zoe Liang                                               Eleanor Zalewski

Trisha Viswanathan                               Izabella Prokop

Marla Kazaglis                                       Zoey Wen

Florence Cheng                                     Olivia Dinnie

A huge thank you to our Junior School House Captains for their hard work and dedication at all House events this year. Their contagious energy and enthusiasm have inspired everyone and strengthened the sense of belonging and pride within their House. Their efforts have truly made a difference, leaving a positive impact on our school community.

From Mr Tyson

Library Leaders: Emma Campbell, Imogen Martin, Charlotte Xue and Isabelle Yeh

Dear Emma, Imogen, Charlotte and Izzy

Thank you for being the best Library Leaders we’ve ever had! I know you are the first Library Leaders we’ve ever had but you have set an extremely high standard for those who come after you. We are so proud to have worked with you as our inaugural Library Leaders.

Your cheerful energy lights up the library and your enthusiasm in fulfilling your responsibilities has played a vital role in fostering a warm and welcoming environment for everyone in the library. Your love for our Junior School Library shines through everything you do, including:

• your dedication in taking on library monitor duties every week and contributing to the smooth running of the library – you are always willing to jump in where needed and we appreciate that so much;
• planning and running the fabulous opening assembly for Book Week;
• helping us prepare for author visits – it was so much fun decorating for Nat Amoore and Tim Harris and Year 3 loved it;
• creating and running our Staff Reading Challenge; and
• creating and writing Shelf Life our first ever library newsletter – available this week!

Thank you!

A letter to our Library Leaders from Ms Itzcovitz, Mrs Colquhoun, Mrs Walker and Mrs Mann

Kindness Leaders: Safina Burgess, Melody Chen, Ria Iyer and Chloe Morrison

Our Kindness Leaders are changemakers. Determined to lead by example, they have consistently modelled kindness in all their interactions this year and advocated for those who are often marginalised within society. These phenomenal leaders have led initiatives to show care and kindness across the year and inspired so many younger students. Creative and goal focused, they inspired so many Junior School students to run in the Lindfield Fun Run that we won a school award, and they have designed and installed little boxes of kindness around the campus to try and encourage others to feel the impact of kindness and, in turn, undertake random acts of kindness.

Thank you Safina, Melody, Ria and Chloe for all your hard work; you’ve had a significant impact on our community through the kindness you have modelled and led. You have been exemplary leaders and the way you have worked together in all you have done has helped shine kindness through our weekly meetings and across our Junior School.

From Mrs Brown

STEM Leaders: Adeline Wu, Charlotte Wu, Michelle Xing (in absentia) and Lily Zhang:

Our STEM Leaders are the dreamers and innovators who live and breathe STEM, inspiring our students to problem-solve and create. From leading the STEAM Festival with flashing lights, racing robots, and ingenious Wonka-inspired games, to turning paddle pop sticks into planes and making music from aluminium rods, they have built a world of wonder for the Junior School. Like Willy Wonka, they’ve shown us that with imagination and curiosity, “Wanna change the world?” has only one answer: “There’s nothing to it.”

From Mr Brown

Student Representative Council (SRC) Leaders:  Zoe Chong, Alice Hockley, Bianca Ng, Chelsea Wang,

Our SRC leaders have ever so capably enabled student voice in 2024. Chairing the weekly meetings of SRC leaders from Years 1 to 6, they have encouraged class representatives to gather feedback from students of all ages and bring these to the group for discussion, debate and vote. Our leaders have shared the outcome of weekly meetings with Mrs Brown and met with her to bring a number of the ideas to fruition, including our Kindness and Service Day in Term 3, advocated for additional playground equipment and created opportunities for students to become involved, with drawing and colouring competitions throughout the year.

Sustainability Leaders: Sophie Ahn, Katelyn Gu, Sarah Tew and Oliana Zeccola

Our brilliant Sustainability Leaders, Sarah, Sophie, Katelyn and Oliana, have led with unwavering passion and enthusiasm, inspiring our Sustainability captains and the wider Junior School community to take meaningful action for the environment. From gifting their time for Clean Up Australia Day initiatives to reporting on tree planting within our College, launching a nature poetry competition, they’ve worked tirelessly to make sustainability a central focus within the Junior School. Their support for younger students, engagement with guest speakers, and dedication to teamwork have left a lasting impact, creating a greener, happier school for everyone. Thank you for your incredible efforts and leadership!

Farewell to a great amongst our team

As we come to the end of the school year, we inevitably farewell some of our staff members who head off for new adventures in different schools or away from Sydney. We thank each of those staff members for their contributions and service to our Junior School community and send them on their way with our love and best wishes. 

One of those staff members is Mrs Geraldine Roberts who leaves at the end of this year to spend more time with her family and in particular her daughter and two young grandchildren who live in Brisbane. Mrs Roberts has given 11 years of dedicated service to our Junior School and positively impacted the learning of hundreds of little girls who began their school journey under her nurturing eye. Mrs Roberts has brought great wisdom, calm leadership and kindness to our girls, our community and our team and she will be dearly missed. We send her off to her new adventures as the beloved Gigi, as she is known to her grandchildren, with much love and gratitude from us all.

Geraldine will leave a legacy that will continue to inspire us as we strive to create a supportive and nurturing environment for all our students to feel valued and supported. – Mrs Genia Wright

I am delighted to announce that from 2025, Mrs Genia Wright will assume responsibility as Coordinator for Learning Enhancement K-6 and will bring significant experience and wise counsel to this role.

A message from Lara Bird – Deputy Head of Junior School – Academics

Congratulations to Olivia Lawrence, Stella Shen, Sienna Yeung, and Mischa Jadav who have achieved writing excellence for their work published in the Oz Kids in Print magazine. 

A message from Mrs Tracy Reid – Year 3 Coordinator

Year 3 travelled by bus to the Australian Maritime Museum as part of our History unit on first contacts. We explored a replica of the Endeavour, walked through the museum, and visited other ships, including those linked to explorers and the spice trade. We learnt about Indigenous perspectives, studied maps used by early explorers, saw life size models and fascinating artefacts, participated in hands-on activities and discovered more about sustainability practices. Our favourite activity was going on the Endeavour and appreciating how difficult it must have been for the sailors. It was an enjoyable and engaging experience for everyone!

Year 6 Surf Education Pictures

A message from Mr Robinson – Deputy Head of Junior School – Operations

End of Term Afternoon Supervision

Parents who have recently registered their children for OSHC but have yet to try this service may be eligible for the complimentary ‘Welcome Afternoon’.

End-of-Term Events

Invitations for our Celebration of Learning (K/1/2) and Speech Day (3-6) have this week been sent to families. Please complete this survey regarding departure times and attendance in the final days.

Wellbeing Weekly – A message from Mrs Kate Giles – Head of Wellbeing K-6

2025 Compass Classes

As we come to the end of the year, we understand that change can sometimes be challenging for children, and this can bring a mix of excitement and uncertainty. To alleviate this uncertainty across the holiday break, on Friday 29 November, your daughter will learn who her Compass class teacher will be for 2025. They will then have the opportunity to meet their new teacher and Compass class.

Compass class placements for 2025 have been carefully considered by our teaching staff and many factors are taken into account to ensure that every girl is placed into an environment that supports her individual learning and development. While we are aware that both parents and students may have preferences, we ask for your trust and understanding in this process. Some ways you can support your daughter to feel comfortable and confident with her new class include:

• Staying positive: encouraging your daughter by highlighting positive aspects of meeting new people. This can greatly influence how your daughter feels about the transition.
• Reassuring her: if your daughter feels concerned about the change, reassure her that these feelings are normal. Remind her how she has successfully navigated new classes and changes in the past and the benefits of these experiences.
• Communicate openly: allow your daughter the opportunity to share how she is feeling and help her to process their emotions without judgement.
• Organise play dates with classmates in the new classes over the break where possible.

We will now liaise with the Junior School Parent Group Year Co-ordinators for 2025 to set up new communication groups.

Unstructured Play

Thank you for those families who have already offered some items for our unstructured play sessions. We would still love donations of any of the following items:

• Ropes
• Large cardboard boxes (for example boxes that would fit whitegoods such as fridges)
• Large clean plastic tubs/drums
• Pipes (plastic, PVC or cardboard)
• Hammocks (or sheets that can be used to make hammocks)
• Plastic crates
• cones
• Barrels

Please let me know if you have any of these items that you may be able to provide.

204 for 2024 Service Initiative – A message from Kindness Club

This term Kindness Club are leading a final Kindness Challenge for the year – 204 for 2024! So far we have collected over 150 items for Westmead Hospital and the Rev Bill Crews Foundation so we are over half way to our goal!

We are asking all girls in Kindergarten to Year 6 to bring in either a new picture/board book or a Christmas gift or food item to Hedgehog House by the end of term and it will be then delivered in time for Christmas. It would be great to see if we could get 204 books and 204 gifts and food items!

Please help us with the 204 for 2024 challenge this year and let’s support these two great initiatives. Should you have any questions, please email kgiles@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au

Thank you, From Trisha Viswanathan, Riya Iyer, Chloe Morrison, Melody Chen & Safina Burgess, Year 6

A message from Mr Kurt Schweinberger – Head of Creative and Performing Arts K-6

Year 4 Training Band on Their Graduation!

This term, we are delighted to celebrate the graduation of 50 talented students from the Year 4 Training Band. Their musical journey over the year has been one of growth, hard work and joyful discovery. From learning the fundamentals of their instruments to performing as a cohesive ensemble, these young musicians have achieved so much and should be immensely proud of their accomplishments.

A heartfelt thank you goes to their dedicated teachers, Ms. Zeltzer, Miss Farlow, and Miss Ashton. Your guidance, expertise and encouragement have played a vital role in nurturing the students’ love for music and supporting their development as instrumentalists.

We look forward to seeing many of you continue your musical journey as you explore new opportunities in the College’s co-curricular music program. Keep playing, keep practising, and most importantly, keep enjoying the magic of making music.

PJ Factor Finale

Last Friday, students in Year 3 to 6 were treated to a spectacular showcase of creativity and talent at the PJ Factor Finals. Finalists performed in front of an enthusiastic audience, showcasing their skills across music, drama and dance.

Each performance was filled with passion, dedication and a wonderful sense of joy that truly lit up the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts stage. The variety and skill demonstrated by all performers made the event an unforgettable celebration of the arts and a highlight of the term.

To every performer, your hard work and enthusiasm was truly inspiring, and you should be incredibly proud of what you’ve achieved. Thank you to the following students for sharing your gifts and making this year’s PJ Factor Finals such a remarkable event!

Performers:

1. Alice Liu (6L)
2. Alice Wu (6L)
3. Anya Jolapara (4M)
4. Charlie Lau (5A)
5. Charlotte Wu (6B)
6. Chloe Yi (6M)
7. Claudia Birrell (5B)
8. Eloise Scarlett (3S)
9. Emerald Liu (4K)
10. Emily Walker (5B)
11. Emma Deere (5L)
12. Emma Fu (6M)
13. Euphemia Wang (4L)
14. Hillary Yip (3M)
15. Imogen Martin (6D)
16. Irene Du (4K)
17. Izzy Lau (5R)
18. Jessica Guo (4KB)
19. Madeline Dreverman (5A)
20. Olivia Birch (4KB)
21. Olivia Headley (5A)
22. Peaches Zhang (6D)
23. Priscilla Fang (4K)
24. Rachel Zhang (4KB)
25. Ria Iyer (6M)
26. Sana Iyer (5L)
27. Trisha Viswanathan
28. Vanessa Lee (5P)
29. Vedha Choudhary (6C)
30. Zoe Hanna (5L)
31. Zoe Soumboulidis (5R)

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From the Junior School Parent Group (JSPG)

College Christmas Celebration – this Sunday

You are warmly invited to join the Pymble community at our annual Christmas celebration this Sunday. Featuring special performances from musicians in the Junior and Secondary Schools, bring the family for a picnic and join in the holiday cheer with your favourite Christmas carols, a chapel service and a surprise visit from Santa!

Venues: War Memorial Chapel, Gloucester Lawn and the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts foyer (live streamed)

Gates open from 5.00pm. Parking available in Centenary Car Park.

Year 5 Christmas Drinks

Thank you as always for your support.

Please contact us with any questions at pymblelcjspg@gmail.com

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Speech Day and Celebration of Learning Dates

Tuesday 3 December – Years 3-6 Speech Day (9.00am to 11.00am)

Tuesday 3 December – Kindergarten Nativity and Celebration of Learning (11.30am to 1.00pm)

Tuesday 3 December – Years 1 and 2 Celebration of Learning (2.00pm to 3.00pm)

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Kate Brown

Head of Junior School

From the Middle School

Thank you to all the families who joined us at the Year 7 end-of-year Christmas chapel celebration last Friday. The event marked the end of a very busy year with many impressive achievements. Thank you also to Mr Howells and Ms Ventura for their investment and organisation of over 60 enthusiastic student volunteers who created and hung decorations, sang, read and performed throughout the service. It was such a joyous and happy coming together of our community.

On Wednesday of this week, we held our final Middle School Assembly where we acknowledged many of the girls across various fields: Academic, Co-curricular and Mind-Body-Spirit. The Year 7 students who were recognised for their consistent effort across academic subjects throughout Semester 1 and 2 were congratulated and it is a pleasure to share their names below. (Year 8 will be formally recognised at Speech Day next week.)

Year 7	Qiana	Joisce
Year 7	Isabel	Gordon
Year 7	Penelope	Hargraves
Year 7	Dionne	Jacobs
Year 7	Mikayla	Yang
Year 7	Chloé	Shires
Year 7	Jiaxi	Zhang
Year 7	Ava	Jamieson
Year 7	Mia	Lam
Year 7	Aliya	Singh

I would also like to share with you and congratulate the following students who were recognised as the Jacaranda Award recipients for Term 4 for their contributions to Compass and living our College values: Respect, Integrity, Courage, Care and Responsibility.

Bennett A	Ariana Singh	Annabella Bayfield
Bennett B	Elise Vo	Sierra Borean
Goodlet A	Evija King	Alysa Bahari
Goodlet B	NA	Ella Gungor
Hammond A	Abigail Yeh	Shirley Chu
Hammond B	Naomi Chan	Allison Wang
Ingleholme A	Kalash Khanna	Lyra Hambly
Ingleholme B	Nikita Orena Barlin	Sanduli Bandara
Lang A	Molly Hardiman	Scarlett Martel
Lang B	Summer Makan	Gemma Thiel
Marden A	Quinn Parry-Okeden	Isabel Chook
Marden B	Charlie Slater	Eleanor Jennifer Rowe
Thomas A	Anika Verma	Zara Sandham
Thomas B	Fiona Wu	Tianlin (Celine) Cai
Wylie A	Xanthe Munroe	Holly Lindsay
Wylie B	Orla Cottrell	Yuecheng Xu

We look forward to our final Speech Day ceremony next Wednesday and hope that you can join us in acknowledging all students for their investment in life at the College across 2024. This annual event will also be an opportunity to celebrate over 100 individual Middle School students who will be formally recognised as award recipients. If your daughter is receiving an award, you will be notified by email.

Congratulations to Wendy Wei (Year 7) on receiving receiving first place in the Year 7 category for the Transurban Art Prize! Read her recount of the art ceremony below:

The Transurban Art Ceremony felt unreal! The atmosphere was so lively, where students from all sorts of schools came together to celebrate each other and celebrate their achievements in art. I was so lucky to get first place in the Year 7 Category with my artwork called ’50 cent Flower’.

The flower, a Rhizanthella Gardneri, and the Pheidole ant are both critically endangered due to habitat loss. The artwork is to show the connection between the two and to emphasise the beauty of our environment that is being destroyed. This spreads awareness to persuade people to protect the Earth and keep it thriving. Again, I am so very grateful to take part in this ceremony.  

From the Year 8 Parent Co-ordinators

Year 8 Coffee Morning – tomorrow, Friday 29 November

We warmly invite you to the final coffee morning of the year. The catch up will be held at Brick Lane Expresso Café in West Pymble Mall tomorrow, Friday 29 November 2024 from 8.30am. We look forward to seeing you there.

Pymble Foundation Gala Ball 2025      

The Gala Ball will be held on Saturday 5 April 2025 at Doltone House, Hyde Park.

It’s not too early to start planning for this wonderful black-tie event. We would love to gather our year group together and form a couple of tables. Organise a group of your friends to make a table of 10 or simply purchase your tickets and ask to be seated with parents from our year group. Tickets are $300 each or $3000 per table of 10.

Funds raised from this event will go to the Pymble Foundation Bursary Program, including supporting young girls facing adversity, displaced by war, or impacted by other catastrophic events.

Year 8 Parent Coordinators

Jenny and Kai

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Jenny O’Donnell

Head of Middle School

From the Upper School

A message from Victoria Harrison, Head of Upper School

It has been great to welcome Year 10 back from their Outdoor Education Program (OEP) adventures. Next week, we will share student reflections about their experiences. Sending big groups of students across the state for epic outdoor education experiences takes an enormous amount of planning to ensure we offer our students safe and rewarding trips. We couldn’t do this without the collaborative effort of the Pymble OEP and Upper School team. Thank you!

We are also grateful for the wonderful team of people who accompanied the girls last week. We appreciate the time you committed away from home to allow the girls to learn and grow outside the classroom.

Thank you to Peter Fogale, Candice Cooper, Gabby Zolezzi, Jamie Batten, Julia Squires, Emma Fryar, Rebecca Brown, Taylor Zeeman, Ryan Stewart, Alan Rome, Rowell Morales, Jack Routledge, Faye Crouch, Jackson Brown, Chris Eckford, Fliss Burgess, Tyla Riley, Lily Hoang, Winnie Jian, Joyce Lim, Felicity Gray, Myvanwy Carr, Mariel Lombard and Nick Wilkesmann.

In their final full week in Upper School, we collaborated with the Futures department to design a busy few days for Year 10 to culminate their time in the Upper School and to get their mind thinking about what is to come.

A range of workshops were offered by senior staff and industry professionals to help the girls prepare for the opportunities and challenges that they may have in Senior School and to also give the girls insights into the working world. Workshops and keynotes included:

• Future of work – your skills are transferable
• Using your Strengths to help prepare for interviews
• Career conversations
• Balancing the Busyness          
• Future opportunities – Sony Camp, Gap & Leadership
• Authentically You: Building Your Personal Brand  
• Industry workshops
• Preparing for the Perfect Interview  
• The Science of Wellbeing: Understanding Happiness        
• Moving Up the Ladder: From Junior to Senior Roles              
• Developing Your Portfolio: Work and Overseas Experiences         
• Using AI effectively when promoting yourself in applications        

Our first leadership workshop for our 2025 leaders was held this week for our Peer Support Leaders. These Year 9 students are key role models for our incoming Year 7 students and we hope that the peer support training facilitated by Burn Bright has helped to upskill them for this important role. The girls spent the morning playing games, sharing stories, learning activities they can use to break the ice, and considering what actions an approachable and caring peer support leader might embody. We look forward to seeing them develop fun and engaging sessions in the new school year.

Jacaranda Awards

The following Year 9 students received a Jacaranda Award for Term 4:

Jaya Chand – Bennett A

Amelia Carlan – Bennett B

Sophie Rigg – Goodlet A

Indianna Vale – Goodlet B

Isis Li – Hammond A

Sophia Kawane – Hammond B

Celine Chen – Ingleholme A

Naomi Liem – Ingleholme B

Joy Yin – Lang A

Jacquelyn Zhu – Lang B

Isabella Zhang – Marden A

Tara Sproules-Nath – Marden B

Olivia Norton – Thomas A

Camellia Zhou – Thomas B

Jessica Allman – Wylie A

Xiran Rong  – Wylie B

Leadership Positions

All the leaders for 2025 were presented with their badges yesterday in Combined Assembly.

Year 9 Leadership Positions

Position	First Name	Last Name
Upper School Leader	Akshara	Bhattacharya
Upper School Leader	Willa	Pearson
Upper School Leader	Emma	Wang
Upper School Leader	Leahara	Wijesuriya
House Leader – Bennett	Belle	Legge-Hughes
House Leader – Goodlet	Amalia	Bond
House Leader – Hammond	Siri	Taubenschlag
House Leader – Ingleholme	Sanduli	Bandara
House Leader – Lang	Mia	Micallef
House Leader – Marden	Feifei	Wang
House Leader – Thomas	Celine	Cai
House Leader – Wylie	Hargun	Dhaliwal
Intercultural Connections Leader	Elaine	Zhang
Wellbeing Leader	Zara	Sandham
Community Service Leader	Sarah	Quan
Environment Leader	Emma	Kooray
Student Communications Leader	Nicole	Fan
Chapel Leader	Isabella	Benjamin
Chapel Leader	Ava	Christofides

Position	First Name	Last Name
Upper School Leader	Sarah	Bai
Upper School Leader	Katerina	Economou
Upper School Leader	Hakone	Liceralde
Upper School Leader	Isabelle	Port
House Leader – Bennett	Skye	Macleod
House Leader – Goodlet	Phoebe	Pockley
House Leader – Hammond	Allegra	Taubenschlag
House Leader – Ingleholme	Varada	Vinay
House Leader – Lang	Isabella	Roach
House Leader – Marden	Eloise	Fisher
House Leader – Thomas	Kristen	Pang
House Leader – Wylie	Nina	Wang
Intercultural Connections Leader	Emily	Mah
Wellbeing Leader	Charlotte	Blaiklock
Community Service Leader	Milly	Xu
Environment Leader	Imogen	Kee
Student Communications Leader	Catherine	Li
Chapel Leader	Mia	Chan
Chapel Leader	Charlotte	King
Futures Leader	Yuyin	Luo
Outdoor Education Leader	Selina	Huang
Outdoor Education Leader	Kaylee	Ng
Outdoor Education Leader	Lena	O’Donnell

Some of our current Year 10 students were also presented with their Subject Captain Leader badges for 2025.

Isabella	Attard	Modern Languages Subject Captain
Swapna	Baggam	Legal Studies Subject Captain
Grace	Beck	Science Subject Captain
Caitlyn	Bilney	PDHPE Subject Captain
Amelia	Brandon	Design and Technology Subject Captain
Emelia	Caulfield	Library Subject Captain
Kiki	Chen	Classical Languages Subject Captain
Hayley (Hai Ying)	Cheung	Dance Subject Captain
Holly	Graham	Legal Studies Subject Captain
Joanne	Gu	Software Engineering Subject Captain
Adison	Hartog-Smith	Aboriginal Studies Subject Captain
Verity	Haslam	Drama Subject Captain
Ruixin (Kitty)	He	History Subject Captain
Annabelle	Jones	Agricultural Subject Captain
Sara	Khan	Food Technology Subject Captain
Bo Kyung (Rosa)	Kim	Maths Subject Captain
Anna (Mai An)	Le	Visual Arts Subject Captain
Amber	Li	Maths Subject Captain
Yuyin	Luo	Textiles and Design Subject Captain
Nichole	Ma	Modern Languages Subject Captain
Katherine	Pan	History Subject Captain
Madison	Pearce	Music Subject Captain
Summer	Phillips	PDHPE Subject Captain
Zoe	Polites	Business Studies Subject Captain
Charlotte	Ruscio	Hospitatlity Subject Captain
Addison	Seeto	Geography Subject Captain
Lily	Still	Library Subject Captain
Monique	Strong	Society and Culture and Religion and Ethics Subject Captain
Macy	Sun	Music Subject Captain
Mahika	Swamy	Theatre Subject Captain
Yichun (Helena)	Tang	English Subject Captain
Amber	Wang	Classical Languages Subject Captain
Carrie (Caroline)	Wilson	Visual Arts Subject Captain
Lucy	Xie	Science Subject Captain
Jenny	Xu	English Subject Captain
Jessica	Xu	Science Subject Captain
Chloe	Xue	STEM Subject Captain
Jocelyn (Jiaxuan)	Ying	Economics Subject Captain

Academic Awards

The following students have been awarded an Outstanding Effort Award for Year 9. These certificates will be presented to the students at the start of next year.

Chloe	Ayton
Sarah	Bai
Mia	Chan
Jaya	Chand
Emily	Chiang
Mia	Davies
Zoe	Davies
Veronica	Deng
Katerina	Economou
Jenny	He
Phoebe	Janowski
Erica (Chi Yuen)	Kok
Chloe (Lok Yi)	Lam
Yi Chen	Lee
Isis	Li
Hakone	Liceralde
Zoe	Manning
Fatima	Muhammad
Isabel	Neal
Saskia	Nicholson
Eden	Orena Barlin
Sophie	Rigg
Soumya	Shah
Averie	Sun
Angela	Tao
Charlotte	Thistlewood
Kyraa	Vig
Chloe	Wang
Ruby	Watson
Jingyan	Xu
Mia	Zhang
Isabella Ruohan	Zhang

The following students will be awarded an Outstanding Effort Award for Year 10 in our final assembly on Friday:

Isabella Attard, Olivia Ayton, Grace Beck, Sasha Chan, Samantha Fahy, Ruixin He, Qian Chen He, Linshan Huang, Gyungwon Kim, Bo Kyung Kim, Caitlin Kim, Ann Kyle, Nichole Ma, Laura Makeham, Wanxin Mao, Annabel Morris, Zoe Polites, Johanna Ricketts, Charlotte Ruscio, Mahika Swamy, Yichun Tang, Jasmine Tran, Ching Jadyn Wong, Jessica Xu, Jenny Xu, Amy Xue, Chloe Xue, Maria Yang, Arini Yellamaraju and Runxuan Yu.

Marine and Aquaculture Technology

Year 9 Marine and Aquaculture Technology students have been learning about sustainable seafood this term. In conjunction with learning about the fragility of our marine ecosystems, our students are also more aware of the part they play as seafood consumers. We have also had a few opportunities to put those skills into action during some seafood practical lessons.

Our students were also lucky enough to have Tom Rolfe (from McKenzie’s Meats in Turramurra) share a few dozen of Narooma’s stunning oysters with our students, giving them all some insight into the industry, along with a taste if they were willing.

Important Dates

Term 4

Wednesday 27 to Friday 29 November – Year 10 Future You Festival on Pymble campus

Wednesday 4 December – 2024 Speech Day and Final Day of School Year

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Victoria Harrison

Head of Upper School

From the Senior School

I am pleased to see so many of the girls using their prep/study lessons effectively to manage their time. It’s great to witness their dedication as they work through their first round of assessment tasks. These will provide an important opportunity to gain valuable feedback on their progress across subjects, and the skills they are developing in managing their workload will serve them well next year.

As we move into the warmer months, I’d like to remind everyone to prioritise their wellbeing – getting enough sleep, staying hydrated and avoiding excessive sun exposure will help ensure they stay healthy and focused.

Year 5 Buddy Christmas Celebration

Senior School celebrated a heartwarming Christmas event with our Year 5 students, marking the end of a wonderful year-long buddy program. Over the course of the year, our girls have formed strong friendships, and this special Christmas gathering was the perfect way to celebrate their bond.

The day was filled with festive cheer, starting with a special Christmas story shared by Rev Danielle. Lizzie also delighted us with a rocking Christmas song that set the perfect tone for the celebrations.

In addition to the Christmas activities, we also offered opportunities for reflection on the year ahead, ensuring that all students felt included in the spirit of the season. Whether through colouring cards, writing letters to Santa or creating festive decorations, the activities allowed everyone to celebrate in their own way and look forward to the new year with excitement and positivity.

A huge thank you to Josie, Alice, Lily and Abby for their hard work in preparing the activities and organising this memorable event. Your dedication made this celebration extra special for everyone involved.

The relationships formed through the buddy program will continue into next year, providing further opportunities for the girls to strengthen their friendships and share experiences.

It was a wonderful way to conclude the buddy program for this year, leaving our Year 5 students with lasting memories, deeper connections, and a sense of joy as we look ahead to the new year.

Year 12 Hospitality – Doing the Coffee Rounds!

Over the course of this term, the year 12 Hospitality cohort have been participating ‘service periods’ designed to mimic a real Hospitality environment. We have been thoroughly enjoying taking orders, making espresso coffee and providing ‘Service with a Smile’ to our staff! Overall, we have loved this learning experience and having the opportunity to put our knowledge into practice  – we have found it particularly fun to connect with our teachers by making them coffee whilst developing a skill that will prove useful once we leave school! 

Written by Phoebe, Claudia and Aimi

Congratulations to our new leaders

Congratulations to the new group of Year 12 student leaders who have been selected to represent their year group on various committees and leadership teams. This is an exciting opportunity to take on responsibility, contribute to the school community and help shape the experiences of your peers. I am confident that each of you will bring enthusiasm, dedication and a strong sense of leadership to your roles. We look forward to seeing the positive impact you will make throughout the year.

Alice	Anand	Macquarie University Emerging Leaders Award
Lily	Barlow	House Leader – Goodlet
Pippa	Barney	Futures Leader
Abby	Christopher	Communications Leader and Macquarie University Emerging Leaders Award
Ines	Danziger	Environment Leader
Keira	Duncan	House Leader – Bennett
Josephine	Green	Macquarie University Emerging Leaders Award
Aysel	Gupta	Community Service Leader
Sienna	Hui	Intercultural Leader
Laura	Januszek	House Leader – Thomas
Isabelle	Johnston	House Leader – Marden
Lily	Jones	House Leader – Wylie
Evie	Leahy	House Leader – Hammond
Lucinda	Middleton	House Leader – Lang
Kathie	Ong	Chapel Leader
Phoebe	Paleologos	Chapel Leader
Sally	Payne	Wellbeing Leader
Lily	Stallan	Macquarie University Emerging Leaders Award
Izabella	Ziolkowski	House Leader – Ingleholme

Write a Book in a Day

I am also proud to share the exciting news that our Year 11 “Write a Book in a Day team has been awarded winners in two categories at this year’s competition.

The team, consisting of Charlotte Ford, Sarah Boland, Allison Wang, Isabella Xu, Thinara Siriniwasa, Phoebe Paleologos and Abby Christopher, won the following awards for their book In Deep Waters.

• NSW State Winner – Best Illustrated Book – Upper School Division
• National Winner – Best Illustrated Book – Upper School Division

We are incredibly proud of their outstanding achievements and are thrilled to celebrate this success with you. Special thanks to the team of teachers who supported the girls and the program this year: Mrs Zwar, Mrs Patmore, Mr O’Connor and Mx Toohey.

Year 12 2025 Parents Orange Weekend Away

Year 12 Boarder parents would like to invite all Year 12 day parents to Orange, New South Wales as a thank you for the years of lifts to sport, having our girls stay on the weekends and the friendship shown to our girls. A really great itinerary is currently being designed.

Don’t miss out – book your accomodation now! Orange is busy in March so get in early. See below for more details on discounts and recommendations.

Best accomodation

• The Quest Hotel

15% off discount code: PLC

You must use the Oriana website to book using this promo code.

• The Mercure Accor Hotel

10% off discount code: PLC

• The Canobolas Hotel

7.5% off discount code: VIP003

• The Byng St Boutique Hotel

New management will soon take over the hotel. Bookings can be made after 2 December. Call (02) 5317 8200.

• Central Caleula Motorlodge

Call (02) 6362 7699.

• Airbnbs/Houses

Visit www.bnbmadeeasy.com.au or www.airbnb.com.au

Key Dates

4 December – Years 7 to 11 (2024) Speech Day

4 December – Last day of Term 4

18 December – HSC 2024 results released

19 December – Gradu-bration! For Year 12 2024 students

Nikki Wyse

Head of Senior School

From the Boarding School

Wednesday 4 December – Speech Day followed by Boarders’ Travel afternoon.

Please also make a special note of our 2025 dates, in particular note the dates highlighted in pink. These include Community Days and important safety sessions that all Boarders are required to attend.

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Carolyn Burgess

Head of Boarding

From the Chaplains

“Music expresses that which cannot be said and that on which it is impossible to be silent.”

Victor Hugo

Thanks to a grant from the Ex-Students’ Union, this year the Chaplains have been able to engage an artist-in-residence to help strengthen and rejuvenate the music and singing in chapel services across the College, with a particular focus on the Middle School.

Singing together is a powerful way to unite our student community, to build an experience of Belonging into every week and to offer students (and staff) the gift of spiritual joy and refreshment that comes from worshipping together.

Tash Holmes, the Director of Uniting Creative, to come and collaborate with the Pymble chaplains; to teach the students some new songs, to bring some fresh energy, enthusiasm and expertise and to open the way for collaborative opportunities with other creatives, such as David Gungor, who visited us on 8 November.

Uniting Creative is a network that seeks to inspire and equip emerging creative leaders and artists to enhance the ministry and mission of local congregations within the Uniting Church Synod of NSW & ACT.

This is what Tash says about the power of singing together, and the ability for music to move us, heal us and allow us to connect with the One beyond ourselves:

“When we pause and welcome the Spirit to move …. we let music transcend language and touch the heart. It can be so healing and uplifting, and I see this over and over as we gather, the deepening of our connection with the Divine.

In moments of grief, celebration, or spiritual longing, the act of singing together can offer healing and restoration. It creates a space for individuals to express what might otherwise be difficult to put into words, enabling them to find comfort and solace in the collective voice. This communal act of singing has a therapeutic quality—whether through familiar hymns that offer comfort, or new songs that speak directly to the struggles and joys of contemporary life.”

This year, Tash started to visit Pymble and to teach the students some new songs, from Uniting Creative’s beautiful 2023 album, ‘Transforming Spirit’. You can listen to the album here.

The students particularly loved ‘All of This is Us’, with its stirring chorus and beautiful, inclusive lyrics, and we have subsequently taught the song to Upper School and Senior School as well.

Here’s a video of the Uniting Creative team singing it, and a video of Pymble students singing it.

What’s next?

In Term 1 2025, the plan is to launch a series of songwriting workshops facilitated by Tash for interested Secondary students, with the support of the Chaplains.

Students will workshop, compose and rehearse songs with Tash, bringing their fresh new songs and ideas into their weekly Chapel services.

Pymble students may even have the opportunity to collaborate and sing on Uniting Creative’s next album!

Another hope is that Tash will be able to inspire and guide other students who would like to serve their community by being part of a Chapel Band.

Through Tash Holmes, Pymble had a rare opportunity to engage with internationally recognised musician and songwriter, David Gungor, on Nov 8 2024.

‘The Mindful Bard’ Interview with Dave Gungor

David lives in New York City and tours the world leading workshops in songwriting and creativity. He is particularly gifted at building community, empathy, compassion and healing through communal singing.

On the day of his visit, Dave performed a lunchtime concert on Gloucester Lawn. His beautiful voice and guitar strumming wafted across the campus, drawing staff and students to come and sit in the shade and listen. The music was poignant, reflective and calming.

After the concert, Tash and Dave joined us for our weekly Middle School Chapel service.

The singing nearly lifted the roof off the chapel and for me, this was a moment of pure joy.

David answered some questions from the Chapel Captains, sharing his insights about the deep spiritual connection between music, singing and faith. He talked about how he has used singing as a way to bind people together and to overcome differences in places of conflict and tension, such as in the Holy Land, where he has facilitated workshops and collaboration between Muslims, Jews and Christians.

Dave then sang some songs for us, but instead of this being a performance that was about him, he explained the meaning of each song and taught us the chorus. Then, we were all able to sing each song together.

Video of students singing ‘I wanna see the love’ with Dave

Another chorus we learned went like this:

When I look into the eyes of my enemy

I see my brother, I see my brother

When I look into the eyes of my enemy

I see my sister, I see my sister

Drawing on Jesus’ radical teaching to “love your enemy”,[1] Dave’s song gently introduced this idea into our communal experience: that even the people we see as our adversaries, as Other, as NLM (Not Like Me) … they too are our brothers and our sisters. They too are made in the precious image of God.

The tenderness and powerful feeling of unity in the room was palpable as the students sang these lines.

This is why I am so passionate about revitalising the singing in chapel services, and about bringing students’ voices, choices and ideas into this space – because worship songs work on a spiritual level and they can powerfully shape, challenge and change us.

God speaks through community.

Singing together can create harmony where there was division; understanding where there was argument. Worshipping together builds character and community. I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that worship and singing, as a regular practice, (gradually) bring enlightenment.

Singing unites us with other people; it builds community. It literally allows us to hear other people’s voices. In this, it reminds us that Others are Like Us and that we are not alone. Singing powerful songs together about the experience of being human but made in the image of God and fully loved by God teaches us on a subconscious level that we are not alone on this journey we call life.

It joins us with the Other.

The words we sing matter. They can shape and inspire us spiritually.

We look forward to welcoming many Pymble families to the College Christmas Celebration this Sunday 1 December.

I pray that we as a community can continue to remember in our prayers those who are suffering in conflict and war this Christmas season, and those who are struggling to put food on the table.

If you would like to help, please send donations of non-perishable food in to school for the Bill Crews Foundation food collection. Thank you so much to those who have already donated.

This year, you may also like to buy your loved ones a gift that makes a huge difference – here is the 2024 ‘Everything in Common’ Gift Catalogue from the Uniting Church.

School Holiday Workshops at Gordon-Pymble Uniting Church

Edwina O’Brien

Assistant College Chaplain

Term 4 Events Calendar

From the Futures Team

Year 10 Future You Festival 

With support from the Upper School, the Futures Department are proud to share with you the program of events for the 2025 Future You Festival. You can view the program here.

This large scale event is the culmination of the Futures program for Year 10, preparing them with skills and knowledge to start planning for their post school pathways.  

Each student in Year 10 will finish the year with a Cliftons Strengths Top 5 Report. This helps them to identify and use their strengths for: 

• Self-Awareness: Identify your natural talents and use this knowledge to build confidence, focus on your strengths, and achieve personal growth. 

• Career Success: Align strengths with career or academic goals to improve performance and satisfaction. For example, strengths like Achiever can drive productivity, while Learner supports thriving in growth-focused environments. 

• Effective Relationships: Use strengths to work effectively with others. For example, Harmony fosters collaboration, Empathy builds understanding, and Strategic helps in leadership and problem-solving. These strengths can enhance teamwork and communication in any setting. 

Thank you to our keynote speakers, workshop facilitators, alumni, industry representatives, parents and staff who engaged in the program to allow us to deliver it to the year group.  

A special thanks to the Future You Festival committee led by Katrina O’Kelly and Paula Cansick from the Futures Department and supported by the wonderful Upper School team, our marvellously talented Graphic Design Manager, Rachel Fairbairn and the amazing Facilities team for bringing this event to the students. 

Look out our for article next week, where we will provide a wrap up of the program from a student perspective.  

Introducing our 2025 Futures Leaders

Congratulations to the following students who have been selected as the 2025 Futures Leaders. They will be representing student voice in the Futures Program, assisting with events and working with the Futures Department to meet the needs of their year groups. I wish them the best of luck in their new roles. 

• Yuyin Luo – Year 11 Futures Leader 

• Pippa Barney – Year 12 Futures Leader 

Kim Maksimovic 

Director of Futures and Partnerships (K-12)  

Information for Year 12  

University of Melbourne  

Chancellor’s Scholarship. Up to $32,500 AUD 

This scholarship is offered to high-achieving students in recognition of their outstanding academic achievement during their Australian Year 12.  

Closing date: 14 January 2025 

Click here for more information.

Uni of Notre Dame Info Day:  

Date: 18 December 2024 | 10.00am to 3.00pm  

Location: Uni. Notre Dame Sydney Campus, Broadway 

Register: Info Day Sydney 2024 

Macquarie Uni Info Day:  

Dates: 17 to 21 December,  10.00am to 4.00pm  

Wednesday 18 December, 10.00am to 7.30pm 

Location: Macquarie Campus. North Ryde 

Register: https://mq.edu.au/explore 

Uni of Sydney Info Day:  

Date: 18 December, 1.00pm to 6.00pm

Location: City Campus. Broadway.  

Register here  

UTS Info Day

Date: 18 December | 1.00pm to 6.00pm.  

Location: City Campus, Broadway 

Register: https://www.uts.edu.au/study/info-day  

UNSW Info Day.  

Date: 18 December | 12.00pm to 4.00pm 

Location: Kensington Campus 

Register: https://www.events.unsw.edu.au/event/unsw-info-day-2024  

Australian National University: Moving Interstate for University Webinar 

Join us to hear about life on campus at the Australian National University such as what it’s like to move interstate for university, the different accommodation options on campus, supports available, networks/clubs to join and life on campus.  

Date: 9 December, 5.00pm 

Location: Webinar 

Register here 

Accepting Your ANU Offer: What Next? 

Date: 20 December, 5.00pm  

Location: Webinar 

Register here

AIE (Academy of Interactive Entertainment) Open Day 

Date:  30 November  

Location: Online

Register here

External Opportunities 

The following is an advertisement and is not endorsed by Pymble Ladies’ College.  

NIE (National Institute of Education) CAREERS: Medicine, Engineering, Business, Creative Writing, Psychology, Veterinary Studies A unique opportunity to experience 11 Days of Residential Career Program for students 13-18 years of age. 

Dates: 5 to 15 January 2025  

Location: Uni. of Sydney, Camperdown Campus 

 Contact: enquiries@nie.edu.au  TEL. 1300 974 187 or 0412 439 115 

Details via the link: https://www.niecareers.com.au/academic-insights. 

NIE CAREERS: Future Doctors Australia Program (Age: 14 to 18)  

A high-impact 4-day program that provides young people (Age: 14 to 18) with a unique opportunity to explore to explore medicine as a career. 

Dates: 10 to 13 July 2025:

Contact: enquiries@nie.edu.au  or call 1300 974 187 or 0412 439 115   

Details via the link: https://www.niecareers.com.au/future-doctors-australia. 

UNSW is hosting SciX@UNSW:  

A five-day workshop for passionate school students who are interested in Science Research. 

Dates: 20 to 24 January 2025

Registration closes at 11.59pm on 18 December 2024

Location: Online 

Register: https://www.unsw.edu.au/science/study-with-us/scix-school-extension-program   

Overseas Study 

Students in Years 7 to 12 were invited to attend a lunchtime information session on Overseas Pathways last Friday in Conde Library.  

In this presentation we explored:  

• how Pymble supports student applications;  

• timelines for students in Year 7 to 12; and  

• resources and useful links to explore over the school holidays.  

There is growing interest in this area and we are mindful some students may have been unable to attend. Please click here to access a Google folder with our slides from the presentation and additional resources that will help families to discuss overseas universities as a potential pathway for their student.  

If your daughter is interested in exploring an overseas university study pathway, please ask them to register their details here to be included in our mailing list for notifications of further workshops and updates. Please check before registering your daughter as they may have already done so.  

We are currently updating our Futures@Pymble site and aim to relaunch in 2025 with further resources to support students and families.  

If you have any further questions, please contact futures@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au  

Studying in the USA 

Click here for a good resource regarding study in the USA is Education USA run by the US Government. They have representatives in local consulates to promote U.S. Higher Education to international students. 

Co-curricular Administration

End of Term 4 Registrations Are Open

Term 1, Semester 1, and Yearly 2025 Registrations are open. Registrations will close at 11.59pm on Wednesday 8 January.

A parent/carer log in is required to be able to register. A reminder that registrations CANNOT be processed via email or phone. Please access the online registration and all program information via the Co-curricular pages on MyPymble by clicking here.

All registrations, including registration requests, are actioned on a first come, first served basis. Please select your co-curricular program carefully. Program fees will not be adjusted for sessions missed due to student sickness, wet weather or school events, such as camps, as per our terms and conditions.

Confirmations of registrations will be emailed prior to the commencement of Term 1.

If you require any assistance with completing your registration, please contact Co-curricular Administration at ccsa@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au or on +61 2 9497 7848

Sally Davidson

Head of Co-curricular Administration

From the Co-curricular Sports Team

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Basketball

On Saturday 23 November, our Junior School Lauren Jackson Academy students had the incredible experience of learning from Australian basketball legend Lauren Jackson herself.

The afternoon was actioned packed with drills and skills aimed to both challenge and engage the girls. With the guidance of Lauren, students began with skills focusing on shooting technique, offensive transition, ball handling, and footwork. Following this, students had the opportunity to apply their skills into full court matches. Lauren was with the students providing feedback along the way.

Lauren Jackson, with her vast experience and passion for not only basketball but sport, shared invaluable tips and techniques, teaching our students how to refine their skills as well as develop a resilient mindset both on and off the court. Lauren spoke with the girls about the importance of winning and losing and the teaching moments that can be gained for those experiences. Lauren took the time at the end of the session to answer questions and share some guidance. She emphasised the importance of teamwork, perseverance, and having fun which resonated with all students and staff at the session.

Well done to all students who attended and showed Lauren how far their skills have developed since the beginning of the program.

IPSHA Basketball Round 6 – Saturday 23 November

Round 6 of IPSHA basketball saw all Pymble teams showcase basketball IQ improvement and dedication to developing their skills on the court. Their hard work during training sessions was evident on the court this weekend with each team’s decision-making skills and aggression with the ball.

What truly sets our Pymble teams apart from the rest is the team spirit and teamwork that every single player demonstrates, from cheering on their teammates in other teams to supporting each other on the court.

Teams of the week: All Years 3 to 6 IPSHA Basketball

Congratulations to all Years 3 to 6 IPSHA basketball students who have demonstrated across the entire term what it means to be part of a team and to challenge themselves to develop their skills. With one week of IPSHA basketball left, we look forward to one final round of energy, excitement and fantastic basketball.

Maddi Scott

Co-ordinator – Basketball

Cricket

Northern Schools Cup

Last Friday our Pymble Cricket team took on Abbotsleigh in Round 2 of the Northern Schools Cup. We won the toss and elected to bat. Notable mentions to the following girls who top scored: Harriet Gregory (Year 8), Chloë Lenane (Year 7), Arushi Singh (Year 8), and Miesha Gal (Year 8). After the 20 overs, Pymble finished with a defendable total of 60 runs. 

Aaleyah Bookless (Year 8) and Chloë Lenane (Year 7) initiated the bowling attack for Pymble against a strong Abbotsleigh opening partnership. Both bowlers had the batters on the back foot resulting in our first wicket from Aaleyah with a clean middle stump dismissal.

Unfortunately, despite some solid bowling from Harriet Gregory (Year 8), Arushi Singh (Year 8) and Miesha Gal (Year 8) from that point onwards, Abbotsleigh were too strong with bat in hand. Reaching our total with nine overs to spare.

A big thank you to all girls for competing this term and an even bigger thank you to Annabel Taylor (Year 9) who played her first match ever! As well as our last-minute recruits Aarushi Singh (Year 8) and Japmehar Bhatia (Year 8) who performed exceptionally.

Jack Garrad

Co-ordinator – Cricket

Pymble Elite Sportswomen’s Program

Are you interested in becoming a future green and gold athlete?

The Australian Sports Commission is running a National Talent Identification Program. They are looking for Australians aged 13+ who are keen to put their sporting skills to the ultimate test. 

The Future Green and Gold campaign will be the nation’s greatest ever talent search, with a goal to find hidden sporting talent across the country. From rugby to para canoe there is more than 40 sports ready to welcome a new wave of athletes.

If you haven’t tried sport before, don’t worry – no sporting experience is required to take part. The talent search is designed to help guide you towards a sport you may be best suited to.

The opportunity is also open to current high performance athletes who are looking to transition into a different sport.

Future Green and Gold is a partnership between the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS), the National Institute Network, national sporting organisations and Paralympics Australia. Some states have existing Talent Programs which this campaign will support.

Who is eligible?

• People aged 13 to 23 (born from 2001 to 2011 inclusive)
• Australian citizens or people who are eligible to become citizens
• People with a general level of athletic ability and are interested in participating sports
• State or national representatives looking to transfer to a new sport.

To register please click on the link below:

Talent Search

Paralympic Talent Search

Future Green and Gold

Skye Halliday

Co-ordinator – PESP

Swimming

2024 NSW Junior Metropolitan Championship

On the weekend of Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 November, nine talented Pymble girls competed in the 2024 NSW Junior Metropolitan Championship held at Sydney Olympic Park. It was an action-packed weekend filled with exceptional performances, personal bests (PBs), and a series of impressive top ten finishes.

The hard work and dedication of the junior team were evident throughout the meet, with many standout swims showcasing the growth and skill development of each swimmer. The coaches were extremely impressed with the commitment and effort shown by all athletes.

One of the highlights of the weekend was Puisai Victoria Ko (Year 6), who secured a bronze medal in the 12 Years 50m Breaststroke. This achievement added to her stellar performances where she also finished sixth in the 12 Years 200m Breaststroke and fifth in the 12 Years 100m Breaststroke.

The Knox Pymble Swim Club wrapped up the weekend securing third place in the overall point score ranking.

Several other Pymble swimmers made their mark with impressive top ten results:

Amélie Berg (Year 5)

9^th 10 Years 50m Breaststroke

Emma Deere (Year 5)

8th 11 Years Breaststroke

10th 11 Years 100m Breaststroke

10^th 11 Years 50m Breaststroke

Yuxi Lun (Year 4)

10th 10 Years 50m Butterfly

Olivia Yu (Year 4)

4th 9 Years 50m Breaststroke

8th 9 Years 50m Butterfly

Congratulations to all the Pymble swimmers who participated in the 2024 NSW Junior Metropolitan Championships: Vera Le (Year 4), Emma Wang (Year 5), Rose Wang (Year 4), Chenxuan Yu (Year 7), and Jiayi Wu (Year 6).

The team’s spirit was truly remarkable, and it was fantastic to close out the year with such an exciting and fun weekend of competition.

A big thank you goes to the junior coaching team for their incredible support and guidance throughout the event. Additionally, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to all the parents who have supported and assisted not only this weekend, but throughout the entire year.

The coaching team wishes all Pymble families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Well done to all our swimmers! Keep up the great work!

Rafael Rodrigues

Swimming Coach

Touch Football

igsa Touch Football – Round 6 Results

As we lead into the last round of the season, we wish all the teams the best of luck for their final round of Touch Football of the year. You have all worked incredibly hard and it’s now time to show what you’re all truly capable of. Stay focused, trust in your preparation, and give it your all. No matter what the outcome, we are proud of how you have all performed this term.

Team of the Week

Congratulations to Pymble 7 for receiving team of the week. This recognition is in honour of their exceptional effort, dedication and teamwork.

Team	Opponent	Result	Current Standing
Pymble 1	Roseville College 1	1 to 4 Loss	3rd
Pymble 2	Frensham 3	0 to 3 Loss	5th
Pymble 3	Ravenswood 4	2 to 2 Draw	5th
Pymble 4	Frensham 5	16 to 2 Win	1st
Pymble 5	Abbotsleigh 5	1 to 2 Loss	7th
Pymble 6	Monte 6	3 to 3 Draw	2nd
Pymble 6	St Catherine’s 5	7 to 2 Win	2nd
Pymble 7	PLS 6	3 to 1 Win	5th
Pymble 8	Wenona 13	0 to 5 Loss	4th
Pymble 9	Ravenswood 13	2 to 1 Win	8th
Pymble 10	Loreto Normanhurst 23	8 to 1 Win	1st
Pymble 11	Brigidine 18	9 to 0 Win	1st
Pymble 12	Danebank 5	7 to 0 Win	3rd

Congratulations to the following students who received best and fairest from Week 5:

Pymble 1 – Ruby Azar (Year 7)

Pymble 2 – Phoebe Paleologos (Year 11)

Pymble 3 – Amy O’Donell (Year 11)

Pymble 4 – Sophie Ballantyne (Year 10)

Pymble 5 – Sophie Ribeira (Year 10)

Pymble 6 – Annabel Taylor (Year 9)

Pymble 6 – Isabella Burke (Year 9)

Pymble 7 – Emily Croker (Year 9) and Ella Marie Scott (Year 9)

Pymble 8 – Isabella Woodall (Year 9)

Pymble 9 – Stella Sharp (Year 9)

Pymble 10 – Quinn Parry-Okeden (Year 7)

Pymble 11 – Abigail Grant (Year 7)

Pymble 12 – Giselle-Sophia Jones (Year 7)

Shellie Davis

Co-ordinator – Touch Football

Volleyball

Volleyball Week 6

Round 6 of the 2024 Santa Sabina Invitational Volleyball Competition took place this past Saturday.

Our three senior teams went undefeated at Santa Sabina. Pymble 1’s result puts them into the grand final of the Senior 1st Division. A win against Schols in the final will see our Senior Firsts win the competition for a third year in a row. Pymble 3’s win keeps them top of the table in the Year 10 Division, and Pymble 2’s fantastic win against PLC Sydney puts them in third place in what is a strong division. Pymble 4’s win gives them a slight chance of winning the Junior 1st Division, but are needing results to go their way this coming Saturday. Pymble 5 still sit top of the ladder in their division, knowing a win will secure them the title. Pymble 6’s semi-final loss means they miss out on winning the Year 8 division, but still have a chance of finishing with a bronze medal. Despite a loss for Pymble 7, a win this coming Saturday could jump them as high as third.

Best of luck to all our teams for their last round of matches!

Team	Opponent	Result	Score
Pymble 1	Danebank 1	Win	2 to 0
Pymble 2	PLC Sydney 4	Win	2 to 1
Pymble 3	Monte 5	Win	3 to 0
Pymble 4	Mount St Benedict 4	Win	3 to 0
Pymble 5	Monte 7	Draw	1 to 1
Pymble 6	St. Andrew’s 2	Loss	0 to 3
Pymble 7	Abbotsleigh 10	Loss	0 to 2

Week 6 Most Valuable Players

Pymble 1 – Vicky Hu (Year 11)

Pymble 2 – Isabella Xie (Year 11)

Pymble 3 – Sherise Tam (Year 7)

Pymble 4 – Alannah Tang (Year 9)

Pymble 5 – Isabella Zhang (Year 9)

Pymble 6 – Angela Bai (Year 8)

Pymble 7 – Tangia Sun (Year 7)

Senior Firsts report from our Volleyball Captain, Chloe Gu (Year 11)

This week, Pymble 1victoried over Danebank in the Senior Division 1 semifinals. The first set was easily won, with 25:8, however in the second set, our team was a bit complacent and only won the set with 25:19.

There was obvious improvement in our team’s performance, including our hustling. We have gotten used to the sun in these six weeks and serving was much more consistent. The passing was also better, and even if there were overpasses, our back court players managed to cover and keep them in play.

Finals against St. Scholastica College will be tough next week, since they have taken a set off us before and we are losing players, but if we continue to play like this week, I am sure we are able to get gold.

Chris Wood

Co-ordinator – Volleyball

Water Polo

Round 5 and 6 igsa Results

Throughout Round 5 and 6, our Pymble Water Polo teams faced fierce competition but they never backed down. Each game was an opportunity to improve, adapt, and push past the limits of what they thought was possible. Whether it was a nail-biting win or a tough loss, our players showed resilience, learning from every challenge and coming back stronger.

As the season heads into its final stretch, we’ve seen incredible growth not just in skill, but in the heart of the teams. The commitment to leaving everything in the pool, the hunger for success, and the love for the game is what has carried all team to new heights.

We wish all teams the best of luck in the final games of the season this weekend!

Round	Team A	Team B	Score	Result
Round 5	Pymble 1	Wenona 1	7 to 10	Loss
Round 5	Pymble 2	Wenona 2	18 to 3	Loss
Round 5	Pymble 3	PLC Sydney 3	10 to 2	Win
Round 5	Pymble 4	PLC Sydney 5	8 to 13	Loss
Round 6	Pymble 1	Loreto Kirribilli 1	9 to 3	Win
Round 6	Pymble 2	PLC Sydney 2	10 to 6	Win
Round 6	Pymble 3	MLC 2	4 to 11	Loss
Round 6	Pymble 4	Frensham 5	17 to 6	Win

Brigette Moore

Head Coach

From the Co-curricular Performing Arts Team

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Drama

CentreStage Behind the Mask

Click here for the poster for CentreStage. See dates for CentreStage below.

29 November – CentreStage Secondary show (all Secondary Drama students)

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Rebecca York

Co-curricular Drama Co-ordinator

Language Arts

Debating

IDC Debating

Thanks to all teams and coaches for the preliminary season which has now concluded. Results from the octos and semifinals will be posted shortly.  

Debating Auditions  

Auditions have now concluded. If you were not able to audition but would like to be considered for a 2025 Debating team, please contact Mrs Hubbard before the end of the term at bhubbard@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au to discuss potential options.

Public Speaking

Public Speaking Auditions

Public Speaking auditions will be held in Term 1 on three consecutive Wednesday’s beginning on 19 February. Students only need to attend one audition date, and these will be the only auditions held in 2025 for Public Speaking and students will be selected to represent Pymble at Rostrum, PESA, JSSA, DELO, and Festiva of Speech competitions from these auditions. Information was sent via the app on Tuesday 26 November to all students and parents. 

For any students interested in auditioning, we ask that they please complete the expression of interest form by clicking here to indicate their preference for the date of their audition. Confirmation of audition dates and a request for permission from parents will be sent in early Term 1 2025.

Topics for the auditions

Students are to select one of the following topics for their audition, depending on their section. All students auditioning must use their own original content. Reference to other texts, AI, or direct quotation is allowed, however any speech must be substantially the work of the speaker.

Junior section – For students in Year 7 , 8, and 9, who are at least 11 years of age as at 1 January 2025:

• I care
• Bring back the magic
• Break the cycle
• From little things…
• Stepping stones

Junior auditions require a three to three and a half minute speaking time.

Senior section – For students in Years 10, 11, or 12, who are under 18 years of age as at 1 January 2025:

• Time for reflection
• Coping with change
• Behind the smokescreen
• Doing things differently
• Friend or foe

Senior auditions require a four to four and a half minute speaking time.

For further details on Rostrum and hints for speech preparation, please click here.

UN Voice of Youth 

Hakone Liceralde (Year 9) and Katherine Pan (Year 10) attended the state finals of UN Voice on Friday 22 November, held at NSW Parliament House. Both girls were prize winners and progress to Nationals in April! Hakone was awarded first place and Katherine third. We are so Pymble Proud! Bravo girls. Their selection marks the third year Pymble has progressed to Nationals in this competition. 

Model United Nations (MUN)

Evatt 

Maya Garg (Year 11) and Catherine Shi (Year 11) are currently participating in the Evatt National final in Melbourne from Wednesday 27 November. Wishing them the best of luck.

57th Session of THIMUN – The Hague, January 2025 

The Pymble Language Arts International Tour group have been accepted as the first Australian school to attend THIMUN at The Hague. The 16 Language Arts students and three teachers will depart Sydney on Friday 17 January and travellers will commence Term 1 2025 on Monday 3 February. We are excited for this wonderful travel experience! We have heard we have been allocated Ecosoc and our country delegation will be Germany. We will also have two delegates in the UN Water committee.

Our back packs and beanies have arrived. We will also be issued red scarves. Coats and gloves will not be provided. Coats must be warm as the average temperature in The Hague in January is 1 to 6 degrees. Thermals are advised and girls are reminded to pack as lightly as possible as they must manoeuvre their own bags on and off the Eurostar train.

Lunchtime trainings have commenced.

A THIMUN group meeting for parents and travellers will be held from 6.00pm to 7.00pm in the Library Studio on Monday 2 December.

Mock Law

Mediation 

Congratulations to our Mock Mediators on their progression to the grand final on Tuesday 26 November held at The Law Society premises. Details of the results will be sent when available.  

Mock Law Auditions 

Auditions for Mediation (Years 9 and 10 2025), Mock Trial (Years 10 and 11 2025) have now concluded. If you were unable to attend an audition but would still like to be considered for a 2025 Mock Law team, including Mooting, please contact Mrs Hubbard before the end of the term at bhubbard@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au for potential options.

Language Arts Parent Support Group for 2025

If you would like to assist our 2025 Language Arts Parent Support team, please email Mrs Hubbard BHubbard@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au

At our recent meeting we farewelled Mrs Sophia Fang who has been our lead Language Arts support parent for several years. Thank you, Sophia, for all the love you have shown to our Language Arts community. You have helped us in so many ways and we will miss you.

Upcoming Programs and Events  

UN Youth State Conference 2025

Save the date for the UN Youth State Conference!  This will be held from Friday 14 March to Sunday 16 March 2025. Please note if you are involved in a Debating team held on Fridays (FED or ISDA), you will still need to attend Debating on the Friday evening. 

Please click here to register.

Bronwyn Hubbard

Head of Co-curricular Language Arts

Music

Final Entry for 2024

This will be Music’s final newsletter entry for 2024! Thank you to all the parents who have read the information provided, as well as for your support over yet another busy year at Pymble.

Carols – Sunday 1 December from 5.00pm

We look forward to seeing you all on Sunday for a lovely evening of music and singing. Bring a picnic and sit on Gloucester Lawn whilst being serenaded by our wonderful Jazz musicians from the Junior and Secondary Schools. There may even be a visit from Santa Claus…

At 6.30pm, there will be a service in the Chapel with a musical feast of carols and lessons. Community Carols are made successful with the inclusion of our fabulous community. So, bring your picnics, your voices, and your Christmas Cheer!

Ensembles involved are Piccoline choir, Pizzicato strings, Hindson strings, Junior Jazz, Junior Choir, Capella, Senior Jazz ensemble, Tour stage band, Tour singers, Tour chamber strings, Tour band, Chorale, and Senior choir

Draft rehearsal times on the day:

• 2.00pm to 3.00pm CHAPEL: Chorale, tour members, School Choir
• 2.30pm to 3.30pm OUTDOORS: Junior Jazz, Senior Jazz ensemble, Stage Band 
• 3.00pm to 3.45pm CHAPEL: Chorale/Tour strings
• 3.45pm to 4.00pm: Tour Strings
• 4.00pm to 4.40pm: Tour combined
• 4.40pm: Hindson Strings 
• 5.00pm: Junior School Choir 
• 5.20pm: Capella
• 5.40pm Piccoline/Pizzicato 
• 6.00pm Chapel doors open 

Holding Rooms

Kindergarten to Year 2 students – Please meet in the K to 2 Performing Arts room where you will be met by Ms Farlow, Ms D’Elia, Mrs Hare and Ms Bain.

Junior Jazz students – Please meet Mrs Goodman in the Music Gallery for your sound check.

Junior Choir and Hindson Strings – Please meet upstairs in the Music Building (MS04 and MS05) to have your names marked off. This is also your collection point at the end of the evening. Parents are to sign all students off with the teacher on duty.

Secondary School Speech Day

Symphony Orchestra, Choir and Chorale rehearsals:

• Friday 29 November in period 5 in the Music Gallery
• Tuesday 3 December in MBS – whole school rehearsal in the gym
• Wednesday 4 December – 7.00am in the gym

Following Speech Day, girls who are going on the Music Tour need to make their way to the Big Rehearsal Room to pack their instruments.

Music Tour 2024

Emails and phone calls will be made over the coming weeks to ensure your daughter is ready to go.

All students are expected to be at the big rehearsal room on Thursday 5 December at 2.00pm.

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Sarah Turner

Head of Music

Robotics

First Tech Challenge (FTC) Sydney Qualifier

This past Sunday, Pymble proudly hosted the FTC Sydney Qualifier, welcoming 24 teams from across the region for a thrilling day of robotics competition. Among them were three Pymble teams – 18360 Pymble Plions, 18359 Pymble Lion Cubs, and 23636 Pymble Pterojazama Party Sharks – who represented the College with determination, resilience and enthusiasm.

Hosting an event of this scale was no small feat, requiring an immense team effort. Volunteers gave up their Sunday to assist, and our robotics students worked tirelessly to ensure the event ran smoothly. They set up and dismantled fields, coordinated teams, managed logistics and supported participants with energy and professionalism, showcasing the very best of Pymble.

A special thanks to Mr. Becker, whose dedication and leadership made this event possible despite his many other commitments. His support and effort were instrumental in ensuring the competition’s success, and we are deeply grateful.

For our students, the Sydney Qualifier followed the lessons learned at the Wollongong event the previous week. Each team returned with a focus on improvement, showcasing incredible growth and persistence in their preparation and performance.

• Team 18360 Pymble Plions approached the competition with confidence and determination, building on their experience in Wollongong. Their matches highlighted their grit, culminating in a hard-fought run to the final match, where they were narrowly defeated by the top alliance. Their incredible performance earned them a well-deserved spot at Nationals.
• Team 18359 Pymble Lion Cubs, despite being one of the youngest teams competing, demonstrated exceptional focus and teamwork. They refined their intake mechanism and practiced driving tirelessly, leading to faster scoring and a sixth overall ranking. Advancing to the semifinals, they impressed judges with their creativity and were awarded the Innovate Award (First Place), securing their place at Nationals.
• Team 23636 Pymble Pterojazama Party Sharks showcased their commitment to improvement by designing and building a new intake system within a week of the Wollongong event. Their efforts were rewarded with the Think Award (Second Place), a recognition of their continuous innovation and determination, earning them a Nationals qualification.

Each Pymble team faced unique challenges but rose to the occasion with perseverance, adaptability, and team spirit. Judges were impressed not only by their technical abilities but by their resilience and growth.

Hosting the Sydney Qualifier was an honour and a significant achievement for Pymble’s Robotics community. We are immensely proud of our students, staff, and volunteers who made the event a success, and we look forward to cheering on our talented teams as they compete at Nationals in December. The future of robotics at Pymble is brighter than ever!

Cristhina Boni Lavratti

Robotics Manager

Please consider donating to our Christmas Appeal

The Christmas Story reminds us of the importance of giving to the most vulnerable. The first Christmas gifts were given by the Magi to the newborn Christ Child and his family. This family desperately needed these gifts. They had already been forcibly relocated from their homes by the government. Shortly after receiving the gift they were forced to flee from this new home. Jesus spent his early years as a refugee in a foreign land. The gifts of the Mag together with the kindness of a community of strangers in that foreign land ensured that the baby Jesus grew into someone who changed the world.

For many years Pymble has supported the work of Rev. Bill Crews Foundation (formally The Exodus Foundation) at Christmas through the donation of non-perishable food items, personal care essentials and gifts. These essential and simple donations are used by the foundation for those most in need. The difference that these small gifts make those receiving them cannot be over-emphasised. Donating gifts is simple way that we, as the Pymblecommunity, can bring hope and joy at Christmas to people we will never meet, but know matter in our community, because everyone matters. Through your support you can give the gift of a smile to the face of a child and family who are scared, worried and hungry. And who knows what this might do into the future? It is very possible, that these simple gifts, like the gifts of the Magi to the Holy family can change the world.

Donations can be drop off any time from now until Wednesday 4 December 2024.

Collections points can be found at:

• Middle School Office
• Upper School Office
• Senior School Office
• Hedgehog House
• Chapel Foyer

Thank you for your generosity!

Join us for the College Christmas Celebration!

You are warmly invited to attend the College Christmas Celebration on Sunday 1 December 2024 from 5.00pm to 7.30pm to ring in the festive season with the Pymble community.

If you can spend an hour volunteering at the barbecue stall, please click here.

We look forward to sharing this special evening with you all – Feliz Navidad!