From the Principal

There really is no place like home.

I have returned from the March of the Living educational experience with a full heart, the deepest conviction we are doing the right thing for humanity by continuing to focus on our Social Intelligence pillar through nurturing a culture of kindness and giving back to people in need, and an enormous appreciation for our amazing Pymble family. Of course, the best part of coming home is reconnecting with our girls, especially our Year 12s at their photo day today; I’m so proud of the young women they have become. Lunchtimes in the Secondary School have been joyous occasions filled with the sound of PAC Week performances (and a great deal of cheering), and our Junior School students are beyond excited to be officially inaugurated into one of our eight spirit Houses in a Hogwarts/Harry Potter-esque ceremony, complete with “sorting hat” and fabulous new House banners. It’s heartening to see the girls supporting each other so fiercely and with a sense of belonging to something that is bigger than them alone.

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had a real insight into the hardship of feeling unwelcome in your homeland and, sadly, this continues to be the reality for many refugees. Here at Pymble, we are keen to continue to support refugees and are delighted to be hosting The Village Championship on Sunday. You may remember hearing about this event last year. It stemmed from one of our Year 12 students at the time, Tahmara Thomas, who was so moved by televised footage of Afghan locals desperately trying to leave their war-torn city that she wanted to do something to help. Joining forces with Her Village Foundation (HVF), she pitched the idea of hosting a festival at Pymble to welcome newly arrived refugee children from Afghanistan to our community. Tahmara is now at university studying Law and Psychology, in between organising this year’s event and making plans to head up HVF as CEO when it becomes a fully-fledged charity. It is my pleasure to hand over to Tahmara to tell you more.

Dear Pymble,

Please join us at The Village Championship on Sunday.

The Village Championship is a three-day program of friendship and collaboration between 20 Pymble girls and 20 Afghan girls. Day one is a leadership program with ice breaker activities. Day two is a football training day held at Rydalmere Football Club. The program summates on Sunday 7 May with a thrilling football match and Afghan cultural festival showcasing experiential stalls, inspirational speakers, and a taste of Afghan food, music and fashion. 

The Afghan girls involved are high school aged, the youngest being 12. Most of them have arrived in Australia in the last two years and some of them are here alone, having had to leave their families behind in Afghanistan. All of them have seen tragedy and war at close quarters and yet they are filled with spirit and hope. They want to get on with their lives in the best way possible. They aspire to go to good schools and universities, just like us. Our vision at HerVillage is to harness the power of connection to help empower young refugee women as the leaders of tomorrow. We want to be the bridge between these girls and the different services they might need to embrace life here. We believe in building a village of support and care around these young women who have been forced to leave behind their homes and communities and navigate major life changes at a very young age. Our next focus is practical services we can provide the girls such as scholarships and funding for academic tutoring, English lessons and driving classes. 

We are currently working with KPMG to become a registered charity and establish our board and constitution so we can be a sustainable organisation for change. I am excited to take on the role of the CEO, supported by our amazing team. I feel privileged to work with such an inspiring, diverse group of people and hope to use this opportunity to further the cause of young female leadership. 

Last year’s event raised $15,000 and we also worked with KPMG to donate a further $30,000 to Mahboba’s Promise. Mahboba Rawi will be at the festival on Sunday to share her inspirational story, which you can also watch here. But perhaps the greatest success of last year were the friendships that were created between the girls. Despite coming from two different worlds and the language barrier, both sets of girls embraced the opportunity to learn from each other’s lives and experiences. It has been great to see that legacy continue this year.

This event couldn’t happen without the unwavering support and dedication of Pymble staff Greg Meagher, Meredith Coleman, Shervin Keshavarz Adeli, Timothy Colvin, Tonya Grelis and Cameron Munro, as well as our student volunteers. Greg Meagher has been the backbone of our operation, putting in countless hours and energy and being a great mentor to me. The school executive has been very supportive from the beginning and has enabled us to think big.

Turning up to the event at Pymble on Sunday with your friends and family would be a great show of support.  We ask everyone to join us on the day with open hearts, minds and ears to talk to, learn from and celebrate these girls.

Tahmara Thomas (Class of 2022)

We are incredibly proud of Tahmara and the students, staff and family members who are working together to support this event and the establishment of the charity. This is a great example of the power of one; how you can change the world by refusing to look away from people in crisis and choosing to lean into supporting them with hope, love and kindness. 

The College has further extended our assistance to the refugee community in Sydney by co-running an after-school activity program for children from Afghanistan and Ukraine in partnership with Barker. Pymble’s involvement is led by Julie Shaw, in her new role as Head of Social Impact. Mrs Shaw would love to hear from any families who may be able to contribute educational items such as books, toys and games for play and learning sessions with the students or volunteer their time to support the program. We intend to build a library of resources the children can borrow and use during the program, which is open to refugee children from all countries. Please feel free to reach out to her  via jshaw@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au if you would like to know more or be involved.  

Invitation to our annual Alumni Networking Event

As Tahmara has discovered, changing the world can start with just one idea but often requires a network of support and mentors to help bring it to fruition. Each year in May, the College hosts an event dedicated to supporting the career progression of our younger graduates as part of our ongoing commitment to helping Pymble girls pursue their professional dreams and aspirations after their time with us at school. If you have older daughters who have graduated from Pymble in the last 15 or so years, or you are a former Pymble girl with professional experience to share, please click on the invitation below for to learn more about this year’s Alumni Networking Event. We warmly invite both experienced professionals in our community as well as graduates aged 18 to 35 who are interested in building their professional network and hearing from a range of leaders in industry.

Click here if you would like to attend as a mentee, and click here if you would like to attend as a mentor.

Register now for next week’s Rural Health Careers Forum

For our current students, we continue to rollout a schedule of careers events to help them start thinking about, planning and exploring pathways beyond their Pymble education. Thank you to our Junior School parents who are busy getting ready to showcase their work and professions at the Years 4 to 6 careers day on 17 May – this is such a great age to start talking to our girls about what happens in different workplaces.

For Secondary students interested in a career in Rural Health, we encourage you to attend our annual Rural Health Careers Forum next Thursday 11 May. This is a great opportunity for students and parents to learn about more about health professions in regional, rural and remote areas of Australia and the support provide by the Rural Doctors Network. The evening will provide invaluable insight from ex-Pymble students and an expert panel who have dedicated their lives to the health and wellbeing of those living beyond the big cities. 

Capacity is limited so click here to secure your place.

Looking forward to reconnecting with our beautiful Pymble family at these events and on campus throughout the rest of the term. Gosh, it’s good to be home.

 

Dr Kate Hadwen, Principal

From the Junior School

From the Head of Junior School

The capacity to think creatively is a critical skill our girls will need as they navigate future careers beyond school. As such we continually investigate, through research and professional discussions, how we can integrate creative thinking further into the curriculum.  The English curriculum defines creative thinking as the capacity in children to ‘generate and apply new ideas in specific contexts, seeing existing situations in a new way, identifying alternative explanations, and seeing or making new links that generate a positive outcome’.  Play and playful learning is an easy way for our girls to develop their creative thinking skills.

As we seek to inspire wonder and curiosity in our girls, creativity opportunities have come to the playground this term. With the money generously donated by our JSPG last year, we have purchased some new play equipment and STEM equipment which we introduced last week. Thank you all for your generosity. The girls are loving being able to explore their creativity through play. Play is not just for the youngest children; it’s a crucial tool in the normal development of all children. Children change and experiment whilst they play, they create their own rules and explore what it is like to be in control. Play helps them develop a sense of self and how to interact with others.  When playing, children can explore emotions through the stories they create as they play, without any real consequences. They can also have some control over uncertain situations, often of their own making, allowing them to start developing resilience.

As someone who has always loved the craft of writing, I love seeing our Junior School girls engage enthusiastically in creative writing and the writing process. This term I am lucky enough to be collaborating with girls and their teachers across Year 2, 4 and 6 in their writing journey, and it’s wonderful to watch the girls play with language, explore texts, share ideas and use their experiences to shape their own voice as writers. Thank you for supporting the growth of your daughter as a writer by encouraging her to read widely, to talk about texts, to observe and connect with the world around her, and to make new friends. Experiences like this help enhance our voice and power as a writer.

Our girls have also showcased their creativity with their entries to our Sustainability Art Competition led by our Semester 1 Sustainability Captains, Georgia Friedel and Charlotte Pang. Whilst not everyone can be awarded a certificate, we are immensely proud of the Pymble Spirit shown by each girl who entered an artwork that she had created, and which reflected her passion for the environment. To acknowledge their efforts and courage at sharing their creativity we enjoyed a special morning tea together this week.

Year 1 Winner: Rachael Herath

Year 1 Runners-up: Grace Yu and Megan Ye

Year 2 Winner: Abby Su

Year 2 Runners-up: Violet Li, Aviana Faraz and Emily Ma

Year 3 Winner: Murong Li

Year 3 Runners-up: Rayna Wang and Grace Li

Year 4 Winners: Christina Yang and Vivian Li

Year 4 Runners-up: Angela Xiong and Megan Ng

Year 5 Winner: Bianca Ng

Year 5 Runners-up: Audrey Quan and Emily Deutscher

Year 6 Winner: Amber Chen

Year 6 Runners-up: Rose Craig and Richielynne Xiong

House Spirit

This week the girls are celebrating house spirit with a special assembly for Years 3 to 6 on Monday and Kindergarten to Year 2 tomorrow, to officially launch the new house banners and badges. The assembly had a wonderful spirit of magic and pride as the girls celebrated their house and learnt about the history behind their house, its motto and the badge. A formal presentation of the house badge to each girl from her 2023 House Captain forms a key part of this assembly.

This year we are proud to introduce House Champions for each house and thank these teachers who have enthusiastically stepped into this leadership role:

Lang: Miss Rosie Prince

Marden: Miss Penny Charalambous

Thomas: Miss Imogen Kennett

Bennett: Mrs Shaira Musico

Ingleholme: Mrs Nicola Michie

Hammond: Mrs Tracy Reid

Wylie: Mrs Cindy Anderson

Goodlet: Miss Sarah McGeoch

We look forward to many varied opportunities throughout this year, and in future years, for our girls to build strong connection to their house. This term we have our Athletics Carnivals and our inaugural Inter-House Robotics Competition.

Service update – Nerissa Davey – Deputy Head of Junior School – Operations

Post cards to raise funds for the Welcoming Refugees Project

We are very proud to announce that our Junior School girls have created over 800 postcards for this project. This means over $8,000 has been raised. The Bezos Foundation will be contributing funds for every postcard created. This is a massive effort by our girls.

Careers Day

We still have spots available for parents to showcase their careers to our girls. The event will be for our Year 3 to 6 girls and will take place on Wednesday 17 May, Week 4 from 10.45am to 12.45pm. We will have ‘stalls’ set up in the hall and the library again to showcase the careers. Parents can set up from 10.00am. Parents who wish to participate will be invited to join their daughters for lunch. There is no requirement to stay after 12.45pm, this is merely an invitation.

Please don’t be shy, this is a request from your daughters to find out more about what you do in your day. We look so forward to hearing about your chosen careers. If you are interested in partaking in this initiative, please click here to register.

An invitation to have your say: An invitation to be part of a focus group

I need your help please! I feel very honoured, and deeply challenged, to be co-leading our College’s Social Intelligence strategic focus and looking at how we shape our community. We are determined to foster an inclusive community for all our families to enjoy and in which we all feel safe and valued. I openly say this is a challenge because my cultural background shapes my knowledge base and experiences and I’m trying to broaden these by learning from the stories of others.  As such, I am hoping to work with a wide range of our community, so all perspectives and members of our College family are heard. It is important that we strive for equity of voice, active engagement for all members of our community and a strong sense of our collective citizenship.

There are a number of dates and times available for focus groups to come and share your thoughts with me, so if you are interested, please select the one that suits you.

What things/events could or should we celebrate throughout the year as a community? How would you like to celebrate special events and cultural celebrations?

• Tuesday 23 May at 6.00pm

• Tuesday 30 May at 8.00am

• Monday 5 June at 5.00pm

Please click here to make a booking.

• Monday 15 May at 2.00pm – **this focus group will be hosted in Mandarin**  –

周一15/5 中文小组讨论  : 如果你想说中文 – 有老师帮您翻译.

Topic: What things/events we should and could celebrate throughout the year as a community? How would you like to celebrate special events and cultural celebrations?

话题: 我们学校应该庆祝哪些节日? 您想在学校如何庆祝特别活动和文化节日?

Please click here to make a booking for the Mandarin focus group. 预订中文小组讨论

Permission for Excursions

A reminder when your daughter has an excursion, please give permission for your daughter to attend through MyPymble, please select Approve or Not Going. Your daughter cannot attend the excursion until the permission is approved.

Please contact IT Help desk if you have any technical problems on +61 2 9855 7771

Scholarship registrations open to current Year 5 students

Pymble offers a number of scholarships each year to girls starting in Year 7 including current Pymble students moving into Year 7. Registrations for Year 7 2025 Junior Academic Scholarships and Year 7 2025 Performance Scholarship – Music are currently open to our Year 5 students.

Registrations close from 26 July 2023 depending on the scholarship. The examination will be held at the College on Sunday 13 August 2023.

Information about portfolio requirements and how to apply can be found online through the Scholarship webpage.

K-2 Travel Term 2

Please email juniorschool@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au with your daughters full name and class if you have any travel changes for Term 2.

Uniform and Appearance

All students are expected to wear their uniform correctly and with pride. Uniforms cannot be mixed with each season.  Junior School has a strict ‘no hat no play policy’, please ensure your daughter has her bucket play hat at school every day. Please make sure that your daughter’s uniform is named.

Absent, Late Arrivals/Early Departures, Vacation

A reminder if you daughter is absent from school please enter your daughter’s absence through the MyPymble app or email Junior School Administration Office juniorschool@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au . For any changes to your daughter’s travel, late/early arrivals please email the Administration Office.

Exemption from Attendance Application form can be found on the Portal, please ensure if your daughters is away for two days or more to complete the application form two weeks in advance from the start of your daughter’s absence.

Lost Property

Please ensure your daughters full name is clearly labelled on all items of clothing including socks, hats and lunch items so it can be quickly returned to your daughter if it is found.

From the Junior School Parent Group (JSPG)

Family Fun Day & Movie Night – Saturday 20th May

We are very excited to invite you to our upcoming JSPG Family Fun Day & Movie Night on Saturday 20 May from 3.00pm to 7.00pm.

This day is traditionally the most popular and exciting event in our JSPG calendar. It is a day specially designed to catch up with our existing families in the Junior School, and just as importantly, welcome our new families. 

This year, the theme of our event is: “Old-fashioned family fun”. We are providing an opportunity for all our families to unwind and enjoy an afternoon of food and festivity, at a low cost.

The day will feature a barbecue dinner, a big screen movie, popcorn, fairy floss, an inflatable obstacle course, karaoke and dress-ups and a range of carnival games. Available for purchase at food and drink trucks will be crepes, coffee, hot chocolate and other drinks. We will also have sideshow attractions for purchase of items such as glow products and crazy hair.

To purchase your tickets, please click here. Please note tickets are only $20 (three years and under are free) and include the following attractions:

– Barbecue dinner plus one drink (please note that we will cater for dietary restrictions)

– Popcorn and fairy floss

– Family movie Ferdinand (rated G)

– 20m commando challenge obstacle course

– Old-fashioned games

– Karaoke and dress-ups

– Access to food/drink trucks and sideshow attractions.

We are looking forward to catching up with you all soon. 

KA Park Play Date – Saturday 13 May

Please join us for a park play date for class KA between 2.00pm and 4.00pm at St Ives Village Green playground.

Key Dates

Friday 5 May	Catch Up Photo Day
Sunday 7 May	Her Village Championship
Thursday 11 May	‘Madagascar’ Year 8 Musical – Years 1-3 attending 1.30pm to 2.30pm
Friday 12 May	Mother’s Day Morning Tea – 10.15am to 11.15am
Friday 12 May	Windows into Learning Year 3 and 5 – 8.30am to 10.30am

Kate Brown

Head of Junior School

From the Middle School

Well done our Year 7 girls who represented Australia in the Opening ceremony at the Vex Worlds in Robotics. What a wonderful achievement.

Special mention to Addi Woods from Year 8 who competed at the CIS Swim and Diving Championship on Tuesday and has made it through to the State Diving Championship.

This week in Middle School we have launched the Gloucester Gathering schedule for Term 2 with a Dance Competition. You may remember that these are fun activities that occur across lunchtimes on Tuesdays and Thursday and are run by our Middle School Leaders. Everyone is welcome to join in and make new connections. Click here to see the schedule of events. Please encourage your daughters to get involved.

It was also wonderful to see our Middle School girls performing confidently at PAC: Pymble Performing Arts Competition across lunchtimes this week. Well done also to our Chapel Leaders who dramatized the bible message during our Service last week. All girls have been invited to get involved in this initiative in future Chapel Services.

We have been reminding the girls about the expectations around mobile phone use throughout the school day. Students in Middle School are expected to leave their devices in their lockers from 8.15 until 3.20. Thank you to Sophie Beveridge for designing the poster below for our Locker rooms.

On Tuesday I spoke to Year 8 about a National Exchange opportunity that will hopefully role out in Term 3. We have posted an Expressions of Interest link on the Parent Portal. Please fill this in if this is something you and your daughter feel would be appealing. Further information will follow once we get an idea of the possible uptake.

Congratulations to Alannah Tang, Cindy Jin and Leila Rich of Year 8 who have recently published their own books. Yes, an amazing achievement that demonstrates great initiative and perseverance. They completed writing their books independently at the end of last year and were fortunate to be mentored throughout the writing process by the author, Tim Harris.

Congratulations to the following Year 8 girls who received their Medallions for Cross Country this week: Amelia Bicego, Chloe Ayton and Nicole Zhang.

In the spirit of this year’s focus on Pymble Gives Back I would like to acknowledge the commitment of Olivia Randle (07WA) and Abigail Martin(07GA) who in the holidays raised $622 for Vision Australia. Both girls walked 50 km as part of the 100km requirement and were sponsored for their efforts. Well done.

At our Year Assemblies this week Michelle Hunt – Head of Wellbeing – spoke to the girls about Service across the college and encouraged them to log their commitments in order to track their hard work. We are hoping that across the year our Year 7 and 8 students will achieve eight hours of service. There will be many opportunities to engage in Service activities at school.

Jenny O’Donnell

Head of Middle School

From the Upper School

A message from Mr Riley, Head of Upper School

It has been lovely to see our girls back enjoying the sunshine in our Upper School courtyards this week. I too was fortunate to go out on an expedition with our Year 9s at Vision Valley and look forward to Thursday-Saturday on a trek along the Central Coast. Let’s hope the fine weather continues!

A brief reminder for our Year 10 families to please sign up for the upcoming vaccination program via the MyPymble App. Additionally, a reminder about leave; leave is only granted for illness, bereavement, elite sport or work experience. Vacations should be restricted to the prescribed holiday periods.

Applications for special leave should be completed on the ‘Exemption from Attendance’ form found on MyPymble via the College website and signed by a parent or carer. Forms are to be sent to the respective school office as soon as possible or at least fourteen days in advance of the intended period of leave.

This week, I would like to share the amazing achievements of Grace Peters and Sophia Slater (in addition to the many Upper School girls who attended) at Athletics Nationals in Brisbane over the break, together with Ang-Ya Koo, Sophia Chang and Allison Wang at the Robotics World Championships in Houston.

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Hi, my name is Grace Peters. I’m in year 10, and during the holidays I represented NSW at the Australian Track and Field Nationals held in Brisbane from April 14th to 17th, 2023.

The championships were held at QSAC (Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre). This was my third year at nationals, and I always enjoy seeing and competing against other girls from all over Australia, many of whom I have known for quite a few years now. It was great to be able to watch and support my teammates in their events as well.

I competed in the Under 16 women’s discus and shot put and placed 6th in discus and 7th in shot. Not the results I was hoping for, but grateful for my efforts and coaches.

During my time in Brisbane, apart from competing, we went and explored the city and Southbank, which was gorgeous. I went on the Wheel of Brisbane, which gives fantastic views across the entire city of Brisbane.

Written by Grace Peters (Year 10)

In the school holidays, I travelled to Brisbane to compete in the Australian Athletics Junior Championships. The two events I competed in were the 2,000m Steeplechase and the 1500m. The Saturday was an exciting day as I was competing in one of my favourite events – the 2000m Steeplechase.

In the lead up I was very nervous and a bit scared, but I ran a pretty good race and managed a Silver medal which was really exciting and satisfying. The next day my legs were so tired, and I felt really flat in the 1500m. Overall the experience was incredible seeing the talented athletes from all over the country compete across a whole bunch of different events as well as bump into girls that I am getting to know over the years and who have become friends.

It was wonderful to cheer on all of the Pymble girls who competed, and congratulations to those who achieved personal bests or got a medal. Thanks also to my coach Deb Walsham who is so supportive and also Katie Edwards and Mel Gainsford-Taylor who are always so beautiful and encouraging to us girls.

Written by Sophia Slater (Year 10)

Last week, Pymble’s robotics team 6510 Pymble Pride competed at the FRC World Championships in Houston, Texas where our team competed against the best of the best.

The FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is a high school robotics competition that challenges teams to design, build and program a robot to compete in a unique game every year. This year’s challenge was to score cones and cubes, and balance on platforms. The reality is a lot harder than it sounds!

First, the group travelled to Houston where we had the opportunity to explore the city. The team visited Houston Zoo, the Natural Science Museum of Houston, and the Museum of Fine Arts.

In the days leading up to the competition, we were testing, coding and practising driver skills. Pymble Pride was fortunate enough to be hosted by team 4639, The RoboSpartans at their robotics space.

Now onto the competition itself! It was fierce, but Pymble Pride managed to show determination to navigate through the mechanical and code issues that arose. The level of calibre accumulated in one event space was incredible, each team showcasing a unique engineering approach to the game.

All in all, the FRC World Championships was a wonderful opportunity to learn from teams all around the globe and share our perspectives, as well as make new friends along the way. It was an invaluable experience for all 24 girls who attended.

Written by Ang-Ya Koo (Year 10), Sophia Chang (Year 10) and Allison Wang (Year 10)

Congratulations to Amber Li!

Amber Li (Year 9) received a Gold Medal in April for the Australian Maths Olympiad, completed in February of this year. She was one of 20+ students (Years 9 to 12) who were invited to attend the AMO Camp in Melbourne in the April school holidays. This was a highly rewarding experience; Amber was able to delve into many maths topics in depth which are not taught at school.

The goal of this camp is to be selected as one of six students to represent Australia at International AMO. Amber was not successful in being selected this year. She is currently studying Year 12 Extension 1 and 2. Amber’s goal for next year is to study University level maths in 2024, potentially at UNSW.

Scholarship Opportunities – Daughters of ex-students and Senior Academic Scholarship registrations open to Year 9 students

Pymble offers a number of scholarships each year to girls who are currently in Year 9 at Pymble who will be in Year 11 in 2025. Registrations for Year 11 2025 Senior Academic Scholarships and Year 11 2025 Ex-Students’ Union Scholarship are currently open to our Year 9 students.

Year 9 students who have a mother, grandmother or aunt who attended Pymble are eligible and encouraged to apply for the Ex-Students’ Union Scholarship. This scholarship funded by the Ex-Students’ union provides the equivalent of 50% remission of tuition fees for Year 11 and Year 12 to a successful recipient.  

Information about portfolio requirements and how to apply can be found online through the Scholarship webpage.

Registrations close on 4 August 2023. The examination will be held at the College on Sunday 13 August 2023.

From the Upper School Parent Group

Please click here to purchase tickets for the Year 10 Parent Social at Cavallinos in Terrey Hills on Thursday 18 May at 7.00pm.

Year 10                Zoe Green                        bzgreen@bigpond.net.au

                             Pamela McPherson         bruceandpam@bigpond.com

Year 9                  Monika Surana                monsisurana@yahoo.co.in

                              Christel Vigne                 vignechristel@gmail.com 

Social media community groups:

PymbleLC Parents Class of 2025 (Facebook for year 10)

PymbleLC Parents Class of 2026 (Facebook for year 9)

PymbleLC USPG 2023 (Facebook for all Upper School parents)

Or please contact us for an invite to a WeChat group or Dads WhatsApp group.

Key Dates

Friday 12 May – Mother’s Day Breakfast

Friday 12 May – igsa Cross Country

Thursday 18 May – Year 10 Meningococcal Vaccinations

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Tom Riley

Head of Upper School

From the Senior School

This term, we have welcomed the successful Robotics team back from the USA and heard some great stories from their competition and travels. We are also looking forward to the Village Championship this weekend and thank all the students involved in helping to run this event.

Service Opportunities

Year 11 students have been invited to participate in the Red Shield Appeal, in support of the Salvation Army. All students are being asked if they can support the Balmoral Burn, with funds being raised for the Humpty Dumpty Foundation. All details for how to engage in these activities are available on the student portal.

From the Deputy Head of Senior School – Ms Patricia Gallardo

As the application process for university begins, I would like to highlight the Educational Access Scheme (EAS). The aim of the EAS scheme is to help those students, whose education has been negatively affected during Year 11 and Year 12, receive a university offer. To apply for EAS students must be able to demonstrate that, as a result of circumstances beyond their control or choosing, their studies have been negatively affected for at least six months during Year 11 and/or Year 12.

The University Admission Centre processes applications for admission into university which calculates the students’ ATAR and processes applications for EAS for entry into university.

Students received information on this subject at their Year assembly this week as it is the student’s responsibility to log in to their application and start this process. For further information please click here.

A Message from the Year 11 Parent Co-ordinators

We hope you have had a smooth start to Term 2.  Thank you to those Year 11 parents who responded to our Facebook survey regarding the types of social events you are interested in.  

In response to this feedback, we are very excited with the events we have planned for the coming terms. We will be organising a Mothers’ Weekend Away (with options for individual rooms), a cocktail and canape event for all Year 11 parents and carers, a dinner for Year 11 Mothers and coffee catch ups. Please look out for communications throughout the year. 

If you are not on our Facebook page yet, please join us: PymbleLC Parents Class of 2024. Most reminders and communications about events are done through Facebook.

If you have any questions or would like to get involved, please contact us on pianva99@yahoo.com or sma.liu@yahoo.com

Pilar & Susan

Year 11 Parent Co-ordinators

Term 2 Key dates

Tuesday 9 May – Year 12 Trivia Night

Friday 12 May – Mother’s Day Breakfast

Thursday 25 May – Athletics Carnival

Monday 12 June – King’s Birthday Public Holiday

Thursday 22 June – Last day of Term 2

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Nikki Wyse

Head of Senior School

From the Boarding School

In the year of Pymble Gives Back, our Boarders are exploring ways that they can ‘pay it forward’ and contribute to those in need. On Tuesday night we were delighted to welcome Lyn Braico from the Country Women’s Association (CWA) who opened a world of possibility for our generous Boarders. This wonderful organisation has been supporting women, children and their communities for over 100 years and there was much excitement about ways in which our Pymble Boarders can be involved. Our Community Engagement Prefect, Indi Tishler, will be leading the discussion about opportunities and I look forward to sharing our plans in the near future.

Another fabulous day at Hillbilly Cider

A real highlight of the Love It program is our visit to the home turf of Year 7 and 8 Boarders, Cleo and Leander McLaughlin. Fellow Year 8 Boarder, Phoebe Pockley shares the joy below:

This weekend, we went to Bilpin in the Blue Mountains where we went apple picking and visited the McLaughlin’s pizza and cider shed. Eighteen of us headed up to Bilpin with Mr and Mrs Burgess. When we arrived, we went to Shield’s Orchid to go apple picking.

This was a really great experience as we learnt how to pick the right apples, learning which ones were ripe and getting the perfect ones to take back to share with our Boarding sisters. After we were all pleased with the apples that we got, we headed just down the road to the pizza and cider shed. It was overcast but we managed to miss most of the rain and we had the best time.

We all had a taste of their non-alcoholic cider which everyone thoroughly enjoyed, and a share of pizza, particularly the Apple Calzone with cream, which was definitely the favourite for all of us. This Love It activity has been one of the best yet and the bus trip there was most definitely worth it, a special thanks to Shane and Tessa who supplied all the pizza and cider, organised the trip and made it all happen.

It’s not too late to come and see us in Dubbo!

This weekend team Pymble will be in Dubbo for the Boarding Expo. I will be joined by the wonderful Clair Stock and Jackie Garment, along with Boarder extraordinaire, Grace Peters. We would love to see you either at the Expo or at our event on Friday 5 May at Press. Please click below to RSVP if you are going to join us at Press.

Get ready for Garden Party!

Planning is underway for our 2023 Boarders’ Produce Stall and we are looking for volunteers to be involved in this most special event on the Boarding calendar. I am delighted to report that the wonderful Kylie Levy has once again offered to lead our efforts as our Boarding Garden Party Convenor. If you are interested in being involved please email Kylie at k_levy@bigpond.com. More details will follow soon.

Love It – Mrs White

As mentioned above, last weekend was a stellar weekend for Love It. Besides the apple picking, we also had two other wonderful events. The first was a Mother’s Day creations workshop with Mrs Myles. Hopefully some of the creations make their way home in the next week or so.  On Saturday night we had 20 Boarders head out to Homebush to watch the Sydney Swifts take on the GWS Giants in the Super Netball. It was a special night, with our very own Year 12 Boarder Grace Whyte playing in the pre-match. 

This weekend is our Community Weekend for Term 2, and we have lots of exciting events planned. We begin the weekend with our annual Year 7 to 9 Social, welcoming Knox, Shore, Abbotsleigh, Wenona, Loreto Normanhurst, Ravenswood and Ascham to the event. The Boarders have been spending time this week planning their outfits under the theme of ‘Famous Groups’.

Saturday night we will be hosting the very popular Just Dance event, followed by our Community Church Service on Sunday with Pymble Gordon Uniting Church. Following Sunday brunch, the girls will be heading to the gym for the Angus Cup Bench Ball competition before attending the Afghan Cultural and Football Festival hosted by the College.

View From My Window

Hi! I’m Airiana. I was new to Pymble last term, I’m in Year 11 and freshly turned 16. I started learning the violin when I was 3 but if you heard my playing back then, let’s just say you’d have a collection of earplugs by now like my parents do, allegedly!

My parents are really supportive of me, they’re currently back in Hong Kong. I lived there pretty much my whole life and the past four generations of my family are all there. My uncle has a small farm in a rural area of Hong Kong and we love helping them harvest radishes on a seasonal basis.

I am an only child and I only had one cousin for the first decade of my life until secondary school where suddenly, three of them came out of nowhere. My first cousin, Libby, is the closest thing I have to a sibling. She’s a huge Disney fan which is why a bunch of my old Disney toys are probably laying around in her bedroom right now.

As a city girl, it’s hard to see even one star in the Hong Kong sky so the first time I saw so many stars here, it got me so excited and I wanted to take many pictures and send it to my parents. I definitely miss my family a lot but I’m also really grateful to be here at Pymble to grow and experience new opportunities.

Boarder of the Week

Congratulations to our fabulous Boarder of the week, Madeleine (Mads) Gaden. Mads is a much-loved member of our Year 7 cohort who joins us from Dunedoo in the Warrumbungle region of Central West NSW. She has been an exemplary member of our Boarding family from her very first day.

Mads is kind and caring of other people’s feelings. She exudes ‘Pymble Pride’ wearing her uniform with care and maintaining an organised and beautiful Boarding bedroom. She is committed to her studies, working hard in our Learn It program and balancing her many commitments.

Mads is an accomplished horsewoman and competes in equestrian events at a national level, most recently winning the Childs Grand National Galloway Championship at the Show Horse Council of Australasia Grand Nationals. We couldn’t be more proud of her!

Save the Date

Friday 5 and Saturday 6 May – Pymble in Dubbo

Friday 5 May – Year 7 to 9 Boarders’ Social

Saturday 6 May to Sunday 7 May – Community Days

Sunday 7 May – Boarders’ Combined Chapel Service and Brunch

Sunday 7 May – Afghan Cultural Festival and Football Match

Sunday 14 May to Friday 19 May – Boarders’ Week

Thursday 25 May – Pymble in Griffith

Friday 26 and Saturday 27 May – Pymble in Wagga Wagga

Saturday 27 May – Pymble in Young

Tuesday 6 June – Jersey Day Commemoration Chapel Service

Wednesday 7 June – Jersey Day

Friday 9 June – Boarders’ Long Weekend Travel Day

Monday 12 June from 5.00pm – Return to Boarding

Friday 16 June – Boarders’ Parent Group Meeting (online)

Thursday 22 June – Boarders’ End of Term Travel Day

Monday 17 July from 2.00pm – Return to Boarding Start of Term 3

Friday 4 to Sunday 6 August – Boarder Parents Regional Weekend in Mudgee

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Carolyn Burgess

Head of Boarding

From the Chaplains

“We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

It has been a great honour this term to take on the role of Assistant Chaplain, alongside the Rev. Punam Bent. It is an honour because this work is focused on the nurturing of the spiritual life of the College, and I cannot think of anything more important than this.

I love to see the students in Chapel, and to know that it is a welcoming space for all of them, whatever their faith background or spiritual practice. Our Chapel is the heart of the College, both physically and metaphorically, and it provides a space where at least once a week each student can slow down, pause, pray or simply reflect on some of the bigger questions of life.

I remember sitting in Chapel as a Pymble student myself, looking up at the sun shining through the beautiful stained glass windows. Those times in Chapel gave me an anchor and a safe place at school, amidst all the busyness and ups and downs of teenagehood.

I strongly believe that we are not merely physical, intellectual and emotional beings – we are also spiritual creatures who yearn for spiritual sustenance and peace.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was a French philosopher, palaeontologist and Jesuit priest who thought deeply about the way our spirit, our soul, connects us with the Divine. He wrote that “we are not human beings having a spiritual experience; we are spiritual beings having a human experience.”

His words resonate strongly with me because they pull me out of today’s present, physical, immediate reality and remind me that there is another spiritual reality that we are a part of. 

Working alongside Rev. Punam Bent is a great joy. I look forward to the year ahead, as together we strive to spiritually nourish and support the Pymble community. I pray that all of us can somehow acknowledge the spiritual in ourselves.

And may the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Edwina O’Brien

Assistant Chaplain

From the Deputy Principals – Academic (Acting)

HSC Timetable Released

The HSC Written Examination Timetable has been released and in assembly this week, we spoke to Year 11 and 12 about preparing for the HSC and examinations in Term 3. Why now?

The earlier students start planning for exams which test understanding of a large amount of content, the less stressful they are. The more consistently they review their work, the longer it is retained. Students will often say ‘I need to learn my work at the last minute otherwise I will forget it’ – a strategy that may work for a small amount of information but impossible when preparing for an exam.

In their study skills lesson for this term, Year 11 and 12 were taught to be considerate of their cognitive load, the limited ‘slots’ of working memory and the importance of sleep and retrieval practice in building long term memories. Below is a graph of the Forgetting Curve. It demonstrates that the rate of forgetting something you have studied once is steep but becomes less steep upon repetition. This is the basis of the study strategy called retrieval practice. Research shows that the arrangement of exams in the timetable has little impact on results. All the hard work is done in the lead up to exam periods.

Preparing some flash cards, mind maps or annotated diagrams that they review regularly over the year enables those ideas to be recalled easily during an exam, plus aids in their progress in terms of depth of understanding of the course as a whole. Students who are successful in exams are not only able to recall information but are able to see the connection between concepts and ideas and apply their knowledge.

The Year 12 Trial examinations will take place in Week 3 and 4 of Term 3

(Monday 31 July to Friday 11 August)

Study Camp – Preparation for Trial Examinations

Last year over 170 Pymble students came to our study camp and the feedback from students indicated this was of high impact in their preparation for Trials. The dates for our study camp are below.

Monday 26 June to Friday 30 June (first week of the holidays)

Students will have the opportunity to:

• Book in for help with teachers and/or alumni
• Study in a supervised environment
• Complete 3 hour practice exams in a mock exam room
• Have individual appointments with Mrs Stanfield and Ms Wawryka for study planning and ATAR estimates

Click here to register for Study Camp

Parents and students are encouraged to register early so we can plan for the number and variety of teachers required and catering. Students design how they wish to spend their time during study camp. They can come in and out of study camp to work on major works if they wish.

After Hours Study – Term 2

Free tutoring by our experienced HSC teachers from 4-6pm in the KM atrium continues this term. Students are encouraged to book in on the sign up sheets near the JLT to secure a time in advance.

Paid Supervisors for Year 11 and 12 Examinations

Each year we employ invigilators to supervise examinations. This is a paid role and would suit retired teachers or any interested adult who would be available for the two week examination periods or part thereof. Training and guidance will be provided by our curriculum staff and experienced invigilators. A current working with children check number (WWCC) is required.

If you or any friends or relatives would be interested, please email curriculum@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au

Examination dates for 2023

Year 12 Trials – Monday 31 July to Friday 11 August

Year 11 Exams – Monday 28 August to Friday 8 September

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Natasha Stanfield and Jake Plaskett

Director of Studies 7-12 and Director of Academic Excellence

From the Futures Team

Rural Health Careers Forum

The Rural Doctors Network is partnering with Pymble Ladies’ College to host their annual Rural Health Careers Forum in the KM Building on Thursday 11 May from 5.00pm to 8.30pm.

About the Event

Learn about rural life as a health professional from health professionals and find out how you can get there.

There will be the opportunity to:

• Talk to universities and rural workforce agencies about study and career opportunities.
• Speak one-on-one with health students, recent graduates and health professionals about their journeys.
• Participate in hands-on activities that will give an insight into a day in the life of a health professional.

We encourage students with an interest in a health career, or an interest in working rurally, to attend.

Please note that Archie’s cafe will be open if you’d like to purchase food and refreshments. 

How to register 

Capacity is limited so click here to secure a place.

Kim Maksimovic

Director of Futures and Partnership (K-12)

From the Community Engagement Team

2023 Events

All College community events can be viewed in the MyPymble app from the calendar tab. You can also view our calendar for Semester 1 by clicking here. This month we are looking forward to catching up with some of our community at our annual Alumni Networking Event at KPMG (more details below).

Alumni Events – Calling Potential Community Mentors

On Thursday 18 May we are hosting our annual Alumni Mentoring Event at KPMG in Barangaroo. This event helps to connect recent Alumni aged 18 to 35 years with mentors (from our Alumni and parent community), cultivating relationships that can support their careers post-Pymble. The event is proudly sponsored by the Ex-Students Union (ESU).

We are inviting Pymble parents, carers and ex-students over 35 years who have a passion for their industry to register as a mentor for the evening. There is no formal speech requirement for mentors; we will create relaxed, industry-based ‘breakout hubs’ where mentors and mentees can chat informally following the guest speaker presentations.

The evening will also provide an opportunity to forge professional network connections across a variety of industries and organisations. A light supper will be served.

If you would like to register as a Mentor, please click here.

If you would like to register as a Mentee (18 to 35 year olds) please click here.

For more information please contact: Katrina Corcoran, Alumni Relations Manager at kcorcoran@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au or Fiona Walmsley, ESU President at pymble.exstudents@gmail.com

Alumni News

We know many of our parents and carers are ex-Pymble students and we are happy to share with you the latest copy of our Alumni e-newsletter, the Jacaranda Post. For those non-Pymble ex-students, this newsletter is a wonderful summary of what our graduates are doing post-Pymble.

Parent Coffee Catch-Ups

The work of the Community Engagement team is immensely supported by the Pymble Parent Association (PPA). In particular, we’d like to extend our gratitude and thanks to the sub-school Parent Support Groups and volunteer parents for enthusiastically facilitating coffee catch-ups, morning teas and dinners across Term 1 and into Term 2.

These smaller events, which are either held in restaurants, cafes, local parks or private homes, are a great way to welcome new parents and build current friendships throughout the school year. Keep your eye out on social and chat groups for these events.

2023 Cultural Community Event – Dragon Boat Dinner Tickets On Sale Now

All College families are warmly invited to the 2023 Cultural Festival celebrating the diversity of our Pymble community. Each year the festival will spotlight the customs of a different cultural community; in 2023 we are celebrating the Double Fifth or Dragon Boat holiday, stemming from the history and heritage of our Chinese families. The event will feature craft activities, a cocktail dinner and musical performances.

Date: Friday 21 July

Time: 5.30pm

Venue: Main Hall, Pymble Ladies’ College

RSVP: Thursday 22 June

Please note: Siblings are welcome at this event.

Tickets: Please click here to purchase your ticket

Garden Party – Portobello Road Markets

We are delighted to invite the College community to express their interest in holding a stall at the Portobello Road Markets at this year’s Garden Party.

Please note that the Portobello Road Markets allocations are limited and, as such, registering your interest today does not confirm a position. Once a convenor of Portobello Road Markets has been appointed, they will be in touch in mid-July with further instructions. 

To send an expression of interest, please click here.

In the coming weeks we will also be seeking the assistance of parents to run various PPA stalls which will be raising funds for two of our 2023 College charities; The Smith Family and Dignity. To find out more please contact us at events@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au

Enrolments Tour of Regional NSW

Across Term 2 our Enrolments team will be travelling around country NSW in order to showcase the College to potential regional Boarding families. This week we venture out to Dubbo for the Boarding Schools Expo, while later this month we will be hosting a stall at the Sydney Boarding Schools Rural Expo, the Griffith Pop-Up and Wagga Wagga and Young Boarding Schools Expos.

This country road trip is an excellent opportunity to highlight the many attributes of our College and the opportunities afforded by an education at Pymble. We absolutely love visiting our country families!

Kelly Mancey

Director of Community Engagement and Advancement

From the Co-curricular Sports Team

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First Nations Round of Sport

Please click here to view the information on First Nations Round of Sport happening on Saturday 27 May 2023.

2023 Pymble Secondary School Athletics Carnival

The Secondary School Athletics Carnival will be held on Thursday 25 May at the Sydney Olympic Park Warm Up Arena. The carnival will involve all students from Years 7 to 12, who will be transported to and from the venue by bus.

The carnival will begin at 7.30am. Program will be posted closer to the event.

Students are required to wear their House sports uniform and are permitted to wear this to and from the College. The girls may only apply face and body markings, as well as House decorations, once they are at the venue and will be required to clean off any markings before they leave for home in the afternoon. Students are required to wear a Pymble sports hat and sunscreen and have a water bottle for use throughout the day. Students are also encouraged to bring a towel or similar to sit on.

A very limited range of food choices is available at the venue’s canteen. We ask that the Day students bring their own healthy lunch and refreshments. Boarder’s lunches will be transported to the venue and collected on the day.

The Athletics Carnival is a compulsory School event that aims to promote house spirit and participation; therefore, all students are encouraged and expected to compete in the 100m Sprint, Shot Put, Long Jump, House relays and Novelty events. It is also a selection for our Pymble Athletics Squad. The Hurdles, 200m, 400m, 800m and 1500m, Discus, Javelin and High Jump are Championship events only. To nominate for the Championship events please click here. Nominations for championship events close on Monday 15 May.

Students who are unable to participate should provide a note via their School Office to their respective Head of School by Monday 23 May. In the event your daughter is unable to participate due to injury, her attendance at the carnival is still expected. A letter explaining your daughter’s unexpected absence on the day should be forwarded to the Head of School via the School Office upon her return. It should be noted that the College does maintain a record of student attendance for these important days in the calendar.

Departures

Athlete Departure: 6.00am sharp from Kelso Bus Stop

This bus will take the students competing in early SEEDED (Championship) events (800m, hurdles, javelin, shot put, discus and long jump), the House Captains and Prefects. All competitors in these events will be notified in advance via the student Portal. Students should assemble at James Kelso Field no later than 5.55am to have their names marked on the roll.

Year 7, 8 and 9 Departure: 7.00am from Kelso Bus Stop for a 7.15am departure.

Middle School students are to assemble at James Kelso Field under the correct Compass Group sign. Students must arrive by 7.00am to have their names marked on the roll and then be escorted to the bus departure point by their Compass Group teachers.

Year 10,11 and 12 Departure: 7.45am from Kelso bus stop for an 8am departure

Senior and Upper School students are to assemble at James Kelso Field under the correct Compass Group sign. Students must arrive by 7.45am to have their names marked on the roll and then be escorted to the bus departure point by their Compass Group teachers.

The buses will return directly to the College by 3.15pm.

Medical

Students who require asthma medication, EpiPens or other medications are expected to bring them to the carnival. One of the College nurses will be present at the carnival to assist with any injuries and illness.

Baseball News

Congratulations to Gabi Nutman (Year 8) represented Ryde Hawkes in the Intermediate League Baseball NSW State Championships. Gabi is the only girl in her age group to have been selected. Gabi’s team took out the silver medal at the State Championships and have progressed to representing NSW at the Australian National Intermediate League Baseball Tournament in Mildura in May. We wish Gabi and her team the best of luck for the championships.

Balmoral Burn Fundraiser – Sunday 28 May

On Sunday 28 May 2023 the famous annual Balmoral Burn will be run up the 420m hill of Awaba Street in Mosman. Please click here to view the information sheet. To register your team please click here.  Registrations are required by 12.00pm (Midday) on Friday 19 May. Parents and siblings are also welcome to participate and register through the event provider by clicking here.

Katie Edwards

Head of Sports – Years 7 to 12

From the Co-curricular Performing Arts Team

This week has seen the Pymble Arts community in full throttle.

The iconic amphitheatre in the heart of the Secondary School has resonated with the performances of students from Years 7 to 12 with passionate, compelling and often courageous performances in the annual PAC event which has been recognised and celebrated with standing-room-only audiences at every lunchtime performance this week.

Hats must be doffed in respect to the PAC Prefects, Piper Markson and Claire Oslington, who have expertly and independently led this event.

Various venues around the school have reverberated with the musical and dancing rhythms of students involved in the Dance intensive weekend. It was a privilege to witness many of the rehearsals which culminated in the exciting progress final concert on Sunday night attended by hundreds of family supporters.  

Drama classes and competitions under the leadership of Sarah Boyd continue apace in exciting directions and the many competition events of Language Arts are in the initial stages of preparation.

Anchors away and full steam ahead for Term 2!

Michael Griffiths

Director of Co-curricular Performing Arts

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Co-curricular Administration

Term 3 Saturday Sport Registrations

This is a reminder that registrations for Term 3 Saturday Sports will remain open until Friday 12 May at 12.00pm. The options available to students are as follows:

• IPSHA AFL (Year 3 to 6)
• IPSHA Touch Football (Year 3 to 6)
• igsa Hockey (Year 7 to 12)
• igsa Netball (Year 7 to 12)
• Rugby Sevens (Year 7 to 12 –  Winter Semester Terms 2 and 3)
• Water Polo (Year 7) – Northern Suburbs Competition
• Water Polo (Year 8 to 12) – MLC Competition

All registrations are made via the online registration system, which can be accessed from the Co-curricular at Pymble pages of MyPymble (click here; parent log in required).

Susan Lindsay

Acting Head of Co-curricular Administration

Dance

The Eisteddfod Intensive Weekend took place last weekend and was filled with workshops, rehearsals and activities for the girls to develop their skills and teamwork.

To kick off the weekend, the girls received their costumes which got them excited for the weekend, and on Friday night an informative session was held to discuss the upcoming USA Dance Tour for 2024. The girls then enjoyed their first workshop, ‘Dance Cheer’, where they learnt fundamental cheer skills, tricks, and dance cheer movements. The girls had so much fun and loved learning a new style, by guest teacher Hannah from Applause Entertainment.

Throughout the weekend, the dancers dedicated themselves to their routines, rehearsing tirelessly in their choreography sessions, receiving guidance from Dr Sly, who gave the girls a presentation on training load, injury prevention, nutrition, and body image.

The Dance Captains, Claire and Georgia, ran a fun and interactive Trivia Workshop, where they covered several questions on array of topics including questions on their dance teachers! The weekend also included training sessions on floor work skills, and strength and flexibility classes that focused on building musical strength and stretching exercises, ran by guest teacher Miss Isabella Stanfield. The Dance Vision Workshop ran by Miss Cluff, involved a brainstorming session on ideas for Pymble’s new Dance Centre, and the Juniors dancers received valuable training on what it means to part of the Eisteddfod Team, and had a Hair and Makeup Session to prepare themselves for competitions.

The weekend concluded with a viewing of all the routines in the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts which left everyone astounded by the high standard of dancing displayed, as the girls cheered each other on from the audience.

Overall, it was a successful and productive weekend, and the dancers should be very proud of their hard work, passion, and dedication, as they look forward to the Eisteddfod Season ahead!

Katrina Cluff

Head of Dance

Language Arts

Public Speaking

Congratulations to Leahara Wijesuriya and Jenny Xu who have progressed to Rostrum Regionals. They will compete at Abbotsleigh on Wednesday 17 May.

ISDA Octo Finals This Week

Pymble will host an Octo round this Friday in the KM Building. Congratulations to our Primary B, Year 7 and Year 9 teams who have made it through to the ISDA Finals.

Primary B will debate at Kambala this week. Please note that transport is not arranged by the school for finals rounds. Year 7 and Year 9 will compete this week at Pymble.

Mrs Hubbard is looking for extra girls to be chairs and timekeepers at Pymble. Please email her if you can assist.

FED

There is no FED this week and FED teams making it to the Finals rounds will be announced next week.

Thank you to all debaters who competed in the seven preliminary rounds and were part of a FED of ISDA team. Thank you to all parents supporting your daughters in this valuable cocurricular activity.

Archdale

The Archdale Debating comp starts on Tuesday 16 May with R1 and 8 teams. This comp runs on Tuesday afternoons and evenings. Please ensure your daughter is registered. CCSA will release the draw.

Social Debating

This competition will start on Friday 5 May. Please ensure registrations are completed. This competition will run on a Friday at Pymble from 3.30pm to 6.30pm. Please meet in C10.

House Debating

A new House Debating comp started last term. Thanks to Isabella Cameron, our LA prefect for resurrecting this initiative. Finals are to be held early in Term 2. Cups will be presented.

Sydney University Debating Day

Senior debaters are invited to attend this event on 2 June. Thank you to those who have registered interest. Co-curricular Administration will send through registrations.

Mock Law

Our Mock Law coaches and teams had a successful start to their season last term. All the best to our Mock lawyers for Term 2 rounds. Scenarios have now been released.

Evatt

We currently have six teams interested in Evatt next term. The tentative date is 22 May at PLC Sydney. Girls in Year 9 to 12 enter this competition in pairs. Co-curricular Administration will send registrations.

Discover MUN

Discover MUN will be held at UNSW on Thursday 25 May. This is only for Senior Students.

Bronwyn Hubbard

Head of Co-curricular Language Arts

Basketball

Round 1 of igsa Basketball

Round 1 of IGSA basketball saw our Pymble girls raring to go, and with only one practice session under our belt, the girls did well overall. Our Year 7 Firsts got a win in their first Senior School basketball experience. Our Senior firsts got a thrilling win over Wenona by just two points. Pymble 15, in their first Senior School basketball experience, got an intense one-point win at St Vincent’s college. Very proud of these girls and their coach Nate Cassar as away wins are always harder than home wins! Our Pymble 12 team won a convincing 64 to 11 win at Abbotsleigh and our Pymble 7 team also won a convincing 41 to 14 away win at Queenwood.

All in all, the future of Pymble Basketball looks bright!

Please see below results for igsa Basketball on Saturday 29 April.

Team	Opponent	Result	Score
Pymble 1	Wenona School 01	Win	29 – 27
Pymble 2	Brigidine College 01	Lose	14 – 42
Pymble 3	Meriden 02	Win	16 – 13
Pymble 4	Kincoppal 03	Lose	14 – 17
Pymble 5	Loreto Normanhurst 04	Lose	24 – 19
Pymble 6	Loreto Normanhurst 07	Lose	25 – 29
Pymble 7	Queenwood 08	Win	41 – 14
Pymble 8	Queenwood 09	Lose	4 – 18
Pymble 9	Wenona School 05	Lose	18 – 38
Pymble 10	SCEGGS – Darlinghurst 05	Lose	16 – 30
Pymble 11	Abbotsleigh 17	Lose	6 – 30
Pymble 12	Abbotsleigh 26	Win	64 – 11
Pymble 13	Ravenswood 14	Win	30 – 13
Pymble 14	Abbotsleigh 30	Lose	8 – 14
Pymble 15	St Vincent’s College 06	Win	13 – 12
Pymble 16	Abbotsleigh 32	Lose	13 – 26
Pymble 17	Ravenswood 16	Lose	12 – 40

Rachel Maenpaa

Head Coach – Basketball

Diving

Secondary CIS Diving Championships Tuesday 2 May 2023

What a spectacular day was had at CIS Diving Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on Tuesday 2 May.

This event is the second stage in the school pathway where the most competitive divers in CIS schools compete for a place in the All-Schools State Championships.

Congratulations to our secondary diving team for qualifying for this event at IGSA, training so hard to prepare for today and displaying great values in both the highs and lows that is competition.

We are all so Pymble proud of the team and the results gained by all.

Well done on the following results and all the very best in diving as you head towards All School on Thursday 1 June and Friday 2 June.

Nikola Puhl (Year 12)

17/19 Platform 3^rd and Qualified for All Schools

17/19 Springboard 4^th

Angela Xenofontos (Year 9)

15 Years Springboard – 2^nd and Qualified for All Schools in both events.

Méa Shires (Year 9)

14 years Springboard – 1^st and 14/15 Platform – 3^rd and Qualified for All Schools in both events.

Addison Woods (Year 8)

13 Years Springboard -3rd and Qualified for All Schools.

Sasha Dubrovina (Year 7)

12-year Springboard -3rd and Qualified for All Schools.

Eleanor Ramsay (Year 7)

12-year Springboard -5th

Another big thankyou to the support and guidance of coaching staff Rylee McKinstry, Maddi Pullinger, Mikaela Ward and Emily Farrall who do so much in the preparation of the divers for these and all events.

Chris Lang

Head Coach – Diving

Football

igsa Football Round 1

Round 1 of igsa Football took place this past Saturday with Pymble coming away with five wins, four losses, and one draw. Despite the wet weather all teams managed to get their games in, which provided lots of entertainment for the fans as there was 71 goals scored across ten matches.

Team	Opponent	Result	Score
Pymble 01	Monte Sant’ Angelo 1	Win	4-2
Pymble 02	Wenona 1	Loss	0-3
Pymble 03	Our Lady of Mercy Catholic 1	Draw	1-1
Pymble 04	Santa Sabina College 2	Loss	1-13
Pymble 05	Monte Sant’ Angelo 3	Win	4-3
Pymble 06	Abbotsleigh 8	Win	7-0
Pymble 07	Monte Sant’ Angelo 5	Win	8-0
Pymble 08	Santa Sabina College 3	Loss	3-6
Pymble 09	Queenwood 6	Win	10-2
Pymble 10	Brigidine College 9	Loss	0-3

Team of the Week

This week’s team of the week goes to Pymble 5! The girls showed tremendous character on Saturday as they came back from 3-1 down at halftime, to win 4-3. Not only that, but they also started with only seven players on the field.

Well done girls!

Round 1 Most Valuable Players

Pymble 1 – Sophie Watson (Year 12)

Pymble 2 – Aimee NG (Year 12)

Pymble 3 – Esther Essey (Year 10)

Pymble 4 – Estelle Vander (Year 11)

Pymble 5 – Annalise Cuschieri (Year 11)

Pymble 6 – Freya Carmody (Year 12)

Pymble 7 – Madison Gabila (Year 7)

Pymble 8 – Sophie Webster (Year 8)

Pymble 9 – Isabel Donald (Year 9)

Pymble 10 – Zara Sandham (Year 7)

Senior Firsts Match Report by Football Captain, Kaitlyn Chan

Our Senior Firsts team got their title defence underway against last year’s second placed team, Monte. Here is what Kaitlyn Chan (Year 12) had to say:

The Pymble Senior Firsts started the igsa season strong with a great win over Monte. Tough conditions with strong opponents, but the team managed to put away four goals with the end score as 4-2. Congratulations to our goal scorers Sophie Watson (Year 12) getting two goals, Emily Visser (Year 10) and Grace Townsend (Year 10).

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Chris Wood

Sport Co-ordinator – Football

Junior School Sport

2023 NSW PSSA Primary Championships

Nine Pymble Junior School Students: Emma Deere (Year 4), Penelope Hargraves (Year 6), Oriana Fenton (Year 6), Carla Eibach (Year 6), Emma Feng (Year 4), Crystal Li (Year 3), Charlotte Sadler (Year 6), Georgia Friedel (Year 6), Isabella Wang (Year 4) competed in the NSW PSSA Primary Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre on the 5 April to 6 April 2023. Senior 4x50m Freestyle relay team gained a Bronze Medal.

2023 Junior School Athletics Carnival – Championship Field Events

If you would like your daughter to compete in the Junior School Athletics Carnival Championship Field Events, please see the dates of each event below.

• Monday 8 May – High Jump
• Monday 15 May – Long Jump
• Monday 22 May – Discus and Shot Put

All students in Years 3 to 6 are welcome to attend. If your daughter is in Year 2 and is turning or has already eight and is involved in the Schools Athletics program, she is also welcome to attend.

Girls are to meet Mr Tyson and Mrs Kingsell on Sunshine at the start of lunch on the selected dates above.

CIS Golf Nominations

If you would like for your daughter to be nominated for the NSWCIS Golf team, please email Mr Tyson (mtyson@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au) your daughter’s Handicap and Golf Club with which she is affiliated with.

Matt Tyson

Head of Sport (Kindergarten to Year 6)

Rowing

2023 NSW Pathways Eights – Interstate Schools Regatta

During the holidays, seven members of the Rowing team trial took part in the NSW pathways crews to represent NSW in the Interstate Schools Regatta from Thursday 27 to Friday 28 April 2023.

Mia Booth (Year 11), Jessica Colbran (Year 12), Megan Wood (Year 11) and Tilly Morgan (Year 12) were all selected into the NSW Firsts Crew, coached by our Head Coach, Ali Williams.

Charlotte Hartin (Year 12), Alessandra Braysich (Year 11) and Serena Leung (Year 12) were all selected into the NSW Seconds Crew, coached by Pymble coach, Ben Booker.

The crews trained through the holidays in preparation racing the Heat on Thursday 27 April where the Firsts crew had a strong win qualifying for the A final, and the seconds crew having a tough battle to just miss out on the A final and progress through to the B final.

The finals were raced on Friday 28 April, where the Seconds crew had an awesome race winning the B final by open water, following the B final the Firsts crew had a cracking race battling with Victoria the whole way down the course just missing first and finishing second overall.

Well done to our Pymble girls for representing NSW.

Australian U19 Team Selection

Congratulations to Pymble student Liesel Page (Year 12) who has been selected into the Australian U19 Women’s Double Scull to compete at the U19 World Rowing Championships in Paris, France. Liesel has worked incredibly hard to get to this point. We wish her the very best and look forward to providing more updates on her success over the campaign and beyond.

Lewis Gray

Sports Co-ordinator – Rowing

Swimming

CIS Swimming Championships

Pymble has 20 girls competing at the CIS Swimming Championships on Monday 1 May and Tuesday 2 May. These championships are a steppingstone to allow students to qualify for the NSW All Schools Swimming Championships held in June. Congratulations to all our students who raised to the challenge and earnt their ticket to the All-Schools Championships after placing top 3 in their events.

Megan Chia (Year 7)

3rd 13 Years 50m Butterfly

Arabella Cox (Year 11)

3rd 16 Years 100m Freestyle

2nd 15-16 Years 100m Backstroke

2nd 15-16 Years 200m Backstroke

Jessica Croll (Year 10)

9th 15-16 Years 100m Backstroke

9th 15-16 Years 200m Backstroke

Jessica Cullen (Year 10)

2nd 16 Years 50m Backstroke

4th 15-16 Years 100m Backstroke

Piper Gregory-Reid (Year 11)

4th 18 Years 200m IM

7th 18 Years 100m Backstroke

7th 18 Years 50m Breaststroke

6th 18 Years 100m Breaststroke

Annika Lee (Year 10)

3rd 15 Year 50m Backstroke

4th 15 Years 50m Butterfly

Samantha Lever (Year 12)

17th 18 Years 50m Butterfly

7th 18 Years 200m Freestyle

14th 18 Years 100m Freestyle

6th 18 Years 50m Backstroke

7th 1 Years 200m Backstroke

Annabelle Mingzhen Li (Year 8)

4th 14 Years 50m Butterfly

3rd 12-14 Years 100m Butterfly

Jaya Lilienthal (Year 10)

5th 16 Years 50m Freestyle

4th 15-16 Years 200m IM

2nd 16 Years 50m Breaststroke

7th 15-16 Years 200m Breaststroke

8th 15-16 Years 100m Breaststroke

Yi Ying Lim (Year 12)

5th Multiclass 50m Breaststroke

Anne Liu (Year 7)

6th 12 Year 50m Backstroke

Elizabeth Lockhart (Year 10)

8th 15-16 Years 100m Breaststroke

7th 15-16 Years 200m Breaststroke

Jessica Munk (Year 12)

2nd 18 Years 100m Backstroke

2nd 18 Years 50m Backstroke

2nd 18 Years 200m Backstroke

Emma Ng (Year 7)

5th 12 Years 50m Freestyle

4th 12 Years 50m Breaststroke

6th 12 Years 50m Butterfly

2nd 12 Years 50m Backstroke

Sarah Tian (Year 9)

4th 15-16 Years 200m Backstroke

Bella Zhang (Year 12)

1st 18 Years 50m Freestyle

2nd 18 Years 200m IM

2nd 18 Years 200m Breaststroke

1st 18 Years 50m Breaststroke

2nd 18 Years 100m Freestyle

1st 18 Years 100m Breaststroke

3rd Junior Medley Relay

Jisoo Yeou (Year 8), Imogen Jones (Year 7), Megan Chia (Year 7), Annabelle Li (Year 8),

1st Intermediate Medley Relay

Jessica Cullen (Year 10), Elizabeth Lockhart (Year 10), Annika Lee (Year 10), Jaya Lilienthal

1st Senior Medley Relay

Jessica Munk (Year 12), Bella Zhang (Year 12), Hayley Johnston (Year 12), Piper Gregory-Reid (Year 11)

2nd Junior Freestyle Relay

Megan Chia (Year 7), Jisoo Yeou (Year 8), Annalise Chow (Year 9), Annabelle Li (Year 8)

2nd Intermediate Freestyle Relay

Arabella Cox (Year 11), Annika Lee (Year 10), Jessica Cullen (Year 10), Jaya Lilienthal (Year 10)

1st Senior Freestyle Relay

Jessica Munk (Year 12), Samantha Lever (Year 12), Bella Zhang (Year 12), Piper Gregory-Reid (Year 11)

1st Open 6x50m Freestyle Relay

Emma Ng (Year 7), Megan Chia (Year 7), Annabelle Li (Year 8), Annika Lee (Year 10), Jaya Lilienthal (Year 10), Bella Zhang (Year 12)

Well done to all girls who attend the CIS Swimming event, you all did an exceptional job!!

Megan O’Keeffe

Sports Co-ordinator – Swimming

Volleyball

Volleyball Development – Friday

Term 2 Friday Development got underway this past week, with a full capacity of 80 students. Each week our coaches teach the students the fundamentals of volleyball, which is great building block leading into the Santa Sabina competition in Term 4.

Chris Wood

Sports Co-ordinator – Volleyball

Water Polo

Northern Suburbs Opens

Pymble Water Polo started its season off with a bang last Friday night. Pymble Opens water polo team came away with a big win against St Andrews Cathedral, 17 to 0 on Friday April 28 in the Northern Suburbs Competition at Warringah Aquatic Centre. The girls played strong and together as a team.

Northern Suburbs Intermediates

Our two Pymble Intermediate teams had strong wins on Monday, 1 May. Pymble Red won against St Andrews Cathedral, 14 to 0 and Pymble Blue won against Stella Maris College – White Andrews 19 to 0.

Keep up the good work girls!

Brigette Moore

Head Coach – Water Polo

AFL

Good luck to Allyana Levy (Year 10) and Charlotte Tidemann (Year 9) who will be attending the CIS U15 AFL selections trials this Friday 4 May! Enjoy, and good luck girls!

Jack Garrad

Sports Co-ordinator – AFL

Rugby Sevens

On Thursday 27 April Aspen Moore (Year 11), Jemima Burney (Year 12) and Tess Elmslie (Year 11) participated in the Opens CIS Rugby Sevens Selection trials at Barker College. Well done to these girls on taking the field, the depth of talent on display was amazing and our girls did not look out of place. Unfortunately, our girls were not named in the CIS side, that aside they learnt a great deal and will come back bigger and better in 2024!

Jack Garrad

Sports Co-ordinator – Rugby Sevens

From the PPA

Welcome back to Term 2 at Pymble! We trust your girls have now settled into their school routine and are enjoying the cooler weather.

Mother’s Day Morning Tea

To all our mums and carers, we thank you for being a wonderful role model for our girls. You are brave, gracious and beautiful both inside and out. To celebrate Mother’s Day please join us for our annual gathering with your amazing girls on Friday 12 May 2023 from 10.15 am to 11.15 am on Main Oval. Click here to register – ticket sales close today.

The girls are encouraged to wear Mufti dress in their house colours for a gold coin donation towards our charity for Mother’s Day Wayside Chapel.

Vision Valley

We currently have the third and largest group of adventurers from Pymble and St Ignatius’ College Riverview at Vision Valley, happily completing their residential program.

It is an incredible feat for our girls to register and attend this program. For some it will be their first time away from home and for others who are used to travelling and trekking it will be second nature to them. From our the entire community, well done and congratulations to all our students who have participated.

The residential program is pivotal in helping our girls develop not only their mental and physical resilience but their emotional intelligence and cognitive and social skills in a natural environment. It is a period where they are learning practical life skills, such as doing the laundry and building shelters to developing their creative thinking by putting together plays and musicals.

Rather than learning these things on social media and entertainment platforms like TikTok and YouTube they are learning how to develop their potential in real life scenarios, with real people, in relaxed surroundings.

Click here to read a great article from The Australian newspaper as to the benefits of students participating in Vision Valley Residential Program.

PPA Trivia Night – Support and help needed

The 2023 Trivia Night for parents of daughters in Kindergarten to Year 12 will be held on Saturday 3 June at Hornsby RSL. The trivia night is the Pymble Parent Association’s (PPA) biggest fundraiser of the year and is a hugely popular event at Pymble, with the fancy dress theme for this year being “Movie Characters”.

To make it a successful evening, we ask you to kindly support this event with donations for the silent auctions and raffles to be given away on the night.

 Examples of donations are:

• Bottles of wine/bubbles (please contact malinib.srivastava@gmail.com, these cannot be dropped off at school)
• Candles
• Vouchers e.g. spa, Bunnings, fun activities etc.
• Chocolates
• Stays in a holiday home
• Experiences
• Cash and gift vouchers (please contact malinib.srivastava@gmail.com and we can purchase on your behalf)

Please note that buckets will be allocated at each school office for you to drop the items, excluding alcohol.

Funds raised from the night are used to fund the Vicki Waters Prize, further development of two teachers/staff members and the Teachers and Staff Thank You Lunch on International Teachers Day in October.

There will also be winners for best dressed and best table decorations!

To join in the fun, please click here to register and for more information.

Alumni Networking Event

The Alumni Networking Event will be held on Thursday 18 May from 6.00pm to 8.30pm at the Sydney office of KPMG at Barangaroo, co-hosted by Dr Hadwen and our Chair of College Board, James Hunter, who is also a partner at KPMG. This event is a partnership with the College and the Ex-Student Union (ESU).

For our parents who work in the corporate or business sector, we would love to extend an invitation on behalf of the ESU and the College board for you to attend as a mentor. There is no formal speech requirement for mentors. On the night there will be a relaxed, industry-based ‘breakout hubs’ where mentors and mentees can chat informally following the guest speaker presentations. This is also an opportunity for you to network with others in the Pymble family who work in your industry.

Should you be able to attend, you will be joining fellow industry professionals, members of the College Senior Executive team and guest speakers, including: 

• Hester Leung (1993), Chief Operating Officer of My Specialised Accommodation Solutions
• Melanie Kurzydlo (2001), Executive Manager for Project Management at APP Corporation
• Fiona Walmsley (1996), General Manager for Climate and Environment at Woolworths Group
• Cristina Carter (2012), Senior Partnerships Manager at Westpac and Co-chair of Westpac’s Pro Bono Employee Action Group.

 Please click here for full details and to RSVP.

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Sunny Hres

PPA President

Term 2 Bus Registrations are now open!

Registrations are now open for the Pymble private bus service during Term 2 – all students must be registered to catch the bus and must have a current student ID card to tap on and off each trip.

In Term 2, the bus service will operate from Wednesday 26 April to Thursday 22 June 2023. 

Please note the addition of a new stop at Mosman (bus route 2) and new location for Stop 1 at Avalon (bus route 4). Check the bus stops and times for your preferred bus route. This will also be attached to your registration confirmation email as per normal.   

Registration for the Pymble bus service is offered on a term-by-term basis, in two formats:

1. Term registration enables the student to access the bus service every day in the morning and afternoon. The charge is currently set at $430.00 per term.

• Flexible registration enables the student to register for specific day(s) with a choice of morning and/or afternoon runs. The charge is currently set at $7.50 per trip.

While face masks are no longer mandatory on Pymble buses or all public transport options as per the updated COVID-19 rules in NSW, students are encouraged to wear one when travelling on Pymble buses. Existing government guidelines for household contacts/positive cases remain in place.

Please contact College Services via collegeservices@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au if you have any further questions about transport to and from Pymble Ladies’ College.

Mother’s Day Morning Tea

Last chance tickets: The Village Championship

2023 PPA Trivia Night

Thinking of a career change? Think Pymble!

At Pymble, you will be wrapped in a culture of care, community and commitment to educational excellence. You’ll also enjoy all the benefits of a big and beautiful working environment. For more information about working at Pymble, click here. 

Job of the week: English Teacher | full-time permanent

With our English team going from strength to strength, we have an opening for a passionate and motivated educator to join us on a full-time permanent basis from Term 3 this year.

As part of our well-regarded English department, you will have a passion for teaching English Literature and a desire to contribute to the development of the minds of future leaders. You will be confident and experienced in teaching across Stages 4, 5 and 6, and may also have experience in Advanced and Extension HSC classes. We are a technologically advanced College, so you will have the ability to quickly adapt to new systems and use technology to enhance your teaching practice.

Enjoy the benefits of joining a College with numerous opportunities for growth and advancement, as well as professional development support with dedicated accreditation, career advice, learning and growth teams.

Our kind of teacher

You will display the following skills and capabilities:

• Hold current NESA accreditation with at least 3 months validity on your maintenance requirements.
• Have an excellent understanding of NESA syllabus requirements.
• Have demonstrated capability to teach English across Stages 4, 5 and 6.
• Be a positive and collaborative contributor to a successful department, committed to delivering excellence in educational outcomes;
• Be adept and confident in differentiating curriculum in the classroom.
• Have a strong understanding of the application of technology to enhance learning.
• Be a reflective professional engaged in ongoing professional development and research in relation to your teaching and pedagogical practice.
• Be committed to supporting inclusive and holistic student wellbeing.
• Be supportive of the College ethos and able to demonstrate our values in your way of working.

For more information or to apply, click here for the full advertisement and job description.

Annual feedback surveys for parents and students

As part of the College’s continual improvement process, MMG has been commissioned to conduct the annual reviews from parents and students. These surveys give us the chance to receive feedback so we can build on our strengths and prioritise areas of focus. Whilst doing surveys takes time, we are eager to use the research-informed feedback from parents and students and are very appreciative of each response.

Parents of students in Year 3, 5, 8, 10 and 12 would have already received their personal email with a link to the MMG ‘Tracking’ survey. This voluntary survey takes about half an hour. It invites parents to share feedback on areas including academics, wellbeing, boarding, co-curricular activities, sport and leadership. If parents are in one of the target year groups and have not received a personal email with a link by Friday 5 May, please let me know.

Students in Year 5 completed their surveys this week, and students in Years 8, 10 and 12 will do theirs in the next couple of weeks. Students will be supervised in Mind, Body, Spirit time to do their survey but the surveys are voluntary to complete.  

In Term 3, students from Year 6 to 12 will be invited to complete the MMG Wellbeing survey. This survey goes into greater depth than the Tracking survey which also includes some wellbeing questions. Further information will be shared in Term 3.

At the conclusion of the research period, MMG Education compiles final reports for the College. In months ahead, we look forward to sharing insights from the research with the community.

Please remember, that by completing the questionnaires, parents and students are making an invaluable contribution to the future of the College as we strive to ensure that we are providing the best opportunities possible for our students.

Thank you for your feedback and contribution.

Dr Sarah Loch

Director – Pymble Institute

Scholarship registrations open to current Year 6, 7, 8 9 and 10 students

Pymble offers a number of scholarships each year to girls seeking a Performance Scholarship – Sport or All-Rounder Scholarship starting in 2024. These scholarships are open to all students who are currently in Year 6, 7, 8, 9 or Year 10.

Registrations close on 4 August 2023. The examination will be held at the College on Sunday 13 August 2023.

Information about portfolio requirements and how to apply can be found online through the Scholarship webpage.

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Clair Stock

Enrolments Manager

Read the 2022 Pymbulletin

Get your tickets to Madagascar – A Musical Adventure JR.

Madagascar is the story of four best mates wanting an adventure outside the safe confines of the Central Park Zoo. They escape to Madagascar where they meet King Julien and his lemur buddies. Alex the Lion confronts his innate desire for food, attempting to eat his best mate, Marty, whilst Melman and Gloria try to keep the group together.

Don’t miss out on what’s sure to be a fantastic performance the whole family will enjoy!

Pymble in Young

You and your family are invited to meet our Deputy Principal, Ms Lamia Rockwell and Director of Boarding, Mrs Carolyn Burgess along with other members of the Pymble community to connect and celebrate our proud history.