Speech Night 2023

Speech Night will be held at the Sydney Town Hall on Thursday 7 December, with rehearsals conducted throughout the afternoon and the ceremony commencing at 7.30pm. Students are not required to attend school on the Thursday morning, as the school will be closed. Attendance at Speech Night is compulsory for all girls from Years 3-12. It is anticipated that Speech Night will conclude at approximately 9.30pm. Correct summer uniform should be worn (blazers are not required).

Students in the Secondary School will go straight to the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon, arriving progressively for their rehearsals. All musicians in the Special Project Orchestra are required at the Town Hall from 2.30pm onwards, while the Combined Choirs are required from 3.30pm. Further details for other musicians will be provided by the Music Department. All remaining students in the Secondary School will be required to meet their Form Teachers in St. Andrew’s Square (next to the Town Hall) at 5.00pm, for the full school rehearsal.

Parents of Secondary girls who are in groups that rehearse prior to the arrival of the majority of the Secondary School should be aware that girls will be dismissed for short, unsupervised breaks in the vicinity of the Town Hall. Students in the Secondary School will also be dismissed for a short dinner break from approximately 6.00pm to 6.45pm when students will also need to remain in the vicinity of the Town Hall. All Secondary students will need to be seated, with their Form Teachers, in the Town Hall before 7.00pm.

For the Primary School (Years 3-6), girls will meet at school in the afternoon, and will travel by bus to the Town Hall accompanied by their teachers. Girls must arrive at school by 3.15pm for a 3.30pm departure. There will be supervision of the girls in their classrooms from 3.00pm onwards, and girls are asked not to be at school before this time. Primary girls are asked to bring with them an evening meal, clearly labelled with their name and class, packed in disposable wrapping. They should also bring with them a disposable water bottle. Primary girls will not be given permission to meet at the Town Hall, or to leave the Town Hall between the rehearsal and Speech Night.

Holly Gyton
Deputy Head of School