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THE MAGAZINE 2022

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Chair of the Board’s Speech Day Report

(As delivered to the College at the Years 7 to 10 Secondary School Speech Day on Friday 2 December 2022.)

A very warm welcome to you all. It is a pleasure to be with you today to celebrate an excellent year at Pymble

We have greatly appreciated and enjoyed a full year of face-to-face learning, activities and events on our two campuses, Pymble and Vision Valley – girls, I’m sure you have, too!

We threw a big party – also known as our Garden Party – and we were delighted to see our talented performers back up on stage in musicals, ensembles, Dance and Drama Showcases, and the Festival of Speech.

In terms of achievements – there are too many to list today, but a few highlights for me include:

• Our Robotics girls competing at the World Robotics Championships in Houston

• Hosting our first student-led Research Conference

• Pymble cadets representing all female Army cadets in Australia by marching in the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Parade at Government House

• And, in really exciting news – our 2022 HSC cohort has already received 411 early entry offers to university. Our girls have also received multiple nominations for their HSC performance work in Music, Dance and Drama.

Last year Pymble incorporated and subsequently our College Council became a Board. This year we say thank you and farewell to two of our Board directors: Rev Stephen Aynsley, who graciously served on the Board for 13 years and Mr Simon Rothery who generously contributed his business acumen to the Board since 2017. We also welcomed three outstanding new Board members; Ms Li-Enn Koo, Mr Christopher Colfer and Mrs Suzy Nicoletti.

I am sure you have all read the recent articles focused on independent school governance – something I have taken a keen interest in, as you would imagine. I am fortunate to have inherited a very effective school governance from Mr Braith Williams, and before him Mrs Kate Mason and Mr John Conde. Our Board oversees the governance, strategic direction, financial, operations and master planning programs at Pymble We have 12 Board members – seven female, three ex-students and some are Pymble parents. Board members are selected after an extensive recruitment process designed to bring depth and diversity of experience, skills, ethnicity and age – with multiple candidates shortlisted for each new role. We have a Governance and Nominations Committee, which I chair, to assess Board effectiveness and examine closely our evolving skills matrix and the right candidates for potential Board succession. We have an Audit, Risk and Finance Committee, an Asset Management Committee, and an Education Committee – and members of our Board all sit on one of these. Our Board culture is collegiate, professional, disciplined and as effective as any board I have been involved with in my last 20 years both here in Australia and globally – I would like to thank every member of our Board who contributes so much of their time each week to Pymble

Why is this important for you to know? Well, the effectiveness of Pymble’s governance enables Dr Hadwen and her team to operate with 100 per cent focus on your daughters – and, I should add, after the requisite and at times rigorous discussion on key issues, I stand right beside Dr Hadwen on every decision she makes for Pymble. The transparency and no-surprisesenvironment we share builds trust with our whole Board –and enables Dr Hadwen to do what she excels at – leading an outstanding school. There is more information about our Board on our Pymble website, however I encourage you to contact me directly if you have any questions about our Board, our governance or operations as a College.

You may also be aware of continued discussion in some boys’ schools regarding co-education – let me say for the record, Pymble has no plans to become co-ed. Research strongly supports the fact that girls develop differently and at a faster rate than boys, and that girls thrive in a single-sex academic environment – with the benefit of interactions with boys through wider programs. This research shows that a singlesex learning environment leads to better outcomes for girls, including:

• Proven academic success and participation

• Mental health and wellbeing

• Stronger self-esteem and self-confidence

• A stronger sense of engagement with their community; and

• Earlier and stronger development of leadership skills.

In my role on the Board of the AIS, I have visibility of several boys’ schools planning to go co-ed – after co-education is introduced in these schools, many will have a majority of boys, which will have an impact on the experience of the girls. Interestingly, I am not aware of any girls’ school undertaking a co-ed transition.

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In a new podcast series called Speaking of Change: the Benefits of Girls’ Schools, Dr Hadwen interviews several leading academics about the research into girls’ schools and learning outcomes – stay tuned, we will share the links to this series with you shortly.

In addition to being a proudly all-girls’ school, we remain committed to being an inclusive school in every way as per our strategic pillar: Diversity as the path to unity.

Pymble has no intention of becoming a selective school, which effectively would mean only accepting 95+ ATAR achievers from Year 7 onwards. That’s not going to happen. We are proud to have remained in the top five non-selective schools in the State for more than a decade – as measured by ATARs. And we will continue to offer girls from a diverse range of socio-economic and academic backgrounds the opportunity to attend Pymble

This year, we made great use of our second campus, Vision Valley, with girls from Kindergarten through to Year 12 spending quality time connecting with ‘self’, others and the environment at ‘The Valley’.

Of course, the big success story was the launch of our four-week Residential Program for Year 9 students from Pymble and Riverview. The feedback from students and parents has been overwhelmingly positive – “life-changing”, “loved the program”, “developed confidence”, “found new passions and interests” – and many of you here today were part of that incredible experience, congratulations! We continue to enhance this program and are working to include other boys’ schools, potentially Knox Grammar School, Shore School, St Aloysius’ College and The King’s School, in addition to our friends at Riverview.

...the big success story was the launch of our four-week Residential Program

Another important launch in 2022 is our Pymble Foundation which will support the development of future facilities, including our new Grey House Precinct and further renovations to Vision Valley. In addition to ensuring that Pymble’s learning areas remain current and relevant to provide the best learning opportunities for our girls, the Foundation will support the funding of initiatives such as offering scholarships for refugees. We have received excellent feedback and support for this program from a number of parent groups Dr Hadwen engaged with in 2022. Should you wish to discuss opportunities to contribute in a meaningful way for the benefit of current and future generations of students, please feel free to contact Dr Hadwen or our Associate Director of the Foundation, Ms Alex Wright.

To conclude, thank you for your commitment and contributions and for entrusting your daughter’s education to us. Enrolling your daughter at Pymble is one of the most important decisions you have made for her future.

Girls – when this final assembly is finished and you see your parents, please give them a massive hug and just say “thank you”!

Parents and carers – I hope we see you all at the Icebreaker in February. Keep an eye out for the invitation. We’d also love you to join us for next year’s Alumni Networking Event at Barangaroo – where you can support our Pymble graduates aged 18 to 30 years old, simply by being available to discuss your work, industry or career experience. Girls – this will be available to you in a few years! Just as we are supporting your learning journey this year and next, so too will we be supporting you as a graduate in your career journey. Watch us change the world together!

It has been a wonderful year – one we are very proud of, and on behalf of the Pymble Board, I wish you all a safe and relaxing Christmas break.

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Pymble Board and Company Secretary

(As at 24 November 2022.)

Board of Directors

Principal’s Speech Day Report

(As delivered to the College at the Senior School Speech Day on Friday 23 September 2022.)

Good morning and welcome to our very special Senior School Speech Day Assembly for 2022.

Welcome to the Moderator of the Synod of the Uniting Church in NSW and the ACT Rev Simon Hansford, Chair of the College Board James Hunter, fellow Pymble Board members, past Board members, the Honourable Alister Henskens – Minister for Skills and Training, Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology, Leader of the House of Representatives, special guests who are here with us today, staff, and, of course the reason we are all here, welcome to our Year 12 graduates. Welcome also to our incoming Year 12 students and all students in Years 7 to 10.

To our Pymble families, it’s so fantastic to welcome you here on campus today to celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2022. The impact of COVID-19 over the past few years has significantly disrupted opportunities for connection; I’m deeply grateful we can be here, in person, to celebrate.

Some of you know I’m not much of a believer in luck. I was listening recently to an interview with Dr Maya Shankar. She tells the most beautiful story of how she ended up at The Juilliard School – the world’s leading performing arts school. When she was nine after years of practice, she and her Mum were in New York and her Mum convinced her to ‘just go into Juilliard’ and take a look – she recalls it took an enormous amount of courage, and this led to her auditioning and being accepted into the program.

Reflecting on this, Shankar comments that this was a formative moment in her life. It taught her that:

Life might always hand you what you want on a plate, sometimes you have to make the damn plate.

Shankar was selected for the program not because she was technically the best, but because she had worked hard enough to be excellent, and her passion made her more attractive than other applicants – she had something to say through her music.

So why do I raise this now? Year 12, you have always been a group that has had something to say; this isn’t luck – it plays at the intersection of purpose and passion.

In fact, my very first interaction with a Pymble student was when I stepped out of the car and one of your group called out “No way!” to which I responded “Yes way!” what a great way to be greeted as your first interaction.

This set the scene, in my mind, for what I would quickly learn to love and respect about this cohort – you’ve got something to say.

Along the way you’ve had a few missteps where you have learned valuable skills about how to have your say and you have refined your delivery to have an important impact on the College in many ways – The Village Champions, Costumes for Cancer, Diversity Directions lessons, the Colour Run and your enthusiasm in delivering the Sony Bake Sale to name a few – these are all examples of the intersection between passion and purpose and this group having something –important – to say.

I’m deeply grateful we can be here, in person, to celebrate.

1 Milla Black, Natasha Newham and Phoebe Mason, Year 11

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You have had a very disrupted time through your senior years. You began Year 12 online, had your Year 11 examinations online and several special assemblies for you were held over Microsoft Teams. It’s no wonder at the start of the year you were ‘feeling 22’ (maybe literally and metaphorically!). Of course, being the ‘we’re all in’ type of year group you also managed to wipe out some 56 Pymble classmates and almost all staff in attendance (including Mr Bell and me) with COVID-19 at your Formal (although I consider that as perhaps a tactical strategy to get it over with before your Trials and HSC exams).

So girls, as you finish your time at school today I feel you are ready. I’m not wishing you the best of luck, I’m instead looking forward to your hard work continuing to meet opportunities where you will have your say and make your own damn plate.

Now speaking of passion and purpose – thank you most sincerely to our wonderful deputies Mrs Shaw, Mr Raymond and Ms Rockwell and to all the Senior Executive team. Girls, Mrs Shaw wanted me to send you her regards, she is on long service leave and is sorry to have missed your final few days, she will be back next term to ensure things run smoothly for your exams!

Thank you to the Executive team, our Chaplains, Director of Boarding Mrs Burgess and to the Senior School and Year 12 team, Mrs Wyse, Ms Gallardo, Mr Heggie and Ms Mimmo for their love and support along the way. Thank you to our College Board and in particular to our Chair Mr James Hunter for his constant support and guidance and for always enabling me to have a say. This year Mr Simon Rothery and Rev Stephen Aynsley step down from the Board; their contribution to Pymble has been significant over many years and I humbly thank them for their service and their wisdom.

Girls, I send you off today with a blessing from Irish poet John O’Donohue:

“May the nourishment of the earth be yours, may the clarity of light be yours, may the fluency of the ocean be yours, may the protection of the ancestors be yours. And so may a slow wind work these words of love around you, an invisible cloak to mind your life.”

Finally, I have something very special for you from someone near and dear – enjoy!

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Staff 2022

Senior Executive

Principal: Dr K. Hadwen

Senior Deputy Principal:

Mrs J. Shaw

Deputy Principal – Academics (K-12):

Mr J. Raymond

Deputy Principal – Students (K-12):

Ms L. Rockwell

Head of Junior School: Mrs K. Brown

Chief Operating Officer: Mr A. Stewart

Chief Financial Officer: Mr A. Lang

Chief People and Culture Officer:

Ms K. Rimer

Director of Innovative Learning

Technologies: Mr A. England

Director – Pymble Institute: Dr S. Loch

Director of Staff: Mr S. Dunk

Key Staff

Head of Senior School: Mrs N. Wyse

Head of Upper School: Mr T. Riley

Head of Middle School:

Mrs J. O’Donnell

Head of Early Years: Mrs K. Ahearn

Director of Student Learning

(Years 7-10): Mr J. Plaskett

Director of Student Learning

(Years 11-12): Mrs N. Stanfield

Director of Human Resources:

Mrs C. Chandler (Term 1)

Director – Community Engagement and Advancement: Mrs K. Mancey

Director of Co-curricular Performing

Arts: Mrs S. Turner (Terms 1 & 2),

Mr M. Griffiths (Terms 3 & 4)

Director of Sport: Mr G. Meagher

Director of Boarding: Mrs C. Burgess

Director of Futures and Partnerships

(K-12): Mr A. Kozyra (Terms 1, 2 & 3), Mrs K. Maksimovic (Terms 3 & 4)

Director of Projects –Learning and Growth:

Mrs K. Maksimovic (Terms 1 & 2)

Director of Professional Learning:

Ms K. Howarth

Head of Campus – Vision Valley:

Mr S. Clark

Chaplains

Rev P. Bent

Rev L. Rodriguez Torres

Student Support Services

Psychological Services

Mr A. Scott (Lead –Psychological Services)

Mrs K. Beard

Ms S. Bennett

Ms S. Cashel

Dr D. Ellis

Mrs M. Kirollos

Ms N. Reyes

Mrs F. Stemp

Teacher Growth

Ms F. D’Souza (Careers and Futures Advisor) (Term 4)

Mrs S. Clifford (Administrative Assistant – Professional Learning) (Terms 1 & 2)

Ms M. Grzelska (Administrative Assistant – Professional Learning) (Terms 3 & 4)

Mrs K. O’Kelly (Futures Advisor (Years 5-12))

Ms D. Tarrant (High Potential Learning Co-ordinator (7-12))

Indigenous Education

Miss K. Howie (Indigenous Education Leader)

Miss N. Kiddle

Out of School Hours Care

Ms F. Stevenson (Co-ordinator)

Miss. A. Ibbotson (Assistant Co-ordinator/ Educational Leader)

Mrs. C. Bigham

Mrs S. Kelso

Miss J. Lee

Mrs J. Mokhtar (Administrative Assistant)

Junior School

Mrs K. Brown (Head of Junior School)

Ms L. Bird (Deputy Head of Junior School – Academic)

Mrs N. Davey (Deputy Head of Junior School – Operations)

Mrs K. Tyson (Deputy Head of Junior School – Students)

Mrs V. Adamovich

Mrs V. Aikman

Mrs A. Anderson

Mrs C. Anderson

Miss C. Baker

Mrs M. Belle

Mrs A. Blackshaw (Terms 3 & 4)

Mrs T. Burton

Ms A. Callebaut (Terms 2, 3 & 4)

Mrs D. Carre

Ms C. Casey

Miss P. Charalambous (Terms 3 & 4)

Mrs T. Clark

Mrs E. Clutterham

Mrs E. Cole

Mrs M. Cook

Mrs R. Corby (Term 4)

Ms E. Davenport

Miss E. Dorsen

Mrs J. Downing

Mrs J. Dreverman

Mrs C. Durrant

Mrs I. Falekkou-Wright (Years 3 to 6 Learning Support Co-ordinator)

Ms T. Farlow

Ms L. Florance (Terms 3 & 4)

Ms B. Garson

Mrs S. Gentle

Miss R. Gibson

Mrs K. Giles

Ms A. Gordon

Mrs L. Hammond-Walker

Mrs J. Hare

Mrs K. Haynes (Administrative Assistant to the Head of Junior School) (Terms 3 & 4)

Mrs J. Hefter

Mrs H. Holobrodskyj (Acting Administrative Assistant to the Head and Deputy Head of Junior School) (Terms 1 & 2)

Mrs A. Hooper (Administrative Assistant to the Deputy Heads of Junior School)

Mrs C. Inchbold (Administrative Assistant)

Ms M. Itzcovitz

Miss J. Jiang

Miss I. Kennett (Terms 3 & 4)

Mrs J. King

Mrs R. Kingsell

Mrs M. Kotian

Mrs J. Laretive

Mrs D. Lewis

Mr S. Loker

Mrs H. Lynch

Mrs F. McDermott

Miss S. McGeoch

Mrs A. McMahon (Administrative Assistant)

Mrs J. Meacock

Mrs M. Medeiros

Mrs C. Melrose

Mrs J. Mercer

Mrs M. Meyers

Mrs N. Michie

Mrs A. Murphy

Mrs S. Musico

Miss J. Ng

Miss S. North

Mrs C. O’Connor

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Mrs J. Ooms (Term 1)

Mrs C. Ottaviano (Terms 3 & 4)

Mrs A. Phillips

Mrs J. Plummer

Miss R. Prince

Mrs S. Recchia

Mrs T. Reid (Terms 3 & 4)

Mrs G. Roberts

Mr S. Robinson

Mrs A. Sarkisian (Terms 1, 2 & 3)

Mrs O. Schofer

Mrs L. Sharman

Mr H. Shoppee (Term 4)

Mrs V. Soumboulidis (Terms 3 & 4)

Mrs L. Tancred (Terms 1 & 2)

Mrs F. Taylor (Administrative Assistant)

Mrs A. Tedesco

Ms A. To

Miss O. Trevisan

Mrs L. Tysoe

Mr M. Tyson

Mrs C. Wall

Mrs S. Ward

Miss S. Wells (Terms 1 & 2)

Mrs M. Wilson

Mrs T. Wilson

Ms L. Wynne

Secondary School

Head of Senior School: Mrs N. Wyse

Deputy Head of Senior School:

Ms P. Gallardo

Head of Secondary – Wellbeing:

Mrs M. Boyd

Heads of Year 12: Mr A. Heggie, Ms T. Mimmo

Heads of Year 11: Mr M. Stern, Mrs C. Foley

Head of Upper School: Mr T. Riley

Deputy Head of Upper School:

Mrs M. Hunt

Heads of Year 10: Mrs K. Michie, Miss D. Beaumont, Ms S. Attley (Acting)

Heads of Year 9: Mr A. Levin, Mrs K. Richter

Head of Middle School:

Mrs J. O’Donnell

Deputy Head of Middle School:

Ms H. McNelly (Terms 1 & 2),

Mrs S. Budd (Terms 3 & 4)

Heads of Year 8: Ms M. Lombard,

Ms M. Carr, Mrs S. Budd (Terms 1 & 2)

Heads of Year 7: Mrs V. Harrison, Ms G. Ventura

English

Mrs A. Reynolds (Head of Learning

Area – English)

Miss R. Brown (Terms 2, 3 & 4)

Mrs S. Budd

Ms M. Carr

Dr K. French (Term 1)

Ms C. Grace

Mrs F. Hamilton

Mr A. Heggie

Mrs J. Hodgson (Terms 1 & 2)

Miss K. Houghton

Mrs M. Jones

Ms R. Knox (Term 4)

Ms B. Labram

Mrs B. Lovarini

Mrs K. McEvoy

Miss S. Nolan

Ms D. Oates

Mrs E. O’Brien

Mrs J. O’Donnell

Mrs J. Peppitt

Mrs S. Raniga

Mrs C. Reid

Mr M. Stern

Mrs J. Torta

Mrs K. Totonjian

Miss A. White

Mrs N. Wyse

Ms G. Zolezzi (Terms 3 & 4)

Geography, Business Studies & Economics

Mr T. Lucas (Head of Learning

Area – Geography, Business Studies and Economics)

Ms A. Benoit Renard (Term 4)

Ms A. Bowler

Ms F. Cole

Ms F. Dyet (Terms 3 & 4)

Mrs A. Engelen

Mr P. Fogale

Mr R. Howells

Mr L. Hume

Mrs M. Hunt

Mrs C. Louw (Terms 1 & 2)

Mrs N. Moylan

Ms D. Owens

Mrs R. Purvis

Mrs J. Sheer

Ms G. Ventura

Mrs A. Wright

History, Society & Ethics

Miss C. Warth (Head of Learning

Area – History, Society and Ethics)

Miss R. Auteri

Rev P. Bent (Chaplain)

Miss P. Blake

Miss L. Brooks

Mrs C. Burgess

Mr P. Fathers

Mrs S. Flatt

Ms C. Foley

Mrs L. Kovacs

Dr S. Loch

Mr J. McDermott

Mr D. McKinlay

Mr A. Moynihan

Mrs S. Nicholson

Ms M. Nicolas

Mrs E. O’Brien

Mr M. Peacock

Rev L. Rodriguez Torres (Chaplain)

Dr A. Rome

Mr R. Stewart

Mrs P. Thomas

Library

Ms T. Zwar (Team Lead)

Miss D. Beaumont

Ms H. Cheng

Mr K. Dale-O’Connor

Miss A. Gartland

Ms J. Hibburt

Mx S. Toohey (Term 4)

Mrs S. Patmore

Mrs J. Scott

Mrs J. Spencer

Mrs A. Wallen

Mathematics

Mrs C. Kerr (Head of Learning Area –Mathematics)

Mrs J. Bell (Term 4)

Mrs C. Cooper

Miss B. Davis

Mr M. Feng

Mrs F. Gray

Mrs D. Greenberg

Ms T. Hoang

Mrs K. Jackson (Term 1)

Ms P. Kumar

Mrs A. Kydd (Terms 1 & 2)

Ms P. Lau

Ms J. Lee (Terms 1 & 2)

Mrs M. Millar

Ms T. Mimmo

Mrs J. Morgan (Administrative Assistant)

Mr B. Morrison

Mrs D. Munro

Ms P. Prosser

Miss K. Rachidi

Ms C.M. Smith

Ms C.L. Smith

Mrs J. Squires

Mr P. Veliotis

Mrs M. Ward

Mr M. Way

Mrs H. Wright

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Modern & Classical Languages

Mrs S. Bussien (Head of Learning Area –Modern and Classical Languages)

Ms S. Centner

Mrs S. Cepraga

Mr S. Dunk

Mrs M. Gee

Dr A. Hartwig (Terms 1, 2 & 3)

Mrs M. Izuishi

Ms E. Lee

Ms M. Lombard

Ms J. Lovell

Ms H. McNelly (Terms 1 & 2)

Mrs B. Uphill

Mr J. Warren

Mrs A. Wawryka

Mrs S. Xie

Performing Arts

Mr M. Stafford (Head of Learning Area –Performing Arts)

Mrs S. Turner (Director of Co-curricular Performing Arts) (Terms 1 & 2)

Mr M. Griffiths (Director of Co-curricular Performing Arts) (Terms 3 & 4)

Miss S. Anderson (Terms 1 & 2)

Ms S. Ashton (Terms 3 & 4)

Ms L. Bain

Ms E. Buckley

Miss K. Cluff (Head of Dance)

Mrs N. Colbey

Ms M. Cooper-Findlay

Ms S. Dunlop (Terms 1 & 2)

Mrs A. Marsden (Administrative Assistant – Performing Arts)

Mr K. Schweinberger (Head of Co-curricular Music)

Ms K. Stevens

Ms T. Sweetman (Head of Drama)

Miss G. Uy (Administrative Assistant)

Mrs N. Woodyatt

Mrs R. York (Terms 3 & 4)

Personal Development, Health & Physical Education

Mrs A. Cruz (Head of Learning Area –PDHPE)

Miss L. Bliss

Mrs M. Boyd

Mrs R. Carrier

Mrs C. Diakoumis

Miss M. Gardiner

Miss R. Haemaelaeinen

Miss S. Halliday

Mrs V. Harrison

Miss K. Howie

Mr A. Levin

Miss L. Meakin

Miss M. Millett

Mr S. Pennington

Mrs K. Richter

Miss K. Stapp

Miss K. Venianakis

Miss L. Verteouris

Mrs K. White

Science

Dr K. Spence (Head of Learning Area –Science)

Mrs V. Agapides

Ms S. Attley

Mr G. Brennan (Lab Manager)

Dr K. Bunny

Mrs R. Campbell

Mrs K. Cooley

Mrs A. De Fraine

Ms P. Gallardo

Ms S. Gooley (Term 1)

Ms D. Greener (Terms 3 & 4)

Ms S. Haque

Mr P. Hare

Mrs T. Hartkopf-Theis (Lab Assistant)

Ms B. Hessel

Mr G. Jackson

Mr S. Johnston (Term 4)

Mrs J. Kennedy

Miss K. Kitto

Miss E. Lau

Mr C. Le Bescont

Ms L. Liao (Terms 1 & 2)

Mr B. Long

Mrs E. Lyons

Dr G. McCarthy

Mrs K. Michie

Mrs B. Phimister (Lab Assistant)

Mrs B. Pickover (Lab Assistant)

Mr T. Riley

Mrs R. Rudd

Mrs A. Sargent

Mrs N. Stanfield

Miss A. Storey

Mrs L. Thompson

Mrs A. Thorne

Mrs M. Zibaei (Lab Assistant)

Technological & Applied Studies

Mr P. Ellis (Head of Learning Area –Technological and Applied Studies)

Miss H. Cusiter (Terms 1 & 2)

Mr A. England

Ms H. Hansby

Miss L. Macaulay

Mrs A. Mead

Mrs S. McCorquodale

Mrs M. Moar

Miss A. Moreton

Mrs M. Myles (Technical Assistant Textiles)

Mrs N. Nelson

Ms K. Olsen (Terms 3 & 4)

Ms E. Pracy

Mr J. Raymond

Ms M. Schumann

Miss B. Staniforth

Mr S. Thomson (Technical Assistant Technology Mandatory and Design and Technology)

Mrs K. Wiedemann (Technical Assistant Food Technology and Hospitality)

Visual Arts

Mrs B. Maltese (Head of Learning Area –Visual Arts)

Miss R. Cassidy

Mr D. Del Favero

Mrs E. Frohlich

Mr S. Gerardi

Mrs A. Hale (Visual Arts Technical Assistant)

Ms A. Harris

Mrs C. O’Regan

Learning Support

Mrs L. Lim (Head of Learning Support)

Mrs J. Chamberlain

Mrs J. Collins

Ms E. Gray

Mrs A. Skyba

Ms C. Truong

Mrs H. Venkataramanan

Mrs V. Wong (Administrative Assistant)

Operational Staff

College Services

Miss J. Mapoon (Manager)

Ms M. Bocska (Administrative Assistant) (Terms 3 & 4)

Miss C. Burton

Mrs H. Cruikshank

Mrs J. Woodley (Administrative Assistant (Terms 3 & 4)

Executive Administration

Mrs M. Alexander (Personal Assistant to the Deputy Principal Academic (K-12))

Ms A. Bastes (Administrative Assistant –Middle School) (Terms 2, 3 & 4)

Miss H. Buchner (Executive Assistant to the Senior Deputy Principal) (Terms 3 & 4)

Ms F. Crawford (Company Secretary)

Mrs A. Chambers (Personal Assistant to the Deputy Principal – Students (K-12))

Mrs A. Deschamps (Administrative Assistant – Upper School)

Mrs E. England (Administrative Assistant – Student Learning)

Mrs H. Foord (Administrative Assistant –Senior School) (Terms 3 & 4)

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Mrs R. Hawkins (Personal Assistant to the Deputy Principal – Students (K-12)) (Terms 1, 2 & 3)

Mrs B. Hickson (Senior School Academic Administration Co-ordinator)

Mrs K. Haynes (Administrative Assistant – Senior Deputy Principal) (Terms 1 & 2)

Mrs M. Lee (Executive Writer)

Mrs P. Munro (College Receptionist)

Ms C. Nemeth de Bikal (Assistant Company Secretary) (Terms 2, 3 & 4)

Mrs P. Rodrigues (Administrative Assistant – Directors of Staff and Research and Development)

Mrs S. Sengupta (Executive Assistant to the Principal)

Mrs S. Seymour (Upper School Academic Administration Co-ordinator)

Mrs S. Sibug (Middle School Academic Administration Co-ordinator)

Mrs E. Valente (College Receptionist)

Ms R. Volonakis (Administrative Assistant – Middle School)

Mrs S. Watts (Administrative Assistant –Upper School)

Mrs P. Williams (Administrative Assistant – Senior School) (Term 1)

Miss K. Whiley (Administrative Assistant – Curriculum Office) (Term 4)

Human Resources

Ms K. Rimer (Chief People and Culture Officer)

Mrs C. Chandler (Director of Human Resources) (Term 1)

Ms O. Miller (Head of Human Resources) (Terms 2, 3 & 4)

Miss J. Curran (Talent Acquisition Advisor)

Mrs N. Farrar (Senior HR Advisor)

Miss L. Girgenti (HR Advisor –Co-curricular and Operations)

Ms R. Huljich (HR Administrator) (Terms 3 & 4)

Mrs J. Morcomb (HR Co-ordinator)

Finance

Mr A. Lang (Chief Financial Officer)

Mrs M. Bryant (Finance Manager)

Mrs E. Corderoy (Finance Officer)

Ms L. Jin (Senior Payroll Officer)

Ms F. Kwang (Accounts Payable Officer)

Ms C. Liu (Payroll Assistant)

Mrs M. Shashank (Financial Support Administrator)

Mrs M. Zhu (Assistant Accountant)

Risk & Compliance

Ms M. Townsend (Director of Risk and Compliance)

Mrs S. Clifford (Organisation Risk Manager) (Terms 3 & 4)

Information Technology

Mr A. England (Director of Innovative Learning Technologies)

Mr S. Alexander (Infrastructure Manager)

Mrs S. Bahrami Jam (Database Administrator)

Mr J. Batey (Graduate Web Developer)

Mr D. Brown (Digital Learning Leader)

Mr X. Cai (Infrastructure Engineer)

Mr N. Carvalheiro (Infrastructure Engineer)

Mrs B. Cassidy (Senior Digital Learning Leader)

Mrs C. Cassidy (Digital Learning Leader)

Mr T. Cousins (Service Desk Technician)

Mr K. Griffin (Service Desk Technician)

Mr J. Irving (Audio Visual Services Co-ordinator)

Mr E. Mylius (Projects and Security Engineer)

Ms E. Naguit (Projects Co-ordinator)

Mr I. Polley (Service Desk Technician)

Mr Z. Quitzau (Service Desk Manager)

Miss S. Rooney (Digital Learning Leader)

Mr I. Sandejas (Web Developer)

Mr J. Turnbull (Digital Learning Leader)

Community Engagement

Mrs K. Mancey (Director – Community Engagement and Advancement)

Ms N. Cao (Relationship Manager)

Mrs M. Clements (Enrolments Manager

K-6) (Terms 2, 3 & 4)

Mrs M. Coleman (Community Events Manager)

Mrs K. Corcoran (Alumni Relations Manager)

Miss J. Davis (Digital and Social Media Co-ordinator)

Ms R. Fairbairn (Graphic Designer) (Terms 3 & 4)

Mrs J. Garment (Relationship Manager)

Ms J. Gerrish (Graphic Design Manager)

Ms M. Gilmour (Communications and Engagement Manager) (Terms 2, 3 & 4)

Mrs L. Ireland (Enrolments Co-ordinator)

Mrs S. Jurgen-Ondaatjie (Enrolments Assistant) (Terms 1, 2 & 3)

Mrs A. Lees (Assistant Editor) (Term 1)

Mrs B. McDowell (Graphic Designer) (Term 2)

Mrs M. Stalley (Digital and Social Media Specialist)

Mrs C. Stock (Enrolments Manager 7-12)

Mr B. Stoneham (Editor and Communications Co-ordinator) (Terms 3 & 4)

Ms K. Walther (Community Engagement Co-ordinator)

(Terms 3 & 4)

Ms A. Wright (Associate Director of Development) (Terms 2, 3 & 4)

Ms Y. Zhang (Enrolments Assistant) (Terms 3 & 4)

Pymble Institute

Dr S. Loch (Director – Pymble Institute)

Mrs V. Adamovich (Research Assistant)

Mrs E. O’Carroll (Archivist)

College Shop

Mrs J. Stewart (Manager)

Mrs P. Allen

Mrs M. Gigliobianco (Terms 1, 2 & 3)

Mrs L. Gillespie

Mrs F. Irish

Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts

Mrs T. Grelis (Theatre Manager)

Mr T. Colvin (Theatre Technician Co-ordinator)

Miss Z. Reynolds (Theatre Technician)

Co-curricular Performing Arts

Mrs S. Turner (Director of Co-curricular Performing Arts)

(Terms 1 & 2)

Mr M. Griffiths (Director of Co-curricular Performing Arts

(Terms 3 & 4)

Mr K. Schweinberger (Head of Co-curricular Music)

Miss S. Anderson (Terms 1 & 2)

Ms S. Ashton (Terms 3 & 4)

Ms L. Bain

Miss E. Buckley

Mrs V. Clancy

Mrs N. Colbey (Head of Strings)

Ms M. Cooper-Findlay

Miss K. Cluff (Head of Dance)

Mr M. Dellevergin

Mrs S. Dunlop (Terms 1 & 2)

Miss T. Farlow

Mrs J. Hare

Ms S. Hibburt

Mrs B. Hubbard (Head of Co-curricular Language Arts)

Mrs A. Marsden (Administrative Assistant – Performing Arts)

Mr M. Stafford (Head of Bands)

Ms T. Sweetman (Head of Drama)

Mrs S. Turner

Miss G. Uy (Administrative Assistant –Music)

Mrs R. York (Terms 3 & 4)

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Co-curricular Sport

Mr G. Meagher (Director of Sport)

Mrs C. Boland (Administrative Assistant – Co-curricular) (Terms 3 & 4)

Miss T. Calderwood

Mrs V. Clyne (Administrative Assistant –Artistic Gymnastics) (Terms 1 & 2)

Mrs M. Dickson (Administrative Assistant – Co-curricular) (Terms 2, 3 & 4)

Mrs K. Edwards

Mr J. Foss

Mrs A. Frazer (Administrative Assistant –Co-curricular)

Mr J. Garrad

Mrs A. Gestier

Mr L. Gray

Miss X. Hudson

Mrs K. Husen (Administrative Assistant –Co-curricular)

Mrs K. Irvine

Miss K. Johnstone

Mr S. Keshavarz Adeli

Mrs C. Lang

Mr B. Lawrence (Terms 1 & 2)

Mrs S. Lindsay (Acting Head of Co-curricular Administration)

Miss R. Maenpaa

Ms J. Miccoli (Terms 2, 3 & 4)

Mrs S. Mobilia

Miss B. Moore

Miss M. O’Keeffe

Mr J. Pennington

Mr S. Pennington

Miss S. Petronzio (Terms 3 & 4)

Mr D. Petri

Mrs E. Portocarrero (Administrative Assistant – Artistic Gymnastics) (Term 4)

Mr S. Qu

Mrs K. Radford

Mr A. Raso

Mr M. Renshaw

Mr R. Rodrigues

Miss C. Ryan (Terms 1, 2 & 3)

Miss L. Speechley

Miss M. Stanojlovic

Mrs C. Tesoriero (Terms 3 & 4)

Mrs M. Thomas

Miss L. Verlinden

Ms D. Walsham

Mrs V. Welsh

Miss A. Williams

Mr C. Wood (Term 4)

Mr Q. Xi (Term 4)

Mrs M. Zahra (Head of Co-curricular Administration)

Vision Valley and Outdoor Education

Mr S. Clark (Head of Campus –Vision Valley)

Mr N. Wilkesmann (Head of Outdoor Education)

Mr C. Allan (Terms 2 & 3)

Mr E. Allan

Ms D. Bukovinsky (Terms 3 & 4)

Ms D. Cahill

Miss G. Cain

Mr S. Cooke

Mr C. Eckford

Miss L. Ioviero

Mr A. Lee

Ms A. Magalued (Terms 3 & 4)

Mrs R. Pearce

Mr J. Rosen-Browne

Mr C. Ryan (Terms 2, 3 & 4)

Mr S. Sumners (Terms 1, 2 & 3)

Co-curricular Extended Learning

Mrs J. Olsen (Head of Extended Learning)

Mrs C. Boni Lavratti

Mr D. Brown

Mr G. Jackson

Mr A. Mross Becker

Operational Services

Mr A. Stewart (Chief Operating Officer)

Mrs C. Mortlock-Chapman (Project Manager)

Mrs K. Bimson (Project Manager –Master Planning) (Terms 1 & 2)

Mr G. Hastie (Project Director –Master Planning and Property Development) (Term 4)

Mr E. Khalil

Mr A. Lam (Assistant Project Manager)

Mrs L. Petit (Administrative Assistant)

Mr Y. Yao

Facilities

Mr M. Boyes (Campus Manager) (Term 1)

Mr C. Munro (Campus Operations Manager)

Mr A. Bringolf

Mr D. Goodwin

Mr T. Kinsey

Mr N. Lees

Mrs W. Radford (Administrative Assistant)

Ms S. Shields

Boarding

Mrs C. Burgess (Director of Boarding)

Mrs K. White (Deputy Director of Boarding)

Miss N. Beri

Ms L. Foley (Administration Co-ordinator) (Terms 3 & 4)

Mrs H. Foord (Administrative Assistant) (Terms 1 & 2)

Miss S. Tyson (Term 4)

Head of Year

Ms B. Ayling

Mrs H. Burke (Terms 2, 3 & 4)

Mrs S. Dickens (Terms 1 & 2)

Ms A. Graham

Miss K. Inglis

Miss N. McWhirter (Term 1)

Assistant Head of Year

Ms E. Allsopp (Terms 1, 2 & 3)

Miss N. Chomyn

Miss C. Chung

Ms M. Cusack

Miss J. Fischer (Terms 3 & 4)

Miss S. Hardas

Mrs P. Iravani

Ms T. Mahoney (Term 4)

Miss O. Milford (Terms 1 & 2)

Health Care Centre

Mrs L. Green (Manager)

Mrs K. Chilton

Mrs S. Creswick

Mrs R. Howe (Administrative Assistant)

Mrs B. Jordan

Ms L. Rowling (Terms 1, 2 & 3)

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Head Prefects’ Report

‘Feeling 22’

Going into this leadership position, we wanted to empower all students to feel connected and celebrated, as well as inspire girls to be compassionate and creative in everything they pursued. We started this year wanting to be like power-ups for every student’s Mario Kart journey, helping them get back onto the track whenever they fell off, boosting them forward and encouraging them to achieve their individual goals.

Connection

As 2022 began with a bang, we took the time to recognise the unique experience the girls had online by putting together a time capsule of COVID-themed objects. Each Compass class from Kindergarten to Year 12 had input. Objects ranged from posters and umbrellas to toilet rolls! Whilst connecting with each other was definitely challenging for all of us online, it was wonderful to see the unique ways that students were able to reach out and come together as a community, even through their laptop screens.

Despite a post-formal lockdown delay, scheduling changes, and a myriad of other problems, the stars managed to align, and the students of the 2022 Prefect body were finally able to celebrate their leadership with the Prefect Afternoon Tea. The longawaited afternoon was filled with laughter, amazing food, trivia and challenges and brought together the Pymble prefects and prefects from all over Sydney to connect and form friendships.

With every speech, we delivered three shoutouts to various parts of the school...

Compassion

A large part of our role as Head Prefects was to check in with students at every assembly with our fortnightly speeches. The biggest focus for those addresses was a sense of compassion and empathy. Especially with the change to online assemblies due to COVID-19, we wanted to reintroduce a sense of community and help students recognise the incredible team working behind the scenes at Pymble. With every speech, we delivered three shoutouts to various parts of the school – the teachers, office staff, cleaning staff etc. – to highlight the importance of gratitude within our lives.

The Prefect body also had the opportunity to develop our compassion, specifically in relation to leadership. We began our term with a joint leadership program with Knox Grammar School, with a focus on the many qualities that help support initiative, decision making and teamwork. Alongside the

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Alliance of Girls’ Schools Australasia Student Leadership Conference and other programs throughout the year, we had lots of fun discussing what it meant to be a compassionate leader with our peers from across the country. Specifically, we found the conversations around considering cognitive dissonance and empathy as a leader particularly engaging and it was something we kept in mind throughout the year.

Whilst we encouraged compassion within the school community, we also wanted to explore the possibility of opening students up to international perspectives of empathy and compassion. We collaborated with the Mary Erskine School of Scotland by reaching out to their Prefect body to initiate a pen pal system between the schools. Though we were only able to write two letters between us, it was lovely to see what the students there were like, their interests and their global perspectives. We hope to see this initiative continue with the 2023 leadership body!

Creativity

Creativity was a huge part of our focus this year, especially in conjunction with Dr H’s theme of ‘Let’s Get Creative!’ We definitely tried our best throughout the year to lead creatively for example with our Speech Day violin performance and our PAC skit – regardless of the varying degrees of success, our own creative limits were definitely pushed.

Alongside the Student Representative Council (SRC), we launched PYMBOARD with the vision of supporting every student’s desire to develop initiatives and leadership skills. Especially in the younger years, we really wanted to offer a welcoming environment for everyone to practise thinking outside the box and supporting them when they decided to take that step. We are so excited to see where this initiative leads, as the younger girls become further empowered to take action and make change!

We had so much fun with the ‘Let’s Get Creative!’ events this year, particularly with the K-pop Random Dance Play. Although this tradition began in 2020, we hope to see it carry on for many more years – seeing everyone gather in front of the Chapel with students from the Junior School all the way to Year 12 in celebration of each other’s creative passions and dancing was definitely a highlight of the year.

Thank You

Finally, a massive thank you is owed to everyone who made any of this possible over the past year. To the teachers, staff, students and more, thank you for motivating us to be the best leaders we could be – we learned so much from each challenge, failure and success. To Mrs Wyse and Ms Gallardo, thank you for your wisdom, reassurance and advice. To Mrs Hawkins, Mrs Haynes, Mrs Sengupta, Mrs Chambers and Mrs Hickson, thank you for organising our lives, doing all the behind-the-scenes work and still finding the time to ask us how we were. Mrs Shaw, Ms Rockwell and Dr H, thank you for being our mentors and the best role models we could look up to as we took on the craziest, most challenging and stressful (at times!) roles of our lives so far. And of course, we can’t forget the Prefect body – no project at Pymble is possible without a massive team behind it – and the same is true for us! Thank you for turning up to the meetings, supporting each other and being such amazing role models for the rest of the school. This year definitely felt like a race as it moved by so quickly and before we knew it we were at the finish line. Thank you for coming along this journey with us – it was full of obstacles from banana peels to shells and even the occasional fatal blue bomb, and it is one we will never forget. But we think it’s safe to say that we’ve finally conquered Rainbow Road this past year, winning first place with the help of powerups in the form of friends, teachers and staff along the way. So, for the last time, remember that we love you, from the top of our heads, to the tip of our toes, that’s all from us, Izzy and Chlo.

1 Chloe Hoang and Isabel Dean, Year 12

2 Anika Kane, Jasmine Pham, Laura Legovich, Lihini Jayasekara, Olivia Harvey and Mia Baily, Year 12

3 Isabella Stalley, Year 9 and Lily Mancey, Year 7

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SRC Prefects’ Report

2022 was a year filled with incredible initiatives and vocal student involvement in the Student Representative Council (SRC). This year, our focus was on building stronger connections between the grades and creating platforms to elevate and spotlight student voices.

Connection

In the spirit of connection, we focused on events and ideas which helped to bring the whole school closer together in order to foster a welcoming, open-minded and ever-evolving community of students at the College. Along with the help of the SRC representatives, we had whole school initiatives such as the Candy Cane project and Valentine’s Day roses, where students could purchase handwritten cards and holiday treats for their friends, which were then hand-delivered to their Compass classrooms. Special thanks to the artists in our Year 12 cohort who designed the cards used for these events, featuring Archie and Turi. Holiday-themed mufti days also aimed to bring cheer and festivity to the College, and through everyone’s enthusiasm, we raised close to $1,000 for St Judes in Tanzania, as well as the Exodus Foundation over this year.

Student Voice

The SRC worked to facilitate closer lines of communication between students and the school about the integral parts of their everyday lives in order to best adapt towards students’ needs. We received key feedback from students through a school-wide survey on the catering services available at the College, and through liaising with multiple members of the school on issues raised, aimed to improve vegetarian options and reduce waiting times at canteens in order to make them as accessible to students as possible.

Feedback on issues with waste and litter around the school were also raised to the SRC, and we worked to implement new bins around the school which have an increased holding capacity and can avoid being accessed by birds and other animals frequenting the grounds.

To increase the accessibility of student wellbeing services, the SRC worked with various other committees, such as the Wellbeing portfolio, the Intercultural portfolio, and the LGBTQIA+ club, to create posters providing students with information on where they can find support, both inside and outside the school, for any issues they may be dealing with. The SRC hopes that this range of initiatives helped to build upon the student support and communication networks already established at the school.

Special Thanks

Special thanks to Ms Rockwell and Mrs Hawkins who were instrumental in helping the SRC to deliver initiatives and support the student cohort this year.

Special thanks to the artists in our Year 12 cohort who designed the cards used for these events, featuring Archie and Turi.

Student Communications Prefect

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...there was also a lot happening to improve interest in technology.

Technologies Prefect’s Report

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) at Pymble saw great success this year as we sought to develop current programs and expand into new ones. We hope to see these programs continue to grow as students at Pymble continue their interest in how technology can change the world.

Robotics

This year, our Robotics teams completed an extremely successful season. In March, after a long three months building their robot, Pymble’s FIRST Robotics Competition team won at the Southern Cross Regional and proceeded to the Championships in Houston, Texas. In America, they

enjoyed visits to NASA and other Houston landmarks, and competed in the Championships for four days where they reached the finals of their division. This is the second time that our team has been to America!

In the VEX Robotics Competition, students also competed in the Championships this year. Seven teams travelled to Dallas, Texas, in May to compete. Two teams competed in the playoffs for their division. The scale of VEX is global, and we were extremely pleased to have seven of our teams represent Australia in this way.

This season produced amazing results, and we hope that in future years students can continue to achieve these high results and push the boundaries of STEM for women.

Programs and Events

At school, there was also a lot happening to improve interest in technology. Adobe Premiere upskilling classes were held during lunchtimes, where everything from filming to editing processes was taught to students.

The Data Science High Tea was also held, including guest speakers like Mrs Suzy Nicoletti, who spoke to us about the importance of data science in the upcoming world. We are excited to see where the Data Science program at Pymble goes, as it holds great potential for growth in the future.

In the Junior School, we hosted a STEM Day, where students in Years 5 and 6 worked with Riverview students to investigate colour. Using light boxes, colour sensors, coding, LEDs, spectrometers and microscopes, they built on their knowledge of colours through investigation, technology and collaboration. Students in all year groups completed other workshops using technology as well, from investigating nature, developing sustainable solutions to real world problems, to making paper automata. This was a wonderful experience that inspired the girls to develop their problem-solving skills.

Conclusion

The growth in all areas of technology shows great promise for the future of Pymble’s involvement in STEM. It is vital to inspire young people as they navigate this complicated world to take an interest in technology and learn how they can use technology to expand their interests and passions.

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Student Leaders 2022

Head Prefects

Isabel Dean, Chloe Hoang

Boarding

Boarding Head Prefect

Philippa Austin

Boarding Deputy Head Prefect

Rylee McKinstry

Boarding Social Inclusion Prefect

Amanda Lwin

Boarding Sport and the Arts Prefect

Chloe Moore

Boarding House Liaison Prefect

Jordyn Seeto

Boarding Wellbeing Prefect

Chloe Hanlan

Boarding Community Engagement Prefect

Eloise Wilson

Community

Community Prefects

Nina Breckenridge, Isabelle Ho

Service Prefect

Madison Lyster

Intercultural Connections Prefect

Lihini Jayasekara

Environment Prefect

Sophia Croudace

Student Communications Prefect

Jasmine Zhi

House

House Co-ordinator Prefects

Mehreen Khan, Tahmara Thomas

Bennett House Prefect

Chloe Duncan

Goodlet House Prefect

Chloe Moore

Hammond House Prefect

Chloe Hanlan

Ingleholme House Prefect

Layla Farook

Lang House Prefect

Isabella Sun

Marden House Prefect

Roshan Neekan

Thomas House Prefect

Amelie Riley

Wylie House Prefect

Georgina Maher

Learning

Learning Prefects

Caitlyn Kim, Annabel Maple-Brown

Academic Learning Prefect

Arshia Bhardwaj

Outdoor Education Prefect

Olivia Harvey

Wellbeing Prefect

Emilie Palme

Technologies Prefect

Jenhui Lau

Performing Arts

Performing Arts Prefects

Annika Johnson, Haley Spring

Music Prefect

Lara Albany

Language Arts Prefect

Meera Barani

Drama Prefect

Ciara Gibson

Dance Prefect

Jessica Tse

Sport

Sports Prefects

Isobel Gosper, Olivia Inkster

Junior School Sport Prefects

Freya Gordon, Ami Naito

Middle School Sport Prefect

Camilla Reynolds

Upper School Sport Prefect

Cayla Phillips

Senior School Sport Prefect

Lilian Huntley

Student Representative Council

Student Representative Council Prefects

Faye Chang, Zoey Chen

Junior School Liaison Prefects

Tamara Guttman, Anika Perera, Angelica Tan

Middle School Liaison Prefects

Kristen Cook, Anika Kane, Anna Wang

Upper School Liaison Prefects

Fiona Fu, Ella Gibietis

Senior School Liaison Prefects

Frankie Lobban, Niraaya Jayasinghe

Executive Prefects

Student Representative Council

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Prefects

Absent: Fiona Fu, Olivia Inkster, Eloise Wilson

Anika Kane, Mrs Nikki Wyse (Head of Senior School), Chloe Hoang, Dr Kate Hadwen (Principal), Isabel Dean, Ms Patricia Gallardo (Deputy Head of Senior School), Jordyn Seeto, Lihini Jayasekara, Roshan Neekan, Angelica Tan

Second Row: Sophia Croudace, Jenhui Lau, Faye Chang, Zoey Chen, Freya Gordon, Isabelle Ho, Anna Wang, Tahmara Thomas, Niraaya Jayasinghe, Mehreen Khan, Caitlyn Kim, Olivia Harvey

Front Row: Anika Perera, Jessica Tse, Emilie Palme,

Kristen Cook, Annika Johnson

Third Row: Chloe Hanlan, Camilla Reynolds, Isobel Gosper, Philippa Austin, Arshia Bhardwaj, Jasmine Zhi, Lara Albany, Meera Barani, Ciara Gibson, Amanda Lwin, Rylee McKinstry, Chloe Duncan, Chloe Moore

Back Row: Amelie Riley, Tamara Guttman, Nina Breckenridge, Isabella Sun

Fourth Row: Lilian Huntley, Ami Naito, Madison Lyster, Haley Spring, Ella Gibietis, Cayla Phillips, Frankie Lobban, Annabel Maple-Brown, Layla Farook, Georgina Maher,

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JUNIOR SCHOOL LEADERS

Leadership Induction

The Leadership Induction Ceremony was held in the Chapel to welcome us into Year 6 and to present us with our Year 6 badges. At the end of 2021, a select group of girls was given the opportunity to become leaders in Year 6. We enjoyed walking up and receiving our shiny new badges to walk with us through the year. Along with our badges, we were all given little wooden hearts. This showed us the kindness we should give to others. Being a leader means showing kindness, courage, leadership and to set an example to younger students. The Leadership Induction was an amazing experience for all of us.

Rose Jones and Emma Scott, Year 6

Junior School Leaders

Kindness Leaders

Semester 1 Isabella Eum, Eve Clark

Semester 2 Yuna Shin, Eesha Adusumilli

Sustainability Leaders

Semester 1 Imogen Jones, Dakota Jiang

Semester 2 Summer Teni, Alessandra Liew

SRC Leaders

Semester 1 Katy Jung, Leahara Wijesuriya

Semester 2 Chloe Shao, Estelle Lee

Information Technologies Leaders

Semester 1 Malaika Rasheed, Lucy Gao

Semester 2 Sasha McGarrick, Ella Gungor

Co-curricular Leaders

Semester 1 Lily Xing, Claudia Sherlock

Semester 2 Sophie Kidd, Annika Sriram

Chapel Captains

Semester 1 Rosanna Rew, Heidi Ferreira

Semester 2 Abigail Martin, Pia Vandeleur

House Leaders

Bennett

Semester 1 Emma Scott, Annabella Bayfield

Semester 2 Emily Woods-McConville, Charli Conn

Goodlet

Semester 1 Amalia Bond, Clara Mudaliar

Semester 2 Mea McBurney, Abby Pisani

Hammond

Semester 1 Gemma Dixon, Aria Cheng

Semester 2 Claudia Wyatt, Linh Lan Dinh

Ingleholme

Semester 1 Aurora Zhang, Eloise Rumble

Semester 2 Sarah Foo, Cabrini Lee

Lang

Semester 1 Rose Jones, Elaine Zhang

Semester 2 Kate Rogers, Alana Wang

Marden

Semester 1 Eleanor Rowe, Megan Chia

Semester 2 Sophie Harris, Feifei Wang

Thomas

Semester 1 Nicole Fan, Zara Sandham

Semester 2 Harriet Gregory, Celine Cai

Wylie

Semester 1 Valerie Zhao, Mischa Baba

Semester 2 Blair Elliott, Sarah Joung

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Junior School Leaders 2022

Back Row: Mrs Nerissa Davey (Deputy Head of Junior School –Operations), Mrs Kimberley Tyson (Deputy Head of Junior School –Students), Feifei Wang, Lucy Gao, Mrs Kate Brown (Head of Junior School), Annabella Bayfield, Claudia Wyatt, Rose Jones, Ms Lara Bird (Deputy Head of Junior School –Academic)

Fifth Row: Dakota Jiang, Claudia Sherlock, Sarah Joung, Alessandra Liew, Chloe Shao, Elaine Zhang, Kate Rogers, Eve Clark

Fourth Row: Sarah Foo, Yuna Shin, Sophie Harris, Zara Sandham, Imogen Jones, Heidi Ferreira, Pia Vandeleur, Alana Wang, Sasha McGarrick

Second Row: Nicole Fan, Linh Lan Dinh, Cabrini Lee, Megan Chia, Eesha Adusumilli, Abby Pisani, Eleanor Rowe, Eloise Rumble, Summer Teni, Lily Xing

Third Row: Celine Cai, Harriet Gregory, Amalia Bond, Emily Woods-McConville, Isabella Eum, Aurora Zhang, Sophie Kidd, Katy Jung, Leahara Wijesuriya

Front Row: Abigail Martin, Aria Cheng, Annika Sriram, Gemma Dixon, Estelle Lee, Mea McBurney, Valerie Zhao, Malaika Rasheed, Mischa Baba Absent: Charli Conn, Blair Elliott, Ella Gungor, Clara Mudaliar, Rosanna Rew, Emma Scott

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CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES

Clubs

Kindness Club

Kindness to Self

In Term 1 our kindness mission was to show the Junior School girls the importance of ‘Kindness to Self’. We shared a challenge of being kinder to ourselves by completing small activities which filled our buckets. These included things like dancing to our favourite songs, spending time with one of our favourite friends and going for a walk with our families. We also had all of our members present at assembly and spread kindness to the whole Junior School. Our Junior School girls made kindness rocks to spread the work of kindness throughout the grounds.

Kindness to Others

In Term 2 our kindness mission was ‘Kindness to Others’. This saw the Kindness Club lead B Kinder Day. On this day we spread kindness across the campus by hanging sunflowers of hope around and even handed out kindness letters to our local community. We launched our first service booklet in which we brainstormed as many small acts of kindness to others as we could so that the girls had small ideas of how they could be of service to others in all their interactions. We also wrote an open letter to all the people in our community who had loved ones overseas who hadn’t had the chance to see them in a long time.

Kindness to the Environment

In Term 3, the Junior School focused on being kind to the environment. Posters were all around the campus spreading the message. Our Be of Service booklet contained small tasks that could help the environment. These included small acts like taking shorter showers and buying and using recycled toilet paper. We aimed to complete the majority of the tasks. Each week, we would count the acts done and add them to our Service Board.

Kindness Club also took part in R U OK? Day. We learned how to start a meaningful conversation that could change someone’s life. Then, the Junior School students took part in an awesome colour run across the school! Our white t-shirts were

painted with powder for the rest of the day. It was the best!

The mission was to walk the distance to the Moon and spread kindness around the Milky Way.

Kindness

During Term 4, we launched Walk for a Kinder World for 2022. Walk for a Kinder World is a project where students and teachers do a certain activity that is physical to add kilometres to our overall Junior School total. The mission was to walk the distance to the Moon and spread kindness around the Milky Way. The journey to the Moon from Pymble is 384,400 kilometres. If we all walk together (including our families) there will be no doubt that we will achieve this goal.

We also launched and led Nude Food November which is a campaign to teach girls across the school how to be kind to the environment through our daily actions. We aimed to educate the Junior School about the incredible impact we could have just by reducing the number of plastic snack packets we use.

This year was a big one and we are super proud of what we achieved. The girls in Kindness Club were wonderful ambassadors for kindness. Well done girls!

Eesha Adusumilli, Yuna Shin, Eve Clark and Isabella Eum, Year 6

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Knitting Club

We had a lot of fun in Knitting Club. Everyone tried to knit as many squares as possible so Mrs Davis could sew the 3x3 squares together to make blankets for the SAFE Animal Rehoming in Roseville. This fantastic idea came from Lakshi Rajeev, Year 4, who wanted to care for the cats and dogs. The squares we knitted were 30 stitches by 15 centimetres and we made more than seven blankets. Year 4 certainly put a huge amount of effort into knitting. We all felt proud of ourselves when we presented the blankets to the organisation.

Sustainability Club

Sustainability Club meets each week to look at ways that the school can be more sustainable. With a focus on being kind to the environment this year, the Sustainability Captains were keen to promote how small differences can make a big difference to the world.

The club welcomed Ms Shields, Pymble’s Horticulture Leading Hand, to visit and explain to the club how worm farms work. Then she took us to look at the worm farms already in use in the Junior School.

Nude Food November was a great chance to encourage classmates to reduce the amount of plastic being brought to school in lunch boxes.

A big focus for the year was to create two videos encouraging everyone in the Junior School to ‘Reduce, Reuse and Recycle’ and introduce the Sustainability Sisters.

Mrs Jayne Mercer, Junior School Teacher, and the Sustainability Club

Paper Engineering Club

Folds, flanges and inserts were just a few of the new techniques that the Years 3 and 4 Paper Engineering Club members learned about in their first few club meetings.

Meeting one lunchtime each week, students had the opportunity to collaborate in groups to learn how to construct structures out of paper, cardboard and adhesives. Strength, stability and function were important considerations that had to be made before projects commenced. The first project was to construct a simple bridge to cross a set distance. Trying out different ideas allowed for improvements to be made. The next project was to create a small rollercoaster within a limited area.

The girls also willingly volunteered their time and skills one afternoon to support a Year 2 Science construction project.

Mrs Jayne Mercer, Junior School Teacher, and the Paper Engineering Club

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Curiosus

Do you like writing? Collaborating in a team? Curious about what the world has destined for your unique talents? Well, if you agree with one of these statements then luck is in your favour! Curiosus is a Kindergarten to Year 6 group magazine for independent young girls which seeks to show team bonding and management skills. In this close, creative group led by Year 6 students, girls learn to listen to each other and respect each other’s ideas.

IPSHA Debating

Every second Friday, the Years 5 and 6 Independent Primary School Heads of Australia (IPSHA) Debating team had the lucky opportunity to debate other schools within the IPSHA community. Every Tuesday lunch we would meet up and prepare and rehearse our speeches. Throughout this journey, we also learned how to better structure our speeches, expand on our rebuttal and other aspects of debating which aided us in our competitions.

Along with the Friday debates, we also competed at the IPSHA Gala Day held at Ravenswood. It consisted of four debates, and each mixed Years 5 and 6 Debating team spoke in two debates. The result was us winning three of the four debates, and although we did not win all of them, we definitely enjoyed the day!

Arabella Hoang, Year 5

Each girl had responsibility to construct her own page about a certain topic. There was a diverse range of topics in the magazine, you can add almost anything! This was then added to by Mrs Bird and Mrs Brown and published for all students to receive. New editions were made each term, with themes present in each new copy.

Estelle Lee and Scarlett Wong, Year 6

CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES

French

Year 3

In Year 3 French, we learned about seasons, markets, fruit and The Very Hungry Caterpillar. We learned how to shop for food in a French supermarket and enjoyed pronouncing fun and exotic fruits. We also learned about Christmas in France.

Year 4

During French this year, we learned about a large variety of things. Some of them included Bastille Day, time, greetings, how to say and write our birthdays and famous monuments in France. We also enjoyed watching videos and playing games relating to topics we were learning. One of the games we played was, Quelle heure est-il, Madame Le Loup (What’s the Time Mrs Wolf). One of the things we learned from Bastille Day was that when the people of France broke into the prison, there were only seven people trapped inside.

Year 5

This year in French, we extended our knowledge in many different areas.

In Term 1, we learned about French Explorers (Les Explorateurs) and how they contributed to Australian history and early settlement. We also participated in enjoyable plays and learned about a famous French explorer, La Pérouse, and his journeys and the many places he visited.

At the beginning of Term 2, we learned about physical appearances (l’apparence) and personalities. At the end of Term 2 we learned about French inventors. We chose a famous French inventor and wrote about what they had done.

Next, we dived into French fashion and designers.

We learned about clothing, accessories and colours so we could use them in a French sentence. We studied famous French fashion designers and explored how they revolutionised the French fashion industry. Then we created a poster about a French fashion designer of our choice.

We all undoubtedly gained substantial knowledge from these topics, so a big merci beaucoup to our teachers.

Amna Syed, Daisy Scarbrough, Avika Kapoor and Yuan Hui Chen, Year 5

Year 6

French this year was wonderfully planned and organised by our teachers Madame Wall and Madame Downing.

In Term 1, we learned about menus and ordering food at a restaurant. We created our own menus, listed prices for all the items and decorated them with our imaginations.

Term 2 was integrated with our Inquiry unit; our Vision Valley gardens. We learned about different fruits and vegetables, designed our own fruit and vegetable basket, and labelled it in French! Our final task for Semester 1 was designing our own garden (Mon Jardin), adding fruits, vegetables and describing them in French using size, colour and quantity to write detailed sentences!

In Term 3, we linked with our Inquiry unit on extreme weather. We learned about all kinds of weather conditions in French such as rain, wind, floods, cyclones and sunshine. After becoming familiar with these words, we wrote our own scripts and finally created a weather report on iMovie, all in French!

In Term 4, we looked at how Christmas is celebrated in France. We learned about an international charity, Operation Christmas Child, which is also in France, and wrote in French which toys and gifts we would give to a child who is less fortunate than us.

French this year was very exciting. We really enjoyed working with our French teachers and are very grateful for all they taught us.

Aria Cheng and Feifei Wang, Year 6

CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES

1

The Kids’ Lit Quiz

The Kids’ Lit Quiz is an annual literature quiz for students aged ten to 13 years which is for Years 5 and 6. The winning team from each heat can compete in the National Final and the national champions compete in the World Final. We were all very intrigued and excited for this great opportunity which allowed us to delve deeper into books. So, in Term 1, Years 5 and 6 girls were busy trying out for the special quiz focused on literacy books, novels, graphic novels and picture books. We travelled in our Pymble bus to a school where we were placed into groups with other Pymble girls. The quiz was divided into different categories of books like historical fiction, science fiction, classics and so on. We got to choose two categories that we felt that we would do the best in and received extra points for that category if we did well in the quiz. The most challenging part of the Kids’ Lit Quiz was deciding which category was our forte as the girls in each group had different passions and knowledge. Overall, it was exhilarating and a once in a lifetime opportunity where we could meet other passionate readers.

Author Visits

Tim Harris

Have you met the phenomenal Tim Harris? The Year 3 girls had the privilege of meeting him through a spectacular author visit. Books by Tim Harris include the Toffle Towers series, Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables and Exploding Endings

During the visit, Tim Harris read from of a few of his books. His extraordinary sense of humour left us in fits of laughter. At the end we could ask any questions relevant to him and his books. We learned that all the funny stories came from Tim Harris’ childhood. Do you want us to let you in on a secret?

Tim Harris’ tip to being a writer is… remember to keep a writer’s diary or notebook. The books brought to school were carefully signed by the remarkable author. All in all, Tim Harris’ author visit was splendid.

Sarah Lu and Olivia Headley, Year 3

Tim Harris, the author of Exploding Endings Mr Bambuckle’s Remarkables, and Toffle Towers visited our school on 26 August. He showed us his latest book, which was one of his Mr Bambuckle’s series. The showcase took place in the Junior School Library and was funny and entertaining. He explained his entire career and how he changed from being a classroom teacher to an author. It was an inspiring and interesting experience to meet Tim Harris.

Liu, Year 5

Oliver Phommavanh

In Year 4 English, each term we complete a novel study. This involves reading a novel as a class and completing aligning activities. The book in Term 3 was Thai-riffic! and we were lucky to have the author, Oliver Phommavanh, visit us! We all took this as a great opportunity to learn more about the book and about his journey as an author. He was such a funny man who told amazing stories and made us burst out laughing with his funny jokes. From his visit, Year 4 was inspired to read more of his books. We can’t wait for more guests just like him in the future.

CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES

Cristy Burne and Denis Knight

If you have ever read or heard about the Wednesday Weeks series, then you would probably know the authors Cristy Burne and Denis Knight. On 9 August, Cristy Burne and Denis Knight visited Year 5 and talked about their new book series called Wednesday Weeks

We did an experiment to find out whether the liquid in a bottle was vinegar. If it was something else, the bicarbonate of soda that we put in would not make it explode, but if it was vinegar, then it would explode if we put the bicarb in. I was chosen to pour the bicarb into the bottle of something. Cristy, Denis and I put on safety goggles so that nothing would go into our eyes. When Cristy and I were outside, Cristy held the bottle while I poured in bicarb. As soon as I poured it in, the liquid exploded! It was vinegar! Cristy quickly screwed on the cap and she sprayed the white foam around us. It was so much fun!

Eden Ni, Year 5

Deborah Abela

Year 4 had a fabulous time at the author visit. We looked at the beautiful Deborah Abela books and heard about all the silly things she did when she was little that inspired her stories. We think everyone enjoyed this because some of the scenarios were very relatable! She has a big imagination and has written stories about flying cars and amazing superpowers which can inspire us for our own writing; we didn’t know that realism and fiction were such a great combination. Deborah Abela is a great author with interesting ideas. We think her way of writing stories is fabulous as she spends lots of time writing, editing and rewriting her books to publish fantastic novels for young readers. Her Book of Wondrous Possibilities was recently released and several of us had already read it and absolutely loved it! We really enjoyed having Deborah Abela visit and can’t wait to see what she publishes next!

Ava Conn, Olivia Zhao and Jannette Long, Year 4

1 Carla Eibach, Year 5, Ms Martha Itzcovitz (Teacher Librarian), Mrs Stephanie Recchia (Library Technician), Veeva Xie, Year 6, Eva Still, Year 6, Aahana Paliwal, Year 6, Cindy Lin, Year 6, Harriet Gregory, Year 6, Michelle Shi, Year 5, Selina Jiang, Year 5 and Amber Chen, Year 5

2 Mrs Stephanie Recchia (Library Technician), Mr Tim Harris and Ms Martha Itzcovitz (Teacher Librarian)

3 Marley Titley, Adele Cassidy, Estelle Macolino and Amelia Hardas, Year 5

Library

During our Library Research lessons, Year 3 learned how to categorise books on shelves. Our amazing librarian, Ms Itzcovitz, taught us the skills we need to be good researchers. One of the things she taught us this year is that anything can be a source of information, even a pair of shoes! We also learned how to find key words in questions, so we can find an answer quickly, saving us a lot of time.

During our Library Borrowing lessons, Mrs Recchia helped us reserve and borrow books. Ms Itzcovitz read wonderful picture books whilst we listened attentively while sitting on the carpet. We enjoyed listening to Ms Itzcovitz’s lovely voice and her expressive tone. Year 3 enjoyed exploring all the amazing graphic novels, picture books, and chapter books. We loved what the library had to offer!

Caitlin Shen, Dora Chen, Genevieve Wong and Elaine Wang, Year 3

CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES

SRC

The Student Representative Council (SRC) is a group of students elected by their peers to represent all students within the school community. The SRC provides all students with a voice. This year our Council was made up of four Year 6 leaders, Katy Jung, Leahara Wijesuriya, Estelle Lee and Chloe Shao, and a captain from each Year 1 to Year 6 class.

Semester 1

During the first semester, Katy and Leahara led the girls through many initiatives. These included making bird feeders from recycled toilet rolls and coconut oil which helped the seeds stick onto the rolls without a chance of harming the birds. We came up with another idea of a movie afternoon where the Junior School watched Encanto together in year groups. We also started a bottle cap mosaic where we collected 8,000 different coloured bottle caps and had entries from many girls around what design could be displayed. We eventually came up with the idea of an ocean-based theme. This way we were able to help recycle bottle caps instead of them going to landfill.

Semester 2

In the next semester, Estelle and Chloe organised a buddy up reading day, bathroom decals, scrunchable plastic bins and bubble discos. Buddy up reading day was where older

Junior School Strings

Hindson Chamber Strings

students read to the younger ones. Many students were involved in this initiative and were able to have fun and experience reading to the younger students. Bathroom decals were another initiative where we posted positive and helpful messages in the bathrooms. We created bins for our scrunchable plastic wrappers. We also enjoyed bubble discos where we were able to have different year groups enjoy music and dance at lunchtime.

Conclusion

Finally, an achievement for all our hard work – the SRC won the IPSHA Social Commendation Award for our creative bird feeder idea – we were so proud!

Thank you everyone who shared their voice and ideas to make a greater impact and a better Junior School for everyone to enjoy.

Katy Jung, Leahara Wijesuriya, Estelle Lee and Chloe Shao, Year 6

Chamber Strings, also known as Hindson Chamber Strings, has really helped me grow as a violin player. Mrs Colbey is supportive and kind and I feel like I greatly improved ever since coming into Chamber Strings. The music that Mrs Colbey chooses for us is always fun and exciting to learn. One of my highlights of the year would be the Eisteddfod (we came second – how exciting!) as it was my first time doing a performance because of COVID-19. I’m a little sad that I’m going into Year 7 next year and leaving the Junior ensembles, as I made so many memories. I’m excited to see Mrs Colbey next year in Secondary School!

Xing, Year 6

Year 3 String Orchestra

I love Year 3 Strings because it sounds magnificent when the violins, violas, cellos and double basses play together! Plus, it is so fun because you can share music with friends.

Faye Li, Year 3

The Year 3 String Orchestra includes violins, violas, cellos, double basses, harp and piano. We learned a lot in Year 3 String Orchestra. Our wonderful conductors and teachers, Ms Bain and Mrs Colbey, led us throughout the year. I really enjoyed having a solo to play.

Junior School Choir

In Junior School Choir, we learned about singing in groups and connecting through songs. We made new friends and performed at important events like Speech Day and the JSPG Family Fun Day. Also, girls from Years 3 to 6 were in it which meant we could sing in harmony as well as unison. All in all, it was awesome.

Elliott and Olivia Headley, Year 3

CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES

Performing Arts

Junior School Bands

Grainger Band

This year in Grainger Band we learned many different songs like Firework, Shallow, Pirates of the Caribbean, Sweet Caroline and a piece which used heaps of junk percussion. Mrs King taught us rhythms and timing and helped every player master her part. Band was a great Co-curricular activity and taught us many lessons.

We started the year with a fun Band workshop day and were able to perform at the Garden Party where our parents got to watch us. We also performed at Speech Day. Normally we would perform more but COVID-19 made it tricky in Term 1 and then we could not do the Eisteddfod as there was a clash of dates. We rehearsed each Thursday morning from 7.15am to 8.10am. Our favourite thing was getting to know different girls from other years who liked music. We hope many new girls will join next year in 2023. Thank you to Mrs King for being the best Band teacher!

Stanhope Band

Our band is a mix of Years 3, 4 and 5 girls who have been playing their instrument for a year. It was really fun to be able to play together again because for a long time we could only play online because of COVID-19. We had a Band rehearsal every Tuesday afternoon with our fabulous conductor Mrs Goodman. The most exciting thing that happened this year was going in the City of Sydney Eisteddfod at Chatswood Concourse and guess what?

We won! Everybody squealed and clapped so loudly! We also had fun playing at the Garden Party and the Junior School Ensemble Concert. Some of our favourite pieces from this year included Happy, Guardians of Liberty and African Noel. We improved so much and would like to thank Mrs Goodman for all her hard work.

Chloë Lenane, Year 5, Betty Su, Year 4 and Mirabelle Lee, Year 5

Training Band

Training Band is a program that educates beginner Band students and this year it was for girls in Years 3 and 4. Usually when you want to join Training Band, you do a ‘try-out’, but we couldn’t do this because of COVID-19 – so you just said the instrument you liked best or were curious about.

A piece we practised was Uptown Strut which we performed at the Junior School Ensemble Concert. Our other performances were at the Garden Party and the Big Band Blow. Did you know that flutes need more air than euphoniums?! We learned so many things in band this year and are especially excited to join the Stanhope Band next year. Thank you to all our teachers.

Elena An, Indie Leon-Searle, Jannette Long, Bianca Ng, Chelsea Wang, Michelle Xing and Charlotte Xue, Year 4

KINDERGARTEN

Creative Writing

My Listening Walk

I hear the birds singing a song.

The trees whoosh And the leaves fall.

Alice Han, KC

The birds were tweeting.

The trees are noisy.

The wind is fast and strong.

Charlotte Cross, KC

I heard the bees bzzzzzz in the colourful flowers.

I heard the kids’ shoes go c c c c c c when they walked.

I heard the old fountain go d d d d d.

I can hear the plane flying in the sky.

I can hear the birds tweeting in the trees.

I can hear the bees buzzing to get nectar. I can hear girls stomping on the pathway. I can hear the bugs creaking.

Kelly Ni, KT

Eleanor Lim, KC

I can hear an aeroplane flying in the sky.

I heard some birds singing in the tree.

The bees were buzzing around lavender.

Megan Ye, KC

Spring Holiday Recounts

During the holidays I went to Planet Mino. It was fun. In Planet Mino there was a volcano full of foam and bouncy stuff. Next, I went to Mary Poppins. She was flying to us. It was colourful. We got ice cream. The flavours were honey and lemon. Finally, I went to the museum. In the museum there was a submarine.

Anna Won, KC

During the holidays I made Diwali decorations with Arin and my mum. We made candles. We made them by decorating the jars and putting in a candle. Next, I went to the aquarium and I saw a tiger fish and a puffer fish. Then I went to the shark valley and I went in the tunnel and saw sharks and fish. Then I went on the penguin ride. Finally, I went to the swimming pool and I splashed in the water. I did two cannon balls and I had so much fun!

Neve Sadananda, KM

During the holidays I went on a plane with my family and my friends. Next, I went to the hotel with my family. Finally, I went to the pool with my friends.

Ruby Shi, KM

During the holidays I went to New Zealand. First, I went to the airport. Next, I went on a plane. It was very fun because I watched a movie on the iPad. After that I went to the hotel and we went upstairs. Then I went to a place where there was a very flat ocean and we threw rocks. Finally, we went skiing. It was exciting to ski on bumpy snow.

Olivia Kang, KT

During the holidays I went to Melbourne and Perth. First, I went on a big aeroplane. Next, I arrived at Melbourne. After that I arrived at Perth and went to a hotel called the Ritz-Carlton. It was late and I had to brush my teeth and wash. The next day we went on a glass bridge and we went to somewhere that had rocks.

Claire Sun, KT

KINDERGARTEN

Poetry

Father’s Day Poems

My dad is as brave as a prickly hedgehog.

My dad is as strong as a brick house.

My dad is as funny as a cheeky monkey.

My dad is as special as a gift.

My love for my dad is as big as the whole entire space.

Grace Yu, KC

My dad is a superhero.

My dad is as strong as a boulder.

My dad is as funny as a clown on a trapeze.

My dad is as special as my favourite toy.

My love for my dad is as big as the universe.

Dakota Gu, KC

My dad is as brave as a dinosaur.

My dad is as strong as an acrobat.

My dad is as funny as a clown.

My love for my dad is as big as the whole entire universe.

Charlotte Liddell, KC

My dad is as brave as a tiger.

My dad is as strong as a roaring lion.

My dad is as funny as me.

My dad is as special as a shining star.

My love for my dad is as big as the Earth.

I love my dad!

Margaret Ko, KD

My dad is as brave as a superhero.

My dad is as strong as a polar bear.

My dad is as funny as a monkey.

My dad is as special as a rainbow.

My love for my dad is as big as a galaxy.

I love my dad!

Spring Poems

I can see the pretty flowers blooming on the grass.

I can hear bees buzzing and birds chirping in the sky.

I can feel the sun on my body.

I can smell the fresh grass and flowers.

I can taste honey in my mouth.

I love spring!

I can see the shiny sun in the bright blue sky.

Sophia Thach, KD

I can hear the busy bees making honey, bzzzzzzzzzz.

I can smell the beautiful flowers growing in the green grass.

Yunuo Lin, KT

Lyanna Xue, KD

I can see the purple flowers growing in the sun.

I can hear the tiny bees buzzing in the pretty flowers, zzzzzzzz.

I can smell the pink flowers in the shining sun.

I heard the wind blowing gently.

I saw the trees swaying carefully.

I smelled the warmth from the sun.

I heard colourful birds singing in the trees.

I saw flowers blowing in the sun.

Allison Lu, KT

Josie Li, KM

I smelled sunflowers and roses and I saw the flowers blushing.

I heard a bird sing a lullaby.

I saw flowers blooming in the garden.

I smelled some lovely, warm air.

I heard the leaves falling to the ground.

I saw the lovely, pretty nature.

I smelled the beautiful flowers blooming.

Leah Ji, KM

Connie Wang, KM

Su-Ya Koo, KM

KINDERGARTEN

100 Days of Kindergarten

First our parents came to KM. Next it was recess. Finally, we performed our song.

Zoey Fernandes, KM

Bee Information Reports

Bees live in hives. Bees have pollen baskets at the back of their legs. Bees make honey. Queen bees lay more than 1,500 eggs and worker bees collect pollen and nectar. They take the pollen and nectar back to their hive. The hive is shaped as a hexagon. Larvae grow into bees.

Evelyn Lee, KT

Bees live in hives. Bees eat nectar and collect pollen. Bees have two antennae and four eyes. They make honey and honeycomb. Queen bees lay eggs and worker bees collect pollen.

Flora Wu, KT

Bees live in hives. Bees collect pollen and eat nectar. Bees make food and honey. Bees have pollen baskets on the back of their legs. Queen bees lay 1,500 eggs and worker bees have a job to collect pollen and nectar. Bees take pollen back to the hive and make honey and food.

Chloe Huang, KT

1

and Evelyn Sang, KT

2 Evelyn Lee and Kelly Ni, KT

3 Isabella Welden-Iley, Lan Chi Dinh and Chloe Zhang, KD

4 Alice Zhang, Michelle Zhang, Cherice Ma and Emily Chen, KM

5 Claire Xu, Catherine Chen, Viola Li, Rainie Liu, Elizabeth Jiang, Chloe Zhang and Katherine Wang, KD

6 Melaina Kekatos, Isabella Isaac, Leah Ji and Emily Siadatkhoo, KM

KINDERGARTEN ARTWORKS

YEAR 1

Procedure

How to Make Fairy Bread

You will need: bread, butter, plate, glove, knife, sprinkles

Instructions

Step 1 – Get one bread, put on the plate

Step 2 – Get a butter knife, put butter on the bread

Step 3 – Put sprinkles on the bread

Step 4 – Cut your bread into triangles

Step 5 – Enjoy fairy bread.

Haikus

Spring

Growing fresh flowers

Trees are growing very fast

These days are sunny

Emily Huang, 1T

Winter

Gold snowy snowstorms

Warm hot chocolate in mouths

Snowboarders skate down.

Nina Li, 1B

Seagulls flap about Fish and chips, sticky ice cream Beautiful coral.

Georgia Farthing, 1D

Spring

Spring is colourful Bright flowers grow in springtime

Spring is beautiful.

Claire Huang, 1T

Abby Su, 1B

Acrostic Poems

Super good at writing,

Excellent at drawing and painting,

Respectful in class,

Eager to do Mathematics

Nice to my friends and teachers,

Amazing at timetables.

Serena Au, 1C

Caring, I care for my friends.

Artistic, I like art.

Rare, I am rare.

Optimistic, I am always happy.

Lovely, I am lovely.

Intelligent, I am intelligent.

Nice, I am very nice to my friends.

Excellent, I do excellent things.

Xie, 1B

Care for our friends and stand up for the right thing

Observe mistakes and fix them

Use manners for example say please and thank you

Reuse rubbish by making art

Admit your lies and tell the truth

Give it a go and learn from your mistakes

Express your feelings and be brave.

YEAR 1

Perfect painter

Happy

Open minded

Excellent drawer

Brave

Enthusiastic

High spirited.

Phoebe Hildebrand, 1D

Ambitious, always ready to have a go

Nice, always wants to help her friends

Noble never lets a friend down

Awesome, always wants to be different

Brave, wants to do things even though I am scared

Enthusiastic, smart

Loyal, you can trust me

Loveable, I’m easy to love

Excited to learn and make mistakes.

Annabelle Moore, 1T

Information Reports

Koalas have grey fur. Koalas have long claws to hold onto branches and trees. Koalas eat leaves from Eucalyptus trees. Koalas live in Australia’s eucalyptus trees. Koalas are marsupials. Koalas are really slow on the floor so they don’t go on the floor very often. Joeys eat their mother’s poo. Koalas don’t drink much water. Joeys drink milk from their mother.

Michelle Su, 1D

Did you know that the Spotted Owl can’t move its eyeball? I am going to tell you why the Spotted Owl is the most amazing animal in the world!

Owls have sharp beaks to catch their food. They can hunt at night. Animals that hunt at night are called nocturnal hunters, their beaks are yellow, and really sharp. If you put your hand in an owl’s beak, your hand will be gone! They eat all types of little creatures. They also like to eat small mice. They use their sharp claws to catch their prey.

The Spotted Owl is found on the west coast of Australia. They like to live in forest trees. They don’t make any noise when they flap their wings so they can sneak up on their prey.

For the reasons I have stated above, that’s why the Spotted Owl is the most amazing animal in the world!

Queenie Qin, 1C

1 Audrey Conn, 1T

2 Abby Su, Caroline Xie, Chloe Pu and Yifei Zheng, 1B

3 Isla Morrison, 1C

4 Sienna Cheng, Olivia Bi, Ella Wang, Joyce Gong and Ariel Wang, 1D

5 Abby Su, Sarah Zhang, Evelyn Zhu and Alicia Gong, 1B

YEAR 1

A Persuasive Letter

Dear Mrs Brown,

I strongly believe that all children should do homework because we can help mum work out how to share food evenly by learning Mathematics. Firstly, homework is fun. I love drawing pictures and taking photos. Secondly, homework will make us very smart because we can learn important things. Thirdly, we can learn how to cook and measure ingredients because we will be very good at Mathematics. Finally, when you grow up you can go to university and keep getting even smarter and learn more things.

Kind regards,

My favourite game was elastics because you could jump and it was a challenge to try not to touch the elastic when you jumped.

1 Chloe Chen, Emma Ly, Sarayah Wijesuriya and Emily Shi, 1T

2 Poppy Zhu, 1C

3 Mischa Jadav, Phoebe Hildebrand, Emily Dao and Kaymi Madugalle Wijeratne, 1D

4 Emily Ma and Fiona Wang, 1B

5 Lovy Chen and Serena Au 1C

YEAR 1

Diamante Poems

Mrs Soumboulidis

Friendly, kind Shopping, teaching, swimming PLC, home, supermarket, beach Caring, eating, loving Tall, beautiful

Mrs Soumboulidis.

Joyce Gong, 1D PLC

Beautiful, busy Learning, reading, painting Hall, classroom, oval, PA room

Learning, playing, writing Fun, long Happiness.

Mia Wang, 1D Dog

Fluffy, stripy

Running, stretching, playing, Food, bed, water, bone, Sleeping, drinking, funny, Cuddly, adorable, Puppy.

Abby Zhang, 1C Angel

Small, graceful Flying, loving, singing Heaven, wings, Earth, legs

Walking, playing, caring Smart, kind Human.

Sarayah Wijesuriya, 1T

A Persuasive Text

I strongly believe that dogs are better than cats. Firstly, I believe that dogs are better than cats because dogs get more excited and happy when lots of people are around and cats get cranky. Secondly, I prefer dogs because dogs like to play with people but cats don’t. Thirdly, dogs let you pat them and cats don’t. Finally, I strongly believe that dogs are better than cats because dogs like to play with people and cats don’t. Dogs like it when you pat them, but cats don’t and dogs get very excited and happy when lots of people are around but cats get cranky.

Clifton Gardens

We excitedly boarded the buses that were headed for Clifton Gardens. When we arrived, we met Ranger Angus and his excited team who had organised an exciting and action-packed day of fun activities for us to do. First, we found out how the things that we use at home, like detergents and paint, affect our ocean and wildlife. We then talked about different types of landscapes from the mountains to the rainforest and to the ocean.

After morning tea, we went fishing but nobody caught any fish because the fish didn’t seem hungry. Some girls found it very hard to use a fishing reel, but we thought that it was fun! Next, we went down onto the beach, and we made shelters for turtles while learning all about their habitats.

Lastly, we went on a bug hunt and looked around the grassy, swampy areas to see what insects we could find. We got to use magnifying glasses and we even found an earthworm.

We loved our excursion to Clifton Gardens. We hope we can go there again soon.

Term 3 History Incursion

I had a wonderful time at the History Incursion! We made Victorian peg dolls. It was very fun. We made them with pegs, felt, yarn, pipe cleaners and cupcake moulds. Then we played some old-fashioned games. The games were quoits, pick up sticks, fly and elastics. My favourite game was elastics because you could jump and it was a challenge to try not to touch the elastic when you jumped. It was so much fun!

I’m so glad we could have this day. It reminded me about my great grandmother. I wondered if she played any of the old-fashioned games.

YEAR 1 ARTWORKS

YEAR 1 ARTWORKS

Poetry

My Family

My mum is like a rose, when calm she is the petals, but when she is angry, she is the thorns.

My sister is like a sunflower, she is bright and always happy.

My dad is like a lily, sweet and kind as well.

Together we are like the most beautiful meadow, and yes it will always be sunny.

My mum is as beautiful as a princess

She smells like sweet roses

Her kindness is as nice as a warm fire.

My dad is as tall as a big giraffe And as brave as a fierce tiger

His hair is as spiky as a hedgehog.

My kitten is as soft as a pom-pom

And as cheeky as a little monkey

He is as cute as 100 bunnies.

I am as funny as a clown

And I am as kind as a pretty butterfly

I am as awesome as everything!

Persuasive Texts

It is not cruel to keep animals in cages …

… because they can eat every day and they don’t have to hunt. They can just rest and play and they can stay safe in their cages. Firstly, it is not cruel to keep animals in cages because they can have enough to eat. In the wild they have to hunt all day. In the zoo they get lots of interesting food given to them by the zookeepers. Secondly, they can relax all day and play every day and rest in the cages. This will make them happy. Thirdly, they can stay safe in cages and won’t die from other animals. They can be happy and never die. Therefore, I believe that animals should stay in cages.

I believe keeping animals in cages is cruel. Firstly, I believe that animals cannot be kept in cages because their cage is not their natural habitat. I believe that keeping animals in cages will make them lose their breath and they will not get any fresh air and will suffer. Thirdly, keeping animals in cages is cruel because they can lose their survival and hunting skills. Therefore, I strongly believe that keeping animals in cages is cruel because they will lose their family and friends.

It is cruel to keep animals in zoos because animals can suffer a lot in small, cramped spaces. They don’t like being kept in these small places, and in some cases try to escape. They can also lose their ability to hunt if they have never been in the wild and they may lose their ability to complete other things that are normal in their behaviours.

Firstly, animals can die by trying to escape from getting trapped in the tight spaces. Also, being in a zoo may ruin the food chain, because when the family cannot find the other lost animal, they will get worried, and they may also get captured when looking for the animal themselves.

Secondly, animals will lose their ability to hunt. They can also starve when they get released in the wild. Animals would also be forced to do shows and they may not like it. The zookeepers get money while the animals do shows.

Lastly pandas, birds, chickens, lions, whales, kangaroos and many more animals prefer living in the wild. If we took these birds away from their habitat they can’t fly, if we take lions away, they can’t roar and hunt, this is why we must let animals be in the wild.

In conclusion these are reasons why I believe animals must be free and stay with their family so cruel people can stop capturing them, hurting them and finally let them live in peace.

Jessica Guo, 2M

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YEAR 2

Books are better than TV

I strongly believe that books are better than TV because they help you learn more vocabulary, they teach you more information and they help with your spelling. Firstly, books are better than TV because they help you learn more vocabulary because of all the interesting words that you can learn to spell and use. Secondly, books are better than TV because they give you more information and will make your reading and vocabulary better for school and any other classes you have. Thirdly, books are better than TV because you can also read for fun. Some books can leave you with a cliff hanger and can leave you wanting more. So that is why I believe that books are better than TV.

Mum loves me and I love her

Dynamic Diamante Poems

Cici

Lovely, happy Caring, loving, cooking Songs, garden, Beijing, jewellery Making, shopping, comforting Kind, good Mum.

Murong Li, 2B

Rachel Cheerful, beautiful Loving, caring, cooking Makeup, dress, sushi, pink Comforting, encouraging Kind, pretty Mum.

Karena Lu, 2B

Mum

Tall, normal Driving, cooking, sleeping Mum loves me and I love her Cleaning, caring, shopping Kind, lovely Mummy.

Jocelyn Shi, 2G

The Rainforest

I see the wet, sticky rocks and the foaming waterfall. I see very pretty vines creeping up on wet slimy trees. I hear the loud birds chirping. I hear lots of rumbling and thunder. I hear the rain going ‘plip, plop’. I taste the fresh rain and wet chewy leaves. I also taste watery air. I feel the coldness and wet gooey rocks. I also feel the leaves crushing against me.

Arin Sadananda, 2B

Manly Dam

I see the big blue sea. The sea is bright blue in colour. One side is a dam, and one side is the sea. I taste the fresh air. I taste the wind in front of my face. I smell the wonderful air in the sky. The sea is fresh water. I hear the birds chirping in the sky. The clouds are floating in the sky. I hear the rain falling down from the sky. I feel the bumpy stones. I feel the cool rain. It feels like it is snow falling down from the sky.

Rose Wang, 2B

YEAR 2

Informative Text

Sloths

Classification

Sloths are very slow animals. They are a type of mammal that looks like a monkey, but they are not.

Size and Appearance

It is very fluffy. Species of sloths are divided into families – two-toed sloths and three-toed sloths.

Habitat and Lifestyle

Sloths are mostly found in the Central and South American rainforests.

Diet and Eating Habits

Some sloth species eat nothing but leaves!

YEAR 2

The Day the Crayons Came Home

Letter to the Police

Dear Police,

This is why that wolf should stay in jail. To begin with he ate two innocent pigs just to get sugar for his granny, well that is just cruel! Next, the Big Bad Wolf caused a scene in front of my beautiful house by trying to bust down the great big door of it. Humph! On top of that, he even called me rude, honestly! He is the rude one! I hate him, he’s so impolite plus he has a very bad temper. Truly, have you ever heard of a kind wolf? They are all so very rude! Now please don’t let me get out of jail, also make sure to send a guard to watch him, he is just so sneaky!

Regards,

King Pork Yum Yummy

Dear Mr Policeman,

Mia Wang, 2M

I think that the Big Bad Wolf is bad and should be arrested because he blew down my two brothers’ houses. Next, he said he wanted a cup of sugar but he was a big liar! He ate my brother instead! On top of that, he knocked on my door and tried to break into my house.

I think that you should arrest him now!

Yours sincerely,

Bob the pig

Florence Ma, 2G

How would you feel if you were eaten?

I strongly believe you must lock up the Big Bad Wolf in jail. He blew down my favourite brother’s house, he pretended he had a cold, and he entered the amazing houses without permission!

To begin with, the wolf is terrible because he blew down the beautiful houses that my brothers made! How would you feel? They took a long time to build.

In addition, the wolf is extremely bad. I’m seriously not joking! He is bad because he pretended he had a terrible cold! Liar! Like, who would do that?

On top of that, the Big Bad Wolf is so bad, you’d never want to see him on Planet Earth! He is super bad because he broke into their precious houses without permission! How would you feel if somebody broke into your house?

After all these reasons, I think you’re totally convinced, you should lock him up!

From,

I strongly believe you must certainly lock up the Big Bad Wolf in jail.

First, he blew down both my brothers’ houses that took days and months to build. So, send the Big Bad Wolf to jail!

Second of all, he ate my two precious, adorable and cute little brothers! How would you feel if you were eaten? Really, it’s horrible.

Finally, he tried to make me believe he had a really bad cold! Well, he can’t trick me, I’m too smart for him! But he’s still a big liar!

Now, I hope you believe the Big Bad Wolf should be sent straight to jail!

Kind regards,

The Secret Garden

One sunny morning, I went to the Secret Garden with my best friends. We went to find secret stuff. We went to find it together, so we didn’t get lost. I found a secret door that led to a secret tunnel and a special rockpool. But, I needed a rest because I found all the secret stuff. So, my friends Celine and Lareina had to find the special crystal key. I was very frustrated when I lost my friends and my friends couldn’t find the crystal key. Luckily, I found my friends in the rockpool. I was lucky because it was very easy to pull them out. “There you go, you are all nice and clean now!” I said. Then I went to look under the water. Inside a log was the shiny crystal key! “Inside the log… how easy,” Lareina said. We slowly opened the secret door and when we walked in, we found a special shiny chest full of treasure!

YEAR 2 ARTWORKS

YEAR 2 ARTWORKS

KINDERGARTEN TO YEAR 2

Kindergarten to Year 2 Concert: Journey to Treasure Island

The absolute best part of the year was the Kindergarten to Year 2 Concert! It was our first concert as we missed the ones before due to COVID-19. Miss Farlow wrote an amazing play about pirates going on an adventure and every class was able to perform a song. Year 2 girls were the narrators which meant they told the story in between each song.

We had to have lots of rehearsals to make sure we learned our dance and our lines. The first performance was for Years 3 to 6 and we were all very nervous, but the show went really well. We then performed two more times, this time for our parents!

Our favourite part was the finale when everyone in Kindergarten, Year 1 and Year 2 came on stage and sang together.

Everyone clapped for us and cheered so loudly! We are sad we will not do another Kindergarten to Year 2 Concert again but are excited for more performances in the future!

KINDERGARTEN TO YEAR 2

I saw my mummy giving me a hug. I heard my mum clapping. I felt butterflies in my tummy.

Olivia Sun, KM

I saw lots of parents.

I heard Puff the Magic Dragon music playing. I felt shocked, so shocked!

We performed our Kindergarten to Year 2 Concert! Firstly, we dressed up in some amazing costumes! After we finished dressing up, we took some photos while we were finishing our booklet.

Secondly, we went to the rehearsal room in the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts (GMCPA), where we waited for bit. We could watch everyone else’s performance while we were waiting.

After that, it was our turn. We left the rehearsal room and went to another room that led to the stage. We waited for a little bit for the narrators and Kindergarten girls to finish and then we went on stage! We sang a We Can Fly! song while dancing.

Finally, our dance ended and after the other dancers finished, we did the finale and the show ended and we went to our classrooms and got changed. Then we went home. I felt so proud.

SCHOOL

YEAR 3

Outdoor Education

At the end of Term 3, Year 3 attended camp at Vision Valley. When we arrived, we were welcomed with some fantastic games with the camp leaders like Ant Hospital and Night Caveman Cavalier. After that we were organised into our activity groups which were named after Australian animals, for example Pink Koala, Red Snakes and Green Echidnas.

We had the best time completing the Donkey Kong activity where we climbed ladders and walked across a wooden beam. We also enjoyed the canoeing where we learned how to paddle a canoe whilst playing games floating on the water. We learned how to orienteer and completed an activity where we had a list of things we needed to find (like a treasure hunt with a map). Our favourite activity was going on the water slide with all our friends, screaming at the top of our lungs!

After completing the activities, we set up the tents and had dinner. It was spaghetti bolognese, garlic bread and corn. After dinner we had frozen yoghurt for dessert. We had the best time completing the fun trivia in teams before bed. Finally, it was time to sleep. We listened to a story and then slept in tents in groups of three.

Our favourite activity was going on the water slide with all our friends...

The next morning, we were given the opportunity to complete any activities we had not had a go at the day before. After lunch it was sadly time to go, so we picked up our bags and walked to the buses. We had an amazing time at camp. We can’t wait to go on camp again next year!

Inquiry

During Term 4 Inquiry, we learned about famous sea explorers such as Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo and Captain Cook. We learned that these explorers gathered the courage to sail into what they thought was the abyss; not knowing where they would land. Imagine how they would have felt?

Year 3 investigated this topic because we wanted to broaden our knowledge about early sea exploration. Most of these daring men lived and explored during an era called the Age of Exploration (1400 to 1700). This period was when most of the world was discovered. These sea explorers discovered new trading routes to barter and trade goods such as spices and gold. Spices were very valuable because they had to eat rotten food and they used the spices to help the food taste a little better.

Year 3 really enjoyed this fascinating topic and learning about how every sailor has one thing in common – courage.

YEAR 3

Poems

Green Sea Turtle

A green sea turtle hovers elegantly above the tangled seaweed, Under the shimmering surface of the glittering reef. I watch eagerly from the peak of a rock.

I see it scavenging through the blooming coral, And floating gently through the colourful plant life.

As the wind howls it combs through my wild hair.

I bend down to feel the water’s current, Pushing my hand toward the sandy shore. A breath of fresh air fills my lungs.

Again, I see the turtle slowly gliding into the distance.

Emily Long, 3T

Forest

Giant dragonflies zoomed just above the shimmering surface of the water,

As the wings fluttered in time with my beating heart. The scent of sweet phantom wattle flowers drifts into the cool atmosphere, My eyelids slowly flutter.

Bright stars shimmer like diamonds in the beautiful night sky, The shadow of a sugar glider glides across the shining moon, The sparkling stars.

I slump down into the comfy outdoor couch, Drifting off to sleep, Dreaming.

1 Emily Horniak, 3C, Zara Ware, 3A and Ellie Zhang, 3C

2 Charlotte Elliott and Faye Li, 3T

3 Stephanie Zhao and Miranda Kang, 3A

4 Elyséa Jones, 3N and Lauren Hoch, 3T

YEAR 3

Mind Body Spirit Day

In Term 2, Year 3 attended Vision Valley for our Mind Body Spirit Day. This was a day where we were able to spend time with our friends and respect ourselves and others. At Vision Valley, we divided into class groups. We first played some games with the rest of our class. One of the games was called Gotcha – we had to try and catch the other person’s finger while avoiding ours getting caught! After having recess by the lake with the ducks, we went on a small hike around the area. Later on, we made some rangolis. A rangoli is a circular pattern made from a variety

of shapes. We used nature to create astounding patterns full of colours. Working in pairs, we both took turns contributing to our artwork. To encourage our active side, we played some running games and then finished with a book. Mind Body Spirit Day allowed us to work collaboratively with our friends and learn that teamwork makes dream work. During this special day, we also learned to respect each other for who we really are and to never judge a book by its cover. We had so much fun together at Vision Valley!

International Women’s Day

We celebrated International Women’s Day by writing quotes and drawing pictures on an enormous piece of paper. We did this because we were eager to show how we felt about breaking bias and women’s rights. We expressed the way we felt about the fact that women are often mistreated and deserve an opportunity to show their potential. Women receive less money than men because of the gender pay gap as well as discrimination against women.

...girls in Year 3 believe that all children should have access to education...

In places around the world, women don’t have the opportunity to be educated and might receive a punishment for going to school. The girls in Year 3 believe that all children should have access to education and that women should be treated better. Consequently, these were the reasons why we celebrated International Women’s Day at school.

Ranger Jamie Incursion

During Term 1, we had a Science Incursion hosted by Ranger Jamie. After an exhilarating start in the hall, we moved around the Junior School to do exciting experiments.

First, we conducted an experiment that contained corn flour and water. The ingredients made a gooey, slimy, sticky broth of wheat smelling slime, which turned hard when you squished it and slippery when you left it. Next, the class made booster rockets which whizzed across the courtyard as soon as they were triggered. We measured how far the rockets flew and got points. In Sunshine Square, we experimented with ‘exploding’ zip lock bags. Then we moved onwards to the modulars where we made vinegar rockets.

But the best of all was the ping pong ball explosion. Ranger Jamie filled a bucket with 101 ping pong balls and some liquid nitrogen. Not long after that the hall was filled with dented and cracked ping pong balls. It was such a thrilling experience which filled us with adrenaline.

We would love to say a humongous thank you to Ranger Jamie, Ranger Taco, Ranger Angus and Ranger Sid. We would be over the moon if they visited us again!

Unstructured Play

Every second Friday in Year 3 we had Unstructured Play. Depending on the weather, we either played outside in Valley Playground, in the hall or in our classrooms. We were encouraged to use our imaginations to create games and play with our friends.

Valley Playground was an enjoyable place to play because it was very relaxing and peaceful with the rocks, plants and enormous trees. There were also a lot of flowers and berries for our ‘shops’ as well as swings and hammocks to play on.

When we played in the hall, the teachers gave us materials and equipment for us to be creative with. We dressed up, made shops and played imaginative games. When we were in the classrooms, we played with Lego and did puzzles or games. Some of our friends made amazing artworks or drawings that our teachers shared on our classroom displays. They really helped our classrooms pop!

We thoroughly enjoyed Unstructured Play as we could communicate with our friends, delve into our imaginations and enjoy the peacefulness of the College gardens.

YEAR 3

Upschool Write a Book

During our Directions lessons, Year 3 girls were on a serious mission to write a book to change the world. Whilst we were writing our books, we followed a program named Upschool. Each of us wrote different stories that included a moral which taught children a positive lesson. We planned and designed our narrative on Canva – a software program that creates posters, books and videos. Even better, we could produce our product in any style we wanted! We also illustrated our book with graphics that linked to our stories.

Our books were uploaded so that people from all over the world could buy them and receive a professionally printed book. The profits from our books are being used to help protect the Australian rainforests.

Year 3 worked extremely hard on making these fabulous stories. We hope to have this opportunity to create another book to change the world. We found the experience fascinating, exciting and enjoyable.

URSTRONG and Kimochis

Over the course of the year, Year 3 students explored the wonders of friendship through the URSTRONG program. The creator of URSTRONG, Dana, showed us that she was an awesome karate-chopping, friendship ninja guide. Dana told us that we could become friendship ninjas too!

Becoming a friendship ninja was not easy. Friendship fires were obstacles for us to overcome. However, we linked Dana’s teachings with our personal experiences. The URSTRONG program helped us develop our connections and Dana’s teaching aided us during our moments of need.

We also continued working with Kimochis. These toys may be small, but they excel at teaching us about the importance of emotions. They are cute characters that have different personalities and emotions, which taught us how to understand feelings. Whether the character has a crazy and enthusiastic personality or a bossy and perfectionist personality, they always find ways to overcome different situations. Using the characters as inspiration, we were able to work through our emotions.

The URSTRONG and Kimochis programs helped us to build strong friendships. Good friendships are the key to happiness, and we are so glad that we had help from URSTRONG and Kimochis to make as many friends as possible.

YEAR 3 ARTWORKS

Book in a Box

A book in a box is when we pick one of our favourite books and we decorate a box using key images or words from a story. For example, lots of people chose Harry Potter for their book in the box. They might decorate the outside with the Hogwarts crest or pictures of Harry Potter. You also had to put a minimum of eight items into your box to represent something from the story. For example, if you picked Charlotte’s Web you could find a picture of a spider to represent Charlotte. It was a fun way to get creative and explore our favourite novels more deeply.

It was a fun way to get creative...

State Library Incursion

Year 4 had so much fun at the State Library First Fleet Incursion and learned many new and interesting facts about the First Fleet. It was fun because the librarian was very engaging with all the schools that participated and answered lots of exciting questions. We learned about the conditions on board the First Fleet. We also learned a lot about the Industrial Revolution and how the invention of machines made people lose their jobs and become homeless and hungry. A lot of people were forced to steal to survive which is why many convicts were on board the First Fleet. It was such a fun lesson!

Fizzics Education Incursion

The Fizzics Education Incursion that took place on Year 4 Science Day during Term 2 was amazing! Amelia, from Fizzics Education, talked to us about different types of energies, such as kinetic energy, chemical energy, electrical energy, and many others. She also explained how coal gets turned into electricity in our homes. After that, Amelia showed us five tables where assorted physics toys were laid out for us to experiment and play with. Our favourite ones were a clip circuit electricity kit and a plastic bird that could balance on almost anything with just the tip of its beak (even on our noses)! Amelia then brought out a homemade fog machine that blew out strawberry scented fog! We learned many fascinating things and we really enjoyed the whole experience.

1 Anna Wang, 4A

2 Dr Kate Hadwen (Principal) and Lakshi Rajeev, 4M

3 Divangi Sahni, 4R and Amelia Browne, 4D

4 Lily Zhang and Vivian Zhang, 4PD

5 Amelia Browne and Zara Younger, 4D

6 Sarah Tew, Imogen Martin and Chloe Duan, 4D

YEAR 4

...working together and facing our fears on challenging but not impossible things.

Outdoor Education

In Term 2, Year 4 girls were extremely lucky to have an amazing three-day camp at Vision Valley. So many fun activities were planned for us. We all really enjoyed activities like canoeing, roasting marshmallows by the campfire, water slides, high ropes and so much more. Camp was a wonderful way to spend time outdoors and to try new things. For some people, sleeping in a tent was challenging and for others, it was the high ropes. Either way, we all enjoyed being in nature, working together and facing our fears on challenging but not impossible things.

Position Rotations

In Term 1, Year 4 completed a rotation of position activities. There were four rotations which included programming Spheros, coding Bee-Bots, playing battleships and finding destinations on a Disneyland map. These activities were incredibly enjoyable. The Bee-Bots were the most popular because we were able to use objects from around the classroom to make a maze and code our Bee-Bots to reach a certain location which was very entertaining. ‘Position Rotations’ really stood out as a fun activity from the term, and it was a lot easier to understand the Maths topic in a fun way.

Windows into Learning

Windows into Learning is an opportunity for parents to see what we are learning in class. Parents come during recess, and they have a chance to meet new parents and our teachers before joining us for a lesson.

This year we learned about the First Fleet and our parents also discovered more about it too. Together we completed a ‘See, Think, Wonder’ with primary and secondary sources scattered around the classroom. Overall, we had a really fun time doing the tasks that our teachers assigned to us and loved having our parents learning with us too!

Wellbeing Day

On 9 September, Year 4 visited Vision Valley and engaged in an awesome fun-filled Mind Body Spirit Wellbeing Day! Excitement could not be contained in our hearts as we stepped foot onto our favourite camp site. We were placed in our Compass classes and dived into exciting Indigenous games. For one of the games, we had to hold one another’s hips and move like a serpent gliding around a piece of rope. One girl would step into the middle of the circle and wait for the perfect time to capture one of her friends. Squeals and laughter filled the air as we worked as a team to prevent our friends from being captured! After a few rounds of high energy games, we then transitioned to calming and relaxing activities which involved sketching the beautiful landscape of Vision Valley. The day flew by in a flash as we immersed ourselves in the various activities. We all had so much fun and can’t wait for Wellbeing Day to come around again next year.

YEAR 4 ARTWORKS

YEAR 5

Dubbo and Goodooga

On 2 August, five girls from Year 5 and Mrs Brown and Mrs Davey embarked on a journey to Dubbo and Goodooga. We first stopped at Echo Point in the Blue Mountains to see the glorious view and enjoy a hot chocolate. We then continued our drive to Dubbo and stopped for the night at the Ibis Motel.

When we awoke in the morning, we jumped on the bus to Goodooga to participate in the Goodooga Games.

When we arrived, we got changed into our swimmers and jumped into the bore baths, they were boiling!

We got out and had a brilliant disco party and stayed up quite late singing, dancing and watching a movie.

In the morning, we started the games. There were many Indigenous games to play, each one with a unique name. They resembled some of our games like volleyball, netball, hockey and football. In Aboriginal culture these games help young people to learn how to hunt, stalk and many other skills they need to survive.

One of our favourite games was the one that resembled netball, but instead of throwing the ball into a hoop you had to try to hit a skinny stick with a ball, however, it is traditionally played with a nut. This game was to help with teamwork and accuracy when throwing. We had such a fun time!

Future Problem Solving

Future Problem Solving is an international problem-solving program where you are given a scene set approximately 20 years in the future and have to identify the problem while also coming up with creative solutions. Our team consisted of Ava Costa, Catherine Wang, Jing Yuan Liu, Arianna Ng and Lily Dao. On Tuesday 9 August, we took part in the qualifying round of the Australian competition. The theme for this challenge was ‘Insects’ and our team had to find ten to 16 problems and record them in a booklet, then choose one underlying problem – the biggest issue. We then had to think of a solution to solve the underlying problem and record it in the same booklet all within two hours. Our team worked really hard and we were incredibly proud of ourselves.

YEAR 5

Da Vinci Decathlon

On 26 May, Years 5 and 6 had the wonderful opportunity of being able to compete in the da Vinci Decathlon. The Year 5 team included Arabella Hoang, Haley Zhang, Phoebe Scott, Penelope Hargraves, Rebecca Zhou, Isabella Dong, Carla Eibach, Adele Cassidy and Yuan Hui Chen. The competition was designed to test and stimulate our minds in a range of disciplines: Engineering, Mathematics and Chess, Code Breaking, Art and Poetry, Science, English, Ideation, Creative Producers, Cartography and Legacy. Our Year 5 team enjoyed being both confronted by the

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problems and also working together as a team to be able to finish our first Decathlon.

Overall, our team placed second in the entire competition! We came second in Code Breaking and Mathematics, fifth in Engineering, eighth in English and Ideation and 13th in Cartography. The work that we put in and the help of our teachers, Mrs Medeiros, Ms Wynne and Mrs Meacock, really paid off!

Unstructured Play

Every second Thursday, Year 5 gets the chance to let out their creative side by playing with materials such as cardboard, silk and cloth. During Unstructured Play you can make anything, and we love to do different things with our time. From making a five-star restaurant to creating a world-famous theme park, the only boundary is your imagination.

As you would imagine, Unstructured Play is different for everyone. For example, some girls see Unstructured Play as a time to relax. For others it’s a time to have fun, connect with friends and express creativity through inventions and the things we make. Unstructured Play plays an important role in students' lives for multiple reasons. It can help relieve stress and make friends. Overall, Unstructured Play is an amazing adventure we go on every second Thursday. It is a fun and enjoyable activity!

Careers Expo

Careers Day is an exposition that happens each year. Parents come and demonstrate their work and what they do to impact and change society. The parents explained all the details of their jobs and gave us multiple challenges and activities to complete. All the challenges involved skills that you would need for each job in the future. We had so much fun trying out different challenges and learning about different opportunities. It was a good opportunity for us to test our knowledge and extend our minds and think about what different possibilities there are for us when we finish school. It also allowed us to learn about different ideas that were interesting or based on our passions that we might not have known about before. Thank you to all of the parents that made the time to come and share their careers with us.

1 Abigail Yeh, 5T, Sophia Felizzi, 5R, Jessamy Facer, 5N, Selina Jiang, 5O and Ava Welton, 5N

2 Melanie Xu, 5N, Charlotte Pang, 5T, Ellie Lau, 5O, Chloë Lenane, 5O and Oriana Fenton, 5G

3 Ava Costa, Arianna Ng, Catherine Wang, Jing Yuan Liu and Lily Dao, 5W

4 Mia Zhu, 5W, Sarah Kranes, 5G, Ellie Cao, 5N, Melanie Xu, 5N, Molly Liu, 5N, Eden Ni, 5N and Lana Tao, 5N

5 Amna Syed, 5O, Hilary Eyers, 5T, Annabel Makeham, 5T and Penelope Hargraves, 5T

Mrs Bird’s Inquiry Project

Almost every Tuesday in Terms 1 to 3, a group of girls worked with Mrs Bird to develop their understanding of evolution and survival of the fittest. We picked whether we wanted to work with other girls or individually for our project. We could also decide on what segment of the many parts of survival of the fittest we would like to research. The completed project would display an element that was interactive, like a video, game or book and an element that showcased our research, like a website, a PowerPoint, a script or a Learning Journal.

The most challenging part of the journey was when we had to finally bring the project to a stop. All the girls found the project so interesting and intriguing that the deadline slowly shifted from the beginning of Term 2 to the end of Term 3.

The most challenging part of the journey was when we had to finally bring the project to a stop.

This project taught us about using dependable sources and recent information for research, as well as teaching us that some sources may be untrustworthy. We learned that over time, the actual question that your project is based on may change a bit and that it is not a terrible thing. Overall, it was an enjoyable and enriching experience with many lessons learned.

Leadership Day

Leadership Day was a fun event where Year 5 students were able to experience hands-on activities to learn what it takes to be a good leader. Our amazing leaders of the Junior School, Mrs Brown, Mrs Tyson and Mrs Davey, put on a phenomenal show of the incorrect and correct way to be a leader. We were also asked to list down ways of being a good leader and a not so good leader. We were able to do many fun and exciting activities such as drawing on a canvas about our core values. The different options were Courage, Care, Integrity, Respect and Responsibility. We were also able to create a 30 second video in a group for assembly. Overall, the experience throughout the day was amazing and we all learned a lot.

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YEAR 5

STEM Day

On 19 August, we had a whole school STEM Day. It was a day filled with fails and triumphs, as well as a few laughs along the way. In the morning, Year 5 created an ice incubator which was meant to keep ice from melting throughout the day. Designing the ice incubator with limited materials was one thing but keeping the ice from melting was something else entirely!

After a special assembly and an extra special visit from Dr Hadwen and Archie, we made a model for Myrtle the Turtle’s fellow turtle friends and their hatchlings so that they could return to sea safely. Sketching the models proved a breeze, however, making the model was a whole different story. Many groups had to change their plans because their sketch was too difficult to make out of the cardboard and paper, whilst others had luck on their side, and managed to finish and even decorate their model. There were many creative ideas, including ramps, nets and even fairy lights!

Junkyard Beats Incursion

In May, Year 5 was treated to a return visit from Junkyard Beats – a fabulous performing group who create amazing music from everyday junk and recycled objects. Boxes and garbage bins become drumkits, kitchen utensils become a cacophony of cymbals and bells, while plastic bags and water create an atmosphere of calm meditation. Following the show, the girls participated in workshops where they were able to experiment with all of these objects and form their own junk orchestras. This high energy day was all about being creative, with a focus on becoming more environmentally aware citizens. 5W girls were then further inspired by this day to use junk percussion in their class scene in the Showcase – because as we learned –absolutely ANYTHING can be turned into music nowadays, especially when you have a little bit of help from technology!

Tournament of the Minds

During Term 3, we participated in a competition called Tournament of the Minds, which is a competition based around creativity and interpretation of the challenges given in each discipline. We were put into teams mixed with Years 5 and 6 students, which gave us the opportunity to work with new people.

We had to choose three items that would grow on trees...

It consisted of two parts, the Spontaneous Challenge and the Long-Term Challenge. The Spontaneous Challenge was a challenge that we had no idea about. We had to choose three items that would grow on trees – we chose meat, books and clothing. The reason why we chose meat was because we didn’t need to kill animals for food and it would help to balance the ecosystem. We chose books because children would be able to access education around the world, and clothing so people could be warm in winter.

Our Long-Term Challenge included three sections: Snow White (for the fairytale), Crocky Wock (for the poem), and Matilda (for the novel). We made our role play of twisted tales, which were based on the antagonist’s perspective.

We were extremely thankful to be part of this wonderful opportunity. Thank you to Mrs Hefter, Mrs Meacock and Mrs Gordon for training and supporting us.

YEAR 5

Outdoor Education

Year 5 went to Vision Valley for our Outdoor Education program. Everybody cared about each other, respected each other’s opinions and used courage to step out of our comfort zones.

Starting with the waterslide, Year 5 girls showed care towards one another and made sure that everyone could have a go. The loops on the waterslide were exciting and having a friend go down the waterslide with you allowed you to go faster. Even though the water was cold, not many people noticed it because everyone was too busy having the best time.

Cooking food over a fire was also a highlight. When we camped out, we played games including chicken noises among others with laughter that could have been heard on the other side of Australia! Bushwalking, making a fire and cooking damper required patience and for some of us that was a challenge! If we could describe the experience in one sentence, it would be that this activity filled many empty stomachs and hearts with joy.

The team challenges included different activities that you had to solve together. Year 5 girls were exceptionally good at achieving the objective by working together. During the Vertical Challenge everyone tried reaching the top whilst others cheered us on.

Overall, camp was an unforgettable experience that we will treasure. We would like to thank all the people behind this opportunity who helped us step out of our comfort zones and display our College Values the best way we could.

YEAR 5 SHOWCASE

Year 5 Showcase

Let’s Get Creative

Here is part of the opening scene, performed by 5G, which explains what our Showcase was all about in 2022:

1. You’ve all seen this picturewe know that it’s true, On windows and doorways it’s STARING at you!

In classrooms and hallways all ‘round the school Urging ‘Let’s Get Creative!’ cos ‘creative’ is cool.

2. There’s a FABULOUS graphic of an exploding head –(well – If THAT really happened, I think she’d be dead!)

No silly, it’s SYMBOLIC – it’s a representation Of ALL of the things in her imagination.

3. There’s artwork and music and dancing too, And drama and coding – to name just a few.

Yes – for each of these past-times, you need to CREATE Sooooo – Let’s Get Creative –“Oooh – I can’t wait!”

4. But where do we start? –I just don’t know, This could be a painfully lengthy show. So let’s cut it down for our guests and our friends

To the last HUNDRED YEARS of creative trends…

YEAR 6

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day was a special occasion for Year 6. For 2022, the theme was ‘Break the Bias’. As a girls’ school, it is so important for us to recognise the women in our community as they can at times be taken for granted. We all took part in making the symbol for this year, a symbol made by crossing your arms. We looked deeper into this important event and message in Directions time and focused on how we could make the world a better place for women. We wrote poems based on the theme and celebrated some of them in our online International Women’s Day assembly.

The right to live

The right to study

The right to be heard.

We walk the same

We talk the same

We hear the same

We hurt the same.

Look around our workplaces

Come inside our schools and universities

We work the same way

We deserve the same pay.

Plantation of Love – Mother’s Day

This year for Mother’s Day, Year 6 girls raised money to give back to the environment. Instead of buying and creating gifts for our mothers, we came up with the idea to each bring a gold coin to donate to the One Tree Planted organisation. One Tree Planted is a not-for-profit organisation that plants trees to restore forests, create habitats for biodiversity and make a positive impact around the world. They have planted trees all over the world. Their contributions have been essential to the reforestation, conservation and protection of endangered forests in Australia. This was a plantation of love, by planting 200 trees in areas that have been affected by bushfires, in the names of our mums.

YEAR 6

Rube Goldberg

In Term 1, we learned about motions and forces and simple machines. We were tasked to create a Rube Goldberg machine, which is a chain reaction type contraption designed to perform a simple task. The purpose of my machine was to move a marble through a series of chain reactions using a pulley, an inclined plane, lever and a tennis ball. It took many tries as I needed to tweak the measurements and design to be successful. It was extremely satisfying to see how the pulley helped the weight of the tennis ball to move the lever to release the marble down the path to its final destination!

Mind Body Spirit Day

On Year 6 Mind Body Spirit Day we went on an excursion to Vision Valley. We were introduced to Indigenous games that we found were quite similar to other games, like cricket and soccer. As well as physical activities we also connected with nature by creating mandalas with natural resources and painted water colour landscapes. We had the most wonderful, peaceful time just being with our friends and teachers.

Evelyn Chen, 6W, Jiayi Thong, 6J, Aurora Zhang, 6J, Rebecca Mak, 6S and Anisha Chabra, 6J

In this task, we had to create a Rube Goldberg machine that included a range of simple machines (lever, inclined plane, wedge, screw, wheel and axle, and pulley) to complete a task. I attempted to create a machine that dropped a bath bomb into a glass of water. A challenge I faced whilst designing the machine was finding appropriate materials. Connecting the different parts of the machine together was another challenge I faced. In conclusion, the machine worked successfully, and I learned a lot from my mistakes. I can’t wait for another challenge!

Canberra

In Term 1, we arrived at school at 6.05am to travel to Canberra for an excursion to Parliament House. We endured a trip on the bus which lasted for around four hours, so we got to watch a bunch of movies. We went to Parliament House because during both our English and Inquiry units, we had been focusing on how the Australian Government works. When we got there, we had to go through security to check we were safe. We role-played making a law in the House of Representatives and had lots of interesting arguments. There were two sides, the Opposition and the Government. There was also a small space for the crossbenchers, who got to choose either side of the debate. We also viewed the House of Representatives and the Senate from the gallery. The House of Representatives was a light green colour. The tour guide told us lots of facts about the rooms and he told us that the green colouring was representative of native Australian gumtrees. The British have a similar room, but it is dark green. For the Senate, it was similar but red. Going to Parliament House was such a fun and interesting experience. We really enjoyed learning about these processes and hope to go back again one day!

We role-played making a law in the House of Representatives...

6

FEAST

During Term 2, we worked through the OzHarvest FEAST program to learn about commonly wasted foods such as bread, milk, bagged salads and fresh fruit.

In class, we learned about food waste. We also learned about serving size, nutritional values of different foods and watched some fantastic videos linked to food waste in our Passion with Purpose time. Everyone was challenged to create their own recipe using commonly wasted foods, including recipes from different cultures. Each of the Year 6 classes got to go on a fun adventure to the Secondary School kitchens to cook with lots of different kinds of food. These meals contained ingredients which are commonly wasted in Australia.

Jessica Persson, 6M, Elizabeth Macpherson, 6J, Eva Still, 6S, Imogen Jones, 6W and Chloe Shao, 6H

1 Sarah Joung and Aria Cheng, 6H

2 Victoria Guo, Yiling Gu, Alana Wang and Lily Xing, 6L

3 Feifei Wang, Sarah Foo and Ayla Gortan, 6H

4 Year 6 outside Parliament House

5 Michelle Song, 6L, Vivian Liu, 6L, Cabrini Lee, 6H, Allison Wang, 6W and Emma Jing, 6W

6 Jessica Persson, 6M, Sophie Harris, 6L, Geena Cheng, 6H, Jamilla Soo, 6S, Sophie Kidd, 6J, Yuecheng Xu, 6H and Kathy Wang, 6W

YEAR 6

Paddock to Plate

In Year 6 we investigated the production of crops and plants and the sustainability that is involved in this process.

First, we learned about reviving vegetable scraps to stop people from throwing away their perfectly edible food scraps. Each girl experimented with regrowing various parts of different vegetables with different variables such as sunlight and moisture levels to enhance photosynthesis.

We created flow charts on the production of a chosen food and the sustainable practices that companies should use whilst the food is being manufactured. We then created a flow chart with our findings of the steps and methods from paddock to plate.

We learned about irrigation, crop rotation, vertical farming and other practices to create a design for a sustainable garden to provide food at our Vision Valley campus. Once our garden designs were completed, we transferred the design to a 3D simulation on an app called AR Maker.

We found it helpful that all our subjects focused on similar topics relating to sustainability such as in English, we wrote and presented a speech about different sustainable practices. In Inquiry, we researched the ridiculous amount of food miles some of our food travels which creates an enormous carbon footprint. We also researched what the most wasted foods were in Australia and created recipes preventing certain foods from being wasted. We published a Year 6 FEAST recipe book, and all the profits went to OzHarvest to support people in need.

What an amazing term of learning!

...overcoming challenges and trying new things can lead to very rewarding experiences.

1 Emma Scott, 6S, Sophie Kidd, 6J, Abigail Hung, 6J and Sierra Borean, 6J

2 Cecilia Bryant, 6J, Sritha Yellamaraju, 6S, Ashton Malcolm, 6J, Eloise Rumble, 6J, Mea McBurney, 6J, Annika Sriram, 6J, Shereen Jawaad, 6S and Rebecca Mak, 6S

Outdoor Education

In Term 1, Year 6 visited the beautiful Glenworth Valley which is 45 minutes away from Pymble. We had such a great time riding horses and undertaking a challenging hike. We also participated in abseiling, which involved descending a rock face. It was such a fun and exciting experience.

Gemma Dixon, 6W

In Year 6, Outdoor Education is one of my favourite parts of school. In Term 1 on the day we were meant to go, we were delayed due to the rain. The other classes went to Glenworth Valley but again, the rain had hit too hard, and we went to Vision Valley instead. I was disappointed but ended up having a fabulous time. Of all the adventures we had, I really liked when we had to pile up crates and climb on them with the help of my group and partner. I loved the end of the day where you met up with your friends. I definitely want this to continue every year, even more than once.

Malaika Rasheed, 6M

It was a great experience to be part of Outdoor Education as it was fun and exciting. As a result of attending, I was able to further develop my independence and confidence, as well as the ability to find my best self. Additionally, it was confirmed that overcoming challenges and trying new things can lead to very rewarding experiences.

Kathy Wang, 6W

YEAR 6

Transition to Year 7

As our final year in Junior School crept closer to the end, we began our transition to Middle School by learning study skills and organisation with our Compass teachers. We learned multiple techniques such as backward mapping of tasks, time management and the important acronym STOP.

Backward mapping is the process of mapping backwards as the name suggests. For example, if you have homework due on Thursday, assigned on Monday, you look at what time you have to do it and you work around your weekly schedule.

Time management is prioritising tasks based on their due date, importance and finding time to do them. One way to make this technique work is by making a checklist showing the most important task at the top.

The acronym STOP stands for Self-Care, Time Management, Organisation and importantly Peace of Mind.

These great techniques guided us to become more organised with our classwork and homework.

YEAR 6 MUSICAL

Matilda Jr.

Year 6 had a fabulous time working on our musical, Matilda Jr. It was a great experience because we got the chance to express our personalities through different characters such as Miss Honey, the evil Miss Trunchbull and Matilda. We spent lots of time in class preparing for the three performances that we had in Term 4. My favourite was doing the ribbon dance in one of our class songs – The Hammer. At the start it was challenging to remember all our songs and our lines but after two terms of rehearsing we memorised it all! I would like to thank all of the teachers who helped us with this show. I know it will be something that all of Year 6 will remember for years to come!

My favourite was doing the ribbon dance...

YEAR 6 MUSICAL

1 Lera Dubrovina, 6S, Michelle Song, 6L, Eve Clark, 6M and Annie Xiao, 6M

2 Celine Cai and Aahana Paliwal, 6H

3 Mea McBurney, 6J

4 Stacy Sharp, 6L, Annabella Bayfield, 6L and Natasha Horner, 6M

5 Aria Cheng and Mischa Baba, 6H

6 Rosanna Rew, 6W

7 Ella Gao, Scarlett Wong, Megan Chia, Martina Dall’asta Comin, Rosanna Rew, Lulu Li and Emma Jing, 6W

8 Emma Jing, Summer Teni, Abigail Martin, Indigo Meldrum and Isabella Eum, 6W

YEAR 6 ARTWORKS

YEAR 6 ARTWORKS

CARNIVALS

Junior School Athletics Championship Results

The Junior School Athletics Carnival was not held in 2022 due to rain. Championship events were held over Terms 2 and 3.

Winning House

Goodlet

Junior Champion Claudia Birrell

Junior Runner Up Isabelle Lau

Senior Champion Amalia Bond

Senior Runner Up Adele Cassidy

8 Years Champion Sasha Fairclough

9 Years Champion Claudia Birrell

10 Years Champion Marley Titley

11 Years Champion Adele Cassidy

12 Years Champion Amalia Bond

Junior 800m

CARNIVALS

Junior School Swimming Carnival

On Thursday 17 November, Junior School students competed in our annual Swimming Carnival. The carnival was modified so that it was compliant with attendance guidelines of the Aquatic Centre. As a result, we ran the carnival over four sessions: Championship events, year-based races and Race League Events.

Championship Events

During PE lessons at the end of Term 3, students competed in swimming trials. This data, along with times submitted on the NSW Swimming Central database, was compiled to invite the top swimmers from each event to participate in Championship Heats.

Race League Events

Students competed in teams for their House in several different races, novelty events and relays. The activities catered for all swimming abilities with emphasis on fun, participation and House spirit.

Two new school records were set on the day, along with more swimmers participating in all the events than previous years!

Results

Winning House

Ingleholme

Junior Champion Emma Deere

Junior Runner Up Chloé Shires

Senior Champion Megan Chia

Senior Runner Up Emma Ng

8 Years Champion Amélie Berg

9 Years Champion Emma Deere

10 Years Champion Chloé Shires

11 Years Champion Emma Ng

12 Years Champion Megan Chia

Junior 100m Freestyle

11

9

10

8

9

10 Years 50m Breaststroke

11 Years 50m Breaststroke

12 Years 50m

Junior 50m Butterfly

Senior 50m Butterfly

Junior 200m Individual Medley

Elsa

Senior 200m Individual Medley

Jessica Persson 1st Megan Chia 2nd

SPEECH DAY AWARDS

Junior School Speech Day Awards

Year 3

Academic Achievement

Amélie Berg, Emma Deere, Mia Farthing, Ellie He, Caitlyn Ho, Wanting (Aurora) Lin, Sarah Lu, Alicia Miao, Naomi Shi, Yixin (Christina) Yang, Ellie Zhang, Loriah Zhang

Academic Endeavour

Evie Cho, Olivia Headley, Ivanka Jia, Isabelle La, Vivian Li, Isabel Liu, Vivienne Ren, Genevieve Wong, Isabella Yang, Stephanie Zhao

Citizenship

Zhun (Julie) Kang, Kiana Rad, Eleanor Ren, Elyssia Scarbrough, Zining Wong

Religious Education

Rebecca Cooke, Colleen Han, Emily Horniak, Vanessa Lee, Elise Makar

Sports Encouragement

Emily Long

Music Encouragement

Sophia Wang

Year 4

Academic Achievement

Jialing (Katelyn) Gu, Fong Hang (Alison) Kok, Bianca Ng, Lakshi Rajeev, Sarah Tew, Trisha Viswanathan, Adeline Wu, Charlotte Wu, Michelle Xing, Charlotte Xue, Junwen (Vivian) Zhang, Lily Zhang

Academic Endeavour

Greta Campbell, Lydia Chen, Sophie Chiang, Riley Kwok, Chloe Morrison, Izabella Prokop, Leia Ripley, Jaanvi Sawhney, Lilyan Shen, Mandy Zhou

Citizenship

Zoe Chong, Olivia Guo, Ria Iyer, Anna Xu, Victoria Yu

Religious Education

Ruby Makar, Emma Popli, Sophia Sayegh, Jane Watson, Chloe Yi

Sports Encouragement

Imogen Martin

Music Encouragement Kavya Surana

Year 5

Academic Achievement

Sarah Asgari, Adele Cassidy, Miluo (Amber) Chen, Isabella Dong, Amelia Hanstrum, Arabella Hoang, Selina Jiang, Aria Kissun, Jing Yuan Liu, Arianna Ng, Eden Ni, Phoebe Scott, Anika Verma, Athena Wu, Rebecca Zhou

Academic Endeavour

Yuan Hui Chen, Ava Costa, Edith Cullinane, Chloe Deng, Chelsea Duan, Gabrielle Guo, Ava Jamieson, Chloë Lenane, Stella Pieterse, Charlotte Sadler, Ruby Stoodley-Williamson, Jiaxi (Haley) Zhang

Citizenship

Sophia Guo, Charlotte Pang, Chloé Shires, Amna Syed, Richielynne Xiong, Mia Zhu

Religious Education

Dionne Jacobs, Ellie Lau, Rachel Lin, Zihui (Molly) Liu, Blair Tang, Wen Ting (Wendy) Wei

Sports Encouragement

Madison Aikman

Music Encouragement

Selina Jin

Year 6

Academic Achievement

Annabella Bayfield, Tianlin (Celine) Cai, Nicole Fan, Harriet Gregory, Estelle Lee, Elizabeth Macpherson, Jessica Persson, Chloe Shao, Stacy Sharp, Peilin (Alina) Shi, Eva Still, Leahara Wijesuriya, Emily Woods-McConville, Yuecheng Xu, Aurora Zhang

Academic Endeavour

Eesha Adusumilli, Megan Chia, Jessi Gao, Ayla Gortan, Sophie Harris, Abigail Hung, Lok Ching (Haylee) Lam, Eloise Rumble, Zara Sandham, Celine Soo, Kathy Wang, Zifei (Feifei) Wang

Citizenship

Amalia Bond, Sophie Kidd, Indigo Meldrum, Jiaxi (Alana) Wang, Eyleen Zhou, Hanzhang (Julia) Zhu

Religious Education

Sierra Borean, Aleksandra (Sasha) Dubrovina, Lucy Gao, Abigail Martin, Yuna Shin, Stephanie Yuan

Sports Encouragement

Eleanor Rowe

Music Encouragement

Allison Wang

SPEECH DAY AWARDS

Special Awards

Excellence in Sport Award

Amalia Bond

Attitude and Dedication to Sport Award

Eve Clark

Sportsmanship Award

Claudia Wyatt

Commitment to Music Award

Lily Xing

Excellence in Music Award

Isabel Chang

Contribution to the Life of the Junior School

Annabella Bayfield, Amalia Bond, Gemma Dixon, Irisa Han, Imogen Jones, Estelle Lee, Eleanor Rowe, Emma Scott, Chloe Shao, Leahara Wijesuriya, Scarlett Wong, Emily Woods-McConville, Claudia Wyatt, Lily Xing, Aurora Zhang

Kathleen Bent Prize for Good Citizenship

Leahara Wijesuriya

Caroline Strong Award for Good Citizenship

Jihyun (Isabella) Eum

Rebecca Cooper Prize for English

Zoe Alphandary

The Vicki Waters Award

Lucy Gao

House Cup

Bennett

Rosalie Ramsay Junior

Academic Scholarship 2023

Chloe Shao, Alina Shi, Aurora Zhang

Junior Music Tuition Scholarship

Isabel Chang, Lok Ching (Haylee) Lam

1 Olivia Headley, Year 3

2 Stephanie Zhao, Year 3

3 Mrs Alison Tedesco (Junior School Teacher), Sarah Lu, Year 3 and Mr James Hunter (Chair of the Board)

4 Mrs Alison Tedesco (Junior School Teacher), Amélie Berg, Year 3 and Mr James Hunter (Chair of the Board)

5 Claudia Wyatt, Year 6

JUNIOR SCHOOL LIAISONS

Junior School Liaisons’ Report

As Junior School Liaison Prefects who had journeyed through Pymble since Kindergarten, our 2022 goal was to strengthen the connection within the Junior School, as well as bridge the gap between the Junior and Secondary Schools, as this was something we all desired when reflecting on our experiences. This year, the former Preparatory and Junior Schools merged to form one united team, the new Kindergarten to Year 6 Junior School community. Our first action was to introduce ourselves to the Junior School girls. Despite starting our role online due to the COVID-19 lockdown, we wanted to ensure that the girls were familiar with us so that they felt comfortable speaking and reaching out to us.

Carnival

Despite COVID-19 restrictions preventing the Junior School from having their usual large-scale Swimming Carnival in 2021, we saw the girls bring out their swimmers, goggles and caps and swim with House spirit for smaller-scale races in Term 1. We helped with timekeeping, cheering and getting to know some of the Junior girls. It was a great way to connect the older and younger students from the different schools.

Kindness Convention

On 15 June, Pymble hosted the first Children’s Kindness Conference for Year 5 students across many schools to ideate solutions to social and global issues, inspired by the quality of kindness. A poem, written by the Head of Junior School, Mrs Brown, was recited by all students, allowing them to all speak with ‘one voice’. The lead up to the day invited interested Secondary School students to be involved in the planning and organising of the exciting event. It was a very successful day filled with enthusiasm, laughter and of course, kindness.

This year, the former Preparatory and Junior Schools merged to form one united team...

JUNIOR SCHOOL LIAISONS

Junior School Parent Group Fun Day

The Junior School Parent Group Fun Day in May brought many families together for some karaoke, rides, carnival games, delicious food and a movie night. With the help of many Year 12 students, the day was a great success and the joy and laughter from everyone was certainly contagious.

Thank you

Finally, we would like to voice our appreciation for the amazing Junior School team, especially Mrs Brown, Mrs Davey, Mrs Bird, Mrs Holobrodskyj (who we sadly farewelled after countless years of service) and all the staff and parents for their incredible support. We would also like to thank the beautiful Junior School girls for their constant enthusiasm and smiles. We wish all of you the best for your future years at Pymble!

Tamara Guttman, Anika Perera and Angelica Tan, Junior School Liaison Prefects

YEAR 6 2022

Eesha Adusumilli

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Sierra Borean

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Aria Cheng

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Isabel Cooke

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 5

Amara Ahmed

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Christina Borocz

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 4

Geena Cheng

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 2

Silka Czyniewski

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 2

Sheryl Alexander

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Cecilia Bryant

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Megan Chia

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Martina Dall’asta

Comin

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 6

Mischa Baba

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Celine Cai

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Eve Clark

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Anabel Dimovski

House: Lang Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Annabella

Bayfield

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Anisha Chabra

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Charli Conn

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Linh Lan Dinh

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Amalia Bond

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Isabel Chang

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 3

Eden Connors

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Gemma Dixon

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 1

YEAR 6 2022

Elena Duan

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Nicole Fan

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Dora Gao

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Year 6

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Lera Dubrovina

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 1

Claire Feng

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Ella Gao

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Ella Gungor

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 3

Sasha Dubrovina

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 1

Heidi Ferreira

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 5

Jessi Gao

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Victoria Guo

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Blair Elliott

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Emily Finucane

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Lucy Gao

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Lyra Hambly

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 6

Callista Eskenazi

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Ashira Fonseka

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 5

Ayla Gortan

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 1

Irisa Han

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Isabella Eum

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Sarah Foo

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Harriet Gregory

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Sophie Harris

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 5

YEAR 6 2022

Nicole Ho

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Dakota Jiang

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Sophie Kidd

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Lulu Li

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 3

Natasha Horner

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Emma Jing

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 2

Erica Kwok

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 6

Alessandra Liew

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 3

Yi Wen Howard

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Imogen Jones

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Haylee Lam

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 6

Charlotte Lin

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 5

Ruolin Huang

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 5

Rose Jones

House: Lang Started at Pymble: Year 5

Tabitha Lannen

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 5

Cindy Lin

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 3

Abigail Hung

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Sarah Joung

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Cabrini Lee

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Lia Lin

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Shereen Jawaad

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Katy Jung

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 3

Estelle Lee

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Anne Liu

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

YEAR 6 2022

Elizabeth Liu

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Ashton Malcolm

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Indigo Meldrum

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Jessica Persson

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Emily Liu

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Giselle Man

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Clara Mudaliar

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Tia Pillai

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Vivian Liu

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Scarlett Martel

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Emma Ng

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Abby Pisani

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Elizabeth Macpherson

House: Lang Started at Pymble: Year 5

Abigail Martin

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Jacinta Ngo

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Olivia Pragassen

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 4

Shreya Mahendra

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Mea McBurney

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 3

Aahana Paliwal

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Malaika Rasheed

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 5

Rebecca Mak

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Sasha McGarrick

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Hilary Pang

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Rosanna Rew

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

YEAR 6 2022

Kate Rogers

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Stacy Sharp

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Celine Soo

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Chloe Tian-

Cheong

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Eleanor Rowe

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Claudia Sherlock

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 1

Jamilla Soo

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Pia Vandeleur

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Eloise Rumble

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Alina Shi

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 3

Annika Sriram

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Alana Wang

House: Lang Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Zara Sandham

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 3

Yuna Shin

House: Ingleholme Started at Pymble: Year 5

Eva Still House: Lang Started at Pymble: Year 3

Allison Wang

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 3

Emma Scott

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Olivia Skeen

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 5

Summer Teni

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 2

Emma Wang

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 6

Chloe Shao

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Michelle Song

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 5

Jiayi Thong

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Feifei Wang

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

YEAR 6 2022

Kathy Wang

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 2

Emily

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Veeva Xie

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Emily Xu

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 2

Leahara Wijesuriya

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Claudia Wyatt

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Lily Xing

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Yuecheng Xu

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Scarlett Wong

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Annie Xiao

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Elise Xu

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 2

Aimee Yap

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 5

YEAR 6 2022

Sritha Yellamaraju

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Valerie Zhao

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Kailin Zhu

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Stephanie Yuan

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Cecilia Zhou

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Aurora Zhang

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Eyleen Zhou

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 1

Elaine Zhang

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Joey Zhou

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Ellie Zhao

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Sally Zhou

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 5

Erika Zhao

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Julia Zhu

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 5

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LEARNING PREFECTS

Learning Prefects’ Report

This year, the Learning portfolio focused on developing Pymble’s holistic education through student-run initiatives. It was amazing to collaborate with such a passionate team on a diverse range of Learning areas, including Academic, Outdoor Education, Technology and Wellbeing. Student voice is so important in guiding the future of learning at Pymble. For example, we found it extremely insightful to take part in discussions and meetings about developing a new timetable, as we were able to provide a student perspective on educational changes. The team worked incredibly hard to create innovative initiatives to empower and support students in challenging themselves and extending their learning, and we could not have done it without the constant support of our wonderful teacher mentors –Mrs Maksimovic, Mr Raymond, Ms Stanfield and Mrs Boyd.

EmPOWER

...students had the opportunity to have lunch with inspiring and amazing women

Kate Mason Building

The Learning team launched a series of emPOWER lunches, which was an initiative where students had the opportunity to have lunch with inspiring and amazing women from a variety of industries and professions. In a rapidly growing and changing workforce, it is vital that Pymble students are empowered to be brave and bold. We were fortunate to have women from a range of industries and with a variety of experiences, passions and insights speak to the students. We deliberately chose to only have small groups of students at each lunch to ensure that each student was able to engage meaningfully with the speaker and had the opportunity to forge connections with experts in the fields that they were interested in.

Our inaugural emPOWER lunch was with Ms Gabrielle Mullen (2016), who was studying Software and Mechanical Engineering at UTS. We were also excited to have Dr Jennifer Matthews, a marine biologist involved in the Future Reefs Program at UTS, join us for another lunch. Recognising that many students are interested in pursuing careers in law we also held a lunch with Judge Jane Culver (1982), who is a Judge of the District Court of NSW and a volunteer at Kingsford Legal Centre.

Term 3 saw a change that brought about widespread excitement throughout the Kate Mason Building. We were given new furniture! This gift elevated the study environment of the building enabling all Years 11 and 12 girls to work in the same space with minimal disruptions. Moreover, the sheer number of tables, new chairs and removable barriers allowed us to study collaboratively and individually in the same place. We were also pleasantly surprised by some cuddly new members –our soft-toy sloths for whenever we needed a hug and a wellbeing break.

Conclusion

We would like to thank Dr Hadwen, Mrs Shaw, Mrs Rockwell, Mr Raymond, Mrs Boyd, Mrs Maksimovic, Mrs Stanfield and the Senior School team for this leadership role. It was such an honour to be a part of a beautiful community of students and teachers who all contributed so much to making Pymble a caring and welcoming community.

Caitlyn Kim and Annabel Maple-Brown, Learning Prefects, and Arshia Bhardwaj, Academic Learning Prefect

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National da Vinci Decathlon Champions

Congratulations to our Year 8 da Vinci team who placed first at the National da Vinci Decathlon on Monday 27 July! Isabella Attard, Grace Beck, Kiki Chen, Rosa Kim, Alice Mao, Ruhani Surana, Amber Li and Katherine Pan were a formidable team. It goes without saying that they are incredible scholars, capable of near perfect scores in disciplines as diverse as Cartography and Ideation.

It was a pleasure to watch this team grow and develop. They set their own goals and scheduled their own meetings. In keeping with the 2022 theme of ‘Experimentation’, the girls produced an artwork and poem demonstrating the avant-garde form and style, detailed the process of designing a car and deciphered codes to encrypt passwords.

Congratulations again to our National champions and thank you to all the teachers, parents and helpers who contributed to their success.

Ms Debbie Tarrant, High Potential Learning Co-ordinator

The team worked incredibly hard to create innovative initiatives to empower and support students...

Learning Prefects

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1 English

Pymble English students in 2022 embarked on new challenges and adventures which broadened their literary horizons and added to their creative and analytical skills.

The study undertaken by Pymble students in 2022 demonstrated breadth and complexity. There were opportunities to reveal creative abilities, nuanced analytical skills and depth of understanding. All students worked hard to develop their abilities in essay writing, narrative formation and discursive learning. A variety of texts was studied throughout including Shakespearean texts, many classics and various contemporary narratives.

English at Pymble would not be what it is today if it weren’t for our teachers who put their hearts and souls into it. It is with utmost gratitude that we thank them for their passion, dedication and late nights of marking.

Years 7 to 10

In Years 7 to 10 English, students engaged with a wide range of texts to improve their skills and enrich their understanding of literature, as well as prepare them for the challenges of the HSC. Wide-reading lessons took place once a fortnight where students read for leisure, which expanded their control of language, awareness of texts, and most importantly, their love of English. From classics, to contemporary, to comic books, students were given the opportunity to engage with whatever stories they wished. These lessons also helped girls foster a relationship with the Library and its wonderful staff.

In Term 3, Mrs Hibburt co-ordinated the Write a Book in a Day competition, where select students were given the opportunity to write under pressure and explore their creativity.

Our Junior readers and writers also experimented with different text types and forms, laying the groundwork for discursive, analytical and creative writing skills needed in Stage 6. Along the way, students engaged with the literary canon, including works of Shakespeare, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Great Gatsby. In tandem with reading, each year group was provided with ample opportunities to create, with tasks in creative writing, filmmaking and the discursive form.

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Senior English

In Senior English in 2022, our students prepared for the HSC. In order to do so successfully, we engaged in a variety of NESA Modules to enhance reading, writing and analytical skills. Starting in Year 11 students had the opportunity, for the first time in their Pymble journey, to differentiate with Standard or Advanced and Extension 1 English. While each course has different, distinctive features, all students were pushed to their analytical and creative limits. Year 12 embarked on their final English journey by studying dystopian texts, poetry and one last Shakespeare play, Richard III. Overall, Senior English was a challenge like no other.

“Stage 6 English is so rich and interesting because we explore complex ideas about what it means to be human. As a teacher of both Extension 1 and 2, I am incredibly privileged to work with students to explore texts that are complex and which reveal the power and beauty of literature. Classes involve tutorial style where students bring their own insights to a meaningful and philosophical discussion about human nature. I am incredibly proud of this year’s Extension 2 students, who worked so thoughtfully and diligently to create their poetry Major Works. Their final pieces were elegant, nuanced, sophisticated poems that showed mastery of the form and really perceptive insights. I learned so much from working with these inspiring students and hope that they continue on their writing journey after school.” – Ms Labram

...we thank them for their passion, dedication and late nights of marking.

Special Guests

We were very proud to celebrate the achievement of long serving former teacher Dr French. The College celebrated the publication of her book, Shakespeare and Happiness, and she shared her wisdom with Pymble staff and students at the launch. Additionally, Dr French delivered lectures to Stage 6 students in both Advanced and Extension courses. She joined other guest lecturers such as author Axel Cruise and music columnist George Palathingal, who shared their love of, and expertise in English, as well as providing insight into applications of English after school.

Mrs Patricia Burgoyne

The annual Patricia Burgoyne Public Speaking competition took place on 18 November. It was designed by former teacher Mrs Burgoyne to encourage confidence in speaking and presenting for Year 10 students and has since been named in her honour. The competition aims to encourage young women to use their voices to speak out on topics about which they are passionate. Each year, all Year 10 students are encouraged to present a speech within their class groups, and then finalists are selected to speak in front of their whole grade and a panel of select Pymble judges. The winner of this year’s competition was Tanvi Thomas, Year 10, who presented a passionate speech on the rights of women.

Finally, we would like to acknowledge the passing of Mrs Patricia Burgoyne in 2020. A memorial service was held for her at the College in 2022 and was attended by a number of past and present staff members and students. It also included performances from the Pymble Chorale, led by Mrs Turner. Mrs Burgoyne was a passionate teacher whose legacy in English will long be remembered.

Piper Markson and Genevieve Power, Captains of English

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First Nations Education

Listening to and learning from Australia’s First Nations Peoples in order to learn about and celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and rich and diverse cultures.

Reconciliation Week

Celebrations were held across the College throughout Reconciliation Week and highlighted this year’s theme of ‘Be Brave. Make Change.’ In the Secondary School, the Intercultural Captains, Aboriginal Studies students and a diverse group of Year 12 girls ran an assembly with a focus on the Uluru Statement from the Heart. We had a guest appearance from Year 6 students who showcased what they had been learning in class and presented the assembly with letters they had written to their local Members of Parliament.

The school held a fundraiser where community members bought badges designed by our First Nations students in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander colours. The money raised was donated to the not-for-profit organisation Deadly Connections who aim to positively disrupt intergenerational disadvantage, grief, loss and trauma by providing holistic and culturally responsive interventions and services to First Nations people and communities, particularly those who have been impacted by the child protection and/or justice systems.

Garma

Our Year 11 First Nations students and two staff had the opportunity to attend the Garma festival, held on the land of the Gumatj people of the Yolŋu Nation in Arnhem Land. The theme of the 2022 festival was ‘Nhana Nathilyurra – Look ahead towards the future’. It seems fitting that our young leaders took a key role in activities across the four days. They enjoyed the opportunity to share their experiences of our First Nations program at Pymble on Q&A with Stan Grant and NITV, meet Carolyn Kennedy and ask the Prime

Minister, Mr Anthony Albanese, about the role of imagination in forging connections that lead to a different and fairer world.

Arnhem Land Immersion

In September, 31 students across Years 8 to 11 of both First Nations and non-First Nations backgrounds participated in a cultural immersion opportunity to north-east Arnhem Land. The group stayed at both the Gulkala traditional site and Nyinyikay homeland. The trip provided opportunities for students to deepen their knowledge and understanding of Yolŋu culture including sessions in art, language, bushfoods, healing, local lore and Kinship systems.

Yarning Circle and First Nations Garden

In November the College officially opened our First Nations Garden. The central feature is an emu-shaped garden symbolising the local star stories of the Emu Dreaming. We learned about the significance of the emu from Uncle Neil, who also performed the smoking ceremony, and watched

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the Dinawan Dance by our ‘song ladies’ (also known as our First Nations dance troupe). Dinawan means emu in Wiradjuri, which is the language of Diyan Coe who worked with the girls to choreograph their beautiful performance. The

First Nations Students

In 2022, Pymble’s 23 First Nations students and families continue to lead the way for us on this learning journey and we thank them for their contributions to the College as well as the open way they share their stories and culture with our community.

The students ran NAIDOC celebrations across the College celebrating this year’s theme of ‘Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!’ recognising our long history of advocating for change and fighting for justice.

Our First Nations dance troupe and Gamilaraay choir performed at several school and wider community events. A highlight of the year was our dance troupe working with Bangarra dancer Rikki Mason on the opening piece for the end of year Dance Showcase.

Some other highlights of the year include:

• Five First Nations students finished Year 12. All gained alternate, early or pathways entries into university courses for 2023.

• Sydney Auld, Year 12, captained the Firsts Hockey team who took out the igsa title.

• Indi Tishler, Year 11, made the First VIII Rowing team.

• Our Years 7 to 10 students participated in the Macquarie University Culture, Leadership and Scholarship (CLS) Program.

• Amarley Bron, Georgia Stuart and Indi Tishler, Year 11, were elected as Prefects for 2023.

• Rachael Tyson and Dezi Magann-Jones were part of the Pioneers as the first Year 9 Residential Program participants.

• Ruby Pade, Year 9, and Giselle Kawane, Year 10, were chosen to represent NSW and Queensland respectively at the National Indigenous Tennis Carnival.

• Gamilaroi woman and NSW/Australian Cricketer Hannah Darlington ran mentoring sessions with students throughout 2022.

• Georgia Stuart, Year 11, accompanied Andrew and Michelle Penfold, founders of the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation (AIEF), to their annual meeting with the Governor General of Australia.

• Elise Djerrkura participated in work experience at Taronga Zoo.

• Students participated in a yarning workshop run by Ngumpie Weaving.

• Miss Shakira Tyson (2019) returned to work at the College.

• Our First Nations students continued with their participation in Culture Club at the Waitara PCYC. Several sessions were delivered by Bush to Bowl which aims to increase students’ knowledge and abilities to use traditional foods and medicines. Students also participated in a Mural project with Aunty Diyan Coe.

Miss Kate Howie, Indigenous Education Leader

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Geography, Business Studies and Economics

Geography

2022 was an action-packed and exciting year for our aspiring geographers. Students across Years 7 to 12 engaged in pertinent and interactive units which explored a broad variety of topics ranging from the importance of our natural environment to issues of global inequality and development.

Year 7: Liveability, Plate Tectonics

Our Year 7 students got underway with their first year of Geography through the ‘Liveability’ unit, which focused on the liveability of our cities, and how we can contribute to improving liveability and quality of life. In conjunction with this unit, students visited Circular Quay and explored how access to facilities and the environment can create a high quality of life. Year 7 also engaged in the ‘Landscapes and Landforms’ unit, where they considered the influence of geological process in the shaping of natural landscapes and landforms, and the human responses to a variety of natural hazards that occur within these landscapes.

Year 9: Reptiles on the Go

In line with the Year 9 ‘Biomes’ unit, our Year 9 geographers were invited to meet, greet, and enjoy some fabulous native Australian reptiles from Reptiles on the Go. This topic focused on the features and characteristics of biomes, and the way that many animals and plants adapt. This was a wonderfully handson event and was an opportunity for students to see how their geography studies could be applied in real life.

Year 9 also enjoyed their ‘Coastal Management’, ‘Spatial Inequalities’ and ‘Changing Places’ units, as well as the variety of other practical and outdoor excursions that supplemented their learning. This included a trip to Vision Valley where students practised key geographical skills, such as constructing transects, interpreting contour lines and exploring vertical exaggeration.

Year 9 also used their Vision Valley excursion to explore the challenges and management of bush fires, and the importance of our current bush fire safety plans.

Cows for Climate Change

To raise awareness and do our part in reducing global and national food insecurities, our Geography Department undertook a new initiative, Cows for Climate Change. We launched the Archibull Prize: a life-size cow which was painted and decorated by students with a focus on the impacts of food insecurity and potential solutions. This included regenerative agricultural practices, crop rotation, lab-grown meat and hydroponics. Our Year 9 students were involved in painting the cow, researching and exploring these solutions. The cow serves as a positive and solution-oriented mascot of the importance of food security in our world. This project was very successful, and was nominated for a national award!

Year 10: Urban Living Lab

For the last three years, our Year 10 Elective Geography students have helped create real change, as Pymble continued our partnership with Celestino and the CSIRO with the development of the Urban Living Lab in Luddenham. This project allowed students to collect primary data on fieldwork excursions and encouraged thoughtful and creative discussions on how we can design and plan the sustainable cities of the future. This was a highly interactive and enjoyable project, which produced innovative and visionary solutions to the challenges of urban development.

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Year 11: Senior Geography Project

Students in Year 11 had a fantastic year learning about a wide range of topics, such as ‘Biophysical Interactions’ and ‘Population’. Despite the rain, Year 11 still enjoyed an exciting excursion to the Field of Mars Reserve in Ryde, where they experienced new fieldwork techniques to collect primary data on the natural environment. Students also learned about the impacts of nearby human development, and the current and future solutions to improve the state of urban bushland.

Year 11 also built on their fieldwork skills by completing their Senior Geography Projects, a student-led passion project that required planning, and collecting primary and secondary data to support their hypotheses.

Business Studies

Plan Your Own Enterprise Competition

In Term 2, Year 11 Business students studied ‘Business Planning’ where they worked in small teams to innovate a business idea and create a business plan. After innovating, creating and writing their plans, students had the opportunity to submit their business ideas and plan to the Plan Your Own Enterprise (PYOE) competition. Entering the competition was a fun and new way for the Year 11 students to experience the competitive business environment, and explore and develop a multitude of ideas for future businesses. From the 96 team entries across a variety of schools in NSW, two Pymble students had the opportunity to attend the PYOE NSW Finalist Awards Ceremony hosted by Charted Accountants. Georgia McDonagh, Year 11, an attendee of the awards ceremony described the night as “an incredible way to meet a range of new people and learn more about their creative and meaningful business ideas”.

Dragonfly Marketing

At the end of Term 2, Mrs Jane Hillsdon, the CEO and founder of Dragonfly Marketing and the How to do Marketing Academy, generously spoke to Year 11 Business students about her journey in founding her businesses, her role as a CEO, the challenges she has faced and how she plans, manages and finds success in her businesses.

Mrs Hillsdon helped the Year 11 Business students enhance their understanding of the content they were learning by applying it to her experience in owning and running a business. Mrs Hillsdon was able to relate a multitude of elements of her business to the specific aspects that the Year 11 students were learning in class. After an inspiring and informative presentation, the girls were able to ask questions and gained further knowledge surrounding the business world.

Year 12: Viticulture at the Hunter Valley

For our Year 12 students, 2022 was a year filled with amazing excursions, including an overnight stay at the Hunter Valley studying viticulture and the wine economy in NSW. Students explored the process of grape cultivation, harvest and fermentation, which helped provide a deeper understanding of the important local economies of NSW as part of the ‘People and Economic Activity’ topic. Year 12 also enjoyed investigating vital ecosystems across Australia, including the Great Barrier Reef, as they looked at ‘Ecosystems at Risk’.

...an incredible way to meet a range of new people and learn more about their creative and meaningful business ideas.

1 Back Row: Grace Townsend, Sabrina Cooke, Ines Danziger, Scarlett Marles, Annabel Shanahan, Louise Kim, Teresa Liu, Emily Yu, Cynthia Xie, Jessica Worrell, Genevieve Hartin

Front Row: Maddie Morris, Mr Ray Howells (GBE Teacher), Megan Chen, Rischa Jadav, Arana Roy, Emily Kim, Year 9

2 Demitria Volos, Year 10

3 Sophie Watson and Christine Hur, Year 11

4 Mrs Jane Hillsdon and Alice Hillsdon, Year 11

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...Christy and Celine defeated all of the other teams to claim first prize in this prestigious competition.

Economics

2022 was another exciting year for our Economics students, with amazing opportunities and initiatives across different year groups, as well as great achievements. Students were able to learn and apply their critical analysis and practical Economic skills on a variety of platforms, which both assisted and extended their study of Economics and Commerce.

ASX Sharemarket Game

Within their ‘Investment’ topic, Year 10 Commerce students were able to engage with a national investment competition to put their skills and knowledge into action. Two of our Year 10 Commerce students, Christy Ju and Celine Cao, emerged successful from the annual ASX Sharemarket Game! Within this competition, schools and teams from around the country enter an online simulation of the Australian sharemarket with $50,000 to purchase and trade stocks on the S&P/ASX200 market. Christy and Celine defeated all of the other teams to claim first prize in this prestigious competition. Congratulations girls on this incredible achievement!

Wharton Investment Competition

This year, two strong teams of students entered the University of Pennsylvania: Wharton Business School’s Global Investment Competition. Pymble 5 (Echo Zhang, Year 10, Christy Xue, Saskia Willoughby-Winlaw, Odessa Girdis, and Alyssa Yee, Year 11), and Eco Legends (Yuki Wang, Joy Yuan, June Yoon, Angelina Lee, Rachel Chan, Charlotte Leung and Yu Zhou, Year 10) were advised by Mr Lucas and Mr Fogale. These teams worked hard over the holidays and through Term 4 purchasing and selling stocks in a simulated investment environment in order to meet the demands of a client. The teams conducted research and analysis of market behaviour, as well as a thorough assessment of the cyclical, structural and circumstantial fluctuations and changes in the economic market. This competition allowed the members of these teams to develop their critical thinking, teamwork, broader economic knowledge and specialised expertise within the field of investment and correlations between current economic climates and the fluctuations in the sharemarket.

Good luck to these teams as they continue to participate over the next couple of months and congratulations on representing the College on a global platform!

1 Christy Ju and Celine Cao, Year 10

2 Alyssa Yee, Year 11, Echo Zhang, Year 10, Christy Xue, Year 11, Saskia WilloughbyWinlaw, Year 11 and Odessa Girdis, Year 11

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History, Society and Ethics

History

Middle School

Year 8 students at Pymble had the opportunity to experience an incursion with Mrs De Fraine from our Science Department. She talked about the Black Death and the effects of this through both a historical and scientific lens. The connection of these subjects demonstrated the intersectional and relevant nature of historical events and depicted the ongoing importance of historical investigation to Pymble’s young historians.

Upper School

The Upper School at Pymble took their History studies to the next level by entering competitions such as the Australian History Competition and the nation-wide Simpson Prize. These competitions helped to expand the knowledge of numerous diligent students and challenged them to think critically. Furthermore, a Holocaust survivor spoke to our Year 9 students over Zoom in conjunction with the Sydney Jewish Museum. This experience proved eye-opening for our Year 9 students by providing them with unique insights and knowledge into the Holocaust and World War II.

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Senior School

The Senior School students had the opportunity to immerse themselves in both Modern and Ancient History courses in 2022.

Year 11 Modern History students participated in an excursion to the Sydney Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park to better understand the nature of commemoration in today’s society. The students were able to learn how commemorative objects are perceived and utilised within Modern Australia while hearing from a modern war veteran. They also gained insight into a later Year 11 topic – World War I, and the magnitude and atrocities associated with this event.

Year 12 Extension History students were lucky to have the opportunity to listen to author Meg Keneally. She informed the students about historical fiction, and the way in which it is written in a physical presentation on campus – the first time post-COVID-19!

Anzac Day

We started Term 2 by recognising and commemorating the Anzac soldiers and their contributions to previous wars. We acknowledged their efforts and sacrifices on the 107th anniversary of the Gallipoli Landing, regardless of gender, identity, race, ethnicity, age or role. We acknowledged the contributions of our alumni to emphasise the integral and empowering contributions women made to the war efforts in an important whole school assembly.

Aboriginal Studies

It was an exciting and educational year for our Aboriginal Studies students at Pymble. On Monday 2 May, Years 9, 10 and 11 Aboriginal Studies students travelled to Darkinjung Country on the Central Coast to visit First Nations cultural areas and to learn about Dreaming, spirituality, art and First Nations contact with settler-colonists. Students and staff walked with care and respect on Country. Year 11 Aboriginal Studies students also spent time yarning with Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council Elder Uncle Kevin (Gavi) Duncan via a Zoom call. Uncle Gavi spoke to the students about First Nations spirituality and shared stories about his experiences as a community Elder. We are very thankful that Uncle Gavi offered his time to share his wealth of knowledge with our students.

Mr Ryan Stewart, History and Aboriginal Studies Teacher

1 Elise Djerrkura and Amarley Bron, Year 11

2 Back Row: Amarley Bron, Saskia Willoughby-Winlaw, Ella Jones, Elise Djerrkura, Mr Ryan Stewart (History and Aboriginal Studies Teacher), Sarah Middleton, Charlotte Macdonald, Amelia Green, Annabel McKernan Front Row: Aimee Ng, Phoebe Vowels, Lucy Robertson, Year 11

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Legal Studies

2022 was a fantastic year of learning, growing and achieving for our Years 11 and 12 Legal Studies students.

Year 11

For Year 11 students, the year started off with a bang as they began their Legal Studies journey learning about the ‘Concepts of Law’, ‘Law Reform within our Society’, ‘Women and the Law’ and ‘Law in Practice’. Students engaged with topics such as domestic violence and participated in White Ribbon Day in a collective effort to tackle domestic violence injustices within Australia and to show Pymble’s support in protecting women. Organised by Legal Studies students, the main aims of the event were fundraising and creating awareness regarding the severity of domestic violence in Australia.

Year 12

Students in Year 12 were able to continue their passion for the law in the continuation of their studies leading into the HSC. As part of their learning, Year 12 students tackled subjects such as ‘Crime’, ‘Human Rights’, ‘Family Law’ and ‘World Order’. The Year 12 course fosters respect for cultural diversity and allows students to question and evaluate legal institutional structures in the domestic and international environment.

Special Guests

Both cohorts were lucky to hear from Mr Mark Tedeschi

AM, KC, Her Honour Judge Culver, and Chantal Bunani and Olivier Kameya from Kumva and Kwibuka.

Mr Tedeschi, known notably for the prosecution of Ivan Milat and other high-profile murder cases, was an exceptional source of legal knowledge and experience for both year groups.

Judge Culver provided all students with a deeper understanding of the legal system through sharing her experiences.

Our guest speakers from Kumva and Kwibuka shared their heart-breaking yet empowering story of surviving through the Rwanda genocide which gave girls a deeper understanding of the struggles experienced during the Rwanda genocide – linking to their topic of study, ‘Human Rights and World Order’. The day-long incursion was a fantastic learning experience for all students. 2022 was a great year for Legal Studies and we cannot wait to see what the next year brings!

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Religion and Ethics

Excursions

In March, nine Year 9 students had the exciting opportunity to take part in a day of intercultural understanding and mutual respect in the form of Respect, Understanding and Acceptance (RUA) Day at Prince Henry Centre in Little Bay. Year 9 students from five different schools with diverse religious and cultural backgrounds gathered for conversations surrounding values, traditions, faith and diversity. They were able to examine issues surrounding race, gender, equality and the environment from each other’s differing perspectives and challenge and expand their own beliefs and views.

Ethical Debate Sessions

A new Religion and Ethics initiative introduced this year was a lunchtime ethical debate session. Girls from Years 7 to 12 gathered in the Library where they were given different ethical dilemmas or scenarios and formed into small groups to discuss their views and opinions and predict the various possible outcomes. After initial conversations the participants were further challenged when additional layers and restrictions were added to the scenarios which greatly affected people’s stances. This initiative served as a great opportunity for girls from different years to come together and have fun expanding on the work they had been doing on ethical issues in class during the year.

First Nations Spirituality

Pymble’s Religion and Ethics course features extensive studies into Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander spirituality including aspects of Indigenous spirituality, such as The Dreaming and the lands spirits, to looking more extensively at The Dreaming and its connection to totems and country.

In Term 2 the Studies of Religion classes were given the amazing opportunity to attend a presentation on the Uluru Statement from the Heart with Mrs Emma Maple-Brown (McWilliam, 1991) and Ms Kishaya Delaney, constitutional lawyers who are working closely on it and the call for a voice in parliament, to learn more about the logistics and intentions involved with the statement. This was right before the federal election and gave us a unique insight into the relevant political issues and what we can do to support the cause. In a unique and diverse country like Australia it is vital that we learn tolerance and understanding for others of different traditions and cultures, and place specific importance on the respect and awareness of Indigenous culture and spirituality, which is why First Nations spirituality is such a large part of the Religion and Ethics course work.

Languages

Modern Languages

Global Education Perfect Language Championships

Not only were there high levels of participation from Pymble students in every year group in the Global Education Perfect Language Championships, but many also received exceptional results. More than 570 hours were spent answering questions for the competition. Two students received Elite awards and overall, our school was placed 38th in the world, with fifth place in Latin!

Language Week

The central goal for this year’s annual Languages Week was to feature the diversity of culture at Pymble through activities (origami making, movies), performances and food. Our plans were made possible through collaboration with the Classics Captains and support from the Languages staff.

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Cultural Music Performance

The team organised a lunchtime performance in a similar fashion to PAC for Languages Week. Especially when cultural and linguistic backgrounds are so intrinsically linked to one’s identity, the cultural music performance, which was specifically crafted for the showcase of language, was certainly inspiring for many. We had many different languages represented including French ballads, Chinese opera, Japanese rock songs and Latin dancing.

Pizza and ChaTime

During Languages Week, more than 350 pizzas and 250 bubble teas were ordered and delivered to students and teachers to promote the Italian and Taiwanese cultures. In collaboration with the Intercultural team, the money earned was donated to Viviane, Pymble’s sponsor student.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank our Head of Learning Area –Modern and Classical Languages, Ms Bussien, for her guidance in actualising our visions, and her unconditional support. We would also like to express our gratitude to the Modern Languages staff for cultivating a lifelong love for language in all students!

Classics

National Latin and Greek Exam

The National Latin and the National Greek Exams provide opportunities for Classics students to challenge themselves with unseen texts and to gain a greater appreciation for ancient languages. This year we were extremely successful with bronze, silver and gold awards across the board from Years 9 to 12.

Every student who participated earned an award!

Languages Help

At the beginning of Term 2, alongside the Modern Languages Captains, we decided to bring back Languages Help so that all language learners could feel supported in their studies. Languages Help brings both Modern and Classical languages students together so they can ask questions and improve their skills, whilst being able to connect with students in year groups who share similar passions. We were excited to be able to help girls refine their skills, allow them to understand difficult grammar concepts and attack unseen translations with ease. This was a successful initiative from which students were able to gain a lot of value and enjoyment.

Languages Week

Alongside the Modern Languages Captains, we celebrated linguistic diversity in Languages Week with a variety of activities, competitions and food in Term 3. A Classical Languages Competition was held for all students, which saw some outstanding results across all year groups. Additionally, a number of students performed culturally significant songs and dances for their peers. We also hosted a mufti day to celebrate cultural attire, with all donations going towards supporting Pymble’s sponsor student, Viviane, in Tanzania.

Thank You

We would like to express our appreciation and thanks to our Latin and Greek teachers, Ms Lovell, Ms Centner and Mrs Uphill, each of whom supported and challenged every Classics student and fostered their love of learning Classical Languages at the College. We would also like to extend our appreciation to Ms Bussien, Head of Learning Area – Modern and Classical Languages, who gave her utmost support to us in all our endeavours to immerse students in Classical Languages throughout the year.

Sophie Christopher and Rose Haran, Captains of Classics

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Library

2022 was an astronomical year for the Library! The year was filled with wonderful activities, including the Sharing Stories Festival, Write a Book in a Day and Book Week.

Sharing Stories Festival

This year, the Conde Library hosted the Sharing Stories Festival, which focused on allowing individuals to share their experiences with others. During the festival, many guest speakers were invited, including Wai Chim, Essie Holt, Lisa Fuller and Chloe Dalton OAM (2011) whilst a variety of activities were held, such as the Manga workshop by the famous Manga artist Matthew Lin, and the Ending Racism student-teacher panel.

Write a Book in a Day

Five Pymble teams competed among 1,565 teams during the 2022 Write a Book in a Day (WABIAD), which raised an alltime high of more than $793,000 for the Kid’s Cancer Project. The Years 9 and 10 group won the NSW and National Best Illustrated Book awards for their book The Potted Plague which was written and illustrated in ten hours.

Sharing Stories Festival

The Sharing Stories Festival was a week full of activities, guest speakers and workshops that created opportunities to learn about other people’s experiences. Since stories help us to understand and connect with each other, despite our differences, the festival aimed to promote and build awareness of cultural fluency to help cultivate a deeper understanding and respect for diversity in all different cultures.

In the Secondary School, Year 11 and Year 12 students were honoured to hear from the talented Ms Chloe Dalton OAM (2011) who shared her experiences in the sporting industry. The students learned about Ms Dalton’s dedication and perseverance and how instrumental her mindset is to helping her achieve her sporting goals. She also emphasised the benefits and importance of always surrounding yourself with a good

Book Week

The theme for the 2022 Book Week was ‘Dreaming With Eyes Open’. The activities involved in this year’s Book Week included a writing workshop with Lauren Draper, Eye Spy A Book, a book-inspired art competition, making edible books and a Library scavenger hunt. Thank you to all the participants who contributed such amazing illustrations to the art competition. Equal first were Allison Wang, Year 9, and Thenuki Jayasekara, Year 10. A special mention to Jasmine Economou, Year 9, for her Alice in Wonderland and A Midsummer Night’s Dream inspired illustration. In addition, a special congratulations to Catrina Kong, Year 11, for winning the Facebook competition, which involved guessing the identity of the teacher based on their favourite books. Congratulations also to Annabel Taylor, Year 7, who created a cake based on The Very Hungry Caterpillar and received the highest rating of five stars from the Pymble community for her creativity and artistic intertextual reference.

Thanks

A special thanks to our Library monitors and fellow Book Club members for another excellent year of service to the Library and for exploring new depths in literature. We would also like to show our gratitude to the wonderful Pymble Conde Library team for their creative minds and constant support. Without their work, the Conde Library would not be as successful and engaging as it is today.

Wong and Jessie Xie, Captains of Library

support system full of friends and family. Other guest speakers included authors Wai Chim and Lisa Fuller and singer and songwriter Essie Holt.

We also had the privilege of attending an Anime and Manga art workshop with artist Matthew Lin.

Manga is a style of Japanese visual storytelling through comic books and graphic novels. Girls learned about distinct characters and emotions and details when drawing characters in Anime and Manga.

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Mathematics

2022 was a wonderful year for Mathematics at Pymble, with outstanding achievements from our students and increased engagement with Mathematics competitions across all year groups. Additionally, we ran the much-loved Pi Day on Gloucester Lawn for the first time in years where we celebrated our shared love of numbers.

Pi Day

On 15 September we celebrated Pi Day with the entire Secondary School. This annual event was bigger and better with girls from Years 7 to 12 reciting at least 18 digits of pi to receive a pie. It was a very exciting day, with some key highlights including Angie Wang’s, Year 11, recital of a whopping 850 digits of pi!

Competitions

This year there were many Pymble girls who managed to achieve awards and recognition for their hard work. We would like to acknowledge the achievements of all the girls who participated in the Mathematical Olympiad, Australian Mathematics Competition (AMC), Australian Intermediate Mathematical Olympiad (AIMO), UNSW Competition, and many more!

...we celebrated our shared love of numbers.

Here are some outstanding achievements from our students this year:

Amber Li, Year 8

• Australian Mathematics Competition –Perfect Score and Best in School

• AIMO – Prize

• Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee Senior Contest (ASC) – Bronze

• UNSW Competition – High Distinction

• Invitation to Australian Mathematical Olympiad Committee (AMOC) School of Excellence

• Invitation to Tournament of Towns – A Level

Alicia Ge, Year 10

• Australian Mathematics Competition – Prize

• Invitation to Tournament of Towns – O Level

Angie Wang and Yi Ying Lim, Captains of Mathematics

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PDHPE

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PDHPE) at Pymble this year returned to a familiar sense of normality after two years of periodic online learning. Within PDHPE, girls thoroughly enjoyed returning to the courts, oval, pool and gymnastics centre for a variety of engaging PE lessons, as well as participating in face-to-face lessons, learning and investigating alongside peers and teachers.

Year 7

Year 7 girls enjoyed developing movement and interpersonal skills through participation in a wide range of physical activities including football, gymnastics, hockey, modified games, touch football and water polo. Students designed health promotion initiatives targeting young people including a vlog for managing the challenges of beginning high school and a campaign for promoting sun, water or road safety.

Year 8

Year 8 enjoyed analysing physical activity and healthy eating behaviours and developing strategies for promoting health and wellbeing. This included the design of a resource to promote health and a strategy for promoting inclusivity.

Year 9

Year 9 developed valuable water safety and lifesaving skills in pursuit of the iconic Royal Life-Saving Bronze Medallion. Students became equipped with the knowledge and skills to respond appropriately in aquatic emergency situations.

They demonstrated highly developed decision-making skills and successfully performed a wide range of rescues and basic first aid.

Year 9 Physical Activity Sport Studies (PASS) girls completed their Community Coaching course and applied the skills they learned to help coach Junior School students in basketball.

Year 10

Year 10 girls engaged in a variety of movement contexts to promote inclusiveness, lifelong physical activity and mental wellbeing. Students participated in and designed a wide range of modified games which helped develop teamwork, creativity and co-ordination. These included ultimate frisbee, yoga, scavenger hunts, orienteering and fitness circuits.

Year 10 PASS students applied the planning and management skills they had refined over the year to collaboratively design and lead a fun and challenging obstacle course at the College. It was a fun and enjoyable way to end the year!

SunSafe Student Ambassador Program

Isabelle Short, Nikita Srivastava and Angela Zhang, Year 8, had the privilege of attending the SunSafe Student Ambassador Program developed by Melanoma Institute Australia. The day-long program included lectures and workshops and a workshop on presentation skills. Isabelle, Nikita and Angela used these skills to deliver a sun safety presentation to their peers back at the College.

PDHPE Day

On Friday 1 September, we celebrated our first PDHPE Day in the same week as National HPE day. Centered around the five dimensions of health and to encourage a love of PDHPE, the day saw Pymble’s own ‘Jump-Rope-ForHeart’ taking place in the gym. With more than 100 girls in attendance, there were many competitors in the different categories. Congratulations to Saja Abdel-Megeed, Year 7, who completed 82 skips in 30 seconds to take out first place! As part of the day, a variety of different resources were shared with the girls which covered different areas of health, including mental wellbeing, physical health and sleep.

Wynter O’Regan and McKenzie Ward, Captains of PDHPE

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Performing Arts

Dance

2022 Elective Dance students were filled with excitement after returning from a whirlwind of years of COVID-19 uncertainty. In the course, students completed theory and practical work which elevated their skills in composition, performance and analysis.

Year 10

To begin their year, Year 10 students delved into a group composition and began their studies on Dance theory –the elements of dance and safe dance practice. This was followed by their appreciation study of Revelations by contemporary dance artist Alvin Ailey. In Terms 3 and 4, the cohort revisited group composition and choreographed, edited and filmed a video based on historical events.

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Year 11

In their second year of Elective Dance, the Year 11 students began their course with a group composition producing Vision, Self-protection, Hope, before beginning their appreciation unit in Term 2. The dancers studied contemporary artist Stephen Page’s Mathinna – Bangarra Dance Theatre and analysed the art of storytelling and cultural narratives through dance. Moving into Term 3 they began preparing for their exams and produced a solo performance on the stimulus ‘Animals, Art and Architecture’.

Year 12

Year 12 explored the four mandatory components of the HSC – Core Performance, Composition, Appreciation, and their Major Study. They developed their Core Composition ideas while learning their Core Performance work, and studying Bangarra’s Terrain. This was followed by the teaching of their Core Composition and the development of their Major Study. Following their practical exams, they jumped into critically analysing Juliet and Romeo in preparation for their appreciation exam later in the year.

Elective Showcase

The Elective Dance Showcase returned in Term 3 with a new spin showcasing a runway! The Years 10 and 11 students performed their class dances while the Year 12 students took to the stage and showcased their HSC Core Performances, Core Compositions and Major Studies, which were met with cheers and applause.

It is safe to say the showcase was a success!

Certificate in Dance

This year, both the Certificate II in Dance and the Certificate III in Assistant Dance Teaching were offered to students. Girls from Years 10 and 11 participated in the courses and developed a strong understanding of dance safety, performance spaces, the performance industry and dance history. Certificate III students also had the opportunity to teach under the guidance of the Pymble Dance staff and learn about the legal aspects of teaching dance.

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Drama

Curriculum Drama Showcases

2022 was a year filled with a plethora of fantastical Curriculum productions, and the first full year of proper face-to-face Drama without disruptions! Taking advantage of this and our new Drama Theatre, the year started strongly with the wonderful and witty Year 10 Curriculum Showcase of the Dining Room! Year 10 students were able to adopt what they had learned of Stanislavski’s method and various theatrical forms to create their amazing production.

Soon to follow came the two Year 11 Curriculum productions of Alice in Wonderland and Cluedo. Needless to say, the audiences were thoroughly entertained by two highly comedic performances with amazing characterisation and ensemble skills! These productions were incredibly fun and a last final hurrah before Year 12 and the looming HSC.

The final Curriculum production of the year was the wonderful and wordy Shakespeare’s Super Snowy Seasonal Sleigh Ride Stage Show by Year 9. Year 9 is the first year in which students are able to elect Drama as a subject, so for many, this was their first production or time performing in front of an audience. These girls fantastically portrayed a variety of Shakespeare’s characters celebrating the holiday season with a fabulous set in the Drama Theatre!

...the audiences were thoroughly entertained by two highly comedic performances...

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Drama Tour

After a two-year delay due to COVID-19 and lockdowns, 30 Drama students from Years 9, 10 and 11 and three teachers departed on a trip to London, Stratford-uponAvon and Paris on the inaugural Pymble Drama Tour!

Beginning in London, every day was jam packed including visits to cultural and historical landmarks such as Westminster Abbey and the Tower of London (all students were allowed to leave with their heads thankfully) and a series of theatrical workshops from forum, immersive to Shakespearean theatre.

Our evenings were spent in the audience of one amazing London theatre or another watching theatrical productions live on stage, including the Globe Theatre!

Bidding London farewell, we ventured north via the magical Harry Potter studios to Shakespeare’s birthplace, Stratford-upon-Avon. After an amazing production, tour and workshop on stage combat and Shakespeare, our time in England came to an end.

In Paris, we had a wonderful time touring around landmarks and even went to Disneyland Paris! It would be hard not to admit that Disney was a highlight for many (theatricals aside).

Our last day in Paris saw us finish our theatrical journey by experiencing the peculiar but riveting performance of the Bold Soprano, a French (with English subtitles) absurdist play first performed in 1950 in the same small theatre, and attending an incredible workshop at Cours Florent – the French equivalent of NIDA, which had us all in high spirits for our journey home.

This tour was an outstanding experience and opportunity for all of us and we were so incredibly grateful to have been given the chance to learn and experience as much as we did across England and France as theatre practitioners and critics!

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Music

After several years of recitals and performances lost or restricted due to COVID-19, it was fantastic to bring many music events back to life this year.

2022 started off with a bang, led by Munch ‘n’ Music, a biweekly event showcasing Elective Music students' talents. Our favourite duo, ‘Turnberger productions’ produced another fantastic production with Mamma Mia! Over four incredible nights, the cast, orchestra and crew made up of students from Years 7 to 12 sang, danced and acted their hearts out and shared their hard work and talent with staff, students and families.

Year 8 Elective Music

On 12 May, the Year 8 Elective Music girls presented The Lion King Jnr to parents and friends in the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts (GMCPA). The roles of Simba, Pumbaa, Mufasa, and Timon were shared amongst the girls and Scar appeared as four different students. This was all part of learning to be in an ensemble, choreograph moves to accompany a musical item, apply makeup to suit costumes and to work collegially within a devised framework.

...we gave a sad farewell to our beloved Mrs Turner...

Farewell to Mrs Turner

Also in Term 2 was the Ensemble Concert where we gave a sad farewell to our beloved Mrs Turner through a series of performances dedicated to her extensive career inspiring generations of Pymble students.

HSC Music Concert

The HSC Music Concert featuring our Music 1, Music 2 and Music Extension Year 12 students was held in Term 3 and allowed the students to demonstrate all their hard work and talent while simultaneously acting as their last run through before their HSC performance task. The incredible performances of all our Year 12 Music students were a wonderful celebration of their achievements while also an inspiration to our younger students.

Elective Music Concert

Term 3 also saw the restoration of the annual Elective Music Concert which showcased a range of music styles, instruments and vocalists. This concert was an excellent opportunity for some of the students in Years 7 to 11 to perform and also experiment on instruments other than their main instrument.

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Science

Science is such an important subject for young minds and learners, regardless of their possible career paths. Its application in the real world makes scientific concepts important for every person to orient and engage themselves in the current technological climate.

Science Olympiads

Girls from Years 8 to 11 competed in the Australian Science Olympiads this year. Year 11 students competed in the Senior Science Olympiads which included Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Earth and Environmental Science. Many Years 8 to 10 students also accelerated and participated in the Senior Science Olympiads. Amber Li, Year 8, Evelyn Zhu, Year 9, and Elena Zhang, Year 10, received High Distinctions in the Biology Olympiad and Mia Jiang, Year 11, received a High Distinction in Chemistry. Special congratulations to Elena who was invited to the Australian Squad Science School!

Junior Olympiad

Many girls also participated in the Junior Australian Science Olympiad program which is for Years 7 to 10 students. As the Science Captains, we led preparation sessions for the Junior Science Olympiad participants. The diligence and care that the students put into their work was great to see, and their level of achievement was incredible. Congratulations to Amber Li, Year 8, Elena Zhang, Year 10, Jasmie Li, Year 10 and Julie Sheng, Year 10, who received High Distinctions.

Science Week

Science Week was held in Week 3 Term 4 during which we organised fun, science-themed activities.

The week started with ice cream making, using dry ice. The activity was a fun and tasty example of sublimation and how scientific concepts can be applied in real life. It had a great turn-out, with more than 250 students witnessing the cream and milk bubbling away and enjoying the sweet treat.

The second activity held was a periodic table recital. Students were encouraged to memorise at least 30 elements. Five students recited all 118 elements of the periodic table!

Another activity we hosted was a science-themed movie viewing of Hidden Figures and WALL-E

Finally, we hosted dissections with the help of the staff. Students were able to see a fish dissection demonstrated by the teachers, before trying it themselves. Students also led themselves through a worksheet that allowed them to test their practical scientific skills and identify different parts of a prawn.

Overall, Science Week was a great experience for everyone involved, and highlighted the enthusiasm of the students as they challenged themselves while having fun!

Biotech Futures Challenge

The Biotech Futures Challenge is a research and mentorship program that encourages students to propose their own innovations to challenges in medicine and environment. This year, four Pymble teams were selected to join the 25 finalist teams presenting their ideas at the University of Sydney.

Congratulations to the team members Angelina Lee, Year 10, Young Cho, Year 10, Rachel Chan, Year 10, Caitlyn Tan, Year 11, Hanna Cheung, Year 11, Claudia Chan, Year 11, Yi Ying Lim, Year 11, Julie Sheng, Year 10, Ellie Beck, Year 10, Elena Zhang, Year 10, Jasmine Li, Year 10, and Evelyn Zhu, Year 9.

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Special congratulations to Caitlyn Tan, Claudia Chan, Hanna Cheung and Yi Ying Lim for winning the Best Prototype award, and Evelyn Zhu for winning the overall competition with her idea to assist amputees to experience touch and sensation from their prosthetics.

We were very proud of the girls’ dedication and their highly successful results. We hope to see more students participating in Biotech in the future!

Agriculture

Agriculture is a diverse and dynamic subject which values an ‘on farm’ practical environment. The course explored a range of topics including ‘Marketing and Management’, ‘Sustainability and Morality’ and ‘Analysis and Production’. This content provided girls with a deep understanding regarding the production of many standard items such as food and clothing, with this futuristic syllabus ensuring girls are at the forefront of innovation.

Agriculture Camp

Early in Term 2, the Year 11 Agriculture cohort left for their two-day Agriculture Camp!

Day one consisted of many stops including a Futures in Agriculture seminar, beef farm and, a camp favourite, the cucumber farm which we can confirm had fresh and tasty cucumbers. These experiences allowed us to implement our theoretical knowledge in a practical way however also left us exhausted and ready for bed at Tocal Agricultural College. After a well-deserved sleep (and some peace for Mr Jackson and Mrs Rivett) we were up and ready for a dairy talk in the Tocal milking sheds. This was followed by a ‘Soil and Farming in Australia’ class and then an afternoon tea amongst Tocal horse trainees. The camp was an amazing experience and gave us a deep insight into Agriculture leaving us excited for the future.

Getting a Hands-on Experience

At Pymble we are extremely fortunate to have an Agriculture plot where girls have the opportunity to learn the subject through experiences. Found on the corner of Pymble, it is guaranteed there will always be something exciting going on from the Year 10 girls raising broilers, to the Year 11 girls conducting trials on cabbage to the Year 9 students growing a sustainable vegetable patch.

Year 10 Agriculture Camp

In August Year 10 embarked on their first Agriculture Camp with a jampacked itinerary of wind farms, pastured foul farms, free range chicken farms, wool processing plants, the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Little Big Dairy, sheep farms and the Wellington caves. This three-day camp provided a holistic overview of the various pathways agriculture has to offer, leaving the girls motivated and excited for their future.

A Huge Thanks!

Thank you so much to Mr Jackson and all the teaching staff for the opportunities they have provided us with throughout the year. Also, a massive thank you to Farmer Dave who invests so much time providing our animals with love and care. Without your support Agriculture would not be the same!

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STEM

In 2022, our Pymble girls undertook an extraordinary journey in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). Whilst the older students polished their practical skills to equip them for the technological future, the Junior School girls were able to explore their love for STEM and develop a basic understanding of technology. Some of the highlights included the Pymble Coding Club, STEM Day, Science Week, Digital Safety and Pymble Robotics.

Pymble Coding Club

The Pymble Coding Club is not only a club, but a place for girls from Years 7 to 12 to learn skills for the future and foster their passion for STEM!

The Pymble Coding Club was officially launched this year to support our Software Design and Development course, however, has also found success in assisting the Pymble Robotics team and girls who are passionate about coding.

In the professional CISCO Centre for Learning Innovation, the club is run by Mr Batey and Miss Moreton. It includes a dual course in theory and practical programming. Girls coded projects from creative video games to innovative apps, website development and design to a facial recognition system.

Science Week

During Week 3 in Term 4, girls from Years 7 to 12 participated in the long-anticipated Science Week. In partnership with the Science Department, we prepared various lunchtime activities.

Starting from Monday, we received more than 250 girls for the dry ice ice cream activity, and with the help of more than 15 staff members, a production line for ice cream was established efficiently. Although it was a workout for the girls to mix the ice cream, the hard work paid off in the end with smiles on their faces after tasting their achievements.

The following day, the Periodic Recital Competition was happening in the Main Hall. Girls eagerly participated and received a memorable certificate and a yummy periodic table element cookie. A few girls even recited the entire periodic table with all 118 digits.

Science Week ended with the most exciting activity –dissection. More than 60 girls participated under the lead of numerous Biology teachers and investigated the anatomy of fish heads and enormous prawns prepared by our lab staff members.

Acknowledgement

A special thank you to every staff member, all the girls and our community members who supported the STEM program for this wonderful year!

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Technology and Applied Studies

Design and Technology

As Design and Technology continues to grow and the course continues to be refined there is constant excitement within the workshop. With the purchase of a new CNC mill, more 3D printers and a classroom which has been developed to foster creativity, the Design and Technology space produces new and incredible products across year groups each year.

Year 7

In Year 7 students were introduced to the subject through the development of a CO2 car. This is an important introduction to the design process. The students develop unique cars and there is much anticipation around racing. Further to this unit students developed their own pinball machines which they coded.

Year 9

Year 9 students had the opportunity to select this subject as an elective where they can begin to learn what the design process consists of through practical work and portfolio development. The first unit Year 9 completed was a headphones unit where each student was asked to develop a unique and personal pair of headphones. This unit provided students with valuable skills in circuitry and personal product development.

Year 10

Year 10 students constructed their own study light solutions which all served multipurpose needs and were made from a plethora of materials. These solutions were made at a high level and are now visible on many of the students’ desks. The skills being developed within this year group are exciting for the future of the course and the products which they will have the potential to make throughout their senior years.

Year 11

Year 11 began the year with an architectural project constructing housing models for hypothetical clients. Solutions were innovative and each design communicated the personal ideas and perception of architecture from each student. This project developed various skills which were essential for Year 11 students’ minor majors. The minor major

provides Year 11 students with a dry run of the HSC course with students developing holographic lights, arcade machines, coat hangers and so much more.

Year 12

Year 12 students worked hard on their projects for more than three terms to produce innovative and high quality products. These products were saleable and at an industry level.

Lucy Clark, Captain of Design and Technology

Amanda Lwin – Boarder’s Bag

A soft packing solution for new Pymble Boarding students featuring a custom sublimated fabric design.

Design and Technology

Angela Yang – Artist Wrist Brace

An aesthetic enhancement to place over traditional wrist braces supporting RSI prevention in artists.

Chetna Sagi – Maze Cube

A cube toy designed to engage workers at their desk and provide eyes a brief break to look away from screens.

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...Food Technology students were ecstatic to be back in the classroom.

Food Technology

After two unprecedented years, all Food Technology students were ecstatic to be back in the classroom. Theory work was able to be completed with the help of peers and teachers nearby. The food creations made within practical lessons were enjoyed by all. Overall, many new memories and skills were developed over the year.

Year 9

Year 9 is the first occasion students are able to choose Food Technology as an elective subject. The girls developed their skills and knowledge of food through four topics – ‘Food Selection and Health’, ‘Food in Australia’, ‘Food Product Development’ and ‘Food for Special Occasion’. Each topic was taught through theory as well as one practical lesson per week to expand students’ confidence and knowledge in the kitchen. One practical included the girls making cupcakes to celebrate special occasions.

Year 10

Year 10 students developed their understanding of ‘Food Trends’ through a large variety of theory and practical lessons. This included their assessment in which they were required to develop and create a new food trend which satisfied all five senses of the human body. The girls also explored ‘Food for Specific Needs’ including dietary, religious and allergen restrictions. Most excitingly after two years of no excursions, the Year 10 girls were thrilled to explore the topic of ‘Food Service and Catering’ with a lunch at Sails, Lavender Bay.

Year 11

The Year 11 course is broken into three topics each paired with corresponding practical elements. ‘Food Availability and Selection’, ‘Food Quality’ and ‘Nutrition’. These topics allowed girls to discover First Nations Peoples’ cuisine and deepen their understanding of the importance of food safety and quality. Practical elements saw Year 11 making new foods inspired by First Nations cuisine such as kangaroo dumplings.

Year 12

Year 12 built on their knowledge from the Year 11 course. Students searched further into ‘The Australian Food Industry’, ‘Food Manufacture’ and ‘Food Product Development’. Year 12 learned the depth of the food industry and the vital roles of the agri-food chain to ensure food is available to consumers. When exploring food manufacture, Year 12 made their own jam to advance their understanding of preservation during manufacture. Finally, ‘Contemporary Nutritional Issues’ in Australia were explored and challenged, as Year 12 learned how to prevent these issues through healthy nutrition and lifestyle.

Thank You

A huge thank you to all the teachers who endlessly helped, encouraged and guided each student throughout the year. Your support was truly appreciated.

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Hospitality

Fashion Parade

Year 11 Hospitality girls were fortunate to prepare food for the Fashion Parade. We grouped ourselves into pairs during lunch and picked a recipe to work on. There was a wide range of food such as caramelised balsamic and red onion tarts with goat cheese, hoisin duck wonton cups, ricotta fritters with beetroot relish and hot smoked trout, baked polenta rounds with bocconcini, tomato and pesto, grilled lamb with tahini yogurt, fried prawn wontons with sweet chilli sauce, and Thai chicken and coriander rolls.

During this experience, we learned how to prep food for an event under pressure, led by Mrs McCorquodale. Once the food was prepared, wait staff served the guests who arrived at the fashion parade.

Year 12 Afternoon Tea

Year 12 Hospitality girls prepared food for their Year 12

Afternoon Tea, where their parents came together to celebrate their learning and growth in the kitchen and in the classroom. Guests enjoyed blinis with smoked salmon, caramelised onion and goat cheese tarts, mini lemon meringue tarts and scones with raspberry jam. The kitchen smelled wonderful while the food was being prepared. The girls spent the afternoon with their teachers and each other enjoying the event.

The kitchen smelled wonderful while the food was being prepared.

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Software Design and Development

Over the past year, Pymble’s Software Design and Development (SDD) students had the opportunity to partake in a variety of opportunities designed to provide them with a solid base of programming skills off which they can show their creativity and personal interests.

Year 11

This year, the Year 11 SDD students progressed from little to no coding knowledge to confidence in most areas. A variety of concepts, considerations and responsibilities were woven through the course, with the first assessment geared towards creating a socially and ethically considerate ‘chatbot’ for a purpose of the student’s choice.

The students progressed into an exploration of artificial intelligence by using an API provided by Azure Cognitive Services to create a programming solution. Some works produced by the Year 11 students included:

• An artificial intelligence capable of diagnosing patients with pneumonia based on chest x-rays with about 70 per cent accuracy – Alyssa Cheong

• A Discord Bot able to analyse the components of any uploaded images inside a server to generate alt text for visually impaired individuals – Clio Moran

Year 12

The Year 12 Software Design cohort spent the year building their knowledge and constructing their HSC Major Projects, starting by investigating the rights and responsibilities of software developers. Students then investigated issues around the creation and implementation of various software solutions.

A variety of concepts around programming and software design were explored to provide students with a range of approaches to creating their Major Work. Different software paradigms (ways of thinking and approaching software development) were explored and used to create solutions, such as constructing a game using objectoriented programming in JavaScript.

A structured software development approach was applied to the design and development of each major project. Some examples of 2022 Major Works included:

• Norah Mou: A trading game where players could buy and sell products such as flour, jewellery and desserts in order to make a profit and build a family business

• Ariana Preketes: An app designed for people in recovery from eating disorders in which you could find recipes for breakfast, lunch and dinner, share your stories with others and find activities to do throughout the day

• Emma Duggan: A virtual classroom where students could join different classes, interact with a noticeboard and other elements within the classroom, such as a jukebox which played sound according to your proximity to the machine.

Clio Moran, Captain of Software and Design

Textiles

This year was crammed with many exciting events for Textiles students! We started with a Whitehouse School of Design workshop, where the Year 11 Textiles and Design students took part in an illustration workshop. For the first time in two years, Textiles on Parade was held with Years 8 to 11 displaying their incredible items. We finished with a display of the 2022 Year 12 Major Works, with a guest appearance by alumna and Bassike Design Co-ordinator, Miss Alicia MinterHunt (2013).

Textiles on Parade

This year we were finally able to showcase the Textiles and Technology students’ designs and final garments through our annual Textiles on Parade show. Over the past year, all Textiles students frantically prepared to showcase their pieces from not only this year but the past years as well. This year the theme for the parade was ‘Powerful Women throughout History’. Adding to that, four girls from Years 9 to 11 won Whitehouse School of Design workshops in recognition of their hard work. Congratulations to Bronte Lamb, Year 11, Ava Thomas, Year 10, Arabella Sherlock, Year 10, and Emily Kim, Year 9.

Year 8

The Year 8 classes developed their creativity and design skills through their focus on the mass waste the textiles industry produces with their theme of ‘War on Waste’, only using recycled polyester fibres to create either skirts or shorts.

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Year 9

Year 9 enjoyed interpreting their design briefs through resort wear inspired by ‘Wish you were here’ and ‘Neon’ athleisurewear garments inspired by ‘Leisurewear after COVID-19’. Both classes mastered techniques using a range of different and unusual materials to construct their items.

The Year 10 girls blew us away with their creative and innovative designs...

Year 10

The Year 10 girls blew us away with their creative and innovative designs with both 200 and 100 hours students producing two items. The 100 hours students produced a lightweight inspired ‘Boho’ resort wear and then costumes stimulated by the 1950s original Singing in the Rain. Meanwhile the 200 hours students produced a textile art project using a minimum of 80 per cent recycled or repurposed fabrics motivated by their interpretation of ‘Bush magic’. Also creating an item using the ‘Victorian’ era of fashion as a springboard for their first designs for costume.

Year 11

The Year 11 students experimented with their preliminary projects inspired by ‘Powerful Women throughout History’ to create an apparel garment.

Year 12

The Year 12 students completed their Major Textiles Projects which were displayed in the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts (GMCPA). The girls worked extremely hard all year to develop and create their designs. A final speech was presented by Jessica Scott, Year 12, as an ode to the dedication and hard work they accomplished throughout the year. This was followed by guest speaker Miss Alicia Minter-Hunt (2013), who delivered an inspirational speech.

Georgia McDonagh, Captain of Textiles

Textiles HSC Works

SECONDARY SCHOOL

SUBJECTS

SUBJECTS

Visual Arts

Visual Arts in 2022 truly embraced the theme for the year, ‘Let’s get creative!’ Pymble saw a variety of amazing works and enthusiastic participation from all year groups in Visual Arts. Students were supported by the amazing Visual Arts teachers who helped girls to showcase their artmaking with the wider Pymble community. Pymble girls’ keenness to get creative spanned across all years, with the Year 11 Vision Valley Camp in Term 1, the HSC Exhibition in Term 3 and who could forget the Middle and Upper School girls’ participation in the Mural Project in Term 4!

Vision Valley Camp

This year all Year 11 Visual Arts students had the amazing opportunity to spend two days dedicated to developing their skills whilst being inspired by the beautiful bushlands. The fantastic Visual Arts Department set up a variety of workshops so that students could strengthen and investigate their artmaking skills. These workshops included oil painting, watercolour, bookmaking, printmaking and ceramics and were centred around utilising and drawing inspiration from the natural scenery.

After this camp, Year 11 students were able to showcase their works made at Vision Valley, as well as artworks made from the ‘Abstraction’ unit which invited students to push their boundaries in their appreciation and approach to Visual Arts.

Exhibitions

All Visual Arts students from Years 7 to 11 had the opportunity to showcase their artworks at the Garden Party exhibition. Students and teachers worked together to select works which represented what students had been studying and engaging with throughout the past term. The Garden Party exhibition was a wonderful way to allow girls across all years to share their work with the broader Pymble community.

Year 11 students were excited to hold their own Archibald prize, with the girls’ portraits displayed in the Pymble Archibald!

One of the highlights for Visual Arts this year was the Year 12 HSC Exhibition where students exhibited their major works to the wider Pymble community.

Congratulations

We are so proud of Pymble Art students this year, with many extending their love for artmaking outside the College and into the world. Congratulations to Jacqueline Qin, Year 11, who achieved a finalist result from the Young Archies and to Erica Williams, Year 10, who achieved a finalist position in the Head On Photo Awards.

...workshops included oil painting, watercolour, bookmaking, printmaking and ceramics...

HSC ARTWORKS

SECONDARY SPEECH DAYS

Secondary School Awards

(Presented on Friday 2 December at the Secondary School Speech Day)

Year 7 Awards

Distinction

Chloe Ayton, Sarah Bai, Emily Chiang, Cai Wen (Sophie) Guo, Jenny He, Zhounan (Nancy) He, Jemma Hung, Phoebe Janowski, Karen Kim, Chi Yuen (Sophia) Kok, Zoe Manning, Laranya Nanthakumaran, Sophie Rigg, Stella Sharp, Angela Tao, Kyraa Vig, Jisoo Yeou, Wanlin (Nicole) Zhang

Citizenship

Clare Ferreira, Lok Yi (Chloe) Lam, Celine Liu, Amrita Marwah, Fiona Pan, Peng (Cindy) Wang

Student Leaders 2023

Chapel Jisoo Yeou

Community Service

Isabel Neal

Environment Kurugalage (Ranalee)

Siriwardana

Gloucester Gathering Liaisons

Serena Cummings, Isabelle Port, Chak Lam (Chloe) Wei

House Leaders

Bennett Layla Abdel-Megeed

Goodlet Lucinda Martin

Hammond Mie Naito

Ingleholme Eloise Stewart

Lang Lily Mancey

Marden Isabella Woodall

Thomas Sitian Chen

Wylie Sarah Bai

Intercultural Connections

Saja Abdel-Megeed

Middle School Leaders (2023)

Zoe Bloom, Xiaowan (Emily) Huang, Laranya Nanthakumaran, Addison Woods

Student Communications

Sophie Ngai

Wellbeing Katerina Economou

Special Awards

Hammond House

Sophie Webster

Helen Manners Dixon

Achievement and Encouragement Award

Saskia Nicholson

Religion and Ethics

Meredith Au

Year 7 Improvement

Fleur Houston

Middle School

Encouragement Award

Addison Woods

Organ Music Tuition Scholarship

Lok Yi (Chloe) Lam

Year 8 Awards

Distinction

Sehjal Baveja, Grace Beck, Kiki Chen, Annalise Chow, Anita Clark, Ruixin (Kitty) He, Bo Kyung (Rosa) Kim, Caitlin Kim, Ann Kyle, Sui Yan (Chloe) Lau, Amber Li, Iris Li, Wanxin (Alice) Mao, Teagan Ning, Katherine Pan, Ruby Pickthall, Olivia Song, Mengmeng (Macy) Sun, Elysia Sun, Ruhani Surana, Mahika Swamy, Sarah Tian, Clare Vincent, Amber Wang, Kristine Weng, Lucy Xie, Jessica Xu, Jiayue (Jenny) Xu, Ka Yuet (Alissa) Xue, Angela Zhang

Citizenship

Amelia Brandon, Katherine Hart, Adison Hartog-Smith, Addison Seeto, Ruhani Surana, Jiayue (Jenny) Xu

Student Leaders 2023

Chapel Angela Zhang

Community Service

Imogen Wu

Environment Emelia Caulfield

House Leaders

Bennett Imogen Wu

Goodlet

Olivia Ayton

Hammond Katherine Hart

Ingleholme Charlotte Ruscio

Lang Siobhan Hsu

Marden Selina Huang

Thomas Elysia Sun

Wylie Meixin (Meimei) Jiang

Intercultural Connections

Melody Chen

Student Communications

Jenny Xu

Wellbeing

Olivia Song

Upper School Leaders (2023)

Isabella Attard, Grace Beck, Annalise Chow, Bo Kyung (Rosa) Kim

Special Awards

Religion and Ethics

Annabelle Jones

Jenny Logue Memorial Prize for Improvement in Science

Emily Zhong

Year 8 Improvement Award

Angela Xenofontos

Helen Manners Dixon

Achievement and Encouragement Award

Isabella Attard

The Vicki Waters Award

Emily Walker

Middle School Award

Grace Beck

The Miss Gunn Memorial

Scholarship for Piano

Cindy Zhou

Year 9 Awards

Distinction

Tully Black, Olivia Blayney, Sophia Chang, Sophia Chen, Emma Du, Maya Garg, Lumeng (Emma) Geng, Boa Kim, Ang-Ya Koo, Sophie Laing, Hoang Anh (Daisy) Le, Annie Wanrong Luo, Zoe Lupton, Katherine Macpherson, Juliette Mouton, Ollisha Muthukuda, Erika Nakamaru, Ayana Sapra, Nikita Serban, Christiana Soo, Teresa Sun, Allison Wang, Madeleine Watson, Josephine Wong, Olivia Xu, Evelyn Zhu

Citizenship

Emily Abadee, Mary Cottrell, Lauren Korenblyum, Sophie Laing, Kathie Ong, Phoebe Paleologos

Student Leaders 2023

Chapel Kathie Ong, Phoebe Paleologos

Community Service

Environment

Evelyn Zhu

Ariana Bansal

SECONDARY SPEECH DAYS

House Leaders

Bennett Alanah Scott

Goodlet Samara Bond

Hammond Madeline Taylor

Ingleholme Phoebe Paleologos

Lang Amy Zhang

Marden Tully Black

Thomas Hoang Anh (Daisy) Le Wylie Mary Cottrell

Intercultural Connections

Christiana Soo

Student Communications

Ang-Ya Koo

Wellbeing Emily Abadee

Upper School Leaders (2023)

Maya Garg, Lauren Korenblyum, Tully O’Regan, Olivia Xu

Special Awards

Religion and Ethics

Allison Wang

Helen Manners Dixon

Achievement and Encouragement Award

Sybella Warton

The Vicki Waters Award

Chloe Bookless

Upper School

Encouragement Award

Allison Wang

Year 10 Awards

Distinction

Anuradha (Radha) Apana, Abigail Barfield, Ellie Beck, Georgia Bicego, Lucy Chen, Hwayoung (Young) Cho, Arabella Cox, Maiya Foster, Alicia Ge, Yeting (Lily) Huang, Rui Wen Jian, Angelina Lee, Jasmine Li, Jessie Li, Sophie Ma, Emma Parsons, Chengjia (Julie) Sheng, Chelsea Shi, Alice Taylor, Mikayla Tsou, Anna Ward, Jiunn-Chyi (Margaret) Wu, Mulan Xu, Hoi Ling (Carly) Yiu, Joy Yuan, Elena Zhang, Muhan (Echo) Zhang, Yu Zhou

Citizenship

Sarah Baker, Sarah Glenn, Brielle Mann, Grace (Murphy) Scott, Yvette Volk, Mulan Xu

Student Leaders 2023

Chapel Marina Volikas

Community Service

Environment

Isabel Aveling

India Tighe

House Leaders

Bennett Sarah Baker

Goodlet Sophie Livingstone

Hammond Yvette Volk

Ingleholme Georgia Lyster

Lang Olivia Burney

Marden Harriet McLean

Thomas Ella Jones

Wylie Sophia Grindlay

Intercultural Connections

Tanvi Thomas

Senior School Leaders (2023)

Abigail Barfield, Ellie Beck, Saskia

Raymond, Chengjia (Julie) Sheng

Student Communications

Isabella Li

Wellbeing Dimity Muller

Special Awards

Religion and Ethics

Emma Parsons

Helen Manners Dixon Achievement and Encouragement Award

Juliette Harris

Upper School Award

Ellie Beck

Patricia Burgoyne Public Speaking Award

Tanvi Thomas

First In Subject

Aboriginal Studies

Abigail Barfield

Agriculture

Anna Drabsch

Chinese

Nina Baikie, Yu Zhou

Classical Greek

Mulan Xu

Commerce (100 Hours)

Joy Yuan

Commerce (200 Hours)

Ellie Beck

Contemporary Music

Lydia Heazlewood-Lee

Dance

Yewon (Lisa) Ji, Georgia Shaw

Data Science (100 Hours)

Yeting (Lily) Huang

Design and Technology (100 hours)

Hannah Thornton

Design and Technology (200 hours)

Georgia Phillips

Drama

Emma Parsons

Elective Music

Anna Ward

English

Chengjia (Julie) Sheng

Food Technology (100 hours)

Eleni Vassiliadis

Food Technology (200 hours)

Emma Parsons

French

Eliza Kennedy

Geography

Charlotte Leung

Elective Geography

Zoe Leung, Alyssa Yip

Stage 5 Mandatory Geography

Jiunn-Chyi (Margaret) Wu

German

Alice Taylor

History

Jasmin Robinson

Big History

Rui Wen Jian

Elective History

Hwayoung (Young) Cho, Tess Standfield

Stage 5 Mandatory History

Chelsea Shi

SECONDARY SPEECH DAYS

Japanese

Adeline Tong

Latin

Alicia Ge

Marine and Aquaculture

Technology

Alice Taylor

Mathematics

Chloe Brogan, Xanthe Uther, Jiunn-Chyi (Margaret) Wu

Mathematics Enrichment

Joy Yuan

Mathematics Preliminary

Advanced

Chelsea Shi

PDHPE

Georgia Bicego, Arabella Cox, Sofia McIntosh

Philosophy

Emma Parsons, Chengjia (Julie) Sheng

Photographic and Digital Media

Hwayoung (Young) Cho

Physical Activity and Sports Studies (100 hours)

Lucy Yates

Physical Activity and Sports Studies (200 hours)

Yvette Volk

Science

Elena Zhang

Textiles Technology (100 hours)

Arabella Sherlock

Textiles Technology (200 hours)

Sophie Ma

Visual Arts (100 hours)

Anna Ward

Visual Arts (200 hours)

Ellie Beck

1 Martina Chin, Year 11 and Mr James Hunter (Chair of the Board)

2 Alyssa Yee, Year 11 and Mr James Hunter (Chair of the Board)

3 Dr Kate Hadwen (Principal), Annabel Maple-Brown, Madison Lyster, Year 12 and Mr James Hunter (Chair of the Board)

SECONDARY SPEECH DAYS

Year 11 2023

Subject Captains

Aboriginal Studies

Aspen Moore

Agriculture Victoria Burton

Business Studies

Saskia Raymond

Classics Jasmine Li, Mulan Xu

Economics Jiya Tanna

English Abigail Barfield

Geography Harriet McLean

History Chloe Kim, Eleni Vassiliadis

Legal Studies Penelope Collins, Annabel Davidson

Library Alisha Fung, Yu Zhou

Mathematics Alicia Ge, Joy Yuan

Modern Languages

Maiya Foster, Aliya Xinyue Yang

Music Jacinta Martin, Anna Ward

PDHPE Yvette Volk, Lucy Yates

Performing Arts: Dance

Grace Perrignon

Performing Arts: Drama

Charlise Moodie, Ava Thomas

Performing Arts: Theatre

Sarah Macpherson

Science Grace Ho, Bella Jones, Isabella Li

STEM Wing Hey (Rachel)

Chan

TAS: Design and Technology

Stella Robertson

TAS: Food Technology

Lucinda Woodfield

TAS: Hospitality

Manon O’Donnell

Visual Arts Hwayoung (Young)

Cho, Alexandra Hyett

Student Leaders 2023

Chapel Cheuk Lam (Jolie)

Pang, Phoebe Vowels

Community Service

Hoi Ching (Janice)

Cheung

Environment Isabella Cepraga

House Leaders

Bennett Annabel McKernan, Emma Saunders

Goodlet Charlotte Ferry, Alice Windybank

Hammond Madeleine Coman, Elizabeth Hart

Ingleholme Yi Ying Lim, Emilia Ruscio

Lang Sophia Lupton, Liesel Page, Ava Yates

Marden Maya Partridge, Sophie van Kerkwijk

Thomas Mercedes

Ansuh-Yeboah, Sophia Leon-Searle

Wylie Ella Jones, Tilly Martyn

Intercultural Connections

Haiyi (Celina) Sun

Student Communications

Yi Zhen (Jacqueline) Qin

Wellbeing Denise Wang

Honour Awards

Gold Colours – Robotics

Amelie Muir, Sabrina Rolinek

Bronze Medallion

Sarah Baker, Ellie Beck, Alessandra Braysich, Arabella Cox, Piper Gregory-Reid, Lily Hearne, Tiyana Jayaweera, Ella Jones, Claudia Offer, Georgia Phillips, Meredith Reynolds, Jasmin Robinson, Jessica Slater, Gigi Spiller, Claire Spring, Susannah Su, Erica Williams, Carolina Yemma

ADF Future Innovators Award

Olivia Clifford

ADF Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award

Juliette Harris

Exceptional Distinction in Mathematical Scholarship

Amber Li

University of Sydney Prize –Runner Up to the Dux

Ellie Beck

Dux of Year 10

Elena Zhang

SECONDARY SPEECH DAYS

Senior School Awards

(Presented on Friday 23 September at the Senior School Speech Day.)

Year 11 Awards

Year 11 Academic Distinction

Philippa Begg, Hanna Cheung, Hoi Ching (Janice) Cheung, Martina Chin, Sophie Christopher, Miki Culver, Sophia Gao, Aileen Hao, Rose Haran, Charlotte Hartin, Maya Hu, Lucia Jin, Annelise Koh, Emma Lau, Angelina Lu, Alexandra Luxton, Kristen Ma, Piper Markson, Zoe Moss, Cheuk Lam (Jolie) Pang, Caitlyn Tan, Angie Wang, Isabella Watson, Saskia WilloughbyWinlaw, Alice Windybank, On Yau (Sasha) Wong, Rhedyn Wong, Yo Yo (Jessie) Xie, Xin Yue (Christy) Xue, Jade Yang, Alyssa Yee, Yaqing (Jessica) Zhang, Yueqing (Belinda) Zhao, Gabrielle Zhong, Hayley Zhou

Year 11 Citizenship

Abigail Ballhausen, Elliot Dunk, Eloise Kinchington, Annelise Koh, Samantha Lever, Jocelyn Mar, Aimee Ng, Wynter O’Regan, Georgina Pechan, Caitlyn Tan, Taylor Warnes, Rhedyn Wong

Year 11 Academic Achievement Award

Annelise Koh

Senior School Endeavour Award

Alice Hillsdon

Reuben F Scarf Award for Commitment

Denise Wang

Helen Manners Dixon Achievement and Encouragement Award

Wynter O’Regan

Religion and Ethics Award

Lucia O’Dea

Mathematics Accelerant’s Prize

Angie Wang

Year 12 Awards

Year 12 Academic Distinction

Annabelle Ainsworth, Gianna Ariston, Mia Baily, Meera Barani, Louise Bennett, Nina Breckenridge, Faye Chang, Annabella Cheng, Isabel Dean, Emma Duggan, Chun Wai (Kirsten) Fong, Sophia Gao, Sophia Ge, Olivia Harvey, Isabelle Ho, Chloe Hoang, Caitlyn Kim, Claire Kim, Emma Liu, Madison Lyster, Bella Macdonald, Georgina Makeham, Annabel MapleBrown, Rylee McKinstry, Roshan Neekan, Emilie Palme, Samadhi Siriniwasa, Angelica Tan, Anna Wang, Qiao (Joy) Wang, Alison Whiteman, Alicia Xiao, Elisa Yang, Deanna Zahedi, Xin (Jasmine) Zhi

Year 12 Citizenship

Isabelle Ho, Arabella Ibbotson, Lihini Jayasekara, Jenhui Lau, Georgina Makeham, Rylee McKinstry, Emilie Palme, Anika Perera, Aneeka Reilly, Hannah Rockwell, Samadhi Siriniwasa, Tahmara Thomas, Sophie Whitehead

The Vicki Waters Award

Eliza Nelson, Victoria Warren

The Boarder’s Award

Jordyn Seeto

Contribution to Boarding

Eloise Wilson

Distinguished Long Attendance – The Libby Slater Memorial Award

Faye Chang

The University of New South Wales Prize for Best Student in Mathematics

Chloe Hoang

ADF Future Innovators Award

Jenhui Lau

ADF Long Tan Leadership and Teamwork Award

Emilie Palme

Australian Indigenous Education Foundation Graduate

Sydney Auld, Kyana Cvetkovic, Summer Humes, Aneeka Reilly

Duke of Edinburgh –Gold Awards

Gianna Ariston, Meera Barani, Holly Campbell, Kristen Cook, Amelia Fantham, Olivia Harvey, Isabella Holdsworth, Annabel Maple-Brown, Sofia Massaro, Sophie McGee, Georgia Spanswick, Jessica Tse, Olivia Williams

Year 12 Subject Awards

Agriculture – Mollie Drummond

Memorial Award

Hannah Rockwell

Ancient History – Martin

McIlrath Memorial Prize for General Proficiency

Caitlyn Kim

Biology – Mollie Drummond

Memorial Award (Shared)

Annabel Maple-Brown, Qiao (Joy)

Wang

Business Studies Award

Madison Lyster

Chemistry Award

Chloe Hoang

Chinese Award

Hong Trang (Rosie) Le

Classics Award

Claire Li

Dance Award

Jessica Tse

Design and Technology Award

Nina Breckenridge

Drama – Maria Gillespie Prize

Annika Johnson

Earth and Environmental

Science – Heather Drummond

Memorial Prize

Grace Carey

Economics Award

Bella Macdonald

English Extension 2 –Trenoweth Prize

Sophia Croudace

SECONDARY SPEECH DAYS

English Advanced –

D J Flockhart Memorial Award

Xin (Jasmine) Zhi

English Extension 1 –Martin McIlrath Memorial Award

Isabel Dean

English EAL/D

Kang Wen (Carmen) Zhao

English Standard Award

Chloe Ding

Food Technology Award

Rachel Johnstone

French – Mrs Robert Vicars Prize

Renyi (Rene) Liu

Geography – Dorothy Cowie

Memorial Prize

Madison Lyster

German Award (Shared)

Georgina Maher, Emilie Palme

History –

The Humanities Award

Gianna Ariston

History Extension Award

Nina Breckenridge

Hospitality Award

Cassandra Graham

Italian Beginners Award (Shared)

Lara Albany, Emma Duggan

Japanese Award

Louisa Kong

Latin – Wyndam Davies Memorial Prize (Shared)

Chloe Hoang, Caitlyn Kim

Alister Henskens SC MP Legal Studies Award (Shared)

Annabella Cheng, Alison Whiteman

Mathematics Award (Shared)

Chun Wai (Kirsten) Fong, Elisa Yang

Mathematics Extension 1 Award

Chloe Hoang

Mathematics Extension 2 Award

Chloe Hoang

Mathematics Standard 2 Award (Shared)

Louise Bennett, Rylee McKinstry, Anastasia Vitalis

Modern History –Harwood Award

Louise Bennett

Music Course 1 Award

Annika Johnson

Music Course 2 Award

Isabel Dean

Music Extension

Isabel Dean

Personal Development, Health and Physical Education Award

Anika Perera

Physics Award

Sophia Gao

Investigating Science Award

Madison Lyster

Science – Dorothy Cowie

Memorial Prize

Elisa Yang

Science Extension

Olivia Harvey

Software Design and Development Award

Emma Duggan

Studies of Religion –Jean Manwaring Prize (Shared)

Annabelle Ainsworth, Mehreen Khan

Textiles and Design Award

Mia Baily

Visual Arts – Joan Quincey

Memorial Prize

Georgina Makeham

Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Goulburn, Old Girls’ Association Award

Olivia Inkster, Frankie Lobban, Amanda Lwin, Rylee McKinstry, Harriet Shaw, Haley Spring, Jessica Tse, Margaret Williams

SECONDARY SCHOOL

SECONDARY SPEECH DAYS

Honour Awards

Year 11 Medallions

Bronze

Philippa Begg, Jemima Burney, Kaitlyn Chan, Jessica Colbran, Asha Goddard, Alice Hillsdon, Phoebe Mason, Natasha Newham, Sophie van Kerkwijk

Silver

Abigail Ballhausen, Rhiannon Castle, Catherine Gavagna, Samantha Lever, Yi Ying Lim, Tilly Morgan, Lucia

O’Dea, Lucy Robertson, Emilia Ruscio, Emma Sargeant, Caitlyn Tan, Saskia Willoughby-Winlaw, Rhedyn Wong

Year 12 Medallions

Bronze

Chloe Luxford, Eliza Nelson

Silver

Mia Baily, Sienna Bond, Layla Farook, Claudia Johnston

Gold

Philippa Austin, Isobel Gosper, Olivia Inkster, Niraaya Jayasinghe, Georgina Maher, Annabel MapleBrown, Sofia Massaro, Jessica Needham, Emilie Palme, Cayla Phillips, Camilla Reynolds, Nea Shingler, Georgia Spanswick, Angelica Tan, Brianna Worsfold

Gold Colours – Athletics

Sienna Bond, Olivia Inkster, Gabriella Taylor

Gold Colours – Music

Gabrielle Zhong

Gold Colours – Orienteering

Nea Shingler

Gold Colours – Robotics

Cindy Hu, Jenhui Lau, Claudia Chan, Manni Lin, Nida Mehta, Shuyu (Rachel) Rao, Alyssa Cheong

Gold Colours – Snow Sports

Rhiannon Castle

The Dorothy Knox Scholarship

Charlotte Hartin

The Harvard Prize for Excellence in Year 11

Angie Wang

The Margaret Coleman Citizenship and Contribution to School Life Prize

Xin (Jasmine) Zhi, Nina Breckenridge

The Gillian Moore Award for Innovation

Samantha Radford

The Dame Joan Hammond

Music Award

Lara Albany, Isabel Dean

Sports Girl of the Year

Olivia Inkster

Proficiency in Work and Sport

Mia Baily

Proficiency in Work and Performing Arts

Annika Johnson

The Jeanette Buckham Prize for All Round Excellence

Olivia Harvey, Angelica Tan

The Ampol Australia Medal for All Round Excellence

Isobel Gosper

The Scholar’s Award –

The Dr Margaret Jones

Memorial Prize

Chun Wai (Kirsten) Fong, Caitlyn Kim, Elisa Yang

Head Prefects

Isabel Dean, Chloe Hoang

Boarding Head Prefect

Philippa Austin

Boarding Deputy Head Prefect

Rylee McKinstry

The School Prize

Madison Lyster, Annabel Maple-Brown

The Marden Prize

Louise Bennett

Dux of the School –Sir Robert Gillespie

Memorial Prize

Chloe Hoang

CLASS OF 2022

Alicia Ahn

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Sydney Auld

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Lauren Barnes

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Rianna Bhat

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 9

Annabelle Ainsworth

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 5

Philippa Austin

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 7

Lara Barnouti

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 3

Rhea Bhatti

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 5

Lara Albany

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 3

Thea Bailey

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 10

Olivia Barton

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 7

Jessica Bird

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 7

Gianna Ariston

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Mia Baily

House: Lang Started at Pymble: Year 7

Alisha Behl

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 7

Sienna Bond

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 5

Grace Ashford

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 10

Caitlin Ballance

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 5

Louise Bennett

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 4

Lila Bourke

House: Lang Started at Pymble: Year 7

Sarah Atkinson

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 11

Meera Barani

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 10

Arshia Bhardwaj

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Antoinette Boxall

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 7

CLASS OF 2022

Nina Breckenridge

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Holly Campbell

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 5

Isabelle Chen

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Isobel Colvin

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 5

Amelia Brown

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Grace Carey

House: Wylie Started at Pymble: Year 2

Jade Chen

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Kristen Cook

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 2

Amelia Browning

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Year 8

Jana Chan

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Zoey Chen

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Sophie Corcoran

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Amelia Buechner

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 7

Nicole Chan

House: Ingleholme Started at Pymble: Year 8

Annabella Cheng

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 1

Sophie Coughlan

House: Lang Started at Pymble: Year 2

Isabella Bunce

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Faye Chang

House: Wylie Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Dorothy Choi

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 8

Mia Credaro

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 5

Riley Cade

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Iris Chen

House: Ingleholme Started at Pymble: Year 7

Genevieve Chu

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 9

Sophia Croudace

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 5

CLASS OF 2022

Kyana Cvetkovic

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Ashley Dhanu

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Kate Falconer-Flint

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Cia Fotias

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Kyna Das

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 10

Chloe Ding

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 11

Amelia Fantham

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Fiona Fu

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Lara Davis

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Emma Duggan

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 3

Layla Farook

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Joye Fu

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 6

Satine de Lorenzo

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Chloe Duncan

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 5

Annika Ferguson

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 8

Sophia Gao

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Isabel Dean

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Emilia Duncan

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Mia Finn

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Sophia Ge

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Thea Desmond

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Sophie Dunn

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 6

Kirsten Fong

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 10

Matilda Geddes

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 1

CLASS OF 2022

Ella Gibietis

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Madison Gram

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Amelia Hinrichsen

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 8

Emily Horne

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 7

Ciara Gibson

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Tamara Guttman

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Isabelle Ho

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Alisha Hosakakhan

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 7

Freya Gordon

House: Lang Started at Pymble: Year 7

Chloe Hanlan

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 10

Chloe Hoang

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Cindy Hu

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 10

Isobel Gosper

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 1

Olivia Harvey

House: Lang Started at Pymble: Year 3

Sophie Hoffman

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 5

Summer Humes

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 7

Kashika Goswami

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Isharah Hewavitharana

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Lara Hogan

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Lilian Huntley

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 5

Cassandra Graham

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Amali Hilton

House: Wylie Started at Pymble: Year 7

Isabella Holdsworth

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Isabella Hurst

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 7

CLASS OF 2022

Arabella Ibbotson

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Annika Johnson

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Year 1

Isabelle Kellaway

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Ingrid Kim

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Olivia Inkster

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 10

Claudia Johnston

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Mehreen Khan

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Ashley Ko

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Abiha Iqbal

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Nicola Johnston

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 7

Bomy Kim

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 9

Louisa Kong

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Lihini Jayasekara

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Rachel Johnstone

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 7

Caitlyn Kim

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 3

Jacinta Kumar

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Niraaya Jayasinghe

House: Ingleholme Started at Pymble: Year 7

Annabelle Jones

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 7

Claire Kim

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Valerie Kwok

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 10

Breanna Jenkins

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Anika Kane

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 7

Gloria Kim

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 9

Ayesha Lakhani

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 7

CLASS OF 2022

Jenhui Lau

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 4

Emma Liu

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 7

Madison Lyster

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Annabel

Maple-Brown

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 7

Rosie Le

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 8

Rene Liu

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 10

Bella Macdonald

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 1

Sofia Massaro

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 7

Laura Legovich

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 7

Frankie Lobban

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 10

Georgina Maher

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Isabelle Mather

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 11

Hayley Leighton

House: Ingleholme Started at Pymble: Year 7

Megan Lombardi

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 3

Georgina Makeham

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Sophie McGee

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 5

Charlotte Leys

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Chloe Luxford

House: Lang Started at Pymble: Year 7

Victoria Makim

House: Lang Started at Pymble: Year 7

Rylee McKinstry

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 7

Claire Li

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Amanda Lwin

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 10

Savanah Manners

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 9

Charlotte Milne

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 7

CLASS OF 2022

Sophie Misener

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Megan Mou

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 4

Ami Naito

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Eliza Nelson

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Chloe Moore

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 9

Norah Mou

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 4

Jessica Needham

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 8

Ruby Nicholas

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Natasha Moore

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 3

Anna Mufford

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Roshan Neekan

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Emma Nirui

House: Ingleholme Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

CLASS OF 2022

Elise Ovens

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Isabella Pettinato

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 9

Aneeka Reilly

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 11

Deblina Roy

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 7

Thanya Paidi

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Jasmine Pham

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 7

Camilla Reynolds

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Chetna Sagi

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 7

Emilie Palme

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Cayla Phillips

House: Wylie Started at Pymble: Year 7

Emma Ridley

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 10

Polly Sargeant

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 7

Dene Paterson

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 7

Amelia Pratt

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 6

Amelie Riley

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Risha Sawhney

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Victoria Pattison

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Ariana Preketes

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 7

Hunter Roberts

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 9

Samantha Scarr

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 5

Anika Perera

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Samantha Radford

House: Wylie Started at Pymble: Year 2

Hannah Rockwell

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Jessica Scott

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 4

CLASS OF 2022

Samantha Scott

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Amelia Sim

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 11

Pippa StoodleyWilliamson

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 4

Tahmara Thomas

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 8

Jordyn Seeto

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Samadhi Siriniwasa

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Isabella Sun

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Eliza Thompson

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Harriet Shaw

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Lauren Solness

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Sunny Sun

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 4

Naomi Tiong

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Tiah Shaw

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 9

Georgia Spanswick

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 6

Denika Tajalli

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 10

Samira Toor

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Holly Shephard

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Haley Spring

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 6

Angelica Tan

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Amelia Toynton

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Year 10

Nea Shingler

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Scarlett Stewart

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Chloe Tedesco

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 6

Jessica Tse

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 3

CLASS OF 2022

Zara Tullipan

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Year 11

Amy Wang

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 7

Amy Watts

House: Goodlet

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Ella Wilson

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Amber Uther

House: Lang

Started at Pymble: Year 7

A

nna Wang

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Tessa Webster

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Eloise Wilson

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Rosanna

van Horen

House: Lang Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Emma Wang

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 7

Sophie Whitehead

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 10

Laura Wilson

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Kindergarten

Charlotte

van Raalte

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 7

Jessica Wang

House: Lang Started at Pymble: Year 3

Alison Whiteman

House: Ingleholme Started at Pymble: Year 6

Lily Windsor

House: Wylie Started at Pymble: Year 10

Anastasia Vitalis

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Joy Wang

House: Lang Started at Pymble: Year 9

Margaret Williams

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 8

Catherine Wong

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 11

Amelia Waland

House: Lang Started at Pymble: Year 7

Victoria Warren

House: Goodlet Started at Pymble: Year 5

Olivia Williams

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 9

Joanna Woo

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 10

CLASS OF 2022

Stephanie Wood

House: Hammond

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Alicia Xiao

House: Marden

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Delta Zarafetas

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Brianna Worsfold

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 10

Angela Yang

House: Wylie Started at Pymble: Year 6

Carmen Zhao

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 9

Christina Wu

House: Bennett

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Elisa Yang

House: Hammond Started at Pymble: Year 7

Helen Zhao

House: Wylie

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Gloria Wu

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Jaycie Yu

House: Ingleholme

Started at Pymble: Year 5

Jasmine Zhi

House: Thomas

Started at Pymble: Year 7

Linda Wu

House: Bennett Started at Pymble: Year 3

Rebecca Yu

House: Marden Started at Pymble: Year 7

Harriet Wykeham-Fiennes

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 3

Deanna Zahedi

House: Thomas Started at Pymble: Year 1

SECONDARY SCHOOL

Year 11 Subject Captains

Absent: Madeleine Coman, Manni Lin

Second Row: Eleanor Owrid, Tess Fennell, Eloise Kinchington, Saskia Willoughby-Winlaw, Kelly Wong, Celine Hu, Casse Eyears, Sasha Wong, Yi Ying Lim, Lucy Bell

Third Row: Wynter O’Regan, Bella Zhang, Georgia McDonagh, Genevieve Power, Arabella Hunt, Alice Hillsdon, Phoebe Fulford, Piper Markson, Rose Haran

Back Row: Isla Harris, Hanna Cheung, McKenzie Ward, Lucy Clark, Tilly Morgan, Rhedyn Wong, Georgina Pechan, Bonita Xie

WELLBEING

WELLBEING

Wellbeing Prefect’s Report

This year was a huge success for Pymble’s Wellbeing program with significant student involvement in a range of activities, events and initiatives which sought to promote and facilitate regular self-care in a busy school environment.

Wellbeing Committee

2022 was the first year Pymble introduced a studentrun Wellbeing Committee consisting of student leaders from Years 7 to 12, the Wellbeing Prefect and overseen by the Head of Secondary – Wellbeing, Mrs Boyd. The Wellbeing Leaders this year were Clare Ferreira, Year 7, Nikita Srivastava, Year 8, Grace Rew, Year 9, Arabella Cox, Year 10, Ayesha Bhalerao, Year 11, and Harriet Shaw, Year 12, and all played a fantastic role in supporting student mental health across the year groups.

“Taking on the role of the Year 9 Wellbeing Leader pushed me out of my comfort zone and challenged me. I learned so many new things about mental health and I became more selfconfident communicating with other people, particularly in large groups. I loved working with the committee and connecting with the Wellbeing Leaders from other years.”

– Grace Rew, Year 9

“I thoroughly enjoyed my role as Year 11 Wellbeing Leader. Throughout my leadership, I worked alongside an amazing committee with the mentoring of Mrs Boyd, organised a range of events and initiatives such as the Wellbeing Week and Gratitude Givers cards, and also attended the Knox and Ravenswood Wellbeing Conference. It gave me the utmost joy helping my peers navigate their wellbeing. I truly believe that taking small steps every day to improve our wellbeing holistically through simple acts allows us to thrive not only individually, but collectively.”

...all played a fantastic role in supporting student mental health across the year groups.

Our primary initiative this year was introducing Pymble’s first Wellbeing Week in Term 2 from Tuesday 14 to Friday 17 June. Three activities were run for each year group at different lunchtimes during the week. The activities included cookie decorating, dodgeball and a movie. A huge thank you to the Middle, Upper and Senior School Heads of Year and Administration teams and Mrs Boyd for supporting this initiative and ensuring it ran smoothly and efficiently.

Gratitude Givers

The Wellbeing Committee relaunched the ‘Compliment Card’ initiative first introduced by alumna Miss Rose Tate (2021) in 2020. Now titled ‘Gratitude Givers’, these cards are an opportunity for students to spread kindness and gratitude among fellow students and staff members. Mailboxes were decorated and placed in each of the school offices where students could send their completed cards to be distributed to the recipients throughout the week.

Fairy Bread Friday

On 26 August, Year 12 Wellbeing Leader Harriet Shaw and Mrs Boyd ran the first Fairy Bread Friday initiative for the Senior School to offer love and encouragement to all Years 11 and 12 students during Year 12 HSC Trials and Year 11 Preliminary Exams. Free slices of fairy bread were distributed to the Senior School to remind students of the importance of finding joy and comfort in small, simple moments.

Thanks

I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to Mrs Boyd for being such a wonderful mentor for the Wellbeing Committee this year. Her commitment and passion as the Head of Secondary – Wellbeing was so inspiring and positively impacted many students this year. On behalf of the Wellbeing team, we thank you very much for consistently advocating for the wellbeing of everyone at Pymble

MIDDLE SCHOOL

A Message from Mrs O’Donnell

What a wonderful year it was in the Middle School! I am so proud of all that the girls achieved across a broad range of Co-curricular activities and academic subjects. The true spirit of community has again been established and maintained as the girls came together for so many incidental and larger planned events. Our girls were offered opportunities to adapt, build resilience and embrace learning opportunities in innovative ways while at the same time fostering new connections and developing strategies to support one another along the way.

The year began with our Connections Week alternate program as we welcomed our new Year 7 cohort to the Middle School and offered them a range of activities to help support them to build new friendships, navigate our campus and prepare themselves for learning in the Secondary School environment. Throughout the year we continued to enjoy valuable connections with older students through the Year 10 Peer Support sessions and initiatives introduced by our Year 12 Middle School Liaison Prefects. Lunchtime Gloucester Gatherings, initiated by our brilliant Middle School Leaders – thank you! - were a weekly highlight showcasing a diverse array of craft and sporting activities such as skipping competitions, designing Valentine’s Day cards, making friendship bracelets, cookie decorating and much more.

During Term 1, we facilitated our annual Mind Body Spirit Day for both year groups, where we introduced the girls to new skills and fostered connections. These events were held at our Outdoor Education campus, Vision Valley, where the sun shone all day as the girls discovered the treasures of the site.

During Terms 2 and 3, we were fortunate to be able to roll out both the Year 7 and Year 8 Outdoor Education programs with Year 7 attending a four-day adventure at our Vision Valley campus and Year 8 stepping up to a five-day Challenge By Choice option at either the Somerset or Southbound venues. The girls were outstanding ambassadors for the College and demonstrated impressive stamina across a range of activities. Opportunities to strengthen friendships and establish new connections away from routines were appreciated by all. Middle School girls know the importance of the ‘5 Ways to Wellbeing’ framework: Connect, Take Notice, Keep Learning, Be Active and Give.

During Semester 2, students were invited to engage with a wide range of initiatives in order to explore areas of interest, give back to their community and try something new.

Throughout Term 4 the Middle School embraced a number of exciting Community Service initiatives to demonstrate our care for others. Projects ranged from knitting joey pouches for WIRES, sewing felt hearts for babies in NICU wards and creating

performance videos and cards for elderly people in residential care homes. We were so impressed with the way the girls embraced these initiatives and generously shared their talents with others in order to bring a little bit of joy.

We were so impressed with the way the girls embraced these initiatives...

In Term 4, Year 7 welcomed guest speaker Michele Chevalley Hedge who spoke to the girls about the importance of good nutrition and sleep. Her messages around self-care and wellness were well received. As the term drew to a close, we farewelled our Year 8 students with celebratory cupcakes as they made their way to the Upper School. In the final week of term, we came together to enjoy our traditional Middle School end of year barbecue with games on Gloucester. I would like to thank our Deputy Head of Middle School, Mrs Budd, our Heads of Year, Ms Ventura, Mrs Harrison, Ms Carr and Ms Lombard, alongside the Middle School Administration team, Mrs Bastes, Mrs Volonakis and Mrs Sibug, for their commitment to the girls and for ensuring that each day in the Middle School is filled with warmth, kindness and appreciation.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Middle School Liaisons’ Report

Links Day

“Starting high school is no easy feat. As primary school came to an end, all the nerves started kicking in. Thankfully, Pymble runs an amazing orientation program called Links Day, a day before the official start of Year 7 for everyone to meet new people and learn a bit about how high school works and what it means to be a Pymble girl. We got to mimic being in Year 7, which was so cool, and I also went on a tour so that when I came on the first day of school I wasn’t completely lost. As well as gaining knowledge on how Pymble runs, I got to meet loads of new people! I met people from my Compass class too which helped so much when I started school. Some of the activities included various ‘get to know you’ games with people from my Compass group, a huge game of tag and briefings with my teachers and the Heads of Middle School. We were outside having fun for the whole day and after Links Day I was looking forward to coming to the College so much more. Overall, I think that Links Day helped me so much with my transition to Pymble!”

Gloucester Gatherings

Twice a week this year, our Middle School girls were welcomed to partake in Gloucester Gatherings. Run by both the Middle School Leaders, and the Middle School Liaison Prefects, Gloucester Gatherings offered an array of different lunchtime activities: from Mother’s Day arts and craft to movie screenings during rainy days. It was great to see girls from Years 7 and 8 getting to know each other, and we hope they have fond memories of time spent making fluffy pom poms and multicoloured friendship bracelets.

Costumes for Cancer Walkathon

In support of the Costumes for Cancer campaign, the Middle School girls donned their best red and orange outfits and headed to Mollie Dive Field to contribute to our school walkathon. It was wonderful to see the girls displaying such enthusiasm, as they walked, jogged and ran to raise money for haematology and blood cancer research and patient services. A huge shoutout to those girls who repeatedly ran multiple laps in a row without a single break, your efforts were absolutely incredible, and well done to all our Middle School girls; we racked up some of the highest overall lap counts!

...we hope they have fond memories of time spent making fluffy pom poms and multicoloured friendship bracelets.

UPPER SCHOOL

A Message from Mr Riley 2

2022 was a year of joy and excitement, with the wonderful return of major events in the Upper School.

Spark

Term 1 began for Year 9 with a full day enjoying the Spark program led by Burn Bright. Spark builds the toolkit to help our girls grow their confidence, to better understand their personal values, develop their perspective and enhance their resilience. It was a great way for our girls to begin the year and to leave challenges in the Middle School behind, as they built their collective empathy and strengthened their connection as a year group.

DARTA

In Year 10, Mr Paul Dillon again addressed our girls with an interesting presentation. Paul has worked in the area of drug education for the past 25 years and has recently changed his talk to include a great more detail on vaping and its perils. Paul’s talk ensured that our Year 10 students had access to good quality information, best practice drug education, and the associated negative health risks.

Your Choicez

Katie Kobler, joint owner of Your Choicez with husband David, spoke with our Year 10 girls for a full day to discuss topics related to consent and healthy and respectful relationships, and having the courage to stand up for what is right. Sharing her story, Katie wowed our girls as she challenged them to correct some of the sad norms in our society and to think about how they can chart the future relationships they wish to have and richly deserve.

The Butterfly Effect

Nikki from Enlighten Education gave an exciting full day workshop to our Year 9 girls. Sharing her experience, she began by discussing body image and some of the challenges social media plays in distorting reality. The girls then considered what real ‘girl power’ means, explored the history of feminism and considered the importance of empowerment. The day finished with a session on gratitude to promote a more positive outlook on life, stronger social connections, and higher achievement.

Outdoor Education

There was plenty of Outdoor Education on offer in the Upper School in 2022, with our signature Residential program running two four-week long pilot programs at Vision Valley for Year 9. The first was a co-educational pilot with St Ignatius’ College Riverview, and the second was Pymble only. Both were a brilliant success and included three expeditions including a five-day Great Return back to the College, paving the way for double the volume of applicants in 2023. The remainder of Year 9 spent an arduous four days in the Royal National Park with Southbound, navigating the many and varied fire trails and campsites in beautiful early summer sunshine.

Year 10 headed off on their adventures in late Term 1, with a number of students choosing the challenging Namadji hike; a nine-day walk across Victorian high country. The remainder of the year group spent the week enjoying the picturesque South Coast at Murramurang, albeit with slightly colder temperatures than normal!

Future You

Year 10 finished the year with a week-long event focused on their future selves. Beginning the week with workshops, interviews and presentations run by our Futures team, the girls considered how best to present themselves, how to prepare for an interview (with alumni), and what opportunities might lie ahead. The week culminated with a transition day for the Senior School and a day of service, either onsite with Days for Girls, Wrap with Love, and building birthing kits, or offsite with Kids Giving Back in Darlinghurst. The final day was an extended day Urban Challenge, with the year group traversing Sydney in a clue hunt and partaking in a bowling or dance challenge, or an escape room!

Charity and Service

As always, kindness to others featured heavily in the Upper School, with our Year 9 Pioneers who returned from Vision Valley completing a week of Service Learning, our longterm commitment to Days for Girls continuing, and plenty of individual initiatives brought to the fore. To mention two of note; Lauren Korenblyum, Year 9, led a fundraising initiative for UNICEF in Ukraine with her creation of a badge design competition and subsequent sale of the badges once created. Additionally, our Upper School Leaders organised a disco to fundraise for Dr Andrew Browning and the Barbara May Foundation, who build hospitals and provide fistula surgery in sub-Saharan Africa.

Thanks

At the end of the year, Mrs Hunt left her Upper School Deputy position to become Head of Wellbeing (7-12). We are so grateful for her amazing contribution, endless acts of kindness, and fun attitude. Whilst she has not gone too far, we will miss her daily presence and thank her for all that she has done for our girls.

Mr Tom Riley, Head of Upper School

UPPER SCHOOL

Upper School Liaisons’ Report

Our year as the 2022 Upper School Liaison Prefects was one full of excitement, leadership and teamwork. The primary focus for 2022 was to create a year for the cohort to remember, all whilst initiating crossyear connections and friendships.

Mentoring

We worked alongside and mentored the most amazing Years 9 and 10 Upper School Leaders. We met weekly and loved guiding them through their roles and watching them thrive and lead their peers with such admirable maturity and determination. It was a highlight for us to see their growth and their successes, whether it was the meticulous planning that went on behind the scenes or watching the student-led assemblies. It was an honour to work with these incredible leaders!

Assemblies

The student-led assemblies allowed us to work with the leaders to plan and run fun activities to engage students and showcase the various talents of Upper School students through performances, trivia competitions and even a piñatahitting competition!

It was an honour to work with these incredible leaders!

Upper School Disco

During Term 3 we began planning the Upper School Disco which was an exciting end-of-year celebration for all Years 9 and 10 students that took place during Term 4. The Disco featured a DJ, lolly bags, a photo booth and lots of lights and decorations which made the night super special and memorable. It was a fabulous opportunity for everyone to bond, develop further connections and just dance and enjoy themselves!

Letters

As we neared the end of our time at the College, we wanted to implement a final initiative that would have an impact. We decided to invite the Year 10 students to write a letter to their future Year 12 selves. This took place during the Future You Festival, and encouraged girls to set goals, send inspiring messages to themselves and reflect on some of their favourite memories of Upper School as they entered the Senior School.

Conclusion

We wanted to express our gratitude one last time for this incredible opportunity. We met so many wonderful people and loved connecting with the Upper School. We cannot wait to see the successes and journeys of the Years 9 and 10 girls in the future.

SENIOR SCHOOL

A Message from Mrs Wyse

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust

2022 seems to have rushed by in a blur of learning and sporting competitions, House events, performances, service activities and many, many laughs. We even had the Kate Mason Building refurbished with new wallpaper and furniture to enhance the learning environment – who will ever forget our study sloths! However, on deeper reflection, I am left awestruck (and a little exhausted) by the achievements, resilience, persistence and sense of community that was shown by the girls of the Senior School. Encouraged and led by our tireless prefects and Year 12 students, 2022 was certainly a year where the students gave their all and supported each other and their community with grace and care.

For the first time in a couple of years, 2022 was thankfully not interrupted by lockdowns. The routines and rhythms of the year quickly settled in, and for all girls there were exciting times of growth and opportunity, and times of challenge and perseverance. As the students worked hard to maintain a balanced life, they grew in self-discipline and self-awareness. Many also understood the value of collaborative teams across many dimensions in learning, service and Co-curricular pursuits. To all the students who participated in the wide variety of available activities, including (but not limited to) Language Arts, sports, service, performances and cadets, I acknowledge and value your commitment and fine sense of team spirit and camaraderie.

As the oldest girls in the College, Senior School students are powerful role models to the younger girls. They shone as examples of fearless, compassionate and efficient leaders and friends. Highlights of the year include the Year 12 Retreat, the Year 11 Collaroy Retreat, the Senior School Knit In, Year 12 Formal, Year 11 Formal, International Women’s Day, Year 12 Trivia Night, Garden Party and the Food for Thought luncheon. The graduation and farewell of Year 12 students also had an additional event –the Honouring Ceremony – which acknowledged each student for her unique contributions to Pymble. These activities were especially valued after having missed them for two years.

New activities in the Directions program saw the girls learning how to organise their Medicare cards, get a tax file number and learn how to change a tyre! A group of committed Year 12 students designed and implemented a series of lessons focused on raising intercultural understanding. This was incredibly well-received and the girls involved have left a solid legacy to build upon. Another group of Year 11 students participated in the inaugural Global Mentoring program, learning leadership and collaborative skills and designing a social impact project concerning the preservation of native bees.

In so many varied ways, the Senior School students have learned to embrace their natural interests and talents and explore new challenges and diverse worldviews. I would like to pay tribute for the way they modelled and lived the College values, setting new standards for themselves and supporting others as they achieved their goals. It would be remiss of me not to thank your Wellbeing staff team – Ms Gallardo, Mr Heggie, Ms Mimmo, Ms Foley and Mr Stern, who cared for you and journeyed with you through the Senior School years. In thinking about the words of Proust, at the opening of this message, I am truly grateful for those who make us think, those who make us care, and especially those who make us happy.

...I am truly grateful for those who make us think, those who make us care, and especially those who make us happy.

1 Amelie Borean, Mary Cottrell, Dr Andrew Browning AM, Sybella Warton and Maya Atkinson, Year 9

2 Miss Tania Jashnany (2021) and Emma Duggan, Year 12

3 Mrs Nikki Wyse (Head of Senior School), Ms Tamsin Janu (2007), Frankie Lobban and Niraaya Jayasinghe, Year 12

SENIOR SCHOOL

Senior School Liaisons’ Report

This year was such a success, and especially rewarding for us as Senior School Liaison Prefects due to the many special moments throughout the year, and the authenticity of this year’s Years 11 and 12 cohorts. Despite the tumultuous challenges presented by the COVID-19 lockdown in 2021, Year 12 was able to return to the Kate Mason Building following a few final weeks of online school in Term 4, and Year 11 with the commencement of 2022, to garnish the Kate Mason Building with our unique touch.

2022 presented itself with a multitude of highlights to welcome the Year 11 girls into the ‘KM’ and kickstart the ‘Beginnings of Ends’ for us as Year 12 girls.

Wrap with Love

Onwards and upwards rose the tally of the number of squares we were knitting, the wool had well and truly taken over the Kate Mason Building once again, with both Years 11 and 12 knitting their way to oblivion for our annual Wrap with Love. Our skills ranged from those of us struggling to cast on and off, to those knitting rather than studying, and our ‘I can’t knit but I’ll watch you knit’ friends, and with all this hard work, we were able to exceed the number of squares knitted as a Senior School on record!

Trivia Night

It is the night of almost unrecognisable faces, competitiveness and alleged sneaky cheating by some tables – Trivia Night –where groups are committed to dressing up, in accordance with certain themes with this year’s theme being ‘TV and movies’. Ultimately it was a night filled with teamwork and hard work, where it was the winners who earned the well-deserved title. Well done to The Real Housewives of Pymble

Social and Formal

Both the Year 12 Social and the Year 11 Formal commenced with excitement and nerves. With the liberty to arrive on a horse, in a pumpkin, or in the most extravagant party bus imaginable, both Year 11 and Year 12 showed up in our best dresses, fearless. We were met with the warm faces of Mrs Wyse, Ms Gallardo, Mr Heggie, Ms Mimmo, Mr Stern and Ms Foley – without whom the events wouldn’t have been as successful.

Food for Thought

The annual Food for Thought luncheon was, as always, a highlight of the year. We heard from Ms Tamsin Janu (2007), who recounted her journey to becoming a children’s author. It is always so enriching to hear how far our alumni go, thanks to the skills developed at Pymble

Pymble versus Knox Netball Game

The Knox versus Pymble netball game was greatly reflective of the sense of community and support fostered within the Kate Mason Building. Knox scored the winning point in the final 12 seconds of the game!

It truly was an eventful year, with many memories made.

Thanks

As this year comes to an end, it is evident that the Senior School was filled with opportunities, adventures and special memories. A special thank you to Mrs Wyse, Ms Gallardo, Ms Mimmo, Mr Heggie, Ms Foley and Mr Stern, for their dedication and support throughout the year. It truly was an eventful year, with many memories made. We loved being your Senior School Liaisons for 2022. We wish the best for everyone in the years to come.

Long Attendees

Back Row: Gianna Ariston, Amelie Riley, Tamara Guttman, Isabel Dean, Isabella Sun, Samira Toor

Third Row: Scarlett Stewart, Rosanna van Horen, Victoria Pattison, Ashley Dhanu, Claudia Johnston, Natasha Moore, Laura Wilson

Second Row: Faye Chang, Jana Chan, Georgina Makeham, Emma Nirui, Isabelle Ho, Risha Sawhney

Absent: Ella Wilson

Front Row: Thanya Paidi, Angelica Tan, Sophie Corcoran, Dr Kate Hadwen (Principal), Hannah Rockwell, Anika Perera, Claire Li

Descendants

Sophie Corcoran, Amber Uther

Absent: Lila Bourke, Sophie Whitehead, Eloise Wilson

Front Row: Amelia Buechner, Annabelle Ainsworth, Isabelle Kellaway, Isabella Hurst, Dr Kate Hadwen (Principal), Hannah Rockwell, Eliza Thompson,

Second Row: Victoria Warren, Amelia Pratt, Annabelle Jones, Isabella Bunce, Lara Albany, Jenhui Lau, Chloe Moore, Olivia Harvey

Third Row: Bella Macdonald, Amelia Fantham, Annabel Maple-Brown, Tessa Webster, Amelia Brown, Margaret Williams, Victoria Makim

Back Row: Philippa Austin, Sophie Hoffman, Grace Ashford, Amy Watts, Amelia Hinrichsen

OUTDOOR EDUCATION

OUTDOOR EDUCATION

OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Outdoor Education Prefect’s Report

This year saw our Outdoor Education program grow significantly with new staff members, many more opportunities and lots of participation. From camps at Vision Valley to the Namadji program and Duke of Edinburgh, our students were able to enjoy the outdoors and challenge themselves with adventures and make many new friendships.

Vision Valley

Purchased in 2020, Vision Valley is our new Outdoor Education campus located only 40 minutes away. Featuring 230 beds, a dining hall, a pool, flying fox and more, the campus is a perfect retreat for students to enjoy the outdoors as part of their school activities.

...the campus is a perfect retreat for students to enjoy the outdoors...

Embarking on a four-week Residential program, 56 Year 9 girls began an experience filled with learning tailored to the environment. From camping on the banks of the Myall Lakes to living and learning at Vision Valley, the students were able to focus on themselves, others and the environment and make the most of the beautiful scenery.

Our Year 11 Biology students were also able to make use of the Vision Valley campus as they took their studies into the bush for an ecology field survey, while Year 11 Visual Arts enjoyed an art camp focused on the beauty of nature.

For the Year 7 students, Vision Valley became home during their Outdoor Education program, with everyone throwing themselves into each activity and challenging their limits. Year 7 girls also enjoyed a Mind Body Spirit day at Vision Valley and learned about the First Nation connections and the significance of water as a key resource. They also participated in activities such as bushwalking, mountain biking, canoeing and archery.

Some other activities included:

• The Robotics students had a number of days and overnight visits while they tested and perfected their robots for various competitions

• Years 4, 6 and 7 Outdoor Education programs and Mind Body Spirit days

• Dads and Daughters Year 8 camp.

Namadji program

During the Namadji Outdoor Education program, a group of Year 10 girls went on a nine-day hike in the Victoria Alpine National Park.

“The Namadji camp was an amazing experience, which pushed everyone who was attending. It was a long seven days with more than 100 kilometres hiked, emergency evacuations, and surreal views. The overall experience was one to do again with the breathtaking views from the tallest mountain in Victoria. My favourite part was the feeling when you turned around on top of a mountain and saw where you had just hiked. I would definitely recommend this hike to anyone with some experience as it was challenging.”

Duke of Edinburgh

Our Duke of Edinburgh program also flourished, with many girls completing their awards and taking on the challenge of volunteering, learning a skill, doing a sport and going on a camp.

OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Outdoor Education

The Pymble Outdoor Education program took another giant step forward in 2022 with the introduction of several exciting new programs. La Niña did her very best to disrupt programs throughout the year with some staggering downpours and floods, but by the end of the year all Pymble girls had the opportunity to embark on an Outdoor Education program.

2022 saw the first pioneering Year 9 students embark on our brand-new Residential program at Vision Valley. This program included three expeditions, culminating in the epic Great Return.

Eighty brave pioneers from Year 10 also embarked on the new Namadji expedition, an extremely challenging nine-day expedition to the Victorian High Country. These girls have now made themselves eligible to be the first participants on our new and exciting Adventure Extensions programs beginning in 2023.

Kindergarten to Year 3

Our Kindergarten, Years 1, 2 and 3 girls were thrilled to explore Vision Valley as they immersed themselves in their Outdoor Education programs. These programs were not only fun, but purposefully designed to foster courage, collaboration, resilience and an appreciation for the wonder in nature and our connection with it.

Our girls loved participating in a wide array of activities including bushwalking, orienteering, making damper, creating shelters and rock art.

“Going to Vision Valley was the most fun ever! I liked everything we did, even when I felt nervous.”

1 Jessica Croll, Sybella Warton, Samara Bond, Jaya Lilienthal, Sophia Slater, Anika Watson, Sophie Laing, Aimi Jenkin and Tessa Newitt, Year 9

2 Maggie Xing, Jessica Wang and Rayna Wang, Year 2

3 Jessica Wang, Isabella Li, Olivia Jin, Arin Sadananda, Crystal Li and Rayna Wang, Year 2

OUTDOOR EDUCATION

OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Years 4 and 5

Due to the Hawkesbury floods, our Years 4 and 5 girls travelled to do their Outdoor Education programs at Vision Valley – how wonderful to have a backup venue ready to go when disaster strikes!

These girls stayed two nights at the valley and tried their hands at some more advanced activities such as high ropes and archery.

Year 6

Year 6 girls had the opportunity to embark on another of our new programs in 2022, with the amazing Glenworth Valley Adventure! This beautiful venue hosted our girls for three nights, and provided opportunities to ride horses, abseil, kayak, laser tag and bushwalk. This turned out to be a well-loved adventure, and one we look forward to embarking on for many years.

OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Year 7

Our Year 7 campers had a wonderful time at our Vision Valley campus for their Outdoor Education program. The girls threw themselves into each activity, challenging their limits while having lots of fun along the way.

“Camp was a very fun and exciting experience. My favourite activity was canoeing. We played lots of games while canoeing like World Domination. I loved the dining hall. It was so big, and it made me feel so connected to everyone as the tables could be connected and made into very long ones. The food was great too!”

“We used the incredible waterslide, which many people said was the highlight of camp. Overall, camp was a fantastic experience that we will cherish for years to come.”

– Laranya Nanthakumaran, Year 7

Year 7

This year, Year 7 camp was held at Vision Valley. It was a three-day camp, and we did an assortment of activities. Some of these activities included archery, team challenge, vertical challenge and more.

Crate stack is a challenge which involves both teamwork and trust. Your team members stack crates while you must step on top of them. When the crates are too high to reach, it is up to you and your teammates to find an innovative way to build it taller. It could involve throwing the crates so the people standing on it can catch it and stack it. This proves that teamwork is key when participating in this challenge.

Abseiling was something we never thought we would do. The moral is to always step out of your comfort zone. Don’t be afraid to try anything new. Sometimes it is fine to take some risks especially if you are in a well-organised space with safety features and trained support. You never know when you could end up finding a new hobby.

Tyra Ifada, Saskia Nicholson, Kyraa Vig and Sophie Ngai, Year 7

OUTDOOR EDUCATION

OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Our Year 8 girls headed off for a week to Camp Somerset at the Colo River or to the South Coast in Kiama. It was an opportunity for our girls to enjoy unplugging and experiencing new and exciting adventures in nature!

Year 9 Residential Program

After two practice expeditions, our residential pioneers embarked on their epic Great Return. The Great Return was completely student led, with girls employing all the outdoor skills they developed during their four weeks on the program. Groups were completely self-sufficient during this adventure, carrying all their food and equipment as they navigated themselves through a series of tracks and campsites to return to the Pymble campus to reunite with their families.

The Great Return took each group of girls on separate routes to some beautiful locations including Brisbane Water National Park, Brooklyn Dam and Berowra Valley National Park. Groups were faced with their most challenging walks of the program and met the challenge head on and supported each other extremely well throughout.

Small groups of Pymble students departed our Vision Valley campus and took part in an ambitious adventure where they were dropped at various locations up the coast and tasked with navigating their way back to Pymble

...they were dropped at various locations up the coast and tasked with navigating their way back to Pymble.

OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Accompanied by an experienced outdoor educator, this exciting week-long journey saw our students use bikes, boats, ferries, trains, buses and their legs to traverse the Lower Hawkesbury region. On their journey back to Pymble, each group travelled a different route and camped in different locations to create a unique experience.

Year 9 Royal National Park

Year 9 girls who did not embark on the residential program this year instead went on their own epic expedition in the Royal National Park. Carrying all their equipment, girls used public transport, canoes and their feet to explore this beautiful area. The trip was intended to be challenging, and our amazing girls completed it in extraordinary fashion.

Year 10

1 Siena Parsons, Leona Lin, Nikita Srivastava and Abigail McKinnon, Year 8

2 Zarah Hres and Angela Zhang, Year 8

3 Selina Huang and Ananya Upmanyue, Year 8

4 Ella van Horen, Xin Yee Angelin Wu, Sofia Adamovich and Celeste McDermott Buzolic, Year 9

5 Lara Groves-Berry, Year 10

6 Back Row: Phoebe Paleologos, Nikita Serban, Josephine Green, Arana Roy, Jessica Brown, Olivia Graham, Emily Kim, Isabella Yu, Evelyn Zhu, Olivia Xu

Front Row: Avni Sahu, Esther Essey, Nityasree Viswanathan, Year 9

7 Mie Naito, Year 7, Ami Naito, Year 12 and Mika Naito, Year 9

8 Dimity Muller, Year 10

During the Namadji Outdoor Education program, a group of Year 10 girls were literally striving for the highest as they embarked on a nine-day hike in the Victoria Alpine National Park. Traversing Australia’s highest peaks, the girls overcame many challenges on their way to the stunning mountain views. Our hikers built their independence, confidence and resilience while also creating meaningful connections with their teammates.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

We had another successful year of Duke of Edinburgh at Pymble in 2022. We had 99 students complete either their Bronze, Silver or Gold Award this year.

The program encourages students to step outside their comfort zones, broaden their life experiences and make a positive impact on others within Pymble and beyond. It was great to see so many Pymble students demonstrate their growth at all levels.

1 Sophia Lynch, Lauren Carruthers, Dimity Muller, Maiya Foster, Isabel Aveling, Carrie Luo, Alexandra Hyett, Juliette Harris, Bella Walker, Arabella Smithyman and Meredith Reynolds, Year 10

Duke of Edinburgh Awards

Bronze

Georgia Alexander-Easaw, Radha Apana, Lara Barnouti, Jessica Beeton, Victoria Burton, Lauren Carruthers, Lucy Chen, Megan Chen, Martina Chin, Abby Christopher, Amber Conlon, Grace Connell, Romina Cooke, Sabrina Cooke, Sally Cooper, Lisa Davison, Anna Drabsch, Billie Fisher, Hannah Ford, Maiya Foster, Grace Gerreyn, Odessa Girdis, Sophia Grindlay, Juliette Harris, Chanette Hu, Alexandra Hyett, Rui Wen Jian, Bella Jones, Ella Jones, Arya Kalantri, Nalanie Kant, Chloe Kim, Madeline Lawson, Kara Lotter, Jennifer Makeham, Jessica Martens, Jacinta Martin, Isabel Matosantos, Harriet McLean, Juliette Mouton, Claudia Offer, Claire Oslington, Piya Parimu Kapur, Jasmine Pham, Linh Pham, Georgia Phillips, Skye Pockley, Aashna Rana, Aadya Singh, Arabella Smithyman, Sophie Toma, Sarah Usher, Bella Walker, Catherine Walker, Isabella Watson, Jessica Worrell, Margaret Wu, Carolina Yemma, Carly Yiu, Yu Zhou

Silver

Georgia Alexander-Easaw, Zara Benson, Isabella Bunce, Rachel Chan, Romina Cooke, Senu Edirisinghe, Billie Fisher, Olivia Harvey, Eloise Kinchington, Angelina Lee, Lina Lin, Carrie Luo, Kathie Ong, Claire Oslington, Piya Parimu Kapur, Rebecca Peters, Georgia Phillips, Angelica Tan, Elizabeth Tyson, Yuki Wang, Isabella Watson, Sophie Whitehead, Charlotte Wykes, Jessie Xie, Mulan Xu

Gold

Gianna Ariston, Mia Baily, Meera Barani, Holly Campbell, Hanna Cheung, Kristen Cook, Amelia Fantham, Olivia Harvey, Isabella Holdsworth, Annabel Maple-Brown, Sofia Massaro, Isabelle Mather, Sophie McGee, Georgia Spanswick, Jessica Tse, Olivia Williams

BOARDERS

BOARDERS

BOARDERS

Boarding Head Prefects’ Report

This year our Boarding Prefect team aimed to foster a sense of teamwork, family and spirit within our community by nurturing inter-year relationships through our Angus Cup competition traditions and enhancing the Spirit Circle family program.

It was heart-warming to see Pymble Boarding become more of a community again as COVID-19 restrictions eased, allowing girls to dive into their Saturday sports and the Love It program once again. We were also fortunate to enjoy our annual Raging Waters trip during the summer where each Spirit House battled headto-head on the slippery slopes and returned to school to enjoy our New Girls’ Concert. We also kick-started our Prefect Supper Club again at the start of the year to welcome our new Year 7 Boarders; it was a great way for the girls to get to know each other and some of the older girls.

We are eternally grateful to the Boarding staff for their ongoing support and care for all our Boarders.

Their dedication and passion for the wellbeing of our girls never goes unnoticed. Each staff member left a huge impact on the girls. We were so lucky to lead such a diverse, humorous and beautiful bunch of Boarders. We will miss the community and wish every Boarder the best of luck for years to come!

Wellbeing

Wellbeing is a major area of focus in Boarding and we seek to enhance our social, emotional, physical and spiritual development through deepening connections between year groups while continuing to grow our ‘sisterhood’. As Wellbeing Prefect, I created conversation starters within Spirit House tables, with the intention of developing stronger inter-year connections where the older girls could mentor the younger students.

The role also had deep involvement with the Boarders’ Representative Council (BRC). We collected feedback relating to catering and nutrition with the aim of improving the health of our Boarders. Through this feedback, our community experienced a large improvement in the nutrition side of wellbeing by providing Boarders with well-balanced and sustaining meals.

Chloe Hanlan, Boarding Wellbeing Prefect

BOARDERS

Sports and the Arts

Through my role as the Boarding Sports and the Arts Prefect, I was given the opportunity to create a positive impact and foster a sense of community within Boarding. Throughout the past year, the Boarding team held community weekends and Boarders’ Week, and played several roles within the Swimming and Athletics Carnivals. Each activity strengthened the Boarding community’s teamwork and the relationships between each of our Boarders. These activities were put in place to create a supportive environment for all the Boarders and encouraged each of them to build relationships between year groups.

Community weekends occur once a term and allow the Boarding cohort to gather and participate in a number of activities. The Boarding Sports and Arts Prefect role was to organise and set out several different activities for everyone to join in. These included the annual trip to Raging Waters, dodgeball, netball, bench ball and our annual ‘Just Dance off’.

Boarders’ Week is held once a year and develops a healthy spirit of competition amongst the Day girls and Boarders. It gives the Boarders an opportunity to show what they can do. I organised an activity a day for Boarders’ Week and teams for each sport or musical activity.

Chloe Moore, Boarding Sports and the Arts Prefect

BOARDERS

BOARDERS

BOARDERS

1 Ms Bethany Ayling (Boarding Staff), Mrs Karina Richter (Head of Year 9), Annabel Shanahan, Year 9, Mia Lorimer, Year 8, Lola Barwick, Year 9, Ruby Pade, Year 9, Grace Peters, Year 9 and Mr Tom Riley (Head of Upper School)

2 Charis So, Angela Liu and Charlotte Leung, Year 10

3 Back Row: Evie Farr, Sienna Melton, Mr Shane McLaughlin, Leander McLaughlin, Annika Maslin Front Row: Sophie Webster, Georgina Stanley, Year 7

Social Inclusion and Community Engagement

The role of the Boarding Community Engagement Prefect was largely about promoting and contributing to community initiatives within Boarding, whilst the Social Inclusion Prefect focused on creating a welcoming and supportive environment to cater for the diverse community within Boarding.

A particular initiative that our Prefect body came up with was a fundraising sale in response to the floods in NSW and parts of Queensland earlier in the year. We raised a substantial amount of money selling cupcakes made by the girls and hot chocolate, with the money going straight back into the towns of some of our fellow Boarders.

The role of Community Engagement was about helping to organise community weekends, which were always jam packed with activities within the Boarding community, and the greater Pymble community, especially the church service with Pymble Uniting Church. The community weekends were essential for enhancing the culture amongst the girls, especially after a disrupted couple of years of COVID-19, a goal which was super important for the Prefect body to focus on in 2022.

Amanda Lwin, Boarding Social Inclusion Prefect, and Eloise Wilson, Boarding Community Engagement Prefect House Liaison

The Boarding House Liaison Prefect is responsible for upholding the College values and encouraging Boarders from all years to participate and engage in the Boarding community to enhance the tradition of Boarding at Pymble. A main feature of the House Liaison position was the Big Sister, Little Sister program. The program was developed to provide Years 10 and 11 students with the opportunity to help, support and assist the new Years 7 and 8 Boarders with a smooth and easy transition into the Boarding community. The Years 10 and 11 girls acted as ‘big sisters’ by providing the new Boarders with advice, learning assistance and support. They also included their ‘little sisters’ in activities such as shopping or a movie night, which was always great fun. This created an inclusive environment for the younger years to interact and form a bond with the older years.

BOARDERS

Jersey Day

Jersey Day is an annual event on our Boarding calendar where we celebrate the lives of three Pymble Boarders, Alanda Clark, Jane Gay and Prudence Papworth, who sadly lost their lives in a plane crash travelling home for the June long weekend in 1993.

To commemorate their lives, each year leading up to the June long weekend, Secondary School girls wear a jersey and bring a gold coin donation to raise funds for the Boarding Scholarship, named to honour the legacy of these special girls.

Jersey Day is incredibly special to our community and always will be.

BOARDERS

Boarding Prefects

Year 12 Boarders

COMMUNITY

SPECIAL EVENTS

Foundation Day

This year’s Foundation Day Service was held on Wednesday 9 February and we welcomed back Ms Jacqueline King (2012) as our guest speaker. Jacqueline is a shining example of a Pymble girl who is using her compassion and influence to make a positive contribution to our world through her work as an Environmental Scientist, Cultural Geographer and Educator at Taronga Zoo Conservation Society.

As part of our Foundation Day Service our Head Prefects, Isabel Dean and Chloe Hoang, Year 12, buried a time capsule

Commemoration Day

It was a delight to welcome our community onto the campus for our annual Commemoration Day Chapel Service on Sunday 31 July to celebrate the dedication of the College, which took place on 31 July 1919.

We enjoyed listening to our guest speaker, alumna Mrs Emma Maple-Brown (McWilliam, 1991), and a performance by the ExStudents’ Union (ESU) choir before sharing a delicious morning tea kindly provided by the ESU.

near the Junior School. Contents of the capsule include a USB of interviews with girls about their experiences of living in the COVID-19 pandemic, College artefacts and items each Compass group chose to represent 2021, which was an extraordinary year in our College’s history.

The capsule is scheduled to see the light of day again in 2028. How exciting to think ahead to Foundation Day in six years’ time when we are reacquainted with these storytelling items and give pause to reflect on 2021.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Jacaranda Day

The sun was shining as the entire school celebrated Jacaranda Day on Tuesday 15 November for the first time outside since 2018.

Jacaranda Day celebrates the heritage of the College and the importance of giving.

To mark the occasion, our students donated non-perishable food items to The Rev Bill Crews Foundation (Exodus Foundation).

We also welcomed our incoming Ex-Students’ Union President, Mrs Fiona Walmsley (McGeachie, 1996), who spoke to our students about the sustainability work she does in her role as General Manager – Climate and Environment at Woolworths.

In the spirit of giving, it was also wonderful to welcome Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter CEO Ms Catherine Knox (1977) to accept a donation of $36,973.60 which was raised at Garden Party. Thank you to everyone who donated to this wonderful cause. The money raised will help fund a caseworker for the shelter who will provide much-needed support to women and children.

1 Chloe Hoang and Isabel Dean, Year 12

2 Back Row: Mrs Nikki Wyse (Head of Senior School), Isabel Dean, Year 12, Dr Kate Hadwen (Principal), Ms Jacqueline King (2012), Front Row: Chloe Hoang, Year 12, Heidi Ferreira, Year 6, Isabelle La, Year 3, Ms Lamia Rockwell (Deputy Principal – Students (K-12))

3 Isabella Cameron, Year 11, Isabelle Ho, Year 12, Sophie Livingstone, Year 10, Emma Du, Year 9, Chloe Hoang, Year 12, Ruby Scarf, Year 8, Emily Abadee, Year 9 and Isabel Dean, Year 12

4 Helena Tang, Year 8 and Laranya Nanthakumaran, Year 7

5 Mrs Julie Shaw (Senior Deputy Principal), Madison Lyster, Year 12 and Ms Catherine Knox (1977)

6 Alyssa Yee, Year 11, Mrs Fiona Walmsley (McGeachie, 1996) and Freya Carmody, Year 11

SPECIAL EVENTS

Year 12 Farewell

What a day! There were tears of happiness and beaming smiles as our Class of 2022 celebrated their final moments as Pymble students on Friday 25 September.

In a memorable Chapel service with outstanding performances from some of our talented Year 12 musicians, we acknowledged the contributions that the Class of 2022 has made to our College and farewelled them as they embarked on the next exciting chapter.

We are so Pymble proud of all our graduating class. Congratulations, girls! We will miss you and are so excited to see what lies ahead for you.

SPECIAL EVENTS

First Nations Garden Opening

It was a historic day for our First Nations students and wider College community as we officially opened our First Nations Garden on 24 November.

Tucked away in a peaceful, green pocket of the College, the central feature is an emu-shaped yarning circle symbolising the local star stories of the Emu Dreaming.

With open hearts full of gratitude and curiosity, we learned about the significance of the emu from Uncle Neil, who also performed the smoking ceremony, and watched the Dinawan Dance by our ‘song ladies’ (also known as our First Nations dancers). Dinawan means emu in Wiradjuri, which is the language of Diyan Coe who worked with the girls to choreograph their beautiful performance. The garden welcomes one and all to come together to learn more about First Nations culture, acknowledge their stories and experience, and reflect on how we can all work towards a reconciled future.

Thank you to all the students and staff who helped bring this seed of an idea from our Stage 5 History Coordinator, Mr McKinlay, to fruition. Our 2021 Aboriginal Studies students were responsible for the design of the garden, and Mr McKinlay, along with Mr Stewart, Mrs O’Brien, Miss Howie, Miss Kiddle and our Senior Deputy Principal, Mrs Shaw, all helped bring it to life.

The garden welcomes one and all to come together to learn more about First Nations culture, acknowledge their stories and experience...

Vales

Vale Mrs Patricia Burgoyne

5 March 1927 to 23 April 2020

A Memorial Service was held on Sunday 3 April in the War Memorial Chapel to pay tribute to the life of Mrs Patricia Burgoyne, former teacher and Deputy Principal of the College from 1958 to 1990.

Mrs Burgoyne joined the College in 1958 and had the unique opportunity to work with three Principals. In 1966 she was appointed Co-ordinator of the English Department and four years later, the Second Assistant to the Principal. In 1979, Mrs Burgoyne was appointed as First Assistant to the Principal which involved the roles of Deputy Principal and Director of Studies. Mrs Burgoyne retired at the end of 1990 and sadly passed away in 2020.

Vale Mr David Blackwell

14 November 2022

Mr David Blackwell served on the College Council from 1965, and as Chairman between 1987 and 1991. The David Blackwell Music School building opened in 1992 was named to honour Mr Blackwell.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Garden Party

After a two-year hiatus, we were delighted to welcome everyone to our Garden Party on Saturday 17 September. Funds raised at this year’s Garden Party went to the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter, which provides support for women in crisis.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Archie’s Café Opening

What a grand opening we had on 26 October for our newest food outlet, Archie’s!

Named after one of our favourite furry friends, Archie’s is a fabulous new addition to our catering options at the College, offering a range of nutritious breakfast, lunch and snack options for girls, staff and parents. Dr Hadwen, students and staff gathered to celebrate the opening of Archie’s, marking the occasion with a special ribbon cutting and delicious treats.

1 Grace Ashford, Year 12, Aneeka Reilly, Year 12, Summer Humes, Year 12 and Emma Toynton, Year 11

2 Mr Michael Barwick, Mrs Katrina Barwick, Mrs Kylie Levy, Mrs Carolyn Burgess (Director of Boarding), Mrs Edwina Payne and Mr Sam Payne

3 Arshia Bhardwaj, Angelica Tan, Emilie Palme, Gianna Ariston and Amali Hilton, Year 12

4 Claudia Chan and Alyssa Cheong, Year 11

5 Mulan Xu, Year 10

6 Claire Oslington, Year 11

INTERCULTURAL CONNECTIONS

Intercultural Connections Prefect’s Report

Intercultural Connections at Pymble represents a journey towards actively addressing concerns surrounding diversity and inclusion, with our student leadership team acting as advocates for anti-racism and allyship throughout the College, in addition to celebrating various cultural events in the calendar year. The Intercultural Connections Committee, made up from selected students from Years 7 to 12, met on a fortnightly basis, where we built a safe space for concerns surrounding inclusion to be brought to our attention.

Survey

The first initiative of the student leadership team this year was a survey developed by the team to help gain a better understanding of the cultural diversity within the Pymble community and to use the results to create more initiatives that assisted our community in becoming safer and more culturally inclusive. The results were collated for the Library’s Sharing Stories Festival and displayed to present the rich diversity that can be celebrated at Pymble

The Village Championships

A significant event that exemplified the Intercultural Connections values at Pymble was the inaugural Her Village Championship, an Afghan Cultural festival, which welcomed schoolgirls of recently arrived Afghan refugee families into our community with a festival of fun, learning, cultural immersion and a soccer match. This event was hosted by the Her Village Foundation, which was co-founded by Tahmara Thomas, Year 12.

...we laid the foundation for change and a greater appreciation of culture.

Sharing Stories Discussion Panel

The Intercultural team also assisted with the Library’s Sharing Stories Festival through the development of a discussion panel with different members of staff and students. The festival centred around the question, ‘Ending Racism – Is Sharing Stories Enough?’ with panellists giving rich insights into the nature of their stories and experiences. Questions included the role of storytelling in bringing people together and a school’s choice to promote activism within its students. By creating an opportunity for open and diverse conversation, we laid the foundation for change and a greater appreciation of culture.

Anti-racism Allyship Group

The COVID-19 pandemic led to an increase in reports of racism and racial discrimination in culturally diverse countries around the world, including Australia. In response, a team of Year 12 students assisted Professor White to develop a curriculum that increases opportunities for diversity of thought and for inclusive mindsets to be made more visible across all NSW schools, including Pymble

Garden Party

The Garden Party has for many years included different cultural foods such as the Sri Lankan, Korean and Japanese food stalls run by parents of the College. This year, the team organised for students to volunteer and be involved with the stalls, allowing them to help the parents who dedicate their time to their stalls and learn about different cuisines that are special to those cultures.

Lihini Jayasekara, Intercultural Connections Prefect

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The Foundation Day ceremony allowed all members of our community to reflect on and appreciate the school and its history.

Community Prefects’ Report

This year, our vision for the Community portfolio was primarily fuelled by a need for service and connection within the Pymble community and beyond the gates. We hoped to enhance the interactions with community by connecting across year groups and becoming more actively involved in productive service and change.

Foundation Day

In February, the annual Foundation Day celebrations were an amazing way for us to reflect on the way our community has evolved since our founding in 1916. From just 60 students on the roll, to the incredible 2,100 we see today, it is amazing to see how far we have come in the past 106 years. The Foundation Day ceremony allowed all members of our community to reflect on and appreciate the school and its history.

International Women’s Day

A key event of the year was International Women’s Day, during which, in conjunction with the broader community, we continued to strive for a more equal and fair society. This year’s theme was ‘Break the Bias’, and with week-long activities across the entire College, we aimed to increase awareness of the continued gender issues within our community and how to actively combat them. To increase involvement with the outside community, the Senior School made a video with a compilation of our Senior School parents’ understanding of this year’s theme and their support for the cause. Furthermore, the week consisted of activities such as live music from notable female artists, a social media photo event and selling ribbons to raise funds and awareness.

Wear It Purple Day

For the first time at the College, on 26 August we celebrated Wear It Purple Day, an awareness day for the LGBTQIA+ community. Dressed in purple mufti and selling wristbands with the theme of the year, ‘Still Me, Still Human’, the day aimed to raise awareness and visibility of LGBTQIA+ youth and the issues they face. We continue to strive to make Pymble a welcoming community for all and recognise our part in creating change in our greater community.

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Service Prefect’s Report

This year, Pymble showed generosity, care and kindness to come together and positively impact our community. With the new leadership structure, the Community Service Committee, including Claire Kim, Year 12, Shivani Senthil, Year 11, Maiya Foster, Year 10, Yu Zhou, Year 10, Lily Owler, Year 9, Kiki Chen, Year 8, Irisara O’Brien, Year 7, and Jacquelyn Zhu, Year 7, was an enthusiastic group that supported all service initiatives and encouraged their peers to give back. We give special thanks for the constant support and inspiration of Mrs Shaw and the various Pymble staff who were dedicated to all service events this year.

2022 Service Project

The Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter was the 2022 Service Project at Pymble, which we donated to and supported throughout the year. This organisation was chosen for its important and vital role in supporting women in our local area, providing housing and services for women and families facing domestic violence and homelessness. Alumna Ms Catherine Knox (1977), Chair of the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter, advocates for women and their safety. It was a pleasure to work with her to support the Shelter. With one in three Australian women experiencing physical violence from the age of 15, it is extremely important for us to use our resources to help those escaping domestic violence and also raise awareness of this issue, and through this prevent domestic violence.

Mother’s Day Morning Tea

On Friday 6 May, the sun shone down on Mollie Dive Field as we welcomed more than 500 parents and special guest Ms Catherine Knox, Chair of the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter, to enjoy morning tea. With all students, staff and parents dressed in purple, more than $7,200 was donated to the Shelter to support women and families facing domestic violence and homelessness.

Garden Party

Excitingly, all funds raised at the 2022 Garden Party were donated to the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Women’s Shelter which will help to provide housing, financial and health support for women and families.

Costumes for Cancer

In Term 1, Pymble participated in the Costumes for Cancer event for the first time, to raise funds for The North Foundation, of which Mrs Shaw is a Board member. Pymble students and staff from Kindergarten to Year 12 participated in a mufti day, with each year group dressing up in a different colour of the rainbow, whilst the Senior School got their steps up with a Walkathon and the Junior School had a Danceathon.

1 Olivia Pragassen, Year 6 and Mrs Melissa Pragassen

2 Back Row: Lily Owler, Year 9, Maiya Foster, Year 10, Kiki Chen, Year 8, Ms Catherine Knox (1977), Claire Kim, Year 12 Front Row: Isabelle Ho, Year 12, Madison Lyster, Year 12, Nina Breckenridge, Year 12, Yu Zhou, Year 10, Shivani Senthil, Year 11

3 Ashley Chow and Lily Owler, Year 9

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Community Prefects

We raised an amazing $15,580 for the Haematology Department at Royal North Shore Hospital, to help with cancer research and patient services, particularly matching leukaemia patients with bone marrow transplants from around the world. Dr William Stevenson and leukaemia survivor Sharon Frazer visited Pymble to express their gratitude which was a wonderful opportunity to consider what a positive impact we can have on people in our community when we come together to give back. Hopefully we will continue our support of The North Foundation in the future to support such wonderful and important causes that impact so many of us.

Spuds for Floods

Following the devastating floods in the northern NSW area earlier this year, Pymble showed our care to help Sathya Sai College in Murwillumbah recover from flood damage. More than $6,300 was raised through the Term 2 Ensemble Concert, PAC Week and the Spuds for Floods initiative, which involved selling a baked-potato lunch for students and staff. Further donations were made to purchase items from a list that Sathya Sai shared, to ensure that we helped them with the school items that needed replacing. Miss Howie and Ms Stapp put an outstanding amount of effort into this initiative, with all Service Leaders contributing to a successful event in order to show support for Sathya Sai College as they recovered from flooding.

Madison Lyster, Service Prefect

SUSTAINABILITY

Environment Prefect’s Report

Environment Committee

This year, one student from each year group in the Secondary School was selected as an Environment Captain to act as the voice of their cohort under our newly established Environment Committee. Amrita Marwah, Year 7, Mahika Swamy, Year 8, Emilia Massaro, Year 9, Elena Zhang, Year 10, Freya Carmody, Year 11, Sofia Massaro, Year 12, and Sophia Croudace, Year 12, the Environment Prefect, worked under the guidance of the lovely Ms Carr to implement sustainable initiatives at Pymble. This leadership structure fostered mentorship across year groups, which enabled younger students to help shape the face of sustainability within the College and local community.

Environment Leaders’ Workshop

On 14 February, a group of students from the Secondary School travelled to Vision Valley for the Environment Leaders’ Workshop. The intention of the workshop was to foster positive connections with the natural environment, inspiring students to engage in sustainability at Pymble and beyond. Mr Clark led us on a guided tour of the campus highlighting the ecofriendly initiatives in place across the site. Afterwards, I led an interactive lesson on the climate crisis which empowered the students with comprehensive knowledge on topics such as environmental ethics, climate justice and intersectionality. My aim was to encourage students to harness their voice for positive social change, whether that be by joining organisations such as School Strike for Climate (SS4C), writing letters to their local MPs, signing petitions, or staying informed on contemporary climate issues. The Environment Leaders’ Workshop was an immensely rewarding experience.

Climate Strike

On 25 March, more than 3,000 people from across NSW gathered outside the then Prime Minister Scott

Morrison’s house at Kirribilli to protest climate inaction, in solidarity with the victims of the eastern Australia flooding crisis. The group of Pymble students in attendance, led by our wonderful Reverend Bent, cried out for our government to recognise the duty of care they have to the environment, to our futures and our most vulnerable communities. The youth of Australia demonstrated peacefully against a policy of climate denialism which has been upheld in the face of horrific natural disasters, displacement and devastation. The event was co-ordinated by the School Strike for Climate (SS4C) movement, which aims to raise awareness surrounding the ecological threats we are facing today. These human-induced problems can only be rectified with human solutions, and thus it is our obligation to fight for the future of our planet.

Guest Speaker Jacqueline King

To celebrate Foundation Day on 9 February, Pymble welcomed back alumna Ms Jacqueline King (2012) to discuss how she pioneered a career as an environmental scientist, cultural geographer and educator. Ms King shared the importance of integrating her passion for science and conservationism within her professional career and reflected on her unique experience working for the Taronga Conservation Society Australia.

International Women’s Day

The annual United Nations International Women’s Day (IWD) lunch at the ICC was held on 4 March. Diplomats, politicians, activists, businesspeople and students gathered upon the land of the Eora Nation to commemorate the contributions of women in leadership, and to remind ourselves of ongoing systemic oppression. The exacerbating effects of the climate crisis upon gender inequality were a driving concern for the event, with notable guest speakers, including the visionary conservationist Dr Jane Goodall, promoting a holistic approach to environmental justice. The theme of the conference was ‘Changing Climates: Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow’ and emphasised the importance of women in building sustainable and inclusive futures. The IWD conference was an invaluable opportunity to connect with the leaders at the forefront of social justice. It was a privilege to attend alongside such impressive company, including Mrs Wyse and Mrs Boyd, as well as fellow Year 12 Prefects Chloe Hoang, Amanda Lwin, Lihini Jayasekara, Emilie Palme, Isabel Dean, Madison Lyster and Faye Chang.

PYMBLE INSTITUTE

The Pymble Institute

The Pymble Institute (PI) leads the College programs in the areas of research, professional learning and innovation. Now in its second year, the PI has been busily working across the four Strategic Pillars to drive thinking forward and contribute to the College’s vision of educating influential and compassionate women. This year has seen a focus on the twin goals of student engagement in research and inspiration in staff professional learning. A quarterly newsletter now supplements the other publications, Illuminate: Research and Innovation and Perspective, to keep the College and wider community connected with the work of the PI.

Student Involvement

Highlights from 2022 allowing more students to connect with the PI include supporting the Junior School Kindness Convention through research led by Year 5 students and creating student leadership positions in the Pymble Ethics Committee where we now have a Chair, Deputy Chair and Applications Manager.

A group of Year 12 students worked with Professor Fiona White from the University of Sydney to develop, research and evaluate an anti-racism and prejudice reduction curriculum involving both peers and Year 12 Compass teachers.

Research into artificial intelligence software is being conducted by Data Science students in collaboration with data scientists and education leaders from UTS and Year 9

pioneers at Vision Valley contributed to data collection before and after their long-stay programs.

The inaugural Student Research Conference was held with close to 100 student delegates from a range of primary and secondary schools joining online and face-to-face to learn about research. The conference was organised and run by the students. The student research journal, Perspective, is now in its third edition under the editorial leadership of a team of students from Years 9, 10 and 11.

Three staff completed the Brightfield Global Mentoring program...

Staff Professional Learning

The Pymble Institute’s focus on providing high quality and thought-provoking research and professional learning opportunities for staff continued with the organisation of the October Staff Professional Learning Day which saw 12 staff prepare and deliver workshops on topics relating to cultural inclusion and diversity. Mrs Jackson completed the Global Action Research Collaboration (GARC) Fellowship by presenting her paper at the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools conference in Boston, USA, and Mrs Giles has been selected as a 2023/4 GARC scholar. Three staff completed the Brightfield Global Mentoring program with Mrs Brown and Reverend Bent undertaking research and presenting their work at the International Girls’ Schools conference. Dr Loch presented to the AISNSW Research conference on ways to embed student voice in research, Mr Hume and Ms Owens presented to the Australian Geography Teachers Association on transdisciplinary capabilities in Stage 5 Geography and Mr Clark shared early findings from the longitudinal research project into Outdoor Education at the National Outdoor Education conference. Ten College staff presented at Pymble’s research conference, with Board member Dr Highfield as the keynote speaker. The Pymble Institute also supported Dr Spence with the [EX]Plore Science Extension conference held with Macquarie University and celebrated with former staff member, Dr French, by launching her book, Shakespeare and Happiness

Dr Sarah Loch, Director – Pymble Institute, and Mrs Victoria Adamovich, Research Assistant

CHAPEL

Chapel Captains’ Report

Chapel is a quiet part of the busy school day and offers students an opportunity to reflect and consider their understanding of themselves and their spirituality. Located between the Middle School and Music Building, the Chapel provides a peaceful setting for students with its beautiful stained-glass windows and pipe organ. This year, we were very fortunate to introduce singing back into services, filling the Chapel with the soaring voices of the students. With the guidance of Reverend Rodriguez Torres and Reverend Bent, we were able to reflect about our lives and consider how we might help others and provide compassion to those struggling in our modern world.

...the Chapel provides a peaceful setting for students

Students were inspired to approach the important people in their lives with gratitude. By sharing what we are grateful for, our friends feel more appreciated. A kind word can go a long way. Spreading kindness within the community was a key focus which encouraged our year to keep close and show our love for each other and for the rest of the community.

Easter Celebrations

Easter, an event celebrating the Risen Christ, involved the lighting of candles and a service celebrating Jesus’ resurrection. The Easter long weekend further emphasised the value of spending time with family and friends and being grateful for what we have.

International Day of Peace

The International Day of Peace was celebrated on 21 September. The theme for 2022 was ‘End Racism. Build Peace’, an important reminder to stand up and speak up for those who cannot help build a compassionate and diverse community. We celebrated this as a cohort during chapel and assemblies, which reminded us of our role as citizens of the world and the part we play in shaping today.

Ignite

Ignite is Pymble’s Christian fellowship group in the Secondary School. It has a fun, collaborative atmosphere where students can explore their spirituality and ask big questions about the Christian faith. Ignite consists of both students and teachers who walk on the same journey of spiritual awareness, supporting and encouraging each other in their faith.

Thank You

It was a great privilege to serve as Chapel Captains, and we would like to thank Reverend Bent and Reverend Rodriguez Torres for their continued encouragement and support throughout the year and for running services which encouraged and inspired us each week. A huge thank you is owed to Dr McCarthy who organised the Ignite group each week. We really appreciated your dedication to the group.

“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, selfcontrol; against such things there is no law.”

– Galatians 5:22

HOUSE REPORTS

HOUSE REPORTS

HOUSE CO-ORDINATORS

House Co-ordinator Prefects’ Report

2022 was a fantastic year for the Houses at Pymble. As the House Co-ordinator Prefects, we had the privilege of leading the House team to a better and brighter year.

The culture of the Houses transformed this year with more participation, spirit and diversity.

As House Co-ordinator Prefects, we looked after the eight Houses and supported each of the House Prefects in their roles.

When we first assumed our roles, our vision was to extend the House system beyond sport to celebrate a broader array of interests such as music, the arts and academics and to increase participation.

Countdown to Campus

Throughout this year, we had many events that built towards this vision. Although we started the year with Microsoft Teams calls and online lunches, it didn’t stop the House team from starting with a bang with ‘Countdown to Campus’, an online initiative where students shared mind, body, spirit activities to earn House points. With more than 700 participants, it was a huge success with Lang House coming out on top.

Activities

As we approached our first House Time, we saw the eight House Prefects in their element, cheering and lifting the spirits across all year groups. From new initiatives such as dodgeball games, treasure hunts, a newspaper fashion show and a House spelling bee, to older House traditions such as the Swimming and Athletics Carnivals, the eight colours flew high on the Pymble campus. The mascots and their dance battles continued to be popular with the Hammond Tiger taking gold twice in a row. Though the mascots went through some rough times (Tammy the Thomas Tasmanian Devil lost an ear to some particularly enthusiastic Year 7 students!) they were a great addition to our events.

Through the carnivals all eight Houses battled it out, not only on the field and in the water but also with their costumes on the sidelines – with the Bennett House smurfs giving the Ingleholme inflatable suit aliens a run for their money. Voices grew loud as the students rallied together for the cheer-offs. Goodlet House ultimately showed their cheering and sporting prowess by acing both carnivals.

HOUSE CO-ORDINATORS

The mascots and their dance battles continued to be popular...

Fundraising

The final mark that we left on Pymble as a House team was the first combined charity fundraising day for R U OK? Day. The eight Houses united together with eight distinct activities that aimed to support wellbeing, to raise money and awareness for the R U OK? Foundation and Lifeline Australia and most importantly, to emphasise the importance of checking in with each other. The entire Secondary School participated throughout the day in a lolly jar guessing competition, a doughnut eating competition, a bake sale, popcorn stalls, wellbeing rooms, and a Pymble concert. We also broke a Guinness World Record on Pymble grounds. The day ended with the vivid Colour Run and a dance party on Mollie Dive Field.

Thanks

It was an honour to represent Pymble as House Co-ordinator Prefects – we learned so much about leadership. We loved having the opportunity to get to know students across all years, collaborate with peers on the Executive team as well as from other schools and create initiatives to lift the House portfolio.

We have the utmost respect and gratitude for Mrs Attley for all of her guidance, warmth, hard work and organisation throughout this year. She was our rock and angel. Additionally, a huge thanks to all the eight House teachers for their mentoring and support for our House Prefects.

Finally, to our House Prefects – you did an incredible job leading and imbuing so much spirit into your Houses. It truly was a privilege to work with such a passionate, dedicated and courageous group of leaders and we could not be happier and prouder of what we all achieved this year.

Mehreen Khan and Tahmara Thomas, House Co-ordinator Prefects

HOUSE REPORTS

BENNETT HOUSE

Bennett House Prefect’s Report

This year, Bennett achieved great success in every event and saw memorable bonds and memories being made. This year’s goal for Bennett was to create a sense of community and belonging which translated into House spirit and this was accomplished by everyone. Through encouraging each other in all activities and embracing everyone’s individual skills and talents, the people of Bennett House were more united than ever which led to great enthusiasm to give everything a go.

Swimming Carnival

The Swimming Carnival was a major triumph for Bennett. Not only did everyone show exceptional House spirit as they cheered each other on from the stands, but everyone participated by swimming for House points leading to Bennett’s win! The stands were decorated in light blue shirts and caps with Year 12 dressing up and everyone wearing blue sparkles on their faces. The encouragement and enthusiasm from everyone made this event a highlight.

Athletics Carnival

The Athletics Carnival, held in Term 2, was also impressive with participation in running, throwing and cheering which made for an unforgettable day. Drawings and paintings were hung up around the tent to foster a sense of pride and unity within the House.

... everyone participated by swimming for House points leading to Bennett’s win!

BENNETT HOUSE

House Meetings

House meetings started out online in Term 4 2021 with girls behind their cameras wearing blue and having fun playing Pictionary.

Meetings were filled with exciting activities catered to everyone’s different skills and talents in order to appreciate the individuals that make up Bennett and create a sense of competition, pride and family within our community.

Thanks

I was extremely lucky to lead such an amazing and talented group of girls with the help from Mr Garrad and the House Liaisons, Delta Zarafetas, Year 12, Wynter O’Regan, Year 11, Sarah Baker, Year 10, Annie Wanrong Luo, Lucy Xie, Year 8, and Jaya Chand, Year 7, who were integral to the success of Bennett this year.

Congratulations to everyone in the Bennett family for all of your achievements and unforgettable enthusiasm and positive attitudes.

Chloe Duncan, Bennett House Prefect

Congratulations to everyone in the Bennett family...

HOUSE REPORTS

GOODLET HOUSE

Goodlet House Prefect’s Report

Being the Goodlet House Prefect was a great opportunity to enhance House spirit amongst Pymble students. Throughout the year, House groups participated in many activities and events to gather as many House points as possible for the annual House Cup.

As Goodlet House Prefect, I worked on aiming to build on the friendly competition amongst the House groups, whilst developing stronger connections between the girls in Goodlet House. This was done through small activities during House Time, or at bigger events such as the Swimming Carnival and the Athletics Carnival.

My aim was to build more connections and for Goodlet House to get to know one another and support each other with healthy competition. Goodlet as a team strengthened throughout the year with each year group working together. There were many fun and exciting activities throughout the year. During House Time, we implemented creative and trivia activities to enhance participation. By implementing these, we aimed to encourage Goodlet girls to participate in different, unfamiliar activities, such as banner painting, choosing mottos, treasure hunts, dodgeball and trivia.

Overall, as Goodlet House Prefect, I aimed to strengthen a sense of community within Goodlet and a sense of House spirit.

There were many fun and exciting activities throughout the year.

HOUSE REPORTS

HAMMOND HOUSE

Hammond House Prefect’s Report

This year, my goal was to strengthen a sense of community within Hammond, bring out a competitive side that had never been seen before and create a strong sense of spirit. Throughout the year, Hammond saw great improvements in these aspects, while also racking up House points at the events.

Athletics Carnival

There were many outstanding individual achievements and a first place in the House relay at the Athletics Carnival which all added up to put Hammond in fifth place for the day –surely a Hammond record!

Swimming Carnival

The annual Swimming Carnival was the first carnival of the year in which Hammond students could show off their abilities. Although not at the top of the ladder, there were some impressive achievements from all students and a whole heap of fun produced. The House mascot dance-off was a key highlight of the year, where the iconic Hammond Tiger placed second at the Years 7 to 9 carnival, and an incredible first place at the Years 10 to 12 carnival. Shout out to Anika Perera, Year 12, for busting a move!

Cross Country Carnival

1 Chloe Hanlan and Ami Naito, Year 12

2 Yvette Volk, Year 10, Chloe Hanlan, Year 12, Serena Leung, Year 11 and Mary Staciwa, Year 8

3 Amanda Lwin and Holly Campbell, Year 12

4 Phoebe Roberts, Year 8 and Chloe Hanlan, Year 12

5 Annabel Taylor, Stella Patterson and Emily Mah, Year 7

The Cross Country Carnival was cancelled for non-competitive runners, however the competition didn’t stop for Hammond. We saw many Hammond students running like the wind and doing our House proud.

There were many outstanding individual achievements...

HAMMOND HOUSE

My year as Hammond House Prefect was absolutely delightful. I had such pleasure co-leading an amazing group of students...

House Time

Throughout this year, we saw many House Time opportunities in which the goal was to build teamwork and connections across the year groups. During these times, we completed quizzes, scavenger hunts and other activities to achieve these goals, while also putting a smile on everyone’s faces.

Thanks

My year as Hammond House Prefect was absolutely delightful. I had such pleasure co-leading an amazing group of students with Mr Ellwood-Hall and thank him very much for all his hard work, dedication and enthusiasm. It truly wouldn’t have been possible without him.

I would also like to thank all of the staff that worked tirelessly behind the scenes, and Mehreen and T (House Co-ordinator Prefects) for constantly going out of their way to make everything easier and enjoyable.

INGLEHOLME HOUSE

Ingleholme House Prefect’s Report

At the beginning of the year my goal was to bring Ingleholme together, following on with the 2022 theme of building House spirit and teamwork. Throughout the year we saw an overwhelming sense of House spirit and pride within the Kindergarten to Year 12 Ingleholme students. We had an extremely great run with our students rising to each challenge and pushing through with pride!

Carnivals

This year, Pymble had the opportunity to host its annual carnivals in the pool and on the track!

Ingleholme showed remarkable House spirit and participation in the Swimming Carnival. Although we may not have been able to show off our spectacular House chant, the ‘Ingle’ team came through with roaring cheers during the House mascot dance-off, both the House relays, dressing up in green costumes and decorating our area!

From trying shot put, to running in the 100m race, Ingleholme performed amazingly as always in the Athletics Carnival. The tent was decked out with handmade Ingleholme banners that were crafted by the students during House Time. Our students actively participated in House spirit activities as they dressed in green accessories and face paint while supporting our elite athletes. The Year 12 dress-up opportunity exemplified Ingleholme’s spirit as we saw students dressed up as anything from aliens to dinosaurs running down the track!

House Time

I had the pleasure of organising each House Time activity, which was created carefully to appeal to everyone from Years 7 to 12. As this year’s theme was building House spirit and teamwork, we gave everyone a chance to show this off through a game of dodgeball against the other Houses. We also organised an Easter egg hunt for everyone and played an intense game of tug-of-war against another House, coming together as a team to take home the win – a shoutout to our Year 7 students who pulled through in this! We ended Term 3 with a tough game of trivia against another House, which the students enjoyed thoroughly with the winning team being an Ingleholme team of course!

INGLEHOLME HOUSE

Thank You

...we saw students dressed up as anything from aliens to dinosaurs...

As the House Prefect of Ingleholme, I want to say a massive thank you to Miss Gardiner who helped me every step of the way and brilliantly contributed to every House Time session. I would also like to thank Mrs Attley and the House Co-ordinator Prefects, Tahmara and Mehreen, I couldn’t have done it without all your hard work behind the scenes. Lastly, a huge thank you to all the students in Ingleholme, this year was incredible thanks to your support and kindness, I hope you had as great a year as I did!

1 Varada Vinay, Year 7, Cindy Jin, Year 7, Serena Cummings, Year 7, Isabella Rumble, Year 8, Isabella Attard, Year 8, Charlotte Ruscio, Year 8, Olivia Song, Year 8 and Sasha Clark, Year 8 Front Row: Layla Farook, Year 12

2 Madison Lyster and Isabella Holdsworth, Year 12

3 Georgia Lyster, Year 10, Eloise Stewart, Year 7, Ariana Ziolkowski, Year 8, Mia Booth, Year 10, Cindy Jin, Year 7, Alexandra Hargraves, Year 7 and Verity Haslam, Year 8

4 Grace Murphy, Eloise Stewart, Charlotte Henderson, Celine Chen and Chloe Ayton, Year 7

5 Charlotte Ruscio, Isabella Rumble, Fiona Tsang and Isabella Attard, Year 8

LANG HOUSE

Lang House Prefect’s Report

2022 was an amazing year for Lang students! Our astonishing House spirit propelled us into one of the top positions and got the year off to an amazing start. The students participated enthusiastically in every event and displayed great commitment to the spirit and fun of Lang. Our excellent achievements in sport, music, community and the arts all showcased our ability to come together as a House and embrace every challenge presented.

Swimming Carnival

Always a school favourite, the Swimming Carnival allowed Lang to start the year off with a bang! The first day was a spectacular day full of enthusiasm from our Years 7 to 9 students who competed in a full range of races and supported one another on the sidelines. The second day similarly saw Years 10 to 12 students emulate the standards and spirit set the previous day. The Lang girls brought their energy and drive to the House relay, which resulted in Lang taking the win on both days!

Athletics Carnival

A highlight on the Pymble House calendar was the 2022 Athletics Carnival. With the Year 12 Lang cohort dressing up as cricketers and a sea of white spilling throughout Sydney Olympic Park, the day was a memorable one. The Lang spirit was like no other year. All the girls were keen to participate and gain House points enabling Lang to come second which ended the day on a great note.

LANG HOUSE

House Day – House Charity

This year the Houses came together to raise awareness on R U OK? Day, which is an important cause encouraging individuals to notice the signs of mental health struggles in friends, family and colleagues. To raise awareness about the organisation and its work to raise funds, the House team hosted the Pymble ultimate Colour Run which ran successfully throughout the Secondary School.

Thank You

Lastly, it was a pleasure and an honour to be the Lang House Prefect for 2022. The work and effort of being House Prefect was all worthwhile because of the spirit of every Lang student. I would like to say a massive thank you to all the Lang students – your spirit and enthusiasm made my experience all the more enjoyable, as well as to Mrs Giles and the House Co-ordinator Prefects for their support throughout the year! I wish Lang the best of luck in the future and hope our House continues to excel.

You never failed to display your Lang pride and I couldn’t imagine a better group of students to lead.

Isabella Sun, Lang House Prefect

HOUSE REPORTS

MARDEN HOUSE

Marden House Prefect’s Report

This year was the year to pick up the House spirit that was fading away from lockdowns and COVID-19 restrictions… and we did it!

As a House we strived to grow and flourish, whether this was in sport, art or academics.

We certainly achieved this growth this year, especially as a collective. Everyone was so involved in the carnivals and House Time!

MARDEN HOUSE

House Time

What a success our final House Time was –everyone was hands on and made some rather unique fashion statements and accessories. We all had a great time huddling at the front and seeing all the pieces that had come together and listening to the creators talk about the messages behind each one. Lots of laughter and lots of creativity – House spirit was higher than ever! This was by far my favourite moment in our House.

Lots of laughter and lots of creativity...

Conclusion

I loved being your House Prefect this year. You made it one to remember and I hope you enjoyed it just as much as I did. Keep it up Marden!

Roshan Neekan, Marden House Prefect

REPORTS

THOMAS HOUSE

Thomas House Prefect’s Report

2022 was an amazing year for Thomas House with students going above and beyond to showcase their House spirit whilst participating and excelling in all of our initiatives and events. Whilst the year presented many challenges, I was so impressed with how the Thomas girls were able to stay optimistic and motivated to engage in all of the adapted House actives that ran online or were socially distanced. As the Thomas House Prefect, I was so proud to lead this incredible House.

Swimming Carnival

In February, Pymble’s annual Swimming Carnival took place in which our Thomas team swam and cheered with amazing pride and enthusiasm. The carnival required all students to complete at least one 50m event and I was so excited to see how many Thomas girls exceeded our high expectations to get involved. The day was filled with cheering, racing, House mascot dancing, purple costumes and immense spirit with every student performing to the best of their abilities and earning us some amazing House points for the year.

THOMAS HOUSE

Athletics Carnival

The Athletics Carnival is always a highly anticipated event on the Pymble calendar. This year, it was held at the warm-up track at Homebush, face-to-face for the first time in a couple of years. We were able to cheer on Thomas participants whilst enjoying a picnic in the sunshine with friends and teammates. Everyone was encouraged to just ‘give it a go’ and so many students took that on board and attempted events that they had never competed in prior to the carnival. The day ended with the House mascot sprint where Tammy the Tasmanian Tiger took the win. Ultimately, the day was very successful with many students forging new connections within their House.

...our Thomas team swam and cheered with amazing pride and enthusiasm.

Thank You

I would like to say thank you to our House Leader, Mrs Wawryka, House Coordinators, Mehreen and Tahmara, and our wonderful House Liaisons in Years 7 to 11. They went above and beyond to make sure every event ran smoothly and was enjoyable for everyone. Thank you to the Year 12 Thomas cohort for setting a fabulous example of participation and pride over the years. Most importantly, to all of Thomas House, thank you so much for letting me lead such an amazing group of girls in 2022. I am extremely proud of everything you achieved and wish you all the best in the future.

Amelie Riley, Thomas House Prefect

1 Amelie Riley and Isabelle Kellaway, Year 12

2 Catherine Gavagna, Charlotte Hartin and Bianca Auld, Year 11

3 Scarlett Stewart, Mia Finn and Alisha Behl, Year 12

4 Olivia Linfoot, Year 10

5 Mehreen Khan and Amelie Riley, Year 12

6 Amelie Riley, Year 12, Mrs Sorina Cepraga (Modern Languages Teacher), Bianca Auld, Year 11 and Charlotte Hartin, Year 11

7 Caitlyn Tan, Year 11

8 Alessandra Braysich, Year 10

HOUSE REPORTS

WYLIE HOUSE

Wylie House Prefect’s Report

Wylie’s vision this year was to build a stronger and more connected Wylie community. Taking on the role as Wylie House Prefect, I found that this could be achieved in three ways; lollies, competitiveness and inter year group mingling (and just a couple more lollies).

This year we spent our House Times doing both fun and very random activities. Some of which included an egg and spoon race, a baby guessing competition, a Guinness World Record, and a mega game of charades. These were all engaging and fun activities that encouraged participation and had the whole House laughing as well as desperately screaming out answers in the hope of getting a lolly. The activities really brought out Wylie’s competitive spirit and helped to bring our House together as one –one big Wylie Wolf community.

I found that this could be achieved in three ways; lollies, competitiveness and inter year group mingling (and just a couple more lollies).

WYLIE HOUSE

Most Memorable Moment

My most memorable Wylie moment from the year would have to be winning the House mascot dance at the Swimming Carnival. This has been a tradition for many years at Pymble where each House cheers on their mascot as they furiously dance their hearts out against the other House mascots. Of course, there was no way of knowing who was actually inside the mascot performing all those brilliant moves, but I could imagine that it would have been beyond enjoyable performing for such an enthusiastic Wylie team (even if they were drowning in their own sweat).

Dear Future Wylie

I hope Wylie is still going as strong as it is at the moment! I hope we stay a connected and spirited pack of wolves making endless memories together. I know that I will never forget my time as a Wylie Wolf and I am so grateful to have been able to lead Wylie this year as a Year 12 student.

Thank you to every one of you for making it such a special experience and a massive thank you to Mr Long for consistently being the most committed and supportive House teacher. There’s no way this year could have been so enjoyable for everyone without all your help and guidance.

House Prefects

CO-CURRICULAR PERFORMING ARTS

PERFORMING ARTS

Performing Arts Prefects’ Report

Performing Arts at Pymble in 2022 thrived and came back with a bang after the complications of COVID-19. Girls fully embraced their potential and gained back their confidence as we packed the year full of exciting events and opportunities to make up for lost time.

Productions

This year saw an abundance of productions on the Pymble stage, featuring girls from all years and performing backgrounds. The year started with our spectacular musical Mamma Mia. Featuring many favourite ABBA songs, everyone was up from their seats dancing for the whole show. Although the auditions and rehearsals began online, the girls powered through to put together an incredibly professional production, and despite the uncertainty of illness, it all worked out in the end!

The shows at Pymble didn’t end there, with the Years 10 and 11 production of Pride and Prejudice shortly following, as well as Year 8 Elective Music’s

The Lion King and the Years 7 to 9 production of Peter Pan. We were incredibly proud of all the effort put into these productions both onstage and backstage and cannot wait to see what next year has in store.

Pymble Arts Competition

Each year we hold the Pymble Arts Competition (PAC) week. It is a way to showcase girls of all levels and talents as they come together to perform, and everyone comes to support them. The competition shows so much support and encouragement

for all of the girls that get up and perform as it is often a very nerve-wracking thing to do so. In addition, when younger girls come as Year 7 students and enter, it is so amazing to see their talent blossom as well as the opportunity to witness some of the older girls performing. This year we raised money to supply instruments for rural schools that lost them during the floods.

This year, over a week and a half, we had a total of 57 performances featuring all forms of Performing Arts from poetry, singing, dancing musical numbers and even artworks! Through simply just gold coin donations from girls coming through the door to watch, we managed to raise more than $700 for Sathya Sai College. As the week of much fun and excitement came to a close, Best of PAC rolled around. With more than 20 performances making it through, all of these girls were celebrated in front of a large audience in the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts (GMCPA).

Many girls received awards for their outstanding performances including the People’s Choice Award going to a Year 11 group of seven girls performing Mean by Taylor Swift with some creative props and acting to accompany the performance. The Highly Commended went to an amazing K-pop dance group that skilfully and enthusiastically performed Loco. Third place was awarded to Claire Oslington, Year 11, who sang Rolling in the Deep by Adele. Second place was awarded to an incredibly talented Year 7 duo, Saskia Nicholson and Grace Louw, who performed Warrior. Finally, first place was awarded to Freya Carmody and Eliza Michie, Year 11, for their engaging and incredibly technical performance of Before He Cheats. After two years of uncertainty around PAC, we were happy to bring PAC back with a bang this year!

PERFORMING ARTS

This year we raised money to supply instruments for rural schools that lost them during the floods.

Performing Arts Prefects

2022 Successes

Performing Arts across the board had major successes across all areas in 2022. To list a few, our Eisteddfod Jazz and Contemporary White girls qualified for Nationals in September. All Dance groups at each eisteddfod placed strongly. Language Arts Years 11 and 12 girls made it through to the Legacy Public Speaking final and many Debating teams won their divisions. Drama girls across all year groups participated in a variety of productions such as Pride and Prejudice Mamma Mia and Peter Pan. Music girls excelled in their AMEB exams, and our ensembles were back in full swing with many concerts and eisteddfods.

Haley Spring and Annika Johnson, Performing Arts Prefects

PERFORMING ARTS

MUSIC

Music Prefect’s Report

This year brought an elevated sense of appreciation and celebration for Music at Pymble as we saw the return of many traditions, productions and events post COVID-19.

Term 1

Term 1 started off strongly but was bittersweet with the last ‘Turnberger’ production, Mamma Mia, filling the seats of the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts (GMCPA) for the first time since the 2021 lockdown.

This term also saw the return of our beloved Munch and Music lunchtime concerts. This fortnightly event was harnessed by the Year 12 Music students as an opportunity to play their pieces and gain performance exposure as they worked towards their HSC. These performances were thoroughly enjoyed by staff and students in younger years.

Term 2

Moving into Term 2, students were nothing short of excited to be sharing their skills and passions with their peers, teachers and families in events including the Dame Joan Hammond Memorial Recital, and the Year 8 production of The Lion King. Collaborating with Riverview, Music students and choir members from Year 9 were lucky to sing alongside the esteemed winner of The Voice Australia’s Bella Taylor Smith as part of the Stand Tall program. Within this busy term, many of Pymble’s ensembles saw great success in their participation in the Sydney Eisteddfod with the Junior School Band and the Senior School Chamber Strings placing first in their divisions, and the Pymble Chorale placing third.

Ensemble Concert

The Term 2 Ensemble Concert was by far one of the most memorable events for Music at Pymble this year, which not only farewelled the Year 12 Music students but also the beloved Mrs Turner. This event brought a sense of nostalgia with the return of several alumni as well as the performance of Luke Byrne’s Aurora and featured many surprises such as dancers joining the Symphony Orchestra in their performance of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, and the Junior School Chamber Choir joining the Senior School Choir and String Orchestra in the Welcome to Country.

Term 3

In Term 3, Pymble’s Music program continued to see outstanding achievements, especially for the Amazon Trio, Gabrielle Zhong, Year 11, Ella Liu, Year 9, and Aine Oo, Year 9, who were finalists in the Musica Viva Australia Strike a Chord National Chamber Music Championship at the Melbourne Recital Hall. They were the only school group from NSW and placed in the top 12 out of 119 groups.

This term also saw the return of the Scholar’s Recital for the first time since 2019.

Thank You

I would like to extend a massive thank you to all of the Music staff who led many of the initiatives mentioned above, as our achievements this year would not have been possible without their efforts and support. Overall, congratulations to both staff and students for their hard work and contributions to Music at Pymble this year.

BANDS

Bands Captain’s Report

For years, COVID-19, on-andoff lockdowns and sickness have disrupted the Pymble Band program, hindering the development of new repertoire and morale. Although 2022 was a year of fresh starts and some endings, the girls worked diligently with their conductors to make it a memorable one. Bands continued playing their essential part in school spirit, uplifting students and teachers alike throughout the College.

Performances

The Term 1 Ensemble Concert saw exceptional repertoire fill the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts (GMCPA) despite the inevitable COVID-caused absences.

In Term 2, every student was touched by the special concert held for Mrs Turner’s retirement. The ensembles dedicated their performances to celebrating her achievements and heartfelt devotion to Pymble’s Music program. Notably, the Senior School Stage Band performed the number Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy from Mrs Turner’s beloved group The Andrews Sisters, sung by showstopping vocalists Charlotte Allen, Year 11, Claire Oslington, Year 11, and Amelie Matthews, Year 10, complete with a dance routine.

The Bands are finally settling back into a rhythm...

Bands Awards

Silver

Elliot Dunk, Jasmin Gibson, Odessa Girdis, Piper Markson, Aine Oo, Ashleigh O’Young, Jessie Qin, Rhedyn Wong

Blue

Charlotte Allen, Samantha Beverley, Freya Carmody, Claudia Chan, Lux Fritz, Ray Jones, Charlotte Leung, Claire Oslington, Estelle Vander, Allison Wang, Anna Ward, Kelly Wong

Red

Zara Benson, Alessandra Braysich, Sophia Chen, Romina Cooke, Khatthaliya Elliott, Isabel Fisher, Chloe Frontczak, Josephine Green, Yuyin Luo, Jennifer Makeham, Madison Pearce, Linh Pham, Rachel Rao, Sophie Wang, Grace Walmsley, Imogen Wu, Angela Zhang, Cindy Zhou

Term 3

The College also hosted its first Garden Party since 2019, with the Bands playing another fantastic setlist on the Music Colonnade to parents, teachers, students and community members. The Senior Stage Band closed the concert with favourites like Proud Mary and Let’s Get Loud

Term 3 marked the end of Sweet Caroline’s era as its popular replacement, Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up, began being rehearsed. We bade a sorrowful farewell to the outgoing Year 12 students who would never see it performed. Furthermore, the extraordinary piece Flourish and Fiesta was commissioned for the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, which mixes a range of styles from Samba to Latin.

Conclusion

The Bands are finally settling back into a rhythm and are more resilient than they have ever been. We accompanied several important events, were an integral part of school morale and will continue to be a point of pride for Pymble. Without the aplomb shown by Mr Stafford, Head of Bands, and the Music Department, 2022 would not have been as special a year as it was.

PERFORMING ARTS

CHOIRS

Choirs Captain’s Report

Choirs at Pymble were highly successful and enjoyable for all students this past year.

Choirs and ensembles kicked off strongly in 2022 in preparation for the Term 1 Ensemble Concert.

The Pymble Chorale filmed and recorded What Happens When a Woman Takes Power? and displayed stamina, determination and focus for the long sessions of filming.

The Term 2 Ensemble Concert was dedicated to farewelling the Director of Co-curricular Performing Arts and Chorale conductor, Mrs Turner, after 37 years at the College. Earlier in the term, the Pymble Chorale competed in the Sydney Eisteddfod and came third which was a tremendous result.

Thank you to all the students, parents and staff whose continuous commitment is relied upon for the smooth running of the Choir programs at the College; we couldn’t do it without you!

Choirs Awards

Silver

Charlotte Allen, Freya Carmody, Piper Markson, Claire Oslington

Blue

Tiffany Bae, Abigail Ballhausen, Lucy Bell, Samantha Beverley, Senu Edirisinghe, Lux Fritz, Odessa Girdis, Amelie Matthews, Zoe Moss, Lucy Robertson, Kelly Wong, Sasha Wong

Red

Victoria Burton, Isabella Chen, Phoebe Cooper, Esther Essey, Billie Fisher, Emma Geng, Elizabeth Graves, Lydia Heazlewood-Lee, Freya Howes, Giaan Jackson, Charlotte Leung, Charlise Moodie, Amelie Muir, Zarina Nurlanov, Phoebe Paleologos, Madeleine Raymond, Angeline Sum, Ruhani Surana, Elizabeth Tang, Amy Wang, Isabella Watson, Madeleine Watson, Stella Xu

...the Pymble Chorale competed in the Sydney Eisteddfod and came third which was a tremendous result.

Caitlyn Tan, Year 11

Orchestras Awards

Silver

Jasmin Gibson, Odessa Girdis, Ella Liu, Piper Markson, Zarina Nurlanov, Ashleigh O’Young, Rhedyn Wong, Serena Xue, Angel Yu, Bella Zhang

Blue

Samantha Beverley, Claudia Chan, Sitian Chen, Lux Fritz, Aileen Hao, Ray Jones, Emma Lau, Claire Lee, Charlotte Leung, Vienna Li, Aine Oo, Caitlyn Tan, Yuki Wang, Olivia Xu

Red

Natalie Barclay, Alysha Bruce, Sophia Chen, Emma Cheng, Maya Garg, Emma Geng, Sophie Guo, Jenny He, Lily Ikawa, Emily Kim, Mia Kim, Annelise Koh, Ang-Ya Koo, Annika Lee, Catherine Li, Iris Li, Grace Louw, Annie Wanrong Luo, Alice Mao, Amy Rho, Lily Still, Dasha Stusenko, Grace Walmsley, Lisa Wang, Jacqueline Wo, Charlotte Wykes, Caitlin Xi, Emily Yu, Isabella Zhang, Camellia Zhou

Orchestras Captain’s Report

2022 was a year full of opportunities to perform again, which inspired Pymble’s Orchestras to maintain their passion, dedication and collaborative spirit.

Term 1

The Term 1 Ensemble Concert was a great success in the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts (GMCPA). The String Orchestra performed The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba by Handel and Adventures on Bainbridge Island by Alan Lee Silva, conducted by Mrs Turner and Ms Bain. The Senior School Chamber Strings played St Mark’s Scherzo by Nicholas Buc and Applause arranged by Larry Moore (composed by Lady Gaga), conducted by Mrs Colbey. Performance awards were given out to students to recognise their commitment and performance within the Orchestras. Well done girls!

Term 2

Term 2 was a nostalgic farewell to Mrs Turner. The Symphony Orchestra collaborated with the Pymble Dance program to recreate a small segment of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake, one of Mrs Turner’s favourite ballets. The Symphony Orchestra also accompanied the esteemed Juilliard student and alumna, Ms Juliette Di Bello (2018) for a section from La bohème by Puccini. The Senior Chamber Strings accompanied the choir for Aurora, conducted by Mrs Turner. The String Orchestra performed Mad About You by Hooverphonic, arranged by Ms Bain, featuring singer Piper Markson, Year 11, with a twist of Swan Lake in the mix. The Term 2 concert was also particularly sad as we said farewell to our Year 12 girls who had made significant contributions to Music over the years. There was also a Music lunch for students across Years 7 to 12, which was a fun occasion with games and prizes, and also an opportunity for ensemble students to present their gift to Mrs Turner.

The Senior Chamber Strings Orchestra conducted by Mrs Colbey performed in the Sydney Eisteddfod, and won the Secondary School Premium String Ensemble Section with the pieces St Mark’s Scherzo by Nicholas Buc and Rhythm Dances by Brian Balmages. Congratulations!

Also, special congratulations to Gabrielle Zhong, Year 11, who was a semi-finalist in the NSW Secondary Schools Concerto Competition!

Term 3

In Term 3, rehearsals continued in preparation for the Term 4 Ensemble Concert. The Chamber String Orchestra began rehearsing the rhythmic Techno Logic by Matthew Hindson, with lively rhythms featuring soloists Gabrielle Zhong, Year 11, Bella Zhang, Year 11, Zarina Nurlanov, Year 9, and Iris Li, Year 8. The String Orchestra worked on the haunting and lively Witches Sabbath by Berlioz and romantic Intermezzo by Pietro Mascagni. Meanwhile the Symphony Orchestra worked on sections of the Harry Potter soundtrack by John Williams, Alpha and Omega by Soon Hee Newbold and We Three Kings by John Henry Hopkins Jr.

Thank You

The Pymble Orchestras had significant achievements over 2022, with all students committedly showing up each week and working hard to play their parts. An enormous thank you is owed to the fantastic staff at the College – including Mrs Sabina Turner, Mrs Colbey, Mrs Sarah Turner, Mr Stafford, Ms Bain and Mr Griffiths, for their passion and dedication. Thank you for supporting each student and inspiring a passion for music!

Caitlyn Tan, Captain of Orchestras

ARTS

CO-CURRICULAR PERFORMING

Chamber String Orchestra

Zarina Nurlanov, Amy Rho, Lily Still, Dasha Stusenko, Caitlyn Tan, Lisa Wang, Yuki Wang, Christina Wu, Charlotte Wykes, Caitlin Xi, Olivia Xu, Serena Xue, Angel Yu, Bella Zhang, Isabella Zhang, Gabrielle Zhong, Camellia Zhou

Lara Albany, Alysha Bruce, Sitian Chen, Sophia Chen, Isabel Dean, Maya Garg, Sophie Guo, Jenny He, Chloe Hoang, Lily Ikawa, Emily Kim, Mia Kim, Jenhui Lau, Annika Lee, Claire Lee, Catherine Li, Iris Li, Vienna Li, Ella Liu, Annie Wanrong Luo, Alice Mao,

Jazz Ensemble

Middle School Concert Band

Pymble Chorale

School Concert Band

School Choir

Charlotte Allen, Tiffany Bae, Lauren Barnes, Lucy Bell, Nina Breckenridge, Victoria Burton, Isabella Chen, Isabelle Chen, Sitian Chen, Sasha Clark, Phoebe Cooper, Natalie Dong, Vivian Dong, Senu Edirisinghe, Esther Essey, Amelia Fantham, Billie Fisher, Alicia Ge, Emma Geng, Elizabeth Graves, Manulya Gunasekera, Anarghya Guru Prasad, Genevieve Hartin, Verity Haslam, Jenny He, Lydia Heazlewood-Lee, Fleur Houston, Freya Howes, Zarah Hres, Isabelle Huang, Giaan Jackson, Annika Johnson, Karen Kim, Angelina Lee, Doris Li, Annie Liebmann, Elizabeth Lien, Sarah Macpherson, Georgina Makeham, Zoe Manning, Annabel Maple-Brown, Lucinda Martin, Amelie Matthews, Dayna McLaren, Latiah McMillan, Charlise Moodie, Yvette Moodie, Zoe Moss, Amelie Muir, Ollisha Muthukuda, Laranya Nanthakumaran, Phoebe Paleologos, Genevieve Power, Madeleine Raymond, Lucy Robertson, Amelia Seeto, Charis So, Angeline Sum, Averie Sun, Ruhani Surana, Elizabeth Tang, Anaïs Vander, Lillian Wang, Lara Waterhouse, Isabella Watson, Madeleine Watson, Jadyn Wong, Sasha Wong, Georgia Yuen, Mia Zhang

ARTS

PERFORMING

String Orchestra

Charlotte Wykes, Caitlin Xi, Jessie Xie, Bonnie Xu, Olivia Xu, Stella Xu, Serena Xue, Jocelyn Ying, Kitty Yip, Arin Yoon, Angel Yu, Joy Yuan, Emily Zhai, Bella Zhang, Isabella Zhang, Lucy Zhao, Gabrielle Zhong, Camellia Zhou, Yu Zhou

Chelsea

Shi, Cynthia Shi, Lily Still, Dasha Stusenko, Averie Sun, Elysia Sun, Lucy Sun, Melanie Sun, Caitlyn Tan, Madeline Taylor, Eleni Vassiliadis, Lisa Wang, Yuki Wang, Madeleine Watson, Jacqueline Wo, Hanle Wong, Josephine Wong, Christina Wu,

Ella Liu, Grace Louw, Annie Wanrong Luo, Talia Luo, Alice Mao, Amy Mao, Amrita Marwah, Ilesha Nair, Zarina Nurlanov, Victoria O’Sullivan, Chloe Ou, Katherine Pan, Piya Parimu Kapur, Tina Peng, Coco Ran, Amy Rho, Lydia Shao, Tara Sharma,

Charlotte Henderson, Chloe Hoang, Isabelle Huang, Selina Huang, Christine Hur, Lily Ikawa, Emily Kim, Karen Kim, Mia Kim, Rosa Kim, Ang-Ya Koo, Emma Lau, Annika Lee, Claire Lee, Serena Leung, Zoe Leung, Catherine Li, Iris Li, Jessie Li, Vienna Li,

Lara Albany, Chloe Ayton, Natalie Barclay, Alysha Bruce, Isabelle Burke, Sitian Chen, Sophia Chen, Veronica Chen, Emma Cheng, Young Cho, Isabel Dean, Cia Fotias, Fiona Fu, Maya Garg, Emma Geng, Sophie Guo, Aileen Hao, Jenny He, Samantha He,

Stage Band

Symphonic Wind Ensemble

ARTS

PERFORMING

Symphony Orchestra

Dasha Stusenko, Caitlyn Tan, Grace Walmsley, Lisa Wang, Yuki Wang, Jacqueline Wo, Josephine Wong, Rhedyn Wong, Olivia Xu, Angel Yu, Gabrielle Zhong

Aileen Hao, Jenny He, Chloe Hoang, Cindy Hu, Ray Jones, Emily Kim, Mia Kim, Annelise Koh, Ang-Ya Koo, Jenhui Lau, Claire Lee, Jianing Li, Grace Louw, Annie Wanrong Luo, Piper Markson, Aine Oo, Ashleigh O’Young, Lydia Shao, Lily Still,

Lara Albany, Gianna Ariston, Natalie Barclay, Samantha Beverley, Alysha Bruce, Freya Carmody, Claudia Chan, Sitian Chen, Sophia Chen, Emma Cheng, Isabel Dean, Lux Fritz, Maya Garg, Emma Geng, Jasmin Gibson, Odessa Girdis, Sophie Guo,

MUSICAL

Mamma Mia: The Musical

What a night! Pymble’s Mamma Mia: The Musical cast transformed the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts (GMCPA) into the little island of Kalokairi on opening night. Over four incredible performances; the cast, orchestra, and crew danced on the beach, sang on the beach, and… dot dot dot.

Adapted by ABBA’s Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, the jukebox musical set just off the Eastern shores of mainland Greece follows 20-year-old Sophie as she prepares to say “I Do, I Do, I Do” to her fiancé, Skye. When she invites all three of her fathers to her wedding, what started as a little girl’s dream to be walked down the aisle by her father, sparks the rekindling of old romances and the uncertainty of young love. In a time when we were all in need of a few laughs and tears of joy, Mamma Mia reminded us of the warmth of family, the value of friendship, and the key to being true to ourselves.

This show would not have been possible without the tremendous hard work, support and expertise of Mrs Turner and Mr Schweinberger in their last ‘Turnberger’ production alongside our fabulous choreographer Sally Dashwood and assistant choreographer CJ, and incredible music director Mrs Colbey.

Samantha Beverley and Lucy Bell, Captains of Musical

Musical Awards

Silver

Lara Albany, Freya Carmody, Annika Johnson, Ella Liu, Claire Oslington, Jessie Qin

Blue

Charlotte Allen, Lucy Bell, Samantha Beverley, Sophia Chen, Annabella Cheng, Laura Croker, Senu Edirisinghe, Amelia Fantham, Lily Hearne, Amali Hilton, Lisa Ji, Savanna Lumley, Sarah Macpherson, Piper Markson, Amelie Matthews, Eliza Michie, Grace Perrignon, Jasmine Pham, Genevieve Power, Connie Qiang, Amelia Seeto, Georgia Shaw, Gigi Spiller, Claire Spring, Haley Spring, Elizabeth Tang, Jessica Tse, Kelly Wong, Jessica Woo, Delta Zarafetas

Red

Sarah Boland, Antoinette Boxall, Sumeera Chabra, Olivia Clifford, Phoebe Cooper, Sophie Corcoran, Mackenzie Goldthorpe, Darcey Hawkins, Gemma Hodge, Giaan Jackson, Chloe Kim, Doris Li, Alexandra Luxton, Charlise Moodie, Madeline Potts, Hunter Roberts, Finley Saghaie, Chetna Sagi, Chloe Tedesco, Anaïs Vander, Anastasia Vitalis, Isabella Watson, Madeleine Watson, Charlotte Wykes, Carly Yiu

1 Lara Albany, Year 12, Annika Johnson, Year 12 and Freya Carmody, Year 11

2 Piper Markson, Lucy Bell, Claire Oslington, Senu Edirisinghe, Charlotte Allen and Amelia Seeto, Year 11

3 Lara Albany, Year 12 and Joshua Lawrence

4 Noah Sturzaker, Amelia Fantham, Year 12 and Claire Oslington, Year 11

5 Freya Carmody, Year 11 and Company

ARTS

PERFORMING

DANCE

Dance Prefect’s Report

2022 was nothing short of exciting for Pymble Dance, as classes returned face-to-face, the eisteddfod season resumed and Dance within the College thrived and flourished.

Dance Awards Evening

The year kicked off with our first Dance Awards Evening which was held to recognise and celebrate the HSC and Eisteddfod Dancers of 2021 in light of many other events missed. The evening commended all Pymble dancers on their dedication and versatility as well as thanking our wonderful teachers for their commitment and creativity. This was emphasised by the launch of the Eisteddfod Showcase Short Films – a project which staff and students worked on throughout the 2021 lockdown in addition to an Eisteddfod Awards presentation and Certificate II in Dance presentation.

Indigenous Dance

Pymble’s Indigenous Dance troupe performed at several special College celebrations including the Indigenous Round of Sport and NAIDOC Assembly, as well as events in the wider community such as the Rise Up for Unity graduation at the Waitara PCYC. The troupe, with the support of their Dance teacher Miss Maddy, created a piece which pays respect to the experience of the Stolen

Generation – telling the story of a young woman who was taken from her family and stripped of her culture. The work powerfully explores the conflict of identity which is resolved by the affirmation of her culture and community.

K-pop Random Dance Play

In its third year, the K-pop Random Dance Play was a huge success with a sea of students coming along to Gloucester Lawn to dance, cheer and support one another.

Lunchtime Performances

Week 8 of Term 2 saw a busy week of lunchtime Dance performances where the Eisteddfod team and Elective Dance students showcased their dances in preparation for eisteddfods and internal assessments.

Terrain Excursion

On Friday 17 June, our Years 10 and 11 Elective dancers attended the production of Terrain by Bangarra Dance Theatre at the Sydney Opera House. It was an amazing opportunity for our girls to experience a live production of a seminal work which they study for HSC Dance. The production was a breathtaking performance exploring Australia’s Lake Eyre and the power of land and spirit.

Ballet

Our Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) ballet students worked hard all year in holiday workshops and regular classes as they prepared for their ballet exams in November. As well as this, Lisa Ji, Year 10, Emily Rothery, Year 9, Ashleigh Henderson, Year 10, Evie Gibson, Year 9, Christy Ju, Year 10, Eleni Vassiliadis, Year 10, Lauren Whitfield-Lowe, Year 10, and Macy Sun, Year 8, performed the Lake Scene from Swan Lake at the Term 2 Ensemble Concert as a surprise and farewell to Mrs Turner. Mrs Turner has a love of ballet and was absolutely delighted by the surprise which was accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra playing the accompanying score!

HSC and Elective Dance Showcase

Resuming after a two-year hiatus, the HSC and Elective Dance Showcase on 20 August was an exhilarating night where our Elective dancers shone on stage. There were many works including the Year 10 and Year 11 class dances The Circle of Life and Vision, Self-protection, Hope as well as dances from our Year 12 students including their Major Works, Core Compositions and a Core Performance. For the first time at a HSC Showcase, there were ‘mini interviews’ and a combined Years 10 to 12 opening and finale item, which were spoken by the Year 12 students to give an insight into the Year 12 Dance exams and bring a refreshing aspect to the showcase! A big thank you is extended to the Theatre staff for making all dancers look so fabulous with the lighting, sound and set!

Thank you

All these events would not have been possible without the tireless support of Miss Cluff, Ms Hibburt, Mrs Pettigrew, Ms Marsden and Mr Stafford. A big thank you as well to all Dance staff and students for their efforts and making this year so special.

DANCE

Dance Captains’ Report

In 2022, Pymble Dance encompassed a year of growth for every dancer with passion and artistry from classwork to the stage. The endless time spent together at eisteddfods and rehearsals as a Pymble Dance family showed the amazing spirit and relationships formed throughout the year.

Pymble Dance encompassed a year of growth for every dancer...

Dance at Pymble is an encouraging and safe environment that gives students the opportunity to learn new skills and be immersed in a supportive community. This year, there were more than 900 girls enrolled in the Co-curricular program as we continued to build the Pymble Dance team. The program involves students from Kindergarten through to Year 12 and extends from a variety of Onstage, Sidestage and Eisteddfod classes. Our Cocurricular Dance stream pushed dancers to their limits and everyone’s efforts were recognised at our annual Dance Showcase titled ‘Stories in the Sand’.

Our goal as Dance Captains was to foster a supportive environment where connections were formed within the Pymble Dance community. Between competitions, the intensive weekend and the showcase, the girls were able to make everyone proud and highlight their dedication to Pymble Dance.

Our goal as Dance Captains was to foster a supportive environment where connections were formed...

CO-CURRICULAR PERFORMING ARTS

DANCE

Eisteddfods

After a long time in lockdown last year, our Eisteddfod dancers were fortunate to perform at several eisteddfods and achieve some exceptional results reflecting the determination and commitment of each dancer and the overall team. The opportunity to perform on stage is so precious and it is an amazing reward seeing choreography come to life. The hard work of every student does not go unrecognised and after competing at six eisteddfods this year, a special mention goes to Jazz White who achieved the highest point score at DanceLife Unite Nationals.

Thanks

We would like to thank all our amazing Dance staff who worked endlessly week in and week out to create a successful, enjoyable and entertaining year. The Dance community would not be the same without the time, support and love our teachers put in. We would like to say a big thank you to the entire Dance community. The passion, infectious smiles and hard work every girl brought to the program inspired us to attain new heights and develop initiatives to continue building a nurturing family. It was an honour to lead the Dance family this year.

Amelia Barr, Co-Captain of Dance, Jessica Woo, Co-Captain of Dance, and Lisa Ji, Captain of Dance – Ballet

1 Christy Ju, Year 10, Ashleigh Henderson, Year 10 and Evie Gibson, Year 9

2 Back Row: Arin Sadananda, Year 2, Piper Martel, Kindergarten, Maisie Borg, Year 2, Emily Chen, Kindergarten

Second Row: Neve Sadananda, Kindergarten, Maggie Wang, Year 1, Olivia Liu, Kindergarten, Olivia Zhuang, Kindergarten

Front Row: Cecilia Cao, Year 2, Yumeng Li, Year 2, Sarayah Wijesuriya, Year 1, Madeleine Martin, Year 2, Kaymi Madugalle Wijeratne, Year 1

3 Sophie van Kerkwijk, Year 11 and Anika Perera, Year 12

DANCE

Co-curricular Dance Awards

Eisteddfod Contemporary White

Year 11

Silver

Amelia Barr, Olivia Eichmann, Georgia McDonagh, Denise Wang, Jessica Woo, Bonita Xie

Blue

Ning Ning Jin

Year 10

Blue

Sarah Glenn, Lisa Ji, Grace Perrignon, Georgia Shaw, Jessica Slater, Gigi Spiller, Claire Spring

Year 9

Blue

Alanah Scott, Felicity Sheh

Year 8

Blue

Teagan Ning

Eisteddfod Contemporary Scarlet

Year 11

Red

Emilia Ruscio

Year 10

Red

Piper Gregory-Reid, Ashleigh Henderson, Stephanie Lee, Arabella Sherlock

Year 9

Red

Sofia Adamovich, Ilaria Bicego, Sophia Chang, Sabrina Cooke, Evie Gibson, Annie Wanrong Luo, Madeline Potts, Connie Qiang, Emily Rothery

Year 8

Red

Caitlin Kim, Carine Kong, Ruby Scarf

Year 7

Red

Cindy Jin

Eisteddfod Contemporary Navy

Year 11

Red

Ingrid Hastings

Year 10

Red

Tania Tian

Year 9

Red

Jessica Bunce, Keira Duncan, Alexandra Stansall, Xin Yee Angelin Wu, Candace Xi

Year 8

Red

Naomi Cheng, Ann Kyle, Michelle Pan, Charlotte Ruscio

Year 7

Blue

Jessica Bao, Cienna Harvie, Skye MacLeod, Emily Mah, Saskia Nicholson, Kathy Wang, Cindy Wang, Milly Xu

Eisteddfod Jazz White

Year 12

Silver

Mia Baily, Antoinette Boxall, Ella Gibietis, Amali Hilton, Victoria Pattison, Jasmine Pham

Year 11

Silver

Charlotte Allen, Amelia Barr, Laura Croker, Olivia Eichmann, Zoe Orr, Sophie van Kerkwijk, Denise Wang, Jessica Woo, Bonita Xie

Year 10

Silver

Lisa Ji, Grace Perrignon, Georgia Shaw, Claire Spring

Blue

Jessica Slater

Year 9

Silver

Felicity Sheh

Year 7

Blue

Katherine Boyce, Zara Orr

Eisteddfod Jazz Scarlet

Year 11

Red

Ankana Dharmaratnam, Charlotte Ferry, Rose Haran, Emilia Ruscio

Year 10

Red

Piper Gregory-Reid, Lily Hearne, Tiyana Jayaweera, Kashish Sabharwal, Arabella Sherlock, Gigi Spiller, Marina Volikas

Year 9

Red

Sofia Adamovich, Anais Burnicle, Sophia Chang, Keira Duncan, Annie Wanrong Luo, Madeline Potts, Alanah Scott, Elizabeth Tang

Year 8

Red

Stella Boyle, Meimei Jiang, Caitlin Kim, Natalie Yang

Eisteddfod Jazz Navy

Year 10

Red

Ashleigh Henderson, Aashna Rana

Year 9

Red

Ilaria Bicego, Jessica Bunce, Sabrina Cooke, Evie Gibson, Ellie Hennessy, Emily Rothery, Alexandra Stansall, Xin Yee Angelin Wu, Candace Xi

Year 8

Red

Naomi Cheng, Mia Kim, Ann Kyle, Iris Li, Georgia Rudd, Charlotte Ruscio

Year 7

Red

Serena Cummings, Cindy Jin, Saskia Nicholson, Sophie Rigg, Kathy Wang, Milly Xu

ARTS

PERFORMING

DANCE

Co-curricular Dance Results and Participants

Eisteddfod Contemporary White

DanceLife Unite 1st

Extreme Eisteddfod 1st

Sydney Eisteddfod Highly Commended

DanceLife Unite Season 2 Highly Commended

DanceLife Unite Nationals 2nd

Amelia Barr, Anais Burnicle, Isabel Dean, Olivia Eichmann, Fiona Fu, Ella Gibietis, Sarah Glenn, Lisa Ji, Ning Ning Jin, Georgia McDonagh, Teagan Ning, Emilie Palme, Victoria Pattison, Anika Perera, Grace Perrignon, Alanah Scott, Georgia Shaw, Felicity Sheh, Jessica Slater, Gigi Spiller, Claire Spring, Haley Spring, Jessica Tse, Denise Wang, Jessica Woo, Bonita Xie, Delta Zarafetas

Eisteddfod Contemporary Scarlet

DanceLife Unite 4th

Sofia Adamovich, Ilaria Bicego, Sophia Chang, Sabrina Cooke, Evie Gibson, Piper Gregory-Reid, Ashleigh Henderson, Cindy Jin, Caitlin Kim, Carine Kong, Stephanie Lee, Annie Wanrong Luo, Madeline Potts, Connie Qiang, Emily Rothery, Emilia Ruscio, Ruby Scarf, Arabella Sherlock

Eisteddfod Contemporary Navy

DanceLife Unite Highly Commended

Extreme Eisteddfod Highly Commended

Dance Spec Highly Commended

Hills Dance Spectacular 3rd

Jessica Bao, Jessica Bunce, Naomi Cheng, Keira Duncan, Cienna Harvie, Ingrid Hastings, Ann Kyle, Skye MacLeod, Emily Mah, Saskia Nicholson, Michelle Pan, Charlotte Ruscio, Alexandra Stansall, Tania Tian, Cindy Wang, Kathy Wang, Xin Yee Angelin Wu, Candace Xi, Milly Xu, Stella Xu

Eisteddfod Jazz White

DanceLife Unite 1st, Highest Point Score

Extreme Eisteddfod 2nd

Sydney Eisteddfod 2nd

Dance Spec 1st

DanceLife Unite Season 2 Highly Commended

DanceLife Unite Nationals Overall Highest Scoring High School Troupe

Charlotte Allen, Mia Baily, Amelia Barr, Antoinette Boxall, Katherine Boyce, Laura Croker, Olivia Eichmann, Fiona Fu, Ella Gibietis, Amali Hilton, Lisa Ji, Zara Orr, Zoe Orr, Victoria Pattison, Anika Perera, Grace Perrignon, Jasmine Pham, Georgia Shaw, Felicity Sheh, Jessica Slater, Claire Spring, Haley Spring, Jessica Tse, Sophie van Kerkwijk, Denise Wang, Jessica Woo, Bonita Xie, Delta Zarafetas, Jasmine Zhi

Eisteddfod Jazz Scarlet

Hills Dance Spectacular Highly Commended

Sofia Adamovich, Stella Boyle, Anais Burnicle, Sophia Chang, Ankana Dharmaratnam, Keira Duncan, Charlotte Ferry, Piper Gregory-Reid, Rose Haran, Lily Hearne, Tiyana Jayaweera, Meimei Jiang, Caitlin Kim, Annie Wanrong Luo, Madeline Potts, Emilia Ruscio, Kashish Sabharwal, Alanah Scott, Arabella Sherlock, Gigi Spiller, Elizabeth Tang, Marina Volikas, Natalie Yang

Eisteddfod Jazz Navy

DanceLife Unite 1st

Ilaria Bicego, Jessica Bunce, Naomi Cheng, Sabrina Cooke, Serena Cummings, Evie Gibson, Ashleigh Henderson, Ellie Hennessy, Cindy Jin, Mia Kim, Ann Kyle, Iris Li, Saskia Nicholson, Aashna Rana, Sophie Rigg, Emily Rothery, Georgia Rudd, Charlotte Ruscio, Alexandra Stansall, Kathy Wang, Xin Yee Angelin Wu, Candace Xi, Milly Xu

Eisteddfod Junior Jazz

DanceLife Unite 2nd

Extreme Eisteddfod 1st

Sydney Eisteddfod 2nd

Dance Spec 1st

Grace Akers, Mischa Baba, Annabella Bayfield, Edith Cullinane, Chelsea Duan, Jessamy Facer, Claire Feng, Amelia Hardas, Imogen Jones, Alice Liu, Misaki Nakakoji, Rosanna Rew, Kate Rogers, Emma Scott, Michelle Song, Lana Tao, Chloe Tian-Cheong, Anna Wang, Feifei Wang, Abigail Wu, Bella Xu, Elsa Yu, Peaches Zhang, Reese Zhang, Ellie Zhao

Eisteddfod Junior Lyrical

Extreme Eisteddfod Highly Commended

Sydney Eisteddfod 2nd

Dance Spec 2nd

Grace Akers, Lauren Chen, Chelsea Duan, Jessamy Facer, Olivia Hicks-Duncombe, Imogen Jones, Cindy Lin, Misaki Nakakoji, Emma Scott, Claudia Sherlock, Michelle Song, Lana Tao, Chloe Tian-Cheong, Anna Wang, Feifei Wang, Bella Xu, Elsa Yu, Peaches Zhang, Reese Zhang

PERFORMING ARTS

DRAMA

Drama Prefect’s Report

2022 was an exciting year for Drama with numerous productions and outstanding achievements in external competitions. Initiatives such as ‘Sit Back and Watch us Act’ and ‘Nana Bingo’ allowed students to showcase their dramatic skills to peers and engage more students with Drama at the school. Additionally, in the Term 3 holidays, 30 students from Years 9 to 11 had the exciting opportunity to partake in the first Drama tour to London and Paris.

Pride and Prejudice

In Term 2 the Co-curricular production brought Jane Austen’s famous Pride and Prejudice to the stage and was performed by Years 10 and 11 students. Adapted by Ms Sweetman and directed by Mr Fernandez, Ms Kearney and Mrs Turner, it was a remarkable production that told the classic story of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy as they overcome their flaws in order to fall in love and marry. The much-loved story was brought to life on stage with a stunning set design, exquisite costumes, hair, makeup and committed performances from all students involved.

Curriculum Learning Showcases

Curriculum learning showcases are an excellent part of Elective Drama at the College which allow students of each year group to apply their dramatic skills learned in their study of the subject throughout the year.

This year, Year 10 students portrayed an insightful performance of The Dining Room by A.R. Gurney. With direction from Miss Anderson, they created an entertaining performance for the audience in the new Drama Theatre on 14 June.

On 11 and 12 August, the Year 11 Drama classes enthusiastically brought to life the beloved stories of Alice in Wonderland and Clue, directed by Miss Anderson and with additional help from Mrs York and Ms Cooper-Findlay. The productions were enhanced by vibrant sets, brightly coloured costumes and showcased the powerful acting ability of the girls as they portrayed their characters with depth.

HSC Drama

The HSC Drama course requires students to create an individual project and a group performance. This year, students selected to create individual performances, video dramas, and portfolios of theatre criticism for their individual projects. This required students to create holistic narratives and allowed them to delve into various dramatic forms and performance styles, using the elements of drama to express their ideas to their audience. As well as this, the girls worked tirelessly to produce four originally devised group performances. Audiences got to experience this engaging and thought-provoking work in the HSC Drama Showcase which took place in the Drama Theatre on 26 and 27 July.

DRAMA

There were some remarkable achievements in Theatresports this year.

Theatresports

There were some remarkable achievements in Theatresports this year. In the Sharp and Short Playwrighting competition our Years 7 and 8 Drama Festival team with their creation Beware Scammers Ahead achieved first place. The Parramatta Eisteddfod for Dramatic Scene yielded similar success with our Years 7 and 8 The Breakfast Police coming first, Years 9 and 10 A Midsummer Night’s Dream second, Years 9 to 11 Steel Magnolias third, Years 10 to 11 Five Women Wearing the Same Dress fourth and our Year 7 girls coming third in the Improvisation Phone Conversation for Two. Also, in the State Final Shakespeare Carnival the Years 10 and 11 team came second in their filmmaking interpretation of Shakespeare’s Sonnet while the ensemble and duologue teams also came second. At the Ryde Eisteddfod for Improvisation our teams came first and second in the Telephone Conversation for Two and first in the Shakespeare duologue. The Year 8 Theatresports team also found success placing third at the Regional Theatresports Schools Challenge held at St Catherine’s School.

Ciara Gibson, Drama Prefect

Co-curricular Drama Awards

Year 12

White Service

Annabelle Ainsworth, Alisha Behl, Antoinette Boxall, Amelia Brown, Sophie Coughlan, Kate FalconerFlint, Amelia Fantham, Ciara Gibson, Kashika Goswami, Arabella Ibbotson, Annika Johnson, Anna Mufford, Chloe Tedesco, Tahmara Thomas, Rosanna van Horen, Tessa Webster

Pride and Prejudice

Production

Year 12

Red

Anastasia Vitalis

Year 11

Silver

Charlotte Allen, Freya Carmody, Olivia Eichmann, Isla Harris, Claire Oslington

Red

Charlotte Ferry, Maggie Kellaway, Angelina Lu, Lucy Miller, Lucy Robertson

Year 10

Silver

Aashna Rana, Gigi Spiller, Estelle Vander

Blue

Sarah Macpherson

Red

Isabel Aveling, Saskia Fitzgerald, Maiya Foster, Elizabeth Graves, Giaan Jackson, Claire Lee, Charlise Moodie, Murphy Scott, Ava Thomas, Demitria Volos, Bella Walker

Year 8

Red

Anaïs Vander

Peter Pan Production

Year 9

Silver

Darcey Hawkins, Claire McPherson

Blue

Genevieve Hartin, Elizabeth Tang, Madeleine Watson

Red

Diana Attinger, Charlotte Ford, Indianna Joyce, Zarina Nurlanov, Phoebe Paleologos, Andelle Parker, Madeline Potts, Sarah Usher, Nityasree Viswanathan, Candace Xi, Rachel Zhao

Year 8

Blue

Imogen Wu

Red

Sehjal Baveja, Selina Huang, Abigail McKinnon, Ruhani Surana, Mahika Swamy, Kristine Weng

Year 7

Blue

Alannah Tang

Red

Angelina Attinger, Zoe Bloom, Mia Chan, Emily Chiang, Katerina Economou, Lucinda Martin, Laranya Nanthakumaran, Sophie Ngai, Isabelle Port, Chloe Wang, Lara Waterhouse, Addison Woods

CO-CURRICULAR PERFORMING ARTS

DRAMA

Theatre and Drama Captains’ Report

Theatre

This year was an amazing success for Theatre productions at Pymble. The musical Mamma Mia took to the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts (GMCPA) stage early in the year.

In Term 2, the stage prepared for the play Pride and Prejudice, directed by Mr Fernandez and Ms Kearney. This classic was transformed for the stage with a modern twist.

Peter Pan in Term 3 was the Years 7 to 9 Cocurricular Drama production in 2022, directed by Miss Boyd. The play was met with high praise and was loved by the audience.

Claire Oslington, Captain of Theatre

Drama Festival Teams

The 2022 competition season saw outstanding performances from the Drama Festival teams, especially as all competitions were live after last year’s online period. Our Eisteddfod teams featured a wide range of genres and styles, including comedy, realism, absurdism and Shakespeare.

The Years 5 to 11 teams competed at the Sydney Eisteddfod and the Ryde Eisteddfod and were awarded many places. Overall, this year was a huge success!

Charlotte Allen, Captain of Drama Festival Teams

Filmmaking

2022 saw growth and improvement in many aspects of Filmmaking across the Junior and Secondary Schools as students engaged actively in creating videos with a range of forms, styles and topics. The Years 9 to 12 team’s video won second place in the Shakespeare Carnival State Competition.

This year, classes took greater care and responsibility in the creation of each film. Whole class major film projects started much earlier to prepare for a spectacular comeback of the OnCamera Festival after COVID-19 disruptions. Group work was more effective with whole class discussions and film excursions that contained a good mix of creativity and laughter.

Annie Chen, Captain of Filmmaking

Theatresports

This year saw many amazing performances in Theatresports in a variety of competitions, from friendly to fiercely competitive.

The Years 5 and 6 team was spectacular this year, coming first in the first heat of the Regional Theatresports School Challenge with an amazing perfect score for their rendition of Pop-up Storybook. This win landed them in the finals, where they achieved an amazing second place. This challenge is highly competitive, so these scores were absolutely amazing!

Pymble also had two casual competitions with Riverview and Shore in Term 3. These were mixed teams, so no ‘winning’ school, however, we saw some hilarious performances, such as a Sing About It set at Subway in which every character was a sandwich ingredient.

Finally, we would like to thank the crew, Theatre staff, teachers and families who do so much to help us perform and devise works in Cocurricular Drama at Pymble. Congratulations on the tremendous results and accomplishments of the Drama students in 2022 and thank you for all the time, effort and energy you put into Cocurricular Drama, we couldn’t be prouder!

The Years 5 and 6 team was spectacular this year...

CO-CURRICULAR PERFORMING ARTS

DRAMA

Peter Pan

1 Imogen Wu, Year 8, Phoebe Paleologos, Year 9, Madeleine Watson, Year 9 and Alannah Tang, Year 7

2 Zarina Nurlanov and Claire McPherson, Year 9

3 Darcy Hawkins, Year 9

4 Elizabeth Tang, Year 9, Katerina Economou, Year 7, Nityasree Viswanathan, Year 9, Angelina Attinger, Year 7, Mahika Swamy, Year 8, Madeleine Watson, Year 9, Sarah Usher, Year 9, Imogen Wu, Year 8, Addison Woods, Year 7, Zoe Bloom, Year 7, Alannah Tang, Year 7, Isabelle Port, Year 7 and Sophie Ngai, Year 7

DRAMA

Pride and Prejudice

PERFORMING ARTS

LANGUAGE ARTS

Language Arts Prefect’s Report

The 2021/2022 season for Language Arts started with momentous interest in our Pymble Debating, Model United Nations, Public Speaking and Mock Law programs. We commend all our participants and representatives in Language Arts for their commitment, dedication and achievements in our various fields.

Debating

After starting the season online, the Independent Schools Debating Association (ISDA), Friday Evening Debating (FED) and Archdale competitions finally resumed a regular face-toface format, much to the delight of our debaters. Pymble’s Year 8 debaters had a particularly strong season, with both the Year 8 ISDA and FED teams making it through to their respective Grand Finals! We also enjoyed a return to university training days.

It was a very exciting year for Pymble Debating with the launch of our inaugural Social Debating program for Years 5 to 11. The Social Debating program provided a way for students to try debating in a structured yet less formal program, enabling students to ‘have a go’ in a friendly environment with other novice debaters.

Debating classes on a Wednesday afternoon proved popular again and a highlight was our well attended Staff versus Year 12 Student debate, ‘That Pymble should have a Timetabled Nap Time’. Thanks to our Debating Captain Alyssa Yee, Year 11, for her support of all our debaters.

Model United Nations

It was an eventful and successful season for Model UN and Diplomacy with Pymble hosting our own Saturday, Model UN Winter Conference. More than 50 participants attended from schools across Sydney.

We also had two national grand finalists in the UN Voice competition; Evelyn Zhu, Year 9, and Chelsea Shi, Year 10.

Special congratulations to Maya Hu and Jessie Xie, Year 11, who progressed to the state finals of the Evatt MUN competition and to June Yoon and Yuki Wang, Year 10, who were selected for the state semi-finals of UN Negotiations.

Finally, Isabella Cameron, Year 11, was selected in the 2022 National Conference and watched panels from the Honourable Justice Kirby and NSW Youth Advocate Zoe Robinson. Thanks to Isabella for her competent and enthusiastic captaining of our MUN activities, including PMUN – Pymble’s Model United Nations.

LANGUAGE ARTS

Mock Law

The Mock Law sector expanded significantly throughout the year. Our Mock Mediation team made the Grand Finals, for the second year in a row! Thank you to Mrs Jarvis for stepping in to coach.

The Mock Trial team also saw their weekly early morning training session translated into completing the season with only one loss. Finally, the Mooting team entered the annual Bond University Mooting Competition and achieved highly commended results. Thanks to Christine Hur, Year 11, for leading this area.

Public Speaking

We started the year in Public Speaking with keen interest in Rostrum auditions. Jenny Xu, Year 8, Alissa Xue, Year 8, and Lauren Korenblyum, Year 9, were selected to represent Pymble in the Junior heats, and Joy Ye, Year 10, Piper Markson, Year 11, and Isabella Cameron, Year 11, in the Senior heats.

We then had two national finalists in the UN Voice of Youth competition which was held over Easter. Congratulations to Chelsea Shi, Year 10, and Evelyn Zhu, Year 9, for such an impressive achievement. Piper Markson and Isabella Cameron also represented us strongly in the Plain English Speaking awards while Jenny Xu, Year 8, and Emily Abadee, Year 9, both progressed to regional finals in the Legacy Public Speaking competition. Jenny Xu then spoke in September at the state semi-final held at NSW Parliament House. From there, Jenny progressed to the NSW state final held at the NSW Art Gallery.

The UN Voice of Youth 2022 was held in Term 4 and many girls entered the heats. Three, Alice Mao, Year 8, Jenny Xu, Year 8, and Amy Zhang, Year 9, progressed to state finals. Congratulations to Amy who will attend the national final in 2023. Thank you to Angie Wang, Year 11, for her leadership and dedication to this aspect of our Language Arts program.

Festival of Speech

This year Pymble hosted the igsa Festival of Speech in October. We were delighted to host an in-person Festival after two years online and we welcomed more than 1,000 guests and representatives from more than 20 girls’ schools to Pymble for the twoday event. Thank you to all who made the festival a success.

Zonta

Meera Barani, Year 12, was successful in the Zonta Club of Hornsby Ku-ring-gai’s Young Women in Public Affairs Award 2022 and progressed to Zonta District (NSW/ACT).

High Tea

Lastly, we held our annual High Tea to farewell our Year 12 girls and thank them for their contributions.

Thank you to all our Language Arts family; to Mrs Hubbard, to our coaches, girls and parents, for 2022 and the wonderful year that was.

Meera Barani, Language Arts Prefect

Alyssa Yee, Captain of Language Arts – Debating, Isabella Cameron, Captain of Language Arts – Model United Nations, Angie Wang, Captain of Language Arts – Public Speaking, and Christine Hur, Captain of Language Arts – Mock Law

CO-CURRICULAR PERFORMING ARTS

LANGUAGE ARTS

Co-curricular Language Arts Awards

ISDA Debating

Year 12

Blue

Chloe Hoang, Faye Chang, Claire Kim, Isabelle Ho, Lara Hogan

Red

Meera Barani, Ashley Ko, Annabel Maple-Brown, Thanya Paidi

Year 8

Blue

Kiki Chen, Kitty He, Alice Mao, Imogen Wu, Jenny Xu, Alissa Xue

Archdale Debating

Year 9

Red

Sophia Chang, Mathilde Goddard, Ella Liu, Ollisha Muthukuda, Allison Wang, Madeleine Watson

FED Debating

Year 8

Blue

Caitlin Kim, Mia Kim, Emily Tse, Cindy Xu, Angela Zhang, May Zhang

International Debating

Year 8

Red

Katherine Pan, Ruhani Surana, Imogen Wu, Jessica Zhai, Angela Zhang

Public Speaking

Year 10

Silver

Chelsea Shi

Year 9

Silver

Evelyn Zhu

Blue

Amy Zhang

Red

Emily Abadee

Year 8

Blue

Alice Mao, Jenny Xu

Co-curricular Language Arts Results and Participants

ISDA Debating

Senior A

Meera Barani, Chloe Hoang, Faye Chang, Isabelle Ho, Lara Hogan, Claire Kim, Ashley Ko, Annabel MapleBrown, Thanya Paidi

Senior B

Isabella Cameron, Christine Hur, Angie Wang, Jessie Xie, Alyssa Yee

Year 10

Olivia Clifford, Angelina Lee, Emma Parsons, Chelsea Shi, Joy Ye

Year 9

Maya Garg, Lauren Korenblyum, Zarina Nurlanov, Amy Zhang, Evelyn Zhu

Year 8 Grand Final

Kiki Chen, Kitty He, Alice Mao, Imogen Wu, Jenny Xu, Alissa Xue

Year 7

Sophie Guo, Jemma Hung, Isis Li, Stella Sharp, Nicole Zhang, Jacquelyn Zhu

Primary A

Gemma Dixon, Nicole Fan, Estelle Lee, Stacy Sharp, Leahara Wijesuriya

Primary B

Celine Cai, Katy Jung, Chloe Shao, Annie Xiao

Archdale Debating

Seniors

Hanna Cheung, Melody Kim, Christy Xue

Juniors

Semi-final

Sophia Chang, Mathilde Goddard, Ella Liu, Ollisha Muthukuda, Allison Wang, Madeleine Watson

Model United Nations

Year 11

Blue

Maya Hu, Jessie Xie

Year 10

Red

Yuki Wang, June Yoon

Mock Law

Year 10

Blue

Ellie Beck, Angelina Lee, Emma Parsons, June Yoon

Year 9

Blue

Lauren Korenblyum, Ollisha Muthukuda, Christiana Soo

Year 10

Claire Lee, Jasmine Li, Julie Sheng, Sophie Toma, Yuki Wang, Mulan Xu

Year 9

Phoebe Cooper, Anarghya Guru Prasad, Ang-Ya Koo, Annika Lee, Olivia Xu

Year 8A

Sehjal Baveja, Katherine Pan, Nikita Srivastava, Ruhani Surana

Year 8B

Melody Chen, Rosa Kim, Amber Li, Amber Wang, Jessica Xu

Year 7A

Emily Huang, Cindy Jin, Averie Sun, Alannah Tang, Angela Tao

Year 7B

Sitian Chen, Charlotte Henderson, Karen Kim, Tina Peng, Leila Rich

LANGUAGE ARTS

FED Debating

Year 11

Sophie Christopher, Maya Hu, Sasha Wong, Angel Yu

Year 10

Veronica Chen, Charlotte Dhanu, Sameera Dutta, Katie Sung, Ellen Wu

Year 9

Ariana Bansal, Emma Geng, Louise Kim, Nikita Serban, Christiana Soo

Year 8A

Meimei Jiang, Emily Kim, Michelle Pan, Elysia Sun, Jessica Zhai, Brianna Zhang

Year 8B

Grand Final

Caitlin Kim, Mia Kim, Emily Tse, Cindy Xu, Angela Zhang, May Zhang

Year 7A

Laranya Nanthakumaran, Fiona Pan, Chloe Wang, Jisoo Yeou, Isabelle Younger

Year 7B

Chloe Lam, Amrita Marwah, Thiloksha Perera, Anjali Shah, Camellia Zhou

International Debating

Pymble 1

Celine Cai, Katy Jung, Annie Xiao

Pymble 2

Nicole Fan, Chloe Shao

Pymble 3

Gemma Dixon, Estelle Lee, Stacy Sharp, Leahara Wijesuriya

Pymble 4

Leila Rich, Stella Sharp, Alannah Tang, Angela Tao

Pymble 5

Sophie Guo, Jemma Hung, Isis Li, Jacquelyn Zhu

Pymble 6 Final

Katherine Pan, Ruhani Surana, Imogen Wu, Jessica Zhai, Angela Zhang

Pymble 7

Melody Chen, Caitlin Kim, Amber Li, Jessica Xu

Pymble 8

Sophia Chang, Ang-Ya Koo, Allison Wang, Olivia Xu

Pymble 9

Emily Abadee, Louise Kim, Ayana Sapra

Pymble 10

Claire Lee, Julie Sheng, Sophie Toma, Yuki Wang, Mulan Xu

Public Speaking

UN Voice Nationals

Chelsea Shi, Evelyn Zhu

UN Voice State

Amy Zhang – Progressing to Nationals, Jenny Xu, Alice Mao

Legacy Regionals

Emily Abadee

Legacy State

Jenny Xu

Model United Nations

Evatt State

Jessie Xie, Maya Hu

UN Negotiations State

Yuki Wang, June Yoon

Mock Law

Mock Trial

Isabella Cameron, Audrey Duong, Maya Hu, Christine Hur, Amelie Matthews, Emma Parsons, Jessie Xie, Joy Ye, June Yoon

Mock Mediation Grand Final

Ellie Beck, Lauren Korenblyum, Angelina Lee, Ollisha Muthukuda, Emma Parsons, Christiana Soo, June Yoon

Festival of Speech

Current Affairs

Chelsea Shi, Emma Parsons, Mulan Xu

Junior Debaters

Sophia Chang, Ella Liu, Maya Garg, Amy Zhang

Senior Debaters – British Parliamentary Style Semi-final

Christine Hur, Angie Wang, Isabella Cameron, Jessie Xie

Junior Poetry 4th

Lauren Korenblyum

Senior Poetry 2nd

Tilly Morgan

Junior Public Speaking

Jenny Xu

Senior Public Speaking

Joy Ye

Junior Readings 4th

Evelyn Zhu

Senior Readings

Alyssa Yee

Religious and Ethical Questions

Caitlyn Tan, Hanna Cheung, Melody Kim

Soapbox Commendation

Piper Markson

CO-CURRICULAR PERFORMING ARTS

Archdale Years 10 and 11

Archdale Year 9

Archdale Years 7 and 8

FED Years 9 to 11

CO-CURRICULAR PERFORMING ARTS

FED Years 7 and 8

ISDA Senior B

ISDA Years 9 and 10

ISDA Year 8

CO-CURRICULAR PERFORMING ARTS

ISDA Years 7 and 8

ISDA Primary

Mock Mediation and Mock Trial

Mooting

ARTS

PERFORMING

SPEECH AND DRAMA

Speech and Drama Results

AMEB Voice and Communication

APCA Diploma in Professional Communication Australia

Award with High Distinction Thanya Paidi, Jessica Wang

CVCA Certificate of Voice and Communication Australia

High Distinction Tilly Morgan, Shubhi Sethi

Honours Ning Ning Jin, Jessie Xie

Credit Georgia Stuart

High Pass Chantelle Wu

Grade 8

Honours Lydia Heazlewood-Lee

High Credit Angelina Lee

Credit Arya Kalantri

Grade 5

High Credit Sophie Zhang

Credit Emily Huang

Grade 4

High Distinction Amrita Marwah, Saja Abdel-Megeed, Jenny He

Honours Angelina Attinger, Helen Zheng

High Credit Evelyn Li, Phoebe Pockley, Isabella Zhang

Credit Jacquelyn Zhu, Dia Verma

Grade 3

High Distinction Chloe Shao, Annika Sriram, Lily Xing

Honours Gemma Dixon, Selina Jiang, Cabrini Lee

High Credit Lulu Li

Credit Sarah Foo

Preliminary

High Distinction Alicia Chen, Mia Farthing, Vanessa Lee, Aurora Lin, Aceline Mameng, Chloe Qi, Naomi Shi

Honours Isabel Liu, Scarlett Qiu, Audrey Chen

High Credit Hannah Kim

Credit Isla Lu

AMEB Speech and Performance

CSPA Certificate of Speech and Performance, Australia

Honours Rachel Johnson

Grade 8

High Distinction Isabel Aveling, Lauren Korenblyum, Gigi Spiller

Honours Olivia Clifford, Zarina Nurlanov

High Pass Isabelle Huang

Grade 7

Honours Estelle Vander

High Credit Diana Attinger

Grade 5

High Distinction Ayana Sapra, Vivian Zhang

Honours Emily Raaff, Thinara Siriniwasa

High Credit Chloe Ayton, Abigail McKinnon, Sienna Melton, Lara Waterhouse, Nicole Zhang

Credit Kitty Yip

High Pass Annika Maslin

Grade 4

Honours Grace McSweeney, Helena Tang

Grade 3

High Distinction Yiling Gu, Estelle Lee

Honours Alana Wang

High Credit Sritha Yellamaraju

Credit Emily Liu

Grade 2

High Distinction Hilary Eyers, Catherine Wang, Elsa Yu

Honours Betty Han, Grace Jacobs, Alina Kharbanda, Kelly Qian, Richielynne Xiong, Wenhui Zheng

High Credit Christina Lee, Duola Lin, Grace Neal, Abigail Yeh

Grade 1

High Distinction Katelyn Gu, Misaki Nakakoji, Amy Peng, Tanvi Raniga, Trinity Sun, Kavya Surana, Alice Wu, Charlotte Wu, Chloe Yi, Lily Zhang

Honours Aarna Ashwin, Phoebe Chen, Olivia Guo, Zoe Liang, Tian Xue, Victoria Yu

High Credit Jasleen Sidhu, Ashlee-Rose Saba, Lydia Wang, Olivia Wang, Peaches Zhang

Credit Lydia Chen, Rebecca Wu

Preliminary

High Distinction Kate Bi, Elyséa Jones, Candice Li, Vivian Wang

Honours Bhuvika Bhatia, Isabel Khattar, Sophia Wang

High Credit Tiana Zhang

SPEECH AND DRAMA

Eisteddfod Results

Sydney Eisteddfod

Character Solo in Costume

2nd Estelle Vander

Ryde Eisteddfod

Junior Rotary Scholarship

1st Evelyn Zhu

Senior Rotary Scholarship

2nd Isabel Aveling

Acting Duologue

2nd Imogen Wu, Nikita Srivastava

Character Solo in Costume

1st Estelle Vander, Evelyn Zhu, India Wells Lister

3rd Grace McSweeney

Highly Commended Diana Attinger, Thinara Siriniwasa, Abigail McKinnon, Daisy Stoodley-Williamson, Imogen Wu

Poetry Performance

1st Evelyn Zhu, Grace McSweeney, Sienna Melton, Annika Sriram, Ria Iyer, Sienna Yeung

2nd Lydia Heazlewood-Lee, Ruhani Surana, India Wells Lister, Annika Sriram, Wenhui Zheng, Kavya Surana, Alice Wu, Cecilia Cao

3rd Tilly Morgan, Katelyn Gu, Trinity Sun, Chloe Yi, Irene Du

Highly Commended

Angelina Lee, Estelle Vander, Amy Zhang, Angelina Attinger, Jenny He, Sienna Melton, Yiling Gu, Elsa Yu, Katelyn Gu, Olivia Guo, Vanessa Lee, Tanvi Raniga, Kavya Surana, Olivia Wang, Lily Zhang, Peaches Zhang, Isabel Liu, Annette Ng, Batool Rangwala

Prose Performance

2nd Lauren Korenblyum

Highly Commended Estelle Vander

Prepared Reading

3rd Helena Tang

Novice Speech Event

2nd Jenny He

Highly Commended Evelyn Li

1 Evelyn Zhu, Year 9

2 Lauren Korenblyum, Year 9, Gigi Spiller, Year 10 and Isabel Aveling, Year 10

3 Sienna Melton, Year 7

4 Annette Ng, Cecilia Cao, Sophia Wu, Jianing Li, Avril Huang, Irene Du and Vivien Huang, Year 2

PERFORMING ARTS

CO-CURRICULAR SPORT

SPORTS PREFECTS

Sports Prefects’ Report

Introduction

After too many lockdowns, Pymble sport in 2022 finally took off again! In training and games, the girls showed true sportsmanship by displaying our five core College values. It was great to finally see everyone running around the oval, swimming in the pool and on the courts again! We were so proud of every student who participated in Co-curricular activities this year, whether they achieved medals or just gave it a go. 2022 reiterated the importance of Pymble pride, an ongoing theme that recognises not only the endless trophies and medals that are achieved but the enthusiasm and inclusivity of each sportswoman.

After too many lockdowns, Pymble sport in 2022 finally took off again!

Stride for Education

To kick off the year, Pymble worked alongside the Cathy Freeman Foundation and participated in the Stride for Education which required girls to log their steps every day for a month. The money raised by this foundation aims to create partnerships with remote First Nations communities to ensure their young people have the best outcomes and opportunities through education and lifelong learning. A special thank you to Alyssa Yee, Year 11, who raised more than $2,000 and to Pymble 10 Red class who was awarded the Top School Fundraiser in recognition of their amazing fundraising. What a fantastic contribution!

Run2Cure

Pymble girls were given the amazing opportunity to participate in the Run2Cure school’s challenge. Run2Cure is a fundraising run that raises money to find a cure for Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer

A special thank you to Alyssa Yee, Year 11, who raised more than $2,000 and to Pymble 10 Red class who was awarded the Top School Fundraiser...

that develops from nerve cells called neuroblasts. We had more than 20 girls turn up to the Domain on a sunny Saturday morning to run between two and five kilometres. Pymble won the school’s challenge and raised more than $721, which was a fantastic effort for everyone that participated or donated.

Knox Pymble Netball

Knox Pymble Netball is an iconic and much anticipated night for all the Year 12 girls. The atmosphere in the gym was absolutely amazing with all the girls and boys showing up to cheer on their team. The girls gave it their all out on the court and left no crumbs. Unfortunately we lost by one goal, but we will get them next year! #gopymble

Indigenous Round

The Indigenous Round is a round of sports that recognises our First Nations people whose ground we play and train on every day. The day started with an opening ceremony where many of Pymble’s First Nations girls spoke about their experience and performed a dance which incorporated aspects of their culture. Uncle Neil reiterated the importance of this year’s NAIDOC Week theme of ‘Get up! Stand up! Show up!’ and performed a smoking ceremony. The event was then celebrated through games of rugby sevens, basketball and tennis against other schools.

SPORTS PREFECTS

igsa Saturday Sport

Many of our sporting teams achieved outstanding results in the Independent Girls’ Schools Association (igsa) Saturday sport competition this year. A special congratulations to the Senior First Football team who won the Grand Final and the Senior First Basketball team and AFL that came second. There were many students that participated either competitively or socially in a Pymble Saturday sports team and your involvement was highly appreciated.

Sports Prefects

1 Eliza Nelson, Lara Hogan, Laura Wilson, Claudia Johnston, Georgina Maher and Sofia Massaro, Year 12

2 Back Row: Camilla Reynolds, Year 12, Sophia Lupton, Year 11, Sophia Leon-Searle, Year 11, Zara Tullipan, Year 12, Freya Gordon, Year 12, Georgia Spanswick, Year 12, Tilly Martyn, Year 11, Georgia Alexander-Easaw, Year 11, Rachel Sullivan, Year 11

Front Row: Annabel MapleBrown, Year 12, Amelia Sim, Year 12, Isobel Gosper, Year 12, Matilda Geddes, Year 12

Thank You

A massive thank you to all of the Pymble sports staff that work so hard every year to organise, train and motivate our Pymble students all year round! A special thank you to Mr Meagher and Mrs Edwards who worked so hard behind the scenes to get everyone’s event up and running despite rain or COVID-19. Lastly, a massive thank you and congratulations to all the students who showed up to training and competitions and showed off your Pymble pride.

Isobel Gosper and Olivia Inkster, Sports Prefects

SPORTSWOMEN’S AWARDS

Pymble Sportswomen’s Awards Night

For the first time since 2019, the Sportswomen’s Awards Night was held on 4 November with 320 students and parents in attendance. The College honoured the achievements of our talented sportswomen in Years 7 to 12 who achieved great success and demonstrated outstanding commitment to their sports throughout 2022.

Guest speakers included Olympians and alumni Miss Mackenzie Little (2014) and Miss Brittany O’Brien (2016) and Olympian, Head Coach Sprints and mother to Gabriella, Year 11, Mrs Gainsford-Taylor. They were all so inspirational and it was an absolute pleasure listening to their journeys and words of wisdom.

The College also acknowledged that not all girls who show excellence and commitment to their sport can be recognised at the awards evening – there are simply too many students who represent the College in sport. For those girls who did not attend the dinner, we recognise and acknowledge your contribution to Pymble and encourage you to continue to strive for your highest in your chosen sport.

On the night, the outstanding contributions from our Senior Deputy Principal, Mrs Shaw, and Coaching Development Director, Mr Pennington, were recognised. The previous All-rounder Award was renamed the Julie Shaw All-rounder Award in recognition of her contribution and influence on sport at Pymble

I would also like to extend special thanks to our College Principal, Dr Hadwen, and the College Board for supporting our exceptional Sport program, and to all the parents/carers who support their daughters in their varied sporting pursuits.

Mrs Katie Edwards, Head of Sport 7-12

Sportswomen’s Awards

Sportsgirl of the Year

Olivia Inkster

AOC Change-Maker

Leadership Award

Isobel Gosper, Olivia Inkster

All-rounders of the Year

Year 7 Hayley Browne

Year 8 Matilda Harrison

Year 9 Grace Townsend

Year 10 Sarah Baker

Year 11 Abigail Ballhausen

Year 12 Ruby Nicholas

Athlete of the Year

AFL Zara Tullipan

Artistic

Gymnastics

Stella Robertson

Athletics Olivia Inkster

Badminton Anna Wang

Basketball Chloe Hanlan

Cricket

Ciara Gibson

Cross Country Abigail Ballhausen

Diving Rylee McKinstry

Equestrian Hannah Rockwell

Fencing Sienna Stephens

Football

Hockey

Chloe Tseros

Amalia Patterson

Netball Grace Whyte

Rhythmic Gymnastics Gigi Spiller

Rowing Jessica Colbran

Rugby Sevens Ruby Nicholas

Sailing Isabella Holdsworth

Snow Sports

Rhiannon Castle

Softball Rhedyn Wong

Surfing Cayla Phillips

Swimming Bella Zhang

Tennis Ashlee Narker

Touch Football Kaitlyn Chan

Triathlon McKenzie Ward

Volleyball Emma Sargeant

Water Polo Lucinda Middleton

Australian Representatives

Sienna Bond Athletics

Olivia Inkster Athletics

Gabriella Taylor Athletics

Nea Shingler Orienteering

Rhiannon Castle Snow Sports

Ruby Nicholas Rugby Sevens

Team of the Year

Senior Firsts Netball Team

Jessica Cullen, Tess Elmslie, Lilian Huntley, Olivia Inkster, Niraaya Jayasinghe, Eugenie Little, Sophia Lupton, Ella Monk, Charlotte Morris, Grace Whyte

SPORTSWOMEN’S AWARDS

Representative Team of the Year Pymble Cross Country Team

Annabelle Nosworthy, Eloise Stewart, Nicole Zhang, Annabel Taylor, Sophie Webster, Harriet Murphy, Victoria O’Sullivan, Poppy Fleet, Phoebe Pockley, Sophie Beveridge, Saja Abdel-Megeed, Hayley Browne, Layla Abdel-Megeed, Amelia Bicego, Laura Makeham, Chloe Ayton, Katherine Hart, Elizabeth Yates, Grace Townsend, Siobhan Hsu, Grace Beck, Sasha Clark, Lucy McLean, Phoebe Paleologos, Sarah Baker, Tessa Newitt, Indianna Cameron, Arabella Cox, Sophia Slater, Tully Black, Aimi Jenkin, Abigail Ballhausen, Georgia Phillips, Ellie Beck, Gigi Spiller, Jasmin Robinson, Jessica Slater, Meredith Reynolds, Erica Williams, Caitlyn Tan, Nea Shingler, Lucia O’Dea, Sienna Stephens, Rhiannon Castle, Alice Windybank, Sarah Thornton, Jessica Needham, Angelica Tan, Annabel Maple-Brown, Sofia Massaro, Layla Farook, Mia Baily, Ruby Nicholas, Jessica Bird, Isobel Gosper, Yi Ying Lim

All’ Ultimo Lavoro - Strive for the Highest

AFL

Eliza Nelson, Freya Gordon, Georgina Maher

Artistic Gymnastics

Lucy Clark, Olivia Kowal, Madison Yip

Athletics

Louise Lovell, Sarah Lovell, Sybella Warton, Grace Townsend, Grace Peters, Samara Bond, Matilda Harrison, Sarah Baker

Badminton

Varada Vinay, Fiona Tsang, Nida Mehta, Mia Credaro, Rosie Le

Basketball

Philippa Begg, Madeleine Coman, Sophie van Kerkwijk, Yvette Volk, Abigail Tyler

Cricket

Phoebe Cooper, Charlotte Carruthers, Amelia Sim, Lauren Carruthers

Cross Country

Yi Ying Lim, Annabel Maple-Brown, Georgia Phillips, Grace Beck, Sophia Slater

Diving

Méa Shires, Abby Smith, Ilaria Crowley, Leila Rich, Addison Woods

Equestrian

Zoe Glendinning, Eloise Clare

Fencing

Imogen Wu, Alyssa Yee

Football

Claudia Johnston, Georgina Maher, Jasmin Robinson, Alethea Levy, Amber Halliday, Juliette Harris

Hockey

Arabella Smithyman, Emily Englund, Gwendolyn Meek, Cassandra Vielman

Netball

Jessica Cullen, Eugenie Little, Sophia Lupton, Tess Elmslie

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Sophia Chang, Brielle Mann

Rowing

Lucy Miller, Isabel Matosantos, Annabel Shanahan, Johanna Ricketts, Carolina Yemma

Rugby Sevens

Philippa Austin, Jemima Burney, Isobel Gosper, Niraaya Jayasinghe, Samantha Lever, Phoebe Mason, Lucy Robertson

Sailing

Sara Bruce, Penelope Girdis, Simone Bennett, Clio Moran, Olivia Williams, Chantelle Wu, Charlotte Wykes

Snow Sports

Alessandra Braysich, Catherine Gavagna, Sienna Stephens

Softball

Alicia Ahn

Surfing

Maya Atkinson

Swimming

Jessica Munk, Annika Lee, Yi Ying Lim, Piper Gregory-Reid, Angelica Tan, Indianna Cameron, Ellie Beck

Tennis

Sofia Thorne, Susannah Su, Olivia Xu, Ashleigh Robson, Giselle Kawane

Touch Football

Niraaya Jayasinghe, Grace Townsend, Mila Seidler

Volleyball

Isabella Chen, Olivia Ayton, Chloe Lam, Daisy Le

Water Polo

Nicola Johnston, Sarah Middleton, Isabella Yu, Melijah Dwight, Sophie Laing

Officiating Award

Lucy Clark Gymnastics

Amelia Pratt, Harriet Shaw, Netball

Anna Ward, Eloise Wilson

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AFL

AFL Captain’s Report

What a season! 2022 was the fifth year of the Pymble AFL program. It proved to be a very popular sport once again, with nine teams in total, consisting of three Senior teams, three Intermediate teams, and three Junior teams. Although lots of fun, the weather proved to be a spanner in the works, with more than half the games being rained out. While the season was shorter than usual, this did not dull the Pymble spirit. We always had smiles and enthusiasm at training and games regardless of the weather!

This year there were ten schools participating in the Pymble competition. A big congratulations to Ravenswood, Abbotsleigh, St Catherine’s, Wenona, MLC, Brigidine, Monte Sant’ Angelo, Loreto Normanhurst, St Scholastica’s and PLC Sydney. The teams showed excellent skills and sportsmanship, and certainly tested us Pymble girls.

I loved getting to know the girls this season, and watching lots of solid teamwork and encouragement along the way. Throughout the term there was a vast improvement in kicking, handballing and general skills. During the games, the Pymble spirit was on fire, with not only girls cheering and calling for the ball, but an abundance of noise and support coming from the side of the field from our spectators.

By the end of the season, we saw five Pymble teams make it to the Grand Final on Saturday 2 April. Congratulations to Pymble 1, Pymble 2, Pymble 5, Pymble 7, and Pymble 9 for making it to the last round.

Thanks

Special thanks to Mr Garrad, for consistently doing everything he could to move games around in order for us to play! We would not have been as lucky to play at Narrabeen Sports High for three of these rounds without you! Thank you to our coaches for your hard work, patience and motivation this year, it made the season so enjoyable and worthwhile.

I would like to extend my thanks to the players, parents, friends, families and umpires for their support and constant appearance at each of our games.

There is a strong, inclusive and positive culture around Pymble AFL with it now being one of Pymble’s biggest sports. I hold very fond memories of my time as a Pymble AFL player, and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.

AFL Awards

Year 12

Red

Rianna Bhat, Amelia Browning, Ciara Gibson, Freya Gordon, Isobel Gosper, Chloe Hanlan, Claudia Johnston, Georgina Maher, Eliza Nelson, Ruby Nicholas, Camilla Reynolds, Amelie Riley, Nea Shingler, Georgia Spanswick, Zara Tullipan, Laura Wilson

Year 11

Red

Philippa Begg, Phoebe Mason, Natasha Newham, Lily Race

Year 8

Red

Sophie Ballantyne, Caitlyn Bilney, Sophia Darbar, Rose Kirkby, Abigail McKinnon, Lucy McLean, Siena Pascoe, Elke Payne, Isabelle Short, Zara Simpson, Dasha Stusenko, Zara Tang, Charlotte Tidemann, Olianna Tighe, Yve Willmott, Elizabeth Yates

AFL Representatives

igsa Representatives

Freya Gordon, Eliza Nelson, Ruby Nicholas, Zara Tullipan

CIS Representatives

Tessa Newitt, Emily Visser

AFL

AFL Results

Pymble 1 Runners Up (Open Girls Division 1)

Philippa Begg, Rianna Bhat, Amelia Browning, Ciara Gibson, Asha Goddard, Freya Gordon, Isobel Gosper, Chloe Hanlan, Claudia Johnston, Georgina Maher, Phoebe Mason, Eliza Nelson, Natasha Newham, Ruby Nicholas, Lily Race, Aneeka Reilly, Amelie Riley, Camilla Reynolds, Nea Shingler, Georgia Spanswick, Zara Tullipan, Laura Wilson

Pymble 2 Champions (Open Girls Division 2)

Abigail Ballhausen, Milla Black, Amarley Bron, Jemima Burney, Kaitlyn Chan, Isabelle Francis, Matilda Geddes, Alice Hillsdon, Amelia Hinrichsen, Samantha Lever, Sophia Lupton, Aimee Ng, Kristina Pilkington, Lucy Robertson, Emma Saunders, Amelia Sim, Rachel Sullivan, Sophie van Kerkwijk, Phoebe Vowels, Saskia Willoughby-Winlaw

Pymble 3

Amelia Barr, Sophie Byrne, Scarlet Czyniewski, Elise Djerrkura, Caitlin Hissey, Isabella Jelley, Olivia Kowal, Laura Legovich, Tilly Martyn, Georgia McDonagh, Charlotte Morris, Olivia Ogg, Ava Olesen, Zoe Orr, Genevieve Osborne, Olivia Radford, Harriet Shaw, Zoe Tallentire, Ava Yates

Pymble 4

Briana Armstrong, Sarah Baker, Tully Black, Alessandra Braysich, Hannah Ford, Juliette Harris, Aimi Jenkin, Madeline Lawson, Louise Lovell, Sarah Lovell, Jacinta Martin, Tessa Newitt, Meredith Reynolds, Kate Thorpe, Emily Visser, Yvette Volk, Tiana Walsh, Lucy Yates

Senior Firsts

Pymble 5

Annabel Charnock, Sally Cooper, Mary Cottrell, Ines Danziger, Sarah Glenn, Lily Jones, Allyana Levy, Sophie Livingstone, Lydia Martin, Harriet McLean, Lucy Miller, Madeleine Raymond, Arabella Smithyman, Ava Thomson

Pymble 6

Adelia Arslan, Mia Chambers, Giselle Garey, Lucy Jackson, Dezi Magann-Jones, Maddie Morris, Lily Stallan, Isabella Stalley, Bella Walker, Lisa Wang, Anna Ward, Lucinda Woodfield

Pymble 7

Sophie Ballantyne, Caitlyn Bilney, Sophia Darbar, Rose Kirkby, Abigail McKinnon, Lucy McLean, Siena Pascoe, Elke Payne, Isabelle Short, Zara Simpson, Dasha Stusenko, Zara Tang, Charlotte Tidemann, Olianna Tighe, Yve Willmott, Elizabeth Yates

Pymble 8

Chloe Browning, Emelia Caulfield, Elizabeth Collins, Holly Graham, Jemima Groves-Berry, Matilda Harrison, Matilda Hawkins, Bonnie Hebblewhite, Lily Mancey, Zara Pattinson, Emma Pattison, Phoebe Pockley, Sophie Rigg, Jaidey Samuelsson, Amelia Watson

Pymble 9

Emily Bartrop, Raeya Bhat, Amelia Bicego, Charlotte Blaiklock, Laura Chappell, Evie Farr, Isabel Grant, Annabelle Johnston, Skye MacLeod, Annabelle Nosworthy, Ellie Pointon, Lucy Simpson, Eloise Stewart, Zahra Warden, Arin Yoon, Jacquelyn Zhu

Intermediate Firsts

Junior Firsts