Language Arts
Archdale Debating
Round 6 resumed this week and was held at Pymble in the Colonnades. Loreto Kirribilli visited and the topic was Gender with the results being announced later this week. Please note next week we travel by train to Monte Sant’ Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney. CCSA will send permissions.
Social Debating
Social debating classes commenced on Wednesday this term.
Model United Nations (UN)
Evatt State Finals – Congratulations to Maya Hu (Year 11) and Jessie Xie (Year 11) who made it through to the state finals of Evatt Model UN competition. They competed on Tuesday at State Parliament House with the results yet to be announced.
PMUN
PMUN has resumed for the term. Please contact Isabella Cameron (Year 12) if you’re interested in attending. We hope to see you there.
UN Negotiations Competition
The UN NSW Negotiations Competition is an international diplomacy and negotiation competition that immerses students in the role of state negotiators and encourages the finding of practical and pragmatic solutions to important geopolitical international disputes. We have three teams entering preliminary rounds this week, with the girls representing either Sudan or Ethiopia.
MUN
Mrs Hubbard would like to hear of anyone in Year 10 or 11 wishing to give a MUN competition a go. We have room for ONE more team of three. Thanks to Kur-ring-gai Rotary and Turramurra Rotary for sponsoring our teams.
Year 12 Farewell High Tea
The Language Arts’ Farewell to Year 12 High Tea was a delightful end of Term 2 event. I’d like to say a big thank you to all who attended. Thanks to our captains Alyssa Ye, Angie Wang, Christine Hur and Isabella Cameron for their organisation. We hope you enjoyed the farewell Year 12.
Legacy Public Speaking
Congratulations to Jenny Xu (Year 8) and Emily Abadee (Year 9) who have been selected to represent Pymble in the Legacy Public Speaking Competition to be held on 10 August. This will be an online heat, run at school.
UN Voice
This is a fun Term 4 challenge and open to all in Years 7-10. Please email your interest to Mrs Hubbard and Angie Wang (Year 11). Further details can be found here: https://unyouth.org.au/event/voice/voice-nsw/. We will sign you up through the school for this Term 4 competition.
Mediation
Our Mediators are through to the Quarter finals. Well done girls!
Mock Law
Congratulations to the Mock Trial team who won their trial against Normanhurst Boys’ last week.
UN Negotiations
Best wishes to Caitlyn Tan (Year 11), Hanna Cheung (Year 11), Rachel Chan (Year 10), Angelina Lee (Year 10), Yuki Wang (Year 10) and June Yoon (Year 10) as they compete in the forthcoming UN Negotiations competition.
