From the Junior School

From our Head of Junior School

Welcome to Term 4! I am delighted to welcome Crystal (Year 2), Sissi (Year 4) and Evelyn (Year 6) to our Junior School family this term and extend a warm welcome to their families. It always makes me proud when I see how our girls reach out with kindness to new members to our Junior School family and help them feel connected and settled.

This term, our focus is on leaving a trail of kindness wherever we go, and as you now all know, we are hoping to travel far on our kindness mission with a ‘walk’ to the moon by Friday 11 November. Please help us and support your daughter as she walks, swims, dances, hops, bounces, runs or skips her way through the next month as part of our community mission to stretch our kindness message all the way to the moon! Please click here to see a link to the journal your daughter will be bringing home on Friday to record her kilometres travelled. Archie has promised to do his bit to help us on our mission!

The girls have come back hungry for learning, and already this week I’ve had the honour of sharing French lessons with Year 6 where I learnt lots of new vocabulary through a fun quick draw game and been on a spice discovery trail with Year 3. Year 1 have begun to investigate the features of living things and their environments, starting off by examining seeds using magnifying glasses. Kindergarten enjoyed exploring different materials and talking about the different textures and colours of each material. Year 4 have started to read their novel Blueback by Tim Winton and are writing persuasive letters to their teachers about why their holiday was the best!

A new baby in our Junior School

We are delighted to announce that Mrs Meyers has welcomed a second son, Maximilian (Max) Robert Bruce Meyers into the world on Thursday 29 September. She and Max are safely home and Max is a very much loved member of their family. We look forward to meeting him in the coming months.

Graduating Superstars

We are proud to celebrate three of our amazing teachers who enjoyed their graduation this week. Miss Charalambous, Miss Prince and Miss Trevisan all graduated from Macquarie University and we feel very honoured they have chosen Pymble as their home.

Congratulations

A huge congratulations to Charlotte and Ines Wang (Year 1) who showed courage and kindness in completing the Blackmores 10km run over the holidays. The girls ran to raise money to support the care of premature babies as they were themselves born prematurely. I love how they are giving back to those who helped them and raising awareness with their efforts. We are so proud of them both.

Congratulations to Tiffany Ma (Year 2) who recently competed in a dance competition and was awarded third place in a highly competitive field. We know Tiffany works hard to hone her skills and her dedication to her sport is something we are very proud to celebrate.

Lastly, a big congratulations to the following 31 girls on their fantastic results in their recent AMEB Exam.

Click here to download the full list of students and their results.

Matilda the Musical

Pymble Ladies’ College will soon be filled by the smell of rebellion, when Year 6 2022 presents Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical JR. Based on the beloved book and adapted from the award-winning full-length musical, Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical JR. tells the story of an extraordinary little girl who dares to take a stand and change her own destiny.

Despite Matilda’s astonishing wit, intelligence and psychokinetic powers, her disinterested parents find her to be a nuisance and a bore. When Matilda enters her first term at school, she captures the attention of Miss Honey, a shy but kind teacher, and the two form a wonderful friendship. Unfortunately, the school is ruled by a mean and tempestuous headmistress named Miss Trunchbull, who hates children and delivers cruel and unjust punishments to all her charges. Matilda is determined to change her story, but will her cleverness and courage be enough to withstand the reign of the Trunchbull?

Join Year 6 2022 on Tuesday 25 and Wednesday 26 October, as each class brings their section of the story to life in an all inclusive production. Tickets on sale now! Click here to purchase.

Our girls will truly prove Matilda’s words that “even if you’re little, you can do a lot”.

First week back in pictures

From the Junior School Parent Group

Welcome to Term 4 from the Junior School Parent Group (JSPG)! We hope you had a happy and restful holiday break. Please join us on Thursday 3 November from 8.45am to 9.45am in the Junior School Library for the final JSPG meeting of the year.

Our guest speakers include Mrs Brigid Robson and Mrs Sunny Hres, President and Vice President of the PPA. Mrs Kate Brown will provide us with an end of year update and Mrs Nerissa Davey and some of our Year 6 students will be speaking on student voice.

We would love if you could come join us in person for the meeting. Please note the meeting will be recorded for those you cannot make it.

Elizabeth Toh, Aimee Birch, Stephanie Pickford and Kai Joines

JSPG Leaders

News from Out of School Hours Care (OSHC)

We had a fantastic holiday program over the last school holidays! Highlights including our favourite maker day with Mary, and our very own gardening incursion with Sarah, the College’s Lead Horticulturist. To see some photos from our Holiday Programs, please click here.

For our feedback and framework Padlet, please click here.

For more information on how to book a place, please click here or contact us via email at oshcadmin@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au

Reminders from the Administration Office

AFTERNOON TRAVEL CHANGES

Please email juniorschool@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au to advise any changes to afternoon travel arrangements. Late changes should be made prior to 2.00pm to ensure messages are received by staff and students prior to the girls end of formal day routines.

LOST PROPERTY

All items of uniform should be named including summer hat, play hat, uniforms, shoes, sneakers, socks, lunch box and drink bottle. Lost items can be readily returned if it they are labelled.

Winter should have your daughter’s name written in white pen inside the crown of the hat. If there is a circular label inside the hat, don’t use this as it is inclined to come loose.

Please be aware that unnamed items will only be held at each Junior School Administration Office for two weeks.

Pymble parent association (ppa) AGM agenda

The PPA Annual General Meeting will take place this Monday 17 October from 6.00pm to 7.00pm at the David McFarlane Centre.

Please find a copy of the agenda here.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Dates for your Diary

Term 4

13 October Walk for a Kinder World mission begins!

17 October Year 2 Outdoor Education Program

17 October Year 1 Science Incursion

17 October PPA AGM

19 October Year 1 Outdoor Education Program

19 October Year 4 Author Visit

20 October Kindergarten Outdoor Education Program

21 October Year 2 Author Visit

25 October Year 6 Musical Performance, 7.00pm

26 October Year 6 Musical Performance, 7.00pm

27 October Year 6 Wellbeing Day

28 October Links Day

3 November JSPG Term 4 AGM

10 November Year 5 Mind, Body Spirit Day

11 November Walk for a Kinder World final day and celebration

15 November Jacaranda Day

17 November Junior School Swimming Carnival

22 November Year 6 final Chapel and celebration of learning 8.45am -11.00am

24 November Year 6 Disco

1 December Kindergarten Celebration of Learning, 9.00am

1 December Years 1 and 2 Celebration of Learning, 11.00am

2 December Years 3 to 6 Speech Day, 1.00pm