From the Director of Community Engagement

Return to Campus guide

Please keep an eye out for our back-to-school newsletter the week before school goes back for the full Return to Campus Guide and information you need to know as we enter Term 4 and transition back for campus.

College Shop open for Term 4

Parents and carers can order online for their daughter’s Term 4 uniform needs via the College Shop. Orders received by 5.00pm Thursday 30 September will be available for collection on Friday 1 October from 11.00am to 1.00pm from the Centenary car park (drive through). If anyone needs help with sizing, please email collegeshop@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au to organise an online appointment with our College Shop team.

Pymble Fact of the Week

We made it! Our girls (and their parents and carers), have done us proud this term, successfully managing online learning during lockdown. We hope you enjoy some much-needed rest and time in the great outdoors.

The last day of school for 1951 leavers is a similar story, as these images show their immense joy at reaching this milestone. If you look closely at their uniform, you’ll notice the familiar blackwatch tartan is missing. For a few years post-war, in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the summer uniform was a blue seersucker dress with red buttons and piping, worn with red socks. The change in uniform was due to post-war shortages in sourcing the traditional tartan.

Nancy Page (Croll 1929) attended *Pymble* between 1923 and 1929. The Heritage Archives has preserved her photo album which has wonderful images of her days at *Pymble*. This photo of the girls heading to the station is titled: ‘*Home for the holidays*‘.

Boarder Nancy with her father on her last day at *Pymble*

Event update

There are no current event updates, however, we will let you know once we are able to provide more information. While students will return to campus from 25 October, unfortunately it is unlikely we will be able to host any Term 4 events on campus. We will of course continue to develop online opportunities to engage the community.

**We heart our Pymble Dads**

The Dads and Daughters Zoom will honour the incredibly important relationships between dads and their daughters. The interactive event will take place across two dates:

6.30pm on Monday 11 October for Kindergarten to Year 6

and

7.00pm on Wednesday 13 October for Years 7 to 12.

Presented by Dr Arne Rubinstein, discussions will be around how you can best support your daughter as they grow from little girls who still hold your hand when crossing the road, to young women preparing to journey out into the world. Dr Rubinstein will share five key parenting strategies for our Pymble Dads and their daughters.