From the Director of Community Engagement and Advancement

Upcoming Term 4 Events

Welcome to Week 2 of the final term of 2022. As always, Term 4 is a busy time at Pymble, with plenty on the horizon in our event calendar. From Christmas events and speech days, to awards nights and the Festival of Speech, we are well and truly in the swing of it leading up to the end of the year. To check out our full calendar of events, please click here.

‘Speaking of teens: Holding onto love’ : links for further information

We are grateful to have hosted Speaking of teens: Holding onto love last Wednesday evening, and for the time and effort of the panellists as well as the attendance of our parent community. For those that missed our forum event last Wednesday evening, we recorded the event to share with the community. This will be available until next Tuesday October 25.

Additionally, if you would like to learn more about our panellists, access discounts and links to their publications and see a summary of the content from the forum, the program can also be viewed here.

Feedback – We want to hear what you think about our technology assets

The Community Engagement team is always keen for an opportunity to hear feedback from our Pymble family. Last term’s focus groups gave us a real insight into our community’s needs. Similarly, in last week’s newsletter we offered the community the opportunity to participate in a short survey.

The knowledge we have accumulated from these initiatives has been invaluable for our team in planning events and tweaking communication pathways, thus we have planned further avenues for parent feedback.

In Week 4 this term, we are looking to hold another set of focus groups, this time directed at the technology processes we use to communicate with our community. If you would like to participate in this series of sessions, please contact communityengagement@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au

Events recap and what’s to come

There has been much to celebrate in the first two weeks of Term 4. Last week, we celebrated the new 2023 Year 12s at the Year 12 Leadership Induction Ceremony with our new Prefects receiving their badges. This coming weekend, we welcome 27 igsa schools to our campus for the Festival of Speech, with Community Engagement providing event support to our Language and Arts department. It’s always an honour to showcase our beautiful grounds and our remarkable students in co-curricular activities, and this once-in-a-generation opportunity to hold the festival is shaping up to be a winner.

And tomorrow, we gather together as a full staff team, with the Pymble Parent Association (PPA) hosting the Annual Staff Appreciation Lunch. As we head into summer and the slew of exciting Christmas events to follow, we will savour the opportunity to enjoy a delicious lunch together with all the all the Pymble departments. We’ll see you there!

New Parent Leaders

A big thank you to everyone who took time out of their busy schedule to attend the Pymble Parent Association (PPA) meeting on Monday night. It was fantastic to see so many familiar faces – as well as new ones – in attendance.

The new parent leaders for 2023 were also announced on the night; I can’t wait to work with you and see the impact you have on the College over the coming year. Please click here to see the full list of new parent leaders.

Lastly, I would like to thank Brigid Robson for all her hard work and dedication in her position as PPA President over the last few years. Brigid is stepping down as President, however will still continue to play a vital role in the functioning and success of the PPA moving forward. Click here to read Brigid’s speech from Monday night.