From the Director of Community Engagement and Advancement

Upcoming Events – On the home stretch

Another term is almost complete, and we’re looking forward to catching up with Pymble families at the last remaining celebrations as 2022 draws to a close. We have our annual College Christmas celebration and speech days still to come. For more details, click here to view the Semester 2 calendar.

Year 6 Parent Cocktail Evening

This evening, parents of our outgoing Year 6 girls will gather for a well-deserved celebration on Marden Lawn as their daughters enjoy their final silent disco. This event promises to be a calendar highlight and we would like to thank all the parents that have purchased tickets and contributed to the evening. Before long, we will be welcoming these girls and their parents and carers into Middle School for the beginning of a new journey through their secondary years. Congratulations to all on the completion of Junior School and we hope you have a fantastic evening!

The Magazine 2021

We have just had delivery of The Magazine 2021, written by students at Pymble to reflect the year that was. The yearly magazine provides an overview of the events, activities and achievements of girls from Kindergarten to Year 12. The printed version will be available from Monday at each school office. Please encourage your daughter/s to collect a copy before the end of term. A digital version is also available by clicking here.

Speech Days | RSVP

The final events for 2022 are fast approaching with both the Junior School and Secondary School Speech Days taking place on Friday 2 December. If you would like to RSVP, please click here for Junior school or click here for Secondary School.

Pymble Christmas Celebration – this Sunday

This Sunday marks the Pymble Christmas Celebration, Chapel Service and Christmas Carols. Gates open from 5.00pm, with entertainment by the College Jazz Ensembles starting at 5.30pm and the Carol Service in the War Memorial Chapel beginning at 6.30pm (including a live audio feed to Gloucester Lawn). The Pymble Parent Association is putting on a barbecue for attendees, however guests are also welcome to bring their own picnic. We invite the entire Pymble community to join us as we bring in the festive season and welcome a very jolly guest with a red suit and white beard to the College.

Looking forward to future events – cultural celebrations

We are always looking forward to future events at Pymble and 2023 is just around the corner. The recent Community Engagement event survey results and focus groups showed enthusiastic support for more cultural events, and following this we are excited to offer an event for all Pymble families celebrating the Dragonboat Festival in June 2023.

The event, also known as the Duanwu Festival and based on the writings of Chinese poet and politician Qu Yuan who died in the Miluo River in 278 BC, is celebrated throughout Asia with dragonboat races, delicious cuisines and a range of festive activities.

We warmly invite the entire College community (siblings included) to celebrate our cultural diversity on 22 June 2023 at King Dynasty Restaurant, Chatswood with a banquet feast and plenty of activities for kids. Please complete the expression of interest form here so we can gauge potential numbers for this event.

In 2024, we will be holding a similar cultural event, however this time celebrating Diwali. While we would like to include an all-parent cultural celebration for every culture every year, our busy school calendar means that we will select a different cultural event each year to complement our existing celebrations like our yearly College Christmas Carols and other student-based cultural events during the year.