Language Arts
Festival of Speech
Congratulations! We did it! What a fun festival. A wonderful Friday evening and Saturday was had by all. Congratulations to the whole Festival team of competitors, coaches, student volunteers, student bakers and all those who were the wind beneath our wings. We were so well supported by our parent body, Chartwells our caterers and many Pymble staff. A massive thank you to all.
The Competitors
Drama
Sophia Thurkettle, Lily Hearne, Bella Walker, Ava Thomas and Gigi Spiller. Congratulations on your second placing.
Public Speaking
Jenny Xu and Joy Ye
Poetry
Lauren Korenblyum and Tilly Morgan. Special congratulations on your respective fourth and second placings.
Readings
Alyssa Yee and Evelyn Zhu. Congratulations on your fourth placing Evelyn.
Junior Debating
Sophie Chang, Ella Liu, Maya Garg and Amy Zhang.
Senior Debating
BP Parliamentary Debate in true British style Christine Hir, Angie Wang, Izzy Cameron and Jessie Xie – Congratulations on making it to the semi finals.
Current Affairs
Chelsea Shi, Emma Parsons and Mulan Xu.
Religious and Ethical questions
Hanna Cheung, Caitlyn Tan and Melody Kim.
Improvisations
Murphy Scott, Giann Jackson, Finn Saghaie and Olivia Clifford!
Soapbox
Piper Markson. Congratulations on your commendation.
Pymble placed 5th in the Junior Section, 5th in the Senior Section and 5th overall. A very solid result. Well done!
Congratulations to our parent team who raised close to $5 000.
Here are some of the lovely comments that have flooded in:
“Thank you for a fantastic 2 days of competition. Your hard work in organizing is very much appreciated. My step count went through the roof going all over the Pymble campus to the various events! The students thoroughly enjoyed participating and did themselves proud.”
“Thank you so much for the amazing Festival of Speech.”
“I can only imagine the amount of work that this festival involved – thank you for your efforts and hard work!”
“Your parent teams were fantastic – and so welcoming to us – they were excellent.”
“The team of students who guided us around your beautiful grounds and showed us the way to the various events were gracious, efficient and kind!”
“It really was an incredible achievement – it is a major event and I really appreciate your efforts to bring it to fruition.”
“Thanks so much for a great festival!”
Legacy State Final
Congratulations to Jenny Xu who represented Pymble so ably in the Grand Final of the Legacy Public Speaking Competition. Jenny performed strongly in both Prepared and Impromptu sections. Thanks to Emily Abadee and Joy Yee, our LA Captain of Public Speaking, who accompanied her on the day and to Jenny’s father who drove us in to the NSW Art Gallery Venue, early on a wet morning. We will be back!
International Debating
CCSA has sent registrations and timing details to IDC participants. The season will commence tomorrow. We have ten teams registered for the International Debating Championship. Good luck to all. Topic Areas are
Round 1: Economics
Round 2: Law and Justice
Round 3: Social Issues
Round 4: Hypothetical (The topics in round 4 will be formatted as “That we would prefer a world…eg: “That we would prefer a world where individuals could selectively erase their memories”)
Mediation
Congratulations to our Mediators who will compete in the Grand Final in November.
UN Voice of Youth
Thank you to the girls who crafted, edited and delivered impressive speeches today. Results to follow.
Debating Auditions
Debating Auditions will be held tomorrow for new to Pymble, 2023 Year 7 girls. Notes have been sent via CCSA. Other dates to be released soon.
New girls in other years will be auditioned in the first weeks of Term 1 next year.
Mrs Bronwyn Hubbard