Pymble Exchange Program

It has been exciting for our Year 10 students to participate in Pymble’s Exchange Program for the first time in three years! Four Pymble students flew to the UK and in return we welcomed eight students from France and Italy. The Exchange Program will continue for the remainder of the school year with students joining us at Pymble from Japan, South Africa, England, Scotland, Argentina, New Zealand, France and Italy and our girls visiting these countries in return. 
 
Last term, Upper School celebrated our French and Italian Exchange Students with a morning tea. It has been lovely having all eight of them on campus and we have loved hearing how school here at Pymble differs to their schooling at home.
 
We have also loved hearing from our exchange students in England and they share a few memories and photos below:

Lara 

We have had a half-term break and I spent the week in Ireland! It was beautiful, and I had so much fun. I never thought I would ever take a ferry over to Dublin, Ireland. I did so many fun activities such as a hawk walk, afternoon tea in the castle, dinner on the beach and so much more.  I am currently writing this in business studies class which I have found very interesting. Taking different subjects has given me a better idea of what subjects I might be choosing for Senior School.

Alannah and Tully

Over the past month, we have been on exchange in England experiencing the life of an English student. We have recently enjoyed a mid-term break which we are both sad has come to an end, as we greatly loved some extra holidays! During this time we both went to the Suffolk Show which is an agricultural version of the Easter show. We both were also lucky enough to travel to London for the weekend where we enjoyed sightseeing tourist attractions such as Buckingham Palace and the O2. We also braved the English sea, going for a swim at the local beach, Felixstowe, with some of our friends to celebrate the beginning of half term. Alanah also got the opportunity to travel up north to the Lakes District where she enjoyed some lovely warm weather and sunshine. She was able to go canoeing on the lake and wild swimming in the mountains! On the way back from the Lakes District she also was able to stop at Woolsthorpe Manor where she saw the house Isaac Newton grew up in as well as the famous apple tree!