Secondary School Enrolment Update

Welcome back to all our Australian-based families who used the opportunity for a long mid-year break to travel. I hope you have returned safely ready for the second semester of 2023. For our Northern Hemisphere families who have finished their school year and are on your long summer break, I hope you have a wonderful time connecting with your children and extended family and friends until August or September. While the school year is full and busy, I find it a relief to slow down and spend casual time together with less conversations around logistics!

It was such a pleasure to meet up with our future enrolled families living in Hong Kong at our Pymble in Hong Kong event in June. We appreciate the effort you all took to meet with Dr Hadwen and to hear more about our master plan and future projects and programs. The weather was glorious and our Pymble families were so generous in connecting and chatting with new families they hadn’t yet met. The Pymble community is known for its warmth and care and it was certainly on display in Hong Kong. I can’t wait until you all join us in Sydney.

Last term we held a very special Jersey Day Commemoration service which brought back over 130 alumni boarders and families to the College. It was the 30th anniversary of the passing of three of our boarders who died tragically in an accident travelling home from Pymble in 1993. In memory of the girls and families, the Alanda Clark, Jane Gay and Prudence Papworth Boarding Scholarship was established to provide a Pymble education to rural and remote students. Forty nine students have benefited from this gift and it continues to this day. Applications for the scholarship are open now and close next month.

I can’t stress enough how valuable it is to connect with us through our social media channels to get a real understanding of the student culture at Pymble. We post unapologetically and frequently as we know our families want to see our real College. Professionally, our staff post on Pymble’s LinkedIn page, however, Instagram and Facebook are the main College social platforms. Please join us on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Our Speaking of Change podcast series that brings the voices of Pymble alumni women to the forefront with our Principal Dr Kate Hadwen. I highly recommend dipping into these short audio files. Dr Hadwen’s warm and genuine curiosity of others’ experience is evident here.

Many of you have a Kindergarten student who next month will have completed their first 100 days of school. I hope your daughter has had the best start to school and is loving the new experiences of friendships, fun and learning. Hopefully you as parents are also enjoying the community and connecting with other families and enjoying activities together. Please always feel free to keep in touch with us and share what your daughter is up to over the years before starting with us in Year 7.

While Year 7 may seem to be a long way away, before you know it will be time for your daughter to meet with our team and start her journey into Secondary School. We’ve just finished our Pymble Morning sessions for our Year 7 2025 students and early next year we will be meeting with our 2026 students.

2024 New Students Orientation

Students confirmed to commence in the Secondary School in 2024, are invited to attend the orientation events listed below scheduled to take place in Term 4 2023. Further details will be shared in August. 

Please hold the following dates in your diary: 

2024 Year 7 Students

Year 7 Boarders’ ‘Hit the Town Day’ and sleepover – Friday 27 October
Year 7 Spirit House & Assessment Day – Saturday 28 October
Years 7 Links Day – Friday 10 November (includes current Pymble Year 6 students)
Year 7 Boarders’ sleep-over – Friday 10 November

2024 Years 8, 9, 10 and 11 Students

Years 8, 9 & 10 Subject Selection Evening – Wednesday 6 September
Years 8 Links Day – Friday 10 November
Year 8 Boarders’ sleep-over – Friday 10 November
Year 9 to 11 Transition Day – Friday 3 November
Year 9 to 11 Boarders sleep-over – Friday 3 November

Year 8 to Year 11 2024 Students

Students on the waiting list for a Year 8, 9, 10 or Year 11 2024 place have been contacted and advised if we have a place. For those students, interviews are currently being arranged. Orientation for confirmed students will be held on 3 November. Details will be shared in July.

2024 and 2025 Scholarships

Pymble offers a limited number of scholarships each year across various areas of the College. All scholarship candidates must sit an examination at the College on Sunday 13 August 2023.

Registrations are now open for the following scholarships:

2024 Entry Scholarships

Performance Scholarship – Sport (Year 7 to 11 2024)

All-Rounder Scholarship (Year 7 to 11 2024)

2025 Entry Scholarships

Registrations close from 26 July 2023. Please check specific requirements and close dates for each scholarship below.

Junior Academic Scholarship (Year 7 2025)

Rosalie Ramsay Junior Academic Scholarship (internal Pymble candidates only) (Year 7 2025)

Performance Scholarship – Music (Year 7 2025) closes 26 July 2023

Senior Academic Scholarship (Year 11 2025)

Ex-Students Union Scholarship (Year 11 2025 for students of Pymble Ex-Students only)

Boarding Scholarships (Year 7 to 11 2025)

Alanda Clark, Jane Gay, Prudence Papworth Boarding Scholarship (Year 7 2025)
Boarding families, please note there has been a change to the requirements for this scholarship. Boarding applicants are no longer required to be a daughter of a primary producer; applications are welcome from all regional and rural families regardless of parent occupation.

All candidates must sit an examination at the College on 13 August 2023. If sitting the examination remotely, registration closes on 28 July 2023. If applying for a Year 7 2025 Performance Scholarship, music registrations close 26 July 2023. Please carefully check the closing dates for various scholarships.

2025 Enrolled Students

We have begun meeting and interviewing students enrolled to commence in Year 7 2025. There is always such a sense of anticipation and excitement as our Year 5 students gather at our Pymble Mornings to meet our Principal and our students. This cohort is currently at capacity and for those on the waitlist, we will be in touch as soon as a place becomes available.

Please contact Enrolments for any support you may need in the meantime.