Term 4 2019

Let’s make this the best term of the year!

We are on the home stretch! The term will feel as though it’s over before it’s begun so do try and make the most of what is on offer (and there is plenty on offer!) We’ve listened to what you wanted and would like to make the most of the sunshine with lots of outdoor activities planned. There are some longer days on offer (it’s a long way to the beach and we know you won’t want to go home) but there are also plenty of shorter activities if you feel like a smaller commitment. The term kicks off with your last chance to help pull your House over the line to win the hotly contested Angus Cup on Sunday 20 October. We also have Garden Party 2.0 on Saturday 9 November, so mark the date in your diary now. Boarders Get Baking continues to be a popular component of our Live It program. Don’t forget to bring in your favourite recipes to prepare with your friends. And, sign up soon to secure your spot on the after-hours tour of Williams Sonoma. This term we are also including the very popular Sunday night yoga session as a regular feature. Commencing at 7.00pm each Sunday. Meet in Goodlet House. Everyone is welcome. Namaste! We plan on celebrating the term in Boarder style with a fabulous Christmas party on Monday 2 December. Make sure you let your families and your BFFs know – they are invited too! And don’t forget, we are so happy to help you build your own adventure. Get together with a group of friends and put together a proposal, whether it is a night out at a favourite restaurant, a trip to a local market or an inner-city expedition. Get your ideas down on paper, suggest a date and we will do our best to make it happen.

Woohoo!

Plan ahead Use the table below to make sure you can squeeze in all your favourite activities.

WEEKEND FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY

18 to 20 October

Lockdown and Evacuation Drill Boarders Get

Baking

Twilight Concert in Wahroonga Park

featuring ABBAlanche!

Community Afternoon 1.00pm Yoga at 7.00pm

25 to 27 October

Boarders Get Baking

Jewellery Making Hornsby Odeon Ride Like a Girl

Going Potty Yoga at 7.00pm

1 to 3 November

Boarders Get Baking

2020 Boarders sleepover

Candle Making Year 11 Karaoke

Night

Newtown Street Art Walk

Yoga at 7.00pm

Year 9 and 10 Examination Week: 4 November to 8 November

8 to 10 November

Garden Party ‘Pre’ including Boarders Get Baking Dinner on TAS Balcony

Garden Party followed by a

Boarder Family get together

Garden Party ‘Post’ including egg and bacon rolls on the

Marden Lawn Yoga at 7.00pm

15 to 17 November

Williams-Sonoma Christmas Cooking

Class Dance Showcase

Years 6 to 8 Picnic in the Park

Dance Showcase

Learn to Surf Yoga at 7.00pm

Year 12 Assessment Week 6: 18 November to 22 November

22 to 24 November Years 10 and 11

Social

North Sydney Pool and fish and chips under the Bridge

Hawkesbury River Adventure

Yoga at 7.00pm

28 November Late night shopping – you choose the venue!

29 to 1 December House dinners in/out

- up to you! DFO Shopping

Opportunity Balmoral Beach Yoga at 7.00pm

2 December Boarders’ Christmas Party – Everyone is welcome!

KEY: Onsite – no cost. Onsite – cost to be billed to your account. Offsite – bring your Opal card, you may also want to bring a small amount of spending money. Offsite – bring your Opal card, entrance costs will be billed to your account, you may also want to bring a small amount of spending money.

Week One

Saturday 19 October: Twilight Concert in Wahroonga Park featuring ABBAlanche!

Come and join your Boarder sisters at Wahroonga Park for the annual Spring Twilight Concert. You will be entertained from 5.00pm when Countdown Explosion will hit the stage with the ultimate combination of everyone's favourite hits from the 70s, 80s and 90s. Then dust off your flares and don your platforms and get down and funky with ABBALANCHE featuring all things ABBA.

Our Loreto Normanhurst neighbours (and hopefully our Abbotsleigh friends too) will join us and Avril will organise a special picnic dinner to share.

Transport: Train Cost: Spending money

Sunday 20 October: Community Afternoon 1.00pm – 5.00pm Community Days are special times in our Boarding calendar where all Boarders are required to be in attendance. This is going to be a short one but a good one as the Houses battle it out to gain the edge for the hotly contested Angus Cup. Who will be triumphant? Follow it up with a session of Yoga starting at 7.00pm!

Week Two Saturday 26 October: Jewellery Making Discover the creative possibilities of polymer clay and be guided by Boarding staff to create your own personalised jewellery. This fun and relaxing activity will take place in the afternoon at the back of Joan Hammond House.

Saturday 26 October: Ride Like a Girl – Hornsby Odeon This movie recounts the life of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup. The story ensures laughter, tears, joy and bewilderment. There is great casting in Sam Neill as Michelle's father, Paddy Payne. Teresa Palmer as Michelle Payne does not disappoint, and Stevie Payne is perfectly cast as his fabulous self. Many well-known Australian faces in the supporting cast add to the strength of this brilliant story. You bring the tissues and we will invite the Abbotsleigh and Normanhurst girls for a fun girls’ night out.

Transport: Train Cost: $12

Sunday 27 October: Going Potty again!

Back by popular demand! It doesn't matter if you are artistic or not, young or old, ceramic painting is a fun, social and therapeutic way to spend an hour or so! The ladies from Jenny’s Pots in Avalon will be joining us this Sunday afternoon with a selection of pieces for you to paint. All you have to do is decide which piece you would like and away you go. All the materials you will need will be provided. Jenny’s Pots will then glaze and fire your finished piece to make beautiful Christmas presents for loved ones. Transport: Onsite Cost: $20

Week Three

Friday 1 November: Welcome to our new Year 7 Boarders for 2020! Come and meet the girls who will be joining us next year as our new Year 7s. They will be relying on you to make them feel welcome and to show them around. There will be a treasure hunt around the College and a swim before a barbecue dinner.

Saturday 2 November: Candle Making – Move over Glasshouse! Enjoy an afternoon with our master candle makers, Isabel and Eloise Wilson, and honorary Boarder, Matilda Geddes, to make beautiful scented candles. Keep one for yourself and make others for sale at our Garden Party (remember Boarding Scholarship fund!)

Saturday 2 November: Year 11 Karaoke at Strike Bowling Chatswood

Channel your inner Beyoncé (or Rachel Barry) and enjoy an evening of belting out a tune or two at Chatswood. Grace of Goodlet will lead this fun outing and will be on the lookout for our next diva.

Transport: Train Cost: $10 to $20 (Dependent on numbers)

Sunday 3 November: Newtown Street Art Walk

Specially designed to pique the interest of our Year 11 Boarders (while Years 9 and 10 study ☹),

Newtown on the western fringe of the CBD, is ground central of Sydney’s mural art scene. Today you will enjoy a half day self-guided tour of the area. Taking in art, burgers, good coffee and great cakes this walk can be completed in an hour if you don’t mind ignoring all the food suggestions or punishing your digestion!

Transport: Pymble bus Cost: Spending money

Week Four

Friday 8 November: Garden Party ‘Pre’ including Boarders Get Baking Show off your Live It skills as we get baking for the Garden Party. We are aiming for 300 stunning cupcakes to add to our Boarders’ Stall offerings and we need all hands on deck, including mums and dads! But it’s not all hard work, we will finish the evening with pizza on the TAS balcony as we bring together our mighty Boarding community.

Saturday 9 November: Garden Party Fire up the barbecue and turn on the orange press, the Boarders are here and ready to show what we know about running a stall! Donate an hour (or more) of your time and enjoy the beautiful spirit that surrounds our special stall on our special day. And, when everyone else goes home, get ready to party with our Boarder families with a lamb on the spit and some quiet conversation under the stars on the Marden Lawn.

Sunday 10 November: Garden Party ‘Post’ including egg and bacon rolls on Marden Lawn The celebration continues from 9.00am on Marden Lawn where breakfast will be served. Please encourage your families to join us before they head back home.

Week Five Friday 15 November: Williams-Sonoma Christmas Cooking Class Enjoy your own private session at this USA home emporium institution. Starting at 4.00pm you will be inspired with ideas for Christmas baking including biscuit decoration, gingerbread and cake baking tips. A light afternoon tea will be served including Williams-Sonoma’s famous hot chocolate and a slice of their delicious gingerbread quick bread. Of course, there is a goodie bag complete with some of the world-famous Peppermint Bark!

Transport: Train

Cost: $25

Friday 15 November and Saturday 16 November: Dance Showcase Support your fellow Boarders and make the trek over to the GMCPA to enjoy a night set to rival So You Think You Can Dance!

Sunday 17 November: Surfing

Due to popular demand! Head off on the Pymble bus and come back a changed young woman! Learn the (almost) uniquely Australian sport of catching a wave in this one-day course at one of our best beaches.

Transport: Pymble Bus Cost: TBC

Week Six

Friday 22 November: As promised – Boarders’ Social Years 10 and 12 Celebrate the end of exams and the last day of assessment week for Year 12. Join us and some of our Boarding neighbours for a night of fun, dancing and celebration of all things Boarding.

Saturday 23 November: North Sydney Pool and fish and chips under the Bridge

Here by popular request (and to entertain our National Exchange visitors!) enjoy a swim with the best view in town. The Olympic Pool is a swimming and exercise complex located adjacent to Sydney Harbour at Milsons Point in North Sydney between the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Luna Park. The pool has a rich heritage including 86 world records being set at the pool by such swimming greats as Jon and Ilsa Konrads, Lorraine Crapp, Shane Gould and Michelle Ford. See if you can break a record! Back it all up with an early dinner of fish and chips under the Bridge!

Transport: Train Cost: Train fare (bring your Opal Card) and spending money

Sunday 24 November: Hawkesbury River Adventure and Boarders’ picnic

Surrounded by National Parks and dotted with secluded river communities, the Hawkesbury River is navigable for more than 100km with 1100km of foreshore fringe. Enjoy this specially designed adventure where you will explore historic Brooklyn, enjoy a picnic and catch the ferry across to Dangar Island for ice cream, all in the company of some of our Boarding neighbours.

Transport: Train and ferry Cost: Train fare (bring your Opal Card) and spending money

Week Seven

Thursday 28 November: Boarders’ Shopping night – you choose where!

Pop on the train and head off to Chatswood to wrap up your Christmas shopping. Enjoy the spoils of Chatswood Chase and/or Westfield and maybe even take a photo with Santa.

Transport: Train Cost: Train fare (bring your Opal Card) and spending money

Friday 29 November: Year group dinners – in/out – up to you! Take the opportunity to suggest a year or maybe even a House group outing. We will be guided by you; just tell us where, what and when.

Saturday 31 November: DFO Shopping Trip And just in case you missed out on Thursday, or even if you didn’t! Offering more than 120 stores, Direct Factory Outlet is a shoppers’ paradise with up to 70 per cent off major brands including Polo Ralph Lauren, Converse, Bonds and Cotton On, just to name and few.

Transport: College vehicle Cost: Spending money

Sunday 1 December: Balmoral Beach Enjoy a day at one of Sydney’s cleanest, most idyllic Harbour beaches. Find a shady spot and lap up the gorgeous scenery and watch the passing parade. If it gets too hot take a dip in the netted swimming area or treat yourself to an ice cream at the local café. Don’t forget the sun cream!

Transport: College vehicle Cost: Spending money

Week Eight Monday 2 December: Boarders’ Chapel and Christmas Party Let’s celebrate a fabulous year with a fabulous Christmas party! Join all your Boarding sisters, Pymble Staff and hopefully as many family members and BFFs as possible to bid a fond farewell to Boarding for 2019. Enjoy the Kris Kringle, make sure you pop into the photo booth and try out the karaoke machine (if Mrs Burgess has her way). Most importantly, congratulate yourself on a great year.

And for something a bit different…

Prefect Supper Club – Lang House The Prefect Supper Club is a great opportunity for our youngest and oldest Boarders to get together and meet our new prefects in an evening of relaxed conversation, friendly advice and, of course, a delicious supper. Dates coming your way soon!

View from my Window and Speaker Series ‘View from my window’ continues to be a highlight in our Chapel services. During this special time, individual Boarders take the opportunity to share stories and images from their homes. The presentations are captivating and heart-warming, helping us all appreciate the variety of backgrounds from which we come and the experiences that we bring to Boarding. Hopefully some of our Boarders’ relatives might also share their stories and enrich our understanding of the diverse community in which we live.

Every week Fridays Boarders get baking Deliberately designed by our very own ‘Domestic Goddess’ Mrs Wiedemann to blend our Live it and Love it programs and have you turning out delicious baked goods each Friday afternoon. Enjoy the opportunity to contribute to the Boarders’ stall at the Garden Party and take the time to bake some special edible Christmas gifts to take home. This term we’ve also built in a special behind the scenes tour of the Williams-Sonoma store decked out in full Christmas splendour.

Sundays Yoga What better way to start a new week than to totally chill out with Sunday night yoga? Led by our amazing instructor, Laurin, and starting at 7.00pm each Sunday, all you need is some comfy clothing and a water bottle. Meet at Goodlet House.

And over to you…

Build your own adventure Get together with a group of friends and put together a proposal for your adventure. Whether it is a night out at a favourite restaurant, a trip to a local market or an inner-city expedition. Get your ideas down on paper, suggest a date and we will our best to make it happen.

Organise a sleepover We would love you to invite a friend from the Day School to stay over on a Friday or Saturday night. Propose some dates to your House Supervisor and make it happen!

Or better still… Invite up to five of your friends from the Day School for a pizza and movie night. Once again, propose some dates to your House Supervisor and make it happen!

And if, after all that fun, you feel you need a little fitness…

FITNESS CENTRE SESSIONS

DAY TIME AREA INSTRUCTOR

Monday 6.30pm to 8.30pm Fitness Centre Rachel Maenpaa

Wednesday 6.30pm to 8.30pm Fitness Centre Rachel Maenpaa

Thursday 6.30pm to 8.30pm Fitness Centre Rachel Maenpaa

Sunday 3.00pm to 6.00pm Fitness Centre Rachel Maenpaa

And then, if you need to cool off…

POOL TIMES

DAY TIME AREA INSTRUCTOR

Monday 6.30pm to 8.45pm Pool Ben Lenhen

Wednesday 6.30pm to 8.45pm Pool Ben Lenhen

Sunday 3.00pm to 6.00pm Pool Ben Lenhen

Why not take our bikes out for a spin around the College grounds? Please don’t forget to sign out of your House before going for a bike ride. You must wear a helmet. Please note: Boarders are not permitted to visit the Agriculture plot without adult supervision.

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