Sessions are held in the Kate Mason Senior Centre Building – Monday to Thursday, 3.30pm to 6.30pm and Sunday in the Conde Library, 10.30am to 3.30pm. A detailed schedule (rooming) and registration link is available via the After Hours Study Program website: https:// sites.google.com/pymblelc.nsw.edu.au/ afterhoursstudyprogram/home
Study Camps (Year 12) Throughout 2021, Year 12 is offered the opportunity to attend a structured study (nonresidential) camp during the winter and spring holiday breaks. Dates for 2021 Study Camp • Winter Holidays: Monday 21 June to Friday 25 June • Spring Holidays: Monday 20 September to Friday 24 September Further details will be available closer to the start of the camps. For further information on Senior School study programs, please contact Mrs Olsen (Head of Extended Learning) jolsen@pymblelc.nsw.edu.au.
Meal options Breakfast on the Go Breakfast on the Go is a daily service offering students from Years 5 to 12 a small range of economic and nutritious breakfast choices. The service operates from 7.00am to 8.00am daily from the Pymble Food Van. Breakfast on the Go is ideal for students involved in early morning co-curricular activities or for those girls who arrive early at the College from time to time. It is designed to support students to be punctual to class after co-curricular activities, to provide nourishment to avoid mid-morning energy slumps and to reduce congestion at the local shops in the morning. Luncheon Packages – Years 3 to 12 students A limited number of Luncheon Packages are available for day students in Junior School and Secondary School. Students on Luncheon Packages receive a daily meal served by the
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kitchen. Registration for this service opens in January and closes within 72 hours of the link going live on the Portal. Jacaranda Café The Jacaranda Café is open before school, offering varied breakfast, morning tea and lunch options. During school hours, this café offers a range of light meals, sandwiches, snacks and beverages for senior school students and staff.
SENIOR SCHOOL PROGRAMS “There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots, the other, wings.” – Hodding Carter The above quotation effectively captures the challenges and opportunities presented to the girls in the Senior School. While continuing to develop the strong sense of community and joy of learning that have been established in the Middle and Upper Schools, Senior School students are also preparing to leave the College and ‘fly’ in their post-school lives. As such, these final years of school are an exciting time of growth, trial and reward. Through their involvement in College life, the young women of the Senior School develop greater responsibility, self-discipline, self-awareness and independent decision-making skills. These capacities are fostered in the Senior School Centre – Kate Mason Building, as the students and staff embrace the possibilities and opportunities presented in the flexible learning spaces and state-of-the-art technologies. Senior School students are provided with a range of experiences which challenge them and enhance their academic, physical, social and emotional development. These experiences are developed through the vast choices of academic courses, co-curricular activities, such as sport, performing arts, community service, and the Connect program. Leadership roles for Senior School students are available in all of these activities. In these roles, students are encouraged to make a difference as responsible, compassionate and effective young leaders of their peers and the College.
