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PLC Sydney

Locality: Sydney, Australia

Phone: +61 2 9704 5666

Address: Meta St Croydon NSW 2132 Sydney, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.plc.nsw.edu.au

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24.01.2022 Congratulations to the 14 incredible public speakers from Years 7-11 who participated in the second COVID Classic Public Speaking Development Festival! Despite training face-to-face, at the last minute the event was held via Zoom. The adaptability of everyone involved is to be commended, not even a global pandemic can stop our public speakers from improving

24.01.2022 SENIOR SCHOOL ATHLETICS CARNIVAL: Congratulations to all students in Years 7-12 who showed great spirit, fitness and fight at the 2021 Senior Athletics Carnival! The weather was perfect and the music was flowing, not to mention Year 12 making everyone chuckle with their choice of House coloured attire. Pickard was crowned Champion House! A preliminary Athletics squad will be identified shortly to prepare for the IGSA Athletics season.... Full article in Connections bensound.com

24.01.2022 SWIMMING CARNIVAL: Year 2 excitedly cheered each other on at their Swimming Carnival last term, showcasing their amazing skills gained from the Intensive Swimming program. Everyone participated in 25m across all strokes, other swimmers shone with their ability to swim 50m and some super fish tackled the Individual Medley Well done everyone!

24.01.2022 PLC Sydney Juvenilia Project team were fortunate to meet Emeritus Prof Christine Alexander, General Editor of UNSW Juvenilia Press! Students discussed the life and work of Felicia Hemans whose early juvenile poems are the focus of this years project The Juvenilia Project is a co-curricular club offered to PLC Sydney students in Years 1011 who are highly proficient in English.

23.01.2022 A big congratulations to the seven students who were honoured with an International Blazer at assembly last Friday! International Blazers are awarded to students who are selected to represent Australia at a World Championships or Olympics whilst at school. Outstanding milestone girls Chelsey - Australian Junior Ski team for biathlon Emma - Australian Ski team for moguls Kendelle - Australian Schoolgirl U17 Hockey team... Amanda, Gwen and Bretiel - Australian Individual Debating & Public Speaking (AIDPS) team Angie - AIDPS team and Australian team for the International Science and Engineering Fair See more

23.01.2022 KEEP AUSTRALIA BEAUTIFUL AWARDS: Congratulations to PLC Sydney student Hannah who has won the 2020 Young Legends Environment Award category of the Keep Australia Beautiful NSW Sustainable Cities Awards!

23.01.2022 PLC Sydney libraries initiated a reading journey around the world last year asking the PLC Sydney school community to read books by Australian authors. This year the focus is on literature written outside Western English speaking countries, predominantly works in translation. Term 3 is dedicated to Africa! Read more https://bit.ly/2JHLDh3

22.01.2022 Wishing our incredibly resilient Year 12 students all the best as they commence their HSC Trial exams

22.01.2022 SERVICE: Learn to swim is back! No parents on campus, no worries! Gold The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award - Australia student Amelia steps in to look after our young Learn to Swim girls #plcsydney

22.01.2022 Our Year 12 farewell traditions continued today with the PLC Sydney Ex-students Union providing a beautiful luncheon for the Class of 2020! Thank you for helping these wonderful young women feel special in their final days of school #plcsydney

22.01.2022 THE HERO JOURNEY: Today we welcomed all Year 11 students who will begin Year 12 tomorrow to The Hero's Journey! With talks by Nic Newling from The Champions, PLC Sydney Careers Advisors and PLC Sydney Ex-Students it was a great way to kick start the term and Year 12 2021's journey

22.01.2022 The cast and crew have been working tirelessly behind the scenes to bring us this years major production Matilda The Musical! They have come up with an incredible modified performance that is COVID safe and we cant wait to see it This years Musical is raising funds and awareness for Little Legs Foundation a charity close to our hearts. Go check out the incredible work they do with the ultimate goal of helping find a cure for childhood brain cancer #plcsydney Des Chu and PLC Sydney Performing Arts

22.01.2022 Year 9 Visual arts students had a fantastic full day ceramics incursion inspired by acclaimed Sydney artist Stephen Bird. Spread across three Croydon studios, the girls enjoyed learning experimental processes of press molds to construct a surrealist pastiche in 3D form

21.01.2022 What a beautiful day for a Wellness Wednesday dance at Recess Stage 3 got the blood pumping with a Mexican Hat Dance involving students and a few teachers as well! The clapping and laughter echoed across the entire playground. Any guesses as to what the next Wellness Wednesday dance might be?

21.01.2022 While many sporting codes are just waking up to the power of female sport, Netball has blazed a trail of female empowerment for decades. Netball has a long history at PLC Sydney, having been introduced in the early 1920s, and has continued to thrive. Read more https://issuu.com//plc_sydney-camphora-issue11-winter20/32 #plcsydney

21.01.2022 NSW XC CHAMPS: Congratulations to our 10 athletes who competed in the NSW Cross Country Championships on the weekend! All their hard work has paid off with some wonderful results. Well done girls U12's: Eva 12th, Sienna 13th, Sophie 20th U13's: Frankie 13th U14's: Aspen 6th... U15's: Chloe 3rd U16's: Imogen 1st, Alexia 5th, Lucy 8th U17's: Emma 2nd #plcsydney Athletics NSW

20.01.2022 A snapshot of the outstanding evening of sophisticated and moving performances at Curtain Call last night What an incredible showcase of PLC Sydneys talented young women studying HSC Drama and Music

20.01.2022 YEAR 10 MORNING TEA: Year 10 marks the beginning of a students' senior years at the College and the "unofficial" start to the graduation countdown. Thank you to @plcsydneyexstudents who marked this occasion by shouting the Class of 2023 Morning Tea! Beyond our green gates, there are some 10 000 ex-students and all our current students will one day be a valued part of this extended school community, with access to a local, regional and global network of ex-students to support her wherever life takes her after school #plcsydney #community #wearefamily

20.01.2022 Congratulations to HSC T&D and D&T students on a wonderful exhibition at Adelaide Perry Gallery Our talented designers delivered such an impressive show, demonstrating a wide range of interests, creative innovation and highly developed skills

20.01.2022 Earlier this week Year 10 joined Associate Professor Adriana Verges from UNSW on Zoom as she spoke about her inspiring work as a Marine Biologist. She told the story of her career path which has combined Science and Communications so very effectively Full article in Connections. #plcsydney

19.01.2022 FROM THE FAIR CONVENORS: To all the parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and friends a huge thank you. 2021 PLC Sydney Open Day and Fair was nothing short of spectacular. The tireless efforts of each stall coordinator, the multitude of volunteers, the PLC Sydney maintenance crew, the Marcoms team, teachers and staff alike made for a successful community event. Your contributions will ensure that the PLC Sydney P & F Association will have funds to continue to support the s...chool, which in turn benefits all our gorgeous daughters. And to the 2021 Fair Committee - a special thank you, your support and hard work were remarkable. Georgie and Pauline Thank you to Des Chu for capturing the day so perfectly!

19.01.2022 PERFORMING ARTS: Our incredible Performing Arts students have been working hard throughout the year and yesterday they spent a full day recording on the AKT stage. PLC Sydney Performing Arts Department presents 2020 Through Our Eyes! A virtual performance gallery featuring fabulous performances by our talented Senior Music Ensembles, Drama items, Curtain Call performances and our Senior Dance Troupe. GOING LIVE 1320 NOVEMBER 2020. Watch this space https://www.youtube.com/playlist

18.01.2022 In response to the devastating explosion that rocked Beirut, students at PLC Sydney have arranged an Appeal for Lebanon. Full details have been emailed to our community. Thank you to our Lebanese Australian students who spoke with poise and strength as they told the story of their families and helped us to understand the terrible things that are happening in Beirut Sagesse College in Beirut. https://www.instagram.com/p/CEIbEFXnYia/?igshid=z6z96utr2x3p

18.01.2022 Following a virtual excursion to the National Portrait Gallery, Year 6 explored the concept of portraiture and created their own works of art I was so impressed to see such unique and expressive self-portraits that displayed beautiful and creative manipulation of materials whilst successfully performing the role of communicating visually to an audience. Mrs Alison Lloyd, Junior Specialist Visual Arts Teacher

18.01.2022 Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Countess of Jersey creative writing competition! Olivia C and Olivia S impressed judges with their originality, precision and unique take on the theme Crossing the Line Full article (including shortlisted entries) in Connections https://bit.ly/plc-sydney-places

18.01.2022 We’re looking forward to continuing our partnership with Our Living River in 2021

17.01.2022 Our Year 9 Archdale Juniors team have entered a new type of virtual debating competition run by the Association of Independent Schools of NSW. This form of Zoom debating brings teams from across Australia together. Congratulations to our talented debaters for their two victories so far this season Your determination to adapt your debating skills in a new forum is inspirational! NGS Super

17.01.2022 FRIENDSHIP FUN DAY #2: Year 2 Camp looked a little this year, with Junior School staff creating a fantastic Friendship Fun Day within the College! Students took part in arts and crafts, dance, team games, Lego challenges and more. It was wonderful to see the girls participating enthusiastically #plcsydney

17.01.2022 THE VIRTUAL CHOIR PROJECT: Just one week to go until our video launch! DETAILS: https://bit.ly/3e4kALa SNEAK PEEK: In addition to the work of our amazing choristers, a lot has been going on behind the scenes. Mrs Allen and Ms Hamilton conducted for the first time to a green screen! Many thanks to Oliver Brighton from Loud & Clear Audio for helping us achieve our vision. The Virtual Choir Project is PLC Sydney's creative response to the COVID-19 restrictions on group singi...ng. We are so proud of the choristers who have demonstrated their passion, resilience and commitment in preparing and recording their individual videos. This virtual concert will feature 123 student videos mixed to produce performances from all our six choirs. This broadcast will be launched on Wednesday 18 November and proudly supports the wonderful work of International Justice Mission Australia. All proceeds raised in the viewing of this event will contribute to the organisation's mission to rescue and restore survivors of slavery, bring criminals to justice and transform public justice systems. See more

17.01.2022 NATIONAL ART SCHOOL: Congratulations to Anais, Heidi, Krystal, Natasha and Zara (Year 11) who have been successful in their application to study the National Art School HSC Intensive Studio Practice programThis is a wonderful opportunity to extend their practical skills and meet professional artists and students from across NSW with a passion for Visual Arts in a tertiary art school environment.

16.01.2022 Dirt to Dinner is part of Kindergartens Science unit this term. Students have used their geographic skills to map a planting plan, and considered how they can partner with some worms to help to care for this Special Place in the Evandale playground

16.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all the wonderful men in our PLC Sydney family Without our usual Fathers Day Breakfast photos to share, heres a look back at Open Day and Fair over the years. #plcsydney

16.01.2022 Introducing our new Evandale Library! The space is beautiful and its wonderful to see the girls enjoying their library lessons and borrowing. The primary focus of the design was to support students in being autonomous users of the library More photos https://www.instagram.com/p/CETtgVYHo7X/ #plcsydney

15.01.2022 Entries for the 2021 Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing are now open. Adelaide Perry Gallery invites artists to submit works for the Adelaide Perry Prize for Dra...wing 2021, which will be awarded for the best drawing, by an Australian artist, completed within a period of 12 months prior to 13 January, 2021. Image featuring winning artwork from 2020: Charles Cooper, State Forest, charcoal on paper.

14.01.2022 Congratulations to our Year 12 artists on a wonderful ARTEXPRESSION exhibition! The evening was officially opened by opened by Joanna Strumpf, Director of Sullivan + Strumpf, who expressed her delight with the high calibre of works on display. Students were commended for the unwavering focus they applied under challenging conditions which has culminated in sensitive and highly accomplished works

14.01.2022 Congratulations to Louisa, Molly and Nina on being nominated for possible inclusion in OnSTAGE for their INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCESThey are simply brilliant. And congratulations to the whole Year 12 Drama class who have done so well #plcsydney HSC Drama usually has three areas that are nominated for OnSTAGE: individual performances, group performances and submitted works. There were no group performances this year due to COVID-19. Only the nominations for the individual performances have been reported thus far.

14.01.2022 DEBATING: A big shout out to our Year 6 Debating teams who have managed to continue with their training throughout this year despite COVID and our period of online learning In Term 3, students participated in virtual debates against MLC, Kambala and Trinity. The girls have continued to have fun and improve their skills throughout the season. Congratulations to all teams for a wonderful year of debating #plcsydney

14.01.2022 Today we celebrated our 95th annual House Cup ceremony with an epic display of House spiritThank you to the staff for their creativity and commitment to ensuring our House competition could go ahead and to the girls for their passion and participation The 2020 House Cup winner is ... Harper! Followed by Wilkie in 2nd and Anderson in 3rd Congratulations everyone! Definitely a year to remember Watch bit.ly/32Tqyte

14.01.2022 FUNDRAISER: Last Friday was the annual PLC Sydney Trivia Night! Each year this event raises much-needed funds for The Ba Vi Centre for people with disabilities in Vietnam and the two preschools in Timor Leste. There were over 250 members of our community at this fabulous event hosted by the highly entertaining Ms Mella and Ms Osborn. Together we raised approx $30 000! A big thank you to all those that attended to support this worthy cause

14.01.2022 We congratulate the Semester 2 Student Representative Council for their innovative and flexible thinking at their first meeting Many valuable ideas were contributed with helpful discussion and in particular, votes of thanks for the ability to hold a wonderful, COVID safe, Red Cross Bumper Day

13.01.2022 Year 5 students reflected on their strengths and personal qualities while creating their collaborative well-being lantern installationWith relaxing music playing in the background, students learn to enjoy the artmaking processthere is no right or wrong More photos https://www.instagram.com/plcsydneyofficial/

13.01.2022 HSC TEXTILES & DESIGN: Congratulations to Yianna who has been selected for the SHAPE 2021 exhibition at the Power House Museum for her stunning evening apparel gown consisting of a strapless corset, straight skirt and traditionally smocked cape. Inspiration has been drawn from 1940s Haute Couture, specifically its figure-hugging, asymmetrical silhouettes and luxurious fabrics. Incredible work Yianna!

12.01.2022 REMEMBRANCE DAY 2020: Who are you remembering today? Follow the Australian War Memorial on Instagram to see the incredible stories they are sharing #RemembranceDay #WeRememberThem #LestWeForget Australian War Memorial Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force

11.01.2022 NATIONAL CAREERS WEEK: Thank you to Zoe Panagiotaros for returning to PLC Sydney to chat with our students about your career in construction! As part of National Careers Week Australia, Zoe (2015) spoke with Year 10 and Junior School students about her pathway into construction and what her role involves. In line with the PLC Sydney Futures theme for Careers Week, she also focused on the skills and strengths that help her in her role. Students had the chance to ask lots of questions and get a good feel for what a career in construction really means

11.01.2022 HOCKEY: All the best to Sophie, Annabelle and Mikayla who are representing NSWCIS at the NSWPSSA Girls Hockey Championships! Go girls

10.01.2022 NAIDOC WEEK: We were blessed to have Aboriginal Christian Leader and CEO of Common Grace, Brooke Prentis join us to commence our celebrations of NAIDOC Week, 2020! A descendent of the Wakka Wakka people, Brooke helped us to reflect on the theme, Always Was, Always Will Be. We are grateful to Brooke for partnering with us so as a school community, we may continue to listen deeply to and walk together with our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander friends. Happy NAIDOC Week! Jasmine, Taylah, Ms Prentis, Ms Andrews, Mikayla, Jayda and Mrs Chiba. #plcsydney #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #NAIDOC2020 National NAIDOC

09.01.2022 And so ends another National Science Week! Check out our STEM playlist on YouTube which shows how we engage with our students right from the beginning to foster their love of Science https://youtu.be/44W-HZmGsdA

08.01.2022 PLC Sydney student Kate, the talent behind Scrunchie Munchies had a special delivery for our Boarders this week ... custom blackwatch tartan masks! : https://www.instagram.com/p/CEESmuHDhqe/

08.01.2022 Congratulations to Stephanie and Allira who celebrated graduating Year 12 with the Australian Indigenous Education Foundation - AIEF this weekWe are so proud of these young women and grateful to have participated in this journey together, alongside AIEF. We wish them well as they move towards their final few weeks in the classroom and prepare to enter into a new season

08.01.2022 As we count down the final days of high school for our Class of 2020, Year 12 kicked things off with their Wisdom AssemblyThese brave young women stood before the Senior School and shared their heartfelt advice on adversity, balance, failure, perseverance, self-care and study One step closer #plcsydney

08.01.2022 Thank you to our Animal Programs team for allowing our Year 2 students to explore the amazing invertebrates during their Visual Arts lessons! Our budding artists created a series of sketches including as much detail as possible, including pattern, texture and tone in the final pieces. Students will now go on to create a number of artworks inspired by their findings, exploring mediums such as watercolour paint, soft pastel and air drying clay to create an array of invertebrate inspired art pieces.

08.01.2022 THANK YOU PLC SYDNEY COMMUNITY: PLC Sydney Timor-Leste Committee expresses their deepest gratitude to our community for your generous donations towards the Timor-Leste Recovery Fund! Together we raised $10 000 which has been sent to the Matan Ruak Foundation to provide relief to families who have lost their homes after Cyclone Seroja

07.01.2022 Great news article by Athletics NSW featuring PLC Sydney athlete Imogen Stewart! I felt confident going into the race and was able to go from the gun, Stewart said. I’d had a consistent six-week block of training. Read article https://bit.ly/2GP1v3x... #plcsydney

07.01.2022 HSC 2020: Today was the final day of HSC exams Congratulations to the entire Year 12 cohort, you've done it! We're looking forward to the Year 12 Graduation Dinner on FridayKeep an eye on our Instagram Stories for some sneak peeks!

07.01.2022 HAMILTON HANDBALL: Dubbs! Foul! Replay! The Hamilton Handball Competition in Term 3 was a hit. Play was spirited and intense, and it was with great excitement that the finalist team of Mrs Galvin and Saatchi were announced the winners! Congratulations to everyone who participated #plcsydney

06.01.2022 SATURDAY SPORT: Term 3 saw quite a change for IGSSA and IPSHA Saturday Sport with the introduction of Zones, PLC Sydney being part of the Central Zone. Coach Sarah and Coach Colin were instrumental in delivering both the Netball and Hockey draws to ensure a successful continuation of the IGSSA competition Our AFL girls worked on their skills at training and we are thankful our Touch teams could continue on with a mini-competition within our new Central Zone. The biggest winner of all was that sport kept going for the benefits of girls playing sport are plentiful #plcsydney

06.01.2022 After a solid Winter training block in small boats, the girls are attacking pre-season which means crew boats! Here are our Year 11 athletes in action Find out more about Sport at PLC Sydney https://www.plc.nsw.edu.au/c/co-curricular-activities/sport Felix Dieu, Head Rowing Coach

06.01.2022 HSC TEXTILES AND DESIGN: Congratulations to Halle, Ariana, Giselle, Jessica and Yianna who have been nominated for possible inclusion in both TEXSTYLE and SHAPE exhibitions! Five nominations is an unprecedented number for Textiles and Design at PLC Sydney. We are so very proud of the 2020 HSC cohort #plcsydney

06.01.2022 ESU PENPAL PROJECT: This year has presented many challenges. One of the more pressing of these is how to form and sustain connections in an increasingly isolated world. The PLC Sydney Ex-Students’ Union (ESU) has come up with a lovely idea to connect some of their older members with students in Junior School. In Term 3, Years 5 and 6 students started participating in the ESU PenPal Project! We look forward to seeing the connections that are created Ex-Students of PLC Sydney: Join us facebook.com/groups/plcsydneyexstudents Follow us instagram.com/plcsydneyexstudents

05.01.2022 Despite the challenges of COVID-19, our choristers at PLC Sydney are committed to creating beautiful music together. Introducing the Virtual Choirs Project! #plcsydney

04.01.2022 Our tiny but mighty Evandale students had so much fun at their Athletics Carnival on FridayIt was wonderful to hear the enthusiasm from the crowd as they cheered each other on. Parents were missed but we are pleased to have been able to go ahead with our COVID safe event. Well done girls www.bensounds.com

04.01.2022 Year 4 student Hannah recently met with Dr Fiona Martin MP to discuss her work on increasing environmental awareness Dr Martin was particularly interested in Hannahs Green Elephant app and her work educating the community on stormwater and its importance to healthy rivers. Hannah is excited to have been invited to Canberra to visit Parliament to share her ideas with the Environment Minister! Fabulous work Hannah

03.01.2022 Congratulations to the Year 12 Class of 2020! We are so impressed with not only their overall results, but their resilience, creativity, optimism, and determination in this momentous year. We wish them the very best in their future endeavours. Well done Today's HSC Morning Tea Find out more https://www.plc.nsw.edu.au//school-accomp/hsc-success-2020

03.01.2022 As part of our Book Week celebrations, today was the highly anticipated dress-up day! We dont know who enjoyed it more ... the teachers or the students Great job everyone More photos https://www.instagram.com/p/CEWcahuHF0f/?igshid=msrb6cxkysfr #plcsydney #bookweek Childrens Book Council of Australia

03.01.2022 COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE: PLC Sydney is excited to announce that our Composer-in-Residence, Ella Macens Music has been nominated for ABC Classic 100 for her stunning piece The Space Between Stars! This is such a fantastic recognition of Ella's work. We are so fortunate to have her mentoring our elective Music students. To show your support, please vote for Ella here https://www.abc.net.au/classic/classic-100/2021/. Voting closes at 9.00 am on Monday 7 June. https://vimeo.com/394068787?ref=tw-share

02.01.2022 Lucy Berrell (Year 12) was confident and calm as she spoke with ABC Western Plains radio about COVID and how it has affected her time in the Boarding House Well done Lucy! https://soundcloud.com//lucy-berrell-year-12-abc-western-p

02.01.2022 Making a donation to PLC Sydney Annual Giving means you are empowering the next generation of resilient and creative minds who will make their mark on the world. In this video, Dr Burgis explains how your generous support can help us transform our visions into action. To make a tax-deductible donation, please click here https://bit.ly/make-tomorrow-amazing

01.01.2022 NRW2021: Last week, our guests and partners, Common Grace CEO, Brooke Prentis and pastor, song-writer, Helen Wright shared their collaborative work with us, "A New Day". Our students, staff and families were invited to reflect on the relationship between art, thought and action through this beautiful piece that explores their journey towards healing in friendship. May artwork like theirs help us all as we move more deeply through this season of contemplation and action, into Mabo Day tomorrow and onwards, to heal country.

01.01.2022 Years 1-5 enjoyed online workshops with Dana Kerford from URstrong in their classrooms yesterday! Students were empowered with skills to ensure we continue to have a culture of kindness at PLC Sydney. 2020 marks our 7th year of this fabulous and important program #plcsydney

01.01.2022 WELCOME BACK: A warm welcome to Term 4 PLC Sydney! It’s wonderful to have the College bustling with the sound of laughter again after the holidays. Our best wishes for the term ahead #plcsydney