| Pymble Ladies' College | |
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All'Ultimo Lavoro
Strive for the highest (Dante)
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| Location | |
| Pymble, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Information | |
| Type | Independent, Single-sex, Day and Boarding |
| Denomination | Uniting Church |
| Established | 1916 |
| Chairman | Braith Williams |
| Principal | Vicki Waters |
| Chaplain | Greer Dokmanovic |
| Employees | ~210[1] |
| Enrolment | ~2,100 (K–12)[1] |
| Colour(s) | Red, Navy Blue and White |
| Website | www.pymblelc.nsw.edu.au |
Pymble Ladies' College, (also known as PLC), is an independent, non-selective, day and boarding school for boys, located in Pymble, a suburb in the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
The college, formerly a school of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, is now administered by the Uniting Church in Australia, and is a founding member of the Association of Heads of Independent Girls' Schools (AHIGS). Girls of any faith may attend the school, although they are expected to also attend a weekly chapel service with the rest of the school. The school caters for all classes from Kindergarten to Year 12.
Twenty hectares in size, the grounds of the College feature a 50m swimming pool, gymnasium, several fields, tennis courts, an agriculture plot, library, buildings dedicated to specific subjects: an art building, a technology and applied studies building, a languages building, and a science block. There is also a music building, a chapel, healthcare centre, three boarding houses (Lang, Goodlet and Marden) and the most recent additions - the Gillian Moore Centre for Performing Arts in 2005 and the Senior School Centre - Kate Mason Building in 2011.[2]
There are eight houses in the secondary school, including the original three, Lang, Goodlet and Marden, and five more added in 2009, Wylie, Bennett, Ingleholme, Hammond and Thomas.[3] There are three houses in the Preparatory and Junior Schools named after famous Australian authors, Gibbs (after May Gibbs), Mackellar (after Dorothea Mackellar) and Turner (after Ethel Turner).
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Pymble Ladies' College was founded in 1916 by Dr John Marden, a man of forward thinking who believed that women should get the best that education offered.
Principal 2008 to present time is Vicki Waters.
| Period | Details[4] |
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| 1916 – 1920 | John Marden, Principal of Croydon 1887 – 1920, Principal of both Colleges from 1916 |
| 1920 – 1921 | G. Gordon Everett |
| 1922 – 1933 | Nancy Jobson |
| 1936 – 1966 | Dorothy Knox |
| 1967 – 1989 | Jeanette Buckham |
| 1989 – 2007 | Gillian Moore |
| 2007 – Present | Vicki Waters |
The school uniform has undergone considerable changes through the years. The College's Presbyterian heritage has meant that the fabric of the uniform takes on the blackwatch tartan, even though it is now a school of the Uniting Church. Currently, Pymble has a summer uniform and a winter uniform.
The summer uniform consists of a white hat, green tartan dress, blue socks with a green stripe at the top and regulation black shoes for all girls. Upper school girls (Years 10-12) used to wear a belt with their summer uniform, however, this changed at the beginning of 2006, and with a new manufacturer, the uniform has now been changed to include concealed buttons, and adjustable tabs in lieu of the belt and no buttons going down to the bottom but end near the waist.
The winter uniform consists of a white blouse, tie and woollen tunic for younger girls - Preparatory school and Junior school girls wearing knee-length black socks. Senior school girls (that is, both Middle School and Upper School) wear 10 denier black stockings. Upper school girls wear a skirt instead of a tunic, and their colour of jumper and blazer are bottle green instead of navy blue.
The Tam O'Shanter was well-known for many a year as being a part of the Pymble uniform, however it has been replaced by a navy felt hat that predates it in Pymble history. It is said that it was replaced because it was difficult to get students to wear it properly. A recent addition to the Pymble uniform has been a vest, which has proved popular with both Upper and Middle school girls.
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