Events and Save the Date

Annual Strings and Orchestra Evening - Tuesday 29 July 2025 - Alexander Hall - 6.00-7.30pm

Join us for an evening celebrating the progress and dedication of our string musicians from Years 1–12. Performances will include:

Pamela Whyte Strings
Junior Cello Ensemble
Junior Strings (Years 3–4 & 5–6)
Dulcie Holland Orchestra
Tango Orchestra
Kambala String Quartets (Junior, Intermediate & Senior)
Kambala Chamber Orchestra

The evening opens with the Senior Orchestra and concludes with a spectacular combined performance featuring over 120 students.

Important Details for Performers:

School-day rehearsal: Junior students involved must bring their instrument and music for a daytime run-through in Alexander Hall. Class teachers will share the schedule.
Arrival time: 5.15pm for tuning and setup
Uniform: Full winter school uniform

We look forward to welcoming families for a memorable musical celebration.

Symphonic Encounters Music Excursion for Years 3 - 6 - Sydney Opera House - Wednesday 30 July 2025

All students in Years 3, 4, 5 and 6 will be attending a music excursion, Symphonic Encounters, on Wednesday 30 July. This will be a music education presentation by Mr Grandison (former Director of Music, Kambala) alongside the Modést Orchestra conducted by Mr Karamanos. The concert features music that highlights the various instruments and sections of the orchestra in a fun and informative way, with moving, singing, and creative activities offering paths into the rich colours, gestures and textures of orchestral music.

The performance of The Nutcracker Suite by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky will provide immediately accessible and evocative music for young students from one of classical music’s best-loved composers.

Date: Wednesday 30 July 2025

Time: 10.15am - 1.15am

Venue: Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music

Uniform: Students must wear full winter school uniform, including blazers, panama hat and yellow ribbon. Blue jumpers may only be worn under blazers. If students have Sport/PE timetabled Wednesday they must bring their sport uniform in their sports bag.

Students will travel to the Conservatorium of Music by coach.Students will have an opportunity to eat their recess before boarding the buses at 10:15am. Students will be escorted from the Junior School to the front gates at the start of recess.

Students will return to Kambala by 1:15pm for a short lunch prior to resuming normal classes.

Supervising Staff: Ms Carrard, Ms Davy, Mrs Benz and Mr Benz together with various Junior School Staff.

Massie House Sports Afternoon - Friday 1 August 2025 - Kambala Oval - 12.30 - 2.30pm

Annual Wind and Jazz Band Evening - Friday 1 August 2025 - Alexander Hall - 6.00-7.30pm

We warmly invite families to join us for a special evening of music, featuring performances by the Tivoli Wind Ensemble, Kambala Stage Band and senior wind ensembles.

Date: Friday 1 August

Performer Arrival Time: 5:15pm

Concert Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm

Venue: Alexander Hall

Performer Information:

All performers from the Tivoli Wind Ensemble and Kambala Stage Band are asked to bring their instruments to school on Friday for a technical run-through during the day.

Students must wear full winter school uniform.

Please deliver students for instrument tuning by 5:15pm to the 'A' classrooms located directly below the Alexander Hall.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Ginette Carrard ginette_carrard@kambala.nsw.edu.au

We look forward to seeing you there for an evening of wonderful music.

Kambala Community Prayer Breakfast - Tuesday 5 August, 2025 - 7.30-8.15am - Tivoli Drawing Room

Kindergarten Speech Screening - Thursday 7 -Friday 8 August 2025

Speech and Language screenings for our Kindergarten students will take place on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 August, 2025. A Speech and Language therapist will conduct brief assessments during school hours to help identify any areas needing further support.

If parents do not want their daughter screened, please opt out by completing THIS FORM.

The cost of this assessment is covered in the school levy.

Parents will be contacted if follow-up is recommended.

Year 6 Write a Book in a Day Competition - Friday 8 August 2025

Write a Book in a Day is an exciting co-educational opportunity which involves teams of students in Year 6 from Kambala and The Scots College collaborating to write and illustrate a book in one day. The Write a Book in a Day organisation collaborates with The Kids’ Cancer Project, an independent national charity, to raise funds for childhood cancer research. Students will have the opportunity to raise funds for The Kids’ Cancer Project.

Key organisational information is outlined below.

Write a Book in a Day Competition

Date: Friday 8 August

Time: 7:45am - 3:45pm

Students will be dismissed at 3:45pm for Tivoli carline, buses or extra-curricular activities.

What to bring:

Recess and lunch, including snacks and water (there is no access to the canteen on this day)
Charged laptop and pencil case with coloured pencils
Panama hat for break times

If you have any questions, please contact your daughter’s classroom teacher.

Preparation to Year 12 Mother's Lunch - Friday 15 August, 2025

Please CLICK HERE to book tickets.

Term 3 Key Dates

Year 6 Roseby Morning Tea with the Principal - Tuesday 29 July 2025
Year 6 Wentworth Morning Tea with the Principal - Wednesday 30 July 2025
Annual Strings and Orchestra Evening - Tuesday 29 July 2025
Massie House Sports Afternoon - Friday 1 August 2025
Annual Wind and Jazz Band Evening - Friday 1 August 2025
Year 4 Field of Mars Excursion - Thursday 14 August 2025
Junior School Book Week Parade - Friday 22 August 2025, 10.00am
Year 2 Excursion to Vaucluse house - Monday 25 August 2025
Year 4 Drama Showcase Evening Performance - Thursday 28 August 2025
Father's Day Stall - Monday 1 - Wednesday 3 September 2025
Whole School Father's Day Breakfast - Friday 5 September 2025
Junior School Open Day - Friday 12 September 2025
Junior School Parent Teacher Zoom Interviews - Monday 15 - Thursday 18 September 2025
Massie Recital - Thursday 18 September 2025
End of Term 3 Church Services Thursday 25 September 2025
Term 3 Concludes - Thursday 25 September 2025