Thomas House

2020 was an amazing year for Thomas House with all of our girls going above and beyond to showcase their House spirit and participate in all of our initiatives and events. Whilst the year was nothing like what we had anticipated it to look like, presenting many challenges and complications that we all had to overcome, we were so impressed with how the Thomas girls were able to stay optimistic and participate in all of the adapted House initiatives that we ran online. As Captains, we were so proud to lead this incredible House throughout 2019 to 2020.

Thomas House held our annual charity event in October 2019, Bandanna Day, which raised funds for Cancer Council Australia’s Canteen. Canteen is a not-for-profit organisation that seeks to support children and teenagers who have been affected by cancer, whether it be through their personal battle with the disease or the battle of a close family member or friend, by providing counselling and support groups. Throughout the day, our Thomas girls showed great enthusiasm in helping us to sell bandannas and baked goods and helping us to raise awareness for Canteen. Overall, the day was a huge success and we reached our target goal of funds, contributing significantly to this worthwhile charity.

Emma Linfoot, Ruby Stewart and Rosemarie Harrison, Year 12

House Mascot This year the House Captains worked hard behind the scenes to launch the House mascots. Thomas House welcomed Tammy the Thomas Tasmanian Tiger to our family. She has since become an integral part of our House spirit. The girls loved seeing Tammy and the other House mascots at all of our events which was an exciting initiative to get more girls involved with House spirit.

Rosemarie Harrison, Ruby Stewart and Emma Linfoot, Year 12

In February 2020, Pymble’s annual Swimming Carnival took place in which our Thomas girls competed and cheered with amazing pride and enthusiasm. The carnival required all students to compete in at least one 50-metre event and we were so excited to see how many Thomas girls got involved with this. The day was filled with cheering, racing, House mascot dances, purple costumes and immense spirit, with every girl performing to the best of their abilities and earning us some amazing House points for the year.

Ruby Stewart, Thomas House Captain Rosemarie Harrison and Emma Linfoot, Thomas House Deputy Captains

Madeline Lawson, Year 8