29 May 2023
On Friday of Week 5 Plumpton High School hosted the Mayor, two City Councillors and his delegation from Suseong-gu City South Korea including senior education and business people as part of our Sister City partnership with Blacktown City Council. The 20-person delegation also included 4 incredible musicians equivalent to the Sydney Symphony Orchestra singing and playing traditional Korean instruments and an amazing juggler who performed a suite of songs and acts.
Our SEC students emceed the event with our 350 invited Plumpton Public School students, their teachers and Ms Larkin their principal.
Following this, on Friday evening a group of our Filipino female students performed at the Official Blacktown City Sister City Formal Dinner with the special guests from Suseong-gu City South Korea, Quirindi Mayor and delegation and the Māori Wardens. Ms Ramos and Ms Racela have been working with our students teaching them traditional Filipino dance that they performed as a part of the evening. Our School Captains also spoke at the evening setting a wonderful example for our younger students as role models. Thank you also to Katherine Gonzaga, Edan Caramancion and Christine Marin who volunteered their time to attend the event on Friday evening at the Colebee Centre.
In October we will head to Quirindi with our delegation of staff and students continuing our Sister City Partnership with Quirindi, Suseong-gu, Blacktown and Rotorua Cities.
I would like to extend my sincere gratitude and thanks to Ms Ramos and Ms Racela for the incredible work they undertook in organising our Sister City event at Plumpton. Thank you also to Ms Gonzaga, Ms Caramancion and Ms Marin who volunteered their time to attend the event on Friday evening at the Colebee Centre.
Tim Lloyd, Principal