The school magazine is now for sale. They are A4 and full colour. If you would like to order a copy please pay $25 to the school office.

9SMI are taking part in a shark research study off the Otago coast.

Thank you to the Year 13 students who donated an outdoor bench and a Kowhai tree to the school as a leaving gift.

Janivah Moata'ane made the Otago Under 16 girls touch team, after making the Dunedin Metro team a couple of weeks before hand. Well Done Janivah!

Congratulations to Year 13 student Jessica Gill who was recently awarded the Netball New Zealand Youth Volunteer of the Year Award.

Congratulations to Lydia Butler and Billie Allan, whose poems won the annual Chinese Gardens Poetry Competition within the Teen Writing Section.

Congratulations to our two Mana Pounamu Young Māori Achiever award winners for 2019, Ella McDonald (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha) and Jordyn Katipa-Martin (Waikato, Tainui, Ngāti Maniapoto). The girls received their awards at a ceremony at the University of Otago, College of Education auditorium. Ngā mihi nui ki a kōrua.

Blaise Perry models for Kylie Hayes from Moha Hairdressers who won the Avant Garde section in the New Zealand Hairstylist of the Year Awards.

Sailing has kicked off again at Queen's. The girls have had a great start and it is not too late to join up. If you would like to give sailing a go contact Lesley-Signal-Cambridge Teacher in Charge of Sailing at Queen's.

Last week, Year 9 students were lucky to have a break from exams and listen to visiting author Maria Gill. She spoke about the long, meticulous process she undertakes when researching and writing a non-fiction book and the importance of telling people’s stories. The Year 9's have been studying the Suffrage Movement of the 1800's so Maria dressed as Kate Sheppard, which helped to bring this topic to life. Maria brought a book that she wrote about Kate Sheppard and a group of Year 9's acted out a reader’s Theatre Script that re-enacted Kate’s struggle to achieve women’s right to vote. The presentation was funded by The New Zealand Book Council – Writers in Schools Programme.

A few weeks ago we had the Otago Polytechnic Awards. We were also lucky enough to have ex-Queen's girl Ana Teofilo speak at school.

Start dates and Term dates are here for 2021.

A number of international studies have shown that some students suffer from a drop in their reading abilities over the summer holidays.