We celebrated the arts in spectacular style at the end of the term with the Senior Arts Awards. The girls we recognised are creative, brave, and passionate, but more than that they are resilient, hard-working, dedicated, committed and supportive. They have exceptional skills and talents and they also give back to the school and their community and are role models for us all.

We were also treated to a series of wonderful performances from the SMC Orchestra, Jazz Band, Senior Dance Company and Georgia Lassen and Ruby Gilligan delighted us all with a performance of 'Care is ...' inspired by Emi Mahoud

The students recognised were

Pockets in Music
Katy Buttle
Caitlin Dufty
Jessica Geng
Jessie Peng
Caitlin Rea
Chloe Taylor
Hellen Wang
Zoe Yang
Zoe Yang

Pockets in Drama
Emma Cawood
Ruby Gilligan
Yasmin Marsh

Pockets in Dance
Kate Adams
Caitlin Dufty
Natasha Eastmure
Sana Fuji
Scarlett Gordon
Gemma Hardcastle
Mari Henderson
Abbey Houchen
Sophie McGhie
Jessika Sanders

Pocket in Performing Arts
Anita Avia

Pockets in Oratory
Sara Gillman
Claudia Hundleby
Georgia Lassen
Caitlyn Wickham
Hannah Wylie

Pocket in Visual Arts
Annabelle Goodwin

Pockets in Technical
Cara Birch
Lucy Eyre-Walker
Mel Leatherland
Grace McKenna
Tessa Sitjes

Honours in Drama
Georgia Lassen

Honours in Dance
Abby Smith

Honours in Performing Arts
Emma Cawood
Lucy Johnston
Yasmin Marsh
Chloe Taylor

Honours in Oratory
Phoebe Jennings

Honours in Visual Arts
Molly Campbell

Technical Honours
Tessa Sitjes
Caitlyn Wickham

Trinity Distinction
Congratulations to Y12 student Sienna McEwan who has just gained her Trinity Performance Diploma with Distinction! This is an amazing achievement, well done Siena!

Speech New Zealand Success
Congratulations to the following students who have all achieved some wonderful results in the Speech New Zealand September exams

Theatre in Action Grade Four
Sophie Edwards - MERIT PLUS
Zoe Rea - MERIT PLUS
Tilli Letton - MERIT PLUS
Indiana Johnstone - MERIT PLUS

Speech & Drama Grade Five Module Two
Maia Stanbury - MERIT PLUS
Angelina McCullough - MERIT PLUS
Aneira Salt - HONOURS
Nicole Harcourt - HONOURS
Poppy McNeill - MERIT PLUS
Brooke Manson - HONOURS
Chloe McNeill - MERIT PLUS
Pippa Witehira - MERIT PLUS

Speech & Drama Grade Eight Module Three Communication
Daniel McNeill - HONOURS

Speech & Drama Grade Eight Module One
Annabelle March - HONOURS PLUS
Emma Cawood - HONOURS PLUS
Yasmin Marsh - HONOURS PLUS

An epic debate
As close as St Margaret’s College and Christ College are, when debating whether we should combine to be one co-ed school, things got heated. The SMC and College Year 13 debate teams came together for the annual Showcase Debate, arguing the motion ‘THW integrate SMC and CC to be one co-ed school’. College presented the compelling case that we should integrate the schools, as this could create the strongest co-ed school in Christchurch given our shared facilities, and the students would benefit from interacting with each other. SMC, however, were even more convincing, arguing that joining the schools would be impractical given all the differences, and therefore we shouldn’t integrate. Overall, it was a great debate and SMC were victorious, so don’t expect the schools to merge anytime soon! We were thankful to have the chance to have a bit of friendly competition with our brother school and appreciated the support of all the SMC girls who came and watched the debate.
Phoebe Jennings and Yani Rutherford 

Middle School Arts Awards
Applications are now open for Badges and Colours in Arts for the Middle School students. For more information and the application forms please visit https://insite.stmargarets.school.nz/students2/awards/