As we come to the end of our school year and begin to anticipate the festive summer season, here are two gifts to give yourself this Christmas.

Although the school is a lot quieter with the senior students on study leave, the junior students continue to enjoy learning in the Performing Arts.

Wednesday sport has now finished for the year. Iit is always a very short but sweet blast for Term 4 sport amongst so many other events.

The Department of Corrections has purchased a property at 14 Bristol St in St Albans for an offenders anti-violence programme and applied for resource consent.

We would very much like you to join us to celebrate the end of the school year at our annual school prize-givings.

This week's featured local businesses are Irving Builders Ltd, Lizzie's Cuisine, Mandy's Horseradish, The Good Oil and Precision Cutting. These are all local business who support St Margaret's College and we'd love you to support them back as much as possible, thank you.

Perfectly timed for the lead up to the festive season, the SMC rowing parents are running a fundraiser featuring Eradus wines, Roots gin and Daniel le Brun Methode Traditionelle bubbles at special prices and this week is your last chance to order!

Last week was Year 10 camp week, the last stage on the Rite Journey for our Middle Schoolers before stepping up to be Seniors next year and its always a fun and challenging week.

Close to 100 students, over 20 teams, only one winner!

This year as we celebrate 110 years of empowering girls, and to mark this occasion we have a wonderful selection of merchandise available which will make great Christmas gifts.

Self in the Environment - Virtues and Hauora"

St Margaret’s College’s Paterson Lodge, within Arthur’s Pass National Park, has been used and enjoyed by many past students and is the perfect location to enjoy some of New Zealand’s most spectacular landscapes.

Attention all Year 6-9 students interested in space!

Sohyun Kwon, Y12 IB student, has won the popularity category of the World Chinese Bridge Competition.