Coming home to the aroma of fresh-baked double chocolate chip biscuits is pretty hard to beat, but that is a bonus of SMC boarding life.

Soph Kingi’s Hip Hop crew achieve international success, Nat Hutton selected for Rockquest Nationals, awards galore for Highland Dancers and $6000 raised at SMC Eggsfactor.

As our winter sport continues, we are heading towards semi-finals and finals. Our girls are working hard to get their places confirmed leading up to these. We also have various tournaments coming up where our girls get to travel with their respective teams around the country.

For the first time, we are holding a whole school Grandparents' Day on the morning of Friday 13 September.

Tickets are now on sale for this term's Middle School production of The Wizard of Oz.

This week's featured businesses are Cequent Project Management Christchurch, Caxton Press Ltd, Craigs Investment Partners, Eastmure & Associates Ltd, Lizzie's Cuisine and Mandy's Horseradish. Full details on the offers they have available to the SMC community are here

The Junior School has always treasured its garden beds that are just behind our school. These have been a source of many wonderful fruits and vegetables in the past.

Have you got your tickets yet for the SMC social event of the year?!

If you missed these two inspirational young women at the last Mother-Daughter Breakfast, here's your chance to learn how to turn your kitchen into a healthy, cost-effective, sustainable one with up to four yummy recipes as demonstrated by Rosa and Margo.

I was tremendously excited that students from St Margaret’s College had an opportunity to attend Space School this year. Our middle school students were fortunate to form an alliance with girls from local Christchurch and Otago Schools. Our senior students formed a group with some Australian and Taiwanese students.

Flexi-boarding is a great option for occasional boarding if parents have to head away, or for younger girls to test boarding out for a week.

Balance is key when it comes to getting the most out of the brain. Students need to take responsibility for when to study and when to socialise.

Our cafe works to deliver healthy and delicious food for our girls. Here's what's on next week's menu.