'The victory is so much sweeter when you run your own race’, Madonna King, author of Ten-Ager.

It seems we are having the most fabulous Autumn weather. Our Cross Country day was a testament to this and all of our runners were treated to the most glorious day. Hagley park put on a great display of colours and sights as the whole school made their way around the course.

Family and friends are warmly invited to attend the 'Year 13 Drama, Dance, Music Collaboration' which is an assessment performance that is the culmination of a terms work in all three disciplines.

He waka eke noa - We’re all in this together, remains at the forefront of our focus for Term 2 as we embark on the start of the winter term. We look forward to ongoing communication and support with our parent and the wider community.

A goal should scare you a little and excite you a lot ( Jo Vitale ) One of my goals is to become very goal orientated. On the basis that even a blind squirrel occasionally finds a nut, I think flooding my life with goals should enable me to overcome actualisation rates that were absurdly low when I only had one or two.

This week's featured local businesses are The Good Oil, Rough & Milne, Phoenix PDP, Linden Leaves, 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.

Many SMC students have the goal of gaining entry to medical school, which is a highly competitive process that may require skills and knowledge not currently offered in the NCEA biology programmes.

This year we've increased the frequency of formal written reports from twice a year to three. This improves the timeliness of these reports and enables more certainty around publication dates.

It’s Shakespeare, but not as you know it!

Wow, what an adventure for our team of 10 ... Our 5 day trophy voyage was one full of opportunity, challenge, new friendships and camaraderie. Our voyage was alongside girls from Rangi Ruru, Orewa College and Whangarei Girls High School where we all worked together and learnt and experienced all things sailing.

Join us this Sunday for another Eco-Action tree planting.

The annual Father-Daughter Breakfasts are organised by the PFA and provide a great opportunity to share a special time with your daughter.

Here's what's on next week's menu.