Monday’s start of term Chapel service saw the St Margaret’s College Class of 2034 sit alongside the Class of 2020, and it reminded me of how quickly time flies.

Tickets are now on sale for this year's Mother-Daughter Breakfast, open to all mothers and daughters from Year 0 - Y13!

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As we reflected on the recent term break, we realised the last two weeks were almost certainly the first school holidays in many decades when every SMC family holidayed in New Zealand (while not in lockdown).

The SMC Wetlands on Beacon Street is an ongoing all-school project that we have adopted to undertake the regeneration of red zoned land.

Last chance to book tickets for our movie night on Tuesday 28 July to celebrate World Nature Day featuring the internationally acclaimed 2040. And there's a free Ethique goody bag for the first 200 through the door!

Due to our current supplier being unable to provide our PE uniform in its current form after the end of this year, we are taking the opportunity to review our PE uniform and we'd like your feedback!

Congratulations to Old Girl Maisie Gallagher who has been selected for The Creators’ Room 2020 Art Stars Exhibition.

This week's featured local businesses are AON, Apollo Power Yoga, Argus Fire Systems, Bell Lamb and Trotter Funeral Services and Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream. 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.

Hot off the press featuring inspiring debate, Champion Profiles, beautiful artwork and creative writing as well results from the 40 Hour Famine Bakeoff.

Congratulations to our girls who have once again, followed in the footsteps of SMC alumni and received top honours for their efforts in the prestigious Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival 2020.

Understand and Train That Brain - Online Exam Preparation Opportunity. Studying to remember information for exams - how do we do it?

Following our recent review process, we are pleased to provide our updated Sports Awards Criteria.

As part of our exploration of holistic wellbeing, the Year 11s engaged in a series of wellbeing experiences on Friday 3 July. An opening address by SMC’s very own, Nicole Lloyd about the importance of mental wellbeing in striving for success.

Welcome back to Term 3. We are ready to hit the ground running with a lot of exciting things happening this term with our winter sport. All our teams are now officially in a routine of regular games and it was awesome to hear the whistles back at Hagley Courts on Saturday.

We got a wonderful surprise this week when, unbeknown to us, one of our wonderful families had nominated SMC to benefit from Fuel for Schools

A reminder to please bring all of your pre-loved sports gear along next week and the Sports Council will donate it to help youth in our wider community to enjoy sport.

Next week will be filled to the brim with fantastic fiction, nourishing non-fiction and activities galore as we celebrate all things literary, with our much-loved BOOK WEEK!

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