2000 SMC Yearbook by St Margaret's College Foundation

Alice McE/rea Y12

Alice McE!rea Y12

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INTRODUCTION Principal's Report ............................ Chairman's Report & Trust Board Members ....... Obituary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... Notes from the Staffroom ....................... List of Staff Members ........................

JUNIOR & INTERMEDIATE

4 5-6 7 9 1O

SCHOOL

Primary pictures .......................... 12-13 Intermediate pictures ....................... 14-15 Junior pictorial ............................ 16-17 Years 0-1 .................................. 18 Year 2 .................................... 20 Year 3 .................................... 22 Year 4 ............................. 24 Year 5 .................................... 26 Year 6 .................................... 28 Year 7 .................................... 30 Primary Art pictorial .......................... 36 Intermediate Art pictorial ...................... 38 Camp .................................... 39 Y9 & 10 Art pictorial ......................... 40 Maths ..................................... 41 Science ................................... 42 Problem Solving ............................ 43 Ballantyne Essay Cup ........................ 44 Ferrymead ................................. 45 Year 8 .................................... 46 Athletics, Cross-country, Gymnastics ............. 52 Hockey Intermediate A & B, 6-a-side Y1 & 2 ....... 53 Hockey 6-a-side Y3 & 4, Netball Intermediate B, Kiwi Netball Blue ......................... 54 Kiwi Netball Green, Netball Intermediate U, Netball Intermediate V ..................... 55 Netball Intermediate T, Basketball, Swimming ....... 56 Touch 2 Y8, Touch Y7, Touch 1 Y8 ............... 57 Recorder Group, Year 1 & 4 Chorale, Year 5&8 Choir .......................... 58 Primary/Intermediate Prize List .................. 59

SENIOR SCHOOL Prefects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Rimu ..................................... 61 Rata ...................................... 64 Matipo .................................... 67 Manuka ................................... 70 Kowhai .................................... 73 Konini ..................................... 76 School Council, Japanese ..................... 79 Sacristans ................................. 80 Boarding .................................. 82

Cultural: Arts Council ................................ Senior Art pictorial ........................... Junior Drama Club ........................... Midsummer Night's Dream ..................... Young Shakespeare Company ................. Drama .................................... Dance .................................... Librarians ................................. Music ..................................... Spirit of New Zealand ........................

86 88 90 91 92 93 94 97 98 100

Theatre Sport ............................. Young Enterprise ........................... Health Education ........................... Climbing Club ............................. Geography Y13 ............................ French Department ......................... Science .................................. Mathematics ............................... Myers Cup Speech Competition ................ China .................................... Old Girls' Daughters ......................... Debating ................................. Creative Writing ............................

101 102 104 105 106 107 108 110 111 112 115 116 118

Sports: Badminton ................................ Rugby ................................... Basketball ................................ Cycling, Cricket ............................ Athletics .................................. Livesaving ................................ Yachting, Cross-country ...................... Waterpolo ................................. Gymnastics ............................... Swimming ................................ Hockey ................................... Multisport ................................. Netball ................................... Rowing ................................... Volleyball ................................. Squash ................................... Tennis.................................... Touch .................................... Equestrian ................................ Soccer ................................... Sports Council, Sports Dinner .................. Sports Cup Winners ........................

124 125 126 127 128 130 131 134 135 137 138 141 142 144 146 148 149 150 151 152 153 154

Year 13 Profiles ............................

156

Senior Prize List ...........................

162

Acknowledgements .........................

168

Once again we come to the end of another year. This magazine gives a pictorial and written account St Margaret's College during the year 2000. There have been many wonderful highlights which will be recorded here; our academic, sporting and cultural achievements, especially the wonderful Dance Production, Mosaic held during Term 3. However, no matter how detailed a magazine is, it can never really capture the full extent of what happens in the school and the spirit that permeates it.

RINCIPAL'S REPORT

The year 2000 has been a great year for St Margaret's College, and once again, this is in no small part due to the professionalism, enthusiasm, commitment and team spirit of our staff. The commitment to the girls, both inside and outside of the classroom and their willingness to go far beyond the call of duty has, once again, been a tremendous example to me. Living on the property, as I do, I often see things that otherwise I would not know. During this last term it has been amazing how many staff have been here at weekends, running tutorials and assisting seniors with individual help in preparation for their examinations. Sometimes girls have missed work because of other commitments and the staff, without any request from me, have been willing to make up that time. This is surely the most outstanding indication one could have of staff commitment and real care for students. The other aspect of the school that is very special and will not be recorded here is the pastoral care which tutors and members of the Guidance Network commit themselves to so that every girl can be educated in an environment where she feels safe and where she knows that if there is some problem that she has, there is someone on the staff that she can go to, in confidence, and seek help and advice. We have spent a great deal of time and effort this year to further improve the positive school environment. This year the school has been privileged to have a wonderful group of Year 13 leaders whom we are sad to be farewelling. All of our girls have been quite outstanding. They have been excellent role models to the younger studen s, enthusiastic and committed and willing to undertake anything that is asked of them and to show initiative in taking responsibility that they have not been specifically requested to. Not only have we had an outstanding group of Prefects but I believe that every member of the Year 13 have made her own special contribution to the spirit and good functioning of the school this year. I know, too, from conversations with younger students how much they look up to and admire the senior students and aspire to be like them. We will miss this Year 13 and wish them well as they go their varying ways. I know now that the tradition of strong leadership from our senior students is established. Our Year 13 for 2001 have a fine tradition to follow. Our Boarding School too, is a very important part of our community and at our Annual Boarders' Dinner in November, I reflected on the vitality and enjoyment that the girls derive from our Boarding Houses. Again, this is thanks to the tremendous staff whose interest and commitment to the girls goes far beyond the call of duty. They are genuinely concerned and interested for their welfare and will do everything in their power to make boarding a happy and positive experience. Those of you who read the weekly newsletter will see the constant stream of congratulations as our girls excel academically and in their sporting and cultural activities. At times, I have had it reported to me that people do not believe that St Margaret's has strong academic focus. How that perception can exist remains a mystery to me. However, perhaps we have emphasised the importance that we place

on educating the whole person to such an extent that some in our community now believe that St Margaret's is more concerned with sporting and cultural activities and with a positive environment than it is with academic excellence. Changes in the introduction of exciting new programmes from next year will put pay to that story. We have challenging and far-reaching academic initiatives ahead of us which are only possible because of the high academic status of the school and the outstanding calibre of staff. All of these will give positive and beneficial academic opportunities to every girl in the school. Thank you for your support of St Margaret's during 2000. May I wish you all the special joys of the Christmas season, a relaxing and restoring holiday season and a challenging and satisfying 2001. Claudia M Wysocki Principal

RUST BOARD Warden Bishop D Coles, Ma, BO, MTh, Dip REd, PhD Chairman Mrs P Stewart Board Members Mr B Davis Mrs J Hickman, BA, MBA Miss Jill Kerr, MusB, LTCL, LRSM, ACert CM, Dip Tching, AIRMT Mr Lostroh Mrs R McBeath Mr D Mclernon, BE(Mech), Reg Eng, MIEPENZ Mr O Matson Mrs V Moore Mr A Peat Dr M Rosser, MSc, PhD, FNZIC Mr P Struge, JP, CA Mrs E L Totill Mr C Wadeson, Dip Mkt

RUST BOARD

2000

Once again St Margaret's College has celebrated an excellent and busy year Many of girls have been nationally and internationally rewarded with honours in both the sporting and academic arenas, and we warmly congratulate them on their achievements.

This is the first full year of use of the Science and Technology Wing, which has now settled well into the landscape of the school, and the upgrade to the Jean Crasher building fits in beautifully with the new additions. We are delighted with the way the new buildings function as planned, as well as offering added spaces which are being utilised in ways we would have never imagined. The light and airy 'street' down the middle of the building, as well as giving access and light, has become a popular area for school social functions and student's art. Congratulations to Tom Craig of Architects Warren and Mahoney, who received a design award for the building. Board policy is to complete all aspects of a project before moving on to the next, and as the north east end of the school is now virtually complete, we look forward to the next stage of our development programme. The Student Support Centre is next on the agenda, and will commence as soon as finances allow. This Centre will be housed in the old Home Economics building, creating much needed space for our Chaplains, counselling rooms, and resource and teaching areas for careers advice. The pastoral care of our girls and families is steadily increasing in importance within the school, and our Chaplains need better conditions in which to carry out this important work. Likewise, in this fast changing world, careers advice is pivotal for our girls to make the right choices for their future. This year Miss Wysocki has taken a much needed break from the school, spending six weeks in the United States and England, and attending the Canterbury celebrations at St Paul's Cathedral. Whilst this trip was intended to be a well earned sabbatical, it became an intensive study trip in both countries. In this age of increasing global competitiveness, it is important that we respond to the technological and economic pressures, and the social tensions stemming from these, by being innovative and forward thinking in our teaching strategy. We are enthusiastic about the many ideas that have resulted from this trip, and are steadily working towards putting new strategies in place. Our sincere thanks to Miss Wysocki, the Management Team and all staff for their continued dedication to St Margaret's, and especially the strong support for our students and their families. We wish you a very Merry Christmas, happy family time over the holiday period, and a great year ahead. For the Trust Board Pieter Stewart Chairman

Mr David Childs MA (Hons) Vic., MA (Hons) Oxon., FRCO, LRSM, Cert. d'Etudes (Grenoble) 1941-1999

BITUARY

Our school community and Anglican and musical circles throughout New Zealand and overseas were shocked at the sudden death, after a short illness, of Mrs David Childs on 20 November 1999. Mr Childs was the Director of Music at Christchurch Cathedral for 22 year and part-time teacher of French at St Margaret's for 16 years. He had a lifetime of impressive musical and linguistic qualifications and was one of this country's finest organists and choir directors. Born in Hokitika, David Childs was the second of the four sons of the Reverend Henry and Mrs Ethel Childs. He grew up in Geraldine and Karori as his father, who later became Dean of Waiapu, ministered in those parishes. He studied music and languages at Victoria University and at Queen's College, Oxford. He also gained qualifications from Rambouillet and Grenoble Universities in France and was a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. As a young man he was a talented sportsman was an enthusiastic follower of sport. From 1969-1973 he was the music master at Waitaki Boys' High School and musical director of the Oamaru Musical and Operatic Society. For 21 years he conducted at the Southern Cathedrals' Choir Festival. As conductor of the Christchurch Harmonic Society from 1977 until 1989, he conducted many of the great choral masterpieces, and on these occasions he also conducted the Dunedin Sinfonia and the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra. But his chief delight was playing the organ and he was highly regarded as a recitalist in New Zealand and overseas. His directorship of the Christchurch Cathedral Choir was internationally acclaimed and he has left a lasting legacy to music in New Zealand through the generations of choristers whom he inspired with a love of great music and its performance to a highly professional standard. This inspiration also lives on in the many compositions which he wrote for church choirs and congregations and in the recordings that he made with both the Cathedral Choir and the Godley Scholars. David Childs was a passionate and energetic teacher who never spared himself in communicating his considerable knowledge to his pupils. he was cheerful, philosophical, thoughtful, kind, and above all, humble. As a friend and colleague he could always be relied upon to give a word of encouragement and he had a great sense of humour. We at St Margaret's owe him a lot for the contribution that he made to our community. We miss him in the French classroom and the staffroom, as an adviser at choir rehearsals, and unforgettably, at the organ for our Cathedral services, which he enhanced with his superb musicianship. Repose en Paix, David.

We started with eager anticipation and energy, being pleased to see each other and 'our' students. However, we felt a deep sadness too as we gradually accepted the loss of David Childs, a great musician, respected colleague, friend; a gentle man with a great sense of humour. We know his memory will live on through his music and the many students to whom he taught French.

ROM THE STAFFROOM

We welcomed several new staff throughout the year. Marilyn Copland as our academic co-ordinator, Leanne Chambers, Nola Kilpatrick, Janet Kingsbury, Deborah James, Alistair Mackley, Jackie Ott (again), Christine Rayward, David Rodda, Shirley Smith, Robin Tiffen, Paul Westbury and Amanda Wesley. Many staff have travelled overseas this year. Miss Wysocki travelled extensively in the USA and in the UK while on study leave and returned brimming with new ideas and her usual energy. Luba Roth took many of her students to China where they enjoyed the sights, sounds and smells, under her expert eye. Trudy Keys and Paul Westbury coached the NZ Junior Rowing 8 and travelled to Croatia to compete. Other places visited by staff include Australia, England, Italy, France, Nepal, Asia and the Cook Islands. All returned safely with some interesting stories to recount about their adventures. Most unusually, House Day had to be postponed and we seemed to think that this meant 'cancelled' in terms of a staff item this year. However, our resident weather forecaster predicted a good day in Term 3 and we felt well represented by the guest appearance of our dynamic Chris Chambers as an aerobics instructor and the great impersonations of ourselves by several students. One could even deliver an expert dismissal which has been called upon since in Chapel. Marriages have been celebrated this year by Pauline Henriksen, Julia Steel, Sandra Dain, David Rodda, Janine Townshend and Jan Webby and we congratulate them all. With Marilyn Copland's engagement this tradition seems likely to continue next year. We also congratulate Kirstie McDonald who was ordained into the priesthood recently - a very special occasion for her and her family. Our staff are talented in many areas but we discovered one area that hadn't been explored before. Ann-Maree Bateman, Amanda Billing, Kelly Brown, Roz Spiers and Julia Steel, made stunning models in the PTA Fashion Show in September. In fact, some revelled in it so much they found it difficult to get off the cat-walk and some were even approached by talent scouts for future events. This was a great evening for our whole community and revealed yet another skill of Hilary Scandrett, that rivals her ability to organise the school ball and make superb costumes for performances. Lisa McKay is on maternity leave and we wish her all the best as she gets to know her new daughter during this time. Belinda Charteris and Michelle Mallard are also anticipating parenthood next year and we look forward to the arrival of their children. While on this subject, maybe Shirley Smith should check out the history of SY103. A more unusual addition to the Wilson family was Phoebe, a baby donkey, and some of us have followed her progress with great interest. Our staff is never static and this year we farewell Sonia Bell, Belinda Charteris, Kaye Curgenven, Sandra Dain, Meri Gibson, Alistair Mackley, Joan Millar, Michelle Mallard, Marie Porter, Jane Robins, Heather Ronald, Janine Townshend, Jackie Ott and Paul Westbury. We wish them well, wherever they may be in the future. Once again, our students have been a pleasure to teach and outstanding in numerous ways. We especially thank Year 13 for their leadership this year. Our best wishes go to all 'leavers' from our community and may everyone enjoy a wonderfully refreshing and well deserved holiday. Chris Wyeth Deputy Principal 9

TAFF 2000

Principal Miss C Wysocki; MA (Hons), Dip Tchg Deputy Principal Mrs C Wyeth; BSc, Dip Tchg Student Co-ordinator Management Team Ms M Copland; MA, DipTchg, LTCL, COP Psychology Academic Co-ordinator Mr G Belcher; BA Hons, DipTchg Staff Co-ordinator Ms C Arthur; B.PhED, Dip Tchg School Co-ordinator Mrs S Oliver; BEd, TTC, Dip Tchg Primary & Intermediate School Co-ordinator Business Manager Mr K Beckman; BA, Dip Bus & Adm Development M Gibson D James

Director

Chaplains Rev. P Riley; BA, Dip Tchg Mr M Greenslade; BA, Dip Tchg Careers Advisor Ms A Archer; MA Hons, Dip Tchg

Staff Mrs J Allan; BHSc, B Theol; English Mrs A Bateman; TTC, ATCL: Primary Year 5 Ms S Bell; BSc, Dip Tchg, Maths Mr G Belcher; BA (Hons), Dip Tchg; HOO Geography/Social Science Ms A Billing; BA (Hons), Dip Tchg; Geography Miss Jose Borkus; Library Assistant Ms M Brennan; BSc, BCom, Dip Tchg; Mathematics Miss J Steel; BA DipTchg; Classics, Art History, Social Studies Mrs N Carson; BSc, Dip Tchg, Science, Chemistry, Associate HOD Science Miss C Chambers; BA, Dip Tchg, RSA, Social Studies, History, Dean of Overseas Students Miss L Chambers; BEd, DipTchg, Physical Education Mrs B Charteris; BA, Dip Tchg; Intermediate Year 7 Miss L Chong; BPhEd, Dip Tchg; HOO Physical Education Ms K Curgenven; Dip HSc, Dip Tchg, Post Grad Dip Adol Health & Welfare (Melbourne); Art/Design Miss S Dain; BA, Dip Tchg; English Mrs S Fazio-Smith; BA, DipTchg; Geogaphy, Social Studies Ms M Fenton; BEd, Dip Tchg; HOD Health Mrs S Fisher; DipTchg; Primary Year 1 Mrs R Fraser; BA, DipTchg; Intermediate Year 7, Science Y7 &9 Mr M Green; BSc, Dip. App.Sc (Meteorology); Dip Tchg; Maths Mr L Hallum; Dip FA, Dip Tchg; HOD Art/Photography Ms P Harvey; BA, Dip Tchg; Learning Support Ms P Henriksen; Dip Tchg; HOD Food Technology Mrs I R Jones; MA (Hons), Dip Tchg; Mathematics Mrs L Kennedy; BA, Dip Tchg; HOD English Miss J Kerr; MusB, LTCL, LRSM, ACert CM, Hon GCM, Dip Tchg; AIRMT; HOD Music/Choir/Orchestra Mr J Kerr; BA (Hons), PGCE, IHSM; History 10

Mrs T Keys; NZBE, DipTchg, Dip Business Studies; Business Studies Mrs N Kilpatrick; BA, DipTchg; Associate Head English Mrs J Kingsbury; MusB(Hons), LRSM, LTCL, TTC, AIRMT; Primary & Intermediate Music (Term 4) Mrs J Laney; BA, Dip PE, PG Dip Vit/Oen; Fitness Coordinator Mrs L Lightfoot; Comm Teachers Cert, Dip Tchg, Dip Info Tech in Ed; HOD Business Studies Rev K McDonald; Dip Tchg; Uh, EFM; Intermediate Year 8, Primary & Intermediate Religious Education Mrs L Mackay; BA, Dip Ed; English Dr B Mann; BA, BSc (Hons), PhD, FNZIP; HOO (Terms 1-3) Science, Physics Mde M Marshall; BA, BAC CAT; French Ms M Mollard; BEd, Dip Tchg, ATCL; IRMTNZ; Music Terms 1-3 Mrs V Morrison; KTC, Adv. DipTchg, Dip. Maths Ed; Senior Teacher Year 1-6, Primary Year 4 Mrs H Oughton, Dip Tch; Primary Year 2 Mrs J Ott; Dip Tchg, MBBO; Primary Year 3 Miss S Perkins; BA (Hons), DipTchg; Japanese Ms A Price; BSc, Dip Tchg; HOD Mathematics Ms C Rayward; BA (Hons), Dip Tchg; English Mrs H Ronald; Dip Tchg, OPS; Info Processing, Technology Mrs L Roth; BA, Dip Tchg; Chinese Miss S Rod; BSc, Dip Tching; HOD Science . Mrs H Scandrett; Dip HSc, DipTchg; ScienceTechnology Mrs J Shand, BA, DipTchg, English, Learning Support Mrs P Sheldon; Dip Tchg; Primary Year 6 Mrs S Smith; Dip Tchg; Primary Year 7 Mrs R Spiers; Dip Tchg, RAD Teachers; Drama Extension Learning Year 1-8 Mrs J Steel; BA, Dip Tchg; Classical Studies, Art History, Social Science Mr M Summerlee; BSc (Hons), DipTchg; Biology, Science Mrs R Tiffen; BE (Hons), DipTchg, Associate Head Mathematics Mrs J Todd; BFA, Dip Tchg; Art Miss P Townsend; BSc (Northern Arizona University); Physical Education Miss J Webby; B Ph Ed, Dip Tchg; Physical Education, HOO Dance Mde M Weiss; MA, Dip Tchg, DipTheo (Hons) Strasbourg; French Mrs A Wesley; MSc (Dist), DipTchg, Chemistry, Science Mrs C Wood; NZCE Mech., Dip Tchg; HOO Technology Mr T Wood; ATC, Dip Tchg, NZCB; lnformationTechnology Manager, HOD Graphics Mr B Woods; NZCB, Dip BStds, Dip Tchg, NDBE, Cert Mgt; Information Systems Manager, Associate Head Technology

Computer/Technology Technician Mr D Rodda; BSc, DipTchg Science Technician Mrs K Coakley; NZCS Learning Support Miss N Buckenham Mrs B Steven Miss J Townshend (& After School Care) Mrs H Wiig Library Mrs D White, ALAA, Librarian Miss J Borkus Speech and Drama Mrs T Minns; LTCL Mrs R Spiers; LTCL, Dip Tchg, RAD Teachers Miss D Hartley; LTCL Music Staff Piano: Mrs F Harman; LTCL, AIRMT Mrs M E Lovell; LTCL, AMusTCL, AIRMT Mrs J Rolofsma; LTCL, AIRMT

Mrs K Sturrock; LTCL, AIRMT Mrs D Tovey Flute: Mrs D Russell; BA, LTCL, DiplibSch, AIRMT Clarinet & Saxophone: Mr G de Lacey; BMus, LtcL, Dip Tchg, AIRMT Saxophone: Ms C McDowell; LTCL, Cert Jazz Violin & Viola: Ms P Mills; Dip Exec.Mus Cello: Miss A Harris; FTCL, LRSM, AIRMT Guitar: Mrs M Wells Voice: Mrs J Hewson; MA(Hons), LTCL, LRSM, Dip Tchg I

Business Office Mrs C Wilson Mrs A Boyce Mrs C Laughton

Development Miss J Robins

Office - Secretary

Boarding School Staff Mrs J Zygadlo - Kilburn House, Manager Mrs J Jones - Julius House, Manager Mrs B Parker - School Nurse Mrs L Paul - Julius House, Weekend Administrator Mrs R Ansell - Kilburn House, Weekend Administrator Miss J Robins - Kilburn House, Prep Supervisor Mrs Jo Hayes-Smith - Kilburn House, Prep Supervisor Ms J Brownie - Kilburn House Weekly Assistant Ms D Perkins - Catering Manager

Maintenance Staff Mr G Bradshaw Mr D Harris Mr A Mackley Mr R Derry Mrs S Jarden - Cleaning Supervisor

College Office Ms R Madden - PA to the Principal Mrs A Kitson - Office Manager Miss K Brown - School Secretary Miss N Pollock - Receptionist

STAFF Back row: Hilary Scandrett, Ngaire Carson, Paul Westbury, Mike Summerlee, Anne Archer, Roz Spiers, Paula Townsend, Amanda Steele, Ann Marie Bateman, Sandra Dain, Terry Wood, John Kerr, Alistair Mackley, Trudy Keys. 4th Row: Amanda Wesley, Jane Shand, Bryon Mann, David Harris, Nola Kilpatrick, Mellissa Fenton, Rae Fraser, Paula Sheldon, Susan Fisher, Mike Green, Kaye Curgenven, Graham Bradshaw, Lyall Hallum, Jan Webby 3rd Row: Leanne Chambers, Janet Todd, Margaret Wiess, Joan Zygadlo, Kathryn Coakley, Kelly Brown, Ann Boyce, Beth Stevens, Robyn Madden, Jenny Jones, Pam Harvey, Helen Wigg, Jo Allen. 2nd Row: Luba Roth, Anthea Kitson, Linda Chong, Shirley Smith, Chris Rayward, Linda Lightfoot, Viv Morrison, Jackie Ott, Kirsty Macdonald, Sonia Bell, Robyn Tiffen, Ray Derry, Chris Chambers, Pauline Hendricksen. Front: Jill Kerr, Peg Riley, Ken Beckman, Sue Oliver, Grant Belcher, Chris Wyeth, Claudia Wysocki, Chris Arthur, Marilyn Copland, Mike Greenslade, Lyn Kennedy, Stacey Rod, Alison Price. Absent: Claire Wood, Brian Woods, Sarah Perkins, Heather Ronald, Robyn Jones, Michelle Brennan, Jenny Laney, Nyomi Pollock, Martine Marshall, Deborah James, Sam Fazio-Smith, Jose Barkus, Amanda Billing, Christine Laughton, Paula Sheldon.

1FI Back: Mrs S. Fisher, Bronte Norton, Emily Street, Hannah Buchanan Front : Amanda Liddell, Stephanie Webber, Courtney Bartlett, Deborah Chen-Green, Calista Fung, Caitlin Yee

20N Back. Gabrielle Sparrow (Yr 13 helper), Charlotte Wells, Brittany Tyson, Catrona Anderson, Georgina Limmer, Renee Stewart, Evelyn Slape, Mrs Heather Oughton 2nd: Nicole Cousins, Renise Jeyaraj, Kimberley Mackay-Wallace, Charlotte Jackson, Paris Frost, Courtney Chamberlain, Laura Tomlinson Front : Elora Harre, Katie Wilkinson

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Back: Mrs J. Ott, Emma Learey, Heidi Schout, Naomi Ade/eye Front : Emma Champ, Jamie De Jong, Isabella Bush, Arabella Midwood, Chelsea Robinston

4MO Back.· Mrs V Morrison, Katie Vilsbaek, Ella Richardson, Sophie Harre, Jessica Chamberlain Front : Caitlin Barker, Samantha Murphy, Young Yoon, Penelope Hawkins, Nicole Ruddiman, Cara Saunders Absent: Sarah Elliott, Rebecca Ferguson

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5BA Back: Kaitlyn Tyson, Chloe Weal!eans, Peril/a Peter, Caitlin Roberts, Laura Holder 2nd: Mrs A.M Bateman, Georgia Wilcox, Ellie Hegarty, Georgina Gray, Ottilie Smith, Rebekah Masterton, Ms Felicity Allum Front : Alexandra Batten, Katherine Todd, Gwenda/en Jackson, Fiona Millar, Lauren Ching, Annabelle Walker

6SH Back: Clemency Baker, Lydia Harre, Anna Wilson, Imagen Midwood, Esther Chen-Green, Rhea Milner 2nd: Mrs P. Sheldon, Melanie Green, Monica Johnson, Rosie Parkinson, Yong Mi Kim, Claire Tomlinson, Alexandra Callaghan Front:: Alexia Cameron, Lucy Garvin, Rebekah Thomas-Hiddleston, Alex Wells, Miriam Black, Michaela Lancaster-Weerts, Prudence Watson, Helen Lu Absent: Harriett Smith 13

7CT Back: Sarah Reese, Pollyanna Midwood, Kate Birkzwager, Samantha McConnell, Frances Guthrey, Genevieve Hegarty 2nd: Mrs Charteris, Jane Millar, Ashley McNeil/, Charlotte Buchanan, Sophie Freear, Melissa Tyson Front : Chelsea Mongan, Aimee Paterson, Juliette Lee, Rosemary Holliday, Allanah-Kate Wake/in, Caitlin Eves Absent.- Ahnaka Dunne

7FR Back: Amy Roberts, Bronwyn Hanger, Kelly Belcher, Sophie Stammers, Eleanor Wootton 2nd: Mrs R. Fraser, Caroline East, Annabel Watson, Georgina Whittaker, Bonnie Hasson, Kira Williams, Georgina Diack Front : Erin Jackson, Natalie Bradford, Annabelle Matson, Olivia Glasson, Virginia Matson, Harriet Johnston, Sarah Masterton

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BMA Back: Natalie Watson, Joanna Chen-Green, Michelle Souster, Jessica Brough, Annie Walsh, Holly Laughton, Tiffany Huang, Alice Liddell 2nd: Rev McDonald, Melissa Nottage, Olivia Sutton, Lucy MacVicar, Aleisha Lines, Calantha Peter, Serena McKay Front : Sophie Wynne, Dominic Chiu, Alex Mark, Victoria Minson, Lucy Taylor, Erika Morrin, Sophie Chima, Fiona Browning

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f feer rike iumpinq info bed. My Jiead is spinning- round and round, My body is furninq upside down. My moufJ, Jias dropped fen mefres down, TJ,is Jiappened fo me in fJ,e middre of fown. Now f J,ave spofs ar, over my face, WJ,y don't fJ,ey cover me in race?

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... because we love Him. He gives us the world, he gives us life. He gives me special people. he gives me special people like Mummy, Daddy and Grandma in heaven and Grandad. He gives me Keith, Cheyenne and Mitchell. Stephanie

... because I recycle garbage to make sure the earth is clean. He gives me a lovely place to live. I love living on a farm where I have trees to climb on. Jesus gave me Mummy, Daddy and Megan to love. Helen

... because he keeps me safe with my Mummy, Tony, Mychelle and Makaela. Olivia looks after me after school. Jesus gave our family Sean - he is only ten months old; I love him, but he pulls my hair! I go to St Patrick's and hear stories about Jesus and do prayers. Sinead ... because He is above us in the sky. He looks down on us and looks after everyone in the world. He looks after people who have died , like my Grandpa who died this year. Prayer are like letters; we send them up to the sky. Hannah

... because we sing a song about it. Jesus keeps me safe with Mummy, Daddy and Jamie. My favourite song about Jesus is' God Has Made Us a Family.' Emily

... because He loves everyone. Jesus helps us. He helps me to learn writing and reading. I love to sing the song 'Jesus Loves Me'. Jesus gave me Esther and Jo and Mum, Dad and Emily, the babysitter. Jesus is powerful and we are weak, because we don't have any power. Deborah

... because He loves us all and He knows we love Him too. He gives us sunny and rainy days and flowers in the Spring. Jesus makes all the fruits and vegetables. Jesus gives us Mums, Dads, friends and brothers to love. Thankyou, Jesus for everything in the world. Amanda

... because He makes things. He gives us sunny days for swimming. He gives us swimming pools and clean water. He gives us special people - Mummy, Daddy and Emmett. Bronte

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... because He has given me a lovely family - my Mummy, Daddy and Andrew. We love to look at photos of when we were born and to play chess together. God made the mountains and I love skiing in the mountains with Andrew. Caitlin

... because I learnt about Him. He loves all people and children. He loves children because they are very cute. If children pray, Jesus gives them sunny days. I pray that I can have nice friends. Calista ... because He cares for me. He lives up in the sky. Santa lives in the North Pole and he has a telescope or a camera that sees everybody and I think that Jesus has one of those as well. He loves us and He gives us Mummys and Daddys and special friends. He gave me Mummy and Daddy and Alex my dog,and Maxie my cat, who lives with Ian. Courtney 19

Year 2 Mrs Oughton

fun at ferrymead One day we went to Ferrymead. We did lots of jobs. I liked doing the washing the best,it was fun. The washing day used to be always Monday and it took so long to do. Mrs Grey was a nice person. Washing the dishes was so fun too but it was hard. It was a tough job to keep the fire going. It had to go all day. When we went to Ferrymead we got into some different clothes.I wore a green dress and an apron and also a bonnet. By Paris Frost.

Ferrymead

FunAt Moorhouse School

Olden ay School Days When we went to Ferrymead we also went to Miss Blacks school. Miss Black had a wooden cane in her hand. She also looked at our hands when we came in the classroom and she said she would look at our shoes to make sure our shoes were polished and very clean. On our wooden desks we had pots of ink, a small blackboard and a cloth. There was also a slate pencil. By Charlotte Jackson

When we went to Ferrymead on Thursday we went to the school. The teacher's name was Miss Black and she was strict. She carried a stick around with her. The desks were made of wood and they were long so some people sat at a desk with three people but sometimes you had your own desk. There was a fireplace in the classroom. They didn't have age groups so there were thirteen year aids and six year olds all together. By Laura Elliott

A Day At Mrs Grey's House We went to Ferrymead on Thursday and we dressed up in olden day clothes. We went to Mrs Grey's house to help her with some chores. We scrubbed the table and that was fun. Then I went to do the carpet sweeping in the living room. I had to do the ironing too and the iron was very heavy but I didn't mind. I helped with the washing and hung the clothes on the line with wooden pegs. We were told to go into the house and then we left. By Georgina Limmer

Mrs Black'sSchool Our class went to Ferrymead. I went to Mrs blacks school and played ringa-ringa-rosies, a pocket full of posies, a-tishoo, a-tishoo, we all fall down. Mrs Black had a cane in her hand so if one of us were naughty we would get smacked on the bottom with it, It was made out of bamboo stick and hurt because it's very strong. by Elora Harre

Telephone Operator Cordelia

At Ferrymead we went to the Post

On Thursday I went to Ferrymead. I went to Miss Black's school. Emma just about got the cane, it was a fun a day. There were blackboards on a desk with a piece of chalk which we used to write with. Miss Black was very strict and she had a cane. We played ringa-ringa-rosie in the school playground. The boys sat on one side of the classroom and the girls sat on the other. By Evelyn Slape

Office and a man showed us the telephone exchange. It was fun because I got to be the telephone operator when Renise was making a call to Laura E. I had to push buttons and lift things up and wear headphones so I could hear them talking. By Cordelia Daley

Eerrymead We went to Ferrymead on Tuesday and had heaps of fun. We did jobs in Mrs Greys house. I did the carpet sweeping and it was very noisy and it didn't work very well. I did the ironing and the iron was very, very heavy, an adult had to get it for me from the fire. The iron was heated up with coal and if you were ironing white things you would get black soot on them. I used a washing board when I was washing the clothes. By Renee Stewart

erryme~~~~~~~~~~yweFun ssed up like girls in the olden s. There were different coloured icoats and they were red, green blue. We got to choose if we Id dress up as a boy or a girl. I a girl. The boys had to wear a . At Moorhouse School I gave the pieces of paper and Evelyn e out the pencils. It was such fun ause we got to make our own uits at the bakery We put on two colate buttons and cooked them n oven with a fire. By Nicole Cousins

at Ferrymead! Hard Jobs In the Olden Days When we went to Mrs Greys house at Ferrymead we had to do chores and I think that it would be pretty hard to do in those days but it was fun to pretend. We had to wash thf dishes and Mrs Grey had sunlight soap to make the water soapy. We used this-soap and a washing board to wash the clothes. We scrubbed the clothes with the soap. There was a coal-range and the fire was always going.

By Laura Tomlinson School Days When we went to Miss Black's school before we went into school we played Ring-a-ring-a-rosies. When the bell rang we had to go into school. The boys had to take off their caps. In class instead of books you had slates to write on. The slates were like blackboards. Some of the desks were in threes and the rest were singles. Miss Black was a bit growly and she wouldn't let us call out. When we did our handwriting we had to use pens that we had to dip into ink and the writing was very hard to copy. In the beginning we had to sing God Save the king. By Kimberley Mackay-Wallace

How Lucky Are We? We are very lucky because in the early Canterbury the children had to help their Mum. When they had to have a bath the Mum had to boil a jug of water and when it was boiled the Mum had to take the jug to the bath and then take the jug back for more water. They only had a bath every week. They used to have a potty under their beds because the toilets were outside in the dark. By Brittany Tyson

•--Jobs1Jobs,Jobs ---. went to Ferrymead onThursday we went to Mrs Grey's house we helped her with her hing. We helped her with her ng and the iron is heavy and iron is light. We washed her up and down. I liked cleaning Grey's house. It was hard to h the clothes but it was fun. ing wood on the fire and ing it going must have been too. By Courtney Chamberlain

Funat MrsGrey's At Mrs Grey's house it was hard work. They used to have heavy irons but I loved to iron the clothes that was my best thing of all. It took • a long time to heat the iron. I liked t dress up. It was lots and lots of fun. did not like the carpet sweeper because it was noisy. I also liked to clean the dishes. It was an effort to keep the fire going all day and all night. By Katie Wilkinson

ferrymead Year 2 class went to Ferrymead and we went to Mrs Grey's house. When we did the dishes we had to have a bowl of water on a coal range. We· put hot water in the basin and washed the dishes. On Monday was the washing day and the mothers • had to do lots and lots of washing. The ironing that we had to do was hard and it made the clothes dirty again because of the soot. I had to hold the iron with two hands because it was so heavy. By Renise Jeyaraj

Grumpy Miss Black On Thursday we went to Miss Blacks school. Mrs Black is very, very, very, very strict but I didn't get old off because I tried my best to be ery, very, very.very good. We used k for writing and the writing was tunny. We had a slate and a slate pencil and a rag to wipe off the writing. Mrs Black had a strap and she told us that if we were naughty she would whip us. There was a fireplace and Miss Black had to get to school very early to light the fire. The children played ring-a-ring-a rosies and the boys played marbles. By Catrona Anderson

Year 3

oes to The Carriage Ride Enormous clydesdales, cool! Horses hooves, clip-clop. Stinky horses. Bess's coat, smooth as silk. Emma Champ

Mt St Helen's Mountain with a hole in the northwest si Clouds of smoke, rock, quickly explode Smelt like someone smoking. Loud crashes, like thunder banging. Jamie de Jong

The School House One room, boring jail. Mean silence, teacher loud. Feathery desk, chalky slate board. Old smelly inkpots. Heidi Schout

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Fer The Bakery Delicious, sweet cookies, gleaming on the tray. Toasting cookies, burning. Hot chocolate, sweet, creamy, Soft, warm dough. Fire crackling, like people clapping at the circus. Bella Bush

The Bakery Sweet-scented bakery. Balting delicious biscuits. Feeling squishy dough. Catching glimpses of a boiling oven. Flames licking like a flax bush. Getting dirty clothes. Emma Learey

The Bakery Mouthwatering, crunchy biscuits. Delicious, warm dough. Gooey, squishy, like a ball of playdough. Oven crackling, like a sausage in a pan. Delicious, warm cookies. Makaela Hellmann

Mrs Grey's Rubbing soap on clothing. Sunlight soap like perfume. Smooth wooden pegs. Water, splashing like a fountain. Brooke Bishop Mrs Grey's Water, foamy like a spa. Soap bubbling, like heartbeats and rain. Clothes dripping on a washing line. Soapy foam-like liquid. Megan Vincent The School House Mean teachers creeping like wolves hunting. Teachers, speaking like fierce lions. Dirty air sneaking around. Ink like running water, down your finger. Chelsea Robinson 23

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5o~Q. of our fa\Jourft-Q. -poQ.~5... Junky Monsirous Slithering Monster Junky monstrous slithering monster Very very spiky. • Don't ever touch his slimy skin Or it will hurt you badly It'll prick you here, it'll prick you there It'll hur:tso-very madly. Young Yoon

SookySlim Monster In the deep woods the monster lurked Waiting to pounce on juicy prey To chew and crunch and slobber Gigantic, dribbling, spiky monster Waiting hopefully for treats Human eyeballs, blood and guts To fill her foul body to the brim Growling, howling, boomerous monster. Samantha Murphy

GiganticMonster Giganticmonstergruntingheaving Snortinggreedilyover its prey Dribbling,drooling,suckingthe bones Disgustingrottenblooddripsfrom its jaws Bulgingeyes and fl9-bbytongue Slimy,screeching,ugly sight The beastis on the hunt. PenelopeHawker

OnePeepParkNight One deep dark night I heard a scream Peeped through the window Spied a drooling screaming creature Lumbering, slobbering in the moonlight Dancing a terrifying death dance UGLY He ran, I screamed, he snapped, I howled Dived back to bed Head under blankets Monster disappears Into the swirling night. Ella Richardson

Witch'sLightningSpell Hairy spider body Like a cloud With long legs m.akelightning Like horrible creatures in a spell Lightning flashes zig zagging. Cara Saunders

~ Yellow lightning flashing down Thunder rumbling in the air Clouds banging together with anger The storm rages madly. Caitlin Barker

BoomingLightning

The Monster The giganticmonsterlurchedthroughthe woods Dartingthroughthe trees, toweringover the animals Screaming,crying people run throughthe shadowsmade by the trees Boomerous,howlingnoisesechoed • as the werewolvesran throughthe breeze • Snappingonto legs and arms.Bloodis everywhere. Lumbering,squidgy,waddlingmonsterscome into view The flabby body and the screamingvoice of THE MONSTER. RebeccaFerguson

Flashes of golden, shimmering, static electricity Booming, crashing thunder Lightning flashing across the black clouds Hitting, fighting like a war. Jessica Chamberlain

The Terrifying Monster • Sc~ry disgraceful monster booming As 1tl~aps along lumbering, snapping Drooling he leaps 'into the zoo And frightens all the animals The babies howled The people screamed and fled Horrified frightened crowds As the monster frees the animals. Katie Vilsbaek

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Invisible BOOMING SHOCKING Lightning flies across the sky. Thunder invisibly crashes Rain teardrops zooming down from the sky Creatures hide far and near Up in trees and down in burrows. Sophie Harre

The Monster In the deep dark forest a disgusting monster Gulped, crunching scaly crocodiles' heads Flabby, bony, grimy skin hanging in ugly folds. Humungous teeth, looking hungry Slobbering water down his mouth Coming closer, howling for food Caught me up in a gulp - Ah! Nicole Ruddiman

The Fromster In a deep, dark, grimy, Q~Y..~"\ At the bottom of a gigantic cliff, Lived a squis~y, hairy, unhygienic, stinky fromster, H~nQry,d_roohng,greedy, snapping fromster, Slinking silently through the woods, Ready to grab you when you least expect it. He'll take you to his disgraceful cave! And who knows what then? Every day his reputation spreads, And don't ever enter the woods, Or you'll find yourself in a sticky situation! Some people say that he mashes the bones to make a spread And puts it on his bread! ~ ' So do as I say - keep your distance, .. Stay away! . • Sarah Elliott

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e tangata whenua built their own houses from stick. wood and roofs made of thatch. They built whares and patakas. The patakas were erected high off the ground so that rats and dogs would not gel at the stored food. Their buildings showed the journeys and stories of their ancestors. The settlers lived in wooden barracks in Lyttleton. and then in canvas tents or oneroomed wooden houses. Some had cob cottages made out of mud with roofs of thatch. Important buildings were built of stone. Mikaela Lancaster

The tangata whenua and the early settlers had some similarities but they also had many differences.While the Maori adapted to the land the early settlers made the land adapt to them.The Maori hunted. grew and collected their food. The Polynesian Maori hunted and ate the moa and made temporary homes wherever the moa were. The classical Maori hunted and trapped smaller birds like ducks Spears and clubs were used by the and pigeons. They had more permanent Maori. homes. Apart from the kumara. yam and taro They were involved in inter-tribal that they grew for food. they ate wild berries warfare. The weapons were 01 great and mainly wild birds. whereas the early settlers brought with them cows, sheep, hens. value to them. turkeys. pigs and many other captive animals Their weapons were made from stone. wood and greenstone. that they used for food. Where the tangata whenua used the forest for differentreasons. The new settlers brought guns with them, which they traded with the the early settlers cleared the forest to make Maori. way for farmland for their crops. The Maori learnt to use the guns Monica Johnson quickly. f-J,e/enLU

Maori art was important to all Maori people because ii told of their ancestors Maori hunted moa for food. but the and their iwi. moa became extinct. They made fish They used wood, rocks. flax and bone to make their art. hooks from moa bone to eatenfish for Carving was an important art for the Maori . eating. Excess fish was dried with sun They carved their weapons. tools. and their houses. and wind. The Maori made bird spears The new settlers brought their art with them. They brought their paint with them painted in the style of the European painters. to catch birds for eating. They dug holes for the hangi to cook their food. They New Zealand had very strong light and the colours looked different. made digging sticks to plant vegetables Art was for the wealthy, not the poor. such as yam, kumara. taro and gourds. Rhea Milner The new settlers brought cows. hens. rabbits, and many dtlferent farm animalS. rom England they brought livestock; cows, pigs and hens as well as corned beef, They brought many foods on the ship. Yong Mi Kim. pickled vegetables, fruit, potatoes, and seeds for plants. From Polynesia they brought bread plants, coconuts, and banana - these did not survive, but kumera and taro did. When the new settlers arrived in New They also brought dogs and rats too, but they were also ready to Zealand, they had brought guns with them. eat birds and seafood. Esther Chen-Green The Maoris wanted the guns, because they were a fighting nation. The new settlers The Maori had to gather their food from the agreed to trade guns with the Maori if they land. They hunted many birds. fish, eels and got land in return. The Maori liked having shellfish. They also harvested kumara and guns, because it showed importance and gathered plants and berries from the status between the tribes. Eventually, the forests. The Maori gave thanks after hunting Maori used the European guns against and collecting food. them during the Land Wars. The early settlers brought their food with Jessica Lawry. them to New Zealand. They brought cows, sheep, chickens. turkeys. hens and seeds for wheat and barley. When they ran out of tea leaves, they used the leaves from the The lmigrants didn't understand the Maori, their culture or beliefs. native manuka - ·tea tree'. The new settlers regarded the Maori as ·noble savages·. Miriam Black The Maori would not give in to the new people - they were a proud war-like people. The immigrants did not understand the Maori gods. The immigrants did not respect places which were tapu - where the Maori burie their dead Sometimes the settlers were killed because they broke the tapu. Lucy Garvin

What is the most importantthin •

He tangata. He tangata. He tangata.

Moarl 'We are a proud race. especially of our moko. To us the moko shows mana in our tribe. The tohunga carves the moko. Another person has to hold me down. as the pain is excruciating. The moko is not the devil's art' Settlers They are a dirty race and certainly don·t believe in God. we are scared of the Maori. We wlll be able to adapt to the land much better than they. The moko is the devil's art: Alexia Cameron

The Maori had to learn to preserve their food so that they could eat during the cold winter months. They learnt to grow and harvest the kurnara during one growing season. The moa was a very important food source for the Maori. The English didn't eat the moa because the moa was extinct by the time they got to New Zealand. The English brought plants and birds over with them. Prudence Watson

Settlers thOught tattoo was the 'devils art·. The Maori called it the moko. The tangata whenua would choose people who had done many good deeds. This would take a very long time (up to 3 to 6 months or more) to choose whO would get a moko. Anna Wi1s-on

The Maori had different art to the English people. The Maori made their art using greenstone, stone. wood and shells. The English would buy their art. Some of them would have collected very expensive ornaments made of line bone china which was made from rare. pale clay. Pounamu was highly prized by the Maori. Clemency Baker Nuku the bird hunter was skilled in using melhods to catch the wild birds in the forest. He had to be a skillful observer because he had to study the feeding habits of the birds so that he could set noose snares for the tui in the kowhai tree. He Early maori Muses were always one story and had only one room. The had to be strong to use spears up to 10 fireplaces were in the middle of the room and only used to keep warm. They metres long. The new settlers kept domestic birds such as hens, geese, ducks lived in karangas and pas. and turkeys.They kept them penned. so Some early European setltlers houses had two or more stories and may have they didn't need to hunt.The women had many rooms. They also may have had attics and basements which people looked alter the fowls. lived In. Fireplaces had chimneys and they cooked on stoves in the fireplaces Alexandra Callaghan Alex We/15 The moa was a large native bird of the New Zealand forest and there were thousands of them.The Maori caught the moa by fire, traps and weapons. The English brought with them domestic birds from the homeland; hens, geese, turkeys and ducks. They mainly kept these birds in cages or in pens outside, so they didn't have to trap or hunt any other birds. Hamett Smilfl

Maori art was seen on their faces in the moko, on their houses. in the carvings on their tools and Implements. Their art told of their ancestors. history and their iwi. All Maori had access to thei art. This was partly because they had no written language.The a of the new settlers was in their paintings and expensive, exclusive ornaments. Art was owned by the wealthy and viewed by the poor. Melanie Green

The Maori cut the moko into the skin. Their status was identified by the moko. Men had the moko on their buttocks, faces and thighs. women had the moko on their chin, breasts and stomach. The moko showed a person·s mana and their position within the tribe. The more moko they had the more important they were.The Maori chiefs had to look after their iwi, to make theirs stronger than other iwi. Full dark blue lips was a sign of feminine beauty. The new settlers thought that people with the most money were the most important Wealthy people were the leaders, they lived in big houses and had servants. These people thought that they were better than the people of the lower classes. A fair complexion was a sign of feminine beauty. Rose Parkinson

Tane created the world by pushing his mother Papa and father Rangi apart.Tane placed trees as pillars so Papa could not reach Rangi. God createdthe heaven and earth and put Adam and Eve on it. God createdearth in six days and rested on the seventh. Claire Tomlinson

It is people. It is people. It is people.

EAR 7 A Colourful Christmas The laughs echo throughout when we all get together. Not only are the usual jokes shared but crackers erupt, chocolates mysteriously disappear and pine needles make their rapid descent to the ground. The bright Christmas lights reflect the warmth of all hearts. The day begins as the family arrive. Aunt Susie and Uncle Joe with the twins, Will and Grace. Granny Elma comes with Kate in her best, yet well loved shawl but not before the annual comment of "how lovely the house looks with all the decorations." Coats and shawls are discarded and, like Wise Men bearing gifts, baskets are brought in from the cars. Kate comes through to the kitchen with her Christmas pudding and brandy butter. Joe has "gin and tonic thanks" but where is the punch for Will and Grace? The baskets are placed under the tree and with the children in front and Granny Elma in the armchair, all are in place like a choir of angels. Little Jack proceeds to distribute the presents, and while the twins marvel at their new butterfly nets and pogo sticks from Granny Elma, Kate looks quite proud of the seventeenth jar of relish that she has given me. The paper flies in all directions as kisses are exchanged and Joe thumbs through his latest book on the All Blacks with weathered hands. Once the excitement of giving and receiving is over, Susie helps Elma through to the dining room while Jack proudly tells Kate how he set the table "all by myself". Will and Grace squabble over who gets the chair nearest to the bowl of chocolates and Joe carves the turkey. Bang! Crackers are pulled and paper party hats adorn heads, both big and small. Jokes are read and politely everyone laughs. Then Joe brings through the steaming turkey decorated with holly from Mrs Bradshaw's bush next door. All eyes greedily take more than stomachs should hold. Little Jack spills gravy on the carpet and where has Granny Elma's serviette gone?

Granny Elma must have her malt biscuit. Will and Grace take to the footpath with the pogo stick and Jack, who has now fully mastered the art of riding a bicycle, is tearing along he curb. Susie and Kate remark that they "really must catch up during the year." Isn't that the third time they have said that? Joe looks at his watch in a "that's enough relatives for one day" manner and Susie, having finished her second cup of black coffee remarks that they must be off but "thank you for all the presents". Will and Grace are retrieved and when the pogo stick is put into the boot of the car, come forward to thank Granny Elma again for the "fantastic present." We all wave as they leave with small faces pressed against the car window. Kate then adds that she "doesn't want to intrude" and loudly mentions to Granny Elma, "should I take you home now?" Shawls are fetched, baskets brought forward and "what a lovely jar of relish," is added, before they too disappear for another year. I retur to the house, which really looks quite empty without Granny Elma asleep in the armchair or Will and Grace in search of the elusive Hershey's Kiss. I bend down to retrieve wrapping paper, saving the best pieces for next Christmas. Outside on the curb, Jack, with his paper hat on a lean, careers on, narrowly missing Mrs Bradshaw's peonies, as the festivities which had been so long awaited, slowly fade with the setting sun. by Kat'e Wylie Y7

Sadness Sadness is a hollow feeling, the feeling like there is an empty bucket sitting in the bottom of your stomach waiting to be filled You feel the cold tears building up slowly in your rea eyes. They then start trickling down your face like rain on a window. Your head feels like a ball being bounced on hard concrete. Then as you see the comforting faces of your parents,

As the Christmas pudding is brought out, Kate beams and Will complains that "he doesn't like fruit mince." Granny

The bucket has been filled and the tears have disappeared.

Elma makes sure that the children "don't take too much brandy butter" and Joe is finished before Kate takes her

You feel loved again.

first mouthful, although he still has "room for seconds." The candles burn brightly for a while, but start to flicker as the dinner nears an end. Granny Elma discreetly returns to the armchair for "forty winks" while Joe demonstrates to Jack how to ride" a real bicycle." Susie and Kate insist on washing the dishes after a "truly delightful meal" and Will and Grace scoff the rest of the Christmas chocolates. Coffee is served, although Kate prefers herbal tea, and

By Chelsea Mongan

Hair

Hate

I brushed my hair 'till shining bright. don't

It really looked a lovely sight.

love you

With every hair and curl in place.

anymore

It hung just round my face.

Because

Until I stepped onto the street,

all

I felt the world was at my feet. When suddenly a rush of air,

you do is

Blew it almost everywhere. And because I am a little vain,

make almost everything miserable go

I had to do it all gain. by Kate Kirkzwager Y7 Refugees

The had to leave away, I want my life

like new again by Jenna Rennie Y7

They had to leave their homes, not knowing what comes next, not knowing where to go, not knowing what to do.

Diary of an Immigrant

10 September 3 days at sea I am in a cabin with Mama, Papa, Edward and Thomas. It is very cramped. I saw a school of porpoises, I just wanted to jump in and swim with them. Yesterday, I was getting out my Sunday School clothes and a cockroach had eaten a hole in my dress. I have a new friend, her name is Sophia, we played with her dolls and tea set, that she got for her birthday.

They had to leave their belongings, their loves, their dreams. They had to leave their land, the place they grew up, the place they had hope. by Aimee Paterson

22 September 12 days at sea I woke to the sound of a new born baby. It brought back memories of when Thomas was born. It is really hot, all the women are on deck washing their clothes. Sophia and I are playing with our toys, the boys are playing tag. Tomorrow its Eddie's birthday. 30 September passing Cape of Good Hope

Soft, Crunchy, Leaves

Leaves are fun when my friends cover me up Crunchy leaves everywhere Make a pile anywhere Jump in and fall asleep

Today it started raining, it's starting to get colder. I have to stay in bed all day because I have the chicken pox and Mama doesn't want it to spread. I am feeling miserable because I don't have anyone to talk to during the day. I am scared I might die from the chicken pox or I might spr.ead it through the rest of the family.

But the crunch of leaves wake you up A blast of wind Makes a soft leaf fall on my head As I am swimming in a swimming pool A leaf falls beside me

by Genevieve Hegarty Y7

I love soft, crunchy, leaves in the autumn. by Caitlin Eves

Scrunch Today is a cold autumn day The wind is blowing hard

Praying they won't go over the edge. I hear the north-west wind roaring, The native birds soaring,

Cold wind rushing through my body I am now anxious to reach my new found home, Holes tear on my sides 'Canterbury.' It is too hard to hang on by Sarah Masterton Y7Fr

There I am falling, falling, falling Then a gust of wind comes It swoops me up

Hope at the Summit I struggle a wave to my friends Clip, clop, clip, clop. Turning brown and holding on for dear life The sound of horses' hooves reaching the top. Slowly I fall A shiver of excitement trickles down my spine I reach the ground I'll try to force myself to believe that I'll be just fine There are so many more just like me All of us slowly dying

Thousands of different feelings scattered around my brain

I try to move but I can't

I try to ignore the torturing, hurting pain.

I know it will all be over soon

Children whining, crying, tugging at my dress

I am right.

I feel so hungry, thirsty, such a mess

The last thing that I hear is

I want to let out all my stress in loud screams and shout

SCRUNCH!

But all I can manage is a small pout.

by Sam McConnell 7Sm

A huge land in front of me, barren, naked, flat

A Pioneer's Thoughts

I feel almost like I'm going to faint, but instead I just fall and sit

Clambering hills all day long,

I drop all my heavy luggage on the dusty ground

Waiting for freedom's song.

I try to listen to the whispers of nature, But I can't hear a sound

A longing for existence forms over me, The beautiful green shimmering sea While I wince in pain. This country was meant for me. Relieving thoughts smother my stressed emotions, Since I left the Pacific Ocean.

The horse rider is gathering up the long leather reins.

I near half-way of this treacherous journey,

I forget about the stabbing aches and pains

My mind set on this wondrous beauty.

And plod on ahead to reach my new home, the great

The barren land sticks out like a sore thumb, Waiting for someone caring to come. The baby cries, exerts himself, When the wind strikes with a sudden blow. The children terrified, clutch their Father,

Here I stand in front of these breathtaking flat plains

Canterbury Plains by Amy Roberts Y7Fr

C 2

Canterbury

At Last

Canterbury

- The Start of a New Life

The wind riding the air

The st•ong nor' west winds

Undoing my braided hair

Howl down the rough track.

Blisters on my poor aching feet

Babies screaming from hunger -

In shoes far too small

Each step I take, my feet ache;

The wind whistling carelessly around the bluff

Gasping for breath

What a breathtaking view;

At last we have reached the top.

We're at the top, we're here.

The view!

Barren empty plains,

It's breathtaking -

Just flat swamps and lagoons, The sea, the brilliant blue sea, Snow capped mountains in the distance, I'm here at last in Canterbury. by Bronwyn Hanger 7Fr

Bare naked landscape, Windirg rivers, Rough unknown mountains. So this is my new home, CANTERBURY! by Ginnie Matson 7Fr

New Life Ahead I stare at the hills And shiver with happiness. I really can't believe

The Sea of Silver and Gold Tiny deep blue ripples, Sweep across the silver sea -

That I have trugged up that steep hill. Gold reflections shimmer. I'm so proud of myself.

The Morning Sea My new life is full of hope. Glistening morning sun, My bones are sore and tired Spreading over the calm seas But I an restless and ready to go To get away from all these Wailing babies, naughty children. I am free and want to roan The Lands of Canterbury

Reflects golden rays.

Somewhere

Over the Rainbow

Gentle drizzles sweep down, Broad colours soar the sky, White fluffy clouds fly.

by Annabel Watson 7Fr

by Ginnie Matson Y7Fr

Lifeless Relief When the wind comes, Finally we're at the summit When the breeze shifts the leaves from their The view is breathtaking. I'm exhausted yet excited. The colonists are on their horses We are on our feet. My muscles are in great pain And the wind is driving me insane.

Fragile branch of life, When the rakes are busy in the deep piles of Leaves, When the colours flash, When the wind whirls,

Then finally I give a sigh of relief -

When '-ack Frost plays his icy games,

As I now realise it's all downhill for me.

That's when autumn's come.

by Georgina Whittaker Y7Fr

by Harriet Johnstone 7Fr

< I 11

A Cat's Autumn Day

He is still frisking there

As the cat bounded out to play

But I wonder what will happen

A thought jumped through his head

When comes Wily Woolly Winter?

"Oh it's a bit crisp out here today

by Erin Jackson Y7FR

I'd rather be in bed" As he made this decision

Trouble Times Two

He heard an unwelcome sound

Tiny at first,

The old antique door closing with precision

Wee little paws,

He cried "I was homeward bound!

Only the cutest,

But then the door slammed

Little tiny jaws.

And I am stranded in the leaves"

Inside and outside,

So then this poor little puddy-tat

They play all the time,

Made his sorrowful way

Too cute to be lost,

Into the midst of leaves

Little eyes coloured lime.

Piled high on the ground.

Evenings are my favourite,

With two leaps and bounds Cuddles and purrs,

He made it to the top Where a tiny patch of sunlight - a little patch of gold

Always happy, Tingly black fur.

Lay waiting just for him.

Silly wee kittens but thy're so cute,

He curled up and fell asleep

I love my black cats

Then the leaves started to drift down again He then awoke, and realised - to his utmost delight A pile of more leaves had miraculously appeared!

But they hide in our boots! by Ashley McNeil/ Y7Fr

Oh this cat to this day Congratulations to these students for excellent results in the following competition:

Australian English Competition High Distinction: Monica Johnson Distinction: Alex Wells, Erin Jackson, Sarah Masterton, Jane Millar, Kira Williams, Zoe Carson, Joanna Chen-Green, Alex Garrett, Brooke Mellsop Credit: Claire Tomlinson, Rosemary Holliday, Sarah Reese, Amy Roberts, Georgina Whittaker, Alice Bourdot, Georgina Bradfield, Fiona Browning, Sophie Chima, Namin Cho, Harriet Hamilton, Edwina Horne, Holly Laughton, Lucy MacVicar, Alexandria Mark, Erika Morrin, Michelle Souster, Sophie Wynne

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Star of Wonder. Star of Night. It was over six more sleeps until Christmas Eve. Everyone in the snowy streets of my home village, Vensque was going frantic to get everything ready in time. Little French children were selling Christmas trees outside their gates, people on their sleighs were going down the snowy slopes, and the smell of plum puddings baking made my mouth water. On the night of New Year's Eve it will be exactly two years since I left my home in New Zealand. I always wanted to live overseas in France but I didn't know you could get so lonely. Whenever I hear little kids in the street talking away in French I always wish that I wasn't the odd one out. Why did it always seem that I was the only one in my village that didn't speak fluent French. Startled, I bolted upright to hear the sounds of owls hooting outside my frosty window. Flopping back on my bed a sudden noise frightened me. Outside in the closest bush next to my window a dark, creepy shadow crept towards the barn down the back of my property. Only one thing came to my mind, Who? Cheeks burning, I thought who could wandering about the village at this time of night? Memories started racing through my mind. Nine years ago on the morning of Christmas Day two of my French relations got caught in a deadly blizzard on their way back from a Christmas Eve party which finished very early on Christmas morning. Soothing her baby, my aunty huddled under the closest oak tree she could find. Her body was found three days later but her baby was nowhere to be seen. A mystery as it was, the scariest was still to come, my aunt's baby, Elizabeth, turned up on my doorstep five years later when she was six years old. Living with a six year old girl in the house wasn't easy. After two long years Elizabeth was taken away to the

Children's orphanage in Marseille. Cold sweat broke out across my face as I sat upright hearing the rustling in the bushes again. Grabbing my mother's woollen shawl off the coat rack and wrapping myself tight with it I opened my window as far as it could go and jumped outside to the bitter air. Cold tingles went down my spine as I heard the rustling yet again. Deciding if it was better to go back home rather than to stay out in the snowy conditions, with snow plastering my hair to my cheeks I walked outside the walls of the village. Light footsteps were heard behind me. Stopping dead in my tracks I took a quick glance behind me. Nothing. There was total silence. An old tom cat walked across the top of the crumbling brick walls of the village. Clutching the shawl tightly, I decided to head back to my house. The clock face on the village clock tower struck 3 o'clock in the morning. I crept back through the alleyways of the village towards the direction of my farm. I was relieved to see the clean windows of my home. Shuddering, I saw a dim light shine from the living room of the house. Then heard the creaky back door open. Jumping behind the nearest shrub of the garden I saw the same hooded figure that I saw earlier that morning. Yet again it dashed towards the cow barn. Repeating itself in my mind the question said to me again, who? Staring into a gaping hole in the ground, tears pricked in my eyes like needles. How could anyone have the heart to do something like that? In two weeks I would be returning back to New Zealand to lie with my relatives. Relatives that loved my mother. by Sarah Reese Y7Sm

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Bridle Path walk, Y7 We only had a few thousand rests along the way

In February Year 7 and 8 went on a four day camp to Glentui. Apart from the sand flies it was an awesome experience. When we arrived we had a scavenger hunt with Years 7 and 8 that ended in a mad panic.

LENTUI CAMP

Paint was all over the Year 7s after the awesome art activity. It was well worth the effort because we created a great mural of our campsite which is still hanging in the chapel today. Later that evening we had an educational talk from the Oxford Search and Rescue team. Early next morning Year 8 departed for the long and challenging Mt Richardson walk as Year 7 left for a day at Kowhai Residential Riding School. At Kowhai we had to share a horse between each two girls. First of all the nice lady taught those of us that needed it how to walk and trot with posting on a horse. Those of us who didn't need this went in a separate group and practiced their canter. In the afternoon we went for a couple of treks around the river and up the hill. All of the girls were pretty exhausted after that. We all met up back at the camp site and had a well deserved rest. Early the next morning we swapped around and Year 7s climbed Mt Richardson while the Year 8s went to Kowhai. The view from the top was good for all those who arrived up first but by the time everyone was up at the summit the mist covered the whole of Canterbury. That evening we were all amused by the plays performed by the bunk room teams. We all fell straight to sleep that night! In the morning we had to pack our bags and get ready to go. Year 7 walked down to the stream and caught and studied lots of creatures while Year 8 did orienteering. Sadly after that we had to leave. But we definitely thought Glentui Camp was well worth it!

Camp activities: banner making, survival in the bush lesson, horse trekking.

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On Wednesday, 16 August our team consisting of Sarah Masterton, Bronwyn Hanger, Kate Ferguson and Monica Johnson competed at the Town Hall in the Year 7 preliminary round. As we began, the noise from the audience was deafening. We were fortunate to gain first place out of about 40 teams and continue on to the main competition. We were very confident (and excited!) about the prospects of doing well. Our runner Bronwyn was feeling quite fit. After starting the competition we became very nervous as many teams were getting answers before us but we really tried to focus and work together as a team. As we were sweating over our problems in the last few precious minutes we noticed we were first equal but in the last few seconds we were pushed to second equal with three other schools. We were so relieved when we had finished. We were extremely happy with our results, medals and certificates. We can't wait to give it another go next year.

ATHS COMPETITION Congratulations to the following Year 5 to 8 students who achieved excellent results in the recent Australasian competition.

Distinction

Credit

Ottilie Smith

Year 5

Lydia Harre

Year 6

Monica Johnson

Year 6

Alex Wells

Year 6

Imagen Midwood

Year 6

Erin Jackson

Year 7

Rosie Holliday

Year 7

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Year 8

Jane Millar

Year 7

Oliva Hembrow

Year 8

Sarah Reese

Year 7

Lucy Macvicar

Year 8

Sarah Masterton

Year 7

Brooke Mellsop

Year 8

Bronwyn Hanger

Year 7

Georgina Bradfield

Year 8

Sophie Chima

Year 8

Kitty Hepworth

Year 8

Namin Cho

Year 8

Alex Mark

Year 8

Joanna Chen-Green

Year 8

Congratulations to these students for the following excellent results:

Australian, Maths High Distinction: Namin Cho Distinction: Joanna Chen-Green, Zoe Carson Credit: Bronwyn Hanger, Harriet Hamilton, Jane Millar, Kate Ferguson, Rosemary Hollidady, Sophie Chima, Sarah Masterton, Georgina Bradfield, Monica Johnson, Bobby Hogben, Erika Morrin, Erin Jackson, Kitty Hepworth, Sophie Wynne, Tiffany Huang, Michelle Souster, Alice Bourdot 41

CIENCE FAIR

The Science Scene 2000 (which was held downstairs in the ScienceTechnology building) was a real success for all St Margaret's Intermediate girls, as we all competed for a place in the Genesis Energy Canterbury-Westland Science Fair. We noticed the quality of the investigations was of a very high standard and the judges would have found it extremely hard to evaluate the exhibits.

We were all extremely proud of each of the 25 students able to continue onto the Regional Science Fair, held on 5 September. Our Experience: We all arrived at the Convention Centre at 8.45am, having absolutely no idea what to expect. The atmosphere was amazing, with a lot of nervous children waiting with their projects. At 9.00am the competition began. The first ordeal of speaking to a judge was extremely nerve wracking, especially when answering a difficult question, but after waiting for two and a half hours every girl felt they had accomplished something. Two or three hours after having finished the agonizing Science Fair, 11 of us were rung by Mrs Fraser and told to come back at 7.00pm to the Town Hall (Limes Room) to receive our prizes. The results achieved show just how much every girl who entered put into their investigations.

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This year would have to have been one of the best Science Fairs for the St Margaret's Intermediate Department yet. by Ginnie Matson and Sarah Masterton

On Saturday 26 August, 35 of our students from Year 7 to 9 represented St Margaret's College in the annual Genesis Energy Canterbury-Westland Science Fair. The girls exhibited their investigations and presented oral reports to a number of judges. We were delighted that St Margaret's gained first and third places in Year 7 Science and third place in the Year 8 section ( 130 exhibits in each). Sarah Masterton of Year 7 is to be especially congratulated as she collected five prizes (to the value of $575.00) including third prize in the overall fair which comprised students from Years 7 to 13.

Kira Williams Y7

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3rd Best in Fair Award

1st Y7 Science, Special Prize Award for Best Science undertaken by a female student, Special Prize Junior Exhibit - NZ lnsitiute of Agricultural Science, Special Prize Best Exhibit on Science and Wool (open to students up to Year 13)

Kelly Belcher and Kira Williams 2nd Special Prize Best Exhibit studying Psychology (open to students up to Y13) Year 8 Zoe Carson 3rd Year 8 Science, Special Prize for Best Junior Botany Exhibit Fiona Browning and Lucy Taylor Highly Commended Applied Health Sciences Alex Garret Sciences

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Highly Commended Year 9 Science

Congratulations to students who achieved the following results

Australian Science High Distinction: Monica Johnson Distinction: Ottilie Smith, Lydia Harre, Helen Lu, Alex Wells Bronwyn Hanger, Rosemary Holliday, Jane Millar, Georgina Whittaker, Joanna Chen-Green, Sophie Chima, Namin Cho Credit: Miriam Black, Erin Jackson, Sarah Masterton, Amy Roberts, Zoe Carson, Alexandra Garrett, Harriet Hamilton, Olivia Hembrow, Kitty Hepworth, Edwina Horne, Lucy Macvicar, Alexandria Mark

Virginia Matson YB

We assembled at the Christchurch Airport at 5: 15am, and all of us, ecstatic, took photos, got tickets into order, and checked in. Soon after we ran down the chute, collected 'Woman's Days' to read on the plane and made all of the business men and women sigh, as they saw fifteen hyped teenagers running towards the back end of the plane!

ROBLEM SOLVING

We arrived in Auckland airport, and after stocking up on Mentos, Oreos and energy chocolate, we all trooped out to the van, disappointed that they didn't sell chewing gum at the airport. Soon we were at the first Westfield Shopping Town for the weekend, and after a few flashes of the credit card, we were on our way to Rainbow's End! Together all of us managed to go on every ride. After begging the lady at the Bumper Boats, and crashing a few of the specifically marked "Do Not Crash" Can-Am cars (hint, hint, Alice and Alex) we were off for lunch at Macca's and if you were healthy, something else from the food court. After that was the second Westfield Shopping Town of the weekend, where all of the Year Eight girls tried on stash from Esprit (expensive stash). We decided that the mall wasn't that great and we were running out of time so off we went to Carey Camp. ( Much to our dismay, so much for Camp Hilton!) After settling in we ate a huge dinner of pizza, and then we trooped down to the gym for flag making. Then a member from each team carried in the flag at the Opening Ceremony, which went on and on and on .... Thanks to the legend, Mrs Oliver for getting us out of breakfast duties, (we were too tired!!) Then next day, everybody was nervous because of the booklet competition. The fuzzy was one of the hardest we have come across, but we came out reasonably positive about what we had just done. We lived through it, and afterwards, to revive our nerves, we all ate large amounts of McDonalds at the third Westfield Shopping Town of the weekend. We went to a few tourist attractions (including a Westfield Shopping Town), and when we returned to Carey Camp, we had two frantic hours to prepare our dramatic presentations. After our time was up, we assembled in the gym for 'wearable art'. We had a load of junk to make a gorgeous article of clothing, with a group of complete strangers. The next morning it was time to say goodbye to Carey Camp, Auckland and the numerous attractive boys next door. But we had lots of joy for we found out that all of us St Margaret's gals had won many awards, and all teams achieved at least one thing we could be very proud of that weekend. Results: Junior: 3rd in Booklet Competition - Joanna Chen-Green, Alice Liddell, Michelle Souster, Holly Laughton. 2nd in Dramatic Presentation - Alex Garrett, Edwina Horne, Sophie Wynne, Zoe Carson Middle: 3rd in Dramatic Presentation - Sophie Gibbons, Lucy Rutherford, Jenni Tipler, Robyn Andrew 43

Farewell

to a Special Friend

My cat had been missing for several days now, and my starving stomach was tying itself into knots with worry for the cat I dearly loved. My parents said, "She'll be fine, she can look after herself." But I wasn't so sure. Queenie, my cat, was thirteen and her fitness wouldn't ever become 100%. I loved her so much, I just couldn't eat. I was famished yet my mouth couldn't bear to touch any food at all. I was in the middle of nervously biting my nail off when my mother told me that Queenie had painfully limped into the kitchen, then collapsed.

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I couldn't bear to see her in pain so I didn't go to the vet. When I saw her again she was in so much pain, meowing in agony because of the beautiful leg that had to be painfully amputated. Her soft silky fur stopped where there was a bald spot and a tough leather strip was where her leg should be. The cat she had once been was now gone and replaced with a mutilated figure. But I still loved her. Sickness filled the room she was in, her condition was getting slowly worse. Somehow she had caught the cat flu and was growing thinner every day. Weakly and painfully Queenie was trying to hobble round on her three legs. When she didn't even have enough energy to stand my parents took her to the vet. Mum and Dad drove up the drive slowly. I rushed to them. Red eyes looked down at me, tear stained faces tried to look brave. I didn't even need telling what happened; she had been put down. My lips were trembling, my face got hot, I tried to be brave. Tears flooded down my cheeks as rivers. I tried to talk but there was a knot in my throat. I sat on the sofa curling into a little ball and cried. I could not stop. We got to see her before she was buried. I stroked her gently. The sun glinted off her coat. No longer did she have a shine in her eye; she had purred her last. I remember when she was still alive. I still visit her where she is buried. I remember when she used to dribble on me when she purred. I remember when she came to visit me in bed. I remember when if you didn't stroke her she would turn her back on you. The pain hasn't quite healed, but it never will. I remember when a bee stung her nose. I remember the touch of her silky fur. I remember the sound of her purr. I remember Queenie, and I will never forget. Rosie Holliday Year 7SM

UTING TO THE GROYNES Monday 6 March saw all of our Year 1 to 8 students off for a day at The Groynes. This was a fun and educational day, highlighted by the great care shown by older buddies towards the younger charges. The Park Ranger explained all about The Groynes, (did you know that the original Groynes were made in Wool Sacks) Then the girls set off on a duck spotting expedition around the track to the pumphouse where yet another ranger explained about the different wildlife and how the pump house works. There was a famous shared lunch with St Margaret's muffins (with green and blue icing) and bus wheel sandwiches to tempt our taste buds. This delicious feast was followed by games and art activities and of course for the lucky few, feeding the ducks. Our rather red faced group arrived back at school, tired but happy after the great day out. 44

On Tuesday 17 October we packed our bags and got ready to go, coz today we were on our way to Ferrymead! Everyone was so excited, because there were many thrilling activities in store for us.

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When the two Year 7 classes arrived, there were two guides waiting for us. Janet and Jackie were dressed up in old fashioned clothes and soon our parents and teachers and ourselves would be too! After we were greeted warmly we were told about what children were like in those days. "Children were to stay quiet, walk in a straight line and only speak when spoken to." Then we were told to get into lines, girls and boys and go and get changed. The girls wore blue, red or green dresses with sleeves and a full length apron over the top, plus a white bonnet. The 'boys' wore grey knickerbockers, a grey shirt and a navy blue cap! My first activity was School. Miss Black was extremely strict and we only had one minute to play before lessons! Nails and shoes were checked in the mornings and then after that we had to sing 'God Save our Queen'. We practised writing loopy and then wrote 1 to 20 on the slate board. Miss Black always had something mean to say, and everyone seemed at least a little scared of the belt lying in the corner of the room .... But then soon we had finished and it was on to the next activity: Helping Mrs Grey wash her house and do her chores! This time we washed and ironed, we scrubbed and wrung and set the clothes out to dry. It got tiring after a while, but it was quite fun washing the clothes on the washing board with Sunlight soap. We scrubbed the table with sandsoap to keep it clean, because washing only happened on Mondays after going to Church and having a big feast on Sunday with leftovers so that they didn't have to cook the next day. Next we arrived at the Magic Lantern Theatre and looked at the still pictures of early Canterbury to the sound of old fashioned music. We then had lunch in the rose garden and had a wagon ride, most of us admiring the lovely big Clydesdale horses Jock and Bess. Then it was time for learning in the museums and around the houses. Unfortunately after that we had to go back to the year 2000 after a wonderful day, stepping back in time. Photo (above): It's not just dress up. It was the fashion back then. Photo (left): Not washing again' Melissa Tysant and Rosie Holliday Y7 visit Ferrymead

The Big Ski Race At the top

EAR 8

A voice calls, Lucy Taylor To the start!

The Sea Clashing against the sandy shore The sea comes and goes,

Racer ready 3,2, 1, Go!

The people with whom it plays, never seen again Rocks worn far from new,

She leaps from the gate, Pushes to go faster

Clouds closing over

Blur of gates red, blue gates

The sea rises,

Yelling,

Taking life from passers by,

Screaming

Beneath the deep blue sea. Pounds, bangs upon the shore

Pushing harder Almost tripping,

Waves rising high, Little boat we know so well is soon about to die. Rain pours down, thunder bangs, lightning lights the sky.

Wind rushing! Snow blowing!

Sun comes to life again

Yelling screaming

Life so good, so well, so full.

Go! Lucy, Go!

by Fiona Browning YBMa

Hard out Faster ...

Attackers,

Defenders

The end in sight

Ball speeding

Finished!

Black, white

Hurray!!!

Goal coming closer,

by Lucy Taylor YBMa

Seeing, other teams, Defenders, closer closer! Skidding left, right

Fire

Screaming,

Waving fingers

Like on a tidal wave,

Reaching, fading

Falling, falling,

Flickering light

Goal scored!

A glowing sea of red

A hero, till the next days,

Roaring like the wind

GAMES!

Roaring echoes

by Melissa Nottage YBMa

Soaring up high Heat, Warmth Comfort

Death, destruction

Prancing in excitement

Flames out of control

Neighing, hoping for a friendly answer

Cries of happiness

Walking soft thoughtful steps

That turn to despair

Drinking from a rippling stream

Lifeless empty dust

Munching the lush green tips

All that remains

No fear

Sadness, sorrow

No prey

'Till the fire comes again

No predator

by Alice Liddell YBMa

by Jessica Brough YBMa

Cats Footsteps

Creeping silently along fences

Footsteps echo in the empty halls,

Pouncing, unsuspecting feet the victim

A lone leaf settles.

Watching, life goes by

Footsteps cease,

Innocently purring at human appearance

Mists of time fade away.

Quietly waits at refrigerator door Silent, demanding

Footsteps shuffle through the snow, Food! Single flake falls to his family. Leaves float, drift from the trees. Footprints left, Pounces, battle commences, the hunt complete A sad reminder of that day. Sleeps Footsteps quieter now,

Bed cover, hollowed, warm, safe.

Past dry summer beaches.

CAT!

Footsteps no longer,

by Holly Laughton YBMa

Joy and peace have come. by Lucy Macvicar YBMa

Trees The tree towers aloft. Its roots in the ground.

The Thoroughbred

Never scared of

Hooves pounding like the sound of thunder

the winds or rain.

Heads held elegantly,

If you see it you could

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Tails swishing freedom, freedom

wonderful growth.

Mane blows like the trees on the breeze

Every colour in every

Round soft eyes,

different seasons

brown darting looking for danger

change!

Paving the air to eliminate a sense of danger

The wind blows and the

Galloping like the wind

leaves fall down.

Coat that of a golden sunset

The branches reach up

Streamlined bodies sleekly galloping

quickly, touching the sky.

Emotions and fears breaking out in a sweat

by Dominic Chiu YBMa 47

This Tree

Smart suits slowly disintegrate

Looking up,

Fragile skeletons to miniature detail,

The unaccompanied towering giant

Wasting away

Dominates your mind and body,

no longer crisp, but soggy and wet.

It's appearance resurfaces

It's getting later

That wretched feeling of unimportance,

The day is over

Everything else fades into nonexistence

Not m eh left of the morning beauty

When faced with the solitary beast.

Only tattered bodies lying in pools of sticky mud.

The limbs that enshroud

by Edwina Horne

Like paths in a crazy maze Twisting, turning, tumbling.

Late Sleeper

Branches stripped of all

Grass, lying there, asleep,

The summer warmth, knotted together Bare and gnarled witch's hands Claw like talons reaching to the sky. Cold and harsh, a gaunt skeleton

Because the biting blanket of frost has not yet been lifted. Grass, enshrouded by the shadows cast by the trees above.

Against the dismal bleakness of the winter sky.

Trees like sentinels, keepers of their castle lying on the grass far below.

This tree, the monstrous mass of matted branches

Grass, seemingly frozen in time, yet always moving.

A rough and rugged native mountain

As the sun slowly but slowly, melts the frost away.

That is savage and overpowering

I can hear its crackling screams, as it is washed away.

Until the springtime maiden comes,

Into a moving river of icy water, flowing across the ground.

And the brutal skyscraper

So that Grass, the late sleeper, can finally get up.

Is a source of joy once more.

by Brookie Mel/sop

by Alex Garrett.

The Reaching Tree Three Big Trees Three big trees standing in the paddock Three big trees reaching for the sun Three big trees are standing very tall Three big trees clothed in dead, brown leaves Three big trees sparkle in the sun These three trees have branches as skinny as match sticks. by Genevieve Yule

A beautiful blue sky on a numb frosty day and a still breeze must mean winter is here all ready to make us cold. At the moment the sun is shining on one lonely tree or is it three? The dew was frozen like icicles on the gentle branches like naked arms standing tall and proud making a perfect picture with the sun shining through. The shadows land on all the leaves all around the trees. The sound of peaceful birds singing while the trees stand there and have a sun bed. by Brigitte de Spa

An Army of Leaves

The Bare Tree

Off in their own land of silence

As its autumn dead leaves are forming a bedspread

Embedded in the frosted greenness

Yet again wet and cold just out of the evening shower.

Then forcefully awakened by a loud, rude horn

Water dripping off trickling

the leaves of all sizes and water

Every leaf, all with their own neat, velvet edged suit down its main. Marching in to war, as neat as new pins. Moss growing along the branches. This day is a slow one, crawling along 48

But there are so many branches that you can't count.

And oblivious to their surroundings

Brown underneath to a cold, dark green above,

As they cry for their blanket, now brown, orange and tattered

and there's one just one yellow beauty. My umbrella is there when I need it to shelter me from rain

As cold evil sleep takes over their frozen bodies until summer.

but when it's bright I can seek shade.

by Zoe Carson

His arms look hollow and bare. Its main is cemented in the ground.

The Ivy

The roots grow down and its main grows up towards the sky.

Covers the wall like a thick green blanket

A tree to be stripped bare for the winter, No blossoms for this tree, ever.

by Bobby Hogben

Leaves bent down like a million bowing heads Branches twisted and entwined Growing in many different directions Dew glistening on the leaves

Alone An Icy leaf, alone, Sparkling like a crystal in the sun, Brittle and alone

Different kinds sharing the same home Their ancestors underneath withered and dull Hiding theirwall from the rest of the world

by Olivia Hembrow

As thin as a single finger nail,

Ivy The frost is slowly melting, Like snow in the sun, It appears calm, Like it has no worries in the world, A leaf unlike a human,

Climbing, covering, clothing the brick wall With layers of branches and leaves, She majestically spreads herself covering everything in reach, Like a warm fur coat for the cold winter nights.

Is as happy as a face with a smile, always.

Her body is made of tangled leaves and branches

The frost has melted,

And she creates new layers of skin for warmth and strength.

The leaf is bare, alone once more,

Every layer covers a secret door,

The sun is leaving now

Like a blanket, a sheet, a warm thick quilt.

The picture is fading,

She hides this secret without anyone noticing,

Like a photo in the sun.

Making sure that every clue is hidden and unseen.

by Alice Bourdot

by Namin Cho

Nightmares

Nature Poem

Slowly the blanket slips to the ground

Arms swaying on the other trees,

Sleep is now fretful as their fingers try to grab it

A blanket of leaves.

Their faces twisted with anguish

Jack Frost slippery on the ground,

Arms reaching for something that isn't there

The leaves of the other trees form a mound.

Their haunting faces loom in tall, thin shadows

The sound of a bird singing lightly,

As their majestic colours droop and fall

The huge sun shining brightly.

They are left with reaching arms

This is where I live.

A teasing sun

Grass as cold as ice,

They are bare, lone, deformed.

The sound of mice running through my leaves. 49

The bright blue sky all around me,

Now the sun is up the top

Exceedingly big clouds are forming delicately.

and the blades begin to grow

This is where I live.

up and up towards the shining sun,

The spindly arms through my body.

for they want warmth and light.

Two birds flying in the sun, Which makes everything here so much fun. The bird's chirping sounds like laughter, My acorns falling soundly to the ground. This is where I live. by Libby Hart

But, alas the sound of a motor is heard, the gardener is near. With his mower to cut the blades down to a stump And the blades cry out in rage, That all their growth is being put to an end And they have to start again.

The Lonely Tree

So they grow fast and swift,

A lonely lifeless tree sits with only peace and quiet to comfort him.

in protest of what has been done.

Spirals, twirls and cracks are all scars from a wounded tree.

And they strive again to reach the sun But never make it done. by Kitty Hepworth

As I watch and admire, icy cold smog rushes from the tree's body. As I watch the last drop of water drip from a single leaf.

The Tree

He is a place that brings shelter and a home for many creatures

Cold Wintery morning, Jack Frost has arrived,

A spider's best friend.

On a lonely quiet field a tree stands,

A blanket of leaves greets his feet to a brand new day. He reaches to the sun, desperate for warmth.

Tall and Proud, A thick, dark trunk holds the tree in place,

As the day comes to an end. He can only hope.

Stubby, brittle branches One by one leaves fall on the ground,

That tommorw will be better than the last. by Laura Ash

Leaving a big winter blanket, Little children throwing leaves at each other, As Winter blows over and Spring appears,

Glistening

Green Grass

The Trees leaves grow back and the sun creeps through.

In the calm of the crisp morning

by Julianne Bellaney

The green, lush blades battle their way up to the sun. The grass is floundered with a sparkling frost, From a distance the frost seems a blanket,

I see a skeleton of branches,

Covering the grass, as if to keep it warm.

Each one with frosty, icy leaves twining through it,

The sun beats down upon the innocent blades,

And firmly clinging onto them like glue on paper.

Like rage drowning out noise. The frost is forced to descend, quivering to its knees. When the frost is at its lowest point, Around the blades' feet, it disappears, without a trace. And the glisten vanishes too.

I The Tree

I see skinny, boney branches as being the ribs on the tree, And the bigger, fatter branches being the body of the tree. You are so still and so quiet, Just like the sun, it is so quiet as it glows through the trees and sparkles on the shimmering grass. Your icy cold trunk is rough just like sandpaper,

You are patterned in brown and green,

Yet the berries within them offer life to hungry hunters.

With holes in your trunk,

Men of moss climb up the tall limbs doing Mother Nature's work,

Where your branches have been slashed off with an axe, Then burnt into black ash on the fire.

By covering the brown with their green wet Flora. The wind flies up, and rustles its delicate leaves

With your leaves on the ground,

Making the tree howl with pain.

And grass underneath,

by Harriet Hamilton

You are a wonderful tree. You wait in the damp earth all alone,

Autumn

Waiting, waiting, waiting for something to happen.

The damp wet cold grass,

by Jane Cartledge

The brown leaves on the ground, Some cones have frost on them,

Trees

Some with dew on them,

Tall as a tower,

I look up and see the walnut tree

Dewy exactly like a window after cooking,

It stands like a toadstool,

Bare in autumn, like a person after a shower,

While others sleek and tall,

Slushy mud exactly like water tipped into a sand pit,

Some look more proud then others ,

Cobwebs, like something that hasn't been used for ages,

Some don't lose their leaves at all ,

Frozen leaves formed by the power of Jack Frost,

Some had moss growing up their sides,

Rows of them identical to humans in a school picture,

Three had little eyes that looked like they had been carved to make that shape,

Fat and skinny, tall and small, just like two-legged creatures. Berries growing just like the grape orchards for wine making, Shadows made by the sun pounding down exactly like Hawaii,

I look and see Jack Frost covering the school grounds like a cloak, He came here in the morning and will be gone by at least 4 o'clock. by Georgina Waring

Standing proud like the Olympic gold medalist, Fragile arms as an old, old person would have, Bark as in material surrounding the playground,

Winter Trees

Dead leaves falling to the ground like a plane landing,

Growing towards the sun for strength and warmth,

Uncut grass poking through like a shark's fin out of the water,

Standing as a skeleton against the crisp, blue sky

Warm air from the mouth into the freezing cold air,

Sneezing and coughing the leaves away as though they 'selfishly' keep the warmth to themselves.

Trunks from the ground that form the whole shape. by Harriet Simmons

The branches tangle around each other Fighting to get the sunniest spot their arms can reach

The Tree and Its Secrets

The little lonely branch left to feel the cold ...

It is beauty in a strange place, among the sullen shadows.

The furry moss expanding over the many arms

Other trees glow, while it holds its dark mysterious secrets.

Coating the arms as it comfortably sits in the cold

Forever reaching to the sun with its majestic fingers. It stays evergreen through the cold winter frost,

How can it stand those long winter nights? by Georgina Bradfield

While surrounding trees shed their summer clothes. The entangled and haggard family of branches tell of a hard life, 51

Athletics Year 1-8 Back: Joanna Chen-Gren, Hana Abbot, Anna Lindsay, Alice Howarth, Adelle Cosgrove, Katrina Lines, Sophie Enersen 3rd: Sophie Stammers, Alex Garrett, Gemma McLauglin, Lauren Smith, Kelly Belcher, Aleisha Lines 2nd· Eleanor Wootton, Kate Taylor, Amy Roberts, Calantha Peter, Frances Ruddiman, Melissa Tyson Front : Sarah Masterton, Laura Ash, Olivia Hembrow, Lydia Harre, Annabel Watson, Sophie Freear, Caitlin Roberts, Helen Lu

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Gymnastics Back: Beth Lawson, Juliette Lee, Aleisha Lines, Genevieve Hegarty, Caroline East Front: Sarah Masterton, Harriet Johnstone, Virginia Matson, Annabelle Matson, Olivia Glasson

Intermediate Hockey A Back: Genevieve Hegarty, Joanna Chen-Green, Annie Walsh, Lucy Mc Vicar, Harriet Simmons 2nd: Jane Millar, Georgina Waring, Calantha Peter, Alex Mark Front: Fiona Browning, Olivia Glasson, Melissa Nottage, Julianne Bellaney, Natalie Bradford

Intermediate Hockey B Back: Claire Tomlinson, Annie Watson, Charlotte Buchanan, Ashley McNeil/, Caitlin Roberts 2nd.· Sophie Pinckney (Coach), Mikaela Lancaster-Weerts, Laura Holder, Rebecca Thomas-Hiddleston, Ella Richardson, Amanda Murray (Coach) Front: Ellie Hegarty, Annabelle Walker, Alex Wells, Fiona Millar, Lauren Ching

Hockey 6-a-side Y1 and Y2 Back: S. Fisher, Amanda Liddell, Stephanie Webber, Catrona Anderson, Hannah Buchanan, Kimberley Mackay-Wallace, Jane Tiller Front: Laura Tomlinson, Renise Jeyaraj, Charlotte Wells, Bronte Norton, Calista Fung

Hockey 6-a-side Y3 andY 4 Back: Caitlin Barker, Katie Vilsaek, Sophie Hare, Cara Saunders, Sharalee Gibson Front: Emma Champ, Emma Learey, Samantha Murphy, Jessica Chamberlain, Chelsea Robinson

Netball Intermediate S Back: Aleisha Lines, Michelle Souster, Jessica Brough, Kelly Belcher, Zoe Carson Front: Sarah Masterton, Sophie Wynne, Amy Roberts, Victoria Minson, Allanah-Kate Wake/in

Kiwi Netball Blue Back: Fiona Milner, Rhea Milner, Anna Wilson, Rose Parkinson Front: Helen Lu, Alexia Cameron, Miriam Black, Alexandra Callaghan, Rebekah Masterton

Kiwi Netball Green Back: Paula Sheldon (Coach}, Peril/a Peter, Clemency Baker, Melanie Green Front: Gwenda/en Jackson, Ottilie Smith, Lucy Garvin, Prudence Watson, Katie Todd

Netball Intermediate U Back: April Mackenzie, Bronwyn Hanger, Alice Liddell, Natalie Watson, Melissa Morris Front: Bobby Hogben, Sarah Reese, Pol/yanna Midwood, Alice Bourdot, Kira Williams

= a. Netball Intermediate V Back: Beth Glasson, Brooke Mel/sop, Genevieve Yule, Frances Guthrey, Charlotte Monard Front: Chelsea Mongan, Bonnie Hasson, Brigette de Spa, Eleanor Wootton, Georgina Whittaker

Netball Intermediate T Back: Kate Oirkzwager, Samantha O'Connell, Sophie Stammers Front: Caitlin Eves, Rosie Holliday, Georgina Bradfield, Olivia Sutton, Erin Jackson

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Basketball Back: Alice Liddell, Annie Walsh, Harriet Hamilton, Samantha O'Connell 2nd. Zoe Carson, Kathryn Kleis, Gemma Aitken, Sophie Courtney, Aleisha Lines Front: Caitlin Eves, Laura Ash, Brigitte de Spa, Melissa Nottage, Sophie Freear, Sophie Chima

Swimming Y1-8 Back: Genevieve Hegarty, Julianne Ballaney, Alex Garrett, Zoe Carson, Melissa Nottage 2nd: Georgina Gray, Georgina Diack, Rhea Milner, Lydia Harre, Caitlin Roberts, Rebekah Masterton Front: Caroline East, Rosie Holliday, Laura Ash, Virginia Matson, Chelsea Mongan

Touch 2 Year 8 Back: Alice Bourdot, Aleisha Lines, Zoe Carson Front: Olivia Hembrow, Brigitte de Spa, Georgina Waring, Lucy Taylor, Fiona Browning

Touch Year 7 Back: Annabel Watson, Sophie Stammers, Kate Dirkzwager 2nd: Virginia Matson, Sophie Freear, Caroline East, Annabelle Matson Front: Sophie Chima, Laura Ash, Melissa Nottage, Alex Mark, Sophie Wynne

I Touch 1 Year 8 Back: Alice Liddell, Annie Walsh, Julianne Bellaney Front: Sophie Chima, Laura Ash, Melissa Nottage, Alex Mark, Sophie Wynne

Recorder Group Back: Melissa Tyson, Bronwyn Hanger, Jane Millar Front: Rebekah Masterton, Caitlin Eves, Rosie Holliday, Sarah Masterton, Laura Holder

Year 1 & 4 Chorale Back: Meredith Blampeid, Katie Wilkinson, Penelope Hawker, Heidi Schout, Elora Harre, Young Yoon, Emma Leary, Emma TGoslin 3rd: Cara Saunders, Stephanie Webber, Catrona Anderson, Bella Bush, Emma Champ, Renee Stewart, Chelsea Robinson 2nd: Paris Frost, Calista FUng, Amanda Liddell, Kimberley Mackay-Wallace, Charlotte Jackson, Renise Jeyaraj, Bronte Norton, Courtney Bartlett Front: Naomi Ade/eye, Charlotte Wells, Ella Richardson, Kate Vilsbaek, Hannah Buchanan

Year 5 & 8 Choir Back.· Harriet Simmons, Frances Guthrey, Sophie Stammers, Joanna Chen-Green, Alex Garrett, Annie Walsh, Holly Laughton, Samantha O'Connell, Pollyanna Midwood 4th: Baby Hogben, Juliette Lee, Lydia Harre, Jane Cartledge, Charlotte Buchanan, BOnnie Hasson, Georgina Oiack, Monica Johnson, Olivia Glasson 3rd: Harriet Johnstone, Caroline East, Sophie Chima, Glemency Baker, Laura Ash, Sophie Wynne, Victoria Minson, Esther Chen-Green, Erika Morrin, Aimee Pateron 2nd: Rebekah Masterton, Otti/ie Smith, Laura Holder, Alex Wells, Rebekah Thomas-Hiddleston, Chelsea Mongan, Mikaela Lancaster-Weerts, Chloe Weal/ans, Caitlin Eves, Annabelle Walker Front: Georgina Wilcox, Lucy McVicar, Alexandra Callaghan, Genevieve Hegarty, Alexia Cameron, Fiona Millar

Y7 & 8 Chorale Back: Samantha O'Connell, Holly Laughton, Annie Walsh, Alex Garrett, Joanna Chen-Green 2nd: Genevieve Hegarty, Natalie Watson, Lucy Mc Vicar, Harriet Simmons Front: Erika Morrin, Harriet, Johnstone, Libby Hart, Caroline East, Chelsea Mongan

RIMARY/INTERMEDIATE Y1 Mrs Fisher Effort Prize Special Prize

PRIZE LIST

Speech and Drama Awards Stephanie Webber Bronte Norton

Year 8 Cup for Excellence in Drama

Alexandra Garrett

Year 7 Award for Excellence in Drama

Eleanor Wootton

Y2 Mrs Oughton Special Prize

Brittany Tyson

Certificates for Effort in Drama

Y3 Mrs Ott Class Prize for Effort

Melissa Tyson Bobby Hogben

Chelsea Robinson

Myers Cup Speech Primary Winner

Alexia Cameron

Wilson Cup for the Best Junior Boarder

Dominic Chiu

Katie Vilsbaek

Ballantyne Essay Cup

Rosemary Holliday

Rebekah Masterton Gwendolen Jackson

St Margaret's College Science Fair Cup

Y 4 Mrs Morrison Special Prize YS Mrs Bateman Special Prizes Y6 Mrs Sheldon Class Prize for Achievement Effort Prize Special Prize Y7 Mrs Smith Class Prizes for Achievement

Monica Johnson Claire Tomlinson Anna Wilson

Primary Sports Participant of the Year

Rhea Milner

Intermediate Sports Participant of the Year Genevieve Hegarty

VB Ms MacDonald Form Prizes for Achievement Effort Prize Special Prize

Sophie Chima Aleisha Lines Melissa Nottage

YS Mrs Oliver Form Prizes for Achievement Effort Prize Special prize

Edwina Horne Laura Ash Harriet Hamilton

Zoe Carson

St Margaret's Junior Cup - Best All Round Student

Sarah Masterton Erin Jackson

Effort in Maori

Sarah Masterton

Friendship Cup Jane Millar Sarah Reese

Y7 Mrs Fraser Class Prize for Achievement Special Prize

Special Prizes Contribution to Religious Education

- for the best Science Fair Investigation

Joanna Chen-Green

Namin Cho Annie Walsh Sophie Freear Allanah-Kate Wakelin 59

2000 has been a very busy and exciting year and that has gone so quickly, it is difficult to believe that it's all over. This was only the second year with the new Prefect's system in place, of having each of the 12 Prefects in charge of different areas of the school as well as general duties. Huge amounts of time and effort has been put in by the Prefects in working with staff and other Seventh Formers to help in the running of sports, arts, studies, houses and boarding school activities. Our year started off with a bang with the traditional Prefect's assembly, organised and run by the Prefects. This was executed with great success and included appearances from Aretha Franklin and 'shoop, shoop' dancers performing 'Respect', alongside four talented rap artists, performing a rap about uniform tidiness and expected behaviour. We were well received and definitely got our message across. Important school events such as he swimming sports, athletic sports and house day, gave students the chance to really 'let their hair down' and show great amounts of house spirit and enthusiasm. The smooth running of events such as this and arts and sports awards assemblies can be attributed in part, to the input and motivation of this year's Prefects. Then there's always social events such as greeting people at the door of the Senior Ball and the terrible task of representing St Margaret's at other school balls in Christchurch. On the whole this year as Head Prefect has been both hectic and challenging but as a Seventh Former, incredibly fun and memorable. To our amazing year group and their continually entertaining antics - thanks guys! A special thank you to the Prefects for all they did and for being such a great group to work with, and also to Miss Wysocki, Mrs Wyeth and Miss Arthur for their continued guidance and support. Best of luck to all the Seventh Formers as we go our separate ways - I look forward to seeing what's become of us all at our 20 year reunion! For those people returning next year to fill our shoes as the Prefects and Seventh Form of 2001, good luck, it will be challenging but be sure to make the most of your year which has the potential of being the best in your life! Libby Crawford Head Prefect

.,, rTI rTI Prefects Back: Beth Lawson, Steph Walker, Kirsty Paterson 2nd: Laila Beckman, Qwan-Ling Chew, Lara Rnnie, Anna Dooley Front: Gemma Zust, Victoria Anderson, Libby Crawford, Charlotte Nell, Annie Robinson

Anna Dooley Head of House

Gemma Grigg Head of Studies

Rebecca Hyde Head of Sports

Abby Radford Head of Arts

Back: Ms Henriksen, PenelopeClark-Hall, AbigailRadford,ElizabethReid, Anna Dooley Front: Na RungJung, SamanthaLovie, Abbe Leech, SamanthaKnowles, MichelleLiu Absent; Bo Springford,LouiseBartle, Fleur Courtney

KY Back: Clauda Vavasour,Natalie Becconsall, RebeccaHyde, MelissaAshworth, Louise Aubrey 2nd: Mrs Turdy Keys, Fem McGaw, Penny Gordon, Jane Cockburn Front: KrystalDavies,JenniferChapman, SarahAsh, Holly Cantwell, Vanessa Hartnell

RD Back: CharlotteLaney, Lauren Scrivener, ClaireCallaghan,Simona Kraberger,Sophie Wigley 2nd: Miss Stacey Rod, JoannaZwart, ElizabethFellows,Kate Fisher,Olivia Russell Front: ClaireMatheson, ElizabethKitson, ClaireChambers,SophieEnersen, Amanda Grigg

so Back: MychelleHellman, RebeccaYule, Libby Crawford,Gemma Grigg,Lisa Hartnell

2nd: Mrs Shand, Hannah Aubrey, Charlotte Young,KirstenMeyer, DanielleLe Provost, Lee Adamson Front: BridgetTopp, CassandraMcKnight, SophieGibbons,MoniqueChilton, Nicola Hulley

TS Back: Kate Chapman, CharlotteBradley, Hayley Boyd 2md: Miss PaulaTownsend,Amy Shanks, Emma Ferguson,Anna Clark-Hill Front: FrancisRuddiman,MicheleForrester, Kate Heveldt, Yi RangJung, Quian Yi Chuah Absent: RachelSmith, OliviaPickard

WE Back: Amanda Sturge, Natalie Perret,Phoebe Brooks, DanielleFiler,Amandine Delmas 2nd: MargaretWeiss,Julia Waghom, Jessica Ellerm, SamanthaWastell Front: Erin Dooley,Pei Wen Liu, Sophie Brookes,Harmony Chauvot, PhillippaLee Absent: PhoebeGibbons

Well, what can I really say that you don't already know about the success Rata house has had this year. We stood out from the start, by winning the school swimming sports with the famous Rata flair. The talent showed by each swimmer was incredible as was the participation from our whole house. Rata wiped out most house relays, and finished the day off winning the house Crock. The enthusiasm showed by every member of the house was remarkable and I thank all those involved in making this such a great event. It was perhaps our over confidence in ourselves that let us down a bit in the athletic sports, where our house was not quite as successful as we'd hoped. However, there were many spectacular individual achievements in both the track and field within our ouse. As the summer came to a close, it was time for the house skiing. This of course was won by the fantastic ata side, with major success in the snowboarding and great runs in the skiing. Well done to all those girls involved for the spirit that was shown out there.

Laila Beckman Head of House

Abbie Whiten Head of Arts

But it was the major house event in the year that Rata really showed its true colours and pulled one out of the bag. The morning started out fine (with only a few minor stresses on the seventh formers behalf), with a bunch of enthusiastic Rata students wearing a bright array of wacky red outfits, rearing to get out onto the field. It was on those fields that Rata began to do its damage, not only by winning lots of games, but also by doing a bit of thrashing to the grounds because of the recent heavy rain. However, the courts were still useful, especially for the Rata girls who won the basketball and for the Ratarian netballers. Other sports such as table tennis and petanque were as equally successful as the basketball team, and the theatre sports girls did a fine job of improvising earlier in the morning. As expected, Rata won the house sport. The big surprise came with the house drama though. It was a bit of a drama getting the girls organised beforehand, but the play, couldn't have run more smoothly. The play was based on the story in the first testament The Creation, and was called 'The Creation of Rata'. It started from the famous 'let there be red', to a rousing haka that took everyone by surprise. The primary school girls did a fantastic job, and I'd like to give a special thanks to the Year 8 students that looked after the junior school girls and for showing a lot of initiative, as well as making valuable contributions as to how their part should be orchestrated. The biggest shout out however, goes to the Year 13 team who organised their group of students with amazing skill and patience, and Guards and Birdie for doing a great job on the music. But it was with the help of every single student in this house, and the spir t they showed on the day, that we came first equal with our house play. This was particularly special for Rata, as we were traditionally a sporting house. What a great year, and I'm sure our girls will perform wonderfully in the house rowing competition that is approaching. Head of Arts Abby Whiten, Head of Sports Becky Crutchly, and Head of Studies Charlotte Gardiner were a great support crew and kept the house running smoothly. I have had a great year leading the most spirited house in the school, and a great bunch of girls. Although we can get a little bit rowdy and competitive, we had a lot of fun, and hopefully that will carry onto next year and the years to come.

Charlotte Gardner Head of Studies

Rebecca Crutchley Head of Sports

Laila Beckman

Back: Laura Kau Kau, Mandy Dalziel, Fiona Paterson,Jane Tiller,Abbie Whiten 2nd: Miss Leanne Chambers,HarrietOswald, Natasha Barnes, Alice Howard Front: PollyDouglas,Laila Beckman, Sarah Henderson,Anna McCormack, CassieIrving Absent: JenniferCameron

Back: Antonia Guthrey, Beth Lawson, Katrina Begg 2nd: Miss Chris Chambers,Isla Laing, Lisa Bamfield,JessicaHartley-Lichtenstein,Emma Wood

Front: Anna Clouston, Lisa Hsu, Elizabeth Reay, RebeccaCalwell, Nicola Green Absent: Vivian Lu

ON Back: Miss SandraDain, Anna Copland, BridgetReynish,Annabel Gardner,Cayley Morrin, PrueJohnstone Front: KirsteenLovie, Yvette Hagen, Gemma Zust, Aor Kietsuksthit,JessicaFransham Absent: Adair Bailey

TF Back: Mrs Robin Tiffen, Melanie Begg, RebeccaCrutchley, Kirsten Bamfield,Kate Bremner Front: Sua Cho, RebeccaCraigie,Maree O'Donoghue-Coates,RachelCampbell, MargaretWhiteley Absent: Tiffany Robertson,Olivia Giles, April Mackenzie

Back: Holly Campbell, Zoe Watson, Georgina Goater

2nd: Ms Alison Price, Nicola Hunter, Lucy Turnball, Kelly Tarrant, Amelia Houston Front: Olivia Wakem, JessicaNeame, Laura Fairbairn,Amanda Dillon, PhilippaSmith

KP Back: Mrs Nola Kilpatrick,Alexandra Gallagher,JacquelineDenford, Charlotte Gardner,ChristinaLaloli, LeilaniKrans Front: Laura Coll, Zoe Rattray, Emily Liang, Kate Mathews, Jenni Tipler Absent: Penny Dalziel

ATIPO

Qwan-Ling Chew Head of House

Jessica Ritchie Head of Studies

Olivia Bell Head of Arts

Matipo started the year off with a bang. The first event, swimming sports proved to be easier for some with our champion swimmers gaining us second overall. The house croc was a bit of a mission when I discovered that it was actually quite hard to swim with a towel tied around my neck. Then to the athletics sports, Matipo powered it's way down the track, over the high jump (good stuff Josie), and along the long jump and achieved first place overall and I was the proudest House Captain that day, especially as we won it for the second year in a row. House day went better than expected as the whole of Matipo played for fun, and not for points, especially on the hockey field as during a break I thought I was cheering for Matipo when it was in fact someone else was playing, disguised as Matipo by wearing the field on their face. The theatre sports proved not to be a strong point for Matipo however we tried. Then the biggest event for all of the houses, the plays. Matipo really showed that we can be creative as well as athletic with an excellent script and awesome acting skills. We really thought we bought out the best of Jazza and Dazza in their marriage, and hope Mr Kerr will look after his tandem bike (even though it was unable to be present at the wedding).

Milly Cottrell Head of Sports

Congratulations Matipo for an excellent start to the Millennium, thank you to all those who helped me organise the events, write the plays and to all who participated and supported your fellow Matipoians. Good luck to you, and may you succeed in whatever your chosen path may be. Let the spirit of Matipo dwell within you. Everybody in the house come on and let me hear you say MATIPO. Owan-Ling Chew 67

BE Back: Jenni Tindale,Julia Deans, Anneke Cockerell 2nd: Miss Sonia Bell, StephanieYoung,Julia Goosey, Anna Taylor, VictoriaLeiataua Front: SophieFitzsimons,DebbieLim, JosephineRout, Sarah Crispin, Hayley Scandrett Absent: Chen Hsu

BG Back: Elizabeth-SarahPrescott, Josie Powell-Thomas,Josie Scandrett 2nd: Miss Amanda Billing,Aimee Waring, Olivia Parker,CharlotteSavage Front: Kathryn Kleis, Amy Maher, Ngareta Williams,Adelle Cosgrove,Jennie Simpson Absent: Anna Milne

co Back: Tess Howard, Alicia Fox, Amanda Kennard 2nd: Ms Linda Chong, SharaleeGibson, Laura Freear,Monica Dunkley Front: CharlotteBellis,Annabel Chambers, Olivia Bell, SophieCourtney, RebeccaKnight Absent: Olivia Meares

KE Back: Mr John Kerr,JessicaRitchie, Shelley Bates, SameenaGill, Lauren Stewart, Claire Washington Front: Leon Yu, Amy Kroenig, Qwan-LingChew, KateJones, Megan O'Neill Absent: Jemma Pickersgill

Back: Hannah Maher, Amy Freear,SarahLethem 2nd: Mrs Hilary Scandrett,RebeccaSavage, RosieTodhunter,MillicentAustin Front: CharlotteNell, GayathriNair, Amelia Cottrell, Sarah Watson, JessicaMcSherry Absent: SamanthaDuncan, Katie Bray, PhillippaMoore

SU Back: Andrea van Schreven, Nicole van Notten, Beth Glasson 2nd: Mr Mike Summerlee,Zara Terrell, SamanthaSii, RebeccaPierce,JessicaBell Front: Maria Yu, SophieTapper,Kate Taylor, PhilippaFrench, SarahRhodes 69

ANUKA When I first arrived at St. Margaret's College all those years ago, I was told that Manuka was 'the Loosing House'. Sure, luck of the draw sees that we do not have as many gifted sportswomen in our house, but I believe that Manuka should win the prize of the biggest heart. House spirit is growing and this shone out in everybody's willingness to participate and help in our WINNING House Play about the quest for the golden bar. The Arts are something Manuka can be proud of this year - winning the aforementioned House Play and who could deny us the title of winning Theatresports team with such a talented bunch of people? Thank you to Year 13 in the House - I cannot thank you enough for helping organise and participating in all House events. Thank you especially to my Heads of Sports, Arts, and Academia, who took key roles in all of those areas. To my fellow Manukans - did you know that Manuka is the newest house at the School? Well, I believe we are finding our feet now and establishing a great House Spirit to carry us through. Remember a successful house is not one which wins everything, but is one that you feel a part of - Manuka gives out that feeling, and I hope you keep that feeling alive in the years to come LONG LIVE MANUKA HOUSE SPIRIT! Steph Walker Head of Manuka

Steph Walker Head of House

Victoria Wigze/1 Head of Studies

Lucy Graham Head of Arts

Alicia Forbes Head of Sport

AL Back: Kate Sinclair,SarahMillar, Meredith Blampied,EmilyJackson, Amanda Storey 2nd: Mrs JoanneAllan, RachelHeta, Angela Lapthom, LucindaLawrence Front: Alice Grant, PhilippaRawson, Jennifer Sutton, GeorginaGuild, Oliva Blair Absent: RachaelPratt

ON Back: Mr Mike Green, Lila Schriek, Tania Riddington,CharlotteMonard, SarahTownshend, Erin Moran Front:JosephineVickery, Katie Easters,Lucy Graham, Nadine Engel, CharlotteBradshaw

JN Back: Mrs R Jones, GeorgieBowker, Steph Walker, Timi Home Front: Hannah Wright, Sumin Ahn, Claire Boustred,SophieMcLemon

Absent: LytoyahAdams, Vicky Huang 71

KD Back: Mrs Lyn Kennedy, BridgetJones, Amber Creasey, Alicia Forbes,JessiaMcVicar, Annabelle Hanafin Front: Alana Purchase,BrookeWilliams, RhiannonNewman, Wendy Sullivan, Olivia Cowdy,

LF Back: Mrs Linda Lightfoot, GeorgieMeredith, Lucy Cunliffe, Joy Weston-Arnold, Gabrielle Com, Amanda-JaneBellaney Front: JessicaGlen, VictoriaAnderson, Kirstyn Steyaert, VictoriaWigzell, Millie Volkman Absent: Miriam Crothall, KimberleyTaylor

Back: Dr Bryon Mann, Shae Morris, Felicity Powell,Meg Parkinson,Alexandra Bethell, Alexandra Watson Front: Laura Mason, Robyn Andrew, Pimpom Eiwwongcharoen,Irene Wong, Jenna MorrisWilliamson

This year was a huge year for all houses, with competition and rivalry as strong as ever. Unfortunately Kowhai never seemed to hit the leader board, but it didn't seem to have any affect on the brilliant spirit and sportsmanship shown by all. We leapt into the year, with Swimming Sports, coming away as usual with some brilliant results in the house relays. Results didn't seem to matter, as houses charged ahead in all events and it was brilliant to see at least one Kowhai 'chick' in most events. Thanks to Serena who, again, swam the butterfly length under water - in the House Medley Relay. Athletic Sports was a brilliant turn out of yellow as our younger girls took off, showing that Kowhai will definitely be no house to mess with in the future. Coming third in Cross Country really showed how full of house spirit Kowhai really was. Thanks so much girls it was such a brilliant effort and was something to be proud of. House Day finally came around, after many delays and unfortunately we couldn't keep up with the tradition of winning the House Play - the judges just couldn't recognise talent!! The play was heaps of fun and thank you to all girls who took part in it - from the loud and obnoxious 'Judge Judy/Jerry Springer' in the audience, to Kelly Brown's party-people and all the rest of the stars. The sports in the morning proved to be more of a success than ever, as all teams played with strong house spirit and pride. One of our biggest successes was on the hockey field, which was disguised for the day as a mud pit. The seniors took the hockey title away from Matipo, for the first time ever, in a tight game which ended in penalty shoot outs. It was definitely a fun morning of mud sliding, rugby tackling and of course hitting a few hockey balls around. Finally we finished off the season with a late charge, as a new sport to the House rivalry, Indoor Rowing, was attempted. Thank you to all the experienced and new rowers who took part, but also to all the supporters who came to the gym to watch Kowhai row their way to a brilliant second place! That about wraps up the year of exploding microwaves, mud and wicked displays of Kowhai House spirit. I have loved every minute of it and wish to thank all of the girls in the House who have taken part in the events this year and who have also supported our House to its successes. Also thank you to all of the 6th and 7th Formers who have helped make my job easier, especially to Bean, George, Kate and Alicia. Good luck for next year guys, I hope that you continue to have heaps of fun and represent the BEST House well. Annie Robinson

Annie Robinson Head of House

Georgina Barr Head of Arts

Kate Saunders Head of Sports

Alicia Prankerd Head of Studies

AC Back: DebbieHopkins, CharlotteDawson, Alice McElrea 2nd: Ms Anne Archer, Rosanna Frankish, Juliet Curtis, Natalie-RoseRutherford,Jessica Astor, KimberleyCarlton Front: Amy Satterthwaite,CharlotteAyers, Amelia Sanderson,Emma Goslin, Laura Kim Absent: MichaelaGisberts

FN Back: SamanthaDuncan, CharlotteBaxter, Carron Aldridge,Lisa Reynolds 2nd: Ms MelissaFenton, Jenna Cox, Elizabeth George, Annie Robinson, Hana Abbot, Katie Haworth Front: Wendy Duncan, Abbey Milner, Kate Watson, Anna Lakakis, Lauren Ensor Absent: Katie Wylie

MY Back: RachelPrankerd,Hannah Ritchie,Jodi Thomas, SophieAubrey, Jane Allison 2nd: Ms MacKay, Alicia Prankerd,Lucy James, CarolineNomibrook Front: Amelia Mulholland,Lauren Smith, Jennifer Read, CharlotteCampbell, Lisa Gluyas

WL Back: AlexandraNairn, ElisePurcell,Catherine Wall, GeorginaBarr, Anna Lindsay 2nd: Mrs Amanda Wesley, CeciliaEliis, Abigail Mortensen, GeorgiannaSimpson,Julia Bristed Front: MorganaWoolhouse-Williams,Lisa Kim, EmmelineHalligan, Emma Matson, Charlotte O'Keefe

WO Back: ClaireGeorge, Lara Rennie, VictoriaSumner, Rai Banbury 2nd: Sara Lister,Juliet Virtue, Cerena Clarke, KimberleyMather, Mr Terry Wood Front: Mindy Choi, JessicaChapman, Jane Hornibrook,Hannah Franklin, MoragAyers Absent: Amanda Wesley

WO Back: Jenna Rennie, Gabby Sparrow,Kate Saunders,BridgetBates, Tanya Milner 2nd: Mrs ClaireWood, Kathryn McCorkindale, Gemma Aitken, ElizabethTregenza Front:JanelleHolton-Lawe, Ursla Wiig, Virginia Ti.mperley,SophiePinckney, Nadia Fearnley

Kirsty Paterson Head of House

Melanie Burr Head of Studies

Anna Scarlett Head of Sports

Julia Giblin Head of Arts

"Ko Ko Ko, Nini nini nini ..." remember that in the last practice before house play?!! Well what a great day it was, coming second, after theatre sports and sports by one point, that was amazing, I was so proud and coming fourth in the play was a big improvement from the first term competitions. Many thanks go to Year 13 who helped and basically ran the show, and also to Year 12 who helped and were role models and leaders as well. The first term with the swimming sports and athletic sports flew. Thanks to all that participated and competed so awesomely and gave it their best. The last event of interhouse competition was "OARSOME". So proud of Jax Lee and Fliss Redfern who rowed in the experienced section where they are novices. Maybe all the novice rowers should join because you were so good. The groovy people that sat back and watched, thanks heaps for all your cheering, it was brilliant and helped us win the competition. Thanks Scarlett, Mel and Ju for our work as Head of Sports, Studies and Art. Also Melissa, Hannah, Kristy, Chia Chen, Fliss, Mu, Kelly, Sarah, Esther, Jasmine and Lucy as without you all through the year and years Konini would not have achieved and had so much fun. Heaps of good luck future years, I'll be right around the corner watching, so give it everything and have an awesome year. Thanks heaps for all the support you've all given me. Kirsty Paterson

Back: Ms Kaye Curgenven, LeticiaMarchand, Laura Morris, Kirsty Paterson,Jacky Lee, Julia Wills Front: Ai Yukishige,Valda Swarbrick,Laura Anderson, Keely Raines, DanielaAebli Absent: EstherDevon, BrigetteSolomon

CN Back: Kelly Duffy, MelissaBanks, Georgina Fraser, SarahStevens, KatrinaLines 2nd: Mrs NgaireCarson, Kate Bardsley,Sarah Timoney, Nicola Robson, Emily Acland Front: Josie Benny, Natalie Gibson, Annisha Vasutavan, DeborahHunt, Annabelle Roake Absent: Brookelnwood, ElsieRough

PK Back: Alex Brownlee,PietaGray, Melissa Morris, GeorgiaHeard, FrancesMuirhead 2nd: Ms Sarah Perkins,Laura Slagter,Melanie Burr, BrigitteLee, Anna Hyland Front: Andrea Stevens, Kirsty Peters,Julia Maclean, Amy Burnett, Lucy Rutherford

TD Back: ElizabethHogg, Anna Scarlett,Eve Sinclair-Thomson 2nd: Ms Janet Todd,Yu-San Kang, Sarah Morris, Lucy Stockton, CatherineRutherford Front: GabrielleHegarty,HarrietDaley, JasmineSmith, SarahMcLaughlin,Rachel Gillard-Tew

Back; FelicityRedfern, SarahJohnson,Joanna Morris 2nd: Miss Jan Wehby, Greer Howat, Anna Hampton, RebeccaSoloman, KristyCole Front: Olivia Courtney, MahaliaMcNeil!, SarahMurphy, Chia Chen Pan, Lucy Woodley Absent: Ashlee Clarke,JasmineMoir

ws Back: Mr Brian Woods, Kelly Egan, Hannah Dillon, FelicityRoake, Alana Tuck, Julia Giblin Front: Gemma McLaughlin,Megan Bardsley, Anna Stace, MatalieBlackmore, Hayley Moore, Ellen McDonald Absent: Lucy McLemon

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School Council Back : Caroline Hornibrook, Melanie Burr, Natalie-Rose Rutherford, Julia Giblin, Julia Waghorn. 2nd : Jennisie Yip/er,Alex Gallagher, Sophie Pinckney, Emily Ackland. Front : Zoe Carson, Polly Douglas, Libby Crawford, Charlotte Nell, Harriet Daley

The Japanese Department has enjoyed another successful year in 2000. Students studying Japanese have been involved in a wide range of activities throughout the year, from making okonomiyaki in class, to hanami (cherry blossom viewing), to sushi sampling, and Cantabunka! Thank you to the families who assisted Colin Donald from Christchurch Boys High, in hosting students from Kurashiki - the benefits of cultural exchanges are invaluable for students.

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In July, students from Years 7 to 13 submitted entries in a a national 'Concrete Poetry/Calligram' competition, open to all students studying languages in New Zealand. In the Japanese Section we were fortunate to gain seven out of nine top placings. Junior Section; 1st place, Kelly Belcher; 2nd place, Sarah Masterton; 3rd place, Amy Roberts. Intermediate Section; 2nd place, Michelle Liu. Senior Section; 1st place, Juliet Virtue; 2nd place, Vivian Lu; 3rd place, Mindy Choi. Later in the year, Rosanna Frankish and Josie Benny were Highly Commended in a Year 9 role play competition in the Canterbury Junior Japanese Speech Competition. Gemma McLaughlin took second place in the Year 9 Haiku Poetry Competition and Adele Cosgrove received a Highly Commended award. In the Year 7 Colouring competition, Rosie Halliday was Highly Commended. Mychelle Hellmann enjoyed two weeks in Kurashiki as part of a Sister City Exchange program, and Sumin Ahn was interviewed for the Gunma exchange, where she gained second place and was presented with a Japanese dictionary. 2000's been a fun year for the Japanese Department! 79

ACRISTANS

This year, as always, the Chapel has been at the center of our active community. SADD and International weeks, Dance displays, Awards Assemblies, Conformation Service, and 'House Day' are just some of the many activities that have utalised our wonderful Chapel thoughout this year. Thanks to all the people who helped to organise these inspiring events. They really bring religion into the new millennium On the religious front, I'd like to congratulate the girls who took the 'leap of faith' and celebrated their conformation earlier this year. It was great to be involved with such an important and special service. I have enjoyed being the Head Sacristan during the year 2000, such a spiritually significant time. Back in the Chapel I have many people to thank: Rev. Peg Riley, for her invaluable s pport. Lets face it I wouldn't be writing this if it wasn't for you! I also want to thank Mike Greenslade and Miss Wysocki for their support and dedication. What better way to end a weekend than with these three happy faces. Thanks to you all. A big thank you has to go out to my little but able team of Sacrestans. It's great to have people, in whom I have complete trust. Great work guys. Next year lets see if our trilogy can grow in numbers. Lastly I'd like to say a big thank-you to all the people who helped out

at services outside our school. I have heard excellent reports of your conduct, presentation and service. The services at the Cathedral are a great way for the school to continue our connections with Rev. Robyn Cave and the wider Anglican community. With myself often double booked it was great not to have to worry about these services. Thank you very much. Thanks also to the girls who helped out at the hospital. I have been thanked by patients for your Carron Aldridge, Rev. Peg Riley, Kathryn Haworth kindness. Some patients have even said to me that although they Absent: Miriam Grothe/I chose not to attend they appreciated being given the choice. So rest assured your efforts do not go unnoticed. Good luck to next year's Sacristan's. Keep up the great work. Carron Aldridge Head Sacristan

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OARDING REPORT

In late January the Year 13 boarders and our parents met for a BBQ. Though a relaxed and casual affair this was an important event; signifying the start of our last year of boarding! That night seems ages ago so we have obviously experienced much during the year.

Settling in our new third formers was one of the first tasks. To this end the Year 13 boarders, the new recruits and Miss Wysocki piled into a big red bus and headed out to Tailors Mistake. Cricket, swimming, and an introduction to the infamous packed lunches made this a fantastic day. Being with the new third formers encouraged so many memories of my early days in the boarding house and I think made those first few hectic weeks a little easier for both year groups. There have been many developments and improvement within the boarding school this year. The Catering Committee served as a 'voice for the people' on this vital area of boarding life and the Tuck Shop came about by the initiative of this committee. The Tuck Shop is run after school and boarders and day girls alike can, using cash, buy sweets, biscuits, drinks and ice cream, shampoo, stamps and other necessities. In Julius we have had the help of two excellent Tutors Heidi Davis and Anne Walpole. They are on hand to assist with tricky homework and have proved very helpful for many of the senior girls. The arrival of the three gap students Helen, Beth and Rebecca has added culture to the boarding house while their assistance in both senior and junior houses is inval able. As usual, we have all been excellently fed this year with a huge selection of food to satisfy the many fussy inmates and very importantly food that keeps us happy and healthy and able to cope with our hectic lives. Birthday dinners are served, late dinners are always available and breakfast and the cafe continue to run well and sa isfy. We have had lot of fun together this year. The dress-up theme dinners being a highlight 'I wish I was ....' and 'Fashion through the ages ....' were themes which inspired outrageous and fascinating costumes. From witches and Britney Spears to Siamese twins and princesses. These dinners express the spirit of boarding! The Boarding Committee have been an immense support to me and have been fantastic; enforcing the law, and role modelling.

Year 13 Boarders Back . Jane Tiller, Julia Deans, Anna Scarlett, Libby Crawford, Charlotte Gardner, Gemma Grigg. 3rd Row : Kristy Cole, Felicity Redfern, Kirsty Paterson, Katrina Begg, Louise Aubrey 2nd Row ; Hannah Dillon, Nicola Hunter, Bridget Reynish, Gabby Sparrow, Tania Riddington, Becki Crutchley Front: Vicky Anderson, Amy Maher, Sharalee Gibson, Beth Lawson, Anna Clark-Hall, Gayathri Nair, Charlotte Nell Absent : Rebecca Hyde, Tiffany Robertson. 82

The recent Old Girls' Reunion brought many past boarders back to look through our boarding houses, they noted vast changes and improvements! The boarder Old Girls tend to have the best stories to tell of their schooling days and it is very interesting to see how the boarders have kept in touch over the years. It is never dull in the

boarding house! There is a continuous buzz to the place with so many talented and enthusiastic people speeding off on their various enterprises. Thank you to all those involved in our boarding school, your energy and support are appreciated and the work you do is evident in the smooth running of the boarding house, the immaculately kept and well-patrolled grounds and the well fed, healthy boarders. Thank you to our dedicated and selfless matrons who provide the friendly and supportive environment we enjoy. The approaching boarders Dinner is always a highlight of the boarding year. Though it will be sad for those of us spending our last few nights in the boarding house forever! I will always treasure my boarding years as a great life experience; tolerance, and endurance are early lessons! As well as a strong appreciation of home and family. Allnight gossip sessions and 'intensive living", lead to firm supportive friendships which I am confident will survive. Being Head of Boarding has been a challenging position but I have felt with this responsibility and hope I have given something back to the boarding house which has taught me an endless amount. I wish all future boarders the best of luck and hope you enjoy and value the experience as much as I have. Beth Lawson Head of Boarding

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Arts at St Margaret's in 2000 has been a very busy area to be involved in. The Arts Council with Miss Webby leading us, came together from the beginning in a focused effort to represent the arts at school and promote the various disciplines. The year ran at an exciting pace with something new being performed, sung or created at every step. Students and council members participated in competitions, festivals and shows in true St Margaret's spirit. In all areas girls were well prepared and their dedicated rehearsals proved St Margaret's growing affiliation with the arts.

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'A Midsummer Nights Dream', the combined Shakespearean show in the first term, between Christ's College and St Margaret's was a fantastic beginning to a frantic year. An amazing show, it did well to highlight the huge number of talented girls we have performing in drama, dance and choral areas. The Arts Council began their year with a very popular Easter theme colouring competition for the Primary school students. Girls could either colour and add to the Easter bunny poster we provided or create their own. Again the talent in the younger years was apparent, with girls showing their creativity in abundance, making it a difficult event to judge. Our debaters had a very busy year competing at a variety of events including both the Summer and Winter Quad competitions. They performed extremely well at the Christchurch Press Debating Tournament in term two and won the Mental Health Youth Forum Debating Competition in term three. All the girls displayed advanced skill in debating and the increasing amount of experience that they have been exposed to has proven its worth. The music department led by a very capable Miss Kerr has been working hard throughout the year to produce a number of wonderful performances. In term two the senior choir, chamber choir and orchestra joined together to give their best at the Christ's College Mid Winter Concert. The chamber choir were highly commended at the Choral Federation, displaying their very polished repertoire. They also sang well at Miss Sandra Dain's beautiful wedding. The 150th Christ's College Anniversary also proved a grand opportunity to give a shining performance. The drama department have had many successful performances, showing their obvious passion for performing on stage. A the High Schools Drama Festival the girls won set design and acting performance awards. Due to her superb dramatic ability Stephanie Walker trekked across to London as part of the New Zealand Young Shakespeare Company, where she even had the opportunity to perform at the Globe Theatre. Budding dramatists also performed at the Christ's College Old Boys Theatre opening in a production called 'Stage One'. Both our junior and senior Theatresports teams have worked hard, extending their skill with workshops during the year. Both teams competed well at the Canterbury High Schools' Theatresports competition, with the senior team gaining third place. Dance this year was again a huge area to be involved in, with record numbers joining once more. Members of the group performed at 'A Midsummer Nights Dream', the Secondary Schools Dance Festival and the Christ's College Old Boys' Theatre opening, not to mention their own major dance production of 'Mosaic'. The dancers performed beautifully, showing the discipline, skill and finesse that was required of them. The long awaited House Day eventually happened at the end of the third term. Always an exciting and fun day, it ran very smoothly and was a great end to the term. Theatresports and House plays which were run by the Arts Council proved very entertaining and popular events. Girls from different forms in each house had to prove their skill and impromptu work to impress the judges and the school to gain points in the theatresports. House plays - despite the worries beforehand - pulled together well to show each respective house off to the rest of the school. The plays 86

incorporated students' skills to impress and inevitably embarrass many of the staff! House Day proved yet again to be a wonderful day - living up to the younger students expectations and imprinting itself in the memories of the older students. The achievements and talent of the artists within our school community came to a climax with our annual arts assembly, followed by a morning tea with our award recipients and their parents, as well as guests, Arts Committee and Arts Council members. The morning assembly in 14 September run by the council gave an opportunity to award students who are continually performing to a high standard in their various arts disciplines. It was also a time where performers were able to give the school a taste of their work and consequently amaze those who are less artistically inclined. Our highlight of the morning was having a guest speaker, Malcolm McNeil! speak to us. Mr McNeil!, a professional musician and artist delivered an interesting speech covering the ever changing aspects that arise in his job and the challenging nature of having a lifestyle involved in the arts. A big thank you to the arts committee for their input into the arts this year and to Miss Webby and my fellow arts counsellors for a superb year. Beth Lawson

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Another huge year! Browsing around the end-of-year Senior Assessment Exhibition, the quality, quantity and variety of art created at St Margaret's College, is just amazing. Tucked away at the back of the school, we toil and sweat (or is that supposed to be 'glow'?), laugh and whoop, shake our heads in disbelief, celebrate our triumphs and learn a lot from our mistakes.

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The diversity of talent and the skills and confidence which emerge as the year progresses, make the teaching of Art never boring and often exciting. Students enjoy art-making, and being challenged to try to look at their world in new and different ways and to come to understand the variety of ways other artists interpret their world. It is wonderful to teach a subject where you have to almost force students to pack up at the end of the lesson, and if you are held up and late to class, the class will be working away happily, when you arrive, making you feel very privileged. This does not mean that they are not constantly challenged, as easy work is often boring work, and students often comment on how difficult the work is, but the satisfaction and growth which comes from diverse and successful outcomes, builds confidence on their own abilities.

The new, improved Design Studio and Computer Suite, has been a boon for Senior Art students in particular, and next year we look forward to a similar facility which is to be developed for the Senior Painting students, beside Mrs Todd's room. Next year also sees big changes in the Art Department. I am leaving to 'do something different', and Hr Hallum eases back to relinquish his Head of Department position, and to become a part time Art teacher. Two new Art teachers have been appointed next year - a reflection on how the Department has grown in the past few years. Kaye Curgenven

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UNIOR DRAMA CLUB

At the end of the theatresports season the drama fanatics got edgy and prompted by the initiative of four Year 9 actresses decided to create a Junior Drama Club. Despite a late start the club proved to be a huge success.

We experimented with script work (Shakespeare to contemporary American), irrprovisation and body language exercises, all of which proved to be both amusing and entertaining. Although the club had only five permanent members and some mishaps with raro and chocolate biscuits, we managed to learn a lot and have heaps of fun. One of the most valuable things about drama is that it allows us to see the world from a different perspective and become more sensitive to the needs and desires of others. I think that this is a very special quality that can be utilised both inside and outside the classroom. This year I was especially privileged to work with actresses who took this on board and used it to help develop their performances so willingly. I was continually amazed, inspired and in hysterics over the work that the four produced and I was impressed by their maturity and co-operation. The four have come a long way si ce the beginning of the year in terms of team work. Their commendable leadership skills meant that the girls were able to teach each other as each had a strong aspect of her own performance that she was able to share with the group. The four analysed their own performances and the performances of their peers, often they were able to enhance their technique as a result of constructive criticism or compliments from the group. I have had an awesome time this year and I have learnt a lot from your commitment and passion for drama. You should all be extremely proud of yourselves as you are truly stunning actresses with brilliant futures in the performing arts. Steph Walker

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It was a long time coming for many seniors - this was to be their first and last experience of a major production, with the added bonus of interaction with the opposite sex! 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', by William Shakespeare was the play, and the very unique venue of the Avon riverbank

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in the Christ's College grounds, was the place. There was a long and sometimes arduous process to get to the final product, something which some people may not be fully aware of. Planning for the play began in the middle of last year, and rehearsals began in the fourth term of 1999. Many cast and crew member had rehearsals just about every day, becoming familiar faces to the school house boys, who eventually ceased squirting water out the windows as we walked past! A high level of commitment was required for the play and I believe this was shown in the results - with a brilliant revue in 'The Press' and many great comments from the audience. The production was not just about the main parts, but about the participation in the Arts of many who would not usually have been in such a play. This gave us a challenge and the chance to dress up in some pretty cool costumes, as designed by Dale Hartley, very nicely made, by some lovely mothers and staff who deserve a bundle of thanks. It was the chance to learn also from experienced professional practitioners of the Arts. Miss Jan Webby with her choreography, which took the play up that extra notch and Miss Jill Kerr for making the fairies sound beautiful as they lulled Titania to sleep. A special thank you to Tricia Minns for giving us the opportunity to perform in a great play, then making our performances as great as the play itself and to David Chambers, Director of Drama at Christ's College. There were many special moments to take away from the production - life imitating art with our Head and Deputy Head Prefects taking similar parts in the play to their very positions; the dreaded rain on opening night; the illustrious 'fist fist shake' dance; Titania floating down the river as if by magic; that damned 'creek' down the middle of the stage, and the imminent gossip of inter-cast relationships. This was an experience that many had never had, and many never will have again, but I'm sure all will agree that 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' will be remembered for many years to come. Stephanie Walker

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While all of you were contemplating lazy days of late rising over the July holidays, I fulfilled a dream I have had since Year 11, which gradually became a goal, and then a reality. I went to England and performed on the Globe Theartre stage. Last year I pushed myself, and I would probably have to say, the others in my drama class too, so that we could do really well in our regional Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival. It was hard, but the best feeling was when they read out that we were selected to go to the Nationals. At the Nationals we performed, and I eventually got a letter from Wellington saying I had been selected as one of thirty-two to go to the National Workshop, which was to be held in Christchurch. I went there, tried my hardest and hoped for the best - it was so hard to figure out who would make up the sixteen to go to The Globe. The letter came, and my dream became reality. Just under a year after that, I landed in London's Heathrow Airport at 6am and hopped straight on a bus for a tour around London. It really hit me how rich in history London was when our our leader started pointing frantically all over the show at points of interest. To tell you the truth, I think most of it went in one ear and out the other as we were in awe of it all. At first we didn't go into the actual Globe Theatre, as we had a talk with Patrick Spotiswood, Director of Education at The Globe, but then, FINALLY, the moment arrived going in to the actual Globe! To quote my diary " It was absolutely breathtaking - the sight of all the images and dreams come solid ... great wooden structures and amazing painted effects on the stage - I was speechless to it all, I could only take photos and hope the spirit of the place could be felt". The Globe is an extraordinary building - it is made of oak and a plaster of lime and goat hair, and the roof is the only thatched roof in London. The floor is a mix of hazelnut shells and concrete and everything else is made of wood. NearWestMinsterAbbey,London

After an awe-struck moment, It really was all go. That night I saw the first of the eight shows I would see - The musical 'Chicago'. The

next day we explored the image of Shakespeare in London, mistaking Trafalgar Square for Leicester Square, checking out the National Portrait Gallery and having what would be the first of many half pints at a traditional English Pub. That night we saw 'Singing in the Rain', at the National Theatre, where they actually made it rain on stage with real water TWICE! Our third day brought the start of rehearsals with our professional directors. I got cast as Juliet in an excerpt from 'Romeo and Juliet'. That afternoon we heard our first play at The Globe, 'The Tempest' with Vanessa Redgrave as Prospero. The feeling was amazing, and I stood in the groundlings spellbound by the whole thing. At this point, I would like to say that it all felt a bit surreal - here I was, in London, at the Globe Theatre, Shakespeares' G I o b e , watching this wicked performance with rich music and great acting. The next day we had three amazing workshops. The Globe's costumes were quite extraordinary in that they were all hand GlobeTheatre sewn for the authentic productions. They only use the three material which they would have used in Elizabethan times - linen, wool and silk. Next we had a voice workshop and then a lecture on 'Hamlet on Film,' before we went to see 'Hamlet' in the evening. If I thought 'The Tempest' was good ... Mark Rylance as Hamlet brought new meaning to some of the words. All the Actors were convincing and even though I was standing for 3 1/2 hours, it was worth it. For a completely different performance, the next night we saw 'Romeu et Julieta' - a performance in Spanish by a Brazilian street theatre company, and then, it was finally our night to perform. Performing on The Globe stage is

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very different from a normal stage. Some people in our group were terrified at the fact that you could see your audience, but I loved this as you can feed off the audience's energy and enthusiasm. However, it is quite exhausting as you have to be moving all the time so that

all parts of the audience see you, you have to project your voice more and you have to give a lot more energy. The role I played was one of the most demanding parts I have ever played, because of the emotions of the scene, but doing this at The Globe made the fact that it went so successfully, even sweeter. After the performance I was in a bit of a daze - it was just so surreal. The icing on the cake was when these people I had never met before came up and said, "Juliet we love you - you were our favourite". I had groupies!! We then travelled to Stratford Upon Avon where we saw two plays at the Royal Shakespeare Company and had a look at Shakespeare's birthplace and other touristy things like that, and we also went on to Oxford where we

Although overshadowed by 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', drama continued to bring home the awards at festivals throughout the year. Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival Once again, St Margaret's College put in entries that shined, both selected for 'The Best of the Fest'. The teacher-directed entry consisted of a montage of scenes involving the fairies from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', which was Highly Commended for the high quality singing involved in the lullaby. Some girls were also involved in the Christ's College entry which was runner-up and went up to Wellington for the Nationals. The student-directed scene had a similar fate, also being named runner-up. This scene was directed by Steph Walker and Brooke Williams, involving the Year 12 Drama Class in scenes from 'Hamlet', showing the injustice done to Ophelia and what effect this had on her. This was visually very rich and won awards for both acting and design. Canterbury High Schools' Drama Festival As part of the Year 13 Drama Class, a play with some very interesting characters in the form of three fetuses was performed at this festival, again to a very positive response. 'Deliver Us Not' gained awards in both acting for all three actors (Brooke Williams, Lucy Graham and Abbie Whiten), and also for the stage and costume design. It also gained a 'Special Moment Award' for the undulating tube of the giant birth canal, as created by Steph Walker as each fetus was 'born'. This play was also performed at our Annual School Variety Night to a very appreciative audience, who also had the good fortune to view work by the Year 9 Drama Classes 'Prince Percy of Pomegranate' and 'Muck up at Murder

performed again, this time as a opener to 'Twelfth Night' and looked around the famous University. I have taken away several things from my trip - first, how rich in history and literature England is; second, how even though he has been dead for hundreds of years, William Shakespeare's plays live on as the language is so beautiful and the stories so great. Lastly, and most importantly, I have learnt that if you can dream it you can do it - if you want it, then deep down in your heart you can get there. My trip this year is proof. Stephanie Walker

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coming up in the school and I look forward to coming back to St. Margaret's to see them develop as young actresses. The Christ's College Old Boys' Theatre Opening Although not officially a St. Margaret's College event, I feel that it deserves a mention as some girls put a lot of time in to this. We had four pieces in the opening which involved girls from the school, and three which involved them in a dramatic sense. The story of Rangi and Papa was told using lots of movement by a group of our Year 9 girls in their first taste of working with Christ's College boys, (from what !heard, it sounds as if they enjoyed it). Brooke Williams and Elsie Rough were involved in the short film entitled 'A Furby Stole my Baby', which was an audience favourite, and Steph Walker was the sole female in an absurd play called 'Picnic on the Battlefield'. Again, an experience which she enjoyed, working under a new director and with all boys! St. Margaret's College Drama has developed a lot this year. I am pleased that Drama is having more of a face in everyday life here, in things such as Chapel services and with the advent of the new Arts Curriculum. I hope that this only gets bigger encourages this.

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My final season of dance at St Margaret's proved to be the absolute highlight of my experiences at the college. 'Mosaic', this year's performance of our biennial dance production was performed at Canterbury University's Ngaio Marsh Theatre form 17-19 August, with 50 dancers and backstage crew involved. A tremendous amount of work went into the show, from intensive rehearsals beginning months in advance for the girls and choreographers producing breathtaking pieces, to amazing costume design and workmanship by our talented mums, choreographers and helpers. At the theatre, the dancers' work was made much easier by having the expertise of Ian Harding, the lighting designer, and efforts from our own backstage crew to control the lighting, sound and dancers backstage. A commendable feat in itself, let alone the fact that it was all performed in darkness. This culmination of talent, hard work and many late nights, allowed 'Mosiac' to be the success that it was, with every piece comparable to work produced from top New Zealand contemporary dance companies. Students from Years 9-13, beginner through to experienced were able to explore their creativity and gain performance experience while working with local and Dunedin choreographers Fleur de Thier, Kirsty Thomas, Andrew Shepherd, Sarah Franks, Winifred Kavalieris, Sheryl Robinson, Lisa Wilkinson and our own Jan Webby. These amazing people with their vivid ideas and concepts were the backbone to our show which was the absolute pinnacle of St Margaret's performances so far. The best memories from the show, in true St Margaret's fashion, came from the wonderful atmosphere and fun that we had between our form levels. To everyone involved in the show, thank you for your endless, enthusiastic input, from costuming and make-up, set design, technical and choreographical areas, thank you for offering your skills and giving up your time to help produce the wonder that was 'Mosiac'. Miss Jan Webby, producer of 'Mosiac', not to mention our leading choreographer and mentor, thank you for teaching us to strive for our best and inevitably finding excellence along the way. Performing a piece on stage, to best represent a choreographer's mood and theme is always a challenge, yet this year I have been privileged to work with a skillful group of seemingly professional dancers, that has made this task an amazing experience and produced some entertaining, beautiful and intimate work. Thank you. Good luck for all of your future dancing endeavours, especially my fellow leavers, and thank you for your support. Beth Lawson Head of Dance

This year dance as an extracurricular activity has been more popular than ever. The amount of students auditioning for the production that took place this year 'Mosaic', was at its highest ever, eventually reducing 80 to 50 people involved in dancing and backstage.

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The production was not the only event for the Dance Club to be proud of. Earlier in the year, members of the dance group made a contribution to the success of 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', with choreographer Miss Webby taking on six dancers from the dance club as well as the strength and skill of four Christ's College boys to produce a modern, yet fitting piece which was well rehearsed. The Dance Club also participated in 'Outstanding Feet 2000' the Christchurch Secondary Schools' Dance Festival, into which we placed the opening piece of the show 'Mosiac - Pathways', which Miss Webby reworked. The feedback after this festival was really positive and it was a lot of fun and a great experience for the dancers involved. Finally, in October, six members of the dance club, thinking they had finished the show and dance for the year were asked to get into their dancing gear and pull their hair into tight pigtail braids for the Christ's College opening of the Old Boys' Theatre and their 150th Celebrations 'Stage One'. Happily they joined together again to regain the magic of 'Zhouma of Zhoumas', choreographed by Sheryl Robinson for 'Mosiac'. Dancing on the stage was an honour for the girls, even though it had water and oil all over it from previous items! It was an enjoyable end to the season for 2000. We'd like to encourage those considering involving themselves in dance next year to take part in after school classes, and even learn dance as a subject for Years 9, 10, and 12 as many of us have done. Good luck and enjoy yourselves.

Julia Giblin Deputy Head of Dance

Dance Back : Julia Wills, Abbie Whiten, Joy Weston-Arnold, Pieta Gray, Alice McElrea, Sarah Johnson, Hannah Ritchie, Jasmine Moir, Josie Scandrett, Annie Hannafin. 4th Row : Sumin Ahn, Jane Hornibrook, Milly Cottrell, Caroline Hornibrook, Greer Howat, Lucy McLernon, Anna Stace, Catherine Mccorkindale, Olivia Bell, Jessie Cooke, Sarah Morris. 3rd Row : Miss Jan Webby, Shae Morris, Sophie Tapper, Olivia Wakem, Abby Radford, Alicia Prankherd, Amy Shanks, Sarah Murphy, Rachel Heta, Charlotte Campbell. 2nd Row: Claire Matheson, Sophie McLernon, Erin Dooley, Julia Giblin(Deputy Head), Beth Lawson(Head), Kathryn Kleis, Emma Matson, Jess Glen, Becky Knight. Front : Georgina Goater, Melissa Morris, Phoebe Brooks, Elise Purcell. Absent : Louise Bartle, Victoria Leiataua, Brooke Williams, 95

The year 2000 has been our busiest yet in the school library. Loans are higher than ever, after-school use has increased substantially and, as always, we have many people to thank.

IBRARIAN' S REPORT

Our Book Week in the second term was a great success, thanks to our wonderful guest speakers and the enthusiasm of our younger girls. The support of Miss Wysocki and so many parents and teachers enabled us to add over $500 worth of new titles to the library. Another highlight of our year has been sharing the Teddy Bears' Picnic with Mrs Fisher's class. This was a wonderful opportunity for the girls to learn about bears and bring their teddies to the library for a shared lunch. Many donations of books and magazines have been received recently, for which we are very grateful. Our special thanks go to Mrs Miles, Mrs Coll, Mrs Wells and Mr Blampied for their generosity. We are always happy to accept any books you may no longer require. This year we must sadly farewell Kelly Duffy, who has been a school librarian for the past six years. We will miss her help, her reliability and her sense of humour. Kelly we wish you well in the future and thank you. All our school librarians, particularly Georgie Bowker, have worked very hard for us. Thank you for giving so much of your time to the library. Miss Barkus and Mr Woods, thank you both. We look forward eagerly to the future and the new challenges it will bring. Diana H. White Librarian

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Music at St Margaret's continues to involve a significant number of students, mostly extra-curricular. There are three choirs in the Senior School, the Junior Orchestra welcomes players of all ages and abilities and the senior players still join with Christ's College as they have on Friday afternoons for more than 30 years. Since the last magazine notes were written the Music Department has been involved in three funerals. Firstly that of Miss Gwen Rankin, an Old Girl and former staff member, which was held in the school chapel late in November. In early December the Chamber Choir joined with the Christ's College Chapel Choir and more than 60 ex-members of the Royal Christchurch Musical Society in Christchurch Cathedral for the funeral of Robert Field-Dodgson. St Margaret's students knew Mr Field-Dodgson as the Director of Music at Christ's College for over 30 years from 1952 to 1985. On leaving school many Old Girls sang in the Royal Christchurch Musical Society's choir before it amalgamated with the Harmonic Society in 1990 to become the Christchurch City Choir. During his years at Christ's College. Mr Field-Dodgson was responsible for the organisation of many combined musical activities between our two schools. There were many highlights; Purcell's 'Dido and Aeneas', Britten's 'Noye's Fludde' and 'St Nicolas', Mozart's 'Coronation' Mass, the Faure 'Requiem', 'Oliver', 'The Gondoliers', 'Trial by Jury', 'The Mikado' and 'The Beggar's Opera'. Past students of both schools remember him with affection as an outstanding musician and a great teacher who had the gift of being able to inspire amateur music makers to reach professional standards. Many girls attended the funeral of Mr David Childs a few days before Christmas and the school held a memorial service for him in February. We also record the death in September of this year of Miss Bessie Pollard who was 95. She taught examination music part time at St Margaret's from 1978-1981 after she had retired from a high profile career in broadcasting. At one stage she was in charge of the YC programme and she was also a newspaper music critic and accompanist. Miss Pollard's sister, Mrs Myra Thompson, was Mistress here from 1952-1961.

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Numbers in the Senior Choir have fluctuated between 45 - 65 this year as some girls have found that the early morning commitment necessitated by our timetable system is too difficult for them. The Senior Choir has been responsible for music at school Eucharist,s the Palm Sunday Liturgy, Founders' Day and the Carol Service. They also recorded some items for a CD. Some members were involved in the music for 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. At the combined colleges' concert in June they reached a particularly good standard of presentation and performance.

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The Chamber Choir has had another busy and successful year. In March they again sang an Epilogue with the Christ's College Chapel Choir for the combined annual meeting of

the Christchurch Organists' Association and the Royal School of Church Music. They combined also with Christ's College to provide music for the Confirmation Service, involving students from both schools at the Cathedral. During the first term they gave a short recital on Open Day, contributed to the Palm Sunday Service and at the end of term Eucharist they sang 'Have Mercy Upon Me', a work we commissioned from the Christchurch composer, Christopher Adams, a son of Gold Girl, Nick Clark.

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At this year's Choral Federation Festival they were Very Highly Commended. For this occasion we again commissioned a work from a Christchurch composer, Patrick Shepherd. This was a setting of 'Christmas Bells' by Longfellow, which the choir later recorded and sang at the carol service. Some of these items were repeated at the Combined Colleges' Concert in June. Their activities in the second term ended with their singing at Ms Dain's wedding at St Barnabas. Third term began with a recital at Fairhaven Rest Home. In August they sang at Cathedral Evensong and recorded some items for a CD which is to be completed next year. They also sang at the arts' awards assembly. October saw the Chamber choir more active than usual at this time of year. In the first fortnight of term four they practiced hard for a recital at 'Alive and Loving It', the Anglican Diocesan Event in Hagley Park, but the event was cancelled because of the ferocious storm that flooded the area where it was to be held. However the weather cleared up in time for them to join Christ's College in an enormous marquee at their 150th anniversary service. On successive Sundays in November they sang a morning Eucharist at St Mary's, Merivale and Choral Evensong with the Christ's College Chapel Choir at Christ's College. They rounded off the year with a significant contribution to the Carol Service. The year 9 choir practiced an interesting variety of rounds, unison and part-songs, both classical and popular and many of these girls have auditioned for next year's Senior Choir. The Junior Orchestra continues to be a valuable training ground for musicians who are just beginning on their instruments, again ably assisted by some more senior girls. They enjoyed a higher profile this year with performances on Open Day and at the Primary School's Old Girls' Day. The Combined Orchestra performed at the Combined Colleges' Concert and at both St Margaret's and Christ's College assemblies. We congratulate our two horn players, Cecilia Ellis and Kelly Tarrant, who played in the Christchurch Youth Symphonic band which gained two gold medals at a competition in Dunedin. A number of girls were well placed in the Christchurch competitions and there were also a lot of good results in this year's Trinity College and Royal Schools' examinations. Many of these students played at the solo performance evening in August. On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of Bach's death a group of girls attended the organ recital in the Town Hall where 'Bach' himself appeared in a puff of s_moketo pl'ay the famous 'Toccata and Fugue in D minor'. Chamber Choir

his year honours have been awarded to ~fice Grant (singing), and Lara Rennie and Samantha Sii (music). Pockets for :singin§ went to Vicki Anderson, Sarah Murphy a.nd Charlotte Nell, for music to Mereditt:i Blampied and Cecilia Ellis and to JessiGa Ellerm for instrumental work.

Back . Amanda Sturge, Jenna Rennie, Meredith Blampied, Stephanie Walker, Lara Rennie, Alice McElrea. Middle : Miss Jill Kerr, Samantha Sii, Louise Bartle, Lucy McLernon, Claudia Vavasour, Annabelle Hanafin, Jessica Ellerm, Sarah Murphy Front . Alexandra Gallagher, Cecilia Ellis, Joanna Zwart, Charlotte Nell, Victoria Anderson, Brooke Williams, Emma Goslin, Alice Grant. Absent : Katherine Wylie. 99

PIRIT OF NEW ZEALAND

In March this year I went on the Spirit of New Zealand for a 10 day voyage.

The two worst things about the Spirit of New Zealand was firstly, hopping on the ship and secondly, getting off. The spirit was an amazing experience, a trip of a lifetime where everyday was something different. The voyage I was on sailed from Auckland to Napier. We went up to Auckland by bus which was a great way to get to know my fellow shipmates. There were eight of us from the South Island who travelled up together and during that time we got to know each other and made some great friends. We arrived at Auckland Harbour where we boarded the ship and stared in horror and amazement at where we had to sleep, eat and live for the next 10 days. I still can't understand how 40 of us managed to cram into such a small area. Within a day of hopping on that ship we never looked back. Everyday was crammed with something new; there were 6.30am swims which was definitely something out of the ordinary. We learnt how to hoist sails, strike sails, climb sails, use an infinite number of ropes and not to mention get to know 39 other complete strangers. Sailing of the Spirit required a lot of teamwork, co-operation and discipline. Every morning we raised the New Zealand flag and rang eight bells at 8.00am. We were put into watch groups which rotated duties and were designated sail stations. The teamwork in your watch group was astounding. The support and encouragement put out by everyone was definitely what made that ship sail. There were many highlights on the ship, such as climbing the 72 foot mast on a rough day, watching dolphins, seeing whales moving through the water, albatrosses and even White Island. Another highlight was trainee sailing day. We all sailed the ship without the help of crew and this went very smoothly showing how much we learnt and trusted our fellow trainees. We also went to some beautiful beaches where we used what we could get our hands on off the ship to play games with, such as big orange rubber bouys, which we used as moon hoppers. There were many other highlights on the ship, every day was filled with something new and there was definitely a lot of funny moments! It was a truly amazing experience for me to learn to sail the Spirit of New Zealand, but the most amazing thing was the firm friendships I made. After the first night on the ship I think I had friends for life. Living with the same 40 people for 10 days, well I guess you had to get along and everyone did, so willingly. Everyone was accepted for who they were. The hardest thing you had to do on the spirit was leave. You hopped on board freaking out, wishing you could go home, and on the last day you had 40 new friends and you never wanted to go home. The hugs, the promises of I'll write, I'll ring. It was hard knowing you would wake up tomorrow and there would be no early swims, but worst of all, there wouldn't be the 39 other people to share the best experience of your life with. April Mackenzie

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Theatre Sports Back : Kate Jones, Mychelle Hellman, Claire Boustred Front : Laura Coll, Emily Ac/and, Stephanie Young, Harriet Daley, Georgia Heard, Jacqui Oenford

This year's theatresports began with a boom as the theatresports population increased from three players to about 16, an awesome start to the year. The seniors began the year with a workshop at the Court Theatre and continued the season with friendly non competition rounds at various Christchurch schools. Every Thursday after a mad rush to try and scratch up enough players the team would head off to enjoy some light hearted improv with newly made friends such as 'scary Johnny' (by name and reputation) and 'the hat guy'. We did really well in these rounds and enjoyed the friendly atmosphere. The next big issue for the seniors was the annual Christchurch Secondary Schools competition held at the Court Theatre. The team did a fantastic job coming a very close third in their round and playing a wicked game of Do Run Run. Despite not making it to the finals the judges were impressed and we had heaps of fun. St Margaret's was also lucky this year to have such a committed and talented junior team. Although none of the four had ever played competitive theatresports before, thanks to their dedication ( three hours practice per week!) they were able to enter the Christchurch Secondary Schools Junior competition also in September. Unfortunately a nasty epidemic of whooping cough hit the team the week before the competition. Despite being a player down, the only Year 9 team and the only girls team the group used these factors to their advantage and showed them all what girl power is really about. Although they were not placed they were named 'the loveliest team' because of their courtesy, fair play and omission of dirty sheep jokes. A big thank you is owed this year to all the people involved in theatresports, especially our coaches Miss Billing and Paul. Also a massive thanks to all the players. Theatresports is really about being able to laugh a yourself and letting people laugh at you without getting up set about it. It is hard to find people with such qualities these days but this year every player did herself proud. You are all an awesome bunch of loonies, keep it up! 101

This year the Year 12 Economics class was involved in the Young Enterprise Scheme. This scheme enables students to set up, run and trade as a registered Company. This involves appointing personnel into various positions, from the Managing Director, Financial, Secretarial, Sales and Marketing, Production and Personnel Directors. They set up a company in March registering themselves as Squeak Enterprises. Their main project for the year was to produce Personalised Mouse Pads. They had to sell shares to finance the business, organise the company prospectus, obtain a supplier, set the price in order to obtain a profit margin, learn teamwork, to name just a few of the skills that the girls have experienced throughout the year. All valuable learning experiences. They also had the assistance of Mr Peter Sturge as their mentor to give them advice on financial matters in the establishment of their company.

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Publicity was another important area for the group. After the Official Trade Fair, held by the Canterbury Organiser at South City Mall, they proceeded to market their product. The girls also took part in the National Competition for the Scheme. This meant they has to undertake a formal presentation of their company in July and had to present an Annual Report at the end of the year. The Report was judged along with other Reports from other Young Enterprise Companies throughout New Zealand. I have enjoyed seeing the progress that they girls made, the problems they encountered, eg when the supplier changed the original quote price, the way in which the girls were very adaptable for the unexpected. Although they were not successful in obtaining a top prize, I felt they obtained skills that will enable them to understand the organisation of a company that will be very useful if they do venture into business in the future. The girls also took part in the New Zealand wide Young Enterprise Exam for Directors. Joy Weston-Arnold, Kelly Tarrant and Angela Lapthorn passed with Distinction, Wendy Duncan, Sophie Courteny, Melissa Ashworth and Amanda Sturge passed with Merit. This was very commendable for all of the girls achieved highly. Joy Weston-Arnold also one of the two chosen Canterbury Representatives for the World Conference held in Dunedin for the Scheme. ENTERPRISE STUDIES SCHEME

This year there were two Year 10 classes involved in this scheme. The main emphasis of the scheme is to enable students to learn the aspect of 'value added to a product'. The girls worked hard on their products and this culminated in their selling their products at the Trade Evening held at school in August. Products sold ranged from mirrors, stress balls, beads, lollies, photo frames, and photo holders. The girls had to fund their own products and establish a price bearing in mind the costs involved. All groups were responsible for paying taxes, which were donated to a charity of their choosing. Above: Y10 Enterprise Studies product launch evening. Below: Y12 Squeak Enterprise.

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This year a team of five girls entered the BP Community Project. This is a nationwide competition that draws all aspects of Enterprise Studies together. It allowed the students to demonstrate what they had learnt during the programme and put it to good use in a community project. This project is a great opportunity for them to work with the community and this year they chose the Mary

Moodie Family Trust Home for Special Needs Residents in Ferry Road. They won a Merit Award, which enabled their chosen organisation to benefit. Winning the award has enabled them to provide the 13 residents of the home with a camera. The girls involved were Sophie Pinckney, Emily Acland, Mychelle Hellman, Jessica Bell and Sophie Wigley. I wish to thank Mrs Trudy Keys for her continued commitment to the Enterpise Studies Scheme. I have enjoyed seeing all the girls benefit from these two schemes we offer within the Department in the Economics Classes. I look forward to seeing girls achieve in 2001 in both schemes. Linda Lightoot HOD Business Studies

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We have had a great year of health education at St Margaret's College. Here are some of the highlights:

EALTH EDUCATION

Year 9

Year 9s have developed a foundation of Health Education that will enable them to easily progress in to the Year 10 programme. They spent a large proportion of their time on a unit called 'Me and My World'. This unit gave students the opportunity for personal reflection; to think about who they are and where they have come from. Emphasis was also placed on the impact they have on those around them. The expression of feelings and emotions was explored and most classes devoted time to developing effective listening skills. The sexuality education unit designed for Year 9 provided time for the students to extend their knowledge of puberty, in particular the mental and emotional effects often overlooked. Students also explored and developed the skill of assertiveness in a sexual context - learning how to say no and also to remain in control of the situation. Year 9s also completed a childminding course run by the New Zealand Red Cross. This gave them excellent skills in the areas of home safety and child development and was extremely popular among the girls. Year 10

These students began the year with a problem solving unit investigating such aspects as decision making and negotiation. This led very nicely into the alcohol education unit, where students were encouraged to consider the impact alcohol has not only on individuals, but also on groups and on society as a whole. Students were given the opportunity to develop skills to assist in the management of alcohol such as; the recognition of standard drinks, the importance of host responsibility and further development of assertiveness skills. The year concluded with a sexuality education unit focusing heavily on critical thinking and decision making. Students were encouraged to carefully consider their personal attitudes and values in relation to young people and sexual activity. Particular emphasis was placed on the influence and impact of the media on the sexual attitudes and behaviours of teenagers today. Year 11

Year 11 enjoyed a wide variety of topics ranging from a tots and toddlers course run by the New Zealand Plunket Society to a unit standard course on sexual harassment. During the tots and toddlers course, parents and their children from the local community were invited into the school to work with our students. The course was highly successful and unit standard credits were obtained by the vast majority of girls. Year 11 students also had the opportunity to participate in a six session relaxation course facilitated by Valerie Gasser. The girls were able to experience first hand, massage, aromatherapy and yoga. This course was partially funded by a grant received from Crown Public Health. The students enjoyed it immensely and as a result we will offer it to Year 11 in 2001. Year 12

Year 12 also had an interesting year. Most girls managed to gain a practical first aid certificate and the accompanying unit standard credits. Students also participated in an advanced alcohol education programme aimed at encouraging the girls to consider not only their rights, but perhaps more importantly, their responsibilities as young New Zealanders. As part of the course we invited John Robinson, leader of the Christchurch Team Policing Unit, to address the students. He explained his perspective and the procedure used in the breaking up of teenage parties around the city. The girls were able to express their concerns and John

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responded positively to them. The girls were extremely appreciative experience and it is one we will repeat in future.

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In 2000, Year 12 students at St Margaret's played a very important role in the development of senior health education in New Zealand. We were invited to pilot a new resource called 'Ethical and Social Issues in Sexuality Education'. The unit explored aspects such as gender construction and stereotyping through to romantic love, sexual attraction and desire. In trialling this resource, we were able to give the writers crucial feedback about the logistics and effectiveness of the resource. All of which was considered when publishing the final version. The resource is now available to be used in schools around New Zealand. We are very proud of our involvement in developing this excellent senior health education resource. Overall, 2000 was a very successful year for Health Education at St Margaret's. We look forward to a challenging and stimulating year ahead in 2001.

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The beginning of the St Margaret's College Climbing Club - 'The Geckos!'. We started off with a small group of 12 girls - but we have grown to over 40 girls who are now involved. The highlights have been day trips to the Port Hills where the girls have put into practice all that they have learned at the YMCA. Jenni Tippler and Lucy Rutherford also came 1st and 2nd respectively at the Canterbury School's Bouldering Competition. Then in October the St Margaret's College Team entered the South Island Secondary School Climbing Championships. They were the only Christchurch School to get into the finals and finished 2nd in their section. All the girls are leading climbs (something that takes most people 1- 2 years to build up the courage to do), Annabelle Roake has even gone into production of 'chalk bags' as a fundraiser! We have a fantastic group of girls and we have thoroughly enjoyed their effort, commitment, dedication and enthusiasm! Thank you to you all! Peg Reily and Amanda Wesley

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The wall clock, suffering from a mental breakdown, declares that it's 6.50 - its hour hand hanging limply. Year 13 Geography has 'commenced'. Suddenly unable to accept that the world is not flat, an irritated student storms out, slamming the door in thunderous disgust. This commotion causes Mr B. to suffer a rather irritating throat eruption along with a prepubescent squeak in his voice. Anna, ever so kindly 'commenced' rushing to his aid, offering a giant (to suit his stature) vase full of water. Mr B. (aka Hercules Morse) spluttering in amazement gratefully accepted this life giving vessel. Later, the class was blessed with Mr Barker, the blonde surfie hunk student teacher that had us all develop a new interest in 'geography'. One of us was even overheard conversing with him about 'large fibreglass objects'. At one stage we thought we might 'commence' a trip to the Gold Coast, but it was 'so, so like not going to happen' when most of us decided we couldn't go. Instead we stayed here and crashed the computer system trying to access Gold Coast internet sites. The beach field trip ..... .

Miss Billing came along to film the epic adventure. Her well edited, produced and directed video on how to look confused at a beach provided all of us wifh an embarrassing moment that we wished nobody else was watching. It also provided views of the stunning beach vista, which at Birdlings Flat consisted of rocks, rocks, people drowning, tennis balls floating out into the Pacific and, oh yeahr rocks. We were grateful, during the drive back to Christchurch, for the superior nature of Mr B's driving skills. We successfully survived a driver hurtling towards a blind corner whilst overtaking a truck and later, a cyclist paying scant attention to the road in front of him. At Brighton Beach, the entertainment was a friendly dog which gathered up the tennis balls we were desperately attempting to throw into the waves to test littoral drift. And on the way home some of us thought the dancing window wipers were like, just so so funny. Everything was ka pai. Special thanks to Anna, KP, Victoria and Chrissie who researched this history. ("Yes, this is all true, I remember it clearly." Mr Belcher)

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In the inter-school competition of the Alliance Francaise Lara Rennie was placed third in Year 13. All our other students received a Certificate of Attainment, Lucy James and Brooke Williams in Year 12 and Annabelle Hanafin and Catherine Rutherford in Year 11. At the junior level the recipients for the best students in oral French at St Margaret's were won by Phoebe Brooks, Year 10 and Nicola Green, Year 9.

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Our senior girls performed very creditably in the Australian Certificate in French this year with ten out of 13 Year 12 and 13 students receiving a double distinction. Of these Natalie Perret and Lara Rennie received a red rose. In the listening component of the exam both achieved 100%. In Year 10, nine students made the double distinction. A calligram competition run by the New Zealand Association of Language Teachers attracted a lot of entries from our students. Their work was colourful and imaginative. San Kang was placed third in the Year 9 entries. The traditional Year 13 weekend in Akaroa saw a change of venue this year. We all very much enjoyed staying at Madame Marshall's farm at the top of the Rue Balguerie on a site with a magnificent view overlooking the bay. The French speaking adults outnumbered the students so there was no excuse for not speaking in French! French cuisine, films and games were all part of a fun weekend. This year we welcomed two new part-time staff members into the French Department, Pascale Hampton as oral assistante for Years 9 and 10 and Martine Marshall in a new capacity as a classroom teacher for Years 9 and 10. A Tribute to David Childs The whole school was shocked and profoundly saddened by David Childs' illness and untimely death on December 20, 1999, none more so than those of us who worked most closely with him. David always maintained a lively interest in things French. He was well read and kept abreast of what was happening in France. He enjoyed French films, French music and French cuisine. He had a dynamic, intelligent and energetic approach to language teaching, was continually on the lookout for resources and was constantly creating new worksheets. The little stories he wrote for junior classes were always amusing. The trip taken to New Caledonia last year now takes on a special significance. This photo of us in front of the Amedee Lighthouse somehow captures the spirit of David. All the girls had off-loaded their wallets and other belongings onto me. I put them into my bag but it is David who is carrying it. Ever a gentleman. He was also a man of deep faith whose spirituality soared even as the music from his organ soared. A trip to France combined for David two great passions, a love of French language and a love of the organ. On a postcard sent back to school from Provence he wrote "Yesterday I played a famous historic organ in a church in Roquemaure". In one of the stories he wrote for a Year 10 class some tourists had gone to visit a French cathedral. An organ was being played and it was 'magique'. In the context of professional development staff appraise each other. In some of the material I had written about David I came across this comment. It seems appropriate to include it here. "Looking at this appraisal it becomes strikingly obvious the tremendous amount of time over and above the normal requirements of teaching which David puts into this position. His long association with the school means he is very much a part of the fabric of St Margaret's College. We can deem ourselves fortunate to have in David not only a competent and dynamic teacher, but one who is selfless in his dedication to the girls and to the school". He is very much missed but his spirit and his influence for good live on. Margaret Weiss

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The year has given us many successes that we can all feel proud of. Fabulous Science Fair exhibits and awards, superb Science Competition results and of course the usual high standards achieved in national examinations.

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I would like to especially congratulate the 42 students who achieved Distinction (a top 10% placing) in the Australian Science and Chemistry competitions. The top 1% performers, Monica Johnson, Mychelle Hellman and Kelly Egan, who all gained High Distinctions in Science, and Yi Rang Jung, Felicity Roake, Catherine Wall and Lara Rennie in Chemistry. Outstanding results were achieved by Anneka Cockerell and Jenna Renna who each received an Award of Excellence in Chemistry. It hasn't all been sitting examinations and winning awards. Despite enjoying our wonderful new Science building, we have managed to tear ourselves away, occasionally .... Earlier this year Year 13 Biology went to visit ancestors ..... At Orana Park! "Having learnt that humans have 95% of the same DNA as monkeys it was intriguing to study their behaviour. We did see significant similarities and as Miss Rod said 'Humans are very like monkeys ... some more than others!' We had a brilliant time wandering around looking at all the animals and there were quite a few technical biological terms flying around as we saw territorial, sexual, and feeding behaviour in action! We fed the lions and giraffes, met the meercats, and porcupines were also favourites. The Aussie Kangaroos didn't impress us with their athletic ability though; doing nothing but lying in the sun. The Kiwi were far more crafty; very hard to spot! This was a fantastic outing which gave animation and credibility to all we had been, and are studying." Victoria Anderson Y13 "Down behind the old stone walls of the Christchurch Arts Centre is a cold empty space. This space, while it may be cold and lonely, is where a very important man did some very important things. This is the den of Sir Ernest Rutherford. Mrs Wesley's Year 9 science class was privileged enough to visit this den as part of a trip to the Rutherford exhibition. At this exhibition we saw some of the prizes Rutherford had won with the work he did involving radiation and splitting the atom. We attended a talk in the very lecture theatre where Rutherford studied. The desks were covered with carved names, but though we tried we could not locate Rutherford's initials. We also pressed buttons for demonstrations and interactive activities and viewed plenty of artifacts from Rutherford's childhood, family life and science work. It was fantastic!! Then we hurried back to school and arrived just in time for maths." Lauren Smith Y9 "On a sunny day in February the Year 12 Biology students jumped into their buses decked out for a day exploring the rocky shore of Taylors Mistake. Much to our disappointment our trip to the beach would not involve swimming togs, surfboards or lifesavers, but what we did find was just as intriguing! A day at the beach turned out to be an educational adventure, where we discovered all we could want to know about the rocky shore and it's inhabitants." Andrea van Shreven Y12 The Siemen's Science Experience is an annual event held at the University of Canterbury which aims to give Year 11 students a 'hands-on' look at careers involving science. This year, myself and Alex Gallagher attended the course, and throughout the week we got a taste of some of the many ways science is used beyond the school laboratory. Highlights for me included visiting the Christchurch

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Hospital Radiography Unit, having a ride in the Canterbury University battery powered car and being placed in a Faraday cage while 250,000 volts were being passed through it. All in all we both had a great week, making new friends and creating happy memories. We wish to thank the Sunrise Rotary Club for their sponsorship, as it allowed us to have a truely brilliant experience. Claire Chambers Y11 I would also like to thank the many scientists, researchers and engineers who have given their time to share their work with our students. We have heard about albatross migration, carcinogenic meats, genetically modified foods, the Leaning Tower of Pisa and much more. It has been a busy and most interesting year. Stacey Rod Head of Science

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St Margaret's College girls have participated and enjoyed success in a wide variety of mathematical activities this year. In March our Year 9, 10 and Year 11 students attempted the

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Cockerell was placed first in New Zealand in Year 11 and Rebecca Craigie gained a prize in Year 10. Term two saw the build up to Cantamath with two teams from both Year 9 and 10 entered in the team competition as well as entries being prepared for the Cantamath display. 10Be gained an excellent for their class project on what goes into a cubic metre, while the 10Tf entry of the Olympic rings of tetrahedra was highly commended Nicola Robson gained an excellence award for her written work. In June, Lara Rennie gained a top 100 award in the Eton Press Senior Mathematics competition. In the Australian Mathematics Competition our students gained 68 credit certificates. The following gained Distinction: Robyn Andrew, Lucy Rutherford, Claire Washington, Yu-San Kang, Elizabeth Reay, Nicola Robson and Olivia Wakem (Year 9), Kelly Egan, Yi Rang Yung and Jenna Rennie (Year 11), Sarah Murphy (Year 12), Lara Rennie (Year 13). Special congratulations to the three girls who gained a High Distinction award which places them in the top 2% of their age group: Rebecca Craigie (Year 10), Anneke Cockerell and Claire Chambers (Year 11) and to the two girls who gained prizes for being in the top 0-3%: Elizabeth Kitson (Year 9) and Vivian Lu (Year 12). Maths Week in August was celebrated with a variety of different puzzles and competitions. In addition girls entered the Year 11 calculator competition and invitational mathematics challenge, attended enrichment evenings at the university and one student did a first year university mathematics paper.

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The grand final of this much dreaded, inspired much competition was held in the Chapel on Tuesday 16 May. Despite the chilliness of the weather, a very warm and appreciative audience turned out to support our 15 speakers. Mrs Helen Peate, an Old Girl of our school, and codirector of 'Dynamic Communications' judged the competition. She was particularly impressed by the interesting range of topics the girls were able to choose from, and the clarity of each speaker's delivery. Her 'best' advice for success in public speaking was to somehow combine a clever mix of intelligent thought, a little humour, and something to affect the listener's heart. Many of the speakers achieved this combination. We are glad to congratulate these winners:

YER'S CUP SPEECH COMPETITION

Primary School Section:

Alexia Cameron Year 6

Toomer Trophy:

Jennisie Tipler Year 9

Gosset Cup:

Jessica Ellerm Year 11

Myers' Cup:

Jessica Ritchie Year 13

Special thanks to Miss J. Kerr, the members of the Chamber Choir, Stephanie Walker and Alice Grant, who provided the musical interludes for the Speech Programme. Everyone appreciated the sweetness of the Mozart duet and the clarity of the choir item. Special thanks also the Libby Crawford, our Head Prefect, who ran our contest with a natural, friendly spontaneity which relieved a lot of the speaker 'stress'! The English Department, along with the teachers of Years 5 to 8, are delighted with the high standards that have been achieved in this competition - in the classroom, the semi-finals and the final. Congratulations and thank you to everyone who took part. Lyn Kennedy

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Myers' Cup Winners Back: Jessica Ellerm, Jessica Ritchie Front: Alexia Cameron, Jenni Tipler

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ULTURAL TRIP TO CHINA Christchurch

- Singapore - Shanghai - Hangzhou - Beiging - Xian - Guilin

- Guangzhou - Hong Kong - Singapore - Christchurch The Year 2000 was a significant year for the Chinese Department at St Margaret's College. After two and a half years of consistent fundraising, endless negotiation and preparation, our very first China school tour was finally under way to this fascinating land. Our group of 18 people consisted of 10 senior girls and three adults from St Margaret's College, two senior boys and two adults from Shirley Boys' High School, plus the tour leader and Chinese teacher Luba Roth. At crack of dawn on Saturday 8 April, all 18 of us gathered at Christchurch Airport with excitement and some apprehension. We were surrounded by our families and friends to wish us a safe three week adventure in China. Many of the students had been studying Chinese since year 9. This trip was especially significant for them: to put to use what they had acquired over the years, and to experience China for themselves. After a four hour smooth and comfortable flight from Singapore we landed in Shanghai and lined up at the immigration counters with Chinese soldiers looking on. Everything was so different! Our enthusiasm and anticipation soon overcame our fatigue. The coach ride to the hotel was filled with laughter, questions, or outbursts of "Look at that. .." with everyone pointing on either side of the bus. Our first experience of Chinese traffic shocked all the parents and a few students. We thought the traffic was havoc but to those driving they were amusingly very much in control. In Shanghai, as we stood on the Bund, we were lost for words. In front of us, over the Huangpu River were skyscrapers such as the Oriental Pearl Tower appearing as the dominant attraction. Behind us stood majestic historical buildings, which were once, major European banks and trade houses. Looking over Nanking Road was a sensational feeling. We observed a sea of people jaywalking, jostling, sardine packed buses and cars zig-zagging through the streets taking no notice of the traffic lights. We were overwhelmed and fascinated by everything that went on around us. Luba Roth (Chinese teacher and Tour Leader) Food Glorious Food! On arrival in Shanghai we ate our first Chinese meal in China in a small local restaurant. The food was different to what we expected and it was not the last time that we ate while surrounded by tanks of fish and a cage with a snake or ... in it. None of us had ever thought that we could down friend noddles, dumplings and cake for breakfast, but about two days into the trip we were all eating these Chinese dishes, the equivalent of cereal and toast. Lunch and dinner throughout the trip was eaten in different Chinese restaurants. Some of the dishes were not as close to home as we might have liked and included jellyfish tentacles, fish heads and chicken feet.

China 2000 Back : Pheobe Gibbons, Lara Rennie, Mrs Luba Roth, Charlotte Monard, Jane Allison. Front : Kim Mather, Gabby Sparrow, Jasmine Moir, Natalie Perett, Samantha Sii, Morag Ayers.

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During the trip we had many interesting experiences with food. In Beijing we ate a banquet at Beihai Park where they used to serve to the Emperors of the Oing Dynasty. It was 15 courses long and we all left the

restaurant incredibly full after delicacies such as lobster, chilli cashew nut chicken and toffee apples, which became a group favourite. In Guilin, we went on a river cruise down the Li River. The scenery was breathtaking with green rice-paddy fields and the spectacular limestone pinnacles on both banks of the river. Lunch was served on the boat, and some of us sampled the local fish caught from the river and cooked on the boat. That was a bad idea. One and a half hours later food poisoning set in for one of us. At 3am in the morning the shrimp took its toll. From then on we all stuck to the set menu. Visiting China is a trip and food experience impossible to forget. Chinese food is world-renowned and now I can see why! Phoebe Gibbons (Year 12)

Highlights of the trip Beijing was the highlight of the trip for many of us. The Great Wall of China visible from space is something that everyone associates with China. But is is not until you have been there that you truly appreciate its greatness. As the Chinese saying goes: "Bu dao Changcheng fei hao Han - You are not a real Chinese until you have visited the Great Wall". We were privileged to be there. The vertical slope upward along the wall, with every step a different height and a handrail up to your knees were too much of a task for the older members of our group. The rest of us enjoyed the challenge and were eager to see the view from the watchtowers as we made it round the whole loop of Badaling. I think that the overnight train journey from Beijing to Xian is something we will never forget. We spent most of the night chatting, playing cards, writing diaries, reading or playing with our newly purchased $2.50 market lasers. So it was no surprise to us that after a 14 hour soft sleeper trip, we were feeling exhausted and sleepy. Once we had recovered from our weariness, China gave us another amazing sight to take in - The Terracotta Warriors which are known as the eighth wonder of the world. China is a vast and amazing country. Not even a three week action-packed itinerary is enough to discover all the phenomenal sights, and I think that most of us hope to return one day in the near future.

Gift exchange: Deputy Principal Mr Feng with Charlotte Monard.

Natalie Perret (Year 13)

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Daughters of Old Girls Back : Lucy Turnbull, Wendy Fox (M); Eve Sinclair, Mary Small(M); Felicity Redfern, Gretchen Williams(M), Pamela Howarth(GM); Debbie Hopkins, Kathryn Wright(M), Cecily Gillanders(GM), May Knight(GGM); Rebecca Pierce, Suzanne Stevenson(M), Daphne Robinson(GM); Josephine Powell-Thomas, Anna Thomas(M); Jessica Astor, Charlotte Trengrove(M); Kirsty Paterson, Kathryn Johnson(M); Holly Campbell, Sara Bell(M), Nora Cameron-Smith(GM); Harriet Hamilton, Victoria Hiseman(M); Emma Ferguson, Robyn Gunn(M); Cayley Morrin, Helen Tibbs(M). 4th Row : Zara Terrell, Alison Rollo(M); Harriet Oswald, Jennifer Harris(M); Sarah Letham, Jean Henderson(M); Hannah Wright, Angela Copland(M); Rosie Todhunter, Victoria Prentice(M); Mandy Dalziel, Wendy Carr(M); Lucy Stockton, Allison Kerr(M); Chrissy Laloli, Ruth Mowat(M); Antonia Guthrey, Louise Phillips(M); Julia Waghorn, Phillipa Johns(M), Elizabeth Newton(GM); Anne Stace, Nichola Murray(M), Alison Croft(GM); Felicity Roake, Nicola Beckett(M); Caroline Hornibrook, Clare Fitzgerald(M). 3rd Row: Katie Wylie, Christina Banks(M); Jane Hornibrook, Clare Fitzgerald(M); Jo Zwart, Anne Marshall(M); Julia Bristed, Gretchen Mills(M), Sophie Pinckney, Susannah Latter(M), Ann O/iver(GM); Hana Abbot, Wendy Stewart(M); Ngareta Williams, Irene Tahere(M); Rebecca Craigie, June Pallot(M); Ellen McDonald, Marion Maguire(M); Natalie Gibson, Melanie Chamberlain(M), Jocelyn Gill(GM); Kate Watson, Kerry Watson(M); Margaret Whitely, Phillipa Holmes(M). 2nd Row : Kitty Hepworth, Sara Livingstone(M); Kate Taylor, Sarah Bush(M), Nan Jennings(GM), Kate Dirkzwager, Helen Dallison(M); Anna Taylor, Sarah Bush(M), Nan Jennings(GM); Jennifer Simpson, Susan Leonard(M); Jennifer Chapman, Priscilla Taylor(M); Vanessa Hartnell, Dorothy McDonald(M); Gabrielle Hegarty, Priscilla Winder(M); Annabelle Roake, Nicola Beckett(M); Amy Satterthwaite, Sue Osborne(M), Nerolie Jarman(GM); Lucy Mac Vicar, Ann Liddell(M); Alice Howarth, Ann Wood(M). Front: Alexandra Batten, Rosemary Beckett(M); Katie Vilsbaek, Sally Elder(M), Joan Chapman(GM); Annabelle Matson, Karen James(M); Annabelle Watson, Kerry Watson(M); Georgina Diack, Wendy Morris(M), Kathleen Hawkins(GM); Genivieve Hegarty, Priscilla Winder(M); Frances Guthrey, Louise Phillips(M); Erika Morrin, Helen Tibbs(M); Virginia Matson, Karen James(M); Georgina Gray, Sarah Collins(M), Beatrice 1/es(GM), Ellie Hegarty, Priscilla Winder(M). (M)=Mother, (GM)= Grandmother, (GGM) = Greatgrandmother 115

EBATING

As I looked back over the previous St Margaret's year books, I realised that debating has never really had enough success or exposure within the school. However, it seems this trend has changed. This year St Margaret's submitted eight debating teams to the regular debating tournament which was our largest group ever. From the Junior grade through to the Senior, all teams encountered success and I commend you all for your hard work and dedication. As I have had the opportunity to adjudicate and coach some of you, I was able to see your talent, and I hope that all of you who debated this year (as well as others) continue to do so during your life at St Margaret's. The Senior team (made up of myself, Polly Douglas and Lara Rennie), was particularly successful in the various events of the debating calendar. The Summer Quad Tournament here in Christchurch, saw a disappointing beginning as we lost by a narrow margin to Craighead. However, we beat Rangi in the second round which placed us third overall. There was a slight glitch after I came down with tonsillitis and their subsequent removal, which removed me from the two following tournaments. However, I was appropriately and ably replaced by Steph Walker, who proved her debating experience in both the Press Debating Competition and Winter Quad Tournament. The Senior team did extremely well, gaining valuable experience and exposure over the weekend. The Winter Quad Tournament saw them make a comeback after the somewhat disappointing loss at the beginning of the year. They won the first round against St Hildas (who were the winners in the last quad), and had a fight-to-the-death dual against Craighead in the final. They were eventually placed second overall - a commendable effort. After I had recovered, the updated Senior team (made up of myself, Polly Douglas and Steph Walker) were invited to debate against Hillmorton in the Youth Mental Health Forum. It was an amazing experience, as we were in front of our biggest audience thus far in our careers, as well as winning by a considerable margin! Another highlight of the year, was the Junior Press Debating competition, which St Margaret's hosted. The talented team (made up of Katie Wylie, Alex Gallagher and Jenna Rennie) were mostly undefeated during the day. Their only loss was to Shirley Boys' High by a margin of one point. Shirley Boys ended up being the overall winners. This illustrates the degree of excellence that the girls showed in their debating, and I wish them all the best. Congratulations to both Katie and Jenna who received their pockets for debating. I would like to thank Mrs Kilpatrick for her enthusiasm, expertise, and determination this year. She has definitely lifted the profile of debating within the school, and allowed the Senior team to develop our technique and experience.

ST iU R6AR[T ·s COLLEGE

2000 SENIOR DEBATING 1

Back: Lara Rnnie, Polly Douglas Front: Melanie Burr, Mrs Nola Kilpatric, Stephanie Walker

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I would also like to extend my gratitude to the other English teachers - Mrs

Kennedy, Mrs Shand, Ms Mckay, Mrs Allan, and Miss Dain - who coached teams this year. On behalf of all the debating girls, I would like to acknowledge your dedication and advice, as it was much appreciated. Lastly I would like to thank Polly, Steph and Lara for showing me the best debating year ever. We put up some excellent arguments and never backed down. My sincerest congratulations to Polly, who received her honours for debating, a well earned and deserved acknowledgement. And also to Lara, who received her honours for debating also, reflective of her exceptional dedication to the sport. Congratulations Steph for receiving your pocket for debating, I thoroughly enjoyed and valued your participation this year, I only wish we started our partnership earlier! Good luck to all the young arguers/debaters of the future!! Stephanie Walker

Melanie Burr Head of Debating

Lara Rennie

Polly Douglas

Debating Back : Georgie Heard, Lara Rennie, Stephanie Walker, Jackie Denford, Pieta Gray Middle : Ms Lisa McKay, Tania Milner, Alisha Fox, Danielle le Provost, Katie Howarth, Mrs Nola Kilpatrick Front : Nicola Hulley, Jenni Tipler, Brooke Williams, Melanie Burr (Captain), Claire Boustred, Polly Douglas, Robyn Andrew Absent : Jenna Rennie, Katie Wylie, Alexandra Gallagher, Ms Sandra Dain, Mrs Jo Allen, Mrs Jane Shand, Mrs Lyn Kennedy

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Broken Dreams

TIVE WRITING

For thousands of years I lay dormant. A giant basking in the sun. Not breathing, not feeling, alone in my wild private wilderness. My only companions were the keas but not even their constant screech from generation to generation, disturbed me. As the seasons passed, fleeting wind and rain eroded my sides. Snow and ice scoured them relentlessly. I was comatose; I didn't feel the pinpricks of pain as they assembled the chairlift poles. I was unconscious and hibernating until the time came when I could replace my eroded sides. One day, after a thousand dreamless years, I awoke with a slight tremble, suddenly aware of the tickle from the snowploughs. I shuddered slightly as they created avalanches to slide down my white velvet robed slopes and trickle into my gullies. I glared in the silent anger at the lodges crouched at my feet and the chairlifts constructed during my slumber. Scars across my untamed beauty, unnatural things cluttering my wild freedom.

As I felt the rage building I felt that the inevitable was beginning to take place. Deep in my earthy bowels a fiery spear seared up, but submerged, seething, waiting. I knew what was happening. They weren't here then, just me, along with my thoughts. I began to get excited as I thought what was to happen. Tension, apprehension, it angered me to see what they did without my permission. I shook with the pent up energy deep inside me. I could not wait to expel it so I could slumber again. Before I could sleep however, I had a job to do. My sides were crumbling with age, slopes of scree were moving downward each day, and it was time to replenish my sides with fresh rock from the turmoil of a furnace deep inside me. Over the next month I simmered and shook. The pressure was building. I let up puffs of steam and tremors ran through me regularly. My molten middle, with the massive force of nature pushing it upwards, the magma slipped up through cracks in my Mother, the Earth, who had the power to create and destroy, and gathered in my stomach. Boiling mud gathered under my crater plug and then with my next tremor, more violent than the last, the lava, my tears, were sent cascading down into my gullies. The pressure was intense up to boiling point. I released great puffs of stem as I built myself up. Finally it came up, shooting boiling and exploded into the night sky blowing my crater into boulders. Lightning flashed and thunder crashed as I exploded, an angry monster, heaving, spewing my lava out to replenish eroded slopes. Ash shot up into the atmosphere 10, 20, 50 fathoms high. I roared with anger and in a violent spasm I spewed out more and more lava and ash. As suddenly as it started it subsided. I felt tired and drained as the lava flow slowed. Still I mustered the power to send more lava down to finish wiping my slopes clean of impersonal injustice committed on me. That will teach them! The lava cooled and a plug was formed over my vent as I lay dormant again, at peace, alone with my keas, for another millennium. Until they forget my forceful lesson and I have to teach them again! by Lucy Turnbull

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Listen To My Music I never wanted to play again. My piano was abandoned, like a motherless child, left to rot in the dark corner of the living room. I looked at it with disgust and betrayal every time I walked past it. That night, I had a dream. I dreamed of the hours of piano practice. I dreamed of my long awaited walk across the stage. And I dreamed of her, staring at me with mocking laughter in her eyes, her crooked smile laughing at me in silence. She was the iceberg of my Titanic. I froze. My whole body tensed up. I sat down, and placed my iced fingers on the piano. Her power took over me. My sweet melody transformed into nails screeching down the blackboard. My light, fast fingers became elephant's feet, clumsy and stiff. I couldn't believe what I was playing. I heard voices of whispering and giggles of children. Worst of all, I heard her high-pitched voice screaming with laughter. I woke up to the sound of that laughter, and realised I had been crying. I sat up and drew back the curtain. The warm glow of the sun comforted me. I opened the window and a soft scented breeze greeted me. My mind cleared of everything. I lay back and put my arms under my head. Minutes ticked by, and then the alarm of my clock went off. At school people glanced sideways at me and whispered secretly. Others made rude remarks. I couldn't concentrate. At lunch I escaped to the library. It was my sanctuary. But I didn't realise she was there, surrounded by her group of friends. Perfect Sam, they called her. everyone saw her as a sweet, mature, perfect young lady. I saw her as a cruel bully. But the one thing I hated most about her was that such a cold girl could play the violin so warmly. It was rumoured that she had never played a wrong note, and never broken a string. I doubt it. That afternoon I noticed that the piano was missing. I didn't really care, although I did fight hard to not ask. As the days, weeks, and months crept by, I gradually stopped talking, and hardly ever smiled. My grades were slipping, so were my friends. Until then I never really realised just how much the piano meant to me. I missed my music but I was stubborn.a and determined enough not to ever play the piano again. I locked away my radio and gave all my CDs away. I wanted to keep as far away from music as possible. Any bit of it would remind me of the dark fate that lay as a trap before me that night.

garage. He stood in front of a huge cupboard full of God knows what, and heaved at the door. The cupboard door flung open and there, in the centre, was my piano. The lid was open and my cat leaped onto the keys, and started walking, jumping, rolling, on the piano, playing a combination of weird notes and tunes. He was an acrobat balancing on the piano. I sneaked behind him, and hoisted him off. I sat him carefully on my lap. I put my hands on the piano and played my first tune in what seemed like centuries. I played for my cat, I played for the car, and I played for all the old junk in the cupboard. They were my audience and I played for them. The night came. The annual concert for all musicians at my school. The boy playing the clarinet had just finished. The audience clapped and then it was my turn. I calmly strode across the stage to a prepared piano. Just when I sat down I saw her again, glaring. at me, smiling a wicked smile. But to her surprise I smiled back, a light confident smile and she gave me a look of uncertainty, turned abruptly and walked off to tune her precious violin. I sat down, breathed deeply, and positioned my fingers. I closed my eyes and started played. My hands were conceived by the spirit of Mozart and danced across the keys. I was totally engulfed by the music, every note was played perfectly in time. My passion poured into my music, and it became alive. I filled the air with the life of music as I ran up and down the keys. My music was so beautiful that no one dared to say a word before I finished. The audience was swept away by waves of harmonious melodies. I finished, opened my eyes and bowed. The audience cheered as I walked off the stage, hooting for more. After that night I had faith in myself again, and my piano was moved back to the living room. My cat still plays his tune every morning.and sometimes I accompany him. As for perfect Sam, she kept her record of never playing a wrong note and never breaking a string, but that night, she sounded like a puny ant after me. by San Kang Y9

My older sister gave me a kitten for Christmas and I found a new interest. He wasn't trained and kept running off. But he had this crazy habit. Each morning he would wake to the sound of my alarm and sneak off alone, to a secret place and come back just before I left for school. One morning I decided to follow him and see where this place was. The alarm went. I opened an eye and saw his tail slide through my bedroom door. I quickly stumbled after him and followed him stealthily down the stairs and into the 119

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Oh Brother!

He races up the driveway on his mountain bike, negotiating the zigzag path at breakneck speed. Dumping his bike in the garden shed, he throws open the back door. Without hesitating, as if vying for line honours in a race, he surges forward, crashing through the house, swearing, tripping on the stairs. He appears in the doorway of his bedroom, cheeks flushed from his exertions and blonde hair tousled by the bike helmet he now tosses carelessly into the corner. He stands glaring, blue eyes flashing dangerously. "Who said you could play on my drum kit?" he demands, still out of breath from his mad dash to apprehend me. Frowning, he folds his arms, learning solidly against the door frame. He relishes his position of. superiority over me - a trespasser caught red-handed in his domain. "Mum!" he calls imperiously, flashing me an evil, triumphant grin, "Cath-er-ine's been playing my drums!" Waiting for a reaction, he addresses me: "Ooooh, you're in trouble now! Gimmee the drumsticks. You're not allowed to play without my permission. I take lessons. You don't. I'm better than you, so ha, ha!" He waits. I don't react. Neither does Mum. She's not home yet. Scowling, he snatches the drumsticks from me and stomps downstairs to the kitchen, ready to launch an assault on the cake tins. I follow him. Watching as he selects the biggest piece of cake before stalking back off to his room. I listen. Silence. Then .... Metallica! Twelve year old boys should not be allowed CD players. I retaliate. Meat Loaf versus Metallica - no contest! Luckily for him, the power cuts - maybe we blew a fuse! Determined to drive me insane, he knocks on my bedroom door. "Catherine," he says innocently, "I'm doing my homework now. I have to design a poster about food". Well, fair enough, I can't exactly argue with that. Fifteen minutes later he's at my door again, grinning with delights as he displays his poster "MEAT LOAF SUX" is printed in block capitals, bordered in red ink. Very clever! The power flickers back on. So, unfortunately, does Metal!ica. My brother is devious, cunning, intelligent. He has stolen all of my CDs. I am now defenceless. He's standing at the top of the stairs looking down at me, grinning mischievously, drumsticks in one hand, two of my CDs in the other. "Come and get me!" he yells gleefully, vanishing into the sanctuary of his room, slamming the door as I start up the stairs. Metallica dies, to be replaced with ...What? I don't believe it! The evil brat is playing one of MY CDs. I ignore him. David thrives on attention; his pet hate is being ignored. This particular CD is one hour and 20 minutes long. I wonder low long he'll last. by Catherine Wall Y12

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An Angel's Journey

The people in Milford always wondered about old Mrs Ryan. Not that there were too many people in Milford. It was a small town in population and most of the families there had farms but the soil was never good enough to sustain any cash crops, so most people were forced to move away to find work. But not Mrs Ryan. She was long past working age and mostly kept to herself, even though she had lots of time on her hands. People knew she had once had a husband and after he died, neighbours would stop by her little cottage to see how she was making out, but she never said thank you. She didn't go to church except sometimes at Christmas, and she always sat in the back. The good parishioners would nod to her, send a smile her way, and shrug their shoulders when she didn't honour them with so much as a second glance. After about the first two years or so after Mr Ryan died, people just stopped coming to see her or speak to her in church. One February evening, Mrs Ryan was sitting in her rocking chair. She looked out the window and saw the sun was sinking below the horizon. Time to start thinking about dinner, she thought. She was heading into the small kitchen when she noticed the room had gotten rather chilly. "Cursed kerosene," she muttered. She marched over to her kerosene heater and found that the heater simply wasn't working at all. She knelt down, the joints in her knees and hips cracking as she did so, and fiddled with the kerosene tank to try to see now much was left but she had plenty. The plumb thing wasn't working. What could she do, she wondered. She'd be mighty cold tonight if she didn't somehow figure out a way to get the heater fixed. She decided she'd have to go over to Mr Green's place and ask him to look at it. But it might take her 20 minutes to walk there. She hadn't installed one of those new tangled telephones yet, so she couldn't call him and ask him to come over in his car. She took another look out the window. Snow had begun to fall, blanketing the bare ground. For an instant, reason took hold, and she knew she was far too old to go tramping around in the snow with a broken heater. But she couldn't wait to fix it until tomorrow. She would be too cold tonight if she did that. The idea of asking somebody for help like this made her cringe. She went into her small bedroom and hunted around in her closet until she found what she was looking for, a hand cart. That heater was far too heavy to carry for a mile and a half. She rolled it out of the closet and into the main room where the heater was. Struggling with its weight, she loaded the heater onto the old cart with wobbling wheels and stood up. "Oh I sure am old," she mumbled to herself. Bill Chapman had given it to her a long time ago, at least 15 years, she reckoned, when she had had to carry her husband's old typewriter to Bill's second-hand shop to sell.

She remembered that look in his eyes, a look she had certainly never seen in those of her husband. It had been cheerful, almost dancing, like nothing in the world made him happier than to give her that cart. She usually flat-out rejected charity, but that look made her feel very strange, sort of alive inside, and she simply couldn't turn him down. She wondered later if something had come over her, but now she was glad to have the cart. She took another look outside at the snow and tugged the cart out the door. The snow was so beautiful, she thought. She liked winter on the whole. She stopped for a moment and gazed at the puffy white flakes floating down and wondered at how very like one of them she was. Sooner or later, they would all melt away and be forgotten. Turning left, the cart rumbled and creaked behind her, but the heater was still nicely balanced. She thought again of BIii Chapman and wondered if he still owned that secondhand shop. It was getting very cold, she realised and the wet snow was starting to seep through her boots. She just had to keep going. But then she realised her feet were numb. Was it that cold, or was she just too old and circulation wasn't what it used to be? She hurried up the road, rounding a slight bend. She turned too hard to the right and stumbled on a tree root. The next thing she knew, she was down, her head slamming against the base of the tree. The cart, she thought dimly. She looked over her shoulder and saw the cart lying in the roadway. And to her horror, one of the wheels was sitting detached several feet away. How could she carry the heater, she wondered. Mr Green, she thought desperately. The thought was like a single focused point of light in the rapidly darkening cave of her mind. She had to get to Mr Green and fix the heater. She was almost to Mr Green's house. Surely she could carry the heater for five minutes or so. She managed to stand up and then realised she would have to leave the cart here and get the heater. She leaned down and attempted to pick it up. It was really heavy but the worst part was that she couldn't get a good grip. It was wet and icy, and her hands were rapidly turning into immovable claws. She started off slowly but realised she'd have to move a lot faster, run even, to reach Mr Green's house before it was completely dark. So run she did, to the best of her ability. She saw dimly that she was coming to a fork in the road, and all of a sudden realised she could not remember which way his house lay. Down went the heater, landing directly in front of her. Her reflexes were not quick enough. She did not have time to stop running. Instead, she plunged straight into the oddly-shaped heater and did a somersault, catapulting over it. She just lay there. All the will to move had been completely stripped from her. Snow drifted onto her chest, her face.her almost white hair. I'm an angel, she thought. BIii Chapman went down the steps and across the yard to

the road. The radio Mr Green had just fixed for him was heavy, but he had planned on this when he parked the car. What he hadn't planned on was seeing a woman lying in the snow. He stopped dead for a minute. He knew that face. But it couldn't be, could it? What would Mrs Ryan be doing out here in this kind of weather? Then he saw the heater upon which her head was resting. "Oh," he gasped, realising why she might be out here. "Mrs Ryan!" he shouted. "You alright?" She lay still. he looked into her face, putting his hand close to her lips. No breath, he realised. He grasped her wrist, feeling for a pulse. There was none. With horror, he realised that Mrs Ryan had died. Oh you poor poor woman," he cried. He carried her to his car and laid her gently across the back seat. he looked more closely at her face and realised she had once been beautiful. And the barest hint of a smile was frozen on her face, preserving forever that beauty which had fled when old age came calling. He brushed a tendril of hair back from her forehead, wondering sadly what tragedy had befallen her that she never found a happy life. You look like an angel, he thought, with the snowflakes clinging to your hair. And now you've gone to Heaven. It's an angel's journey. by Angela Lap thorn Y12

Aunty Jill

Aunty Jill is sitting in her favourite chintz chair in the little dining area. Her white permed hair is bathed in sunlight and she's looking out at her rather unkempt garden. Her attention changes to me as I walk into the room. Her blue eyes light up, her softly wrinkled face creases into a warm expansive smile, "Hello Melanie". She always calls me by the wrong name. As usual her arthritic fingers are wrapped around a pencil and she is writing furiously in one of her countless little notebooks. She loves to record every little detail of her day and no-one is spared from her frank descriptions. The notebooks, along with every letter and card she has ever received, are stacked in drawers throughout the house. Every bundle is bound up with an old pair of pantyhose. As my father says, "Everything that has ever gone into that house has stayed in it." "Waste not, want not", could easily be one of her mottos. None of us are sure why she writes. Perhaps it stems from her period of duty as a librarian in the Air Force during World War 11. A time of her life she often speaks about with fondness. The routine of military life must of appealed to her, because - until recently - she organised her life very thoroughly and could account for virtually each hour of the day. Any deviations, such as an unexpected visitor, would be a real dilemma. She never married and has no regrets about that. No doubt a husband would have upset her ordered life. Aunty Jill is old now and has difficulty looking after herself, 121

but insists on her independence. During a brief period in a rest home she kept stipulating, "I'm wasting my time here", and instead chose to move back to her own home. While her frugality extends to every area of her life, she has never been miserly. When we were children she always had little treats ready for us and often a $5 note. Despite the fact that we were growing up, she used to give us a box of old buttons to play with, while mum and dad had tea with her in the good parlour - that was only ever used on Sundays. It's easy to think of old ladies in terms of stereotypes but Aunty Jill always seemed so strong and in control - now the cruel ravages of old ages have left her with a discernible air of vulnerability. The large lump on her back is becoming more obvious and though once tall she has become very stooped like a dying flowers. But every now and then you hear the Lapthorn dry sense of humour and you catch a glimpse of who she once was. by Angela Lap thorn Y12

I stand there focused, body set, mind ready. The journey to the end is a mere four hundred metres away but the journey to my real goal has been an endless mind race. Some days, I am behind, some days I am in front. I fly, I fall, I sweat, I feel pain but none of its is real. Realism is now as I face forward, awaiting my destiny. "I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky." The song blasts around my tiny room. It is ironic that these are the last words I hear as I step out into the sweltering heat. I am prepared, physically, but my mind refuses to shut down. An hour until my event. I should be clear, I should be focused but mentally I am on a runaway train plunging towards a cliff. I cannot stop, I cannot turn back but somehow it is the element of no choice that calms me. Four years, four endless years. I have travelled so far but still there is so far to go. Four years since the announcement of my name. My name amongst others that had achieved greatness, that I had seen push themselves to the impossible, and now I had the chance to join them, be it in victory or defeat. My name, I knew it would happen, but the finality of it changed my anticipation into anxiousness. I was so young, people twice my age cried around me as the chance passed them by. I was so young, but yet I was there. Thirty minutes to my event. The changing room is hot, the air almost liquid. I taste the fear, the quicksilver taste, like blood, at the back of my throat. The others around me are just as scared, I think. They have sacrificed just as much and travelled just as far. Some talk, some shake, some stare, some are silent. I feel sorry for them as many will have their dreams blown away today in a few painful minutes that they spend in the stadium. I could be one of those many that are not remembered and leave only with regrets.

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The distances I have covered in mind and body are too great to calculate but I have pushed myself further than ever before to reach this point. "Victory belongs to the most persevering", my coach said. I have persevered. I have reduced myself to a painful, crying heap on the track to get here but now I have arrived. Fifteen minutes to my event. I pull on my singlet which immediately adheres itself to my body with sweat. In the distance I hear the loud spreaker blasting out the call for all the finalists in my event. An official is at the door. I walk forward towards the exit. The sunlight shines behind him casting a glow around the room. An angel come to carry us to our last stand. We march out, military style, into the stadium. The spectators are screaming, not for me, but for the other events and for the well knowns in this one. In four hundred metres it will be all over, I can see the end but between there and now seems like an eternity. Warm up, stretch, smile, wave. All of us are coldly friendly. It is hard to be kind to the face of a possible champion. We are enemies now as we line up for battle. Five minutes to my event. I have waited so long for this moment that now it seems almost factitious. After such a long time the end is almost an anti-climax. Almost. The starter calls us to our blocks. "Come to the edge", he says. I hold back trying to grasp the rapidly dissolving shreds of courage around me. I say, "I am afraid". He calls again, the final time. "Come to the edge", he says. I walk forward and place my feel into the blocks. Lane Four. The middle lane, but I will not be average today. "I come". Feet locked, body tensed, ready. The gun fires. "He pushes me .........And I fly". by Phoebe Gibbons Y12

Small Eyes The picture frame hangs patiently from the russet rimu wall. Silent. Still. Yet in that frame, trillions of memories are captured - all stored in the one sepia photo taken 15 years ago. My father stands proudly, looking down towards my brother. Unaware of the camera, my brother crouches over the sand, etching random patterns into it. My mother holds me - still a baby - and looks beyond the infinite sea. And now I think that perhaps she is imagining what her new life will be like. Her life in New Zealand. Shortly after this photo was taken, we moved to New Zealand - a completely foreign land to us. To begin a journey, which is still not over. Looking back on it now, I think that even my parents were not fully aware of the changes we would experience. Now that I try to clearly recall my earlier memories, they seem jumbled and scrambled. Muddled, tangled, as if someone has gone and unpuzzled the jigsaw that makes up my mind. But that is what a lot of my life has been about. Altering things. Changing things about. Figuring out who I am.

I think about the past, the future. I wonder about yesterday and tomorrow. But I do not even know the present or today. So often people ask me which country I feel is home. Korea or New Zealand. Even after 15 years of living in the country. I cannot surely say what is home. Only now have I realised the truth, which my parents knew a long time ago. The truth I had deliberately masked. Now I find it hard to keep it buried. The more I push it away, the harder it comes back at me. I have never been a full Korean. But I will also never be a true Korean.

must make myself. Past is made by fate. Future by choice. So I choose to continue the journey that my parents set out on 15 years ago. How long it will take I do not know. But when it is over - I will be able to look back at that photo hanging on the rimu wall with a new set of eyes. Maybe then I will see further into the distance. To where my mother's eyes are seeking. Waiting. Silent. Still.

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Speaking fluent English and living with New Zealand values is only a minuscule portion of the package. The largest part of it comes from what we call 'ki ' in Korean. Spirit. Soul. Something that I left back in Korea 15 years ago, along with my generations of family. Only now have I come to realise that I can no longer fool myself into being someone I am not. I used to think that I was in the same race as everyone else - all having our own problems and tripping up occasionally. But now I wonder if that is true. Sometimes I am afraid to run the race at all. I wonder whether I will be able to pick myself up as fast as the others when I do fall. And I am still waiting for that fall to come - as I do not know who I am. But I think that God puts us in places for a certain reason. I believe there was a special purpose for sending me on a 13 hour flight to New Zealand - other than for the arctic cold cutlery and flat food on the plane trip. One thing living in New Zealand has taught me is that the cup is always half full. I try to think that because it is easier for me to fall over, I'm going to have to try twice as hard not to stumble at all in the race. The race of life. And when I do trip over, maybe God will stand by and give me a hand. Now I realise that I'm lucky to be able to live up to the challenge. I believe it has made me a stronger person. Someone with more soul. Someone with more 'ki'. As a child I hated my eyes. I wanted them to be bigger, bluer. The kind of ones movie stars boasted on the big screens. But now I am thankful for these small eyes my parents have given me. As through these eyes, I have been able to see the world and experience things a way in which I can only describe to myself. Just like it takes a while to get used to a new pair of glasses, I feel as if I'm just getting to know my eyes and what they see. What is so special about eyes is that they have a mind of their own. We can spend hours battling over a complex thought. yet if we look hard enough with our eyes, the solution is always there. I see my reflection through the mirror and the answer lies there. What is in front of me. I am who I am. I think I see things differently now. Blue can sometimes be mistaken for green. Orange for red, black for white. What is important is that we live life as if there is only today- and tomorrow never comes. When it does come, my eyes will guide me in the direction I want. I learnt that 'beyond this hill lies another and another. The journey is never complete'. I do not need to find myself any more, but I 123

Every Monday from after school until 6pm, the gym is always filled with people, flying shuttlecocks and coaches instructing students. Monday is the night when we learned all the different skills and prepared for our games on Wednesday.

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The most exciting event was going to Quad in Dunedin with Ms Bell (who is in charge of badminton), along with other sports teams and teachers. On the morning of 30 July the badminton A team was waiting before anyone else, behind the windows of the school boarding house. The members of the A team are all boarders: Pim Eiw (from Thailand), Lisa Hsu (from Taiwan), Maria Yu and Leon Yu (from Hong Kong). At Columba College, we stayed in the boarding house along with other international students. The next day was the real challenge - we played against not only Columba College, but also St Hilda and Craighead. We soon realised that some of our opponents were rep. players, so the standard was really high. Even though we didn't win, we gained valuable experience. 'Winning is not everything!' - this is what we kept in mind. Maria Yu (captain)

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Badminton Back: Maria Yu, Laura Fairbairn, Ai Yukishige 2nd: Mrs Bell, Aor Kietsuksthit, Leon Yu, Lisa Hsu Front: Harmony Chauvot, Hannah Franklin, Robyn Andrew, Pimporn Eiwwongcharoen, Oianyi Chuah

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Enthusiasm ran high in the Junior Girls' rugby team. We turned up to our first game and were a little anxious not only because it was the very first time some of us had played, but also because we had been promoted into the Senior Grade. Disappointingly, there were no other entrants in the Junior Grade, so we stepped up to the challenge and confronted players much older and bigger than ourselves. Lead by the ever reliable, Emma Matson, we turned up to our game every week knowing that each game was giving us more experience. Our season was not scoreless and several players got to experience the feeling of scoring a try - Olivia Wakem, Laura Mason and Olivia Meares. The last game of the season was the best we had ever played and we finally managed to put it all together. Parents were yelling at the top of their voices on the sideline and our tackles were being much more effective than before. What capped it off was a try in the dying minutes of the game. Anyone looking on would have thought we'd just won the final. Many thanks to the parents who supported us - we hope to see you there again next year!

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Rugby Back : Emma Wood, Margaret Whitely, Olivia Parker, Charlotte Savage, Michaela Gisberts, Olivia Wakem Middle : Miss Linda Chong, Amelia Huston, Victoria Wigze/1,Valda Swarbrick, Elizabeth Kitson, Amanda Dillon, Sarah Crispin Front: Irene Wong, Michelle Forrester, Emma Matson (Captain), Kate Bremner (Vice Captain), Laura Mason, Sarah Rhodes Absent : Olivia Meares

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Basketball Back: Liz Fox, Hannah Maher, Josie Powell-Thomas, Charlotte Baxter, Hayley Boyd, Lauren Stewart, Penny Clark-Hal/ 2nd: Brigette Solomon, Elizabeth Kitson, Annabel Chambers, Kate Jones, Juliet Curtis, Sophie Wigley, Sarah Henderson, Tess Howard Front: Sophie Courtney, Amy Kroening, Jess Bell, Laila Beckman, Pip Rawson, Steph Young, Laren Ensor

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Cycling has continued the focus it aquired over the last two years at St Margaret's College : chiefly on high quality training for our triathelets and duathelets. Catherine Wall and Sarah Letham both raced in the Inter-school Cycling Series, held every Wednesday afternoon over the winter at Halswell. Sarah proved adept at bunched racing, winning her second race (something many riders do not achieve), whilst Catherine tended to perform better in time trials - solo rides against the clock. Term three saw the arrival of Brista Schafer from Germany who proved herself a determined competitor, achieving several placings in closely contested races. Full marks to the girls for their determination and willingness to persist at this demanding sport. Suffering is a great teacher! John Kerr Teacher in Charge - Cycling

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The season for St Margaret's cricket has been a good one. We won every game in B grade, with a very young team which showed it had huge talent, not only with the bat and ball, but also in the field. Elizabeth Kitson bowled consistently, picking up many wickets. Amy Satterthwaite batted admirably and Kate Jones fielded exceptionally well. Everybody improved and so too did the level of St Margaret's cricket. Hopefully this will continue back up in A grade next season. Thank you to Mr Wood and Mr Rodda for umpiring and to our manager, Mrs Kennedy, for scoring the book. Thank you to Hannah Rae for coaching all of us to understand cricket more and to become better players and also, thank you to those parents who provided us with transport and supported us at the venues. Annabel Chambers Head of Cricket

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THLETICS

This year many St Margaret's College athletes achieved excellent results. The senior school athletics sports held at OEII on Monday 6 March saw many students competing and three U 14 records were broken. Results were:

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Following the school sports, were the Canterbury Secondary Schools Athletics Championships and a team of girls qualified for the finals. They achieved very good results, better than in some previous years. The South Islands were held in Timaru again, on the lovely grass track! I was not present, but understand the team put in good performances, particularly Sarah Letham in the 800m, Catherine Wall in the 3000m, Penny Gordon in the long jump and Josie Powell-Thomas in the high jump. This year, for the first time since the New Zealand Secondary Schools were in Christchurch, St Margaret's have a team entering to compete in Hamilton in December against the best in New Zealand. Thank you to everyone who made this athletics season possible and such a success, especially to the parents and Mr Belcher. Alicia Forbes Head of Athletics

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It has been a successful year for all sitting lifesaving awards with a 100% pass rate. Thank you Ms Chong and the instructors who spent a lot of their own time on the pool side - as well as being there for the 6 o'clock morning sessions at Queen Elizabeth 11Park for the Distinction Award candidates. This year we had two extremely enthusiastic and hardworking teams who took part in the Monica Thacker competition, achieving excellent results. The A Team were placed a close 3rd, while the 'B' Team took 5th place. These results wouldn't have been possible without the invaluable training and dedication of Mr Neil Layon and the humour provided continuously by Hilary and Andrea. A total of 350 K Bars were eaten by just 9 lifesavers - no wonder we never want to see another one again! I would like to wish all future lifesavers the best of luck and hope those who are already involved continue to build on the standards St Margaret's College girls have set in the sport this year. "Am I going to pass? . . . No, am I really going to pass?" "OK, OK, we need to get the showers before the rowers" "I can't float" "Do I really have to give mouth to mouth?" "I don't think I'll ever be able to swim again, I've swum so far" "I'll be the patient and you can be the patientress"

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Waterpolo 2000 - a highlight of the first season was the South Island Waterpolo Championship held at OEII. This was a great opportunity for younger players to develop their skills against tough competition. A fantastic effort by the whole team ensured heaps of fun and a strong team spirit. In term four, the seventh formers (all eight of them!), have handed it over to the younger players. With all their talent they didn't seem to be missing us much though! We are very fortunate to have Katie Collins as our invaluable coach. Kate is a physiotherapist and former club player. Both Mrs Wyeth and Ms Chambers have been immensely supportive and generous with their time, and after-game treats! We really appreciate your enthusiasm and dedication. Thank you also to my team for making waterpolo so enjoyable! Best of luck to all our up and coming players.

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Since the beginning of gymnastics at St Margaret's, enthusiasm and support for the club has grown considerably, with committed interest from the senior girls and an expanding number of primary school girls coming along too.

YMNASTICS

Practising twice a week, the girls were well prepared and proved this at the Canterbury Secondary Schools' Artistic and Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition in term 2. In the Novice grade Wendy Sullivan, Anna Taylor and Katrina Lines made up the winning team and Brigitte Lee, Georgie Meredith and Elizabeth Reay formed the second place team. The novice girls also made a clean sweep in the individual placings with Wendy first, Anna second and Brigitte third overall. In the Open C grade Morgana Woolhouse-Williams gained third beam, second floor and Jenna Cox was second overall with first vault and third floor. Kate Taylor was first bar in the Open A grade. These fantastic results gained the girls entry into the New Zealand Secondary Schools Gymnastics Competition in Auckland, which was held on 1 July. It was the first time the competition had been run, so it was a great honour for so many St Margaret's girls to be given the opportunity to compete. Again their results proved well worth the effort. In the Novice A women's grade Brigitte, Anna, Wendy and Katrina placed third team overall. Brigitte's third beam and Anna's third bar meant the two gained seventh equal. In the Club A women's grade Kate gained fifth place overall and second on the bar. The Open C women's grade saw Jenna tenth and Morgana eleventh overall. The girls dedication to their training certainly made them deserving of their results, and surprisingly enough they still managed to have a terrific time in the process! Many of our primary school girls showed their stuff at the Canterbury Primary Gymnastics Competition. Their enthusiasm saw the need for high energy practice sessions and we look forward to them continuing with the sport into the senior school. Our year was also dedicated to preparing for the incentive badge scheme with girls attempting badges from Iron through to Gold. Practices were heaps of fun and all the girls worked extremely hard in their tests. I have loved coaching and being involved with all the girls this year and am delighted that so many are committed to gymnastics. Thank you to all of the dedicated parents who have involved themselves and helped out over the year. To Mrs Taylor a huge thank you for your support and belief in the club, you have been irreplaceable, managing all aspects of the club, coaching and still being able to deal with all our problems. To the girls, well done on a fantastic year and special thanks to Anna for your support. Good luck to all of you in the future. Beth Lawson Head of Gymnastics

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This year has again been a blast, and it is exciting to see that there is a better and better quality of swimming being shown in the various events we participate in throughout the summer season.

WIMMING

The school swimming sports were, as always, an exciting start to the year, with great participation at all levels of ability. There were many records broken which shows the increasing level of talent that is being brought into the school. This became obvious when the Summer Quad Tournament was held in our school pool and we cleaned up the field, coming away with a nice win. It was all of our stunning Quad team, as well as about 10 other girls that represented St Margaret's at the Canterbury Second School Championships. This event always proves successful, and again, many of our girls reached the finals as did all of the relay teams. The event wasn't quite perfect however, as we managed to leave Vicky Anderson behind at the pool! Aside from this little mishap, all of the swimming girls performed extremely well, with Nicola Robson, Philippa Smith and Frances Ruddimen being awarded their pockets, Kate Heveldt being awarded most promising swimmer, and both Kate and Amanda Kennard being awarded swimming.

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Aside from the representative swimmers, I enjoyed my Wednesday and Friday morning sessions in the pool with a funky little group of dedicated swimmers in the swimming club. I applaud you for braving the cold 7 o'clock starts, and would like to make a special mention of Laura Fairburn and Vicky Anderson who made almost every session. I would also like to thank my deputy captain of swimming, Amanda Kennard, for doing such a great job this year, I couldn't ask for a better person to run around after me. Laila Beckman Head of Swimming

lnterschool Swimming Back : Olivia Phillips, Sarah Henderson, Jessica Astor, Andrea van Shreven, Hayley Boyd, Mandy Dalziel, Laura Fairbairn Middle : Pippy French, Anna Lindsay, Nicola Robson, Sophie Brooks, Kate Heveldt, Georgina Guild

Front : Frances Ruddiman, Phillip Smith, Amanda Kennard, Lia/a Beckman (Captain}, Charlotte Bellis, Jennifer Chapman, Kate Taylor

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The year 2000 showed a huge boom in the numbers playing hockey - this was great to see, as all teams represented St Margaret's outstandingly, trained very hard and were rewarded will brilliant results, which all could be proud of. This year our second eleven travelled to Nelson for the Mary Clinton Cup. It was the first year St Margaret's has ever had a second eleven team and to travel away to a tournament, so the girls entered in with a ranking of 16th. This ranking was soon smashed as the team who had spent the whole season preparing extremely well and training hard won game after game. The tournament finished with • the team gaining a sixth place. This was an outstanding result for a team who by the time that they hit Nelson, were highly motivated and very focused. 'S club 7' with the famous 'Reach for the Stars' seemed to fire up this fantastic group of girls, who got on so well on and off the field. They shared many laughs as Pipi and Flick managed to keep everyone entertained. Three games finished with penalty shoot-outs and the whole team rose to each challenge. This awesome achievement was a reflection of the hard work all had put in and a huge thank you goes out to Mrs Smith, who devoted so much time to the brilliant St Margaret's second eleven.

Our Under 16 team also proved to have a successful season, finishing second in their grade - fantastic girls, brilliant achievement. Then this team, with the addition of some of the senior social team, Hockey 1st XI formed a new St Margaret's third eleven. Back: Rebecca Crutchley, Emily Jackson, Charlotte Nell, Rosie Todhunter They went on to represent St Margaret's at 2nd: Miss Arthur, Fliss Redfern, Andrea van Schreven, Jane Tiller, Kate Saunders Front: Millie Volckman, Amanda Murray, Anna Dooley (c), Annie Robinson (vc), Hannah Aubrey, Christchurch Tournament, where they Anna Clouston were up against many of Christchurch's top and second school teams. The team had some very close games and gained a lot of experience in penalty shoot-outs. The team attained sixth place, which was fantastic, and also congratulations are due to Sophie Emmerson who was named in the tournament team. St Margaret's also had a senior social team, who played in the Women's Open grade. THis team was made up of girls who were mainly committed to other sports, but played hockey for the enjoyment and experience. Although the team was hit with a few large results against them, all girls went into each game with positive attitudes and represented St Margaret's well through brilliant displays of sportsmanship. All the laughs Hockey 2nd XI Back: Kirsten Meyer (vc), Kate Saunders, Andrea van Schreven, Rebecca Crutchley 2nd: Chris Chambers, Sophie Pickney, Anna Copland, Rebecca Pierce, Kim Mather, Sarah Townshend, Anna Hyland Front: Sarah Ash, Kate Watson, Gemma Zust (c), Sharalee Gibson, Kate Fisher, Pru Johnstone, Pip Smith

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and the good times resulted in the team gaining a Fair Play Award. Finally the first eleven. This year the team, which had just a few changes from last year, kicked off

the season with the best start ever. We were playing some wicked hockey and having heaps of fun. The girls went to Quad and played some great games and came away first equal. The game against St Hilda's proved to have just the same rivalry as ever. We were very proud to have lots of girls also representing Canterbury in many age groups. The girls were training harder than ever this year and unfortunately after the holidays, struggled to find the form which we had at the beginning of the season. This didn't stop the team from getting on better than ever, and they had a mystery expedition to the beach which found the 'King and Queen of Sandcastles', after much controversy and bribery! Tournament was in the balmy north, and it was a week of ups and downs, but always good fun. Some great hockey was played, but also unfortunately some not-sogood hockey. The whole team had heaps of fun and the 'Eye of the Tiger' will always provide great memories for all. Special congratulations to Becky Crutchley, who was named in a high-class tournament team. Thank you again to Miss Arthur and Mrs Laney who put in so much time and knowledge into the team again. With such good results coming from the younger teams and the talent in the first eleven which is remaining, St Margaret's is looking to a promising future. We hope you have all enjoyed playing this season and are very proud with all of the results and the performances from each player. We would also like to thank all the student coaches who put all their spare time into coaching the younger teams and we really appreciated it, as we know that it is a struggle to be able to juggle commitments.

Hockey U16 Back : Georgie Simpson, Anna Lindsay, Rebecca Pierce, Sarah Watson, Sophie Enerson. Middle • Mrs Trudy Keys (Manager}, Bo Springford, Millie Volckman (Coach}, Charlotte Nell (Coach}, Charlotte Ayers. Front . Amanda Brigg, Natalie Gibson, Frances Ruddiman, Hana Abbot, Gabrielle Hegarty, Nicky Hulley

We wish you heaps of luck for next year and hope that you benefit and enjoy training on your own turf! Have fun and keep up the hard work and enjoying the game. Anna Dooley and Annie Robinson

St Margaret's College was lucky enough this year to enter a third eleven hockey team in a Christchurch based tournament, usually only reserved for schools second elevens. The team was a mixture of U 16 players, and other more senior players form the social hockey team. After winning all our pre tournament games, we headed into the tournament confident and full of excitement. Meeting at the boarding house at 7.00 (am that is) Monday morning proved to be an excellent start, as we won our first game against Burnside 8-nil. Back to school to waste the rest of the day in the boarding house common room, watching videos (seniors supposedly studying) and preparing mentally for our second game against St Kevin's first eleven. Unsure as to how good they were (apparently their coach had been analysing us that morning), we headed on to the turf eager to retain our winning streak. However, we had not reckoned with the male half of St Kevin's school, on the side line, brought up especially from some town in the south to terrorise our poor wings. As you can guess it was a very loud, raucous game, with emotions running high between all players. We drew, 2-all. Another highlight of the tournament was our

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game against Rangi A second eleven. We knew a win was vital to send either team through to the next round. At full time the score was nil-all. As we rounded up our nervous five top strikers for a penalty shoot out, we were taken to sudden death. An incredible save by our goalie, Emily Jackson, and a powerful corner shot by Prue Johnson sent the team wild, and left a few players in the Rangi team in tears. Our last game of the tournament was against Papanui, which sadly we lost, and a few glum and sorry faces could be seen amongst the team. We were placed sixth on the table. Never a team to despair, a few players (who I'm sure would prefer to remain anonymous) consoled themselves by remembering that Christ's College were playing for first place against Boy's High later that afternoon. Although we as a team were not placed among the top three, one of our star wings, Sophie Emerson was selected to be a member of the prestigious tournament team. Last but not least, we would like to especially thank our coach Rajelli, our manager Ms Rod, and our various support crew members including Ms Chambers and Mrs Keys. Without all of them (including Rajelli's inspirational and insightful stories/songs about geese, chicken soup and tiger eyes), we would never have been a team, played in a tournament, and could quite possibly have missed out on a great experience.

Hockey Social A Back: Joy Weston-Arnold, Steph Walker, Jessica Ellerm 2nd: Ms Stacey Rod, Kirsten Myer, Antonia Guthrey, Alice McE/rea, Philippa French, Hannah Aubrey Front: Georgina Guild, Jo Zwart, Sarah Letham, Julia Bristed, Jennise Simpson

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To most of you, Triathalon conjures up visions of masochism, pain, and of complete and utter madness. You are right! Triathaletes are a unique breed. Triathalon is a sport which requires high levels of physical and mental stamina. Discipline, determination and perseverance are qualities which strongly influence an athletes performance, both in training and on race day. Triathalon is not only a sport, but also a challenge, which combines three separate disciplines and also\ recognised as one of the most difficult, yet rewarding events, As an introduction in to the sport, team participation is a good way to experience an event. This year, St Margaret's fielded a senior team on the Canterbury Schools' Triathalon Championships in February. Lila Beckman (swim), Victoria Wigzel (cycle), and Sarah Lethal ( run), performed admirably against a top notch Girl's High team, stacked with individual national level competitors, and were placed forth. Catherine Wall, competing as an individual in the Intermediate Section, won comfortably. Not to be outdone by the students, three staff members, Mike Greens lade, Mike Summerlee and John Kerr competed in the Fry Reshoot Triathalon at Scarborough Beach. In a closely fought race, the team was placed second by the narrowest of margins. Mr Kerr went on to race for New Zealand on the World Triathalon Championships in Perth. During the season, Catherine Wall competed in a number of events in her build up to the Secondary Schools' Nationals. She won each of the three races at the Sports Mud Women's Triathalon Series, thus gaining overall honours in the 13 -19 years age group. Her performance also earned her the Open Women's Championship. The Christmas Cracker Try at Scarborough was a development squad selection race, and Catherine performed brilliantly, placing second in the 16 - 19 years age group, behind Amanda West, a New Zealand rep, three years her senior. She was placed third female overall. Competing in the Lake Dun Stan and Lake Hayes Triathalons during the Christmas holidays, Catherine won both Senior Women's events. Catherine went to the New Zealand National Sprint Championships, where she won the U17 Female title and also to the National Secondary Schools' Championships, where she won the Intermediate event. She was selected for the Triathalon New Zealand Junior Development Squad. Catherine and Sarah Lethal competed in the Halswell Duathalon Series over the winter. Sarah achieved several placings, which was being led by Catherine in the 13 - 19 age group, when Catherine crashed heavily. She recovered to win the the Canterbury Duathalon Championships in August after a race which included a climb over Gebbies Pass. Thank you to Mr Kerr, without whose guidance and support, Multisport would not be a profile sport at St Margaret's, and to our parents and supporters.

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Triathlon Back: Victoria Wigze/1,Mr John Kerr, Sarah Letham Front: Laila Beckman, Catherwine Wall

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A TEAM

2000 was a challenging season for the A netball team, with only three of last year's team returning and with the high expectations to succeed set in 1999. After 'several' changes to the team in the early part of the season we eventually had a young, but enthusiastic, fun and highly motivated group of girls lead by an exuberant coach and wise manager. 2000 proved to be a season of vast improvement both individually, (especially the younger players) and as a team unit. We had the honour at the beginning of the season of playing a curtain raiser game to the Canterbury Flames in front of a large crowd. The battle was strongly fought but we unfortunately went down against our Rangiora opponents, although we did go on to beat them in later competition. With a theory that enjoying the game brought success we confronted many experienced and often older oppositions in Senior Reserve grade on Saturdays and the elite top eight Supernet competition on Wednesdays. Having started in section one of Senior Reserve, we moved down to section two where we finished fifth. This leaves next year's team with a challenge to make the grade again which they will no doubt live up to. We also managed to retain our position in Supernet for 2001 (but not without controversy!).

Netball A Back : Leanne Chambers (Coach), Rebecca Solomon, Charlotte Gardner, Jacki Lee, Sarah Henderson Front : Owan Ling Chew, Libby Crawford (Co-captain), Anna Scarlett (Cocaptain), Melanie Begg, Annabel Chambers

Quad tournament in Dunedin, hosted by Columba College and held indoors at the Edgar Centre was the scene for some of our most gutsiest netball all season - unfortunately the scoreboard didn't reflect our efforts. This was followed by South Island Tournament in Nelson but not before participating in Leanne's Mystery Bus Trip! This was the highlight of our team building antics which saw 11 girls trekking naively around Sumner, building sandcastles, doing obstacle courses, eating ice cream and ten-pin bowling. We travelled to Tournament with hopes of making the top 16 out of 32 teams in A Grade which was a tough yet achievable goal for our forever improving team. We went through our first round unbeaten, which included our season highlight games against James Hargest who we thrashed in front of a record St Margaret's crowd. After increasingly difficult games we achieved our goal and ended up 14th overall. The off court shananagins proved to be both character building and revealing for all. These included dick of the day awards and our fashion parade down the busy main street of Nelson. I'm sure all playeFs went away with fond memories of our wonderful hot and cold treatment, 'oh wise stripey', flying in formation, the great wall of inspiration and our team song.

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Huge thanks need to go to our amazing coach Leanne Chambers for her hours of undying enthusiasm and effort

Back : Miss Melissa Fenton, Lucy James, Charlotte Baxter, Hayley Boyd,

which made our season so enjoyable. Also to our faithful

Lauren Stewart

manager Bill Lee for his time and never ending wisdom and motivation. Thank you to the parents for their fun and support and finally to the team. I have no doubts that the young rising talents of 2000 will go on to perform to great heights over the next couple of years - GOOD LUCK!!

Front : Lauren Ensor, Harriet Oswald (Co-captain), Megan O'Neill (Co-captain}, Alex Brownlee, Amy Shanks

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Netball 10A Back : Zoe Rattray, Mychelle Hellmann, Kate Sinclair Front : Vanessa Hartnell, Emily Ac/and, Jessica Bell (Captain), Rebecca Craigie, Stephanie Young Absent : Adair Bailey, Shirlee Rainsbury (Coach)

Netball 9A Back : Bridget Solomon, Joanna Morris, Jessica Franshaw Front : Kirsten Steyaert, Alice Howarth, Olivia Blair, Charlotte Brabshaw Absent : Penny Dalziel

Netball U16 Back : Liz Fox, Sophie Aubrey, Hannah Maher, Kate Jones Front: Lucy Woodley, Amelia Mulholland, Jessica Astor (Captain), Cassandra McKnight, Josie Benny Absent: Sharyn Pratley & Hannah Rae ( Coaches) 143

Once again it has been an action packed season full of highs and lows. Training camp kicked off in September where we saw our team of prospective coaches and support crew at work for the first time. Wow baby! It brought us back down to earth with a big shock to the system after the winter break. For the first time ever St Margaret's could put two top strength and gutsy Under '15Novice eights on the water. It was so encouraging to see such a strong and enthusiastic crew for the future of St Margaret's rowing. The Under '16s all came back for their second chance at glory, full of commitment and all ready to go for another huge season. With so many seniors coming back for the '1999/2000 season was brilliant as they showed their awesome fighting spirit and leadership to the younger ones. The competition started off with pennants at Kerr's Reach and it was obvious that this season was going to be one of the toughest yet. The competition was really heating up with some tight races across all the age groups. The coaches and support crew had us in good form as we all went into the Christmas holidays full of determination to train so that our dreams could become a reality. Twizel pulled out another goodie, for training camp, as temperatures topped 30°. Heaps of fun was had but also a lot of hard yards were put in as crews were named and we got down to the business end of the season. We think that the whole of Twizel must have woken up with our brilliant singing skills in the the early, dark hours of the morning. The competition in the second half of the season was close with the majority of our crews coming out on top. Finally the day came when our 30 plus squad headed off down to Twizel for the National Secondary Schools Rowing Championships. The level of competition was extremely high with titles being spread across the country. All our crew represented our school amazingly producing OARsome Rowing Gold Medalists Back: Miss Arthur, Mrs Keys, Penny Clark-Hall, Hannah Maher, Jess Astor, Lucy James, Jess Bell, results coming home with a big medal Mr Westbury tally. Our outstanding performers were our Front: Vanessa Hartnell, Olivia Russell, Natalie Gibson, Rachel Prankerd, Sophie Pinckney Under '15s who in the first year managed to take home some gold medals and securing their careers as top St Margaret's rowers. The Under '17 eight overcame a lot of barriers and came out with a silver and a brilliant race from our Under '16 eight also presented St Margaret's with another silver. The Under '19s also came out with some results which were a reflection on the weather and fatiguing bodies, gaining silver across all the events. Fu was had by all - friendships made for life. We will never forget the memorable moments, such as the Under '16s chasing one of their own out of town to the Under '19s house, with the threat of a wedgie! and Paul Westbury hurling rocks at Miss Arthur in her canoe. Who would forget the hot romance between Skate and Army, also the expertise from Trudy Keys and Mrs Laney. A big thank you goes out to all the parents and bus loads of supporters that came down to cheer us on at Maadi, without you guys we would have been nowhere. We would also like to thank our coaches and support crew for your knowledge and skills which helped us with the results we got. We would also like to say a BIG thanks to all the girls as you were awesome and especially our fellow Under '19swho helped to make this season the memorable and enjoyable season it was. Good luck for the future!

Rebecca and Annie Co-captains '1999/2000

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Rowing Back : Jessica Astor, Beth Glasson, Charlotte Baxter, Kirsty Paterson, Alicia Forbes 4th: Sophie Tapper, Antonia Guthrey, Rachel Prankerd, Alice McElrea, Hannah Maher, Mandy Dalziel, Phoebe Gibbons, Lucy James, Claire George, Beth Lawson 3rd: Paul Westbury (Coach), Olivia Russell, Hayley Moore, Anna McCormack (Coxian), Jess Bell, Penny Clark-Hall, Kim Taylor,Anna Clouston (Coxian), Jo Zwart, Zoe Rattray, Kate Bardsley, Trudy Keys (Coach) 2nd: Chris Arthur (Manager), Vanessa Hartnell, Sophie Pinckney, Georgie Guild, Kate Fisher, Annie Robinson (Co-Captain), Rebecca Hyde, Olivia Bell, Pippy French, Anna Copland, Rebecca Knight Front: Claire Matheson (Coxian), Natalie Gibson (Coxian) Absent: Julia Deans

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It was a dissapointing start to the season for the league team when coming 4th in a qualyfiing tournmament for Divison one in the league section. This placing caused us to just miss out on divison one and were placed in divison two. After coming third at Quad against some tough competition, we were quick to redeem ourselves at the Mainland, Canterbury, and Nationals Secondary Schools tournaments which were all held in Christchurch. At the Mainland tournament we were placed a creditable 8th out of 21 teams and then a week later we found ourselves in the Canterbury Secondary Schools divison two final against Avonside. After a long battle of 5 sets we were unable to pull through with a win and lost by only two points. The highlight of the season would definetly have to be the Secondary Schools Nationals tournament. We came 13th out of 36 teams in divison two, with an awesome record of seven wins and one loss!! Unfortunatly it was that one, very close loss to Nelson Girls College in our first section draw which caused us not to qualify and play off in the top placings of divison two - which I'm sure that we would have done well in. From these tournaments Han ah Dillon and Anna Scarlett were named in the Canterbury Secondary Schools team and at Nationals on a list of talented players. Anna Scarlett contiuned to play volleyball through out the winter with a club and later on trialed and was named in the New Zealand Junior Womens Team which won the U21 section at the Australian State Champs in Adelaide. There were many junior teams this year and a lot of up and coming talent. I hope that you all enjoyed the season and contiue to play this awesome and FUN sport! A huge thankyou my Vice Captain Hannah Dillon and to all those who have coached a team this season or helped with volleyball within the school. A special thankyou to Paula Townsend for her contiued committment to coaching and organising volleyball. Without her organistation, committement and knowledge volleyball within the school would be no-where near as 'alive' as it is. Thanks! Good Luck to all the future volleyball players of St Margaret's and have a blast!

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Netball 4A Team Volleyball Team - coach Paula Townsend (now Vesty) Athletics Team Volleyball A Team Basketball Team Netball A Team Waterpolo Team Volleyball A Team Sports cup winner - Basketball - O'Connell Prize for Most Valuable Player Volleyball colours Konini Head of Sports Waterpolo A team Netball A Team (co-captain with Libby Crawford) - coach Leanne Chambers Volleyball A Team Canterbury Secondary Schools Volleyball Team NZ Junior Women's Volleyball Team Reeves Trophy for Sportswoman of the Year

Volleyball Back: Mychelle Hellman, Gabby Sparrow, Felicity Redfern, Pieta Gray, Sophie Aubrey, Josie Powell-Thomas, Georgie Goater, Georgina Fraser, Georgie Bowker, Lauren Stewart, Tess Howard 4th Row: Bridget Solomon, Amy Shanks, Anna Wigley, Sarah Henderson, Natasha Barnes, Sophie Wigley, Kate Jones, Julia Giblin, Qwan Ling Chew, Leticia Marchand 3rd Row: Sophie Enerson, Alice Howarth, Alana Tuck, Kate Bremner, Sam Wastell, Jessica Fransham, Laura Fairbairn, Margaret Whitely, Monica Dunkley, Sarah Watson, Fern McGraw 2nd Row: Virginia Timoney, Emily Acland, Amelia Huston, Rebecca Craigie, Hannah Dillon, Anna Scarlett, Georgie Simpson, Valda Swarbrick, Charlotte Bellis, Cassie Irvin Front: Amanda Grigg, Michele Forrester, Gabrielle Hegarty, Gemma Zust, Becky Crutchley, Stephanie Young, Irene Wong, Qian Yi Chuah, Charlotte Ayers

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QUASH

Everyone had a great time this season. This year we had two teams who competed very successfully. We have a very promising group of Year 9 girls coming through and I hope to see some, if not all, come back next year to compete. The highlight of the year would have to be the A team 6-love win over Queen Margaret's College from Wellington. The team had a great time and it meant we could meet and play against people who we didn't know, but shared the same sport. To all those in the A and B teams, a big thank you. Congratulations to everyone, especially: Narita who was awarded the Amanda Williams Cup for most improved player, Hanna Abbot who was our most valuable player, and to Bridget Topp and Abbey Milner who both got Fair Play Awards. Thank you to our vice captain and team mate, Yvette Hagen and thank you to Mr Green and Mrs Lightfoot for all your wonderful help. We will be missing all those who leave the school this year, but good luck to everyone for next year. Emma Goslin (Captain of Squash)

Squash A Back • Hana Abbot, Zara Lister. Front : Yvette Hagen, Mrs Linda Lightfoot, Emma Goslin.

Squash Back : Hana Abbot, Bridget Topp, Jane Cockburn, ST MARGAAET·s COLLEGE

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Zara Lister. Middle : Mrs Linda Lightfoot, Yvette Williams, Jemma Pickersgill, Mr Mike Green. Front : Nicola Hulley, Krystal Davies, Emma Goslin, Yvette Hagen, Abbie Milner.

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This year has been the most successful year for tennis that St Margaret's has experienced in a long time. All teams entered in the secondary schools competitions have competed with enthusiasm and skill, concluding in results to be proud of in all grades.

ENNIS

We had five teams entered, all of which had players with great skill. It was great to see many girls in the Year 9 and 10 grades getting involved in tennis. I would like to congratulate all players on their fair play and commitment to their teams. Our Senior A team came third at the National Secondary Schools in April. The South Island Secondary Schools and National Secondary Schools competitions consisted of four tough matches a day making a very tiring two weeks for all involved. All the players in our teams have improved, with many successes throughout the season. During term two Tiffany Robertson, our number one player, played competitive tennis in Germany. The School House Tennis Championships had good entries, making for a very enjoyable day involving skill and house spirit. Rata won, Konini was second and Mataipo House came third. I would like to thank all the teachers who contributed to tennis this year, and in particular those teachers who managed a team. Your help has been greatly appreciated. I would especially want to thank Mrs Scandrett, for her great help in managing the Senior A team. Thank you to Miss Wysocki and her husband Jim, for making several trips to Wilding Park during the National Secondary Schools ,Competition, to support our A team.

ST MARGARET'S COLLEGE 2000 TENNISA

TennisA Back • Sophie Fitzsimmons, Lucy James, Jacki Lee, Prue Johnstone Front : Charlotte Bellis, Mrs Hilary Scandrett, Lucy Woodley

School Tennis Champs Junior: Winner Runner-up Doubles Winner s

Lucy Woodley Laura Freer Sophie Fitzsimmons and Laura Freer

Winner

Charlotte Bellis

Runner-up Doubles Winners

Jacqui Lee Charlotte Bellis and Rosie Todhunter

Winner Runner-up

Tiffany Robertson

Doubles Winners

Rebecca Crutchley Tiffany Robertson and Rebecca Crutchley

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This season there were a variety of teams, ranging from social to super touch teams. The A team competed in Quad tournament which was hosted by our school earlier this year. The team enjoyed playing schools out of Christchurch, and to experience many different styles of touch. Later on in the season the A team qualified for the South Island Touch tournament in Nelson. After many fitness sessions at the beach with Miss Chambers and various practices with Miss Pratley, the team was brought up to a standard so where it was able to play very competitive touch at the South Island Championships. The team's fitness, skills and enjoyment of the sport was enhanced by the involvement of our committed coaches. The Year 9 and 10 touch teams were coached by a staff member and an A team touch player. These teams were committed to practices and were willing to try their new skills on the field when they played other Christchurch schools. Two social teams were formed to allow people to play touch for fun and for the chance to meet new people. Not only players, but coaches and managers within the school helped with the organisation of the teams and as a result we had a great season of touch. Touch Back : Hannah Wright, Harriet Oswald, Alicia Prankerd, Kate Saunders, Charlotte Baxter, Holly Campbell, Abby Radford, Rosie Todhunter, Tess Howard, 4th Row : Adelle Cosgrove, Sophie Enersen, Jessica Fransham, Anna Dooley, Charlotte Laney, Sarah Henderson, Amanda Kennard, Nicola Robson, Anna Lindsay, 3rd Row : Miss Leanne Chambers, Alex Watson, Olivia Wakem, Anna Clouston, Hana Abbot, Jessica Cooke, Jenny Sutton, Anna McCormack, Georgie Simpson, Stephanie Young, Lauren Smith, 2nd Row : Lucy Rutherford, Nadine Engel, Jennisie Tipler, Megan O'Neill, Hannah Aubery, Lauren Ensor, Emma Matson, Gemma Zust, Frances Ruddiman. Front: Anneke Cockerell, Josie Powell-Thomas, Gabbie Sparrow, Annabel Gardner.

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This year we have had another successful year for many riders within the school. The first big school event was the annual St Margaret' s College One Day Horse Event. This year we invited Selwyn House and St Andrew's College to attend, to provide competition in all classes. The day is a fun day for beginner, introductory and pre-training riders. The event was held at the Windsor Pony Club Grounds on Tuesday 2 May. It was a very enjoyable day for all concerned, as the course rode well and the weather was very favorable. This is when the Equestrian Captains have the opportunity of putting their knowledge and skills into action on running an event. Both Debbie Hopkins and Lucy Stockton proved their excellent skills in running a first class day for all riders involved. They were assisted by parents and several of the other senior girls who are not riding at this event. INTERSCHOOL EVENTS This year we had two teams entered in the lnterschool One Day Event held at McLeans Island on Sunday 20 August. One team comprising of Lucy Stockton, Victoria Sumner, Claudia Vavasour and Sophie Wigley came fifth overall. They were highly placed after the dressage but a few incidences in the Cross Country and Show Jumping meant they came fifth. This was pleasing as we had several new combinations in the team. The other team of Gerogie Meredith, Nadia Fernley, Jessica Neame and Gemma Grigg came eighth overall. This achievement by both teams was pleasing as we have several younger girls and new combinations involved this year - look out for 2001. We entered at team in the lnterschool Dressage Event held on Saturday 16 September. This is a new event to the calendar for lnterschools. We achieved well coming fifth. Georgie Meredith has achieved high distinction in Dressage throughout the year and Anna Taylor has also achieved pleasing results. This was an enjoyable day for the young team of riders involved. The team was Anna Taylor, Georgie Meredith, Andrea Stevens and Josie Powell-Thomas. This year we have had Georgie Meredith riding for Canterbury in the Dressage Team, and Anna Thomas in the Development Team. Gemma Grigg is in the Show Jumping Development Team. Many young riders have achieved placings in Shows, Eventing, Dressage and Show Jumping throughout the year. I wish them all the best of luck for the seasons to follow. Colours were awarded this year to Georgie Meredith and Lucy Stockton for their commitment to Equestrian. The Susan Mccaul Cup for achieving the best score at the lnterschoool Event was awarded to Georgie Meredith. The Murdoch Cup for Achievement was awarded to Gemma Grigg. I have appreciated all the help and assistance that Debbie Hopkins and Lucy Stockton as Captain and Vice-Captain of Equestrian have given me this year. I shall miss their knowledge and experience of the sport next year. They have both given much to this sport during their time at St Margaret's. I look forward to 2001 when I am sure our young riders will be keen and enthusiastic to compete and achieve for their school.

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OCCER

This year was perhaps a turning point for this sport in our school. Because of the level of playing ability, our A team moved from a more social team to a top ranking team in our high school grade. This of course, did not mean that there was no fun to be had out on the field. The players in both the A and B teams were diverse to say the least, with both Year 9 and Year 13 students being able to work cohesively in all aspects of the game, and experienced players playing alongside the newbies, who were all blessed with amazing natural talent. We were lucky enough to have a New Zealand women's soccer player as our coach, and this indeed helped fine tune our skills as team players.

Soccer Back : Philippa Rawson, Amanda Kennard, Melissa Ashworth, Elizabeth Hogg, Amber Creasy, Felicity Roake 3rd Row : Debbie Lim, Annisha Vasutavan, Amy Burnett, Isla Lang, Alexandra Watson, Cecilia Ellis 2nd Row : Mrs Robin Tiffen, Lucinda Lawrence, Gabrielle Sparrow, Victoria Sumner, Lara Rennie, Jenni Tindale, Annabelle Roake Front: Kirsten Lovie, Amy Satherwaite, Morag Ayers, Laila Beckman, Victoria Wigsell. Charlotte O'Keefe

Because of the level of experience in our teams, with many of us having played for Canterbury representative sides and for regional clubs, we were able to play a much more professional game, with good team tactics and new plays. This was a factor that brought our A team to the grade finals, only to miss out on a win by one penalty goal. But this did not phase us, as we had had many successes over the season, due to the stunning left foot goals from Amy Satterwaithe and the legendary footwork of Morag Ayers. Morag was awarded her pocket this year, as well as Jenny Tindale who was also awarded the Fairest and Best Player award for soccer. Congratulations to both teams for a

great season, we had plenty of laughs, and good luck for next year. I'd like to thank Felicity Roake for keeping the B team in line, and Morag Ayers for being a dedicated Deputy Captain, and for getting all those goals! Laila Beckman

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PORTS Cur WINNERS Athletics Most Promising Athlete

Josephine Powell-Thomas

Badminton Clibborn Cup

OuianYi Chuah

Basketball O'Connell Prize for Most Valuable Player

Sophie Courtney

Climbing Wesley Climbing Cup

Mahalia McNeil

Cross Country Most Improved Runner

Rebecca Knight

Cricket Cup for the Best All Rounder Cup for Most Outstanding Cricketer Cycling Beryl Burton Trophy for Most Valuable Team Member Equestrian Susan Mccaul Cup for Equestrian Performance Murdoch Cup for Outstanding Achievement

Rebecca Craigie Annabel Chambers

Catherine Wall

Georgie Meredith Gemma Grigg

Gymnastics Beth lawson Mackintosh Award for Service Kate Taylor Taylor Trophy for Competition Results Hockey Rosie Todhunter Joanna Brinkman Cup for Most Improved Player Cup for Dedication and Commitment to Hockey Rebecca Crutchley/Anna Dooley Rebecca Crutchley Most Valuable Player Life Saving Dedication and Commitment Netball Cartridge Cup for Most improved Netball Player Best Performed Team Best Senior Player

Andrea van Schreven

Sarah Henderson U16 Netball Anna Scarlett

Rowing Beth Lawson Most Dedicated Rower Rower of the Year Annie Robinson/Kirsty Paterson Hilgendorf Cup for the Most Promising Novice Lucy James Rugby Smith Cup for Player of the Year Skiing St Margaret's Cup for Skiing

Prue Johnstone

Snowboarding The Blair Cup for Most Extreme Snowborder

Hannah Dillon

Soccer Fairest and Best Player Squash Amanda Williams Cup for Most Improved Player Swimming Most Promising Swimmer 154

Jenni Tindale Ngareta Williams

Kate Heveldt

PORTS Cur WINNERS Tennis Contribution to School Tennis

Tiffany Robertson

Touch Most Valuable Player

Megan O'Neill

Trampolining Administration and Service

Gemma Grigg

Triathlon/Duathlon Jane McDonald Cup

Catherine Wall

Volleyball Most Valuable Player

Anna Scarlett

Waterpolo Contribution to Waterpolo

Vicky Anderson

Charlotte Bellis Junior Sportswoman Runner-up Jess Bell Finalists - Jess Bell, Charlotte Bellis, Prue Johnston, Sophie Pinckeny, Josie Powell-Thomas, Anna Taylor

Jocelyn Freeman Rosebowl - for Leadership and Dedication to Sport Finalists - Laila Beckman, Hannah Dillon, Annie Robinson Millie Cooper - Service to Sport Finalists - Rebecca Crutchley, Anna Dooley, Gemma Zust

Annie Robinson

Gemma Zust

Hiatt Cup for Outstanding Sporting Achievement Alicia Forbes Finalists - Alicia Forbes, Kirsty Paterson, Annie Robinson, Tiffany Robertson Reeves Trophy for Sportswoman of the Year Anna Scarlett Finalists - Alicia Forbes, Annie Robinson, Kate Saunders, Anna Scarlett The St Margaret's

Netball

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in Sport

Kate Saunders

Lucy Stockton Georgie Meredith Rosie Todhunter Charlotte Nell Annabel Chambers Beth Lawson Alicia Forbes

Skiing Snowboarding Swimming Tennis Volleyball

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ENIOR PRIZE LIST

Year 9 Prizes 2000

Hana Abbot

Progress in Chinese

Josie Benny

Achievement in Dance

Claire Boustred

Achievement in Drama (1/2 year Course)

Charlotte Bradshaw

Progress in Drama

Gabrielle Corn

Progress in Social Science

Penny Dalziel

Contribution to Religious Education

Laura Fairbairn

Progress in English

Hannah Franklin

Achievement in French

Sophie Gibbons

Achievement in Chinese

Nicola Green

Achievement in Music

Progress in Health

Cassie Irving

Progress in Mathematics

Yu-San Kang

Achievement in Consumer Economics

Michelle Liu

Achievement in Japanese

Olivia Pickard

Progress in Consumer Economics

Rebecca Pierce

Progress in Dance

Progress in Art

Jennifer Read

Progress in Technology

Nicola Robson

Achievement in Mathematics Achievement in Physical Education Achievement in Social Science Progress in Science

Lucy Rutherford

Achievement in Art

Amy Satterthwaite

Achievement in Technology Contribution to Religious Education

Lauren Smith

Achievement in English Achievement in Science Progress In Japanese

Philippa Smith

Achievement in Drama

Rachel Smith

Progress in Physical Education

Bo Springford

Progress in French

Jennisie Tilper

Toomer Trophy for Junior Speech Competition

Virginia Timperley

Progress in Drama (1/2 year course)

Sarah Watson

Achievement in Literacy

Lucy Woodley

Achievement in Health Year 10 Prizes 2000

Emily Acland

Achievement in Economics Progress in Physical Education

Lisa Bamfield

Progress in Economics

Natasha Barnes

Achievement in Art

Charlotte Baxter

Achievement in Social Science

Monique Chilton

Achievement in Literacy

Qian Yi Chuah

Achievement in Biotechnology

Sua Cho

Progress in Graphics

Laura Coll

Progress in Japanese

Rebecca Craigie

Achievement in Mathematics

Progress in Mathematics

Achievement in English Natalie Gibson

Progress in Social Science

Vanessa Hartnell

Achievement in Health

Mychelle Hellmann

Achievement in Information Processing

Rachel Heta

Progress in French

Progress in Science

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Na Rang Jung

Achievement of French

Leilani Krans

Progress in Art (Joint)

Jacqueline Lee

Progress in Art (Joint)

Samantha Lovie

Progress in Food Technology

Hannah Maher

Progress in Biotechnology

Emma Matson

Achievement in Dance

Progress in Information and Communication Technology

Achievement in Food Technology Contribution to Religious Education Georgie Meredith Shae Morris

Progress in Information Processing Progress in Dance Progress in Health

Amanda Murray

Achievement in Physical Education Achievement in Science

Rhiannon Newman

Contribution to Religious Education

Josephine Powell-Thomas

Achievement in Electronics and Control Technology Achievement in Graphics

Zoe Rattray

Achievement in Information and Communication Technology

Annabelle Roake

Progress in English

Alex Watson

Progress in Electronics and Control Technology

Leon Yu

Achievement in Japanese

Year 11 Prizes 2000 Emily Acland (Year 10)

Achievement in Geography

Shelley Bates

Progress in Mathematics

Kate Bardsdley

Achievement in Lifeskills

Natasha Barnes (Year 10)

Achievement in Science

Charlotte Campbell

Achievement in Mathematics Applied

Mindy Choi

Joanna Peat Memorial Cup for Improvement in Japanese

Qian Yi Chuah (Year 10)

Achievement in Music

Anneke Cockerell

Belinda Thompson Cup for Achievement in Chemistry NZ Institute of Physics Prize Achievement in Graphics

Jessica Ellerm

Gosset Cup for Public Speaking

Olivia Fry

Progress in English

Alexandra Gallagher

Fiona Dowie Cup for Most Improvement in Debating

Pieta Gray

Achievement in English

Yi Rang Jung

Achievement in Mathematics

Lisa Kim

Achievement in Japanese

Elise Purcell

Achievement in Art

Jenna Rennie

Progress in Physical Education (Joint)

Major Levy Cup for History Achievement in Extension English

Josephine Rout

Achievement in Human Biology

Catherine Rutherford

Achievement in French

Natalie Rose Rutherford

Progress in Geography

Sophie Tapper

Progress in Science

Annisha Vasutavan

Achievement in Chinese

Claudia Vavasour

Achievement in Food & Nutrition

Aimee Waring

Achievement in Information Processing

Ursula Wiig

Achievement in Physical Education

Katherine Wylie

Achievement in Economics Progress in Physical Education (Joint)

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Year 12 Prizes 2000 Sumin Ahn

Laura Martin Cup for Achievement in Chemistry(Joint) Edwards Cup for English

Gemma Aitken

Achievement in Classical Studies

Hannah Aubrey

Achievement in Mathematics with Applications

Anneke Cockerell (Year 11)

Achievement in Mathematics

Phoebe Gibbons

Achievement in Chinese Achievement in French Penney Cup for Achievement in History

Beth Glasson

Sarah Fell Cup for Photography

Emma Goslin

Progress in Music

Kathryn Haworth

Achievement in Performance Drama

Mr Hallum's Cup for Individual Excellence in Art Mills Cup for Achievement in Geography Kathryn Kleis

Alabaster Cup for Achievement in Home Economics (Food Tech & Nutrition)

Sarah Letham

Miss Edgar's Cup for Art

Vivian Lu

Achievement in Japanese

Alice McElrea

Achievement in Physical Education

Sarah Murphy

Dance Trophy for Achievement in Dance

Megan O'Neill

Achievement in Life Skills

Lisa Reynolds

McGibbon Cup for Achievement in Biology (Joint)

Felicity Roake

Achievement in Graphics Laura Martin Cup for Achievement in Cherr;'"'t,Y (Joint) Mann Prize for Achievement in Physics

Eve Sinclair-Thomson

Achievement in History of Art

Sarah Timoney

Achievement in Design

Jenni Tindale

Dorothy Robinson Cup for Computer Stud.~~

Andrea van Schreven

McGibbon Cup for Achievement in Biolog

Catherine Wall

Eric Wills Memorial Prize for Accounting Storrey Essay Cup for Creative Writing

Joy Weston-Arnold

Eric Wills Memorial Prize for Economics

Brooke Williams & Stephanie Walker (Year 13)

Corder Cup for Orama (Joint)

Caroline Hornibrook

Dance Trohpy (Joint)

Beth Lawson (Year 13) Year 13 Prizes 2000 Victoria Anderson

Austin Cup for Achievement in Biology

Morag Ayers

NZ China Friendship Society Award

Melissa Banks

Achievement in Computer Technology Achievement in Photography

Melanie Burr

Cooper Debating Cup

Owan-Ling Chew

Taylor Prize for Achievement in Accountin-· Eric Wills Memorial Prize for Achievement , Economics Lincoln University Commerce Award

Libby Crawford

Old Girls' Association Prize for AchievemE t in I t

Charlotte Gardner

Ac ievement in Graphics

Rebecca Hyde

Achievement in Food Technology

Vivian Lu (Y12)

Hoy Cup for Achievement in Mathematics tith Cale.

April Mackenzie Natalie Perret

Stock Cup for Achievement in Geography Achievement in Chinese

Abby Radford

Achievement in Classical Studies

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Achievement in Mathematics with Statistics Achievement in Physics

Lara Rennie

Larcombe Cup for Achievement in French Corsbie Cup for Achievement in Chemistry WOGA Cup for Achievement in English Roy Smith Cup for Achievement in History (Joint) Waltenburg Cup for Achievement in Japanese

Jessica Ritchie

Achievement in Art History Roy Smith Cup for Achievement in History (Joint) Myers' Cup for Public Speaking Tiffany Robertson

Achievement in Design

Josephine Scandrett

Achievement in Sculpture

Anna Scarlett

Achievement in Physical Education

Rebecca Yule

Award for Outstanding Progress

Georgina Bowker

Award for Service to the Library (Joint)

Service Awards Kelly Duffy

Award for Service to the Library (Joint)

Jane Allison

St Margaret's Award for Service to School and Community

Carron Aldridge

Thacker Sacristan's Cup "Poutama lti a Hato Makere" - the Artistic

Brooke Williams

Trophy given for Ability, Performance, Leadership and Spirituality in the Arts Cilarlotte Nell

Choristers' Prize

Lara Rennie

Stokes Cup for Service to School Music

Stephanie Walker

Nicola Dodwell Cup for contribution to Choral Music

Alice Grant

Martin Cup for Musical Performance

Samantha Sii

Award for Head of Orchestra

Gemma Zust

Mollie Copper Award for Service to School Sport PTA Award for Head of the Boarding House

Victoria Anderson

Award for Head of Choir St Margaret's College Award for Head Girl

Libby Crawford

Boarding House For a positive contribution to the Boarding House Laura Fairbairn

Year 9 Miller Prize

Leilani Krans

Year 9 Ashburton Old Girls' Prize for best all-round Junior Boarder

Sophie Wigley

Year 10

Sutherland Cup

Annabel Gardner

Year 11

Julius Prize

Alice McElrea

Year 12

Wendy Nicholls Memorial Trophy

Charlotte Gardner

Year 13

Bradley/Zina Cup

The Bates House Cup Rata

Major Awards Polly Douglas

Marlene Bell Cup for Best All-round Year 12 Student

Jessica Ritchie

MacBrayne Cup and Medal for Proxime Accessitrunner-up to Dux

Lara Rennie

The Virginia Christie Cup for the Dux of St Margaret's

Victoria Anderson & Libby Crawford

The St Margaret's Cup for the Senior Student who, in all aspects of school life, most clearly expresses the spirit of St Margaret's College (Joint)

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