2022 SMC Yearbook

2022 The Year in Review Take Flight

Contents School

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Executive Principal’s Report 4 Chairperson’s Report 6 PFA Report 7 Old Girls’ Association 8 Descendants of Old Girls 9 Foundation Report 10 Staff List 12 Staff Photo 14 Chaplain’s Report 16 Archives 17 Head & Deputy Head Prefect 18 Bicultural Te Amokura 20 Academic 20 Chapel 21 Community Relations 21 Environment 22 Global Relations 22 Junior School 23 Middle School 23 Senior School 24 Service 24 Wellbeing 25 Duke of Edinburgh Award 27 EGG 28

Boarding

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Boarding Report Julius Kilburn & Cranmer

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Academic

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Junior Prize-giving 38 Middle Prize-giving 39 Senior Prize-giving 42 Academic Review 48 Library & Study Centre 50 Centre for Innovation 52 Science 54 Languages 55 Mathematics 56 English 57 Debating 58 Myers’ Cup 59 Creative Writing 60 Physical Education & Health 61 Humanities & Social Sciences 62 Creative Technologies 63 Learning Enhancement 64 Future Problem Solving 65 Dance 66

Drama Music Visual Art

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Junior School

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Pre-School New Entrant Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Junior Sport

80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88

Middle School

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7ENSS 8ENSS Year 7 Camp Year 8 Camp SMC Challenge Year 8 Year 9 Camp Rite Journey Aspirational Programme

92 93 94 95 96 97 98 100

Senior School

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Year 11 Wellbeing Day 104 Year 11 PE Tramp 105 Year 12 IB Camp 106 Year 12 PE Camp 107 Year 12 LEAP Snow Camp 108 Geography Field Trip 109 Year 13 PE/LEAP Surf Camp 110 International Club 111 Semi Formal 112 Senior Ball 113

Houses

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Kōnini Kōwhai Mānuka Matipo Rātā Rimu

116 116 117 117 118 118

The Arts

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Arts Overview Arts Council Dance Drama Music Little Women Rainbows Ending

122 126 127 130 133 138 140

Junior Arts & Production Visual Art Arts groups Arts Awards Theatre Dance Academy

142 144 146 153 154

Biculturalism

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Mātauranga Māori

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Sport

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Director of Sport’s Report Sports Captains’ Report Athletics Badminton Basketball Climbing Cricket Cycling Cross Country Equestrian Football Korfball Hockey Orienteering Lifesaving Polo Netball Rowing Rugby Sevens Skiing Swimming Tramping Tennis Touch Volleyball Water Polo Winter Quad Coach profiles Sports Awards Sports teams

162 163 164 164 165 165 166 166 167 167 168 168 169 170 170 170 171 172 172 173 173 174 174 175 175 176 176 177 178 182

Photos

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Pre-School photo 192 Junior School photos 192 Middle School photos 194 Senior School photos 200 Year 13 profiles 206 Student Leadership 2022 220 Student Leadership photo 221 Year 13 Class of 2022 222

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Executive Principal’s report Life can be hard for an individual. The periods of isolation we endured during this pandemic era forced many of us inwards, spending an inordinate amount of time on our own, which is not a natural place for humans to be. Humans are social creatures. Neuroscientists say we are hardwired to connect to one another. We need stimulation, company, play, drama, and interaction to stay happy.

That is why many species don’t go it alone.

Instead, they come together in groups that can range from a few individuals to a dozen to hundreds. Once they’re formed, these groups become like superorganisms with collective behaviour that responds to threats and stimuli.

They can even develop new senses that no one individual member possesses.

On and off since 2020, we lost the opportunity to connect personally with others, yet this almanac will demonstrate visually the strength of

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connection that continues to be a hallmark of the St Margaret’s College community.

Collective behaviour is all around us. We see fish schools, animal herds, and bird flocks. As a macro organism, they share information, they defend themselves against predators (it is hard to target one when they are all moving together), they adjust as a group if conditions change, they know where they are and where they need to go, they navigate together and find their way.

We can look at the biological behaviour of other living entities, like fish or sheep, to understand how ‘flocking together’ allows birds to undertake marathon migrations and exhibit greater scheduling and routing capabilities than each bird can do alone. The means by which this extra capacity is achieved can tell us a lot about the importance of connection.

Each flockmate is aligned with and responsive to those flockmates in their immediate vicinity,

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as well as being appropriately separate from those same flockmates. Each individual team member needs to be attuned to the needs and interests of others in the common project, yet not interfere with nor obstruct them.

Humans are, of course, much more complex in their social arrangements than bird colonies, but we now understand that the principle of paying close attention to the needs and capacities of each other is valuable. We can fly farther and more efficiently together than we can alone.

Young people who are practised in paying close attention to those around them, those who have a disposition to contribute their well-developed skills and capacities for the better functioning of all, are those who are likely to learn, live and lead well, especially in the face of the unknown or navigating life’s inevitable challenges.

The last three years have provided a perfect test case to support both the benefits of connection

and the detrimental effects of isolation. It is this very world into which our girls will emerge; a world that will require the sort of thinking that sees problems as everybody’s problems. Not just critical and creative thinking, but the ability to work together, to be connected.

As we reflect on 2022, and then look ahead with anticipation to the coming new year, may we take comfort in being part of the SMC flock, discovering our own flight path while cruising together at altitude, and loving that every contribution to this box of birds is one that makes a positive difference.

Rere i runga i te aroha.

Fly on with love.

Diana Patchett – Executive Principal

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been immense and her broad expertise has Chairperson’s Report has seen her serve on our Compliance, Finance and St Margaret’s College has continued our long tradition of academic, sporting and cultural achievements this year; something that we can all be proud of. Our strong reputation, combined with small class sizes, modern campus facilities and commitment to continual improvement have been maintained.

It is my pleasure to highlight just some of the successes we have had in 2022. We were proactive in developing our Foundation Diploma, stepping away from Level 1 NCEA to create a fit for purpose programme that has academic rigour and enables our girls to advance seamlessly into their preferred academic pathways of NCEA or International Baccalaureate. We are well ahead of other schools in this area as was recognised by an invitation to present at the upcoming Asia Pacific Summit on Girls’ Education.

Our Junior School has developed a strong reputation in leading structured literacy, with educators from around the country visiting to see our teaching team in action. We have introduced a Middle School careers pilot to ignite and inspire ideas and opportunities for future pathways and our Aspiring programme continues to challenge girls across these important developmental years.

We are proud that over 90% of our girls participated in sports at SMC, producing numerous national finalists and international representatives. To be on the podium for hockey, netball, rowing, tennis, as well debating, Ethics Olympiad, Future Problem Solving and Shakespeare is an extraordinary feat. Our growth areas of cricket, contemporary music and dance, football, rugby and volleyball continue to develop the array of talent we have here at SMC. It has certainly been a busy year and, as always, we owe a great deal of gratitude to many people.

We have staff who consistently go above and beyond their normal duties and many volunteers, including our Parents and Friends Association, Old Girls’ Association and Foundation, who give freely of their time and efforts to support SMC. The Board would like to thank Diana Patchett and the wider team for their work to provide holistic education and a wealth of co-curricular opportunities, to grow well-rounded individuals and nurture each girl’s unique strengths.

I would like to personally acknowledge and recognise the efforts of my fellow Board members for their skill and dedication over the past year, with special mention and thanks to Vicki Green who is retiring from the Board after seven years. Vicki’s contribution to the Board

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Property sub-committees during her tenure.

This year we were fortunate to welcome two new Board members, Melanie Muirson and Tim Rookes, who bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the Board table.

The Board shares the community desire to maintain and improve the academic, cultural, sporting and personal opportunities available to the girls at SMC, understanding and responding to their development over the course of their time with us while enhancing the warm big-sister-little-sister relationships.

We are also proud of the College initiatives undertaken in support of our Sustainability Charter,including plans to maintain and improve our social and community connections, this year’s propagation of 6,000 native plants and trees, as well as greater efficiencies being realised in power and waste on campus. The SMC community has generously supported the work of UNICEF (Solomon Islands) and Dignity NZ through our own Educating Girls Globally charity, as well as contributions to the Christchurch City Mission, Red Cross and Cancer Society.

Our strategy is focused on providing continuous improvement to our campus. Our goal is to provide a leading, future fit for purpose environment for our girls and staff. Our brand new playground is underway, as well as the renovation of our Kilburn boarding house and upgrade of our swimming pool.

We are intent on reigniting our successful exchanges and special trips as we move out of Covid constraints. Following our national success in Future Problem Solving, we will send a team to the international competition in Massachusetts, USA. We look forward to our reciprocal rowing exchange with St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School (Brisbane), as well as an inaugural cultural, language and service exchange with Lycée Samual Raapoto in Tahiti.

The Trust Board’s governance role is to ensure SMC is financially sustainable whilst providing the very best possible education for our girls now and into the future. Our focus is always to respect our heritage, while ensuring our present and future girls are the core reason for existence and that SMC aspires to be the most sought after girls’ school, for what our girls become and what they contribute to the world.

On behalf of the Board, we thank you for your continued support of SMC. Di Humphries, Chairperson

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The Parents’ and Friends’ Association The PFA exists to support the vision of the school, build connectivity across the parent community and enhance opportunities for the girls by allocating resources using our PFA membership fund. 2022 has been a year of consolidation after the chaos of the previous two years. Our Father/Daughter Breakfasts that we host throughout the year are always popular and it is always heart-warming to see the connection between the girls and their fathers, as well as being able to offer a space for the fathers to connect with each other. Thank you to all of you who have supported these events.

our first student application from Harriet Frye in Year 12 who made an application to offer a scholarship to a Year 11 or 12 student to attend an 8 day Outward Bound course. Thank you Harriet for leading the way.

We always appreciate any chance to meet families and the Autumn Barbeque was a great opportunity to do this while staying warm roasting marshmallows. What a relief it was to finally be able to meet again on school grounds and share in the life of our College. It is our hope that 2023 will bring more opportunities to extend our hospitality and manaakitanga to all of the SMC families.

> Creative Technologies: Circuit Maker and Laser cutter.

We welcome any opportunity to build on our good relationship with the staff and have enjoyed several presentations various staff have given to our meetings on different aspects of the life of the College. One of the highlights of our year was visiting the Centre of Innovation where the staff enthusiastically demonstrated the equipment that the PFA has funded over the last few years and encouraged us to try it out ourselves. We certainly were inspired by what we experienced that evening and the concepts being taught to the girls; future-focussed teaching and learning at its best.

Part of what we have encouraged this year is for not only staff but also parents and students to apply for funding. We were happy to approve

The 2022 funds were spent across the school: > Junior School LECK (Learning Enhancement): Jellybean Tables. > Junior School (Years 1-3) Structured Literacy Resources. > Boarding School: Outdoor furniture: tables and bean bags.

> Science: Veneer Data Logger. > Music: Sound console (studio and outside), Electric drum kit, guitar amp and foot pedal. > Outside Picnic tables. > Scholarship to Outward Bound.

As we come to the end of 2022 I would like to acknowledge the PFA committee; a steady and reliable team who have been a great help in steering the PFA waka this year. In particular I am appreciative for the support of our secretary, Shelley Joe and our Treasurer, Nyari Manenge, both new to these roles this year.

I would also like to acknowledge the unwavering leadership of the SMC Board, the Executive Principal and the Executive Team as well as all the teaching staff who have guided our girls through another year. Lastly I’d like to acknowledge all of you, the SMC parent community, who have managed to guide our families through another year; the PFA wishes you all the very best well-deserved summer break.

Jacinda Gilligan – PFA President

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St Margaret’s College Old Girls’ Association After a couple of years of uncertainty we, the Old Girls’ Association, were pleased with a year full of our customary events, although we still faced ongoing challenges due to the pandemic.

As the year draws to a close, we are excited to once again be hosting a traditional Year 13 Leavers’ Ball. A time to celebrate the girls’ overcoming the past disruptive years and reflect on their resilience and determination to finish their schooling with grace – learning many valuable life skills along the way.

As an Old Girls’ Association this year we were able to connect with Old Girls across the country at various events. These are wonderful opportunities to reconnect and most importantly for our younger members, to gain the skill of networking. The Margarita events in conjunction with the Christ’s College Young Old Boys are always popular for girls who have left school in the last ten years. Cranmer ladies’ gatherings continue to attract older members to the annual luncheon, chapel and assembly.

We were lucky enough to also host our ‘hybrid’ reunion weekend, combining the 2021 and 2022

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reunion groups for three days full of laughter, food, and good times. A weekend we hope to continue without hindrance next year and the years to come.

For our 2022 leavers, you may not feel like it yet, but remember you are now officially an Old Girl.

We encourage you all to get involved with events no matter where you may end up in the country (or overseas!). The friendships that you make at school will last a lifetime and our role as your Old Girls’ Association is to help you maintain those connections with each other and with the school. We believe our refreshed mission statement reflects this: Nurturing connections – past, present and future.

On behalf of your committee we wish you every success for 2023 wherever your journey takes you. Have a safe and happy Christmas and New Years.

Bella Forbes – President

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Descendants of Old Girls Front Row: Henrietta Aynsley (Gisele Aynsley), Evie Johnson (Loma Luney, Christena Johnson), Sydney Hall (Alison Dendle, Myrle Corrick, Anna Hall), Anjali Morar (Jennifer Jenkins, Yvonne Jenkins), Georgia Lacey (Natasha Burrell, Phoebe Steele), Holly Jamison (Sue Jamison), Amiria Baldwin-Smith (Veronica Baldwin, Elanor Baldwin), Pamela Cooke (Amber Cooke), Harriet Gough (Pen Munns, Lesley Glasson, Amy Dixon, Gina Gough), Peata Baldwin-Smith (Veronica Baldwin, Elanor Baldwin), Maddie Mackie (Lucy Faull, Olivia Faull, Alice Faull), Annabelle March (Jeanette March), Eden Hughes (Lucy Thomson), Florence Cooke (Amber Cooke), Isla Hughes (Lucy Thomson), Maisie Diver (Julie Diver, Jane Diver), Portia Ferguson (Deborah Smith), Jemima Huston (Sophie Scandrett, Hilary Ackroyd, Nancy Price, Lucy Scandrett, Josie Scandrett), Holly Davidson (Melissa Warrington, Emma Warrington), Elise Sherratt (Julianna Stewart, Eileen Birdling), Katherine Nichols (Virginia Christie, Elizabeth Christie), Cece Acland (Sara Sutherland) Second Row: Emma Mason (Lorelei Mason), Josie Seymour (Julie Dawson, Sue Dawson), Zoe Smith (Penny Cope), Isabella Bullen (Diana Hope, Anna Luisetti, Sara Hope, Sara Hope, Tonia Spang), Georgina House (Angela Stock, Susannah Stock), Emma Graham (Margaret Wilson, Sally Graham), Ellie Rogers (Jocelyn Robinson, Lisa Rogers, Amy Robens), Elysie Calder (Rebecca Cockram, Wendy Gray, Wendy Mauger, Nonie Thompson, Emma Calder, Penelope Calder), Lucille Smail (Annabel Verity, Andrea Twyneham, Leonie Little, Annabel Phillips), Lucy Lewis (Ngaio Lewis, Maia Lewis), Harriet Pinfold (Sybil Johnson, Mary Pinfold, Julie Pinfold), Lucy Butterfield (Toni Inwood), Lulu Pearse (Sarah Pearse), Lily Keenan (Emma Bradley, Christine Percival), Isobella Blakely (Jacqui Laney, Rebecca Laney, Charlotte Laney), Ruby Cookeson (Maureen Godard), Maddie Morris (Kirsti Lovie, Samantha Lovie), Evie Blakely (Jacqui Laney, Rebecca Laney, Charlotte Laney), Lily Ballin (Miranda Astley, Lanie Astley, Pieta Astley), Holly Griffin (Philippa Douglas), Maddison Elstob (Micky McIntosh) Third Row: Eva Lamb (Sarah Rusbridge), Milie Bocock (Francis Godfrey), Ella Drummond (Martha Ackroyd), Lucy Brown (Christena Johnson, Loma Luney), Lily Petrowski (Rosie Lawrence), Amelia Howe (Billie Waldon), Lucie Dean (Peri Richards, Enid Stone), Lily Beaven (Erin Davies), Tilly Rookes (Victoria Clouston, Lucinda Clouston), Neve Ballin (Miranda Astley, Lanie Astley, Pieta Astley), Harley McVicar (Kristen Stewart, Pieter McKenzie, Myken Stewart, Anneke Stewart), Niamh Jackson (Emma Irving, Janet Sandston), Georgia Marchant (Amanda McBeath, Rosemary Woods, Lettie Hervey), Maddie Pfahlert (Victoria Maling, Hannah Maling), Lilliana Murray-Orr (Alison Dendle), Molly Holland (Susan Lance), Tara Morgan (Emma-Jane Berry), Lucie Davis (Alicia Forbes), Emily Griffin (Philippa Douglas), Molly Walker (Suzanne Chapman, Charlotte Walker) Back Row: Frankie Martin (Kate De Castro), Tess Morgan (Emma-Jane Berry), Lucy Paterson (Kylie Saunders), Bea McGlashen (Dee Campbell, Rachael Campbell), Scarlett Austin (Vanessa Leeming), Charlotte Brown (Christena Johnson, Loma Luney), Lily Abbiss (Rachel Cooper), Maggie Hamilton (Megan Greenwood), Jemima Jackson (Shelly Cridge), Emma Scott (Rebecca Scott), Audrey Gibbons (Victoria Halliburton), Eve Tayler (Charlotte Rebbeck, Lizzie Rebbeck, Sophie Rebbeck), Annabel Scott (Henrietta Hilgendorf, Charlotte Hilgendorf, Prudence Hilgendorf), Poppy Blakely (Jessica Bradbury, Vivien Harris, Isobel Wright, Hannah Blakely, Emma Bradbury, Jacqui Laney), Rosa Turner (Caroline Borrie, Lucy Borrie, Belinda Borrie), Amalia Shand (Mandy Sutherland), Margo Pattie (Susan Pattie, Nicola Pattie), India Broomhall (Belinda Young, Lynette Vowles, Betty Read, Jennifer Vowles) Key: Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Aunt

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St Margaret’s College Foundation Report The St Margaret’s College Foundation Board has spent the last 12 years delivering positive outcomes and building a solid infrastructure to ensure it supports SMC both now and for generations to come. Our vision is to create a legacy for the future through relationship building, and the management and prudent investment of gifts and donations from our College community. As we look to the future, our call to action and purpose has never been greater.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our 2022 donors and supporters for their partnership in advancing the mission of the Foundation. The outpouring of generosity from our SMC community is a true reflection of our shared appreciation for our College.

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There are so many people to thank. Our generous annual appeal donors, our regular givers, the corporate community, and the many volunteers who give up their time to help SMC. Thank you also goes to our Foundation Board of Cindy McEwan, Ingrid Taylor, Greg Anderson, Diana Patchett and Fionn Moore.

In August, after a rigorous recruitment process, we welcomed Erin Reeve to the role of Foundation Manager. As a Board we are excited about the enthusiasm, passion and extensive experience she brings to the Foundation. We also welcome a new Trustee, Martin Cudd, and we are looking forward to him joining our Board in 2023.

2023 is shaping up to be a big year for the Foundation. By encouraging a culture and tradition of generosity, we are committed to supporting the College to realise its vision – to create empathetic, confident and connected global citizens, who strive to make a positive difference.

Throughout 2023 we look forward to many opportunities to engage with the College community as we continue to build an endowment fund to provide future opportunities for girls to attend SMC. On behalf of the Foundation Trust Board, thank you for your support in 2022.

Nick Pfahlert – Foundation Board Chair

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Staff List Leadership Exective Principal

Mrs Diana Patchett; MEdSt, BSc, DipEd, MACEL

Associate Principal Ms Jennie Nairn;

MEdL, Dip PE, Dip Tchg

Head of Senior School Ms Sian Evans;

BA(Hons), Dip Tchg, CELTA

Head of Middle School

Ms Kathryn Gray; Dip Tchg, BEd

Head of Junior School

Mrs Bridget Compton-Moen;

Deputy Heads of School Deputy Head of Senior School (Academic) Mr Grant Belcher; BA (Hons), Dip Tchg

Deputy Head of Senior School (Student Care & Experiences) Mr James Evans; BA, BTchg, DipGrad (Christian Thought)

Deputy Head of Middle School Ms Lisa Williams; BPhEd (Otago), Dip Tchg

Heads of Faculty Mr Callum Arnold; MFA, BFA Hons, Dip Tchg; HOF Visual Art

Ms Catherine Bell;

BA Post Grad Dip Ed, Certificate in Gifted E

Dip Tchg, PGDipED (LitEd) Dist; Head of Learning Enhancement, English

Chaplain

Ms Julia Smith;

Mrs Liz Baynes; BCOUNS

Mrs Kate Gardner;

Ms Audrey Campbell;

Med, BN, RCPN, Certificate in Counselling, MNZAC

Deans Mrs Paula Vesty; BSc (PE), Dip Tchg; Physical Education Dean – Year 13

Mrs Caroline Price; BA, Hons Textile Design, PGCE Art and Design, CL Materials Technology Dean – Year 12

Mrs Helen MacDonald; MA (Hons); History, Social Science Dean – Year 11

Ms Sarena Harrison; Adv Dip Exultant Music, Dip Tchg; CL Middle School Performing Arts Dean – Year 10

Dr Sarah Hickford;

Rev Stephanie Clay;

BPhEd, Dip Tchg; HOF Physical Education

Dr Stefanie Hossbach;

Miss Nicole Lloyd;

Director of Community Relations

PhD, MA, Dip Tchg; IB French, French, IB German, HOF Languages

Ms Jane Lougher;

Mrs Trudy Keys;

Director of Pre-School

NDBE, Dip Tchg, Dip Business Studies; Digital Technology, HOF Creative Technology

BA (Hons)

Ms Sarah Bradley;

B Tchg & Lrng (Primary), Dip Tchg (ECE)

Ms Deborah Matheson; BA, PGDip Guidance, Dip Tchg, CELTA; HOF English

Ms Stacey Rod;

BCom, Dip Tchg; Year 7 ENSS, Mathematics Dean – Year 7 & 8

Teaching Staff Mr Graham Adams; BA, Dip Tchg; French

Mr Darren Atkin; BSc (Hons), MSc, Dip Tchg, KOTRT; CL Physics, Science

Mrs Justine Baker-Sherman;

General Manager – Business Director

BSc, Dip Tchg; Biology, Science, HOF Science

BA (Hons), CA

Ms Tamara Lerios;

Mrs Rachel Bates;

B.Ed Mathematics (Wits); HOF Mathematics

BSc(Hons), Dip Tchg; Maths

Miss Hannah Beatson;

Mr Chris Walker;

BSpLS and Grad Dip TchgLn; Physical Education (Parental Leave)

Mr Fionn Moore;

Director of ICT

Mr Brian Woods;

NZCB, NDip Bus, DBEd, Dip Tchg; Cert Mgt; Economics, Information Technology

Director of Boarding & International Ms Deanne Gath

Human Resources Manager Ms Belinda Cuzens; BA

BA (Hons), Dip Tchg; History, ENSS, CAS, HOF Humanities and Social Sciences

Ms Amanda Woods; MEd Admin (Hons), BMus, Dip Tchg; HOF Performing Arts

BEd, Dip Tchg; Years 7-8 ENSS

Miss Sophie Beaumont; BA, Dip Tchg; English, ENSS, EPIC

Ms Tracey Blair;

IB Coordinator

Grad Dip Tchg & Lrng, B. Design; DVC

BA, MSc,Dip Tchg; Mathematics

Ms Michelle Brennan;

Ms Beth Rouse;

Career Pathways Advisor & Facilitator Ms Jenni McLaughlin; BA, Dip Tchg, PGCE (Careers Ed); Careers, LifeSkills, TIC Debating

College Nurse

Mrs Amanda South; RCPN

Mrs Michele Callaghan; Advanced Dip Tchg; Junior Year 2

BA, BSc, MSc (Hons), PhD, LTCL, Grad Dip Tchg; IB Music, Music, Chemistry Dean – Year 9

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Counsellor

BSc, BCom, Dip Tchg; Science

Ms Candice Cain; BDance, Dip Tchg; Curriculum Leader of Dance

BEd (Hons), PGDip Tchg (Primary), PGCert Digital Tech; Centre for Innovation

Ms Nikki Campbell; Dip Fine Art, Dip Secondary Tchg; Materials Technology

Miss Claudia Carreno; BA, Dip Tchg; IB Spanish, CL Spanish

Ms Leanne Chambers; BEd PE, Dip Tchg; Middle School CL Health & PE

Dr Anna Chapman; BSc (Hons), PhD, Dip Tchg; Science, Biology, Chemistry

Mrs Sandra Chapman; BEd, Dip Tchg, Junior Year 5 (Term 1-2)

Mrs Jian Chen;

Mrs Samantha Fazio-Smith;

BSc, Dip Tchg; CL Geography, Social Science

Mr Alex Fraser;

Languages – Chinese (Term 3-4)

Ms Hannah Gallagher;

BA (Hons), Dip Tchg; Social Science, EPIC, Event Management

Ms Kirsten Gill;

Food Technician

Mrs Elspeth Godfrey-Chatterton;

BA, Dip Tchg; Year 7 ENSS, Maths, Science

Miss Stacy May Goldsworthy;

B Tch (ECE), Performing Arts, Dance

Ms Estelle Gomard;

MA Dip Tchg; French Assistant

Ms Amanda Hardy;

MSC, Dip Tchg; IB Chinese, Chinese (Term 1-3)

BPhEd, Dip Tchg; Science, Health & Physical Education, EPIC

Ms Linda Chong;

Mrs Fiona Hartland;

BPhEd, Dip Tchg, PGCert Digital Tech; HOF Centre for Innovation

Mr Byron Clarke; BA (Joint Hons), PGCE, TEFLA; English, Theory of Knowledge, CAS

Mrs Kathryn Coakley; NZCS, NZ DipSS, Dip Tchg; CL Chemistry, Science

Ms Ruve Crawford; BFA, Dip Tchg; Design, IB Visual Art, CL Design

Ms Gemma Davidson; BCom, Dip Tchg; CL Accounting, Business Studies, Social Science

Mrs Angela Demaine; BA, Dip Tchg; IB English, English

Mrs Paulette Double; Dip Tchg; Junior Year 5

Miss Nicki Douglas; Dip Tchg; Junior New Entrant & Year 1

Mrs Andrea Drayton; BCM, Dip Tchg; Economics, Business Studies

Miss Holly Easton; BA Hons, MA, PGDip Tchg; ENSS, Social Science, Classics

Mrs Jennifer Eastwick; BTchLn (Primary); New Entrant (Term 1-2)

Miss Kim Englebretson;

Ms Holly Caird;

BSc, Dip Tchg; Science

MEd, BCApSc, Grad Dip Tchg & Lrng, PGCert Digital & Collaborative Learning, CL Food & Nutrition

BA, Dip Tchg; EPIC, History, Social Science, RE

Miss Gabby Farrar-De Wagt;

BEd PE, Dip Tchg, Dip HR Management, TEFL; ELL, Spanish

Mrs Megan Herd;

BA, Dip Tchg; Drama and Theatre Arts

Miss Emily Hesseltine (nee Vincent); BA, Dip Tchg, MEd

Mrs Sophie Huston

(BDes Interior Architecture, Christchurch Polytechnic, DipTchg, NZGSE)

Mr Gavin Leighton;

MEd, BSc, Dip PED, Dip Teaching; Chemistry, Science

Ms Christal Leung;

Bsc, Dip Tchg; Mathematics

Ms Julie Lewis;

Dip Tchg – Primary, BTchLrn (Term 3-4)

Mrs Betsy Macdonald;

Bsc, Dip Tchg; Mathematics

Mrs Lucy Mackie;

BFA, Grad Dip Tchg: Art, Photography

Ms Jenny May;

BA (Hons), MA (Oxon), Dip Tchg; English (Parental Leave)

Mr Keith McDonnell; BSc (Hons), PGCE; Mathematics

Ms Jana McNaught;

BA, Dip Tchg; CL DVC Technology (Parental Leave)

Mrs Sinead Mitchell;

BA (Hons) QTS; Mathematics

Ms Helen Moran;

BA, Dip Tchg, Postgraduate Diploma in Bilingual Education; Te Reo Māori

Ms Amy O’Loughlin; BE (Hons), Pg Dip Tchg; Physics, Science

Pre-School

Mrs Vickie Ward;

Ms Shannon Barker;

BA; Archivist, Library and Study Centre Assistant

BPhEd (Hons), Dip Tchg; Health & PE

Ms Emily-Kate Henderson;

Mrs Carolyn Robinson;

Miss Tessa Karati Miss Paige Mackay;

After School Care / Holiday Programme

BA (Hons), Dip Teaching

Mrs Karen Paterson;

BSc, M Ed L, Dip Tchg; Mathematics

Ms Sarah Reid; BA, BCom, GDipTchLn; English

Mrs Betsy Ryan; BA, Dip Tchg; Year 5

Mr John Schreurs; BSc (Hons), Dip Tchg, Dip Ed Leadership; Mathematics

Ms Deborah Scott; BSc, Postgrad Dip Science, Dip Tchg; Biology, Science

Mrs Julie Seymour; BEd, Dip Tchg, Level 2 Fitness Cert; Physical Education

Mrs Wendy Shannahan; BEd PE, Dip Tchg; Middle School CL Physical Education, Health

Ms Jane Sharman; BSc (Hons), Dip Tchg; ATCL Mathematics

Mrs Paula Sheldon; Dip Tchg; Junior Year 6

Miss Lourdes Sherriff-Babot; Spanish Assistant

Mrs Megan Simcock; BEd, Dip Tchg; Junior Year 4

Mrs Sarah Smallman; BSc, MSc, Pg Dip Tchg; BioTechnology, Science

Ms Jo Symon; BA (Hons); ENSS, Materials Technology

B Tchg (ECE) B Tchg (ECE)

B Tchg (Primary)

Mrs Katherine Tyson; BA, Grad Dip Tchg, CELTA; Spanish, IB Spanish ab initio, CL MS Languages

Miss Katy Upston; BSc, MS (Ed), GDip TchLn; Learning Enhancement

Mrs Rachel Wilford; BA, Dip Tchg; Music

Mrs Jo Wilkinson; BEd, Dip Tchg; Physical Education

Miss Samantha-Rose Williams; BA (Hons), MTchgLn; English

Ms Wendy McPhail;

EA to Executive Principal

Mrs Tracey O’Reilly;

BTchg (ECE)

B.A, PGDip Digital Design

IT Department

Speech & Drama

Finance Office

Mr Leif Keane; MA

Mr Blake Richardson;

Technical Services Manager, HOF

Mr Henry Shustak; BSc

Sport Department Mrs Helen Belcher;

Ms Dinnie Bevers;

Financial Assistant

Ms Lucille Durkin;

Financial Assistant

LTCL, BA, MRRP (Otago), Grad Dip Tchg

Ms Trish Minns; LTCL

Ms Ami Minns Mrs Roz Spiers;

Dip Tchg; RAD Teachers

Mrs Alicia Davis;

Theatre Dance Academy

Sport Coordinator

Ms Jo Fogarty;

Sports Administrator

Ms Ella Hutchinson; Sport Administrator

Mrs Sharon Lloyd;

Assistant Director of Sport

Mrs Ali Rossiter; Dip Tchg

Instrumental Music Staff (All Part-Time) Antonio Dimitrova;

Mrs Julie Seymour;

Brass

Mr Greg Thompson;

Cello

Sport Facilitator

Gerald Oliver;

Strength & Conditioning Coach

Susan McKeich Roanna Funcke;

Technicians

Elvira Dommisse;

Chamber Music

Ms Jo Andersen;

Flute

Dr Barb Lucas;

Guitar

BSc (Term 4)

BSc (Hons), PhD

Mrs Karen Jenkins;

RTSCA, LSB Speech and Drama, LSB Public Speaking

Director of Sport

ATCL, BA, Dip Tchg; Literacy

BFA, Dip Tchg; Art

Relief Coordinator, Administration

Finance & School Administrator

BPhEd, Dip Tchg; Physical Education, CL Health

Mrs Annabelle Tyson;

Mrs Michelle Garbutt;

Mrs Laura Hewetson;

Mrs Toni Taylor;

BA (Hons), Dip Tchg; CL Classical Studies, Art History, RE, Social Science

Arts

School Secretary

Miss Taylor McDrury;

Learning Enhancement

Mr David Thompson;

Mrs Caroline Fletcher

Mrs Tracy Fleete;

Stephen Fowler; Lana Law; Jazz Band

Mrs Christine Laughton; Mrs Kathryn McBride;

Ms Emma Bradley;

Old Girls’ Association; Coordinator (Term 1-3)

Mrs Susan Campbell; Admissions Manager

Mrs Sarah-Jane Evans; Venue Manager (Term 1-3)

Mrs Laura Hughes;

Admissions and Database Administrator

SMC Foundation Ms Erin Reeve;

Foundation Manager (Term 3-4)

Mrs Claire Robb;

Philanthropy Manager (Term 1)

Miss Hannah Langley;

Bistra Dimitrova Anne Robinson Jennie Goldstein;

Ms Ruth Major;

Mrs Lillian Pickles; BEd, Dip Tchg

Ms Amanda Surridge;

BA, Dip Tchg; Head of Middle School Learning Enhancement, GATE Coordinator

Library & Study Centre Mrs Felicity McKay; BA; Library and Study Centre Manager

Ms Fran Pashby;

BA, Dip Library/Information Studies; Library and Study Centre Assistant;

Clarinet

Violin & Viola

Jonathan Densem Jillian Hewson Zara Ballara; Voice / Choral Music

Performing Arts Technician

Melanie Jones Heather Khan Mary Malolot Mrs Paula Moore; Catering Manager

Daniel Piper

Property Manager

Mr Steve Lavill Mr Grant Marra Mr Martin Stannard

Cleaning Staff Beverly Bennett Bridget Cameron Tatiana Cortina Rua Tracy Davis

Campus Supervisor

Publications and Events Manager

Georgina Rees-Stevenson;

BEd, Dip Tchg

Carley Jamie

Mrs Nicki McDonald;

Ms Georgia Hardy;

Saxophone & Clarinet

Grace Ignacio

Shona Dixon

Graphic Designer

Claire Oliver;

Ms Vivienne Hanna Mrs Bindy O’Callaghan;

Angela Hayward

Mrs Janine Hutton;

Mrs Angela Davidson;

Percussion

Shaun Clutterbuck

Mr Peter Carroll;

Roanna Funcke;

NNEB

Lucy Baleikasavu

Maintenance Staff

Mrs Caroline Fletcher;

Piano

Catering

Community Relations Office

Mrs Valerie Fitzgerald;

MAAT (Hons), BEd, Dip Tchg

Year 11/12 Supervisor

CA, Financial Controller

Marnie Barrell Anna Maksymova Raya Marinova Natalie Wilson Marina Vivas;

Mrs Julie Ardagh;

Ms Belle Williams;

Boarding School Staff Miss Amanda Charlton; Year 13 Supervisor Day Supervisor

Prep Supervisor (Term 1-2) Weekend Supervisor (Kilburn)

International Assistant

Mrs Jenny Mehlhopt;

Assistant House Manager (Julius)

Sharon Harman; Tuupo Scarlett

Alessandra Solomons

Maggie’s Shop & Café Mrs Sarah Caldwell;

Shop and Café Manager

Mrs Fiona Eaton; BSc

Mrs Lyn Elley Mrs Nicola Fraser; LLB

Mrs Sue Fulton; Dip Phys

Mrs Louise Glossop; BA LTCL, Dip LAMDA

Ms Fran Pashby;

BA Dip Library/Information Studies

Miss Chantelle Symons; Lead Barista

Miss Alexandra Bolt; Café Assistant

Miss Maddie Eder; Café Assistant

Ms Aimee Mills;

Miss Sophie Ensor;

Ms Mary Quinn;

Miss Sophie Flett;

Weekend Supervisor (Julius) Assistant House Manager (Kilburn), Year 13 Supervisor

Cafe Assistant Cafe Assistant

Miss Grace Lawson;

Stephen Fowler

Miss Vicky Taggart;

Cafe Assistant

Administration

Mrs Jean Thomson;

Cafe Assistant

Ms Karen Bartlett; Receptionist

Year 11 Supervisor

Middle School Boarding Manager

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Mrs Sonia Overton;

Miss Shan Riley; Miss Isabel Whitticase; Cafe Assistant

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Chaplain’s Report Our school stands on the shoulders of our Anglican founders, those faithful people who were passionate about the importance of seeing students flourish in all areas of life.

An extraordinary vision of a holistic approach to education, one that is still true today.

There are many reasons why I as a Christian chose to belong to the Anglican church, the sense of history and tradition, upholding unity whilst embracing diversity and alongside this honouring the depth and breadth of our expressions of worship that fall under the Anglican three Tikanga* umbrella (low, high or in the middle church) from choral evensong, formal, informal, worship bands, sung night prayer, messy church to the beautiful eucharistic service. God has placed it on my heart this year to enrich, inform and educate the students of this wonderful diverse smorgasbord of worship styles that reflect the services that are on offer throughout our Diocese. During these services I have really appreciated the staff and students trust and openness to step out of their comfort zones to experience something familiar yet different.

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Our chapel committee this year, under the leadership of Lauren Healey have done

a sterling job of organising special committee run chapel services, encouraging each person to be involved. The committee’s efforts haven’t stopped there with fundraising for our annual Lenten appeal and for Ukraine, Tonga, the Christchurch City Mission and a variety of Anglican Missions Projects and we finished the year with our annual City Mission Christmas Appeal. What a generous community we have here at SMC, thank you all for making a difference in the lives of so many.

Kia tau ki a tātou katoa Te atawhai o tō tātou Ariki, a Ihu Karaiti Me te aroha o te Atua Me te whiwhingatahitanga Ki te wairua tapu Ake, ake, ake Amine May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all Forever and ever Amen Blessings, Rev. Steph Clay – Chaplain *Tikanga Pākehā, Tikanga Māori, Tikanga Polynesia

1973 This is our 7th form year

2022 Lucinda Kippenberger volunteering in Archives

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1944 girls at lunch on tennis court. Form 5A1

2020 Girls in the quad

Archives Another year has flown by in the Archives, it is amazing how fast the time has gone. 2022 has seen more scanning of photos and yearbooks, we now have digital versions of yearbooks up to the year 2000 with a plan in place to catch up to 2022 by the end of term one 2023 and all files run through OCR software to make them fully searchable. The plan is to make them available for the wider SMC community so they can be explored by both our SMC Old Girls and our current students and staff.

It has been an absolute pleasure to welcome the Year 9 classes into the Archives again this year so they can explore the history of the College.

This year we used photos showing before and after images so the students could compare what the Papanui St site looked like, particularly before the earthquakes, and what it looks like now. We have done the same with images of students – a long time ago, not so long ago, and now. This gives the students the opportunity to see the differences in uniform across the years

and discuss why the changes might have been made.

Archives has regular helpers that come in to assist with various projects including Lucinda Kippenberger who was a regular in Term 3 and 4 helping out with photo identification and sewing of unique item IDs into archived uniform items. Our Old Girl volunteer, Amber Gazzard, has also been coming in throughout the year to help with ongoing projects.

Year 3 students launched an inquiry into various historic items on the SMC campus and some of the items required quite a bit of searching to answer and reaching out to Canterbury Archivists to locate more information. The questions ranged from the bell in front of the Junior School to information about Kilburn House to the statue of St Margaret in the Old Girls’ Atrium.

Vickie Ward – Archivist

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Head and Deputy Head Girl Report The year 2022 saw our SMC Community spread their wings and soar to new heights. Our school theme of ‘Take Flight’, decided upon by the Year 13 cohort, has defined our version of 2022, celebrating the individual and diverse journeys of each SMC student – empowering them to take pride in their own, unique differences. To complement this theme, the Prefects chose five specific values, all of which are an integral part of what it means to be a student at SMC: diversity, integrity, empowerment, courage and perseverance. As a College, we aimed to incorporate this theme through implementing these key values into our everyday lives.

Ultimately, the theme and its values represented the importance of being confident in both our own, and others', potential to achieve our aspirations and ‘take flight’.

Beginning this year, we were enthusiastic about strengthening the relationships between the members on-board our SMC flight, emphasising the powerful support network that we have at school. To realise this goal, we came together

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as a school to learn a dance to our theme song ‘Wings’. The simple act of performing choreography as a school demonstrated how togetherness can instil a sense of belonging, proving that regardless of our differences, we all have a place in our SMC community. This desire to share meaningful moments together as a College prevailed, despite the ongoing challenges that Covid placed upon us. Our SMC community recognised this turbulence as an opportunity to implement new initiatives and rise above. Various new initiatives such as ‘Fun Friday’, Principal for the Day, and House Singing helped to strengthen and enhance our relationships at SMC and our strong sense of school spirit.

Covid also saw the separation of our whole-school assemblies into smaller groups.

In order to maintain our strong connections throughout the College, the Prefects took initiative, organising and leading assemblies that emphasised audience involvement. Our first assembly was our own version of ‘Guess

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Who?’, featuring the prefects dressed as different teachers. The students' role was to guess which teacher each prefect was dressed as, using only a hint and their attire. Term 2 saw the introduction of our first ‘Air SMC Quiz’ with students answering questions on a Google form.

This accessibility meant that no matter where the audience was located (in tutor groups or the chapel) they were able to interact with the assembly. Last, but certainly not least, we saw our very own staff take on the prefects to win the title of the 2022 winners of SMC Family Feud.

The enthusiastic participation of the teachers helped the students to connect with staff members and be inspired by their positivity and love for learning which is intrinsic to our SMC culture.

Moving beyond our own community, as a College, we aim to consistently, and actively, recognise the importance of compassion toward others. In 2022, we have been fortunate enough to unite together as one, raising both funds and awareness for many different causes including,

but not limited to: World Vision, Ukraine, Coralus and Educating Girls Globally. This act of giving back beyond our own community allows us to acknowledge our gratitude as well as helping us to make our difference in the world.

We are endlessly proud of the members on-board our SMC flight this year for continuing to persevere, regardless of the turbulence that they may have faced. However, this would not have been possible without the continuous support from both the staff and students as well as our wider SMC community. We could not have asked for a better flight crew to share this journey with us, and for that we are eternally grateful.

As the year draws to a close, and we continue on our ever changing journeys, we hope you remember that although it may be difficult to start your journey, our wings already exist, all we have to do is learn to fly.

Tehya Laws and Georgiana House – Head and Deputy Head Prefects

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Bicultural Te Amokura 2022 has been such an incredible experience.

We worked hard to implement new ideas and celebrations into the school. We planned events for Matariki, Te Wiki o te Reo Māori and saw a huge uplift in the presence of our Senior/ Middle school Kapa Haka.

My goal this year was to introduce events, ideas and moments that could be expanded, continued and hopefully become a big part of SMC in the future. I can’t wait to see what the future Te Amokura do and will continue to support and encourage them.

Josie Seymour – Bicultural Te Amokura

Academic This year has been extremely rewarding for myself and the Academic Council. We started off the year with an extensive list of goals, ideas, events, all of which we couldn’t wait to get started. Our first successful initiative alongside our usual peer tutoring was the Maggie’s Mail Instagram launch with posts covering topics such as International Women’s Day, study tips and March 15 – We Are One. I can’t wait to follow it in the future and watch it grow. During prelim week we also carried out gate duty to support our peers. Armed with posters full of encouragement and upbeat music, we welcomed everyone on to campus. This simple act of kindness was met with smiles and ultimately filled the cups of everyone involved.

I have enjoyed the many opportunities I have had this year. I would like to say a massive thank you to my Council, peers, staff, parents and my mentor; Mr Belcher – I couldn’t have done it without their incredible support.

Mia Cleugh – Academic Prefect

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Chapel We kicked off Lent with our annual Shrove Tuesday Pancake Race. Although the pancakes didn’t cooperate (they fell to bits), the Junior School got behind the event and really enjoyed themselves. We had to think out-of-the-box to create a new tradition for our Lenten Appeal.

Students and staff gave something up or took something on for 20 days. Journalling, learning sign language, having a dry Lent – there was

something for everyone and we raised over $1,500 for Ukraine.

Our goal of experimenting with ways to make our services more fun and engaging for everyone has been a success. Our council and committee took to the stage to lead services of their own. It’s exhilarating to see so much support for our team from all areas of the College. It will be exciting to see how this develops with Rev. Steph next year!

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Covid proved to be a challenge for us again this year. I’m proud of what our chapel council and committee have achieved.

Lauren Healey – Chapel Prefect

Community Relations 2022 was the year of bringing back much-missed events with some new events added to the calendar for the Community Relations team.

This year we had Father-Daughter Breakfasts, Old Girls' lunches and held the first Autumn Family Festival, which gave the wider SMC community a chance to connect.

The highlight of the year for me was the Senior Ball with an ‘Up-in-the-clouds’ theme. Wigram Air Force Museum was decorated with fairy lights surrounding plush clouds, a reflective

photo backdrop, and a swing seat. There was dancing, photos, and prizes. Thank you to the Community Relations Council who helped organise and produce such an enjoyable night.

A special thank you extends to the Community Relations team who work hard to ensure all of our events run smoothly and are enjoyed by the SMC community. In particular to Jane who has guided me through this year and Nicki for her expertise in the organisation of the Senior Ball.

Bella Spear – Community Relations Prefect

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Environment My aim for this year was to increase participation in environmental activities across the College and I did this through no better way than competition. Ms Patchett and I introduced the enviro cup, made out of recycled sustainable materials and created by artist Jane Downes. In one session we potted 771 pots in one hour through the efforts of the wider College community. Many hands work makes the job a lot easier. Our council, boarders and other SMC girls also contributed hugely to the plantings at Beacon street and the eco-action plantings.

These were fun events where girls would bring friends and family on Sunday mornings to start their mornings off right, putting natives into the ground while having fun doing so.

In September the environmental council and others who care passionately for the environment went on the school climate change march. in Christchurch. We met so many like-minded people and saw students taking action and that was very empowering.

I have loved every moment of this role. I am so grateful to have had great mentors who supported me. I feel the passion for our environment is growing and hope it continues.

I will leave you with this quote from climate change activist Greta Thunberg. “I want you to act as your house is on fire, because it is”.

Bridie James – Environment Prefect

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The past two years have been challenging for many international students who were unable to come home. Fortunately, the border has opened this year, allowing many existing and new international students to be welcomed into our SMC community. This year we were able to have many different combined activities with international students from around other schools in Christchurch including Christ’s College, St Andrew’s College and Rangi Ruru Girls' School.

the cultural enrichment within the College community and raise awareness for the College virtue – diversity. In addition, we held two themed dress days for internationals to express their cultural attire and fundraise for the Tongans who suffered serious damage from tsunami waves this year. Our goal this year was to allow our international students to spread their wings, embrace their nationalities, and educate others of the many diverse cultures at SMC.

We kickstarted the ‘language of the week’ programme this year which aimed to enhance

Ha Nghiem – Global Relations Prefect

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To the incredible Junior School team, and especially to Mrs Compton-Moen – thank you all for helping the Junior School thrive this year.

Nothing would have been possible without your unconditional support and guidance. I have been so lucky to work alongside such dedicated hard-working educators. To my Junior School tamariki, you all have brought me such joy and happiness, your beaming smiles brighten my day and your laughter is contagious. The Junior School at SMC is a very special place and I can’t wait to see what the future holds for these amazing young ākonga.

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It has been a tremendous year for our Junior School ākonga; the annual Teddy Bears Picnic started 2022 with a bang. Valentine's Day came next and everyone was incredibly excited to arrive at school and find a compliment stuck to their locker. Our Matariki celebrations were vibrant and educational, and a highlight had to be our Junior School Disco – a roaring night filled with laughter and joy.

Annabelle March – Junior School Prefect

Middle School This year in the Middle School, we used 2022’s theme “Take flight.” To demonstrate all of the school values, I created the initiative of the Middle School passport that embodies all five of the values including Perservencre, Diversity, Integrity, Empowerment, and Courage. These values were chosen as a year group because we wanted to create a connection between the little sisters and the big sisters, to feel as if we are one whole College.

I have worked alongside my Middle School council to create fun events for all the girls to participate in. We have created a Middle School’s Got Talent show, which ran in Term 2 involving all Year 7-10 girls. This showed off their unique talents to the whole College. We also had the Year 7, 8 and 9 days out at the start of the year which really brought the girls together as year groups. This made me feel grateful to be their head of Middle School for 2022.

Ophelia Staniford – Middle School Prefect

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Senior School Our Senior School has continued to blossom and grow throughout the course of this year.

Highlights include our annual Formal and Semi-Formal events, the introduction of our brand new Year 11 Foundation Diploma and various sporting and artistic achievements.

Thank you to all the girls who stepped into leadership roles this year, whether that be as council members, sporting captains and coaches or running arts activities. Your contribution to the culture of service at SMC was invaluable.

Service This year SMC has been involved in various service events, the Blood Drive, World Vision smile gifts, a drive for New Beginnings Pre-School and raising money for the Tongan Relief Fund through a themed dress day.

These were grand successes, raising over $1000 for the Tongan Relief Fund. Successfully sending Year 13 students to donate blood. Gathering a carload of items for New Beginnings Pre-School in time for winter. And raising money to give life changing gifts that make a lasting change.

Bridget Smith – Service Prefect

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I have taken pride in my role as Senior School Prefect, and I have no doubt that the big sisters of our College will continue to uphold our heritage and legacy as they lead our school into the future. I wish the class of 2022 all the best on their journey beyond our school gates, and the best of luck to our future Senior School students, particularly the incoming Year 13 cohort!

Sienna McEwan – Senior School Prefect

Wellbeing were a new initiative that began this year. Every week, a blog-style email was sent to the entire student body. Each email had a specific theme to do with wellbeing.

It has been such an honour being the Head of Wellbeing this year. My mentor, Mr Evans, has provided me with irreplaceable wisdom. I’d also like to thank my wellbeing council for all their help this year. Noho ora mai, thank you.

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It has been a jam-packed year for wellbeing!

We started off strong with Pink Shirt Day, an international day for Anti-Bullying. All students supported the cause by wearing pink and leaving a gold coin donation. Students also had lots of fun at the pyjama day, centred around promoting healthy sleep habits. Another successful event was the Year 11 Wellbeing Day in conjunction with Christ’s College. Our team organised a day for all Year 11 students, teaching them about wellbeing. Weekly Wellbeing Blasts

Emma Cawood – Wellbeing Prefect

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Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award “I participated in a range of activities in order to complete my Gold Award. For this, you have to complete a significant number of hours in two main areas of Service and Skills. You also have to complete an ‘Adventurous Journey’ and a residential project. I was lucky, as I could log all of my student coaching hours in Basketball towards my service hours. Duke of Edinburgh provides the opportunity to pursue and participate in things that you may not have thought to do before. It allowed me to participate in a ‘Spirit of Adventure’ 10-Day youth voyage which was by far the best experience I had.

Katy says, “My Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award allowed me to have many amazing and memorable experiences, try new things and meet lots of new people. For my skills section I chose to use playing the flute as I participate in numerous musical groups at SMC. Through leadership and service roles such as being a member of multiple committees and councils I have completed the service section of the award.

For my adventurous journey I went on a 10 day voyage on the Spirit of Adventure. I flew up to Auckland by myself and spent 10 days on a boat with a group of 39 other young people from all over New Zealand. We sailed from Auckland, around

It also fueled me to apply for the Blake ‘INSPIRE’ programme fully funded through the Sir Peter Blake Trust, which upon selection I was able to complete. This programme provided me the opportunity to meet other like minded people as it aimed for future environmental leaders to come together and participate in a range of insightful activities.

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Katy Buttle and Charlotte Prebble achieved their Duke of Edinburgh Award in 2022. Charlotte says:

It is an incredible opportunity to be able to participate in this award and through the help of our school’s Duke of Edinburgh coordinator, Mr Evans, it allowed me and many others to tick off each step of our awards.”

Charlotte Prebble – Year 13

Waiheke Island and over to the Coromandel while creating lifelong memories and friendships.

For my Project, I spent seven days in Arthur's Pass on a Cadet Forces camp where I met other cadets from around NZ. We tramped the Cass Lagoon Saddle Track, completed Cave Stream as well as activities including low ropes, bouldering, river crossing and abseiling.

I would thoroughly recommend giving Duke of Edinburgh a go as you have so many amazing opportunities, create lifelong friendships, learn so much about yourself and have loads of fun!”

Katy Buttle – Year 13

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EGG Report Nelson Mandela said that "education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world." This quote speaks to the purpose of our school charity, Educating Girls Globally (EGG), whose aim is to improve the lives of girls, through the gift of education. Founded in 2013

by Gussie Cohen and Lucy Tothill, the charity has already helped many, with projects providing hostels, bathrooms, and education to girls’ schools in Malawi. With the founders of EGG entering new stages of their lives and successfully completing these projects, they handed over the running of the charity to SMC this year.

Beginning a new chapter for EGG, the committee, consisting of twelve Year 11 - 13 students, acknowledged the close association between New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. We recognised that the Solomon Islands, despite its beauty and culture, is challenged by a low standard of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH). In particular, Solomon Island women are impacted the most by these poor standards, as they face additional WASH needs for managing their menstruation. Therefore, over the course of the year, the EGG committee set

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out to raise funds for WASH in the Solomon Islands in various different ways including: sales of EGG stickers and badges, an EGG lunch and most prominently, our EGG Sleepover.

The 2022 EGG Sleepover aimed to educate our own school community on the Solomon Islands, empowering them to advocate for those who are less fortunate. In order to ensure this fundraiser remained true to the purpose of EGG, we involved representatives of the Solomon Islands. These representatives supported the committee through their knowledge of their community and its needs. With the dedication and assistance of UNICEF, the sleepover managed to raise over $2000 toward their WASH projects in the Solomon Islands.

To all the staff and students who participated in EGG’s initiatives, we would like to thank you for all the support that you have shown to the charity. The gracious dedication of the SMC community toward serving others is what has made 2022 so successful for the charity, and none of it would have been possible without you.

Tehya Laws and Georgiana House – Head and Deputy Head Prefects

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Boarding Report 2022 started with the excitement and enthusiasm of the girls returning to boarding for ‘The Big Weekend In’. House spirit came alive as the girls competed in a range of fun activities that included cubby-house making, which were then donated to various childrens’ charities. This is an important time for our boarders to reconnect and reestablish their place of belonging in boarding.

A separate Senior School and Middle School weekend activity programme was strengthened and developed, and enthusiastically delivered by our weekend supervisors. Girls who remain in over the weekend have enjoyed an abundance of activities that support their physical and mental well-being, and helps them connect with other boarders through having fun.

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Our head of boarding Dani Coles, along with her boarding committee, have led a range of fun boarding activities year-long, including

theme-dressed dinners, quiz nights, and a variety of opportunities during National Boarding week.

This included ‘Cooking with College’, a combined chapel service at St Andrew’s College, dinner-swaps with Christ’s College, and a ‘Random Act of Sweetness’ for the teaching staff which saw many delighted staff receiving home-baked goodies.

Boarding life does not come without change and challenges. We are thankful for our boarding staff who recognise the complexities of young people living in this unique environment, and who provide a nurturing home away from home, and a trusted support for each girls’ well-being and success.

The annual Boarding Christmas Dinner is an opportunity to celebrate and and recognize our wonderful Year 13’s, as they fly from the boarding nest and onto new adventures.

Deanne Gath – Director of Boarding and International

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Julius House The Julius girls started off the year with our annual Boarder’s Big Weekend giving them the opportunity to catch up with one another following the summer holidays and establish new friendships throughout the boarding house. The weekends were a highlight for many, with exciting activities including ski trips, Aqualand and afternoons spent sewing and baking.

The girls participated in a friendly but fierce competition over the first two terms. Each team took part in a variety of activities including weekly quiz nights, scavenger hunts and karaoke.

The quiz nights were always entertaining and the girls only got better as the term progressed – perhaps as they brushed up on their knowledge of current events. Karaoke was met with lots of enthusiasm, some not so great singing and participation by all of the girls. In celebration of Easter, a scavenger egg hunt was organised with

everyone heading home with plenty of chocolate!

Each team collected points from the various activities throughout the term and the lucky winners headed out for dinner to celebrate!

Dinner swaps with Christ’s College were always hugely anticipated and a flurry of nerves seemed to float around the boarding house throughout the day. The nerves however, didn’t stop the girls from making sure they put their best foot forward by spending all afternoon getting ready!

We hope that the Middle Boarders have had a blast this year and made some amazing memories. We would like to say a special thank you to all of the boarding staff who have done an incredible job and have been so supportive of us in our role this year.

We are looking forward to seeing what 2023 brings in Julius!

Grace Seeto & Olivia Studholme – Year 13 students

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Kilburn and Cranmer House Our senior boarders are the big sisters within the boarding house and are looked up to by our younger boarders. For our senior students across the Kilburn and Cranmer boarding houses, the girls adapted to the increased sense of independence with Year 13 boarders living in onsite flats, challenging them to manage their own time and prepare their own breakfast.

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Our senior boarding students saw an array of activities throughout the year with spa nights, book club, movie nights and year group activities off site which allowed the girls to strengthen their relationships with one another and their supervisors. The girls were provided with multiple opportunities to broaden their social

network across Christchurch with dinner swaps, cooking challenges and a combined chapel with other boarding schools across the region.

Our senior boarders took advantage of the facilities provided with many enjoying the onsite gym, swimming pool and common room. Our extensive weekend boarding programme allowed the girls to explore Christchurch, challenge one another and have an enjoyable time.

Reflecting back on the year, I have thoroughly enjoyed working with our senior boarding leaders, students and staff to create a year of boarding that was a great one.

Danielle Coles – Boarding Prefect

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Junior School Prizegiving Class Prizes Year 1

Major Awards

Isla Ballantyne Academic Whakapau Kaha

Phoebe He Excellence in Visual Arts – Year 4

Chriselle Tok-Lee Spirit of St Margaret’s

Sylvie Roberts Excellence in Visual Arts – Year 5

Nora Yang Spirit of St Margaret’s

Class Prizes Year 2

Isobella Blakely Excellence in Visual Arts – Year 6 Phoebe Steel Cup St Margaret’s Cup

Kaia Armstrong Academic Whakapau Kaha

Alexandra Pawsey Choir award

Stella Lee Spirit of St Margaret’s

Aaliyah Wu Excellence in Instrumental Music

Rosa Smallman Spirit of St Margaret’s

Annabelle Smallman Excellence in Junior Contemporary Music

Class Prizes Year 3 Evie Blakely Academic Whakapau Kaha Isla Hughes Spirit of St Margaret’s

Class Prizes Year 4 Phoebe He Academic Whakapau Kaha Eyla Stead Spirit of St Margaret’s Mollie Levenger Academic Excellence

Class Prizes Year 5 Peata Baldwin-Smith Academic Whakapau Soraya Johnston-Storrier Spirit of St Margaret’s Anjali Morar Academic Excellence

Class Prizes Year 6 Portia Ferguson Academic Whakapau Kaha Layla Anderson Spirit of St Margaret’s Aaliyah Wu Academic Excellence

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Caitlin Ching Excellence in Performing Arts Annabelle Smallman Friendship Cup St Margaret’s Cup Henrietta Williamson Hutton Cup for House Spirit You You Tang Junior School Cup for Mathematics Ruby Ballantyne Junior Sports Participant of the Year Carr Girls Trophy Harriet Gough Junior Sports Participant of the Year Carr Girls Trophy Lyn Kennedy Cup Annabelle Foster Kia Manawanui Kayla Liu Library Cup Sienna O’Connell Pru Watson Cup for Excellence in Literacy

Middle School Prizegiving Alex Campbell Achievement in Physical Education and Health Bridie McCormick Achievement in Performing Arts Cartia Ludemann Achievement in Visual Art Ella Liu Achievement in ENSS Florence McCormick Achievement in Performing Arts Jessica Gearry Achievement in Mathematics Achievement in ENSS Achievement in Physical Education and Health Achievement in Science Achievement in Creative Technologies Achievement in Visual Art

Lucy Brown Achievement in Performing Arts Neave Ackroyd Achievement in ENSS Achievement in Science Oak Galbraith Achievement in Creative Technologies Phoebe Jones Achievement in Performing Arts Ruby Wells Achievement in Visual Art

Academic Awards Year 9 Albertine Neate Achievement in Creative Technologies Alexandra Green Achievement in Creative Technologies

Juliet Young Achievement in ENSS

Claudia Vivian Achievement in Physical Education and Health

Lucy Penney Achievement in ENSS

Estelle Letton Achievement in Drama

Neave Ackroyd Achievement in Creative Technologies

Isla Cameron Achievement in Te Reo Māori

Rachel Kim Achievement in Creative Technologies Tyra Zhang Achievement in Mathematics Achievement in Science

Academic Awards Year 8 Charlotte Henderson Achievement in Physical Education and Health Cherry Zhu Achievement in Mathematics Emily Sawyer Achievement in ENSS Genevieve Surridge Achievement in Physical Education and Health Achievement in Visual Art Ivy Mehrtens Achievement in Mathematics Achievement in ENSS Achievement in Science Achievement in Creative Technologies Lexie Boon Achievement in ENSS

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Academic Awards Year 7

Kieva Hanlon Achievement in Mathematics Achievement in Social Science Achievement in Science Achievement in Spanish Lily Fowler Achievement in Creative Technologies Lucia Gale Achievement in Physical Education and Health Lucy Butterfield Achievement in English Maddison Elstob Achievement in Visual Art Masha Lukonina Achievement in Visual Art Orla Miller Achievement in English Achievement in Social Science Achievement in Drama Achievement in Music Phoebe James Achievement in Science Qiaoyu Guan Achievement in Music Sara Yu Achievement in Dance

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Siena McGillivray Achievement in Dance

Trelise McEwan Achievement in Drama

Sneha Datla Achievement in French

Zara Clark Achievement in Social Science Achievement in Chinese Achievement in Extension Science

Summer Zhou Achievement in Mathematics Tasmin Brinsdon Achievement in Te Reo Māori

Academic Awards Year 10 Alice Penney Achievement in French Anna Qiu Achievement in Creative Technologies Annabel Leete Achievement in Science Emily Chambers Achievement in Social Science Achievement in Music Achievement in Extension Science Gemma Sitjes Achievement in Rite Journey Hollie Cudd Achievement in Dance Holly Sawyer Achievement in Mathematics Achievement in English Achievement in Spanish Isabelle Davis Achievement in Drama Izzy Brook Achievement in Physical Education Lulu Inglis Achievement in Physical Education Madison Ashworth Achievement in Painting and Printmaking Mae Careford Achievement in Music Maggie Hamilton Achievement in Creative Technologies Meg Fahey Achievement in Science Qiana Selan Achievement in Photography and Design Sina Avia Achievement in Dance Sophia Suo Achievement in Painting and Printmaking Achievement in Creative Technologies

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Zara Gamble Achievement in Mathematics Zoë Rea Achievement in English Achievement in Rite Journey Achievement in Photography and Design Achievement in Te Reo Māori

Arts Awards Nevaeh Shand Minns Spiers Cup for Performing Arts Phoebe Jones Year 8 Cup for Achievement in Performing Arts Orla Miller St Margaret’s Colleg College Middle School Cup for Most Promising Musician Annabel Allen Molineaux Cup for Outstanding Achievement in Middle School Art Hollie Cudd Rossiter Cup for Best Emerging Dancer Coco Brady St Margaret’s College Middle School Cup for Most Promising Actor Zoë Rea St Margaret’s College Middle School Cup for Contemporary Music Shan Ju St Margaret’s College Award for Most Promising Instrumentalist Gemma Sitjes Contribution and Service to School Music Susan Zhang Contribution and Service to School Music Outstanding Musical Performance

Academic Excellence Bar

Alex Campbell Hegarty Family Cup for Year 7 & 8 Sportsmanship

Emily Chambers

Rosa MacLeod Dalziel Family Trophy for the Year 7 & 8 Participant of the Year

Anna Qiu

Bronny O’Sullivan Fay Mangos Cup for Sportsmanship

Sophia Suo

Emily Chambers Zara Gamble Zoë Rea Holly Sawyer

Lucia Gale St Margaret’s Cup – Outstanding Junior Sporting Achievement

Academic Excellence

Belize McQuarrie St Margaret’s Cup – Junior Sportswoman

Ivy Mehrtens Academic Excellence in Year 8

Boarding Awards Zoe Jones Wilson Cup for Best Boarding in Year 7 & 8 Tasmin Brinsdon Morris Cup for Best Boarding in Year 9 Billie Williams Sutherland Cup for a Positive Contribution to the Boarding House in Year 10

Leadership and Service Awards Millie Edwards Leadership and Service Award Lily Beaven Hollie Cudd Emma Hoskins Zoey Marshall

Jessica Gearry Academic Excellence in Year 7

Kieva Hanlon Academic Excellence in Year 9 Emily Chambers Academic Excellence in Year 10 Holly Sawyer Academic Excellence in Year 10

Special Prizes Annika Gale Friendship Cup Juliet Young Ballantyne Cup Essay Winner – Year 7 & 8 Lucy Butterfield Class of 1961 Environmental Award Zoë Rea Gosset Cup for Public Speaking Lucy Butterfield Toomer Trophy – Winner Isabelle Davis Watson Girls Cup for Outstanding Achievement in Writing

Bea McGlashen

Elsie Glengarry Library Service Award

Millie Spear

Madison Ashworth

Service Award

Georgie Laing

Best All Round Award

Millie Spear Middle School Philanthropy Cup

Jessica Gearry Angela White Cup for Best All Round Year 7

Lily Beaven Principal’s Award for Special Service to Chapel

Ivy Mehrtens Sue Oliver Junior Cup for Best All Round Year 8

Nevaeh Shand Rite Journey Cup

Georgie Campbell Middle School Cup for Best All Round Year 9 Zara Gamble Sue Oliver Cup for Best All Round Year 10

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Sports Awards

Ivy Mehrtens St Margaret’s College Science Fair Cup Zoë Rea St Margaret’s Cup

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Senior School Prizegiving Academic Awards Year 11 Abi Croft Achievement in Dance Amelia Timiani-Dean Achievement in Spanish

Lucy Foster Achievement in Mathematics 115

Amy Jones Achievement in Music

Margo Pattie Achievement in EPIC – English and Humanities

Anna Babington Major Levey Cup for Achievement in History

Neve Ballin Achievement in Physical Education

Ava Readman Achievement in Biology Achievement in Mathematics Brooke Manson Achievement in Health Studies Cindy Mei Belinda Thompson Cup for Achievement in Chemistry Achievement in Year 11 Mathematics Achievement in English Literature CJay Horrey Achievement in Drama Emily Zhou Achievement in Physics Achievement in Year 11 Mathematics Frankie Jack Achievement in Food & Nutrition Hannah Higginson Lyn Kennedy Cup for Achievement in English Literature Achievement in Visual Art: Painting and Printmaking Harley McVicar St Margaret’s College Cup for Achievement in Visual Art

Niamh Hoare Achievement in Mathematics 119 Olivia Liu Achievement in Spanish Ruby Donkin Achievement in Mathematics 119 Sophie Wilson Achievement in Textiles Technology Tessa Durkin Achievement in Science Tyana Rutherford Achievement in Chinese

Academic Awards Year 12 Ally Booth Achievement in LEAP – Leadership, Exercise, Attitude and Performance Amelia Gordon Achievement in IB Design Technology Amy Kelly Storry Essay Cup Achievement in Creative Writing

Iliana Sarri Dorothy Robson Prize for Achievement in Creative Media

Anita Avia Miss Edward’s Cup for Achievement in English Penny Cup for Achievement in History Dr Mann Cup for Achievement in Physics Laura Martin Cup for Achievement in Chemistry Achievement in Mathematics

Isla Hansen Achievement in Accounting

Ashlee Tacon Achievement in Health Studies

Kara Gooding Achievement in Economics

Bree O’Malley Shona Begg Cup for Excellence in Design

Hayley Sparks Achievement in Mathematics Holly Earl Achievement in French

Kylana Peauafi Symonds Achievement in Project X Achievement in Te Reo Māori Lily Sutherland Achievement in Mathematics 115

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Louise Ward Achievement in Design and Visual Communication

Caitlin Dufty Achievement in Drama Charlotte Sweney Achievement in Environmental Biology

Paris Hague Achievement in Design

Cleo McLeod Achievement in Drama

Petra Lewis Achievement in Classical Studies Achievement in Photography

Emily Harris Achievement in IB French Achievement in IB History Emma Mason Godley Prize for the Highest Achieving Year 12 Science Student Achievement in IB Biology Higher Level Achievement in IB Chemistry Achievement in IB Physics Achievement in IB Spanish Achievement in IB Mathematics Analysis and Approaches Standard Level Gemma Hardcastle Eric Wills Memorial Prize for Achievement in Economics Harriet Kinney McGibbon Cup for Achievement in Biology Hellen Wang Achievement in IB Music Henrietta Aynsley Achievement in Painting Jessie Peng Achievement in IB Economics Katherine Babington Mills Cup for Achievement in Geography Laura Siegert Alabaster Cup for Achievement in Food & Nutrition Achievement in EPIC – English and Humanities Lauren Warne Achievement in IB French ab initio Achievement in IB Business Management Lucy Horton Achievement in IB Economics Achievement in IB English Achievement in IB French ab initio Achievement in IB History Makayla Hulme Achievement in Music Mayuko Oda Achievement in IB Chinese Mila Kotzikas Achievement in Printmaking Milo Neil Miss Edgar’s Cup for Achievement in Visual Arts

Ruby Barnett Achievement in Project X Ruby Young Achievement in Physical Education

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Chloe Tong Achievement in IB Psychology

Sana Fujii Achievement in IB Chinese ab initio Achievement in IB Dance Scarlett Gordon Achievement in Dance

Academic Awards Year 13 Alana Cawte Sarah Fell Cup for Achievement in Photography Alice Davidson Achievement in Design Amanda Jiang International Baccalaureate Excellence in Chemistry Cup International Baccalaureate Excellence in Mathematics Cup International Baccalaureate Excellence in Physics Cup Hallum Cup for Individual Excellence in Art Anna Clarke Cup for Achievement in Spanish (IB) Waltenberg Cup for Achievement in Languages Amy Kelly Austin Cup for Achievement in Biology Achievement in Food & Nutrition Brie Cox Achievement in Event Management Caitlin Blair Achievement in Project X Achievement in Textiles Technology Charlotte Prebble Achievement in Physical Education Danielle Coles Achievement in Music Emily O’Connor Canterbury Modern Quilt Guild Cup for Innovation and Creativity in Textiles Technology Achievement in Design and Visual Communication

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Emma Derold Achievement in Business Studies Georgiana House Roy Smith Cup for Achievement in History Hannah Hadden Dr Mary Tolley Cup for the Highest Achieving Year 13 Science Student Wellington Old Girls’ Association Cup for Achievement in English Corsbie Cup for Achievement in Chemistry Austin Cup for Achievement in Biology Atkin Cup for Achievement in Physics Hoy Prize for Achievement in Calculus Jeong Lee International Baccalaureate Excellence in Environmental Systems and Societies Cup Jordan Silcock Eric Wills Memorial Prize for Achievement in Accounting Taylor Prize for Achievement in Commerce Katy Buttle Andre Senior Statistics Cup Lauren Healey Larcombe Cup for Achievement in IB French Knowledge Cup for Excellence in IB Theory of Knowledge International Baccalaureate Excellence in Literature Cup Lucinda Kippenberger Logos Cup for Most Promising Classical Scholar Mezzy Surridge Old Girls’ Association Prize for Achievement in Art Natasha Eastmure Achievement in Dance Pearl O’Brien Achievement in Health Studies Sahara MacFarlane Stock Cup for Achievement in Geography Sara Gillman Copland Cup for Excellence in the Social Sciences Achievement in Classical Studies Achievement in History of Art Eric Wills Memorial Prize for Achievement in Economics

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Sienna McEwan International Baccalaureate Excellence in Economics Cup International Baccalaureate Excellence in History Cup Achievement in IB French Ab Initio Achievement in IB Maths Analysis and Approaches Standard Level Sienna Wu International Baccalaureate Excellence in Visual Arts Cup Achievement in 13IB English Standard Level Siobhan Hoare Achievement in Painting Tehya Laws International Baccalaureate Excellence in Biology Cup Wedlake Cup for Achievement in Spanish ab initio Yasmin Marsh Achievement in Drama Zoe Smith Achievement in Environmental Biology Achievement in LEAP

Arts Awards Chloe Taylor Poutama Iti a Hato Mākere – the Artist Trophy for Ability, Performance, Leadership and Spirituality in the Arts Minns Prize for Initiative and Leadership in Drama Danielle Coles Contemporary Performance Music Prize Emma Cawood McKerrow Award for Choreographic Innovation The Shakespeare Cup for contribution to the staging of Shakespeare Mia Cleugh Martin Cup for Musical Performance Natasha Eastmure St Margaret’s College Dance Trophy for Outstanding Achievement in Senior Dance Sara Gillman Cooper Cup for Debating Yasmin Marsh The Shakespeare Cup for contribution to the staging of Shakespeare St Margaret’s College Dance

Bella Spear Mollie Copper Cup – Sportsmanship and Service to Sport

Boarding Awards

Ivy Brown Reeves Trophy – Sportswoman of the Year

Kate Seol Julius Cup for a Positive Contribution to the Boarding House in Year 11 Ellie Rogers Wendy Nicholls Trophy for a Positive Contribution to the Boarding House in Year 12 Sarah Leadley Bradley Zino Cup for a Positive Contribution to the Boarding House in Year 13

Character Awards Emma Cawood For diligence in the face of adversity Ha Nghiem Chambers’ Cup for Achievement by an International Student Holly Fairclough Marshall Trophy for Academic Persistence Josie Seymour Te Manaaki Nga Iwi Katoa (Supporting Cultural Diversity) Poppy Williams Smart Memorial Cup for Courage Yasmin Marsh David Browning Cup for Perseverance

House Cups

Service Awards Amanda Jiang Library Service Award

Ophelia Staniford Principal’s Award for commitment to the College

Georgiana House St Margaret’s College Award for Commitment to the College

Annabelle March Principal’s Award for outstanding service to the St Margaret’s College Community

Tehya Laws St Margaret’s College Award for the Head Girl

Ophelia Staniford St Margaret’s College Award for Commitment and Service to the Arts Siena Cleugh Stokes Cup for Service to School Music Lauren Healey Thacker Sacristan’s Cup Lauren Warne The Philanthropy Cup for upholding the Principles of Philanthropy

Special Prizes Sienna Wu June Pallot Award for Innovation

Manuka – Emily Stewart Bates House Cup

Lucy Butterfield The Class of 1961 Environmental Initiative Award

Josie Seymour (Netball A Co-Captain) Chris Arthur Cup – Best Performed Team Cara Mustchin Jocelyn Freeman Rosebowl – Leadership in and Dedication to Sport

Emma Mason Deputy Principal’s Cup for Academic Excellence in Year 12 – IB

Sienna McEwan

Gemma Hardcastle Myers’ Cup for Public Speaking

Ashlyn Koce (Netball A Co-Captain) Chris Arthur Cup – Best Performed Team

Anita Avia Deputy Principal’s Cup for Academic Excellence in Year 12 – NCEA

Lauren Healey Watson Salver for Dedication and Commitment to the IB Programme

Jay Becker

Henrietta Williamson Hutton Cup for House Spirit

Sports Awards

Tessa Sitjes Marlene Bell Cup for Best All Round Year 12 Student

Duke of Edinburgh Awards

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Trophy for Outstanding Achievement in Senior Dance Ngaio Marsh Prize for Outstanding Promise in the Arts

Georgia Lassen Principal’s Award for outstanding service to the St Margaret’s College Community St Margaret’s College Award for the Head Girl

Supreme Awards Tehya Laws MacBrayne Cup for Proxime Accessit (runner up to Dux) – IB Sara Gillman MacBrayne Cup for Proxime Accessit (runner up to Dux) – NCEA Hannah Hadden Virginia Christie Cup for Dux of St Margaret’s College – NCEA Amanda Jiang Virginia Christie Cup for Dux of St Margaret’s College – IB Bella Spear 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

Katy Buttle Charlotte Prebble Duke of Edinburgh International Award – Gold

Major Awards Cindy Mei In Cup for Best All Round Year 11 Student Lindo Cup for Academic Excellence in Year 11

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Academic Review

It has been another amazing year to be a Middle Schooler at St Margaret’s College.

Junior School My first year as Head of the Junior School has absolutely flown by. I can’t really believe I am already writing a review of 2022- wasn’t it just Friday 28 January when I was meeting Junior School families for the first time? I’m sure that was just the other day.

2022 brought us yet another year of Covid to navigate but I will forever be grateful that we did not need to pivot to remote learning. Although we have had many instances of sickness, we have managed to keep disruption to a minimum and learning to a maximum.

On the day I met the fantastic Junior School team, my first question for them was, “Tell me what you love about the St Margaret’s Junior School. Why are you proud to work here?” They talked non-stop, enthusiastically sharing the reasons they love our Junior School. Their passion for this great little school was evident.

Here we talk about Balanced Foundations, Bright Futures; giving our girls the strongest foundation is the basis for every decision we make in the Junior School. We are committed to ensuring our girls get the very best start to their educational journey. We focus on building the strongest possible foundations in literacy and in numeracy.

Structured Literacy continues to be one of the many jewels in our crown. Our teachers are experts and the gains we are seeing in our girls in terms of their reading and writing skills are remarkable. Maths continues to be a part of the day our girls love; they are building strong foundational skills and love nothing more than to tackle a challenging problem.

Our ākonga are so fortunate to have dedicated teachers working with them on a range of specialist subjects from science to performing arts, digital technology to visual arts.

This third year of a worldwide pandemic could have left us shaking our heads and thinking of what could have, should have or might have been, but instead at SMC we embraced it with … › 91% involved in at least one sport › 1594 performances in and out of school choirs, bands, drama productions › 66,600 minutes in classrooms › 7076 books read – with one student contributing 306 of those › 33 days of school camps and optional adventures from tramping to visiting parliament to rafting, surfing to skiing – we really have managed to do it all. › And if one was to solve on average 20 maths problems per maths lesson and have four periods a week, most students have solved 2960 problems.

And to top it all off – › 965 Service hours – time given freely outside of normal school hours.

The theme of “Take Flight” was well embraced by the girls who received a boarding pass when being welcomed into their first assembly of the year … their ticket for a flight simulation.

It never ceases to bring smiles to our faces when we are asked to join in crazy assembly ideas – whether it be a heads or tails quiz; a flash mob; or a practice of the in-flight brace position - we all get involved. We do like to have fun together.

On an achievement front once again we excelled – our Year 10A netball team winning the Junior South Island tournament, a team qualifying for Internationals for Future Problem Solving and a Year 7 student winning an award at the Shakespeare festival to name a very few.

To all the expert educators who work with our Junior School learners, thank you for your dedication to our learners. To our girls, congratulations on another year!

The students in the Middle School are a joy and privilege to work with every day. They continue to be the very best versions of themselves, challenging us all to see the world through their eyes! A very busy world that is full of possibilities, fun to be shared with friends and opportunities to shine.

Bridget Compton-Moen – Head of Junior School

Kathryn Gray, Head of Middle School

Bridget Compton-Moen

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Middle School

Kathryn Gray

Sian Evans

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Senior School We were excited to implement the Foundation Diploma in Year 11 this year, and feedback from teachers, students and the wider community has been excellent. A huge thank you and congratulations to all of our talented Heads of Faculty, Curriculum Leaders and classroom teachers for their expert knowledge, enthusiasm and energy in developing and implementing this framework.

A successful academic year for Year 11 students was topped off with two Diploma Days in Term 4, which saw them engaging in a range of leadership, service and teambuilding activities as they prepare to step into NCEA or IB and become leaders within the Senior School.

Our Year 12 and 13 students have also had a successful year, with amazing achievements across the Senior School in a wide range of cultural and sporting activities; from rowing to kayaking, netball, fencing, orienteering, from Ethics Olympiad to Future Problem Solving, and encompassing acting, directing, singing, dancing, and theatre sports along the way. Top this

all off with a truly admirable number of university scholarships offered to Year 13 leavers at the end of the year as a reminder that we managed to get some excellent work done in the classroom alongside everything else, and we certainly have a lot to celebrate in 2022!

As we farewell the compassionate, empathetic and resilient wāhine toa of the Class of 2022, we look forward to the fresh challenges and opportunities that 2023 will bring to our remaining Senior School students - and are excited to welcome a new cohort of Year 10s into the Senior School.

Looking back over the last three years and the record-breaking successes we have managed to achieve despite the challenges of lockdowns, social distancing and illness; I am so very proud of every member of Team SMC and more certain than ever that our Senior School will continue to thrive no matter what gets thrown at us Sian Evans, Head of Senior School

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NCEA We all hoped that the Covid virus had wandered out of our lives and that incarceration would no longer be necessary to seek shelter from it. Some other people even had a picnic on the lawn of Parliament Buildings to express this hope. Our wishes were partially realised. We were left free to wander while Covid reinvented itself in many forms, It was inevitable that some of us would collide with one of its evil siblings.

So for some of us the joy of skipping through a field of sunflower-like internally assessed standards became a little wearisome. Happily, the government rescued us again with eight Learning Recognition credits.

This cheerfulness means that we’ll be able to move on from three years of senior schooling avec pandemic to find the next summer meadow. Overall we continued to be very good at what we do and our long term mission to save ourselves, and the planet, can continue unabated.

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This was also our first year of the Year 11 Foundation Diploma, an alternative to Level 1 NCEA. Being the ‘same, same but different’ it was designed to free us of the stress of a national qualification while preparing us for NCEA or IB in Years 12 and 13. We have a strong commitment to fairy tail endings and so have faith that it will all end spectacularly.

This is Mr Belcher’s last year as Deputy Head of Senior School. He thinks we’re all pretty fantastic and that working at SMC is the best thing that could happen to anyone. He wishes everyone all the best for next year and all the ones that come after that.

Grant Belcher – Deputy Head of Senior School (Academic)

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International Baccalaureate (IB) programme “I have to say... if there is one advocate for the programme, it’s me – I have everything good to say about it and attribute much of my tertiary success to its teachings.” This recent comment comes from one of our IB graduates, now completing her studies at the University of Canterbury. It speaks of that wide range of skills and attributes that our IB’ers take with them as they step into their post-secondary pathways.

The academic work of these inquiring, knowledgeable and reflective thinkers who communicate well is,

of course, one part of the picture. Completing that picture is the development of a principled and caring, open-minded and balanced approach, seasoned with the right sort of risk-taking, equipping these young adults for the leadership roles that lie ahead.

Congratulations to the 12IB’ers on a great first year; much warm applause for you 13IB’ers as you now take those next steps beyond secondary school.

Beth Rouse – IB Coordinator

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Library and Study Centre The library committee has enjoyed another busy year in the library.

Working with our display and activity groups, we put together many events and challenges to help encourage SMC to get reading. Together with our wonderful librarians, Mrs McKay, Ms Pashby, and Mrs Ward, we did some incredible stuff this year.

Our annual book fair and dress up day was a highlight, with students donating enough money to buy almost 50 books for a local school in need. Many gorgeous costumes were created and there was even a group entry from the Year 13s!

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Reading challenges were run throughout the year for Years 1-9. Teams entered in Kids Lit Quiz (Year 7-8), Readers Cup (Year 9) and Battle of the Bibliophiles (Year 10). Guess the book character has been one of the fun activities that showcases knowledge and love of books and reading. The library purchased over 600 new books, and over 20,000 items were issued over the course of a year.

Anneliese Millard and Amanda Jiang – Year 13 Library Leaders

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Construction Club & EPro8

Robotics, Code Club & Tech Ninjas

Centre For Innovation We have had another busy year incorporating impactful technology in a range of learning environments.

Esports (electronic sports) Esports is organised competitive video gaming. Esports is different from traditional video gaming. Esports are competitive (human-vs-human) and usually have an engaging spectator element to them, like traditional sports. Esports requires teamwork, communication, critical and strategic thinking, creativity, sportsmanship, and leadership.

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Augmented Reality New Zealand’s strong performance at the Commonwealth Games this year led Miss Lloyd to challenge the Year 7 students to investigate a Commonwealth record. Making maths meaningful through the use of the Reality Composer app enabled our students to create an augmented image. For example the high jump record for women is 1.96m. Students experimented by comparing themselves relative to a specific distances and heights.

Unlike traditional sports, where sports teams are

Pinball Machines

split by gender, esports is gender neutral. All players,

For Year 5, Term 3 was all about energy. This scientific

regardless of their gender, are welcome to play

approach was also translated into Maths and

alongside one another. In addition to gender neutrality,

problem-based learning, where the challenge was

esports is open to all, regardless of physical ability.

to create a pinball machine. The girls discussed and

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Minecraft Club

applied their knowledge and understanding of the changing forms of energy happening on a pinball machine. Each team built a strong structure with bracing, a launching mechanism, barriers and gears to operate the paddles based on the EPro8 philosophy – engineering, problem-solving and innovation. To add another layer of complexity, students learned how to connect lights and buzzers and electronic paddles to their pinball machine using an electronic simulator.

Laser Cutting The laser cutter continues to be a resource that is used by many Year 10 - 13 students. Our senior students are taking advantage of how they can incorporate the use of this technology into their design work in spatial DVC and Textiles as part of the Wearable Arts topic.

Linda Chong – Head of Centre for Innovation

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Science Environmental Biology

Win at the Chemistry Competition

A new course was developed for Level 3 – Environmental Biology. The programme allowed a journey into a number of areas of sustainability; where our environmental values come from and how this impacts the way we interact with the world around us.

Congratulations to Holly Earl, Cindy Mei, Emily Zhou, Anna Babington, Olivia Liu and Iliana Sarri who competed in the Annual Ara Year 11 Chemistry Competition in Term 3. Well done to Holly, Cindy and Emily who won the competition and a $500 prize.

Y11 Diploma The first year of our own Year 11 Foundation Diploma, with Science, Biology, Chemistry and Physics, and most students choosing to study two science courses. The programmes provide a rich foundation for both IB and for NCEA at Year 12, providing opportunities to develop a range of relevant practical, analytical and research skills.

Science Fair Year 8 students (Isla Curley, Senuli Wijayasena, Yazmin Haddock, Emily Sawyer, Neave Ackroyd, Jyla Burnside, Cherry Zhu, Lucy Brown) and Year 12IB students (Amanda Jiang, Sana Fujii, Alexandra Nicolaou, Victoria De Costibadie) represented the school at NIWA Canterbury-Westland Science Fair. Congratulations to our prize winners.

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South Island Brain Bee Competition Year 11 students Olivia Liu, Nina Hayes, Cindy Mei, Emily Zhou, Bridget Rooney and Holly Earl competed in the South Island Brain Bee Team Competition, hosted by the University of Otago, in Dunedin. In addition to attending the competition, the students visited the Anatomy Museum and went to a lab session where they dissected a sheep brain.

Health Science Health Science Tutorials to Year 13 students were offered for the second time this year. These tutorials aim to provide students with an introduction to some of the Biology, Chemistry and Physics topics covered in the first-year Health Sciences courses at the Universities of Otago and Auckland.

Stacey Rod – Head of Science

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Languages Question: “Why do New Zealanders sound muffled when they speak Spanish, French, Chinese or Māori?” Answer: “They learned the language in 2022 during the period of mask wearing!” Haha!

On a more serious note, this year was rather challenging for our students. Learning a language with a mask is like learning sign language with your eyes closed: very, very difficult! However, being the resilient, inventive people that we are at SMC we rose to the challenge and used our wonderful school grounds whenever possible, so we could take the masks off! It worked. The girls

learned and performed very well in tests and competitions like the ALC and DELF. Once we were free of Covid restrictions the girls enjoyed all the things that make language learning so special: sharing food, role plays, singing, and dancing, and cultural celebrations.

Now we are full steam ahead and plan to reintroduce another layer of normality to our offerings: marae visits and overseas trips to Tahiti, Chile, and France in the coming years.

Watch this space!

Dr Stephanie Hossbach – Head of Languages

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Mathematics 2022 has been another fantastic year in the maths department at SMC, with plenty of highlights and interesting experiences both inside and outside the classroom.

Our Year 7s used augmented reality to estimate the heights and lengths of Olympic records, surprising a few of us by how impressive these feats really are! Our Year 9s created geometric containers that could hold one litre of water, resulting in some very innovative creations!

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Our Year 10s conducted statistical experiments, and used their Year 2 and 3 little sisters to help collect data.

Congratulations to all our students who have been successful in the numerous events on offer this year – Otago Problem Solving, Cantamaths, Australian Maths Competitions and the CASIO Calculator Competition. We are so proud of all of your efforts.

Tamara Lerios – Head of Mathematics

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English It has been another busy but fantastic year in the English department. Heather Jones-Jackson and Jenny May have been away on maternity leave, so we have been fortunate enough to have Emily Hesseltine and Sarah Ritchie teach in the department this year. Due to Adam Smith’s departure, Sonia Overton was appointed to a fixed term position and for 2023, she will be a permanent member of the English department.

Our focus has been very much on embedding the Foundation Diploma programme. We are very pleased with the programme’s offerings and students have produced a wonderful array of work that has included: creative writing in the style of…, language research inquiries, and visual presentations demonstrating an idea in the form

of static images, visual essays, podcasts, and even zines.

Often students wonder why we are studying literature and aside from the enjoyment of experiencing a wide variety of literature from not only Aotearoa New Zealand but also world literature, English teachers cannot emphasise enough the importance of storytelling. Stories of any kind encourage students to forge connections among people and places that we may not have an experience of and this demonstrates how to be empathetic and understanding of the experiences of others. I cannot think of anything more important!

Deborah Matheson – Head of English

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Debating Being Head of Debating this year has been a fantastic opportunity and I have loved working with and guiding all of our debaters. Our Juniors have been a pleasure to watch and grow over the year – the turnout each week has been outstanding.

Their commitment and enthusiasm to the art/ sport of debating is undoubtedly evident.

Some highlights from the Junior competitions this year include our Pink team (Sneha Datla, Leona Kamuhangire and Bella Coleman) who broke to the semi-finals in the CSDC inter-school competition, narrowly losing to Burnside.

Additionally, our Silver team (Hannah Higginson, Cindy Mei and Nina Hayes) debated valiantly in the final of the Junior Regionals Tournament and narrowly lost to Riccarton. Hannah, Cindy and Nina all recieved highly commended speaker awards.

Our Senior students have had much success. We started off the year with Canterbury Regionals in March with our Red team (Sara Gillman, Alexandra Nicolaou, Claudia Hundleby) winning three out of five debates, narrowly missing out on the break along with our White and Silver teams. Sara

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received a highly commended speaker award and Claudia was selected for the development squad.

In terms of the Canterbury Schools’ competition, we had three out of our four teams break to quarter finals – more than any other school – and saw our White team (Anita Avia, Emily Harris and Jessie Peng) break to the finals, where they narrowly lost to Cashmere.

Claudia, Alex and Sara were lucky enough to travel to Dunedin for the Winter Quad where we came third. We also enjoyed the second year of the new Whiua Te Kupu competition against Christ’s College, where we were again victorious, taking out four out of five debates. Finally, we had our annual showcase debate against our brother school, debating the motion: “This House would cancel Valentines Day.” Unfortunately, in a close, but funny debate, Christ’s took the trophy.

I would like to thank everyone for their dedication to debate this year and especially Ms McLaughlin who puts in many hours behind the scenes organising us girls.

Sara Gillman – Head of Debating

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Myers’ Cup Speech Competition The teaching staff of the English department decided that we would do things a little differently in 2022. Firstly, with a consensus from both students and teaching staff, we decided that speeches would be optional for not only the Year 13 students but also for the Year 11 students. Each year, the speech topics cause a stir so we asked for the input from the student academic committee and we were very pleased with the results. Topics for 2022 included: Toomer Cup > Taking flight > People make a place > An unexpected twist > Silver lining Gossett Cup

> Fight or flight > That’s epic > Mute > Behind your mask Myers’ Cup

> Exceeds expectations > A liminal state > Sidekick > Hauora Once again, we were treated to a superb line up of students who delivered their speeches with

enthusiasm in front of peers and their parents.

The participants provided entertainment and humour, as well as offering thought provoking ideas on a range of topics.

We were fortunate to have a guest judge of the calibre of Dr Nicolas Wright from the University of Canterbury. He had an incredibly difficult role in selecting the winners of each category.

Ly Kennedy Cup – Harriet Gough Toomer Cup – Lucy Butterfield Gosset Cup – Zoë Rea Myers’ Cup – Gemma Hardcastle The event was jointly emceed by Deputy Head Prefect, Georgiana House and the Head Prefect, Tehya Laws. It was an absolute delight to hear performances from; The Jazz Band, who performed "Sweet Caroline"; Emily Chambers and Emma Richards who performed ‘Valerie’; and Isabella Shatford who performed an original song called "Roller coaster". I thank all the students who were so instrumental in making this event a success. I would also like to extend my gratitude to the head of Performing Arts, the English Faculty, the tech crew and all of the Year 5 to 8 teachers who encourage their students to participate with such energy and enthusiasm.

Deborah Matheson – Head of English

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Middle School Creative Writing This year’s Middle School Creative Writing Club is one of the BIGGEST highlights of our week. We have entered in Write On Speak Out competitions, taking on tricky topics such as pollution and insects. Our teachers Ms Matheson and

Ms Overton teach us writing skills through fun games and activities. We meet on Tuesday lunchtimes every second week and we all thoroughly each session (as one time we may have gotten chocolate!). Here are two of our pieces:

If only…

The shower is dangerous

I look hopefully at the girl, rushing over with a spade.

I will my petals to unfurl but instead, they seem to age.

Have you encountered the horror of the shower? Its welcoming arms embracing you in the warm, lush flow of water, the smooth, easy flow of water off your skin.

My roots, they thirst for water, my roots, they gasp for air.

She runs away to play with toys while I’m stuck sitting here.

The garden was a-thriving, tulips and pansies galore.

But sure enough, slowly dying, this girl thought watering a bore.

The pansies were my sisters, the roses like my mum.

But they lost their will to live, leaving all but one.

As I lay down my budded head and unwillingly embrace the soil, I secretly wish this child would have her own inner turmoil.

The grin on her face is vibrant, as happy as the sun.

She’s unaware what’s happening while she’s off having fun.

She hears her parents calling, “Look after your garden please!

Care for it and water it, you could do it all with ease.”

My wilted leaves are drooping right in front of her eyes, but she’s too young yet to understand and ignores this poor pansy’s cries.

And so I hope she learns, and that her new garden thrives.

This porch-front could use some colour, if only I could survive.

Orla Miller – Year 9

I mean, washing your hair takes up time, right? Oops – the bottles are plastic, the shampoo has palm oil?

Well, sometimes you need a calming-down session, right?

Oops. You could do something better for the environment.

Reading? Talking? Playing a board game?

The shower is dangerous!

But, the quiet time, so nice!

The privacy, ahhhh…

When you wash yourself, though, where does all your hair go?

Oops.

Down the drain.

And after that, where does your hair go?

Into the sewer.

And what does your hair do?

It webs the waterways, squeezes the sewer and chokes the pump.

For the last time, I tell you take a shorter shower, comb your hair before you get in, and discard your plastic bottle (hopefully in the right bin), use chocolate cakes of shampoo, because THE SHOWER IS DANGEROUS...

Juliet Young – Aged 11

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Physical Education and Health Experiences in the Junior School As we reflect on another challenging year we are reminded of the importance of connection and movement to enrich our lives and enhance our wellbeing. Our Junior School students demonstrate these important characteristics in abundance and are an inspiration for us all as to how to approach life, face its challenges and be open to new learning experiences.

The Junior School students have participated in a range of exciting, interesting and challenging activities this year, including aquatics, kiwigym, traditional games, sports education and leadership, skateboarding and scootering, creative movement and skipping.

An exciting experience for the Junior School students in 2022 was participating in a Wellbeing Week, led by our Year 12 Health students. The students were able to select and participate in a range of activities over the course of the week to enhance their wellbeing. The activities included; mindfulness, painting worry stones, creative play and trust and connection activities.

This was a wonderful week of celebration and connection and an amazing opportunity for the Junior School students to connect with their Senior School peers. We hope that it will be a sustainable and on-going opportunity for our students, both old and young.

Julia Smith – Head of Physical Education and Health

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Humanities and Social Sciences The events 2022 have further stretched our global society’s level of cohesion, as everything from a lengthening European war to continued social conflicts over the continuing pandemic and multiple human rights issues rage. As another year of unprecedented change draws to a close, it’s critical that our students are well-informed critical thinkers, which is the primary aim of the Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty.

To help meet this challenge, the Aotearoa-New Zealand Histories Curriculum was finialised this year, which was later accompanied by the release of the Social Sciences Curriculum. These changes mean that, for the first time, learning our own histories has become a compulsory part of New Zealand education, from Year 1 to Year 10. This is an exciting and progressive step. Although SMC has always had elements of Aotearoa’s history in our programmes, a great deal of thinking and planning has been put into the revising of programmes to align to the new learning pathways, and more is to come. Grateful thanks are extended to teachers across the Junior and Middle Schools who are embracing this change and beginning its implementation from 2023.

In the meantime, humanities students have continued to thrive across the range of contexts and skills our courses cover. In May, economics students participated in the Canterbury Economic Development Challenge. The challenge was to present an idea, in video format, for an economic development project for Christchurch that could enhance the economy of Waitaha Canterbury and improve its living standards. It was open to all secondary school students in Aotearoa and to UC students. Year 12 students Jessie Peng and Jessica Geng won first prize for their proposal of a Public Private Partnership between Environment Canterbury (ECAN) and Canterbury farmers to

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use drones for water quality sampling and application of fertilisers. Year 13’s Chloe Taylor and Jordan Silcock, were placed third, as well as winning best video pitch.

Elsewhere, the new Foundation Diploma provided further opportunities for course refreshes, one of which led Year 11 students to take a field trip across to Akaroa. There they encountered numerous significant historical sites from events across centuries, ably led by Mrs MacDonald, assisted by local guide Marie Haley, who is descended from the first wave of French settlers from way back in 1840. This addition to the HASS field trip roster joined regulars like the classical studies trip to the Antiquities at the Teece Museum (recommended to any Cantabrian with an interest in ancient history) and the economics trip to the Coca Cola Amitil plan. Elsewhere in the year book there is also an account of the geographers field research across various locations.

The humanities staff has retained its good spirits and great faculty vibes through a challenging year. At the end of the school year we reluctantly bid farewell to Ms Hannah Gallagher, after two years service at SMC. Hannah has built some excellent relationships with students and made valued contributions to the faculty and wider school, and will be missed. The other change for 2023 has been brought about with the birth of daughter Mackenzie to Ms Gemma Davidson, who will be on maternity leave next year. Her position as Curriculum Leader of Accounting will be filled by Paul Leitch, who joins us from Onslow College.

Chris Walker – Head of Humanities and Social Sciences

Creative Technologies > Successfully implemented four Year 11 Foundation Diploma Courses – Food and Nutrition, Textiles, Product & Media Design, Design & Visual Communication. > Staff attended HETTANZ conference > Year 11 Product & Media Design students visited University of Canterbury Product Design School

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Highlights

> Year 12 IB students visited Antarctic Centre

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Our Junior School GaTE crew

Learning Enhancement

Junior School Learning Enhancement

Year 10 Rite Journey week Year 12 exam prep

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Structured Literacy in Year 9

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Future Problem Solving Global Issues Problem Solving engages students in deep learning as they grapple with existing or emerging international issues. After researching the topic, students are presented with a one-page futuristic scenario, the ‘future scene’ which extrapolates existing trends and adds futuristic elements. They research the topic in depth, then learn and apply the six-step future problem solving process.

National Qualifiers

This year we had students from Year 5 through Year 11 participating in this growing programme.

Students have explored a range of diverse issues such as Water Supply, Green Building, Insects and Mining, imagining what issues might arise in these areas in 2044 and beyond.

Nationals Success!

We also welcomed seasoned coach Bridget Compton-Moen to our team and she brought a huge wealth of experience with her. She helped out all the teams and got some Year 5s and 6s enthusiastic about problem solving.

Qualifying Topic The national qualifying topic this year was Insects. The future scene had the teams investigate the use of robotic bees for pollination, and mantises for pest control.

The following students qualified to compete at Nationals (remotely) in November.

Year 9 – Sneha Datla, Phoebe James, Leona Kamuhangire, Tilly O'Donnell Year 10 – Zara Clark, Millie Edwards, Holly Sawyer Individual – Trelise McEwan (Year 10)

Middle Division First Place – Zara Clark, Millie Edwards, Holly Sawyer Middle Division Second Place Presentation of Action Plan – Zara Clark, Millie Edwards, Holly Sawyer Middle division Individual First Place – Trelise McEwan Future Problem Solving students thrive on a challenge and they once again excelled in the FPS programme in 2022 despite continuing logistical challenges.

Betsy Macdonald – Teacher in charge Bridget Compton-Moen – Coach

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Dance 2022 has been a fantastic year for dance. We are constantly reminded of how hardworking and resilient our dance students of SMC are. They took the Covid disruptions in their stride and despite ongoing absence reached the goals they set out for themselves. They are a truly inspiring bunch of humans to work with and we are so proud of everything they have achieved.

This year saw the start of the IB Dance programme, with three students working alongside the NCEA students in a dual pathway class. The IB Dance programme is a new development for SMC and very exciting. We hope many students opt for IB Dance in the future.

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With Covid restrictions taking a backseat we were finally able to invite the wider community to enjoy our ‘Retrograde’ Senior Dance Show. It truly felt like pre-Covid times and the energy was palpable. Once again our dancers strutted their stuff and showed just how talented they are in a range of genres and dance styles.

The future of dance is bright at SMC and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for our dancers.

Candice Cain – Curriculum Leader of Dance

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Drama Our ākonga are very fortunate to have the opportunity to engage with the drama curriculum from Years 0 - 13. When our drama students leave at the end of Year 13 they have developed essential skills and memories that will stay with them for the rest of their lives.

Congratulations to all of our amazing 2022 drama students for another incredible year –

you created, you played, you laughed, you cried, you collaborated, you performed, you devised, you researched, you challenged yourselves, you cared, you listened, you were curious, you were courageous and most importantly you became an important and valued member of our extended drama whānau.

Megan Herd – Curriculum Leader of Drama

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Music

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2022 has been a great year in the Senior music classrooms.

– well done girls, you are brave, courageous and extremely talented musicians.

There has been so much musical talent on display through solo and group performance work and song writing. I have been amazed at how many budding song writers there are and I am excited to see some of these original songs heading for Rockquest next year. Many wonderful performers have taken to the stage and performed pieces in front of an audience which is a really challenging task and I was so proud of the confidence that was shown throughout all the performance assessments

Music technology has been another area of growth this year. There have been some really awesome original recordings created using different music software and being recorded in our school studio. How lucky we are to have such fantastic equipment to use to make these opportunities happen.

Bring on 2023 – I can’t wait to see what unfolds.

Amanda Woods – Head of Performing Arts

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Melvena Geng, Y4

Visual Art It has been a very successful year for students within the visual arts. We have focused on students developing capabilities in critical and creative thinking as they learn to generate and evaluate knowledge, clarify concepts and ideas, consider alternatives and possibilities, and use these ideas to solve problems. Students are encouraged to apply this in all learning areas of their education and to look towards their next challenges in tertiary study and the global context.

The student head of Visual Art, Sienna Wu, worked diligently organizing art projects, engaging and encouraging more students to become involved in the creative arts.

exhibition in the Chapel Atrium where Sienna Wu, Hana Nakajo and Amanda Yang, exhibited a series of works in a range of media. A work by Amanda from that exhibition has been added to the growing collection of student artworks displayed around the SMC campus.

In October the senior art exhibition presented artwork from the new SMC diploma students and NCEA folios to students, parents and teachers and showcased the diversity of approaches across the art disciplines. Senior work in painting, design, photography and printmaking demonstrated the talent and creativity in the visual arts students.

In August staff and a selection of senior students exhibited art work as part of the SMC Art Exhibition which, is always a valuable art experience for staff, students and the public.

The visual arts faculty has worked diligently to contribute and enhance the profile and appreciation of art at SMC which has been due to the dedication and commitment of the students in art.

In September we had a very successful IB

Callum Arnold – Head of Visual Art

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Junior Art

Year 4 art

Mithila Doniparti Y4

Julia Nguyen Y5

Harriet Gough Y5

YouYou Tang Y6

Mollie Levenger Y4

Layla Anderson Y6

Summer Donaldson Y6

Elina Wang Y5

Sophie Orman Y6

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Year 5 finished artwork: Darryn George Box

Year 6 Matariki Whetu

Sylvie Roberts Y5

Year 7 & 8 Art ACADEMIC

Emma Robb Y7

Alex Campbell Y7

Ruby Wells Y8

Jessica Gearry Y7

Amelia Howe Y7

Ella Hart-Stewart Y7

Neave Ackroyd Y8

Bridie McCormick Y7

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Year 9 & 10 Art

Joanne Webber Y9

Orla Miller Y9

Masha Lukonina Y9 Zoë Rae Y10

Yujeong Hong Y10

Sophia Amyes Y10 Holly Sawyer Y10

Annie Allen Y10 Izzy Brooke Y10 Sneha Datla Y9 Lily Beaven Y10

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Year 11 Art Foundation Diploma ACADEMIC

Hannah Gubb

Amelia Timiani-Dean

Cole Habberfield-Short

Maddie Pfahlert

Hannah Higginson

Hannah Higginson Lucy Sowman Day Tyana Rutherford Grace McGregor

Philippa Morphet

Rylie Plant

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Year 12 & 13 Painting & Printmaking

Milo Neil Y12

Gabrielle Kitley Y13

Henrietta Aynsley Y12

Mezzy Surridge Y13

Violet Fulton Y12

Olivia Ferguson Y12 Sophia Stewart Y13

Natalie Whitteker Y12 Siobhan Hoare Y13

Miya Hartsonge Y12 Sky Dehne Y12

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Year 12 & 13 Design ACADEMIC

Lucy Horton Y12

Alice Davidson Y13

Ellie Rogers Y12 Alice Davidson Y13

Lily Webb Y13

Paris Hauge Y12 Ally Booth Y12 Lily Webb Y13 Scarlett Gordon Y12

Harriet Simpson Y13 Bree O’Malley Y12

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Year 12 & 13 Photography

Alana Cawte Y13

Petra Lewis Y12

Jessika Mann Y12 Sam Cambell Y12

Sam Cambell Y12 Lottie Bandasak Y12

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Charlotte Scott Y12 Olivia Thorn Y12

IB Visual Art ACADEMIC

Zoe Yang Y12

Eve Barnsley Y12

He’er Yang Y13

Siyao Wu Y13

Y13 IB Art Exhibition Lauren Warne Y12

Siyao Wu Y13

Hana Nakajo Y13

Amelia Gordon Y12

Eve Barnsley Y12

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Pre-School This year the Pre-School explored wellbeing and what this looks like for our tamariki, kaiako, whānau and kaupapa.

A wellness week encouraged children to create gifts for the special people in their lives, and the wider College community who are part of their learning and those who ensure our environment is safe.

Research shows that being physically active, giving to others, and learning new skills are important aspects when we think of wellbeing.

The children enjoyed a wheels day and a parent/ child yoga session during this week as well.

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Our Open Day allowed families to see a day in the life of a pre-schooler. This was a wonderful success and the children enjoyed sharing their day with siblings, parents, grandparents and aunts and uncles.

There are many learning outcomes for children when their wellbeing is nurtured. These goals from Te Whāriki include children developing a ‘sense of personal worth and cultural identity and the ability to make choices, focus attention, maintain concentration and being involved.’

Sarah Bradley – Director of Pre-School

New Entrant JUNIOR

REDS girl

Playtime fun

House singing

Literacy learning

New Entrants, happy, marvellous learning, playing, sharing, treasure hunting for gems and number crunching, REDS Girls.

Emily Hughes, Mia Sun, Bea Read and Angelina An Making 10

Junior disco

World Book Day

Effective Communicators – making friends

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Year 1

First day of Year 1 – 2022 with Ms Douglas and Mrs Patchett

Cross Country winners – Maddy, Chloe and Nina

Ready for the Cross Country PJ Day with hot milo and biscuits

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Art Gallery visit

Teddy Bears’ picnic

Dress up as your favourite book character

Dinosaur Art

Year 2 JUNIOR

Kapa Haka

Book character day

Cultural day

Donations for orphanage in Fiji

Static electricty

Statistics with Year 10 buddies

Athletics day

Weaving at the Art Gallery

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Year 3

The Year 3 girls dressed up in their colours for House Day

International Day

The girls are holding the new signs for the school’s House trees – Mānuka, Matipo, Rimu, Kōnini, Rātā and Kōwhai, that are planted by the Café.

The girls used virtual reality glasses to find out about healthy and unhealthy oceans. They listened to the Blake educators talking about overfishing and the pollution of some of these oceans.

After learning about overfishing the girls wrote to Minister David Parker, the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries, congratulating him for leading a change in the law. This change means fishermen now have a limit of 20 finfish a day.

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Year 3 girls in Hagley Park after Cross Country The girls were delighted to receive a letter back from Mr Parker thanking them for their interest in keeping our oceans healthy.

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We all took flight in 2022

We ate cookies with Maggie Bear at the annual Teddy Bears Picnic

Our Year 4 netball team excelled at the Rainbow Netball Tournament

We had a magical evening dressed up for ‘Cinderella’s Ball’ at the Junior School Disco

We were toasty warm in our jim jams, Oodies and onesies on Pyjama Day

As part of our Inquiry learning we visited the International Antarctic Centre.

We watched penguins, stood in a snowstorm and rode in a hagglund.

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Year 5

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JUNIOR

Year 6 Year 5 and 6 Camp – Wainui After twenty five years, this was my last camp at SMC with a Year 6 class. Camps are full on as students experience the highs of being together and having fun, with the sadness and tears of not being able to cope without Mum or Dad at midnight. During the day it is a different story.

The girls grab every opportunity to involve themselves in the activities, be it the giant swing, low ropes or the beach adventure. Girls shine, they share and they shout, even during breakfast

and dinner. New friendships are formed and new leaders and thrillseekers come to the fore. It was evident as the girls built their bush shelters that comfort was a priority. The shelters had toilet facilities, albeit primitive, an indoor outdoor flow and a separate bedroom. I felt very confident that if I was truly lost in the bush with these girls I would have been well looked after.

Paula Sheldon – Year 6 teacher

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Junior School Sport It has been a very busy year for sport in the Junior School. We are proud to say that we have close to 95 per cent of our girls in Year 1-6 playing in a sports team.

Currently we offer numerous sports from volleyball to flippaball, cricket to skiing. In winter, our girls are very engaged in hockey, netball and basketball with a couple of girls playing all three! We are very fortunate to have the Middle and Senior School on our doorstep with older girls keen to coach our Junior School teams. This year we had 32 of our bigger sisters coaching our ten Year 3-6 teams, as well as our Year 1 and 2 lunchtime netball and hockey programmes. We simply could not offer the many sporting opportunities we provide to our Junior girls without these girls and we thank them warmly for their input. This relationship is a two-way street and it is wonderful to watch the older girls grow and develop as coaches. A number of the Year 5s have commented to me that they can’t wait for the day in the not-too-distant future that they will be able to give back to the Junior School as young coaches.

New opportunities this year have included rhythmic gymnastics with three amazing Year 5s competing in

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the novice competition. A big thank you to our coaches Libby and Grace.

There have been many extra opportunities from competing in weekend netball tournaments to cricket experience days, from competing in the Independent School Sports competitions to taking part in Canterbury Primary Sports competitions.

SMC’s Junior School has experienced some real success this year in sport. Special congratulations must go to the Kākāpō netball team who came fifth in Canterbury at the Canterbury Primary Schools netball competition – a huge achievement. We are also extremely proud of our SMC Junior School ski team who came first at the Independent School Ski Competition! Warm congratulations to all of these young athletes.

We have some very talented sportswomen in our wee school and we are excited to see where their passion and talent takes them. Ultimately, our goal is to help girls love and participate in sport from a young age so they will keep active and healthy and know the joy participating in sport can bring.

Bridget Compton-Moen – Head of Junior School

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7ENSS Term 1 brought friendships. It was filled with activities helping us get to know each other, our wonderful holidays that we turned into a recount and an ani-motions poster. Bio Poems came. The idea was to list down words about us, describe our passions and joys, then pack it into a poem. Term 2 brought knowledge. A small book about a boy keeping a diary out of matchboxes to document his memories. Our biggest unit was the survivor challenge. Our task was to picture ourselves being stranded on an

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island. Our job you ask? To write our way out of it. Surviving on the island proved difficult when one of your teammates broke their leg.

Our Term 3 unit was all about animals. We made an information report on an animal we knew nothing about and researched its habitat, diet, predators and life cycle. It was a packed term but a good one. Term 4 is all about market day and economics – a great way to sell the term out.

Isabel Marsh and Florence McCormick – Year 7

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8ENSS This year in 8ENSS 2022 we have been learning about many different topics. In Term 1, we started off with learning about our peers and to have a growth mindset towards learning for the year.

We focused on WW1, learning about the soldiers and nurses who fought during those times. We also focused on Mana Wahine and Herstory.

Following on from Term 1, we went further with herstory and created ancestry projects presenting to our classmates and even learning new things about ourselves and our families. Also in Term 2, we focused on industrial revolution, our

speeches, and even did a class novel. Term 3 was packed with learning about different branches amongst diversity, New Zealand was quite a large theme of Term 3 and we went off learning about NZ pests, kaitiakitanga, and biodiversity.

Lastly, Term 4 came around before we knew it, we got straight into passion projects and NZ adventure. Throughout the year it has been great to be in a supportive environment where you can just be yourself and have fun.

Molly Tyler and Charlotte Lamont – Year 8

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Year 7 Camp

Abseiling

Water slide

Flying fox

Water slide

Bridge building Archery

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Halloween monster creation

Giant swing

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Year 8 Camp 2022 saw a change in location for the Year 8 camp, and what a success it was. Kaikōura provided the most amazing venue for the students to continue developing their connections as a year group, as well as giving new experiences to allow students to move out of their comfort zone and into their courage zone. Staying at the Dusky Lodge was the perfect location for the year group to explore Kaikoura. The highlight for many was sea kayaking where we saw dolphins, birds and even

a small whale. On our whale watch tour we were fortunate enough to see not just one but three whales, it was an amazing experience. Students also did a beach walk, played minigolf, visited the Kaikōura Museum and competed in groups in a quiz competition and challenge night. The weather was perfect for the September camp, and students and staff loved the new location and experience.

Lisa Williams – Deputy Head of Middle School

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Emily learning an instrument Ella airplane

Emily walking the Bridle Path

Eva donating goods to Ronald McDonald House

Alex collecting rubbish in her community

Isabel learning a new recipe to cook for her family

Margauz outdoor activities

Logo by Willow Sneddon

SMC Challenge Year 8 Activities and reflections completed by students: Eva volunteering at Ronald McDonald House: “It made feel happy because I know that someone will be very thankful for the food I donated, and I would like to support more people in lots of different ways.”

Ella’s outdoor activity, learning to fly a plane: “I felt a little bit nervous but Abbey made me feel comfortable by making me help in the plane. Everything was super fun and I definitely want to go for a fly in Abbey’s plane again!”

Congratulations to our award winners for 2022!

Izzy learning to cook a different culture’s meal for her family: “I enjoyed choosing something different to try and it becoming a new favourite!”

Jessica Gearry, Jess Gooding, Annabel Grantham,

Emily learning a musical instrument: “A challenge is learning by ear, because it is easier than learning by notes, but you have to constantly practise otherwise you will forget the songs. I had to keep trying, even if it feels like you’re going nowhere, keep going!”

Alex picking up rubbish around her neighbourhood: “I think that it has made a bigger difference in our community.”

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Margaux outdoor activities: “We had a nice time connecting with our old family friends.”

Bronze – Lena Abdinor, Neave Ackroyd, Cece Acland, Charlotte Ainsworth, Poppy Blakely, Mila Blundell, Sophia Cathro, Tiv Crozier, Isla Curley, Ella Drummond, Lilly Eastmure, Margaux Frye, Oak Galbraith, Ella Hart-Stewart, Jemima Huston, Charlotte Lamont, Saffron Lyttle, Isabel Marsh, Maria Michaelides, Lily Petrowski, Izzy Reed, Alice Rodda, Emily Sawyer, Annabel Scott, Linda Sun, Lily Taylor, Grace Thorn, Senuli Wijayasena, Jolin Ye Silver – Sienna Choat, Izabella Green, Tracey Hsia, Elsie O’Donnell, Amelie Scrymgeour Gold – Lexie Boon, Eva Grace, Ella Liu, Rosa MacLeod, Lucy Penney, Juliet Young, Cherry Zhu Platinum – Ceci Bridge, Alex Campbell, Phoebe Jones, Rachel Kim, Ivy Mehrtens, Isabel Vickers

Nicole Lloyd – Year 7 & 8 Dean

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Year 9 Camp Year 9 camp was an action-packed three days at

mānawa ora” activity, a river study, rogaine, team

Glentui Meadows near Oxford. There was an early

building, weaving, and a native bush walk. Fitness

start on first day, followed by an hour long bus trip to

was tested repeatedly, as there were literally hundreds

arrive at the camp by 9am. Each group rotated around

of steps to get back up to the main camp site from

a total of ten activities with their group leader over

the activities run down on the meadows. Evenings

the three days, and mixed groups allowed everyone

featured roaring open fires in the hall, with a quiz

to get to know lots of others from the year group who

the first night and group skits with the theme of “the

were outside their regular classes. The activities

power of positivity” on the second night, followed by

were abseiling, an environmental awareness “leave

hot chocolates. A great three days!!

no trace” activity, archery tag, bivvy building, a “tē

Dr Sarah Hickford – Year 9 Dean

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Rite Journey It has been another busy year for The Rite Journey programme, where we had seven classes with students full of confidence and willingness to embrace the programme. Year 10 have experienced beginning and end of year ceremonies, and challenges that have pushed them mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically, many discussions surrounding life and the culmination of a six day camp at Rotoiti Lodge in the Nelson Lakes area. This included the now infamous Abyss Challenge and the 17 hour solos. Other activities included an overnight tramp, high ropes, group initiatives, orienteering, stand up paddle boarding and raft building.

The class challenge day saw each class complete a series of challenges around Christchurch and navigate their way to Quail Island. Each class had to work together, show support and be

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creative in solving problems. Congratulations to Ms Chamber’s class who won the Rite Journey Challenge Trophy for this event.

Congratulations to Nevaeh Shand whose badge was selected as the winning design for the 2022 Rite Journey graduation badge.

Her explanation of this badge: “The concept I followed for this design is that when we all participated in Rite Journey we were taken along this pathway that helped us take flight and reach many goals no matter how hard we persevered. I chose the compass because it's the logo for Rite Journey and it also symbolises the many turns in our chosen direction we have had to make. The silhouette pictures of the girls on ropes and with balloons symbolise the girls at SMC taking flight and

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persisting to achieve their goals. The bridge leading to the sunset represents that we have all had a long road full of challenges along the way and all of the girls at SMC are finishing their journey at camp”.

Also congratulations to Anna Qiu whose guidebook design was selected from entries across New Zealand and Australia to win the international competition. Her design will on the front cover of all the Rite Journey guidebooks in 2023.

Her explanation of her design: “I have decided to digitally draw a girl with butterfly wings looking up at the moon and the challenging mountain ahead of her. The puzzled girl staring up at the tough mountain represents us at the start of the year, thinking about

everything we must do. The mountain signifies all the challenges that Rite Journey put us through. I've chosen to draw the moon because it reminds me of the quote, "shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you'll land among the stars".

This means that we should strive to be the best version of ourselves; if we don't get to where we want, it will still be better than where we started. The butterfly wings represent the transition that Rite Journey brings us. Just like a butterfly, we had to transition from a caterpillar and as we gained/consumed the knowledge, we grew as a person. At the end of Rite Journey, we emerge independent and ready to spread our wings and explore the world just like a butterfly.”

Lisa Williams – Deputy Head of Middle School

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Aspirational Programme Will it be easy? Nope Will it be worth it? Absolutely The Middle School Aspirational programme is now in its second year. Some of these trips became fully booked within two minutes of being opened up for registrations. All the events within this programme have been designed to offer opportunities that would build new connections, leadership and resilience.

Growing Leaders – Year 7 & 8 “Great leaders don’t set out to be a leader, they set out to make a difference” 45 Year 7 & 8 students spent five days in Wellington visiting innovative and inspirational places.

Parliament, Te Papa, Weta Workshop, Capital E, Space Place Museum, and Zoolandia were all

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visited. We even managed to fit in a visit to pools, games of 10 pin bowing and ice skating.

Aspiring Leaders – Year 10 “Leadership is not a position or a title, it is an action and example” Aspiring leaders was a trip to further develop the fundamental leadership skills that are taught to all Year 10 Students. It was an absolute privilege to spend a weekend at Wainui with this group of students as we worked through a series of leadership activities that allowed students to experience success and failure. Each group was responsible for one of the meals during the weekend, as well as an activity.

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Aspiring Adventurers – Year 9 & 10 “Let your feet wonder, your eyes marvel and your soul ignite” The above quote could never be more true for this amazing group of students who were brave enough to embark on this adventure. Eleven days of the most amazing soul ignition, connections enhanced, and the opportunity to realise how much grit and determination you really have.

This group of students were lucky enough to experience team building, rafting, kayaking, and a six day journey on the Routeburn and Hollyford tracks. The knowledge and skills that were developed during this adventure will set

these students up to achieve greatness in the future.

Aspiring Film Makers – Year 7, 8 & 9 “An essential aspect of creativity is not being afraid to fail” The new Aspiring Filmmakers course was still to take place at the time of writing.

Many thanks to all the staff that made these trips possible. Our Aspirational Programme has once again exceeded all our expectations.

Lisa Williams – Deputy Head of Middle School

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Year 11 Wellbeing Day 2022’s Year 11 Wellbeing day was hosted by Christ’s

The key message of the day was to create balance in

College in August with the theme ‘Ways to Wellbeing’.

our lives and learn the strategies to ensure that we

To start the day we celebrated with a combined chapel

experience positive mental health and wellbeing.

service. We were then treated to keynote speaker, Brooke Neal, who used her vast experience as an Olympian and coach to give us an insight into

who helped on the day.

managing stress, healthy mindsets, and mindful

“Me mahi tahi tātou mō te oranga o te katoa.”

“We should work together for the wellbeing of everyone.”

moments.

Helen MacDonald – Year 11 Dean

balancing high performance and wellbeing. The students then rotated through workshops including

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With thanks to Christ’s College, and all the SMC staff

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Year 11 PE Tramp We departed SMC for Island Hills Station to complete

discussions that took place around meal planning

the walking track owned by Dan and Mandy Shand,

and preparation was credited to the effective use of

parents of Amalia in Year 11.

a range of interpersonal skills.

A new tramping location for 2022, our two classes

What a pleasure it was to observe the quality

and three staff looked forward to the adventures of

connections, relationships, resilience and joy from

the walking track and the two huts that we would be

our rangatahi as well as the stunning flora and fauna

staying in along the way.

around us on this high country station.

The students were in groups and were responsible for

We can’t wait to do it all again in 2023!

the carrying, planning, preparation and cooking of all

Check it out here: islandhillsstation.com/

their meals. The range of food and cooking expertise

Leanne Chambers – Assistant Head of Health and

on display was delightful to see and the quality

Physical Education

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Year 12 IB Camp Due to Covid, we were unfortunately unable to travel away to camp so ours became another unique experience – IB camp at school! The activities related to subjects we would take throughout the year, learning about Maths, Pseudoscience, Theory of Knowledge, Biology, English and more. The camp strengthened the connections between our cohort, developing our communication and cooperation skills.

Throughout camp we learnt about each other, the IB programme and what was to come over our two year diploma. Despite sickness and cancellations we were able to make the most

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of this experience and still had lots of fun in our intro to the world of IB. Our activities ventured outside of the classroom, with our group literally diving into nature and getting knee deep into our community’s rivers to explore our ecosystem. And of course we had free time to swim in the pool, play games and eat ice cream together! This camp most definitely created a tightly knit group who launched themselves into the first year of IB. Sophie McGhie, Jessie Peng and Jessica Geng – Year 12 students

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Year 12 PE Camp The Year 12 LEAP class headed to the Boyle River Outdoor Education Centre in the Lewis Pass at the beginning of Term 2. Our camp was delayed due to Covid but we finally made it to then put all of our learning into action. This camp is designed to test and challenge the girls physically but also mentally as they perform a range of tasks and work collaboratively together supporting each other. The focus of the camp is understanding group development and it is an opportunity to experience real life scenarios of how groups form, bond, face conflict, succeed and sometimes fail. High

poles, swamp crossings, river crossings, diving through waterfalls and low rope challenges were all part of the programme. We then used our learning experience to complete a written reflection for our Level Two Group Processes Achievement Standard.

A great two days of learning in the practical sense with the girls embracing each challenge and developing essential fundamental capabilities within a group.

Amanda Hardy – Year 12 LEAP Teacher

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Year 12 PE/LEAP Snow Camp Our Y12 PE and LEAP students had an early departure Ms Nairn for her time going up and down the slopes from SMC to hit the slopes of Mt Hutt as part of their completing the assessment for this standard.

Snow Camp and to complete components of their Unfortunately the forecast for day two was for high 2022 course. This included risk management analysis winds hence our time on the slopes was limited to just and performance skills. Albeit an early start the one day. An example of ‘risk management’ in action students were excited about the opportunity to tackle – disappointed as we all were – it was a concept that the slopes especially with the news of lots of fresh everyone understood very well, ensuring the safety of snow and powder waiting for them. all and mitigating all risk.

In preparation students learnt about ‘risk’ and how to “We had so much fun going away with the LEAP/ identify and manage hazards in this challenging PE classes to Mt Hutt. Having skiing lessons on the outdoor context. They applied learnt strategies to slopes helped us gain confidence and improve our ensure their time on the mountain was safe and skiing. Although our classes’ skiing abilities varied, enjoyable whilst also being aware of the challenging we were all able to have loads of fun together. It was terrain they were in and being prepared for the ‘what really cool to be able to spend time with our friends if’s’, making good decisions for their safety and the on the mountain and for us all to gain more skills and safety of those around them. confidence on the slopes. I loved watching Annie try The day was magic with bluebird skies and fresh the ski jumps. After skiing we returned back to our snow. Once everyone was all booted up and had their awesome accommodation, it had an amazing view of skis, poles, helmets and goggles at the ready we all the mountain. I absolutely loved this ski trip and wish enjoyed a lesson with fabulous instructors. The lessonwe could all go again.” helped us to ‘find our feet’ and appreciate the context Laura Siegert – Year 12 student we were in, taking on board advice and feedback to ensure our day was a good one, no matter our ability A fabulous trip with motivated and engaged students to stand upright on skis and to stop when required! who made the most of every opportunity presented Easier said than done for some of us. to them ensuring they met the requirements of the course but also had fun and enjoyed the company of Putting knowledge and skill together after the lesson their classmates. it was time to practise, practise, practise to hone in on performance to then be assessed as part of the Ms Amanda Hardy and Mrs Paula Vesty performance component of the course. Thank you to – PE Teachers

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Year 12 & 13 Geography Field Trip SENIOR

Environmental fans

Studying geography is sweet!

Ain’t no mountain high enough!

Nothing is im-possum-ble

Ain’t no valley low enough!

Ain’t no river wide enough!

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Year 13 PE/LEAP Surf Camp Throughout Term 1, Year 13 PE and Year 13 LEAP participated in a Surfing Performance and Improvement Programme (PIP). This consisted of weekly surfing and skateboarding sessions to help improve and establish the basic skills required in surfing. We had six sessions in the water at Sumner Beach before we participated in a two day surf camp to assess our performance.

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students had not surfed much before. By the end of the term, we were all confident to go out the back and practice popping up and riding varying sized waves into the shore. Our determination, persistence and encouragement towards others was a huge part of our success during this programme.

Karen Paterson – PE Teacher

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International At the beginning of 2022, many of our international students had still not returned to their home countries for more than two years due to NZ borders being closed. With some border restrictions lifted, a few of our students were able to return home for the Term 1 holiday break.

By Term 3, NZ borders were open, and SMC welcomed 13 new international students from China, Korea and Japan.

A beautiful injection of much missed cultural diversity came into the boarding houses, and into day school.

Our SMC girls welcomed our international students with friendliness, warmth and understanding.

The leadership of Prefect Head of Global Relations, Ha Nghiem and her team led global relation matters and international student activities throughout 2022.

Highlights of these activities included lunar New Year Celebrations, combined dinners with Christ’s College, inter school Global quiz night and International week. Weekly international club has been a space where Ha has excelled at providing opportunities for our international students to connect through a shared experience.

Deanne Gath – Director of International and Boarding

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Year 11 Semi Formal On Saturday, 18 June The Showgate at Riccarton Racecourse was transformed with white and gold grandeur for the 2022 Year 11 Semi Formal.

The evening was lovely, with great food, music, and dancing. Overall the night was an incredible success that is sure to be remembered by everyone.

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A huge thank you to our wonderful photographer, Maria Buhrkuhl, Mr James Evans, and to the Semi-Formal Committee for organising such a spectacular event. Ngā manaakitanga, Helen MacDonald – Year 11 Dean

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Kōnini What a year it has been for the Kōninians. Tug of war was first up on the agenda for the Year 13s. We had been waiting for this moment for the last four years watching our now Old Girl Kōninis take this tradition on and it was finally our time to put our strength to the challenge. Next up was HOUSE DAY!!! The biggest most exciting day of the year in the house prefect’s opinion. After hours of practise across a whole term, we performed our pitch-perfect performance. Big smiles, laughs and fun was shared during this day from competing in sports, arts, cake and quiz competitions to performing our plays in the afternoon. A huge thank you on behalf of our House to Ms Hardy for the time, effort and dedication you put into creating the purple magic. A thank you to all the Kōnini staff who get behind our House and encourage us all to be our best and take flight.

Lastly, a thank you to my fellow purple Year 13s, your support has meant a lot and I have loved sharing this journey with you all. It has truly been an honour being the House prefect of Kōnini for 2022.

Niamh McKenzie – Kōnini Prefect

Kōwhai Having the opportunity to be head of Kōwhai this year has been an honour. As a student who joined in Year 5, it is a role I have always wanted to take on. This year the College appointed each of us prefects to a council. Having a council allowed us to get more input from others while also sharing the workload.

Covid as much as we hate to say did take away some of our key events such as Athletics Day and Swimming Sports. However, that didn’t stop us from having an exciting year filled with house spirit. Alongside the traditional House events, we had some new additions. House planting competitions and a new House singing event were added to the regime.

I have loved getting to lead such an amazing group of people, and am sad to say goodbye to what was such a massive part of SMC life.

Ngākau korua, Heart of Gold!

Mezzy Surridge – Kōwhai Prefect

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Mānukans, what a fantastic year it has been! Every House event, whether it was big or small, I watched you give it your absolute all and I am so incredibly proud to have led you girls through it all. 2022 has been a year of uncertainty and change but above all our Mānuka spirit was stronger than ever before. From House dress up day, to House Day, to being the first house to ever perform house singing, Mānuka proved to be everyone’s competition this year. In our ‘Star Wars’ House play, all of your incredible talents and House spirit carried us to win for the first time in living history! Above all, I could not have gotten through this year without the support of the incredible Miss Farrar-De Wagt, and I cannot thank her enough for her constant support and encouragement. Mānukans, It has been such a privilege to be your leader and see you represent the Mānuka spirit this year. I can’t wait to hear what you achieve in years to come!!

OOH AHH MĀNUKA FOR LIFE!!!

Emily Stewart – Mānuka Prefect

Matipo This year has consisted of many incredible experiences and leading such an amazing House has been an honour.

2022 consisted of many ups and downs for House activities. However, through good spirits and our strong Matipoian culture we have pulled through and had a blast.

Year 13 tug of war, House Day, Kiwi taking flight in House plays and the newly introduced House singing. At all of these events Matipo demonstrated integrity, grace and commitment. And I am happy to say we can stand tall and be proud of this year’s achievements.

I am so grateful for all the opportunities we have been given to show our strong Matipo Mana.

I would like to extend my thanks to Ms Davidosn for being an inspiration to me throughout the year, having a positive outlook and always being happy to assist me.

Being a part of the Matipo culture has been a highlight of my time at SMC, which I will sincerely miss and hold it in the highest regard.

Frances Dougherty – Matipo Prefect

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Rātā It has been an absolute privilege to lead the Rātā girls through 2022. This year has been jampacked with heaps of house events. The girls in Rātā have made me so proud with their efforts in everything this year following our theme ‘Take Flight’. House day was a lot of fun and all the girls gave it their all.

House singing approached and we got up on stage and performed Let It Go, and came away with first place!! SMC has a heart for the environment, and now an eviro-cup. This was based on tree planting events and coming to school in environmentally friendly ways. I was so proud when Rātā was announced the winner of this award as it showed that our girls look after their world. As the year comes to an end, I am grateful and proud to have lead Rātā. The hard work, pride, and spirit they bring is unmatched. To Miss Beaumont and all the Rātā Year 13’s, I am so thankful for all of you.

Lily Keenan – Rātā Prefect

Rimu 2022 Rimu Rangers what a year it has been! This year, we started with a bang as the Year 13s completed the Tug o War day, igniting the Rimu house spirit for the exciting year ahead. With Covid in the mix of things House events looked a little different however it didn’t stop the Rangers competing with bucketloads of enthusiasm. The hard work from Ms Tyson and the Rimu Council, as well as heaps of participation from the girls, showed in our House play. We performed amazing on the day gaining a lot of laughs from the audience! This year we included a brand-new House event called House Singing. Our Rimu girls sung their hearts out doing us proud! It has been a fun and exciting year for the Green Machines!!

Molly Williams – Rimu Prefect

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Arts Overview “There is freedom waiting for you, On the breezes of the sky, And you ask “What if I fall?” Oh but my darling, What if you fly?” Erin Hanson This year saw our art students truly find freedom in creative expression; learning to stretch their wings, be courageous, take risks and jump from the nest of their own comfort zones, and experience the unique joy that can be found in the arts. And fly they did indeed!

Alongside our school productions, there were other moments of celebration on the stage, including the annual ‘Twilight Concert’. The night featured Jazz, Choirs, Rock Bands, and Orchestra, to an incredibly moving drama piece from Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival performers, and some wonderfully diverse dance numbers.

Our students experienced industry professional work, with trips to local theatres and stages to see dance,

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drama, music performances, as well as enjoying guest tutors and workshops – all building exposure to, and inspiration for the rich culture of arts in Aotearoa.

We would like to thank all of our incredible arts students for their mahi pakeke, enthusiasm, empathy and encouragement of each other. Your resilience to all the Covid-related challenges, and willingness to be adaptable and collaborative are all strengths that you take into your future years, be they here at SMC or out in the big wide world. Watching you all soar is a pretty spectacular view!

Laura Hewetson – Arts Facilitator

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Arts Council This year, I have had the privilege of being the Head of Arts. For me, the Arts are my happiness and so to have this role has been an honour, and has enabled me to ‘take flight’ in the arts more than I could have imagined. I have been able to work alongside some pretty inspiring people, who have supported me and all my ideas throughout the whole process. Along with being able to listen, share and lead alongside the arts council, I am more than grateful to have been an arts figure for SMC in 2022.

It has been one heck of a year, with the uncertainty of Covid at the start of the year, to having a double casted senior production and our grand Arts Soiree. Our arts events could not have been done without the awesome input and help from our Arts council and staff. Within my role, I have been able to express views and ideas for the arts at SMC with nothing but supportive input and positive feedback from the arts council. Every single girl within our wee team this year has given back to the arts consistently and are the reason why we were able to make

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these memable event happen. Together, we developed ideas for our Arts Soiree of ‘The Mad Hatters Tea party’, discussing everything from food, to music, to decorations and made it happen. It was a magical night of celebration, love, art, and it was so cool to see everyone having a good time. As well as having our Twilight concert, for the first week back of Term 4 we had our first ever ‘Collective Cabaret’. This was a new initiative, developed by myself and the arts council this year, where we brought the outer arts community together, to get involved for the last time this year. Once again, it was a gorgeous and wholesome night, and so I hope it can be continued and developed as a new cabaret at SMC. Overall, its been a great year for the arts. The dedication the girls in our council have is truly amazing and we would not have achieved so much, recovering from the pandemic if it werent for these passionate people.

Chloe Taylor – Arts Prefect

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Dance Congratulations to all of our Dance students who continue to take part in our co-curricular dance groups and take to the stage with confidence, energy and plenty of pizzazz. What a wonderful and busy year it has been.

We have had many students achieve regional and national recognition, as well as students achieving their Academic Honors in Dance.

Congratulations to all of you! You are stars!!

It has been wonderful seeing students be able to take part in dance competitions and other dance events as Covid has subsided this year. The return to ‘normal’ has given our dancers plenty of opportunities to shine.

We welcomed industry professional, Julia McKerrow to choreograph a new work on senior dance students. This was a wonderful opportunity for students from Year 11 - 13 to come together to work on a stunning choreography for the ‘Retrograde’ dance show.

We hope this is the first of many projects with the wider dance community for our students.

This year select dancers were invited to perform with Christchurch based Corporate Entertainment Company – ‘Epic Entertainment’ for the Te Pae – Christchurch convention centre opening event. This was a fantastic and special opportunity we were grateful to be involved in.

As well as the above we were able to invite the wider community to watch our annual Twilight Concert and Arts Soirée. It has been wonderful to have parents and friends involved in celebrating dance at SMC once again.

I would like to say a huge thank you to all student leaders, dance tutors and teachers who go above and beyond to create amazing opportunities for our students. Thank you!

Thank you! Thank you!

Candice Cain – Curriculum Leader of Dance

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Drama Congratulations to all of the incredible ākonga who participated in our co-curricular drama programmes this year! Despite the setbacks experienced due to the pandemic challenges our drama whānau continued to thrive! Our drama students performed in two major productions, regional and national Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival events, inter school regional Theatre Sports competitions, SMC co-curricular

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concerts and assemblies and hundreds of our students sat their Speech and Drama examinations. Once again in 2022 our students won many awards and accolades for their efforts and talents in drama but most most importantly they won our hearts with their integrity, dedication, professionalism and passion for theatre and performance!

Megan Herd – Curriculum Leader of Drama

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Music It seems just incredible to me that we are nearing the end of yet another school year, but when one reflects on all that has happened, what a fantastic, exciting and hugely busy year it has been.

We have had wonderful celebrations of student achievement at a national level throughout the year, as well as a number of students gaining music honours and pockets – bravo to you all, we are very proud of you. We have continued to be a part of many musical events throughout the year, and have also held some great concerts where there is always such a variety of talent on display. It is always special welcoming new performers to the stage, and 2022 has seen many new performers shine on stage which is just fantastic. It has been so cool to see the forming of lots of new rock bands in 2022 and I am excited to watch these bands continue to develop next year and beyond.

Our musical ties continue with Christ’s College, and it was lovely to again form a combined senior choir with them this year.

Itinerant music lessons are thriving, and we are so lucky to have 23 fabulous itinerant teachers based at SMC – they add so much to the girls’ lives.

Music continues to flourish at SMC. What a fabulous group of students we have to work with! Our philosophy of allowing all students the opportunity to be involved in the arts is definitely alive and well in the Music Department. It is fantastic to see so many students have the courage and confidence to get up on stage and perform. One of the absolute joys of teaching is encouraging students to take risks and to experience and achieve more than they ever thought was possible.

I would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to each and every music teacher and director who have worked so hard creating all these wonderful opportunities for our girls.

Amanda Woods – Head of Performing Arts

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Little Women It was a pleasure to work with our dedicated and talented cast members to bring appreciative audiences our 2022 Senior Production of ‘Little Women.’ We faced many absences during the rehearsal process due to the pandemic challenges we were living with. It was wonderful to have double casts to help alleviate some of those challenges. Throughout the journey we developed a flexible and

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collaborative environment where each cast member was willing to step in and support the ever changing requirements of the rehearsal process. Congratulations to all of the incredible ākonga who worked on this production – we are very blessed to work with such professional and hard-working young people.

Megan Herd – Little Women Director

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Rainbow’s Ending Rainbow’s Ending is a dark and compelling modern fable that tells the story of a world in the grip of two formidable giants whose insatiable appetite is driving society towards utter devastation. Through physical theatre, storying-telling and a great deal of imagination our ensemble of Year 9 and 10 actors transported

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the audience to another world on the brink of ruin as one brave village, led by Rainbow and her gang, tried to fight against the giants and save the world.

Sarena Harrison – Performing Arts Teacher and Production Producer

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Junior School Arts and Junior Production The Junior School have had a busy year of participating in the performing arts. With many disruptions to performances due to Covid over the past couple of years, it is fantastic to be able to offer our Junior students more performance opportunities this year. Both Junior choirs have performed at their celebration assemblies and the Junior school were excited to bring you their very own production of ‘A Kiwi Christmas Carol’ performed in late November.

The Year 5 and 6 students also performed in the Christchurch Schools’ Music Festival and we had a few students representing our College in the auditioned representative groups that perform each night.

The violin programme in Year 4 has continued this year in conjunction with their regular music programme. Thanks to Dr Sarah Hickford for teaching the girls.

Within each performing arts subject, students have learnt music notation, soundscapes, rhythmic body percussion pieces, choreography and drama which

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included script reading. The Junior School enjoyed a NZ playhouse performance of The Emperor’s New Clothes. Unfortunately, New Zealand Opera could not tour their “Opera in schools” this year but instead the students were shown an online performance of ‘Red’ based on ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ which NZ opera produced online to show the students across the country.

This year the Royal New Zealand Ballet couldn’t tour due to Covid so they performed and recorded their children’s ballet “The Ugly Duckling” at Te Papa.

Our Junior school were lucky enough to be able to learn sections of the choreography via zoom from the RNZB dancers. They thoroughly enjoyed learning the dance and were also able to watch the show online.

A huge thanks to their Performing Arts and Music teachers Miss Stacy Goldsworthy and Mrs Rachel Wilford and to all the itinerant music teachers who guide each individual student in their music lessons.

Rachel Wilford – Production co-director

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Visual Art Ministry of Art Club What a year it has been! Whilst having great success at keeping everyone safe, the spirit of visual art can still be seen all around SMC. The 2022 Ministry of Art has been a wonderful, enthusiastic and inspiring cohort and overall a period of three terms, the delicacy and endless possibilities were presented at their fullest.

Since the start of the year, girls have been supportive and were always active in sharing ideas. Soon in February, the first project from the MOA is completed with two giant love hearts

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displayed outside of the Old Girl’s Atrium as a gift to the College on Valentine’s Day. The group then continued with the idea of stencil making and together planned the construction of the mural.

Linking to SMC 2022’s theme of “Take Flight”, they incorporated the native botanicals element from FLOX’s artwork and the native birds of New Zealand to create an amazing scene. Through this process, the girls also learned the creation process of stencils, as well as successfully displaying their awesome imagination through graffiti and spray paintings. Near the end of Term 3, some of the MOA members also participated in making

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artistic trading cards that represent their art style. This is then exchanged between the girls as gifts as they collaborated brilliantly throughout the year.

In addition to the great success of the MOA, visual arts in 2022 has also been supporting other areas of the arts. Throughout the year, senior art students have been volunteering in making chalkboard art for various art events such as the Cushion Cabaret and the Twilight Concert.

Around the school, there were many amazing works created by girls, all contributing to the success of 2022 visual art at SMC.

Photography Club This year our usual Photography Club for Middle School girls, morphed into ‘Photography and Film Appreciation Society’ to include some film studies as well as camera basics.

Occurring during Monday lunchtimes, the girls started by attempting to build their names out

of images of themselves making poses in letterforms. This task enabled the girls to think about framing, lighting and also having a bit of fun. Following on from this, the girls then planned a music video for a song of their choice, which they filmed using just their hands. This was a bunch of giggles and some members really thought creatively about how to interpret the lyrics.

The last project that we worked on was a short film about our school mascot, Maggie Bear.

The brief was a short film featuring Maggie that looked at teenage issues of ‘not fitting in’ and ‘finding your tribe’. The girls planned, constructed and edited the film over several weeks and then produced a lovely finished film at the end.

It has been a pleasure working with such an enthusiastic and creative bunch of ladies.

Callum Arnold – Head of Visual Art

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Rock Band – Senior

Rock Band – Pink Submarines

Back Row: Front Row:

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Caitlin Dufty, Lucinda Kearney Georgia Brace-Gardiner

Cecelia Acland, Saffron Lyttle Jessica Gearry, Isabel Vickers, Maia Lacey

Rock Band – The ladybirds

Rock Band – Sixth Sense

From Left: Katherine Nichols, Annabelle Smallman, Evelyn McCormick Absent: Rose Griffiths

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Rock Band – Band 3

Rock Band – Chaos in Paradise

Back Row: Front Row:

Back Row: Front Row:

Isabella Thelning, Macy Smith Emma Richards, Jessica Erasmus

Emily Snoep, Chloe Richardson Valentina Guo, Georgina Campbell

Emily Harris, Skye Dehne Makayla Hulme, Mika Neil

Rock Band – Spoon

Rock Band – Band 5

Back Row:

Back Row: Front Row:

Front Row:

Amelie Scrymgeour, Mae Wilkinson, Ivy Mehrtens Phoebe Jones, Tivoli Crozier

Alexandra Gore, Keira Fulford, Mae Careford Niamh Hoare, Ruby Wells

Fun Choir

From left:

From left:

Isabelle Davis, Lucia Tully, Emily Chambers

Middle School Choir

Front Row:

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Rock Band – Band 4

Jessica Erasmus, Mrs Laura Hewetson, Emily Fitzsimmons Rebecca Howard, Valentina Guo, Emily Howard

Ka Waiata Kareti Combined Choir

From left: Paige Roberts, Cartia Ludemann Middle Row: Ms Sarena Harrison, Emma Scott, Jaslyn Young, Jessica Erasmus, Alice Penney, Lucy Penney, Holly Sawyer, Cindy Mei, Izabella Green, Jyla Burnside, Eva Lamb, Mrs Rachel Wilford Front Row: Mila Pepperle-Coles, Valentina Guo, Ella Hart-Stewart, Phoebe Jones Absent: Annabel Grantham

Chamber Choir & Senior Combined Choir – Ka Waiata Kareti

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Coco Brady, Amy Jones Jessica Erasmus, Hellen Wang, Kyra Mayers, Siyao (Sienna) Wu, Emma Cawood, Peitong (Jessie) Peng, HyunJeong (Jeong) Lee, Mia Cleugh, Mrs Rachel Wilford Second Row: Chloe Taylor, Alice Penney, Juliet Grey, Cindy Mei Front Row: Amanda Yang, Siena Cleugh, Zhiruo (Zoe) Yang Absent: Polly Aynsley, Zhuoxu (Zoe) Yang, Shan Ju, Isabelle Davis, Susan Zhang, Skye Dehne, Rylie Plant

Back Row: Coco Brady, Amy Jones Second Row: Mrs Rachel Wilford, Hellen Wang, Kyra Mayers, Siena Cleugh, Mia Cleugh, Zoe Yang Front Row: Chloe Taylor, Alice Penney, Juliet Grey, Cindy Mei Absent: Skye Dehne, Rylie Plant, Polly Aynsley, Zoe Yang

A Capella Choir

Back Row: Eleonore Gastaldo, Zhiruo (Zoe) Yang Middle Row: Georgina Campbell, Phoebe Jones, Skye Dehne, Philippa Morphet, Juliet Grey, Aneira Salt, Siena Cleugh, Ms Amanda Woods Front Row: Jessica Erasmus, Siyao (Sienna Wu), Chloe Taylor, Cindy Mei, Nevaeh Shand Absent: Lucia Tully, Susan Zhang

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SMC String Orchestra

Combined CC & SMC Orchestra

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Dr Sarah Hickford, YuHyeon (Kate) Seol, HyunJeong (Jeong) Lee, Sorell Shand, Nevaeh Shand, Yibin Kim, Sana Fujii, Olivia Liu, Ms Amanda Woods Middle Row: Siena Cleugh, Emma Mason, Coco Brady, Leona Kamuhangire, Cindy Mei, Alice Penney Front Row: Gemma Sitjes, Aaliyah Wu, Jen Jen (Tracey) Hsia, Mila Pepperle-Coles

Jazz Band

Mia Cleugh, Hellen Wang, Anna Qiu, Qiaoyu Guan Third Row: Dr Sarah Hickford, YuHyeon (Kate) Seol, Jessika Mann, Yibin Kim, Amanda Yang, Orla Miller, HyunJeong (Jeong) Lee, Sorell Shand, Sana Fujii, Olivia Liu, Katy Buttle, Freya Atkins, Shuang (Sophia) Wu, Nevaeh Shand, Siyao (Sienna) Wu, Zhiruo (Zoe) Yang, Ms Amanda Woods Second Row: Gemma Sitjes, Siena Cleugh, Emma Mason, Coco Brady, Leona Kamuhangire, Cindy Mei, Mila Pepperle-Coles, Alice Penney Front Row: Charlotte Henderson, Oak Galbraith, Mila Blundell, Aaliyah Wu, Tyra Zhang, Jen Jen (Tracey) Hsia

Jazz Combo From left:

Front Row: Absent:

Ms Amanda Woods, Jessika Mann, Ella Kippenberger, Kate Sharpe, Cindy Mei, Mrs Vickie Ward Jessica Erasmus, Chloe Taylor, Skye Dehne, Siena Cleugh Mr Chris Walker, Susan Zhang, Zoë Rae

Chamber Music Quartet

From left: Front Row: Absent:

Alice Rodda, Jessica Erasmus, Ms Amanda Woods, Lucy Penney Summer Zhou Susan Zhang, Zoë Rae

Chamber Music – Clarinet Trio

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Dr Sarah Hickford, Siena Cleugh, Olivia Liu, Sana Fujii Cindy Mei

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Dr Sarah Hickford, Mia Cleugh, Hellen Wang Cindy Mei

Art Club

From left: Absent:

From left:

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Percussion Ensemble

Hellen Wang, Siyao (Sienna) Wu, Lucy Penney Holly Fairclough

Photography Club

Front Row: Absent:

Emily Davis, Zara Clark, Skye Dehne, Sienna Wu, Mika Neil, Lucie Clay, Sylvia Fung, Ms Ruve Crawford Nina Drummond, Anna Robb, Jia Lin (Jolin) Ye, Jessica Gearry, Casey Ness, Cherry Zhu Emily Snoep, Amanda Yang, Maddison Elstob, Lexie Boon

Middle School Arts Committee

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Hazel Hanrahan, Sophie Keir, Yi Fei (Linda) Sun, Mrs Lucy Mackie Cherry Zhu, Ella Drummond, Sophia Cathro, Alice Rodda Lucie Dean, Siobhan Hoare

Arts Council

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Lily Fowler, Lakshmi (Sneha) Datla, Jessica Erasmu Jaslyn Young, Alice Penney, Ms Sarena Harrison, Siena McGillivray Emma Scott, Lucia Tully, Isabelle Davis

Technical Team

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Emma Cawood, Danielle Coles, Yasmin Marsh, Makayla Hulme Middle Row: Ms Amanda Woods, Sophie McGhie, Lucinda Kearney, Tessa Sitjes, Katy Buttle, Zhiruo (Zoe) Yang, Siobhan Hoare, Siyao (Sienna) Wu, Scarlett Gordon Front Row: Skye Dehne, Mia Cleugh, Natasha Eastmure, Chloe Taylor, Caitlin Dufty, Mika Neil Front Row: Hellen Wang, Sara Gillman Absent: Polly Aynsley

Back Row: Hellen Wang, Anita Avia Middle Row: Mrs Trudy Keys, Cara Birch, Petra Lewis, Laura Fairbrass, Skye Dehne, Emily Zhou, Grace Habberfield-Short, Madeleine Coughlan, Makayla Hulme, Cindy Mei, Milo Neil, Sydney Hall, Lauren Warne Front Row: Zara Clark, Anna Qiu, Tessa Sitjes, Millie Edwards, Sana Fuiji, Ida Van Kan

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Combined CC & SMC Orchestra

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Dr Sarah Hickford, YuHyeon (Kate) Seol, HyunJeong (Jeong) Lee, Sorell Shand, Nevaeh Shand, Yibin Kim, Sana Fujii, Olivia Liu, Ms Amanda Woods Middle Row: Siena Cleugh, Emma Mason, Coco Brady, Leona Kamuhangire, Cindy Mei, Alice Penney Front Row: Gemma Sitjes, Aaliyah Wu, Jen Jen (Tracey) Hsia, Mila Pepperle-Coles

Jazz Band

Mia Cleugh, Hellen Wang, Anna Qiu, Qiaoyu Guan Third Row: Dr Sarah Hickford, YuHyeon (Kate) Seol, Jessika Mann, Yibin Kim, Amanda Yang, Orla Miller, HyunJeong (Jeong) Lee, Sorell Shand, Sana Fujii, Olivia Liu, Katy Buttle, Freya Atkins, Shuang (Sophia) Wu, Nevaeh Shand, Siyao (Sienna) Wu, Zhiruo (Zoe) Yang, Ms Amanda Woods Second Row: Gemma Sitjes, Siena Cleugh, Emma Mason, Coco Brady, Leona Kamuhangire, Cindy Mei, Mila Pepperle-Coles, Alice Penney Front Row: Charlotte Henderson, Oak Galbraith, Mila Blundell, Aaliyah Wu, Tyra Zhang, Jen Jen (Tracey) Hsia

Jazz Combo From left:

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Ms Amanda Woods, Jessika Mann, Ella Kippenberger, Kate Sharpe, Cindy Mei, Mrs Vickie Ward Jessica Erasmus, Chloe Taylor, Skye Dehne, Siena Cleugh Mr Chris Walker, Susan Zhang, Zoë Rae

Chamber Music Quartet

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Alice Rodda, Jessica Erasmus, Ms Amanda Woods, Lucy Penney Summer Zhou Susan Zhang, Zoë Rae

Chamber Music – Clarinet Trio

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Dr Sarah Hickford, Siena Cleugh, Olivia Liu, Sana Fujii Cindy Mei

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Dr Sarah Hickford, Mia Cleugh, Hellen Wang Cindy Mei

Senior Production

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Mrs Megan Herd, Neve Thomas, Emma Cawood, Jessika Mann, Holly Sawyer, Ella Hart-Stewart Middle Row: Makayla Hulme, India Horrey, Yasmin Marsh, Sasha Stedman, Petra Lewis, Caitlin Dufty, Chloe Taylor Front Row: Shari Ross, Sophie Wilson, Skye Dehne

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Middle School Theatresports

Senior School Theatresports

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THE ARTS

Sheilah Winn Shakespeare

Front Row: Absent:

Florence McCormick, Savannah Dallison, Annika Gale, Greer Cathro Isabel Marsh, Jessica Gearry, Makayla Hulme, Bridie McCormick Saffron Lyttle, Annabel Gratham, Cecelia Acland

Olivia Hawkes, Siena Cleugh, Amy Jones, Harriet Frye, Iliana Sarri, Bridget Rooney, Sophie Brownlie, Tyana Rutherford Middle Row: Mrs Megan Herd, Shari Ross, India Horrey, Caitlin Dufty, Chloe Taylor, Makayla Hulme, Emma Cawood, Gabrielle Kitley, Nelly Bascik, Cleo McLeod Front Row: Grace Habberfield-Short, Holly Rankin, Yasmin Marsh, Rhea Wallace, Emily White, Hannah Higginson

Front Row:

Shari Ross, Makayla Hulme, Emma Cawood, Gabrielle Kitley India Horrey, Caitlin Dufty, Chloe Taylor, Yasmin Marsh, Ophelia Staniford

Middle School Musical Theatre

Senior Performance Company

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From left: Front Row:

Front Row: Absent:

Bella Coleman, Rebecca Wang, Anna Qiu, Zara Clark Tayla England, Jaslyn Young, Lily Griffiths, Margaux Frye Annabel Grantham, Jessica Gearry

Kylana Peauafi Symonds, Polly Jacobs Nina Hayes, India Horrey, Philippa Morphet

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Senior Dance Company

Pop Company

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From left:

Front Row: Absent:

Grace Thorn, Breana Kitson, Ava Gardner, Charlotte Ainsworth, Jessica Gooding, Marguerite Heller Middle Row: Jyla Burnside, Coco Astle, Ruby Smith, Holly Davidson, India Symonds Front Row: Natasha Eastmure, Ophelia Staniford, Alexandra Campbell Absent: Cecilia Bridge, Anais Willi

Jazz Dance

Middle School Dance Extension

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Georgina Campbell, Hollie Cudd, Isla O’Donnell, Nova Gainsford Charlize Brittenden, Ciara Hartland, Isabella Bridge, Alexia Gooding, Ellie Walsh

Claudia Lassen, Georgina Cambell, Aneira Salt, Bonnie Graves, Sina Avia, Zara Gamble, Isla O’Donnell, Sara Yu Middle Row: Emma Cawood, Nevaeh Shand, Siena McGillivray, Hollie Cudd Front Row: Lucy Lewis, Coco Brady, Nova Gainsford Absent: Yasmin Marsh, Abi Croft, Emily Fradd, Alexandra Ellwood, Millie Bell

Middle School Dance Company #1

Middle School Dance Company #2

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Ophelia Staniford, Emma Cawood, Sana Fujii, Scarlett Gordon, Jessika Sanders, Bella Spear, Lucy Steel, Sophie McGhie Abby Houchen, Natasha Eastmure, Abi Croft, Nelly Bascik Cara Birch, Yasmin Marsh

Phoebe Jones, Aneira Salt, Lucy Botherway, Siena McGillivrary, Aisha Ellwood, Isla O’Donnell, Ellie Walsh Alexia Gooding, Lucy Lewis, Charlotte Henderson, Nova Gainsford Alexandra Ellwood, Sitara Ferguson, Emily Griffin, Lucinda Pearse

Front Row: Absent:

Sina Avia, Bonnie Graves, Charlize Brittenden, Zara Gamble, Sophia Govan, Charlotte Brown, Hollie Cudd, Qiaoyu Guan, Sara Yu, Lily Griffins, Holly Griffin Coco Brady, Nevaeh Shand, Claudia Lassen, Georgina Campbell Allie Boon, Zita Fairbrass, Emily Fradd, Jessica Parker

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Arts Awards Senior Pockets

Senior Honours

Dance

Dance

Ophelia Staniford Cara Birch Drama Caitlin Dufty Makayla Hulme Music Cindy Mei

Sana Fujii Jessika Sanders Sophie McGhie Natasha Eastmure Scarlett Gordon Music Hellen Wang

Alexia Gooding Juliet Grey Lily Griffiths Qiaoyu Guan Valentina Guo Phoebe Jones Yibin Kim Alice Penney Anna Qiu Zoe Rea

Oratory

Aneira Salt

Siena Cleugh

Sara Gillman

Holly Sawyer

Oratory

Performing Arts

Emma Scott

Hyunjeong Lee

Alexandra Nicolaou

Caitlin Dufty

Anjali Selvarajah

Chloe Taylor

Nevaeh Shand

Hannah Higginson

Middle Badges

Lucia Tully

Performing Arts

Scarlett Austin

Jaslyn Young

Sina Avia

Susan Zhang

Anna Babington Cindy Mei

Kylana Peauafi Symonds

Allie Boon

Gemma Sitjes

Middle Colours

Visual Arts

Coco Brady

Harley McVicar

Charlize Brittenden

Coco Brady

Georgie Campbell

Georgie Campbell

Emily Chambers

Millie Edwards

Zara Clark

Alice Penney

Madeleine Coughlan

Anna Qiu

Hollie Cudd

Anjali Selvarajah

Millie Edwards

Nevaeh Shand

Zara Gamble

Susan Zhang

Technical Makayla Hulme Hellen Wang

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Theatre Dance Academy (TDA)

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Mātauranga Māori Tētahi tau nui! Kei te hiahia au ka whakamihi ki ō tātou tauira mīharo mō ō rātou hiringa me manawanui i te kanohi ō poautinitini. What a big year! I want to acknowledge and congratulate our amazing students for their perseverance and determination in the face of adversity.

This year our Bicultural Council Mana Taitamāhine and committee members met weekly, led by our Amokura Josie Seymour, to plan initiatives for the year. The council are to be congratulated for successfully planning and implementing school wide celebrations for Mātariki, Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori and for developing our tuakana-teina relationships.

Our Junior and Senior School Kapa Haka continues to thrive under the tutelage of Matua Sonny and Tui. Our rōpū worked with these

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fantastic tutors once a week and performed numerous times throughout the year at school events and regional performances including Mātariki celebrations at Rehua Marae and Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori celebrations at Te Puna o Waiwhetu Christchurch Art Gallery.

Our ākonga also enjoyed activities and opportunities throughout the year which included raranga, rewena making, and inspirational kōrero by Old Girls and whānau members. Our kaiako are proactive in integrating Mātauranga Māori into their teaching and learning programmes and our girls enjoy embracing opportunities to become culturally connected learners. Whaowhia te kete mātauranga – fill the basket of knowledge.

Megan Herd – Bicultural Advocate

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Director of Sport 2022 is best summed up as a bag of licorice allsorts – a mixture of competitions that did go ahead, of summer tournaments that didn’t go ahead, some notable successes, and finally feeling like sport is almost back to life as we know it.

I wonder ahead to the day when we don’t have to have a Plan B. Can we say goodbye to Covid now, or is that too presumptuous?

There really is a plethora of licorice allsorts with the many sporting opportunities available both here at SMC, and in the community. With so much on offer and the support available for all codes, it is no accident that we have had 92% of our students participate in sport or physical activity this year.

Highlights from this year would have to include our Black Ferns winning the World Cup:

“Have they inspired a nation – absolutely” Closer to home we cannot go past the successes achieved in hockey and netball. With five players in each of the Canterbury U18 hockey and netball teams winning their respective national titles, it was easy to see them build on this success with their SMC teams.

Our 1st XI Hockey won the Canterbury title, then went on to win silver at the National Federation Cup tournament.

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SMC Senior A Netball won the Canterbury and South Island titles, before going on to win silver as well at Nationals.

“Was it easy – No way.

Was it worth it – absolutely” Licorice was also prevalent with our large number of national representatives in allsorts of codes, including basketball, fencing, kayaking, orienteering, rowing, softball, tennis and volleyball.

While wearing the Silver Fern, being a Black Fern and winning a national title was cause for success for these wāhine toa and their teams, success can be individual and specific and it could mean being selected into a team you really wanted to be in. It could be playing with your friends, it may be that you organized all your gear the night before the game, it could be learning a specific skill, it could be attending every training during the season or it could be the feeling you have coming off the court/field/ turf knowing you did your very best.

Whatever your success may look like, be proud, take time to celebrate, be humble and proud and be happy for others when they also succeed.

Helen Belcher – Director of Sport

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Sport Captain Report Wow what a year it has been for SMC Sport!

This year's sporting calendar, although slightly affected by Covid-19 finally running its course, has presented much excitement and fun for SMC girls. I am so unbelievably proud of the effort and dedication shown by our girls with some incredible team and individual results to show for it.

Unfortunately Term 1 this year was hit hard by Covid-19, with Athletics, Summer Quad and most SISS, and NZSS tournaments cancelled.

However we were able to run the competitive swimming sport races and staff vs prefect events with the prefects taking it out yet again this year.

We were also lucky enough to have a somewhat reformed version of the Maadi Cup take place.

The rowing girls achieved some amazing results both in their boats and individually.

In Term 2 sport was able to find its feet again, with the cross country going ahead at Hagley Park. Having the opportunity to have all our girls in one place, showing House spirit, once again was truly touching as the culture of SMC was on display. The relationships between our big and little sisters flourished as they ran together in the Junior School races. Later in Term 2, competitive spirit was once again on display in the sporting events on House day.

With four sports to choose from, the girls got heavily involved in a fun but competitive environment alongside their friends.

Term 3 saw some extraordinary team sport results. Our netball, hockey, badminton and

debating girls headed to St Hilda’s Collegiate where we once again took out the annual Quadrangular Tournament. The sporting prowess continued as our senior hockey and netball teams took out their weekly competitions alongside amazing results from our junior teams. Winter Tournament week came around quickly as our teams dispersed across New Zealand. Both our netball and 2nd XI Hockey coming away with a gold medal and our 1st XI Hockey team achieving a silver medal at the highest level. The netball team then ventured off to NZ Secondary Schools where they earned a place in the final coming away with a prestigious silver medal.

With the year coming to a close, our annual Sports Awards occurred. The girls and their families dressed up and attended a lovely evening, where girls, parents and coaches were all recognised for their dedication to sport.

This sporting year would have not been possible without Helen and her team in the sports office.

To Sharon, Ella, and Alicia, without all of your work behind the scenes our teams this year would not have been able to enjoy the great successes you have helped us to achieve and we are eternally grateful. To Helen, every year under your guidance, sport at SMC flourishes and our teams achieve incredible results. Thank you for guiding and supporting me this year, the admiration I have for you as my mentor is undescribable.

Cara Mustchin – Sport Prefect

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Athletics Athletics at St Margaret’s College in 2022 has been full of ups and downs.

Unfortunately, South Islands was cancelled at the start of the year as well as the 2021 School Nationals, but our girls made sure to make the most out of the events that were still on offer this year.

Samantha Lascelles and Alex Rees-Thomas were selected for the Canterbury team for Club Nationals in Hastings, Hawkes Bay in March and came away with some great results. Samantha successfully medalled in the 800m, gaining a bronze medal, and both Sam and Alex came away with a bronze medal in their 4x400m Canterbury team relay.

More recently, the Canterbury Secondary Schools Athletics Championships were held in November and we had 10 girls competing for SMC. The girls had a great meet:

Indy Gibson: first 200m U15, second 100m U15 Rosa Turner: third 200m U15 Alex Rees-Thomas: third 200m U19, first 400m U19 Samantha Lascelles: first 800m U16, first 400m U16 Kylana Peauafi-Symonds: third Javelin U16, second Discus U16 Lucy Botherway: second 80m hurdles U15

Indy, Rosa, Alex and Samantha made up our 4x100m relay team who placed third.

On the final day of competition, we had Alex Rees-Thomas, Sophie Booth, Margo Dalling, and Samantha Lascelles running the 4x400m relay, where they finished in third place, such an impressive effort and some outstanding results from our girls, yet another great athletics season for our SMC athletes!

Alex Rees-Thomas – Head of Athletics

Badminton With over 45 players across 10 teams with a range of different abilities from social to competitive, SMC has had another successful badminton season. All of the teams have played around 12 games throughout Terms 2 and 3 in the School Sport Canterbury competition on Wednesdays. The season has been filled with many wins and a few unfortunate losses but overall has been a season where everyone has

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developed skills and had fun. Our A2 pink team headed off to the Winter Quad tournament in Dunedin, placing second after a tough first game against Columba. A3 gold came an impressive third place in their weekly competition as well as amazing results scross the teams. It has been a great season, well done everyone!

Caitlin Parrett – Head of Badminton

Basketball

Our Senior A team had a good season in the Whelan Trophy competition with four wins under their belt. After winning our final play-off game 67-60 against the Avonside Lady Eagles we were able to complete the season in seventh place.

This year we have had some exceptional players represent SMC on both a national and international stage. Ivy Brown (Year 12) competed in the U16 Asia qualifying event before travelling to Jordan to compete at the U16 Junior World championships. This is an amazing

achievement from Ivy and we look forward to seeing what she can achieve in the future! We also had Evie Leeson (Year 11) and Aine Leeson (Year 10) compete in their respective age group national tournaments. Both were North Canterbury Representatives. Lucy Davis (Year 9) was also selected as a Canterbury representative in the U15 B team to represent Canterbury in her age group tournament.

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Basketball has had a strong 2022 season with 11 competitive teams and 11 social teams competing in varying grades. We had a strong season across the board, with four teams playing for podium finishes. Our Senior B team came away in first place in the Girls Open Div 1.

Our Intermediate B, SMC Green, SMC Pink and SMC Rockets all managed to place third in their respective grades. A huge congratulations to these girls in their hard fought seasons in order to obtain these results.

“This year I was in the North Canterbury U17 Rep Team” says Evie, “we attended Nationals in Tauranga. We went into this tournament very excited but also quite nervous as we had only had very few trainings as a whole team together.

We got put in a very good pool to start off, and managed to place first in our pool, meaning we had an easier quarter-final. Winning our quarter-final meaning we were top four was huge for my team. That was a goal of ours from the start. Despite not winning our next two games, we ended up in fourth place and we all had fun and made so many new connections and memories”.

Charlotte Prebble – Head of Basketball

Climbing Climbing at SMC started strong at the beginning of the year with a keen bunch of students heading to the YMCA climbing wall each week. The group was a mix of experienced and new climbers all ready to improve their skills or develop new ones. Sadly though, Covid had other plans which affected numbers as well as other extra-curricular activities clashing with climbing. Despite that we have had a dedicated bunch of students who have shown a real enjoyment of climbing as well as showing how great they are at supporting each other. While we weren’t able to send a team to the South Island Secondary Schools competition the students were able to visit to Uprising and to experience bouldering which proved to be enjoyable but may have given Señorita Carreno a heart attack due to the lack of harnesses and

the angles of the walls! Happily all the girls finished the session with smiles on their faces.

A huge thanks to all involved this season.

Katherine Tyson – Climbing Convenor

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Cricket Cricket has continued to be a huge success in 2022. The number of girls playing continues to grow and we are seeing depth throughout the year levels. The year kicked into gear with a group of students proudly participating as flag bearers and joined in singing the National Anthem at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup final in the Hagley Oval. Our next major event was the annual staff vs students fixture on the SMC Oval and the students look forward to defending their title again next year. The Junior School girls were involved in cricket skills at school on Thursday lunchtimes led by our senior players. Our fabulous Year 5 and 6 girls played in the Primary School Competition on Fridays. We have two Year 7 and 8 teams who are entered in the Saturday competition. We have now reached an incredible achievement

of having three Year 9-13 teams. These teams have practiced so well together. Unfortunately, Gillette Cup was postponed due to Covid but the 1st and 2nd Xl were lucky enough to play this in Term 4. In preparation, we had a fun warm up day in Timaru playing against St Hilda’s and Pleasant Point Cricket Club, a fixture we would love to see carry on to help build girls’ cricket across the region. The 3rd XI played in the Ford Foundation Cup in Term 4. From these teams, we have two players chosen to represent Canterbury in the U19 team. The SMC Board of Trustees has supported the growth of cricket with the installation of cricket nets and a bowling machine, providing a facility for future players to develop their skills while still on the school grounds.

Phoebe Spear – Head of Cricket

Cycling This cycling season has been a successful one for our SMC cycling team as we managed to win the Canterbury U16 Girls Time Trial, bringing the cup home and also came a close second in the South Island U16 Time Trial. Our teams this year were made up of Kara Gooding, Emma Crawford, Fiona Oliver, Kate Sharpe and Gemma Sitjes. We had some great individual results from the South Island Road Championships, despite the conditions being

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challenging. Emma Crawford came second in the U13 Girls Road Race and first in the individual U13 Time Trial at South Islands. Later on in the season, Kate and Emma both represented SMC in the Southern Cycling tour up in Blenheim, both achieving awesome results. Altogether, we made a fantastic team and I look forward to riding with our SMC cyclists again next season.

Gemma Sitjes – Head of Cycling

Cross Country Our top Junior School runners progressed on to the Zone Championships and from there, we had eight girls who qualified for the CSS Championships event. The stand out performances from this event were: Harriet Gough: 12th in the Year 5 girls grade Florence McCormack: 14th in the Year 7 girls grade Bridie McCormack: 16th in the Year 7 girls grade Ceci Bridge: 22nd in the Year 7 girls grade.

Our Middle and Senior School runners competed in the CSS event at Ascot Park. It was a great day and we had a good number of SMC girls finish in top placings within their grades: Isabella Bridge: third in her Year 9 grade Gemma Sitjes, Margo Dalling and Isabelle Harrison: ninth, tenth and eleventh in the Junior girls grade.

From there, we had seven girls travel to Nelson for the NZSS event in June. Great performances on day one came from Isabella Bridge, who finished 18th in the Year 9 girls grade with a number of girls selected into the Canterbury relay teams for the following day. These relays were 5 x 2km.

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We kicked off Term 2 in House spirit with our SMC Cross Country at Hagley Park.

Isabella was selected in the Year 9A team which finished third, and Isabelle Harrison, Margo Dalling and Gemma Sitjes were selected into the Canterbury Junior Girls B team and they were the first Junior B team home.

Congratulations to all our runners who took part in races this year, we are proud of the results we have seen so far from our SMC girls and look forward to another successful season in 2023!

Lily Keenan – Head of Cross Country

Equestrian We have many talented riders here at SMC, with many of our girls competing in competitions all over the country and holding their own on the big stage!

The CSS One Day Horse Trial and the very first SISS Equestrian event – including the CSS Show jumping event – saw 10 SMC riders compete and come away with some fantastic results.

Our One Day Horse Trial team, which consisted of Alice Macdonald, Belize McQuarrie, Kate McDonald and Tess Morgan, finished in first place overall after some outstanding results across a variety of disciplines throughout the day.

On top of this, many of our girls came away with ribbons after the SISS Equestrian event, and our SMC team finished in fourth place in the Canterbury Secondary Schools Show jumping event, held during the South Islands event.

Throughout the year, our Equestrian Programme has held several trainings days, run by our coaches – Emily Cammock and Anna Bryant – where our girls were invited to ‘one on one’ and small group sessions in the lead up to the events.

We look forward to watching equestrian grow and bring SMC even more success in 2023!

Ella Hutchinson – Sport Convenor

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Football 2022 was a great season for football. There was a large group of new players who joined the team and it was awesome to see them step up and find their place in the team. The team worked really well together and we improved a lot over the course of the season with everyone giving each game 100%. We competed in the 1st XI division again this year which brought us some tough games but also some good wins.

As always we couldn’t have done it without Mr

McDee’s brilliant coaching, managing, pep talks and half time snacks and our captain, Emily Lambie. Congratulations to Ruby Young our MVP, Katherine Babington our most dedicated player and Jess Sanders our most improved player for 2022! It is sad to see our Year 13s go but we are looking forward to new players joining next year. Bring on the 2023 season!

Katherine Babington – Head of Football

Korfball Korfball has continued to go from strength to strength at SMC, and 2022 is no exception!

A record of 42 players between SMC and Christchurch Boys High made up our four teams entered in the Christchurch Friday night Term 1 competition. All teams started the season extremely well, bagging four wins on the first night – the first time SMC has ever achieved this feat.

Just as teams were getting into the flow of understanding the game, we were hit with Covid. This has presented numerous challenges, namely fielding teams, however in the true teamwork nature of SMC, players have stepped

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up each week to cover gaps, and have relished the opportunity to play two or three games instead of their normal one!

Special mentions go to our Year 9 team who came away with the Junior B grade trophy and were undefeated all season! The Senior A team then had the final of the Senior A grade – it was 9-9 at full time and went to penalty shoot-out!

Unfortunately we went down 3-2.

Term 4 saw some more great results with our Senior A, Junior A and Junior B teams all winning their grades in the weekly competition.

Nicole Lloyd – Korfball Convenor

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Hockey It has been another fantastic season for hockey, with 11 teams in the Senior and Middle School.

The 1st X1 was coached by Sunjay Ganda and assisted by Felix Rolls and won the SSP Girls Championship and the Connectics Cup in a final against Christchurch Girls’ High.

The mid-season Quad tournament was held in Dunedin and SMC won against Columba and Craighead and drew with St Hilda’s in the final match, placing them first equal.

The season finished with the team travelling to Napier to compete against 16 other schools for the Federation Cup. With incredible team effort they reached the final, where they faced CGHS again. At the final whistle the score was 1-1. This led to a tense penalty shootout, which CGHS won.

For the second year the 2nd X1 was coached by Canterbury Cat, Charlotte Lee. The team started the season strong and placed fourth in the SSL Division 1 competition, before reaching the final of the Chris Arthur Cup. An exciting match against Rangi Ruru saw SMC gain the lead before half time, which they managed to hold onto to win 4-2.

This year we had both the Red and White team in the SSL Division 2 competition. The Red Team coached by Wendy Shannahan, finished as

champions of Div 2. The White Team coached

by Chris Errington, finished fifth. Our Green and Blue teams were in the SSL Division 3 competition. The Green Team coached by Rob McGregor finished fifth, and the Blue Team coached by Peter Edwards and Hayden Sims finished seventh. Our Silver Team coached by Hannah Brady finished second in SSL Division 4.

Our younger teams have had an amazing season full of learning, fun and success. They have enhanced their knowledge of the game, improved their skills and always displayed SMC values.

Congratulations to Mezzy Surridge, Sorell Shand, Molly Williams, Niamh McKenzie and Phoebe Spear who were selected into the U18 Canterbury A team and placed first in the National U18 Women’s Tournament. Mezzy, Sorrel and Molly were also selected for the Junior Blacksticks training camp held in October.

Congratulations also to Jessie Anderson and Anneliese Millard, who were selected into the U18 Canterbury B team and placed fourth in the National U18 women’s tournament.

Isabella Bullen and Meg Downs – Heads of Hockey

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Orienteering We have had some great success in Orienteering this year. Katherine and Anna Babington have been all over the world competing and have gained some very impressive results along the way!

Anna travelled to Australia to compete at W16 in the Australian Sprint, Middle and Long Distance champs and finished first overall. She also finished second place in the 20E Australian Champs relay team.

Katherine was selected in the NZ Junior World Orienteering Championship team of six young women and men who went on to compete in Portugal in July. She also did very well in the NZ National Orienteering champs.

If that wasn’t enough, both girls were selected in the NZ Schools Orienteering team that travelled to Australia to the Australian Schools championships in September and travelled to Budapest to compete at the European Youth Orienteering champs.

On top of all this, Katherine also competed in the Victorian Middle Distance champs, the Orienteering Grand Prix and the Australian Sprint, Middle and Long Distance champs in Australia as well.

Ella Hutchinson – Sport Convenor

Lifesaving Lifesaving this year was led by a wonderful student coach Lily Webb. It was wonderful that she was able to share her lifesaving experience with such enthusiasm. We had two training sessions a week, one which was so early that by the end of Term 1 we were getting there in the dark and had to change the time to later! After training hard all term we had the NZ Lifesaving assessor come to take us through our paces.

We had all worked with determination on our

Polo This year we have had six girls take polo lessons through Waireka Polo during Terms 1 and 4.

Every Tuesday, the girls are taken out to Sefton where they have a 1.5hr lesson with HPA qualified instructor Charlie Wood and his team to improve their skills and prepare them for the opportunity to play in the SUPA Polo inter-school tournaments.

These tournaments are run in November, February and March and are a great chance for our riders to put their learnings into practice.

Ella Hutchinson – Polo Convenor

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swimming fitness, life saving techniques and first aid knowledge and this meant we were all able to pass, some with the Bronze star, some with the Bronze Medallion and some with the Bronze Cross. We are already looking forward to getting back into lifesaving in Term 1 and hope we won’t need to use our skills over the holidays!

Elspeth Godfrey-Chatterton – Life Saving Convenor

Junior School Netball

Senior School Netball

This year got off to a great start with eight Junior teams participating in weekly games. Our coaches, managers, supporters, and girls’ commitment was evident with three of our Junior teams placing in the A and B grade zones tournament.

Our Year 6 Kākāpo team participated in The Movex Jellybean Tournament and came out with first place!

The Senior A Netball team started the season winning the Westpac Shield for round one of Super Net, and holding first position in the Women’s Premier 2 grade. Five players from our Senior A team were named in the Christchurch U18 A team that went on to win Representative Nationals. Term 3 was hectic – the Senior A participated in the annual Quadrangular Tournament and came away with the win. The Senior D team had an awesome finish to their season, winning both their Wednesday and Saturday competitions.

We are grateful for those Senior girls who volunteered to coach a team this year. We look forward to seeing the Junior girls progress in their netball careers, with some star players in the making.

Pearl O’Brien – Head of Junior School Netball

Middle School Netball This season we had 13 SMC Middle School Netball teams. Some stand out results came from our 9B team who finished second in their grade and our 10A team who finished first.

Our Year 9 Orchids team finished third in their grade, our 10D team first, our 10C team third and our 10A team second. Congratulations to all our players, coaches and management for such a successful season!

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The Senior A team won a very close SuperNet final against St Andrews College, and competed at SISS in Timaru meeting Christchurch Girls High in the final to take gold, qualifying for NZ Secondary School Nationals and coming second to Hamilton Girls High School in the final.

Many SMC netball teams have had great success this season, however success is not always in the results but in the learnings and connections made through the sport. I was privileged to watch netball bring many smiles to our players.

Ashlyn Koce – Head of Senior School Netball

Ella Hutchinson – Netball Convenor

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Rowing St Margaret’s Rowing Results South Island Secondary Schools Silver U15 Four U16 Eight U17 Eight

U18 Pair U18 Four U15 Eight

Bronze U18 Novice Eight U17 Pair

Maadi Cup Gold U18 Pair Silver U18 Four U17 Eight U18 Eight Bronze U18 Novice Four

Overall points – sixth School in NZ and second Girl’s School.

Overall sweep points – fourth School in NZ and second Girl’s School.

Three rowers selected for South Island U18 team: Ashlee Tacon: (Cox) Girls U18 Quad Olivia Studholme: Girls U18 Four & Girls U18 Eight Hannah Wylie: Girls U18 Four & Girls U18 Eight Two rowers selected for NZ Junior Women’s Eight: Grace Farrell and Jemma Burrowes: Fifth Junior World Rowing Champs, Varese, Italy

Rugby Sevens This rugby season, we had three girls join the Forward Foundation squad – Olivia Studholme, Ellie Scotland and Eve Barnsley. The girls were great leaders within this team and brought a lot of their rugby knowledge into our Sevens team at the conclusion of their 15s season.

Our Sevens team had a very successful season.

The Mahuika ‘Girls on Fire’ tournament was held at Linwood Rugby Club for any girls’ club or school team that wanted tournament experience at the beginning of the season. We combined with Papanui High and Marian and had a great day, finishing in first place!

Next up was South Islands, held in Geraldine.

This was a tougher tournament for us, with a lot of games squeezed into one day but the girls dug deep and finished in fifth place. This was a big learning opportunity for us and our girls improved tremendously on our defence.

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Condors Qualifiers was the last event on the calendar for our team. We had a tough game first up against the defending champions CGHS but held our own until the last couple of minutes.

Our next round robin game was a convincing win and a good opportunity to get the bench involved, then we came up against STAC in the semi-final. This was a big game as we were evenly matched but our girls played some of the best defence of the tournament to come out on top at full time, 10-5.

In the final, we came up against CGHS again, and we started strongly. We were up at half time but unfortunately didn’t quite have the legs so went down eventually 17-5.

We are very proud of how far the team has come this year and look forward to growing stronger next year with lots of young talent coming through.

Ella Hutchinson – Sport Convenor

Skiing This year we entered two teams, our Year 7 team (Greta, Grace, Mila and Elise) and Year 5 & 6 team (Harriet, Mackenzie and Henrietta). All girls raced exceptionally well on the day and came away with some great results – fastest SMC time went to Mackenzie Crampton and our Year 5 & 6 team won the Year 1-6 girls team event!

12 girls travelled up to Mt Hutt ski field in August to compete in the CSS Ski Championships.

Our girls competed really well considering that visibility was extremely low, the course was quite icy and the girls only got one run due to weather delays.

Congratulations to all our skiers this season, we look forward to seeing you in action on the slopes again in 2023!

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We have many talented skiers across all year levels, so we were very excited to be able to put together several teams to compete in the interschool competitions on offer this season – the Canterbury Secondary Schools Ski Championships and the annual Porters Independent Schools Ski Championships.

Olivia Studholme – Head of Skiing

Our SMC team finished in third place overall which is a great result and our top three finishes from the day were Kara Gooding – second place, Alexia Gooding – twelfth place and Freya Atkins – 20th place out of the 69 skiers that they competed against in the girls grade.

Our Year 5-8 girls had a fantastic day of ski racing at Porters Ski Field.

The warm temperature and bluebird day made for difficult snow conditions on the race course.

Swimming Throughout this swimming year we have seen consistent highlights and successes in the girl’s performances.

outstanding performances but one to highlight was Millie Bell who broke the under 14 year old 50 Butterfly record!

We had the amazing Pieta Surridge coach our Year 9-13 Swim Club members, making for a fun and positive environment. We also had significant help from Gracie Seeto and Sienna McEwan who assisted in coaching our Year 7 & 8 girls. Swim Club creates an inclusive and encouraging sense within the sport.

A strong team of swimmers competed at this year’s Canterbury Secondary Schools and led by example showing their leadership and strengths with many personal bests. A huge congratulations to Millie Bell and Maisy Perriam who competed at New Zealand Secondary Schools event in Hamilton. Between the two girls, there were many PBs made through their hard work and determination.

Swimming Sports is the first of many events at SMC that brings energy and excitement and the ability to dress up in House colours and chant.

Swimming Sport is a day where everyone can swim no matter their ability and choose to do it competitively or for fun. The day even includes relays that teachers can race in! We had many

Although swimming is seen as an individual sport it is just as equally a team sport. Here at SMC, we use swimming as an opportunity to get all girls involved while enjoying the environment.

Maisy Perriam – Head of Swimming

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Tramping The tramping club has continued to grow this year with more than 50 students signed up to get into the outdoors. Our first trip for the year was unfortunately cancelled when a weather bomb hit, bringing snow to low levels and making our route too dangerous. Undeterred, we geared up for our second trip based at SMC’s very own Paterson Lodge in March and had an awesome weekend of tramping, sharing stories and of course, lots of food. The group tackled the steep climb to Woolshed Hill and enjoyed the phenomenal views from the summit before heading down for a swim in the Hawdon River.

Day two saw us puffing to the top of Rabbit Hill on a hot and windy day, with more spectacular views!

hut. Our final trip for the year was based at the Cass-Lagoon Track in the Craigieburn Range in November.

This has been an awesome year of growth for the Tramping Club and we can’t wait for more adventures in 2023.

Sophie Beaumont – Tramping Club Convenor

Our Term 2 trip again fell victim to a major storm so this was rescheduled to Term 3 when a group of students walked a loop track on Mt Somers, staying at Woolshed Creek Hut. We loved the expansive views, shared a lot of snacks, and got very into card games in the

Tennis In Term 1 we had 11 teams competing in the Wednesday after school Canterbury competition in social and competitive grades.

On Tuesday and Wednesday lunchtimes this year, our Head Coach Andrew Falck led a Hot Shots programme for the Year 1-6 girls. They had fun learning new skills and improving their hand-eye coordination with the help of an enthusiastic group of girls from our senior teams.

Both the Senior A and B team played in the South Island Secondary Schools’ Tournament which was held in Christchurch. The Senior A team; Ruby Young, Lucia Gale, Emma Mason, Sophia Amyes and Lucy Young competed in the Senior Open Grade. The girls were able to take away the South Island title, beating a selection of schools including Christchurch Girls High and Rangi Ruru. In the final tie of the tournament, the team played St Andrews College finishing the tournament with a great effort, and only dropping one match.

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The Senior B team; Georgia Marchant, Christina Vassilieva and Maddi Brown competed in the Cup Grade, placing third. The Senior A and B tennis teams had lunchtime training sessions, coached by Andrew and were superbly managed and looked after by Ms Davidson.

After a great result last year in the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ tournament, the Senior A team was excited about the prospect of challenging the second place ranking this year.

However, unfortunately, due to Covid-19, the tournament was cancelled and the team was unable to compete.

Special congratulations to Lucia Gale, Year 9, who was selected to represent New Zealand in the 15 and under Australian Teams Championship and to Lucia Gale and Ruby Young, Year 12 who represented New Zealand in the B2 Oceania Closed Junior Championship held in Sydney.

Ruby Young – Head of Tennis

Touch able to go ahead, to better ourselves and develop as a team so that we can come back better and stronger next season in preparation for when these tournaments return.

At the beginning of the 2022 season our Super Touch team came out on top of our round robin competition that takes places at Hagley Park each Wednesday. This was a great confidence boost for the girls.

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This season we have been lucky to have many returning players come back and join the team, eager and ready to play, alongside some very keen newbies ready to get amongst a new sport and begin learning. Unfortunately due to Covid our girls missed out on a numerous exciting tournaments, such as, South Islands, Summer Quad and Canterbury Champs. However, although our girls have missed out on these tournaments this season, we made the most out of their trainings and games that have still been

Maddy McNeill – Head of Touch

Volleyball Volleyball has had a great year. We had 130 girls playing with 12 different teams. We started the year strong with teams competing in the Monday night Secondary Schools competition.

Our Senior A started the year strong placing second at the Mainland Championships.

However, after competing, almost all senior players in the tournament got Covid, including most of our Senior A team. This led to both Canterbury Champs and Nationals being cancelled unfortunately.

A large number of girls played club volleyball over the winter season. Emma Mason, Olive Tuipulotu, and Emily O’Connor represented Canterbury with the U19 girls placing second at

Inter-Provincial Champs (Olive and Emily) and the U17 girls placing fifth (Emma). Both Olive and Emily are a part of the New Zealand women’s squad which is coached by our SMC coach, Sebástian González Moreno. Emily also was selected for the NZ Junior Women's development team which played in the Australian Junior State Champs in Sydney where the team placed first. Our coach, Sebástian, has been awarded coach of the year from Sports Canterbury.

This year has been a success in volleyball even with Covid in the way. All our girls have worked hard this year on and off the volleyball court and have shown huge resilience.

Emily O’Connor – Head of Volleyball

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Water Polo The water polo season started off with a bang for our Senior A girls, commencing with a training camp in late January to get back into the swing of things after the holiday break. Throughout the season we came up against some tough teams and had a few close losses as well as some great wins! The season was disrupted with many girls getting Covid, however we took it in our stride and continued training hard.

A highlight of mine from this season was the festival that took place instead of South Islands, it was a great opportunity for the younger girls to step up and play with the seniors, as well as having some tough games against our rivals.

Unfortunately the season came to an abrupt ending when we were not able to attend nationals,

however the team kept their chins up and made the most of the last few weeks of training.

The Senior B and Year 9 girls also had a great season filled with some tough games and lots of learning. These girls were amazing and really stepped up when needed, due to illness in the Senior A team. Our Year 7 & 8 girls have also had a busy season with their weekly competition, filled with lots of learning and fun! The girls have grown heaps over the season thanks to their commitment and enthusiasm towards the sport. Overall the season has been filled with many highs and lows, lots of learning and heaps of fun!

Eve Barnsley – Head of Water Polo

Winter Quad In August this year, the annual Winter Quadrangular was held at St Hilda’s Collegiate in Dunedin. Our Senior A Netball, 1st XI Hockey, Senior A Badminton and Senior Debating team all competed against our sister schools, Craighead Diocesan, Columba College, and Host St Hilda’s Collegiate.

Our teams travelled to Dunedin on Sunday, where they got to stop and enjoy some snow fall on the way. We stayed together alongside Craighead, out in Mosgiel. On Monday morning, St Hilda’s welcomed all the athletes, and their support staff for our traditional Quadrangular Chapel Service. We stated the long-established oaths, which prepared us for the exciting two days to come.

Throughout the two days, exceptional skill and humility were shown by our SMC girls. Every match was a chance for our teams to develop for future events, and the continuous showing of SMC spirit was something to be very proud of. Our netball girls took out first place, with the

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hockey coming first equal, with badminton placing second and debating placing third.

Together these results allowed to once again win the Winter Quadrangular tournament overall.

Together we concluded the annual tournament, with a luncheon hosted in the St Hilda’s Collegiate Boarding house. The lunch allowed our girls and staff to bond and connect with our sister schools, creating stronger relationships for the future. This allowed our girls to show their appreciation to St Hilda’s for hosting, but also to our sister schools for attending and putting up a challenge.

Cara Mustchin – Sport Prefect

Coach Profiles This coach has had a golden season, both on and off the field. Charlotte’s approachable, positive, respectful and supportive manner allows her to interact and coach not only the five year old beginner but also older players on the cusp of national selection. Charlotte can build strong, trusting relationships with her team while having a little fun but know when to put on the ‘game face’ to make sure everyone is focused and fully prepared for the game ahead.

Charlotte also coached our SMC 2nd XI team and with her use of technology and song of the day kept everyone entertained while sharing an easy to follow and successful game plan… a system that must have worked as it allowed this coach and their team to win the tournament for SMC for the fourth time in its 12 year history.

Charlotte has had a busy 2022 coaching teams including being assistant coach of the Canterbury U18A team who won the national title.

We are very lucky to have this up and coming young woman as part of our hockey coaching team.

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Charlotte Lee

This was the second year that Charlotte has coached our SMC 2nd XI following on from coaching the White team in 2019 and 2020.

Holly Greenslade Holly Greenslade is a St Margaret’s Old Girl, finishing her schooling in 2013. She went on to study at Massey University from 2015-2019, gaining a Bachelor ofCommunications Major in Marketing Communications, Minor in Expressive Arts and then finished her studies at UC, gaining Graduate Diploma of Teaching and Learning (Primary) in 2020. She is now a primary school teacher at Clarkville School.

Holly was selected in the NZ Junior team who competed in the World Junior Rowing Champs in Bulgaria in 2012, and again in 2013 in Lithuania. In 2014, she attended the World University Rowing Champs in China (three gold medals) and was also selected in the NZ U21 rowing team (six gold medals), and to top it off, in the 2015/16 season Holly was selected in the NZ U23 team, the NZ Elite summer squad, the NZ Elite women’s eight and was a travelling reserve for the NZ Women’s Eight at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

Holly brings a huge amount of rowing knowledge and a very impressive achievement record with her into our SMC Rowing programme. Not only has she stood on the Maadi Cup podium more then 10 times, but she has also represented New Zealand in various events around the world!

We are very lucky to have such a talented athlete come back to her roots at SMC and give back to our next generation of rowers.

Lucy Jenkins Lucy graduated from SMC in 2018 and has been coaching the SMC Sevens team ever since. After finishing school, she earned a Sports Coaching degree from the University of Canterbury, majoring in Physical Education and minoring in Statistics. Lucy has played rugby since she was four years old and has been in the Canterbury Women’s Rugby Team for the past

six years, winning five Farah Palmer Cup titles.

With a passion for Rugby and a Coaching degree behind her, Lucy gives back to the game by teaching SMC students to play Sevens. Lucy has completed multiple CRFU coaching courses and works as a Canterbury Rugby Union Resource Coach when she has spare time around her own trainings and games. The Sevens programme at SMC made gains every year that Lucy has been in charge and she is excited for the future of both rugby and sevens at the College.

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Sport Awards

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Sport

Trophy

Name of Nominee

Badminton

Clibborn Cup

Caitlin Parrett

Basketball

O’Connell Prize for Most Valuable Player Evans Family Cup for Most Improved Player

Ivy Brown Ellese Haigh

Climbing

Wesley Climbing Cup for Leadership & Commitment Rebekah Masterton Cup – Most determined and enthusiastic climber

Katherine Babington Katherine Babington

Cross Country

Margot Gibson Cup for Most Outstanding Performance

Isabella Bridge

Cricket

Kearns Rose Bowl for the Best All Rounder Cup for Most Outstanding Cricketer

Phoebe Spear Niamh McKenzie

Equestrian

Susan McCaul Cup for Equestrian Performance Murdoch Cup for Outstanding Achievement

Alice Macdonald Harriet Laing

Football

Most Valuable Player

Ruby Young

Hockey

Joanna Brinkman Cup for Most Improved Chris Arthur Cup for Leadership and Dedication to Hockey SMC Hockey Award – Player who displays the Greatest Commitment Most Valuable

Annie Airey Molly Williams Niamh McKenzie Mezzy Surridge

Life Saving

Dedication and Commitment

Lily Webb

Netball

Cartridge Cup for Most Improved Netball Player Chambers Trophy for Most Promising Junior Player Cranmer Cup for Best Performed Team Sharyn Pratley Cup for Best Senior Player Sarah Masterton Cup for Service to Netball

Cara Mustchin Belize McQuarrie Senior A Te Ata Hassan Josie Seymour

Rowing

Trudy Keys Cup – Most Dedicated Rower Jo Zwart Cup for Leadership and Enthusiasm B. Macdonald Shield for Rower of the Year Hilgendorf Cup for the Most Promising Novice Fechney Cup – Contribution to the success of Rowing Pierce Aubrey – most successful crew

Grace Farrell Felicity Pye Jemma Burrowes Samantha Lascelles Olivia Studholme U18 Pair

Rugby

Smith Cup for Player of the Year

Eve Barnsley

Skiing

St Margaret’s Cup for Skiing

Kara Gooding

Swimming

Most Promising Swimmer (Year 9) Most Outstanding Swimmer Over All Age Groups

Millie Bell Millie Bell

Tennis

Contribution to School Tennis Performance and Sportsmanship

Ruby Young Ruby Young

Touch

Most Valuable Player Wright Cup for All Round Contribution to Super Touch

Cara Mustchin Maddy McNeill

Volleyball

Most Valuable Player Most Promising Junior (Y9/10)

Emily O’Connor Lulu Inglis

Water Polo

Dedication and Commitment to Water Polo McClure Trophy – Junior Player of the Year Davie Family Cup – Senior Player of the Year

Eve Barnsley Annabel Leete Isla Gath

Student Umpire

For the person who has committed to umpiring games and gaining qualifications within their code

Brie Cox Ashlee Tacon Kate Ballantyne

St Margaret’s Cup Development and growth through sport

For Endeavour ‘to a girl who has embraced the opportunities at SMC and who has grown as a person through sporting involvement’

Emily O’Connor

Major Awards Achievement

Recipient

St Margaret’s Cup

Outstanding Junior Sporting Achievement

Lucia Gale

St Margaret’s Cup

Junior Sportswoman

Belize McQuarrie

Sally Mene Tanoa

Aspiring Leadership

Milly Farrell

Jocelyn Freeman Rosebowl

Leadership In & Dedication to Sport

Cara Mustchin

Mollie Copper Cup

Sportmanship & Service to Sport

Bella Spear

Chris Arthur Cup

Best Performed Team

Netball – Senior A

Excellence in Sport Award

More Than One Sport

Ivy Brown

Hiatt Cup

Outstanding Sporting Achievement

Jemma Burrowes & Grace Farrell

Reeves Trophy

Sportswoman of the Year

Ivy Brown

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Trophy

New Zealand Representatives Sport

Name

Team

Basketball

Ivy Brown

NZ U17 Basketball team, competed in Asia and Hungary at U17 World Cup

Fencing

Milo Neill

NZ team and competed at Commonwealth fencing Champ, London

Kayaking

Brieanna Cox

NZ U18 sprint kayaking team and competing in Asia Pacific Cup, Japan

Orienteering Anna Babington

NZ Schools team and competed in Australian Schools Champs

Orienteering Katherine Babington NZ Schools team and competed in Australian Schools Champs and NZ Junior World Championship team and competed in Portugal Rowing

Jemma Burrowes

NZ U19 Women’s Eight and competed at World Rowing U19 Champs, Italy

Rowing

Grace Farrell

NZ U19 Women’s Eight and competed at World Rowing U19 Champs, Italy

Softball

Trinity Mackley-Flutey NZ Junior White Sox squad and playing in Australia

Tennis

Lucia Gale

NZ U15 team that competed in Queensland at Australian Teams event

Tennis

Ruby Young

NZ Junior team and competed at B2 Oceania Junior Champs, Sydney

Volleyball

Emily O’Connor

NZ U19 Junior Women’s Development team and competed at Australian State Volleyball Champs

Middle School Colours

Honours – during the year

Sport

Recipient

Sport

Recipient

Cricket

Lily Young

Hockey

Molly Williams

Equestrian

Georgie Laing

Netball

Football

Trelise McEwan

Gymnastics

Lulu Pearse

Hockey

Margo Dalling Tilly O’Donnell Lily Ballin Sophie Booth

Bridie James Cara Mustchin Josie Seymour Ashlyn Koce

Rowing

Swimming

Millie Bell

Jemma Burrowes Ashlee Tacon Grace Farrell Olivia Studholme

Tennis

Lucia Gale

Volleyball

Olive Tuipulotu

Ongoing excellence in sport

Y13’S who have been awarded Honours in previous years and who have continued to excel in their sport Sport

Recipient

Hockey

Emelia Surridge Niamh McKenzie

Netball

Te Ata Hassan

Swimming

Sienna McEwan

Touch

Cara Mustchin

Volleyball

Emily O’Connor

Honours – Sport Awards Sport

Recipient

Equestrian

Sophia McKendry

Hockey

Sorell Shand Phoebe Spear

Rowing

Hannah Wylie

Basketball & Netball

Ivy Brown

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Sport Teams Sport Captains

Sport Council

Back Row:

Katherine Babington, Charlotte Haycock, Caitlin Parrett, Lily Keenan, Eve Barnsley Middle Row: Sharon Lloyd (Assistant Director of Sport), Te Ata Hassan, Ashlyn Koce, Ruby Young, Pearl O’Brien, Molly Roberts, Madison McNeill, Charlotte Prebble, Helen Belcher (Director of Sport) Front Row: Emily O’Connor, Isabella Bullen, Allie Lowry, Olivia Studholme, Felicity Pye

Back Row:

Badminton A

Skiing

From Left: Hellen Wang, Caitlin Parrett, Zhiruo (Zoe) Yang Absent: Mayuko Oda, Thi Hai (Ha) Nghiem

Back Row: Freya Atkins, Olivia Studholme, Bella Coleman Middle Row: Alexia Gooding, Amy Jones, Rosa Turner, Grace Seeto Front Row: Audrey Gibbons, Margo Dalling, Kara Gooding

Cricket 1st XI

Cricket – Year 7&8 Magicians (Hard ball)

Back Row:

Back Row:

Rich Lough (Coach), Ciara Hartland, Scarlett Gordon, Phoebe Spear, Jayde Read Middle Row: Francesca Jack, Millie Spear, Lily Young, Isobel Brook, Bella Spear, Amanda Hardy (Manager) Front Row: Niamh McKenzie (Captain), Paris Hague

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Front Row: Inserts:

Front Row: Absent:

Helen Belcher (Director of Sport), Molly Williams, Josie Seymour, Cara Mustchin (Sport Prefect), Jemma Burrowes, Bridie James, Sharon Lloyd (Assistant Director of Sport) Sorell Shand, Ivy Brown, Milly Farrell, Emma Mason Phoebe Spear, Niamh McKenzie

Jessica Gearry, Ivy Mehrtens, Mae Wilkinson, Alexandra Campbell, Rosa MacLeod, Georgina Campbell, Isla Curley, Amanda Hardy (Manager) Georgia Douglas, Genevieve Surridge, Jyla Burnside, Emma Robb, Juliet Young Lisa Williams (Coach)

Basketball – Senior B

Back Row:

Back Row:

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Basketball – Senior A

Front Row: Absent:

Ella Hutchinson (Manager), Allie Lowry, Milly Farrell, Aine Leeson, Charlotte Prebble, Ellese Haigh Charlotte Coughlan, Eibhlin Leeson, Ivy Brown Jayde Read, Torin Smith (Coach)

Front Row: Absent:

Piper O’Malley, Lucia Inglis, Hayley Sparks, Qiana Selan, Aneira Salt Annie Francis, Sahara MacFarlane, Isobel Brook Belize McQuarrie, Seddon Smith (Coach)

Basketball – Intermediate A

Basketball – Year 9 A

Back Row:

Back Row:

Front Row: Absent:

Ciara Hartland, Billie Williams, Lucie Davis, Madeleine Coughlan, Kate Taylor, Indy Gibson Claudia Vivian, Lucy Farrell, Gracie Haigh, Tahlia Fridd Emily Evans (Coach)

Front Row: Absent:

Ashima MacFarlane, MaiLinh Sanderson, Dominica Crestani, Flo Wilkinson, Ana Eradus, Isabella Bridge Georgina Campbell, Tilly O’Donnell, Tessa Treadgold, Summer Zhou Tash Faga-leti (Coach)

Basketball – Year 7&8 Sharks

Miniball – Year 5&6

Back Row:

Back Row:

Front Row: Absent:

Lexie Boon, Genevieve Surridge, Alexandra Campbell, Poppy Blakely, Ivy Mehrtens Savannah Dallison, Eva Grace, Rachel Kim, Jemima Huston Ivy Brown (Coach), Ellese Haigh (Coach), Jayde Read (Coach)

Front Row:

Peata Baldwin-Smith, Olivia Thorn (Coach), Julia Nguyen, Caitlin Ching, Iya Gear, Amelia Gibbons (Coach) Ruby Ballantyne, Olive Bascik, Georgia Lacey, Isobella Blakely, Harriet Gough

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Cross Country / Road Race

Cycling

Back Row:

Back Row: Front Row:

Front Row:

Fiona Oliver Kate Sharpe, Gemma Sitjes, Kara Gooding

Football A

Korfball A

Back Row:

Genevieve Johnson, Jessika Sanders, Ruby Young, Lucy Young, Macy Smith, Kyra Mayers, Keith McDonnell (Coach), Katherine Babington Middle Row: Lucy Sawyer Front Row: Anna Babington, Ruby Glackin, Zara Clark

Back Row:

Korfball B

Cross Country Year 5–8 ISSA

Back Row:

Back Row:

Front Row:

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Margo Dalling, Indy Gibson, Gemma Sitjes, Katherine Babington, Bronny O’Sullivan Anna Babington, Isabella Bridge, Ciara Hartland, Isabelle Harrison

Nicole Lloyd (Coach), Hannah Wareing, Sophia Davidson, Isla Hansen Arabella Russell, Ruby Donkin, Sophia Willis

Front Row:

Front Row:

Nicole Lloyd (Coach), Emma Ford, Ellese Haigh, Bridie James, Charlotte Prebble, Payton Edmundson Ivy Brown, Annabel Smith, Millie Robertson

Isobella Blakely, Maisie Diver, Eva Grace, Emily Sawyer, Annabel Scott, Cecilia Bridge, Florence McCormick, Bridie McCormick Rachel Kim, Poppy Blakely, Emma Crawford, Kate Sharpe

Hockey – 2nd XI

Back Row:

Poppy McNeill, Paris Hague, Emelia Surridge, Molly Williams, Anneliese Millard Middle Row: Chloe McNeill, Madison McNeill, Sorell Shand, Anna Airey, Lily Young Front Row: Zara Gamble, Jessie Anderson, Ally Booth Inserts: Niamh McKenzie, Phoebe Spear, Bella Spear Absent: Sunjay Ganda (Coach), Felix Rolls (Coach), Miss Sophie Beaumont (Manager)

Back Row:

Hockey – Red

Hockey – White

Back Row:

Li-Na Chapman, Niamh Hoare, Isobel Brook, Kylana Peauafi Symonds, Amelia Gibbons Middle Row: Lucy O’Donnell, Amy Jones, Rosa Turner, Zoë Rea, Lauren Warne, Wendy Shannahan (Coach) Front Row: Samantha Lascelles, Margo Dalling, Meg Thyne Absent: Millie Spear

Back Row:

Hockey – Year 7&8 Blue

Hockey – Year 6

Back Row:

Back Row:

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Hockey – 1st XI

Front Row:

Ivy Mehrtens, Sophia Cathro, Genevieve Surridge, Sophie Keir, Rosa MacLeod, Emma Crawford Alexia Patchett, Poppy Blakely, Charlotte Lamont

Neve Ballin, Amelia Frew, Lily Ballin, Shylah Bateman, Sophie Booth Middle Row: Elysie Calder, Payton Edmundson, Victoria de Costobadie, Isabella Bullen, Henrietta Aynsley Front Row: Courtney Iliffe, Meg Downs, Tilly O’Donnell, Charlotte Giles Absent: Charlotte Lee (Coach), Ms Kim Englebretsen (Manager)

Lucia Gale, Nina Hayes, Holly Jones, Mikayla Donaldson, Holly Griffin Middle Row: Ciara Hartland, Lily Sutherland, Bianca Skilton-Woods, Isla Hansen, Scarlett Boswell, Billie Williams, Chris Errington (Coach) Front Row: Brooke Manson, Lucy Botherway Absent: Marlee Clarkson, Sophie Taylor, Amanda Surridge (Manager)

Front Row:

Absent:

Layla Anderson, Methuli Wijayasena, Omega Spencer-Berry, Sarah Smallman (Manager) Annabelle Foster, Annabelle Smallman, Portia Ferguson, Mackenzie Crampton, Alexandra Pawsey Ruby Cookeson

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Netball – Year 3–4 Wekas

Netball – Year 3 Takahe

Back Row:

Back Row:

Front Row:

Front Row: Absent:

Ayla McLeod (Coach), Antonia McPherson (Coach) Diya Arun, Xiao (Iris) Xiao, Maya Dwivedi, Siyu (Olivia) Guan, Darcy Gillman, Heyiji (Yijia) Han Holly Donaldson

Rowing – U17’s

Rowing – U16’s

Back Row:

Back Row:

Front Row: Absent:

Olivia Thorn, Milly Farrell, Hannah Wylie, Mikayla Donaldson, Ashlee Tacon, Trudy Keys (Manager) Ruby Hardacre, Amelia Gibbons Anna Airey

Poppy McNeill, Ava Readman, Lucy Tod, Samantha Lascelles Middle Row: Amelia Timiani-Dean, Charlotte Coughlan, India Broomhall, Rosa Turner, Phoebe Wilson, Kara Gooding, Trudy Keys (Manager) Front Row: Li-Na Chapman, Eibhlin Leeson Absent: Olivia Hawkes

Rugby 7’s

Swimming – Year 9–13 CSS

Back Row:

Back Row:

Front Row:

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Gemma Hardcastle (Coach), Eyla Stead, Amelia O’Connell, Mollie Levenger, Zoe Manenge, Ella Bloy (Coach) Isla Hughes, Sophie Foster, Inka Somerville-Smith, Evelyn Blakely

Eve Barnsley, Lucie Davis, Cara Mustchin, Molly Roberts, Ellie Scotland, Indy Gibson Billie Williams, Molly Williams, Meg Thyne

Front Row:

Holly Sawyer, Millie Bell, Gemma Sitjes, Meg Thyne Claudia Vivian, Maisy Perriam, Margo Dalling

Netball – Senior B

Back Row: Ellese Haigh, Fabriana McQuarrie Middle Row: Julie Seymour (Coach), Bridie James, Ashlyn Koce, Cara Mustchin, Te Ata Hassan, Ivy Brown, Milly Farrell, Helen Belcher (Coach) Front Row: Charlotte Coughlan, Josie Seymour, Eibhlin Leeson

Back Row:

Netball – Senior C

Netball – Year 10 A

Back Row:

Back Row:

SPORT

Netball – Senior A

Front Row: Absent:

Hayley Sparks, Laura Siegert, Anna Marra, Grace Seeto, Pearl O’Brien Olivia Thorn, Eliska McAuliffe, Maddison Brown Sophie Johns (Coach)

Front Row: Absent:

Front Row:

Amy O’Loughlin (Coach), India Broomhall, Alice Davidson, Harriet Simpson, Bree O’Malley, Fabriana McQuarrie Hannah Wylie, Charlotte Prebble, Felicity Pye Emily Forrest

Nicole Lloyd (Coach), Piper O’Malley, Sarah Farrell, Belize McQuarrie, Annie Francis, Molly Ginnever, Aine Leeson, Justine Baker-Sherman (Manager) Lucia Inglis, Qiana Selan, Sophia Amyes

Netball – Year 9 A

Netball – Year 7&8 A

Back Row:

Back Row:

Front Row:

Amanda Hardy (Manager), Gracie Haigh, Lucie Davis, Hannah Millar, Lily Dampier-Crossley, Flo Wilkinson, Bronny O’Sullivan, Leanne Chambers (Coach) Tahlia Fridd, Tamzyn Reid, Claudia Vivian, Tessa Treadgold

Front Row: Absent:

Ava Gardner, Samantha Donovan, Alexandra Campbell, Marielle Hastie, Jessica Parker Izabella Green, Eva Grace, Leah Moore, Leila Elkington Sophie White (Coach)

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Tennis A

Back Row: Front Row:

Touch–Super Touch

Lucia Gale, Lucy Young, Gemma Davidson (Manager) Sophia Amyes, Emma Mason, Ruby Young

Touch – Junior A

Back Row:

Charlotte Haycock, Lucy Botherway, Paris Hague, Ellese Haigh Middle Row: Sophie Beaumont (Manager), Amy Jones, Cara Mustchin, Millie Robertson, Meg Thyne, Ally Booth, Ella Hutchinson (Coach) Front Row: Indy Gibson, Molly Ginnever, Sophie Booth, Madison McNeill

Volleyball A

Back Row:

Front Row: Absent:

Liesl Whitaker, Tessa Treadgold, Lucie Davis, Hannah Millar, Tilly O’Donnell, Georgina Campbell, Bronny O’Sullivan Tamzyn Reid, Lucy Farrell, Paige Roberts, Gracie Haigh Amy O’Loughlin (Coach), Anne Porteous

Volleyball Year 7&8

Back Row: Qiana Selan, Emily White Middle Row: Olive Tuipulotu, Josie Seymour, Francesca Jack, Emma Mason, Lucia Inglis Front Row: Ivy Brown, Meg Downs, Emily O’Connor, Charlotte Haycock Absent: Sebastian Gonzalez (Coach)

Volleyball – Junior A

Back Row:

Ava Gardner, Breana Kitson, Sophie Keir, Molly Tyler, Coco Astle, Willow Sneddon, Mae Wilkinson, Neave Ackroyd, Miaki Green, Yi Fei (Linda) Sun, Phoebe Jones, Genevieve Surridge, Izabella Green, Rosa MacLeod, Isabelle Reed Middle Row: Yu-Chen (Bella) Chang, Emma Crawford, Amelie Scrymgeour Front Row: Jia Lin (Jolin) Ye, Jen Jen (Tracey) Hsia, Leila Elkington, Annabel Scott, Charlotte Henderson, Maria Michaelides, Isla Curley, Jemima Huston, Oak Galbraith

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Back Row:

Front Row:

Absent:

Lily Dampier-Crossley, Bronny O’Sullivan, Annie Francis, Hannah Millar, Lucie Davis, Isla Cameron, Sebastian Gonzalez (Coach) Avelynn Curley, Alexandra Green, Ciara Hartland, Lily Young, Fadziso Madondo, Aneira Salt Vaali Hocking

Water Polo B

Back Row: Scarlett Gordon, Brooke Mullinger, Meg Thyne Middle Row: Lulu O’Donnell, Eve Barnsley, Isla Gath, Claudia Hundleby, Aneira Salt Front Row: Amelia Frew, Charlotte Coughlan, Victoria de Costobadie, Hannah Wareing Absent: Casie Bowry (Coach)

Back Row:

Water Polo – Year 8

Hockey – Year 2

Back Row:

Back Row:

SPORT

Water Polo A

Front Row: Absent:

Sophia Cathro, Millie Bocock, Zoe Jones, Ella Drummond, Emma Crawford Charlotte Lamont, Leila Elkington, Mia Eden Tessa Wisbey (Coach), Emily Sawyer, Yazmin Haddock

Front Row: Absent:

Front Row:

Madeleine Coughlan, Brianna Hill, Zara Clark, Tilly O’Donnell, Sophie Brownlie Alice Pennell, Abbey McCormack-Young, Millie Bell Annabel Leete, Zoe Crosbie, Casie Bowry (Coach)

Lucy Botherway (Coach), Amber Yu, Eleanor Levenger, Rosa Smallman, Sophia Riley, Ellie Fridd, Kaia Armstrong, Holly Jamison Elodie Gear, Charlotte Gong, Isolde Evans, Charley Bennett

Netball – Year 1 Doves

Football – Year 7

Back Row:

Back Row:

Sana Fujii (Coach), Eden Hughes, Charlotte Duthie, Hayley Douglas (Coach) Middle Row: Honor Ferguson, Isla Ballantyne, Chloe Riley, Nina Vassy, Chriselle Tok-Lee, Alice Beer Front Row: Amiria Baldwin-Smith, Madison Mackie, Kennady Evans, Amara Dhaliwal

Front Row:

Florence McCormick, Annika Gale, Savannah Dallison, Bridie McCormick Katherine Nichols, Rachel Kim, Jemima Huston, Maia Lacey

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PHOTOS

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Pre-School

Back row: Shannon Barker (Teacher), Emily-Kate Henderson (Teacher) Ellesandra Mills (Child), Sarah Bradley (Director), Paige Mackay (Teacher) Third row (standing): Shawn Fan, Indiana Mills, Charlotte Tan, Angus Teen, Coen McInnes, William Chun Second row (sitting): Poppy Mackie, Harris Zong, Sophia Waddington, Tapere-Ariki Hewitt, Anya Dwivedi, Isla Malthus, Adeline Hewett, Arabella Ma, Anisha Morar, Gemma Riley, Claire Oh, Zoey Crooks Front row: Joel Davis, Tessa Karati (support teacher), Ivory Yu, Onyx Xu, Melody Xiao, Tyler Richardson, Poppy Roberts, Archer Salt, Alexander MacLaurin, Oliver MacLaurin, Laura Chun, Sophia Murray, Radha Sharma, Luca Dwan, Evianna De Silva, Taylor McDrury (Teacher) Absent: Patrick Bradley, Lilly Donaldson, JJ Gadd, Rhys Hughes, Miela Lankshear, Hugh Prosser, Alessandra Todd

Junior School New Entrant: Mrs Julie Lewis

From left: Angelina An, Beatrice Read, Ella Hartley, Emily Hughes, Florence Cooke, Georgia Middelberg, Mia Sun, Scarlett Lee

Year 1: Ms Nicki Douglas

From left: Alice Beer, Amara Dhaliwal, Charlotte Duthie, Chloe Riley, Chriselle Tok-Lee, Eden Hughes, Isla Ballantyne, Kennady Evans, Madison Mackie, Nina Vassy, Pamela Cooke, Xin (Nicole) Qi

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Year 2: Mrs Michele Callaghan

PHOTOS

From left: Amber Yu, Brooklyn Lerios, Charley Bennett, Charlotte Gong, Eleanor Levenger, Ellie Fridd, Elodie Gear, Holly Jamison, Imogen Grimshaw, Kaia Armstrong, Rosa Smallman, Skyla Trenberth, Stella Lee, Zoya Chauhan

Year 3: Mrs Paulette Double

From left: Addison Grimshaw, Alexandria Ellwood, Camilla East, Darcy Gillman, Evelyn Blakely, Harper Lee-Meyer, Heyijia (Yijia) Han, Holly Donaldson, Isla Hughes, Maddison Morris, Maya Dwivedi, Michelle Munemo, Nora Grace Kanis, Siyu (Olivia) Guan, Tania Liu, Xiao (Iris) Xiao, Rachel Duthie, Rachel Wallace

Year 4: Mrs Megan Simcock

From left: Amelia Middelberg, Amelia O’Connell, Eyla Stead, Inka Somerville-Smith, Melvena Geng, Miliana Moffatt, Mollie Levenger, Qimei (Phoebe) He, Sophie Foster, Zoe Manenge, Isobel Pettigrew

Year 5: Ms Sandra Chapman and Mrs Betsy Ryan

From left: Anjali Morar, Caitlin Ching, Chyna Jiang-Simpson, Elina Wang, Elva Wang, Georgia Lacey, Harriet Gough, Henrietta Williamson, Iya Gear, Jia Hua (Jody) Ye, Julia Nguyen, Olive Bascik, Peata Baldwin-Smith, Soraya Johnston-Storrier, Sylvie Roberts, Alexandra Smith, Florence Lyttle, Grace Wallace

Year 6: Mrs Paula Sheldon

From left: Aaliyah Wu, Alexandra Pawsey, Annabelle Foster, Annabelle Smallman, Evelyn McCormick, Harriet Lee, Isobella Blakely, Jordyn Flintoff, Kayla Liu, Layla Anderson, Mackenzie Crampton, Maisie Diver, Methuli Wijayasena, Omega Spencer-Berry, Portia Ferguson, Rose Griffiths, Ruby Cookeson, Sienna O’Connell, Sophie Orman, Summer Donaldson, Garima Shah

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Middle School ACH Tutor Group (Dr Anna Chapman)

From left: Belize McQuarrie, Bronny O’Sullivan, Cartia Ludemann, Claudia Vivian, Emma Richards, Eva Grace, Isla O’Donnell, Ivy Mehrtens, Jyla Burnside, Kate Taylor, Lucia Tully, Matilda Rookes, Millie Bocock, Sara Yu, Yibin Kim

ADM Tutor Group (Mrs Angela Demaine)

From left: Ashima MacFarlane, Bella Harris, Charlotte Brown, Emma Robb, Hannah Vickers, Holly Jones, Isabelle Reed, Jessica Parker, Katherine Nichols, Mackenzie Large, Maddie Hutchings, Piper O’Malley, Sophie Baynes, Valentina Guo, Yadar Donaldson

AHA Tutor Group (Ms Amanda Hardy)

From left: Cecelia Acland, Ceire Roche, Chloe Richardson, Ella Liu, Emily Chambers, Emma Crawford, Jessica Erasmus, Lauren McMath, Lucia Inglis, MaiLinh Sanderson, Mia Eden, Molly Walker, Olivia Abbiss, Pieta Cosgrove, Scarlett Chee

ASU Tutor Group (Ms Amanda Surridge)

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From left: Alexandra Green, Bella Coleman, Ella Drummond, Emma McCurdy, Erin Nesbitt, Holly Murdoch, Indy Gibson, Jessica Macdonald, Layla Martin, Lucia Gale, Lucinda Pearse, Lucy Penney, Margaux Frye, Margo Dalling, Olivia Lye, Sophia Cathro Absent: Mariia Lukonina

CCR Tutor Group (Miss Claudia Carreno)

PHOTOS

From left: Alexandra Ellwood, Amelie Scrymgeour, Annabel Scott, Ao (Sophia) Suo, Ava Howard, Bonnie Graves, Cailin Marmetschke, Eva Lamb, Georgia Fleck, Isobel Brook, Lily Taylor, Maya Young, Millie Bell, Scarlett Boswell Absent: Elysse McGuigan, Scarlett Holland

CLE Tutor Group (Miss Christal Leung)

From left: Anais Willi, Cleo Nicholas, Coco Flood, Emily Howard, Estelle Letton, Holly Sawyer, Libby Baggott, Lilly Eastmure, Rachel Kim, Samantha Donovan, Sarah Farrell, Yi Fei (Linda) Sun, Yilan (Sophie) Zhang, Zoe Crosbie Absent: Mia Cleugh, Siena Cleugh, Bella Jeram, Cleo McLeod

EGC Tutor Group (Mrs Elspeth Godfrey-Chatterton)

From left: Alice Macdonald, Annabel Leete, Elisabeth Bedggood, Gemma Sitjes, Isabel Marsh, Lily Ballin, Lily Fowler, Lucy Botherway, Mila Pepperle-Coles, Phoebe Jones, Rosa MacLeod, Siena McGillivray, Sophia Govan, Summer Zhou, Zoe Jones Absent: Molly Ginnever

EVN Tutor Group (Miss Emily Vincent)

From left: Alexia Patchett, Allie Boon, Amber Shahadat, Billie Williams, Charlotte Ainsworth, Elsie O’Donnell, Fadziso Madondo, India Symonds, Mae Pfahlert, Maia Stanbury, Nevaeh Shand, Tara Morgan, Tasmin Brinsdon, Tilly O’Donnell, Yazmin Haddock

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FMY Tutor Group (Ms Felicity McKay)

From left: Alexandra Gore, Amelia Howe, Ana Eradus, Angelina McCullough, Anna Qiu, Annika Gale, Charlotte Lamont, Eleanore Gastaldo, Florence McCormick, Jen Ni (Jennifer) Hsia, Kayla Hill, Liesl Whitaker, Meg Fahey, Stellar Horn, Yixuan (Athena) Wu

GDV Tutor Group (Miss Gemma Davidson)

From left: Aisha Ellwood, Ella McKnight, Emma Wang, Greer Cathro, Hannah Millar, Holly Mitchell, Kieva Hanlon, Lakshmi (Sneha) Datla, Lily Petrowski, Lucy Farrell, Maggie Hamilton, Oak Galbraith, Qiana Selan, Sophie Booth

GFW Tutor Group Miss Gabby Farrar-de Wagt)

From left: Charlize Brittenden, Ella Hart-Stewart, Ella Rose, Emily Griffin, Georgia Douglas, Harriet Thorp, Lily Griffiths, Lucy Lewis, Orla Miller, Sarah Banks, Scarlett Austin, Smilla West, Tivoli Crozier Absent: Audrey Gibbons

HEA Tutor Group (Miss Holly Easton)

From left: Albertine Neate, Alice Rodda, Ava Gardner, Casey Ness, Charlotte Henderson, Ella Pinney, Ida Van Kan, Isla Cameron, Jemima Jackson, Juliet Young, Laura Gearry, Paige Roberts, Tessa Treadgold, Zoey Marshall Absent: Lauren Healey, Tilli Letton

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JBS Tutor Group (Mrs Justine Baker-Sherman)

PHOTOS From left: Anjali Selvarajah, Anne Porteous, Emily Fradd, Hazel Hanrahan, Isabella Thelning, Jessica Gooding, Lucie Dean, Mila Blundell, Molly Tyler, Nicole Harcourt, Phoebe James, Rebecca Wang, Susan Zhang, Tarrah Hulme, Yu-Chen (Bella) Chang

JSE Tutor Group (Mrs Julie Seymour)

From left: Alicia An, Annabel Grantham, Elizabeth Scott, Emily Fitzsimmons, Emma Whitaker, Flo Wilkinson, Georgina Campbell, Isabella Bridge, Jen Jen (Tracey) Hsia, Madison Ashworth, Mae Careford, Poppy Blakely, Ruby Wells, Tamzyn Reid, Zoë Rea

JSY Tutor Group (Ms Jo Symon)

From left: Amelia McMath, Anna Robb, April Quan, Charlotte Park, Isabel Vickers, Isabella Haggarty, Isabelle Davis, Jessica Blair, Jia Lin (Jolin) Ye, Lily Dampier-Crossley, Poppie Harwood-Dowson, Sophia Amyes Absent: Kate McDonald

JWN Tutor Group (Mrs Jo Wilkinson)

From left: Beatrice McGlashen, Bonnie Moyle, Ciara Hartland, Holly Griffin, Jessica Gearry, Laura Pinney, Lucie Clay, Lucie Davis, Maia Lacey, Sina Avia, Tahlia Fridd, Tayla England, Tianai (Tina) Xu Absent: Lily McBreen

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KEB Tutor Group (Miss Kim Englebretson)

From left: Breana Kitson, Grace McKnight, Grace Millar, Keira Fulford, Lily Cook, Lucy Young, Madeleine Coughlan, Millie Spear, Neave Ackroyd, Sitara Ferguson, Sophie Keir, Willow Sneddon Absent: Lyla McCallum, Amelia Mincher

KPT Tutor Group (Ms Karen Paterson)

From left: Annie Francis, Claudia Lassen, Ella Irwin, Emily Finn, Gemma Blackburn, Holly Davidson, Jaslyn Young, Maddison Elstob, Marguerite Heller, Olivia Meyer, Senuli Wijayasena, Shuang (Sophia) Wu, Trelise McEwan Absent: Hollie Cudd

KTN Tutor Group (Mrs Katherine Tyson)

From left: Annabel Allen, Coco Astle, Diana Peters, Emma Hoskins, Harriet Pinfold, Izabella Green, Lexie Boon, Margot Ainsworth, Nova Gainsford, Poppy McKee-Cripps, Romi Abraham, Ruby Glackin, Savannah Dallison Absent: Jessica Poulter

LCS Tutor Group (Ms Leanne Chambers)

From left: Anna Rutherford, Cherry Zhu, Ellie Scotland, Emily Davis, Emily Snoep, Eve Tayler, Francesca Harris, Georgette Laing, Grace Park, Josie Kennedy, Leah Moore, Lily Beaven, Lucy Brown, Marielle Hastie, Nina Drummond, Saffron Lyttle

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SBM Tutor Group (Miss Sophie Beaumont)

PHOTOS From left: Abbey McCormack-Young, Alexandra Campbell, Alexia Gooding, Bridie McCormick, Caitlin O’Donnell, Cecilia Bridge, Emma Scott, Freya Atkins, Kate Fairbrass, Leila Elkington, Lucy Butterfield, Lucy Ensor, Mae Wilkinson, Maggie Tyler, Meg Thyne, Olivia Lock, Vaali Hocking

SGW Tutor Group (Miss Stacy Goldsworthy)

From left: Aine Leeson, Aneira Salt, Bianca Skilton-Woods, Dominica Crestani, Ellie Walsh, Genevieve Surridge, Grace Thorn, Gracie Haigh, Greta Costeloe, Isla Curley, Kate Sharpe, Lily Young, Macy Smith, Summer McCarthy, Zara Clark, Zoe Liggett

SOV Tutor Group (Ms Sonia Overton)

From left: Alice Penney, Amanda Yang, Brianna Hill, Brier Donnelly, Chloe Van Vianen, Coco Brady, Fiona Oliver, Imogen Frye, Jemima Huston, Leona Kamuhangire, Miaki Green, Qiaoyu Guan, Shan Ju, Sophia Van Vianen, Tyra Zhang, Zara Gamble

SRE Tutor Group (Ms Sarah Reid)

From left: Amber Grossmith, Avelynn Curley, Elise Sherratt, Elsie Glengarry, Emily Sawyer, Grace Howard, Julia McCarthy, Juliet Grey, Maria Michaelides, Millie Edwards, Pixel Copeland, Rebecca Howard, Ruby Smith, Sienna Choat Absent: Charlotte Leatherland

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Senior School ADY Tutor Group (Mrs Andrea Drayton)

From left: Alice Pennell, Bonnie Smith, Bridget Smith, Brooke Mullinger, Charlotte Wylie, Ella Bloy, Holly Fairclough, Isla Gath, Isla Hansen, Jordan Silcock, Katy Buttle, Lauren Healey, Paris Hague, Tehya Laws, Victoria De Costobadie

AOL Tutor Group (Ms Amy O’Loughlin)

From left: Anna Airey, Charlotte Giles, Emily Harris, Grace James, Hannah Elkington, Jemma Burrowes, Jemma Hamlyn, Kate Ballantyne, Liberty Perkins, Lily Sutherland, Lucinda Kippenberger, Lucy Walker, Mya Hutchings, Nina Hayes, Philippa Morphet, Stella Copplestone Absent: Grace McGregor

AWD Tutor Group (Ms Amanda Woods)

From left: Alana Cawte, Arabella Russell, Cindy Mei, Genevieve Johnson, Grace Lewis, Harriet Thompson, Lucinda Kearney, Natalie Whitteker, Payton Edmundson, Sahara MacFarlane, Siena Cleugh, Sienna Fox, Sophie Taylor, Sydney Hall, Violet Fulton Absent: Grace Hale

BCL and SRI Tutor Group (Mr Byron Clark and Mrs Sarah Ritchie)

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From left: Amelia Gibbons, Amy Jones, Annabelle March, Charlotte Haycock, Claudia Hundleby, Hayley Sparks, India Broomhall, Jamie Marshall, Louise Ward, Lucy Eyre-Walker, Ruby Donkin, Rylie Plant Absent: Meg Glassey, Jessica Shivas

BMA Tutor Group (Mrs Bridget Mackie)

PHOTOS

From left: Anna Babington, Antonia McPherson, Emily Forrest, Georgiana Powell, Holly Earl, Jasmine Devine-Smith, Kate van Peer, Olivia Timbs, Rhiannon David, Sienna McEwan, Sophia Davidson Absent: Fabriana McQuarrie, Tess Morgan

BMD Tutor Group (Mrs Betsy Macdonald)

From left: Charlotte Coughlan, Eve Barnsley, Frances Dougherty, Georgia Holland, Grace Roxburgh, Iris McCrystal, Lucy Tod, Madison McNeill, Margo Pattie, Melia Mitchell, Pearl O’Brien, Phoebe Wilson Absent: Isabella Shatford, Zhuoxu (Zoe) Yang

BWS Tutor Group (Mr Brian Woods)

From left: Anna Marra, Bree O’Malley, Caitlin Blair, Georgia Brace-Gardiner, Hannah Jones, Hayley Douglas, Holly Rankin, Isabelle Harrison, Jessika Mann, Kate Adams, Mika Neil, Rosa Turner, Sara Gillman, Skye Dehne Absent: Harriet Laing

CCA Tutor Group (Ms Candace Cain)

From left: Grace Habberfield-Short, Henrietta Aynsley, Jessika Sanders, Juliet Knowles, Kate Quigley, Lucy Steel, Paris Wiese, Ruby Dorrance, Scarlett Gordon, Sophia Willis, Sophie McGhie Absent: Trinity Mackley-Flutey

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DST Tutor Group (Ms Deborah Scott)

From left: Anita Avia, Asher Scully, Ella Kippenberger, Emily Stewart, Emma Derold, Hellen Wang, Neve Ballin, Neve Thomas, Petra Lewis, Polly Aynsley, Rhea Wallace, Ruby Barnett, Shari Ross, Tessa Sitjes Absent: Francesca Ebert, Eliska McAuliffe, Emily Shivas

DTM Tutor Group (Mr Dave Thompson)

From left: Amalia Shand, Ava Readman, Charlotte Prebble, Chloe Taylor, Emily Hodges, Gemma Hardcastle, Grace Seeto, Iliana Sarri, Kate McCully, Laura Siegert, Martha Luisetti, Neisha Brooks, Niamh McKenzie, Shylah Bateman, Siobhan Hoare

HCA Tutor Group (Ms Holly Caird)

From left: Abby Houchen, Emma Ford, Eva Johnston, Francesca Jack, Hannah Hadden, Katherine Babington, Lily Webb, Lucy O’Donnell, Mayuko Oda, Molly Williams, Ruby Hardacre, Sana Fujii, Sorell Shand

HGA Tutor Group (Ms Hannah Gallagher)

From left: Amy Smith, Bridget Rooney, Charlotte Bandasak, Chloe Tong, Ellese Haigh, Emma Mason, Eva Wyllie, Hana Nakajo, Harley McVicar, Hazel van Asch, Isabel Wilding, Jessie Anderson, Molly Holland, Molly Roberts, Samantha Campbell, Stella Wright, Tessa Durkin Absent: Rose Dewar

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HMN Tutor Group (Ms Helen Moran)

PHOTOS From left: Ashlee Tacon, Georgia Marchant, He’er (Amanda) Jiang, Jiayi (Angel) Ni, Laura Fairbrass, Lucy Maynard, Madeline Meates, Olivia Hawkes, Polly Jacobs, Siyao (Sienna) Wu, Yu-Tung (Isa) Chang, Yuxi (Jessica) Geng, Chloe van der Ree Absent: Yan (Lancy) Shang Guan

JMG Tutor Group (Ms Jenni McLaughlin)

From left: Abi Croft, Eibhlin Leeson, Emelia Surridge, Georgia Connolly, Grace Knoyle, Hannah Gubb, Hannah Higginson, India Kennard, Julia Holmes, Lily Jones, Lucille Smail, Lucy Horton, Marlee Clarkson, Meg Downs, Natasha Eastmure, Sacha O’Connell-Johnstone, Tessa Roberts, Zoe Cookeson

JSC Tutor Group (Mr John Schreurs)

From left: Alexandra Nicolaou, Amelia Frew, Anneliese Millard, Brieanna Cox, Cara Mustchin, Charlotte Scott, Dian Hermi, Melanie Leatherland, Olivia Liu, Olivia Studholme, Olivia Thorn, Sophia Stewart, Sophie Wilson, YuHyeon (Kate) Seol

KCK Tutor Group (Mrs Kathryn Coakley)

From left: Alexandra Rees-Thomas, Amy Kelly, Charlotte Timbs, Gabrielle Kitley, HyunJeong (Jeong) Lee, India Horrey, Jenna Davison, Jessica Pitt, Madeline Pfahlert, Millie Robertson, Miya Hartstonge, Neve Cassidy, Niamh Jackson, Olivia Ferguson, Poppy Williams, Sarah Leadley

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MBR Tutor Group (Ms Michelle Brennan)

From left: Bridie James, Danielle Coles, Emma Graham, Hannah Wylie, Ivy Brown, Libby Hutchings, Matilda Osborne, Molly Walker, Nelly Bascik, Poppy Eradus Absent: Annabelle Barnes

MHE Tutor Group (Mrs Megan Herd)

From left: Annabel Smith, Ayla McLeod, Cleo McLeod, Emily Gibb, Harriet Kinney, Holly Whitaker, Jessica Becker, Kara Gooding, Kaylana Peauafi Symonds, Lily Keenan, Lucy Foster, Olive Tuipulotu, Olivia Leadbetter, Sophie Lock, Sophie Perrem-Tait, Yasmin Marsh Absent: Makayla Hulme

RCR Tutor Group (Ms Ruve Crawford)

From left: Brooke Presbie, Caitlin Dufty, Elysie Calder, Harriet Simpson, Isabella Beirne, Jayde Read, Lilliana Murray-Orr, Mia Cleugh, Monique Cosgrove, Niamh Hoare, Sophie Gillman, Thi Hai Ha (Ha) Nghiem Absent: Ava Beaumont, Laura McDonald

SFZ Tutor Group (Mrs Samantha Fazio-Smith)

From left: Alana Nolan, Amy Crozier, Ashlyn Koce, Charlotte Sweney, Emily O’Connor, Emily White, Emily Zhou, Grace Farrell, Isla Woodwiss, Josie Seymour, Kyra Mayers, Lucy Sawyer, Mila Kotzikas, Te Ata Hassan Absent: Sophie Brownlie, Sophia McKendry, Maisy Perriem

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SMT and TTA Tutor Group (Mrs Sinead Mitchell and Ms Toni Taylor)

PHOTOS

From left: Bella Spear, Courtney Iliffe, Eliza Smith, Fredrica Greening, Lauren Warne, Lucy Paterson, Milly Farrell, Molly Backhouse, Olivia Marfell, Ruby Young, Scarlett Hanrahan Absent: Cassidy Causer, Stella Foulds, Nataliia Lukonina

SSL Tutor Group (Mrs Sarah Smallman)

From left: Alexandra Leighs, Allie Lowry, Chloe McNeill, Christina Vassilieva, Ellie Rogers, Emily Wain, Georgiana House, Hannah Wareing, Harriet Frye, Katerina Bell, Mikayla Donaldson, Natalya Seaward, Zoe Roxburgh, Zoe Smith

SWI Tutor Group (Miss Samantha-Rose Williams)

From left: Ally Booth, Amelia Timiani-Dean, Bess Gallagher, Brooke Manson, Caitlin Parrett, Cara Birch, Emma Cawood, Felicity Pye, Isabella Bullen, Lillie Green, Peitong (Jessie) Peng, Phoebe Spear, Poppy McNeill

TKY Tutor Group (Mrs Trudy Keys)

From left: Alice Davidson, Antoinette Mortensen, Emily Findlay, Emily Lambie, Emily Pitts, Li-Na Chapman, Lucy Sowman Day, Maddison Brown, Ophelia Staniford, Samantha Lascelles, Sasha Stedman, Sylvia Fung, Tyana Rutherford, Zhiruo (Zoe) Yang Absent: Hannah Barclay

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Year 13 Profiles

Jessie Anderson

University of Canterbury Bachelor of Criminal Justice “Yes, I braid my hair myself.”

Polly Aynsley University of Canterbury Bachelor of Environmental Science (Hons) “See you in Hollywood.”

Ava Beaumont

Jessica (Jay) Becker University of Auckland Bachelor of Arts (Classical Studies and Psychology) “There is no Easter Bunny, there is no Tooth Fairy, and there is no Queen of England.” – Megamind (2010)

Isabella (Bella) Beirne University of Canterbury

Bachelor of Laws & Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) “Not only is my house a hotel, apparently it’s a clothing store too.”

Caitlin Blair Ara Institute of Canterbury Bachelor of Design (Fashion) “People who don’t know me think I am quiet.”

Isabella Bullen University of Canterbury Bachelor of Laws & Bachelor of Arts in Political Science “Yes, my twin brother and I are identical #science.”

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Jemma Burrowes

USA University (Virginia, Indiana), University of Otago/Canterbury “People say I’m never here but I’ve only had 62 days away.”

Katy Buttle University of Canterbury

PHOTOS

Bachelor of Science (Biology)

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) – Mechanical Engineeering & Biomedical Engineering “Now life really begins”

Emma Cawood Gap year then University of Melbourne Bachelor of Arts (Creative Writing) “Of course I dress well, I didn’t spend all that time in the closet for nothing!”

Alana Cawte University of Otago Bachelor of Commerce (Managment) “Don’t work 9am on a Sunday” – that never stopped me.

Mia Cleugh University of Otago Health Sciences First Year (HSFY) “Legend has it that my clarinet is STILL on the bus...”

Danielle Coles University of Otago Bachelor of Science (Anatomy Major) “Didn’t have to worry about finding a guy, turns out my mates were doing it for me.”

Stella Copplestone

Victoria University of Wellington Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) “My friend group suddenly expanded when everyone found out my parents owned Ben and Jerrys.”

Brieanna (Brie) Cox

Ara / University of Waikato / AUT Bachelor of Nursing “One year wonder...”

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Alice Davidson University of Otago

Bachelor of Commerce “Who the heck is alice #DAVO.”

Emma Derold University of Otago

Bachelor of Science and Commerce (Psychology and International Business)

Frances Dougherty University of Otago / Auckland Bachelor of Science (Nutrition, Immunology, Biology) “Hold up, I need to pee.”

Meg Downs University of Otago Bachelor of Science (Marine Science, Environmental Science) “Catch me in the common room taking a nap.”

Natasha Eastmure University of Canterbury / Auckland Bachelor of Teaching & Learning (Primary) / Bachelor of Dance “I have done more crying than dancing in the dance rooms.”

Hannah Elkington University of Canterbury Bachelor of Science (Psychology and Forensics)

Holly Fairclough Ara Institute of Canterbury Diploma in Early Childhood Education “You will find me in the LEC rooms #dyslexia.”

Grace Farrell University of Washington (USA) / Lincoln/ Otago Bachelor of Arts / Sport Science, Sport Development/ Coaching “Spent more time hiding parking tickets from my parents than I did at school.”

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Emily Findlay

University of Otago “You will find me at the playground.”

Emily Forrest University of Canterbury / Otago

PHOTOS

Bachelor of Commerce (Information Science, Finance)

Bachelor of Criminal Justice “I love long weekends so much I started taking every Monday off.”

Bess Gallagher University of Auckland Bachelor of Urban Planning (Honours) “Apparently it’s pronounced Beth.”

Sara Gillman Victoria University of Wellington

Bachelor of Science (Computer Science & Game Development) & Conjoint Bachelor of Arts (English & Classics) “Wait, what was the word limit for this again?”

Emma Graham

University of Auckland Bachelor of Nursing “I was never actually welcomed into the school #MissedThePōwhiri.”

Hannah Hadden University of Otago / UK Bachelor of Science (Physics & Maths) “Better late than never.”

Te Ata Hassan Ara / University of Canterbury / Otago University Bachelor of Social Work / Psychology / Counselling

Charlotte Haycock Victoria University of Wellington Bachelor of Architectural Studies “Science block did me dirty #phonesfree.”

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Lauren Healey University of Otago

Health Sciences First Year (HSFY) “God lets me live because he is afraid of confronting me directly.”

Dian Hermi

Siobhan Hoare University of Canterbury Bachelor of Digital Screen (Hons) “If you who know the email formula, you will know I had the best school email.”

Emily Hodges University of Canterbury Bachelor of Arts “When people you don’t even know hate you, that’s when you know you’re the best” – Paris Hilton.

Georgiana House University of Canterbury

Bachelor of Laws & Bachelor of Science (BioChemistry) “Deputy head girl and they still can’t get my name right #who’sgeorgina?”

Bridie James University of Otago Bachelor of Science (Marine Science) “Be part of the solution not part of the pollution.”

He’er (Amanda) Jiang University College London Bachelor of Science (Physics) “I have a question.”

Owen Jones University of Canterbury Bachelor of Arts (Cultural Heritage specialisation) “This school really TRANSformed me.”

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Lily Keenan

University of Otago “Only reason I don’t have a red blazer is because green suits me better”

Amy Kelly University of Otago

PHOTOS

Bachelor of Commerce and Science (Computer Science and Marketing)

Bachelor of Science (Food Science) “Imagine having a tutor room in the science block #cardio #nosympathyfrommscoakley #liftpass4life.”

Ella Kippenberger University of Canterbury

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) “It’s going to be tough walking out of here” – Stephen Hawking.

Lucinda Kippenberger Victoria University of Wellington

Bachelor of Arts (Classical Studies & Psychology) “Longest serving Ranga (#2k14).”

Gabrielle Kitley University of Canterbury Bachelor of Fine Arts (Painting & Music) “Has been released from her nine year sentence .”

Juliet Knowles University of Canterbury Bachelor of Science (Physics) “Just another brick in the wall.”

Ashlyn Koce University of Otago / Victoria / Canterbury Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) “Built not Bought.”

Harriet Laing Lincoln University Bachelor of Agricultural Science “$70 in debt to the parking warden.”

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Emily Lambie

University of Canterbury Bachelor of Commerce & Bachelor of Laws

Tehya Laws

University of Otago Health Sciences First Year “It took longer to write this quote than it did to light the candle on Founders’ Day.”

Sarah Leadley

University of Canterbury Bachelor of Arts (Criminal Justice) “Addicted to octagon since Year 9 #level2230.”

HyunJeong (Jeong) Lee Massey University Bachelor of Veterinary Science “Study...stud...stu...st...s...sl...sle...slee...sleep.”

Alexandra (Alex) Leighs University of Auckland Bachelor of Property “After seven years of private school education, I still don’t know how to spell beutiful.”

Allie Lowry University of Canterbury / Otago Bachelor of Commerce “I spent more time on Tonebridge Street than I did at Chapel.”

Nataliia (Natasha) Lukonia University of Canterbury Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) And y’all didn’t think I’d make it.”

Sahara MacFarlane University of Auckland Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) – Chemical “This quote is about as dry as my name.”

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Trinity Mackley-Flutey

Victoria University of Wellington

PHOTOS

Annabelle March Bachelor of Arts (Education & History) “Is it my ADHD or is it too much time spent with 5 year olds?”

Olivia Marfell Otago Polytechnic

Bachelor of Applied Management (Accounting) “Sorry I’m dyslexic.”

Yasmin Marsh Ara Institute of Canterbury, NASDA Bachelor of Music Theatre “My happy place.”

Jamie Marshall Lincoln University Bachelor of Commerce & Agriculture (with Professional Accountancy) “Flat?”

Sienna McEwan University of Sydney / Auckland Bachelor of Laws & Bachelor of Commerce (Finance) “Big hair, bigger personality.”

Anna McKenzie Lincoln University Bachelor of Commerce & Agriculture (Accounting, Marketing) “66 days over and out.”

Niamh McKenzie University of Canterbury Bachelor of Sports Coaching (Physical Education and Health Education) “Accidentally burning my hair with a bunsen burner in Year 9 will never be forgotten.”

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Madison (Maddy) McNeill Lincoln University

Bachelor of Land and Property Management “My pirsonality trate is being dislexik.”

Madeline (Maddy) Meates University of Otago

Bachelor of Laws & Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) “Invisible for the first two years #maddynomeates.”

Annaeliese Millard Victoria University of Wellington Bachelor of Global Studies & Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and English Literature “Deputy Head of Library is a leadership role, fight me #nevergotabadge #MsPashbysfave.”

Melia (Milly) Mitchell Ara Institute of Canterbury

Bachelor of Nursing “This didn’t live up to the expectations High School Musical set for me.”

Cara Mustchin University of Otago Bachelor of Applied Science (Sport & Exercise Nutrition) “Apologies to my Year 10 class that ate those cupcakes.”

Hana Nakajo Lincoln University / Ara Institute of Canterbury BCom Horticulture or Bachelor of Design

Thi Hai Ha (Ha) Nghiem University of Sydney / AUT/ Auckland / Melbourne Bachelor of Computer Science & Bachelor of Commerce “Time is elastic.”

Alana (Lani) Nolan Otago Polytechnic Certificate in Beauty Therapy “Going into beauty therapy, can be paid in chocolate.”

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Pearl O’Brien

University of Canterbury

Sacha O’Connell-Johnstone University of Otago

PHOTOS

Bachelor of Laws “If you ever feel underappreciated just know that my whole Year 10 netball team got a red band except me #didntmakethecut.”

Bachelor of Arts (Sociology, Marketing) “My swear jar is paying off my school fees.”

Emily O’Connor

Bachelor of Architectural Studies Bachelor of Applied Management (Accounting) “Catch me on Facebook Live.”

Caitlin Parrett University of Auckland

Bachelor of Laws & Bachelor of Commerce or Science (Biology) “A man is my financial plan.”

Maisy Perriam Gap year “Live with passion, live musical.ly.”

Jessica Pitt Lincoln University Bachelor of Viticulture and Oenology “Swear on bronzy I won’t do it... again #onlytherealonesknow.”

Charlotte Prebble University of Canterbury

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) – Natural Resources & Humanitarian Engineering “No my piercings don’t effect my learning #tooholyforthisschool.”

Brooke Presbie Gap year “I put the Saint in St Margaret’s College.”

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Felicity Pye

University of Canterbury Bachelor of Data Science (Business Analytics) “Don’t bother talking to me until I’ve had my coffee.”

Molly Roberts Lincoln University

Diploma in Agriculture “I’m suprised I’m here to write my yearbook quote #imadeit.”

Tessa (Tess) Roberts Victoria University of Wellington Bachelor of Architecture OR Bachelor of Design Innovation “If the nickname ‘Tesstickles’ follows me to Uni I’m gonna sue.”

Shari Ross University of Otago Bachelor of Arts (Communications) “I’m nicer than my walking to class face.”

Grace Roxburgh Lincoln University Bachelor of Commerce (Supply Chain & Logistics) “Student 16060 has been released.”

Grace (Gracie) Seeto University of Otago Bachelor of Laws & Bachelor of Science “Only figured out how to unmute myself in Year 13.”

Josie Seymour Ara / University of Canterbury Bachelor of Nursing / Early Childhood Teacher Education “Māku tītī, māku te whewhera.”

Emily Shivas Full time employment “Glad I didn’t DNF... unlike my homework.”

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Jordan Silcock University of Otago

“Disregard females, acquire currency.”

Harriet Simpson University of Canterbury

PHOTOS

Bachelor of Science & Commerce

Bachelor of Commerce (Marketing) “You will never catch me at home in the weekends.”

Bonnie Smith Full time employment “13 years and my mum still makes my lunches.”

Bridget Smith Massey University – Manawatu Campus Bachelor of Veterinary Science

“Left this till last minute as well.”

Eliza Smith University of Otago

Bachelor of Laws & Bachelor of Commerce (International Business) “I haven’t slept in five years.”

Zoe Smith University of Otago Bachelor of Science (Psychology) “Spoke my first words in Year 12.”

Bella Spear University of Canterbury Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) “Be there or B Spear.”

Ophelia Staniford Auckland University of Technology Bachelor of Business & Bachelor of Arts (Marketing and Psychology) “Kathy G’s best friend for life #bffl.”

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Emily Stewart

Victoria University of Welington Bachelor of Architectural Studies “No longer the underdogs #manukaredemption.”

Sophia Stewart

University of Canterbury Bachelor of Commerce “My attendance rate: 42%.”

Olivia Studholme University of Otago Health Sciences First Year “I’m so confused #ib.”

Emelia (Mezzy) Surridge University of Canterbury / Auckland Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) “don’t run near the showers because you might end up at after hours #iykyk.”

Chloe Taylor

University of Otago Bachelor of Arts (Economics and Music production) “Block brows and bangs era.”

Harriet Thompson University of Canterbury Bachelor of Commerce “If tomorrow isn’t the due date, today isn’t the do date.”

Olivia Timbs Victoria University of Wellington Bachelor of Architectural Studies “I know words. I have the best words.” – Trump.

Olive Tuipulotu University of Canterbury Bachelor of Science (Computer Science & Astronomy) “No I don’t play netball and no I don’t play basketball.

And the weather is great up here, thanks for asking.”

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Chloe van der Ree University of Otago

“It’s pronounced von der rae....”

Kate van Peer Ara Institute of Canterbury

PHOTOS

Bachelor of Arts and Science

Bachelor of Nursing “Hannah Montana said nobody’s perfect, but here I am.”

Lucy Walker University of Canterbury Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well.”

Lily Webb

Ara / University of Otago Bachelor of Nursing or HSFY

Holly Whitaker University of Sydney / Auckland Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) “Made it through high school as a horsegirl.”

Isabel Wilding University of Otago Bachelor of Laws & Bachelor of Science “No, I’m not a boarder.”

Molly Williams Massey Universtiy – Manawatu Campus Bachelor of Veterinary Science “Often at home or seeing my boyfriend.”

Stella Wright Lincoln University Bachelor of Land and Property Management “Be the bigger person – I can’t I’m only 4’10.”

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Siyao (Sienna) Wu University College London

Bachelor of Science (Chemistry) “Love is an exothermic reaction.”

Eva Wyllie Full time employment “I would rather be at Les Mills right now.”

Student Leadership 2022 Head of Rimu

Molly Williams

Head of Rātā

Lily Keenan

Head of Matipo

Frances Dougherty

Head of Mānuka

Emily Stewart

Head of Kōwhai

Mezzy Surridge

Head of Kōnini

Niamh McKenzie

Head of Wellbeing

Emma Cawood

SMC Prefect

Yasmin Marsh

Head of Sport

Cara Mustchin

Head of Service

Bridget Smith

Head of Senior School

Sienna McEwan

Head of Middle School

Ophelia Staniford

Head of Junior School

Annabelle March

Head of Global Relations

Ha Nghiem

Head of Environment

Bridie James

Head of Community Relations Bella Spear

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Head of Chapel

Lauren Healey

Bicultural Te Amokura

Josie Seymour

Head of the Arts

Chloe Taylor

Head of Academic

Mia Cleugh

Head of Boarding

Danielle Coles

Deputy Head Girl

Georgiana House

Head Girl

Tehya Laws

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Year 13 Class of 2022

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