In Focus
Student Leadership for 2019
It gives me great pleasure to announce and congratulate the students elected to Year 6 leadership positions for 2019. Music Captains Sithuka Padukka Tijana-Mai Djukic Sport Captains Thomas Battye Imaya Rajakaruna Art Captains Siya Sehgal Megan Ayagama Environment Captains Alex Rahim Holly Perry Gipson Captains Senara Peiris Ahmad Rehman Cunningham Captains Stefi Eibl Lauren Nelson … Continued
District Swimming Success
St Margaret’s Junior School Swimming team ventured to Noble Park Aquatic Centre on Monday 25 February for the Berwick District Swimming Carnival. The competition comprised of 6 schools and the results from St Margaret’s students were outstanding with every relay team progressing through to the Divisional competition to be held on Wednesday 13 March. There … Continued
The Greatest Adventure-Parenthood
My 11 year old daughter went on camp last week. There was tears, anguish and anxiety in the days leading up to camp-sleepless nights and a tearful farewell at the bus stop when we said goodbye. The irony is that my daughter was fine, the tears and stress were all mine! I wonder if any … Continued
From the Principal – 1 March 2019
A True Community In the last few weeks there have been a number of events where our community has stood as one while many in our community have faced enormous challenges. Staff, parents, current and past students have come together to support each other and source the joy, companionship and love that can be found … Continued
Helping our Children with Motivation and Success at School
“I thought of how we need to teach ourselves to hold ourselves accountable and learn through moments of our failings but also not to let it stop us from moving forward” – George Couros, reflecting on this article: https://www.inc.com/scott-mautz/want-to-motivate-your-child-to-do-well-in-school-science-says-teach-them-this-1-thing.html Quoting from this article: “Of course, we want to do all that we can for our … Continued
Our School in China and Hong Kong
Our School values the rich and diverse cultural backgrounds of all our students and my role provides a focus to maximise engagement with communities around the world that translate into opportunities for St Margaret’s and Berwick Grammar School in the areas of enrolments, community engagement and marketing of the School. Once again, the Principal Ms … Continued
Belonging to St Margaret’s and Berwick Grammar School
As I reflect on the past few weeks, the analogy of the three-legged stool comes to mind. Our Principal, Ms Rome refers often to the three-legged stool and the correlation that all three legs are needed for stability in one’s life. Each leg correlates to either, the individual’s sense of self, the individual having a … Continued
TarraWarra Museum of Art
A combined class of VCE Art and Studio Arts students visited the ‘Patricia Piccinini and Joy Hester: Through Love..’ Exhibition at TarraWarra Museum of Art. The Exhibition was both intimate and confronting, with more than 50 works, including a new sculpture by Piccinini and rarely seen works by Hester. The exhibition was curated with the … Continued
DAV Debating
The St Margaret’s and Berwick Grammar School Debating Program for 2019 commenced this week, with both campuses holding their first official debating meetings for the year. Between the two campuses, this program provides an outlet for more than 90 students to develop their skills with collaboration, critical thinking, research, literacy, and public speaking. It is … Continued
GSV Leader’s Breakfast
On Thursday 14 February, the Sport Leaders from St Margaret’s School attended the Girls Sport Victoria Leader’s Breakfast at Genazzano FCJ College alongside all other sports captains from the 24 GSV schools. Representing St Margaret’s School were Shae Jones (Sport Captain and Athletics Captain), Sarah Arnett (Swimming Captain), Ellie Ashwell (Diving Captain) and Lauren Castricum … Continued
City Cite 2019
The City Cite journey has provided all Year 9 students from St Margaret’s and Berwick Grammar School a unique opportunity to spend two weeks working together in the city on collaborative projects, investigating issues relevant to today’s society and experiencing all that Melbourne has to offer. Each day, 85 students travelled in to and around … Continued
Mentoring at St Margaret’s
The introduction of the vertical wellbeing structure has enabled us to drastically revamp Mentor sessions (previously known as CARE) to ensure staff and students are encouraged to build meaningful relationships and foster a sense of connection at St Margaret’s School. Our goal is that each House is an emerging community in which students are known, … Continued
