In Focus
The NCSS Challenge
Last term we had a small number of Year 9 students participate in the NCSS Python Programming Beginners Challenge. The NCSS Challenge is run for school students by the School of Information Technologies at the University of Sydney. Each week for 5 weeks, a set of Python programming resources are distributed to participants together with … Continued
Head of Campus Update – 19 October 2017
We were very happy to receive the news over the school holidays that our beloved Maths teacher Brigid Alexander had safely delivered her baby. Harry was born on 26 September weighing in at 8lb 15oz. Congratulations to Brigid and her husband James. The end of term 3 saw a number of student led assemblies. These … Continued
RoboCup
After coming first in the Victorian RoboCup Competition, Leo Terray went to the RoboCup National competition which was held on 23-24 September 2017 at the UQ Centre at the University of Queensland. He achieved first place in the ‘Secondary Rescue’ division. He learnt a lot of new things from this competition, not just technically but about problem solving as well. … Continued
Debating
DAV Debating At the conclusion of each debating season, the Swannie is awarded by the DAV to a competitor in each grade for each region who has achieved the highest average speaker score. This award acknowledges the excellent speaking and argument skills displayed in the competition over at least three debates during the year. Year … Continued
Wool4School Competition
We are most proud to share that Sabrina Ward has won the National Design competition called Wool4School. This is an annual student design competition encouraging budding fashion designers. First launched in 2012, Wool4School has gone on to involve more than 40,000 students nationwide, teaching students the fundamentals of fashion design while exploring the benefits and … Continued
Traditional Smoking Ceremony
Friday August 25 was a historical day for St Margaret’s School as Junior and Senior students came together to be part of a traditional smoking ceremony conducted by Murrundindi. The purpose of the ceremony was to welcome our new Principal Annette Rome to the land of the Kulin Nation and to St Margaret’s School. It … Continued
Sports round-up
SMS has experienced success in a wide range of sports this year, winning pennants in GSV Softball, Tennis, Hockey, Cross Country, Volleyball and Athletics. The girls have won medals in Triathlon, Aerobics and most recently Cheerleading (a new program this year). Aerobics is also a relatively new sport at St Margaret’s however the girls continue … Continued

Head of Campus Update – 21 September 2017
The elections of the 2018 student leaders have continued over the past month and I am pleased to announce the following students have been elected to positions of responsibility. School Captains – Julia Bourke and Jayarupi Pahala-Vithana Year 12 Captain – Julia Taylor Student Council Captains – Muskan Saroya and Senara Hettige Social Service Captain … Continued

SMS Annual School Concert 2017
Senior musicians delighted their audience over two evenings in the SMS Annual Senior Concerts held in August. The Disney themed performances proved very popular and over 140 singers, instrumentalists, dancers and actors entertained an enthusiastic and encouraging crowd. A range of items from Orchestra, A Cappella Choir, Chamber Voices, Symphonics, Combined String Ensembles, Drumline, Electric … Continued

Victorian Schools Cycling Championship Road Series
Success for St Margaret’s and Berwick Grammar School at the Victorian Schools Cycling Championship Road Series at Casey Fields. After three rounds of Mountain Biking, the HPV and Cycling Squad’s attention turned to Victorian School’s Road Cycling Championship – East Zone, held at Casey Fields. SMS/BGS had 26 students competing in the event held in … Continued

Head of Campus Update – 21 September 2017
As we head into our term break, it’s an ideal time to reflect on our achievements over the past ten weeks and think about what’s coming up in Term 4. We’ve had a very busy but productive term and the children are starting to look a little tired and in need of a well deserved … Continued

Year 11 Service
This year the Year 11 Social Service Team elected to support Mercy Ships, an organization that provides free surgeries and medical care for adults and children in underdeveloped countries. As over 50% of the world’s population lives within 150 km of the coast, Mercy Ships are able to sail their modern hospital ship with a … Continued