Congratulations to Millie Edwards for creating a winning design for the EPr08 Design Competition (Engineering, Problem Solving and...

We had a wonderful afternoon of presentations from the year 11 - 13 project X students to showcase the mahi in a range of topics which...

The laser cutter continues to be a resource that is used by year 10 - 13 students. Many of our senior students are taking advantage of...

Congratulations Millie Edwards The Premiere Theatre Category is a section of the robocup competition where coding skills and creativity...

Congratulations to SMC's first Esports Minecraft Speed Build winners. Esports, short for electronic sports, is organised competitive...

Sometimes a number doesn’t mean too much until you put it into context. As the athletics in the Commonwealth Games is currently being...

Cartia, Eva, Georgia and Elise together make up the Y7 SMC Minions, one of SMC’s seven EPro8 teams this year. They first competed in an...

There was a huge build up for our SMC internal qualifying event for the Inter-school EPro8 competition. We had three Year 5/6 teams...

From the Head of the Junior School Last week was New Zealand Tech Week, a week that celebrates innovations happening in the New Zealand...

Next Story from 'St Margaret's College Evergreen Magazine Autumn 2022' Audrey Campbell and Nicole Lloyd A thirst for knowledge, a desire...

in Minecraft SMC Minecraft Club is abuzz with magic and potions. This term’s challenge was to create Hogwarts City. This task was...

We are fortunate welcome back again our volunteer tutor Bryn Lewis. Bryn continues to guide our students through individual projects...

The robotics club is up and running. Although the number of students interested in participating in the robotics club has dropped, this...

For a while now I have been wondering if we could repurpose the covers of clear files that have been discarded by students. Today I...

Year 4 girl engineers were thrilled when they completed the challenge to make their vehicle move using our new EPro8 electronics kit. The...

Our greatest challenge has been the battle in the skies has been sharing this space with the resident magpies and seagulls. Staff and...

Our long awaited electronic kits have arrived! These starter kits contain a battery, direction box, a motor & switches. This is perfect...

Lifelong learning - What exactly does this mean? According to the Ministry of Education, the following are characteristics of a lifelong...

Robotics is a club where students get to learn to code and build robots with a range of sensors. This seems simple enough, but, this club...

This beautiful photo represents intergenerational learning. Year 3 students at SMC had the joy of meeting their honorary grandparents to...

When I was a teenager, the future my parents strongly suggested that with a good education and a university degree I could get a better...

I am pleased to announce that we are keen to restart our beginner/intermediate club at the start of Term 3. If you would like to join...

T3A is a class running at St Margarets College for older adults. It is Technology For The 3rd Age, a class for adults to become more...

Few people know who Charles Hull is! In 1983, Chuck invented the first 3D printing machine. It's only been in the last decade that this...

Thank you to Millie, Tessa and Ida for being wonderful advocates of coding and robotics. See our students with their robots in action on...

Grow Ōtautahi With the school’s theme this year being “create your own masterpiece”, there is no doubt that the Junior School has...

We are so pleased to restart our technology clubs during lunch and after school. Students have many opportunities to learn new skills...

The Maker Club that meets on Thursday after school, work with Bryn Lewis to code and create cool projects. Over recent weeks the girls...

In light of the what we have all experienced this year with the Covid 19 pandemic, Robocup took on a different form to previous...

Problem Based Learning this term has been using EPro8 equipment, which has proved to be fun, challenging, frustrating and extremely...

The SMC Minecraft Club have been busy this term focused on the Interface Minecraft Competition, titled Better Futures. Our focus was how...

Engineers are problem solvers. We want SMC girls to be problem solvers who use technology for a purpose. The girls used a methodology...

Year 3 SMC students are learning of the strains and struggles of the lifecycle of Godwits. Students discovered the vast journeys these...

Congratulations to the girls who spent the first day of their holiday break in school completing in the EPRO8 Competition. The challenge...

As you can imagine with the time we have face in lockdown, the new normal is looking different. Robocup will no longer run in 2020...

We have restarted our tech clubs for our girls. Our volunteer tutors and student leaders have been very keen to get back to sharing...

A visit to Christchurch City Library inspired SMC students to investigate "How History Is Remembered and Shared". A photographic tour of...

At the end of 2019, all year 7 students had an opportunity to begin some basic programming. We used the Thymio robots and block coding...

(Designing & Developing Digital Outcome, new progress outcome) Y5/6 Novel Study - this project was a great collaboration of Literacy,...

As part of the English curriculum, through the years at school, students are asked to analyse the work of others.  Text, movies, and...

In April of 2015 the Centre for Innovation at St Margaret's College was opened. Our mission in 2015 was to create a space where our...

The year is drawing to a close for senior students. It has been wonderful to celebrate and showcase the wonderful work created by some...

Year 4 students have created an outstanding photo montage showcasing their understanding of photographic elements.  Investigation through...

Join us in Term 4 for more workshops to help you navigate your mobile device.

I have been involved in robotics for a number of years now and it never ceases to amaze me that robots in an unfamiliar environment...

Over the past two weeks, the Year 5-9 Construction Club girls have competed in the EPro8 competition. EPro8 is an Engineering, Problem...

STEAM - Science Technology Engineering Art and Maths I was tremendously excited that students from St Margaret’s College had an...

Are you 16 years old by 19 January 2020? Are you interested in engineering? Check out this link https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering/...

Rethink What's Possible (Mission statement) We 'walk and chew gum' and have 'blue sky thinking' Not only are we looking to improve how...