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Issue 57 – October 2016 – QUEEN MARGARET CALLING
One of the highlights of the annual QMC calendar is
the Middle School Community Fair.
Every year Neptune Playground is transformed into
a bustling market with a range of delicious hot food
and home baking on sale.
Middle School students (Year 7 to Year 10) are
responsible for organising and running the fair stalls
and all proceeds go towards the year group’s respective
charities.
From all the cupcakes, nachos, pizza and fortune
telling sessions that were sold this year, students raised
$3249.90 altogether.
The Year 7 cohort used the $543.60 it raised from the
Community Fair to donate to the SPCA, in addition to
blankets, toys, newspapers and food.
Year 7 students have been doing workshops with the
SPCA throughout the year to learn more about animal
body language and how they can continue to support
the work the SPCA does.
Year 8 students raised $449.10 from the fair, which
will go towards buying presents for families in need for
Wellington City Mission’s Pack the Bus Appeal.
In addition to supporting the Pack the Bus Appeal,
the Year 8 cohort has also collected coats for the
Wellington City Mission Coat Drive and collected cans
for Ronald McDonald House.
Year 9 students raised $1,871.60 for the Refugee
Family Reunification Trust, of which $1433.20 was
raised from the fair.
Former refugee and current President of the New
Zealand National Refugee Youth Council Daniel
Gamboa, from Columbia, came to speak to the Year
9 cohort about his upcoming visit to a Immigration
Detention Centre in Thailand this year.
The students gave Daniel small hygiene items, such
as toothpaste, toothbrushes and soap, and letters of
hope they had written to give to the refugees.
The Year 10 cohort raised $823 from the fair for
Cystic Fibrosis New Zealand and is planning more
fundraising activities for this charity later this year..
Year 10 students also took part in Plant a Tree Day
this year by helping plant 400 native trees in Central
Brooklyn as part of Wellington City Council’s Plant
Two Million Trees initiative.
In Term 3, Year 11 students baked and delivered
home baking to the residents and staff of Rita
Angus Retirement Village in Kilbirnie, while Year
12 and 13 students have been busy throughout the
year supporting a number of charities, including
Samaritans, the Child Cancer Society, Cystic Fibrosis,
Heart Kids, Mary Potter Hospice and St John
Ambulance.
In Term 4, the Junior School will be raising money
for the Mary Potter Hospice by taking part in a school
Aquathlon.
This initiative, which has become an annual event,
will be organised by the Year 4 class and will be a great
opportunity for our junior students to give back to a
charity which supports many people within the local
community.
SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY
From the Junior School to the Senior School, Queen Margaret College students
have been involved in active service, a fundamental element of the International
Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.
ACTIVE SERVICE: Year 9 students present Somalian
refugees Rosa and her son Natan with blankets and
goodies.
COMMUNITY MINDED: Year 11 students presented
baked goods to the residents and staff of Rita Angus
Retirement Village.