Mr Bacon left us at the beginning of March to pursue his career closer to home and whānau. He was a valued teacher for the last nine years, and member of the SLT. With his great presence and respect, he spearheaded a number of initiatives throughout the school that we hope will continue to flourish […]
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Some of our students repeated last year’s hard work, again at the start of this year, eradicating moth plants from our school grounds. The students, in partnership with Pest Free Howick Ward managed to deal with moth plant on the bridge at Te Irirangi Drive. It makes a big difference to our community and school
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On Saturday 16 March 2024, we welcomed back former board and establishment members, proprietors, staff, students, and friends of the college to celebrate our 20th year. What a terrific turn-out it was. The staffroom was a buzz as people caught up with one another, connecting and sharing stories with lots of laughter. During formalities, we
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On 13 March 2024, the Year sevens had their ‘Big Day In!’ We were told that this day was all about fun, enjoying ourselves and connecting as a year group, so we were all ecstatic when the day finally came. When I first arrived at school, I knew that I was going to take every
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Last Thursday, a group of our Prefect Team attended a Leadership Conference at the Due Drop Centre, Manukau, hosted by GRIP. Around 300 delegates, representing 20 New Zealand schools, heard messages and expert advice on how to grow leadership at their kura. The experience was thoroughly enjoyable as well as highly valuable as our student
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The Year 13 cohort were treated to a sneak peak of what it would be like to be at a university lecture when Dr Kevin Ward (Theology lecturer) of the University of Otago gave a talk about the religious landscape of Aotearoa New Zealand via a web call in F Block, during March this year.
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Congratulations to the following students who have demonstrated impressive knowledge in their chosen subject and achieved the following academic success. SILVER academic badges for Level 1 Merit endorsed (50 merit or excellence credits at level 1 or above): Mike Haddad Reginald Fidow Selai Ahovelo Emily Locke Ava Neems Leonie Huynh Kingston Smith Cameron Motion Alexan
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We enjoyed a fantastic Athletics Day on Friday, 23 February 2024 – thank you to all the staff and students who contributed to its success. Congratulations to the following students who broke school records on the day: Layan Alboutros (Junior Girls high jump) Mya Tubu (Senior Girls 100m) Eirynn Belonio (Junior Girls 300m) Jessica East
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Congratulations to an ex-Sancta Maria College student, Breanna Jury, who recently had her paper published in the Australasian Computing Education Conference (ACE 2024). Working alongside Angela Lorusso during their final year of engineering, their research focused on harnessing the potential of large language models to generate worked examples for enhancing programming education. Even more thrilling,
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Join us for an afternoon/evening celebration on Saturday 16 March 2024 for an opportunity to tour our college, reconnect with ex students and staff, share canapés, light dinner, and enjoy guest speakers from past years. The order of the day will be: 3 – 5pm: Tour of our college, canapés, refreshments (cash bar) and opportunity
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Learning excellence, centred on our Catholic faith, personal growth, service to others and strong academic success.
ADDRESS:
319 TE IRIRANGI DRIVE
BOTANY SOUTH
AUCKLAND 2016
PHONE: 09 274 4081
FAX: 09 274 4082
EMAIL: ADMIN@SANCTAMARIA.SCHOOL.NZ
