The auditorium was packed with eager Year 7-10 students, ready to take on any challenge presented to them, as the Mathex competition begun. Each year group had their allotted time to compete, and they had been busy preparing leading up to the much-anticipated event, which occurs during Maths Week (7-11 August 2023). The competition got […]
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Samoan Language Week was celebrated from 28 May – 3 June 2023 at Sancta Maria College. The week-long event schedule gave everyone the opportunity to experience and celebrate the bright and strong heritage of the Samoan Culture. From Monday to Thursday activities and performances were planned to showcase the energy and pride in their cultural
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On Thursday 24th August the Year 7 netball boys went to represent Sancta Maria College at Auckland Champs. Our first game was against Kelston Intermediate, and at half time they were winning by 1. We subbed on some fresh legs for the second half and ended up winning! It was a good experience for our
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On Wednesday 23 August 2023, we hosted other secondary school students and staff from the region, as well as community members for ‘Caring for Papatūānuku’ Cluster, in our school auditorium. Following a welcome from Courtenay Kilpatrick and a Karakia from our kaitiakitanga Prefect, Cate Jessep, the Sustainable Schools Advisor introduced the biodiversity team that supports
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The morning of 3 August 2023 found Year 11 and 13 PE Studies students leaving at 7:45am and heading off to the Kumeu Showgrounds to participate in the Tough Guy Tough Gal Challenge for secondary school students. The weather had not been promising, the day before, but students were graced with clear skies and cool
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Congratulations to our very own Fiona Sheng who has had an amazing 2023 Swimming season. She finished the secondary schools’ season with the following results: 100 IM: 14th 50 Fly: 8th 100 Free: 8th 200 Free: 7th 50 Free: 15th Well done, Fiona, you have had a fabulous season.
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As a part of their studies, the Year 13 Food and Hospitality students make and sell food at their annual market day, which was held on Wednesday 23 August this year. Before even thinking about baking or cooking, the students had to plan each step of their process which included buying ingredients, calculating their profit-maximising
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The Caritas Challenge event took place on the evening of Friday 23 June 2023 in the school Auditorium with a variety of Year 11, 12 and 13 students participating. The concept of this year’s Caritas Challenge was to stimulate the life of people living in Fiji, where people face many challenges like poverty and climate
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To end our first school term, the Special Character and Service Prefects organised the Lenten Liturgy. The 14 Stations that led to the death of Jesus Christ were reenacted by some of our prefects and the senior drama students. The prefects not involved in the scenes narrated a station, read a reflection, and said a
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Chloe Ferrera (Year 9) has had an impressive year of Karate competitions which she has trained hard for and has even taken her to international locations. She participated in United Arab Emirates earlier in the year and was placed 7th in the world for Youth league 2023. An impressive achievement alone, however Chloe continued her
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