‘You do you’, was the theme of our Year 8 retreat. On Friday of week 7, term 1, our Year 8 cohort came together for our retreat. The leaders were part of the NET team (national evagination team) and came to spend the day with us. Their goal was to give us confidence to choose […]
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Sancta Maria College’s Youth Ministry Group participated in the “Praise and Pizza” event during term 1 of 2024 hosted at St. Peter’s College, alongside 15 other Catholic schools from the Auckland Diocese. The event started with a special Mass led by St. Peter’s chaplain, involving different students from different colleges. After that, it was time
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Lorraine O’Carroll Recently, Lorraine O’Carroll has been welcomed into the school as the new Head of the Mathematics and Statistics Department. This year, she hopes to contribute to the school community and help students achieve their utmost best in Mathematics and Statistics. Furthermore, she is eager to help students excel in their learning, ensuring that
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Nearing the end of the term the Year 9 retreat also known as the Encounter Day was run by the National Evangelisation Team. This event has been a yearly tradition for all year levels, allowing every student to reflect on their current progress and what they want to achieve in the coming year. This day
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Sancta Maria College students came together to support the Caring foundation and raised over $1000 by donating a dollar and wearing mufti on the 21 March 2024! The Caring foundation is a Catholic organisation who help the poor and spread the gospel – our generous donation will go a long way in supporting their cause.
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Our Special Character Prefects for 2024 are Ethan Karl and Abigail Martis. Ethan was particularly proud to be chosen as a special character prefect. He states his job, this year, includes “managing events and activities such as masses and retreats as well as helping the Service prefects in their duties.” In addition to helping ensure
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Science Roadshow On the 25 and 26 April, students across Year 7-10 were able to enjoy the amazing interactive activities brought into school by the Science Roadshow team. These activities encouraged students to practise their problem-solving skills and explore things from a different point of view. The Science Roadshow started off with a show about
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In remembrance of ANZAC Day on the 25 April, Sancta Maria College was invited to create a visual and informative display for the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association (RSA) Howick to exhibit in the Howick Library. This task integrated into our Year 10 Social Sciences unit for term one – ‘Serving the Empire
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On Wednesday 27 March 2024, Year 7 & 8 Pacifica students went on a trip to the Due Drop Centre in Manukau. As we came inside the Due Drop Centre, we were greeted and given an official welcome from the Pacifica Mamas. Once we were in the Foyer, the sisters explained to us the Pacific
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Congratulations to a number of Sancta Maria College students, who have put in hours of training in their given sports and have delivered the following personal successes within Athletics. The following students achieved the amazing results at the recent College Sport Auckland Secondary Schools Championships in March: Cesar Garcia Soto – Junior Boys: 1st 300m,
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