atsupport

This week has had a Careers focus on preparing our students, particularly the seniors, for study in engineering. To start off, Tuesday saw representatives from engineering firm Arup come to speak to students from Years 9 to 13 to explain what engineering is about. The session flew by, making the two hours in our school library pass quickly.

Time passes by so quickly, that the Chinese study group from Shanghai Jincai Experimental Junior Middle School have completed their study tour in NZ and returned back to China. At the same time, there is another group of students who are preparing for their exciting journey to NZ.

On July 23 the Itoshima students arrived at our school during our lunch break. We communicated through English and Japanese, trying to get to know each other the best we could with our limited Japanese and their limited English. We gave them a tour around Sancta Maria College during lunch time.

Chattering and laughter filled D block as a group of Year 9 students hovered around the gate at lunchtime on Wednesday, eagerly waiting to meet the Japanese students from Itoshima High School.

Every year our Sancta Maria College library hosts a week of fun activities with the aim of getting students more involved with the library and literature. This year, our primary focus is on the very popular Murder Mystery.

One of our school’s combos, Midnight Quartet, and our Big Band have both made the finals of the Auckland Jazz and Blues Club Secondary School competition. This is a huge achievement as the field of jazz is dominated by a few select schools in Auckland and to be part of this event shows how far we have come.

Recently our school counsellor, Mrs Goddard, was invited to Oxford University to present research she has done with our students. She has been looking into why girls are more stressed than boys.