As Peer Support Leaders, we welcome our younger peers into SMC – helping them adjust to college life in a positive light. Our role is to support them as an older brother or sister, strengthening the school community by creating bonds between year levels. The Year 11 Peer Support leaders have undergone extensive preparation to […]
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Our Year 13 and year 12 History classes have been on a journey not only through the country but also through time on their trip to Northland. The purpose of the trip was to unravel the founding moments of the country that 5 million of us call home. Along this journey, we met several people
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Thursday and Friday saw Year 7-10 students experience the Science Roadshow in the Auditorium. The Science Roadshow is a fun way of learning about Science in a different environment where students explore and learn from the various hands-on activities. There were two shows and an interactive exhibition from which the students could see how Science
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In this series of articles, we introduce you to our Peer Support Leaders for 2020, and their perspectives on providing support for younger students. Today, we get to know two of our year 12 leaders, Maddison and Amanda. Meet two of our Y12 Peer Support leaders for 2020, Maddison Blincoe and Amanda Brabant. Maddison is
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Congratulations to our Mountain Biking squad who competed at Waitawa Regional Park last weekend! U13 – Jason Cooper U14 – Bostyn Strachan and James Darby U15 – Lucas Cooper U17 – Reuben Cooper Jason clinched 2nd place, Lucas 4th and in his age category, Reuben placed 6th. The next race is on the 9th of
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Peer support leaders are back on track visiting Year 7 and 8 homerooms again after putting their valued work on hold for the duration of the Covid-19 lockdown. The Year 11 leaders are organised into groups of about five and each group has a Year 7 homeroom which they will continue to visit every Friday
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Over 40 tertiary education providers are confirmed including all eight New Zealand universities, plus a wide range of polytechnics, Wananga and private tertiary providers. Attendees will enter into a virtual ‘exhibition hall’ and can browse through the participating providers, visiting their virtual stands and engaging in live chats with representatives from each institution. Just like
Virtual Careers Expo – the first of its kind in New Zealand! Read More »
Over the last two weeks, keen and green fingers have been busy working in the Butterfly Garden and the Vegetable Gardens to restore the valuable natural resources the College has on site. During lockdown, these areas became overgrown with weeds. The Butterfly Garden aims to replenish the decreasing number of pollinators, especially butterflies who play
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Drum roll, please…The winners of the Readers Cup 2020 are Lucas Cooper (9LIS), Rory Quiding (9LIS), Piper Hurren (9LIS), Joshua Araos (9GNS) and Averill Realon (9GNS)! Congratulations to all! Mrs O’Rorke picked a variety of texts for this year’s Readers Cup. These comprised of two novels – Rocco and The Giver, a short story –
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Oscar was surprised to be selected for this prefect role feeling grateful that the school gave him the opportunity to give back to the community. Throughout Oscar’s time at the college, he has involved himself in various sports like badminton and basketball. He has had his fair share of commitment in these sports where he
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