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In honour of National Health and PE Day, Sancta Maria College ran a school-wide jump jam in place of homeroom. The twenty-minute session featured a Les Mills ‘Born to Move’ video and jump jams from the primary school. It finished with a surge of energy as the students performed to Coconut and Witch Doctor. It […]

Peter Brzozowski is one of the most well-known jazz musicians at our school. He’s been playing trumpet since Year 7 and has played piano for 13 years. “I got into jazz a few years ago after being put into a school jazz ensemble,” he says. Peter loves the freedom of the genre, especially the improvised

New Zealand Fashion Week is the most anticipated event in the fashion industry of New Zealand. Three creative Sancta Maria College students were selected as participants in the annual Walk the Line 2019. Walk the Line is a fashion show competition organized by Raise Up which is a youth programme run by YMCA. Each year,

Enviro Week 2019 had overwhelmingly positive results. Warm Day saved our school 1286 kWh of energy. Sancta Maria College used 3157 kWh on the Monday of Environment Week. Through minimizing the use of lights and heaters on the Friday, only 1871 kWh was used. Throughout the week we had a successful collection of glasses, phones

Monday was the first day at AIMS games for our very own 8A netball team. It is the biggest sporting event and is underway at Tauranga with athletes from New Zealand and the Pacific participating in 23 different sports. There are 6 different venues with netball being held Blake Park. Our team played three games

As well as being Assistant Deputy Editor/Editorial Assistant for Sports and leading feature writer for our College News Centre Team, Shontelle Matano is also a regular contributor to ‘Lockerroom’, (https://www.newsroom.co.nz/@lockerroom) New Zealand’s leading on-line publication about women’s sports. This week her interview with Olivia Selemaia, the College’s young weightlifting gold medallist, featured in this highly

Sancta Maria College’s premier netball team played very well on day 3 and day 4 of the UNISS tournament, recording two wins, a draw and a loss. Wednesday saw the girls playing Waihi in the morning, winning 27-18. The team showed excellent attacking and defending with a focus on safe passes and controlling the ball.

The sun was shining as the team began their festival on Monday. It felt like a beautiful summer’s day and the boys were excited. It was the first tournament for a lot of the team and they gained much from the experience. The opposition included Macleans, Rosehill, Orewa, Aorere and Tangaroa Colleges. We started slowly