Matariki celebrations were held throughout the school from 24-27 June 2024, culminating in our first ever fundraising dinner we hosted on Thursday evening to help raise money for our new kapa haka uniforms. Tuesday Tēnei te mihi nui ki a koutou o Vector – thank you Vector for hosting our kapa haka today who performed […]
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Weeks of preparation led up to Wednesday 3 July 2024 – the biggest market day in Sancta Maria College’s history! The Year 13 Business (13BUS) and Year 10 Commerce (10COM) classes ornamented the C-Block courtyard with eye-catching stalls during lunch, displaying several unique products and services they worked tirelessly to produce. These students implemented their
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As the sky darkened, D block courtyard was illuminated with art as the Art in the Dark spectacular commenced. The students and parents were able to explore and witness the different art exhibitions created by teachers and pupils throughout the year, so far. Included were exhibitions such as the infinity mirror; where you can see
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Apirana Taylor presented his poetry material to all our silenced senior students on 30 May 2024 – we enjoyed him reciting his poetry and sharing a little bit about himself and his life with us. After the presentation Apirana gave a focused workshop to a select group of students, in the Library’s Quiet Room. Apirana
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Around 25 years ago, I left South Africa and found my way to New Zealand. Teaching is my passion, and I’ve had the privilege of working in various secondary schools. Notably, I served as the Head of Mathematics at Sancta Maria College (SMC) from 2010 to 2016, which left an indelible mark on me. Fast
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Congratulations to our 2024 Community prefects are Aita Ah Wa and Georgia Cuer. “We became community prefects to give back to others” – this is what motivated the community prefects to become prefects. We asked them a series of questions and a lot were hard for them to decide on an answer. The sentence we
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On Thursday, 20 June 2024, our Year 7 and 8 Literacy Acceleration classes went on a trip to the Aotea Centre to watch the National Youth Theatre’s production of ‘Joseph’. This trip was made even more exciting as one of Sancta Maria College students, Kish Bassi, was in the show! Kish performed as an Ishmaelite
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This year’s annual feast day was a most memorable one. For the 20th year anniversary, our most special Mass was held at St Patrick’s Cathedral, presided by Bishop Stephen Lowe. It was a fantastic and momentous occasion, especially as it had been 10 years since our last visit to the Cathedral. This event, held on
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Wynnum State High School, from Brisbane, Australia visited our school on Monday 17 June 2024 to perform for us some of their polished pieces of music, at the beginning of their five-night tour in New Zealand. They had a 50 strong contingent of musicians who really did knock the roof off our Auditorium. Prior to
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On Thursday 13 June 2024 the Beautification Trust held their annual Eye on Nature Wearable Arts competition for primary, intermediate and secondary students. Year 12 student Em-J Abuyan participated alongside 90 other students from various schools. This year’s theme was ‘Act Local – Growing with Te Taiao’, which focused on local conservation and restoration initiatives
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