This term, our Year 11 and 12 Peer Support Leaders have been focusing on helping our Year 7’s and 8’s build strong friendships and understand communication in relation to peer pressure. While our senior students are taking advantage of their Thursday late start, our Peer Support Leaders use this time for their Feedback-Feedforward sessions, where […]
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On the Tuesday 27 – Friday 30 May 2025, our school held our annual Special Character Week with an awesome set of activities to celebrate our school’s special character. For the four days, unique events were held to remind us of our school’s special identity and charism. On Tuesday, the prefects organised a house charity
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The Year 8 retreat, organised by the NET team and Miss Oliver, with the theme being “Rise Up”, brought us all together in aroha and fun. As we arrived, we knew we were going to have a fun day. The retreat begun with the NET members introducing themselves, and they were approachable and humble. After
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Pope Francis, the 266th pope of the Catholic Church, passed away peacefully on Easter Monday 21 April 2025, at the age of 88 years, following ongoing health complications related to his lungs and heart. As the spiritual leader of over 1.3 billion Catholics worldwide, the Pope serves not only as the Bishop of Rome, but
On the last day of Term 1, 11 April 2025, the Year 12 retreat was held in the school auditorium. This year, our retreat focused on a key Gospel message: “We are by Christ called to serve others as leaders of our school.” As we embark on our journey as the 2026 leaders of the school,
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Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, became the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on 13 March 2013. He was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pope, and the first non-European pope in over 1200 years. But more than any firsts, Pope Francis became known for something
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On Wednesday 9 April 2025 our whole school came together to praise the Lord by focusing on the last seven last words of Jesus. Senior students, Jonathan Brozowski, Rayan Koz, Charbel Albotrous, Hannah Ernstzen, Elizabeth Johnstone and Summer Earl gave their personal reflections on Jesus’ words, how it has impacted their lives and what it
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On 11 March 2025, Brendan Malone, a public speaker on Christian faith, unpacked the Catholic principles which show how reason and revelation can uncover the truth of the Catholic worldview, and the flaws in common secular worldviews. He gave two talks to the Year 12 students and 90 of our Year 11 Youth Ministers regarding
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On Friday 7 March 2025 our school had a mufti day where students swapped out their school uniforms for their favourite outfits. We all bought in a gold coin to fundraise for The Caring Foundation. It was awesome seeing everyone dressed in their favourite clothes, showing their support and looking super awesome. The gold coin
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To start off our season of Lent, the whole school celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass on 5 March 2025. Lent is truly a significant season in the catholic calendar, a time of repentance and sacrifice. Just a day before Mass – in their navigation classes, the students were reminded of Lent, its significance and what it
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