8CLE have been learning to be editors and were tasked with writing to the local newspaper to describe a place of interest they had been to for a ‘Snapshot’ competition. Ariel Chua won with ‘Hawker Centre’, closely followed by Trisha Faye with her description of Barry Curtis Park and Zachary Calumpiano on Timezone took 3rd […]
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Year 8 students had a visit from Blake NZ-VR earlier in the year and learnt about marine conservation, especially overfishing leading to kina barren, effecting the biodiversity and health of our watery planet. Students listened to a story and then drew what they heard on how (and why) just north of Auckland the very first
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Our chess team displayed a great effort at the East Auckland Secondary Interschools chess competition. Held at Bucklands Beach Memorial Hall, our players fought valiantly against the tough competition, achieving some impressive feats. The playing field was tough, with over 80 players in 22 different teams. With the time set at 15 minutes and 5
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Week 4 of term 3 was a busy week for the music department. Competitions, entertainment and performances are being held everywhere! Fortunately, we had a blessed and fun week attending these annual competitions. Stand Up Stand Out (SUSO) being one of Sancta Maria’s biggest highlights of the year. Stand up Stand out is a yearly
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Sancta Maria’s music department hit great success at this year annual KBB festival. The countless hours of practice and rehearsals have been exemplified through the impressive results across all our bands. This year we sent four groups, including our Big Band, Symphonia, Concert Band and Stage Band, all winning silver or bronze awards. Held all
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Early August 2024, the Year 13 geography students went on an overnight trip to Rotorua to collect data and gain knowledge for their upcoming internal and external assessments on tourism development in Rotorua. The two jam packed days consisted of visiting local attractions like Te Puia, the 3D Trick Art Gallery, the Rotorua lakefront, Redwoods
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On 28 March 2024, the last Thursday before Easter weekend, eight prefects came together to speak on their personal experiences relating to the last seven words of Jesus. Drawing from their individual experiences and spiritual journeys, each prefect offered a personal reflection on their given last word. Their testimonies demonstrated how these last words of
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We are ADZEALAND and our business builds high-quality affordable websites. At the recent school market day, we successfully hosted a photobooth that attracted many students and friends. The event was incredibly fun, with everyone enjoying the vibrant atmosphere and capturing memorable moments. Thank you to everyone who came by and supported us! We are Aloha
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We welcomed six new international students from China into our school whānau and two new international homestay co-ordinators (Aimee Wang and Carmen McKnight), at the beginning of term 2 – please make them feel welcome as you see them in school. The students are: Bernice (Zeyang) Liu Celia (Zhenyue) Yuan Roxy (Ruoqui) Yin Vicky (Yuyan)
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We welcomed our returning students and a number of new short term international students into our school whānau at the start of term 1. As a welcome to New Zealand and to help bond our international team, they enjoyed an afternoon at Cockle Bay beach – our students experienced fish and chips (some for the
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