On the 30 July 2023, five Sancta Maria College’s jazz groups went to compete in the highly anticipated, annual Auckland School Jazz competition. Organised by the Auckland Jazz and Blues Club and hosted in the Point Chevalier RSA, this event brings together schools from across the region to compete and display their jazz talents. Our […]
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Another annual music competition a success for Sancta Maria College students, making their presence heard at this year’s Stand Up Stand Out competition. Stand Up Stand Out is a competition that encourages students from around Auckland to showcase and improve their musical skills on the stage. This helps aspiring, young musicians to get the chance
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Students, caregivers and teachers gathered at Christ The King Catholic Church in Owairaka to celebrate the Catholic Caring Foundation’s Annual Caring Mass, celebrated by Msgr. Bernard Kiely. This Mass was initiated by the Catholic Caring Foundation, whose mission is ‘To promote the dignity of persons…to fulfil the command of Jesus Christ to love one’s neighbour…to
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Eucharistic ministry is a very sacred ministry that few are called to do. The Eucharistic ministers assist the priest in distributing the precious body and blood of Christ (Holy Communion) to Catholics or giving a blessing to children (who have not yet received their sacrament of First Holy Communion) and blessing non-Catholic people who may
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The auditorium was packed with eager Year 7-10 students, ready to take on any challenge presented to them, as the Mathex competition begun. Each year group had their allotted time to compete, and they had been busy preparing leading up to the much-anticipated event, which occurs during Maths Week (7-11 August 2023). The competition got
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Samoan Language Week was celebrated from 28 May – 3 June 2023 at Sancta Maria College. The week-long event schedule gave everyone the opportunity to experience and celebrate the bright and strong heritage of the Samoan Culture. From Monday to Thursday activities and performances were planned to showcase the energy and pride in their cultural
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On Thursday 24th August the Year 7 netball boys went to represent Sancta Maria College at Auckland Champs. Our first game was against Kelston Intermediate, and at half time they were winning by 1. We subbed on some fresh legs for the second half and ended up winning! It was a good experience for our
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On Wednesday 23 August 2023, we hosted other secondary school students and staff from the region, as well as community members for ‘Caring for Papatūānuku’ Cluster, in our school auditorium. Following a welcome from Courtenay Kilpatrick and a Karakia from our kaitiakitanga Prefect, Cate Jessep, the Sustainable Schools Advisor introduced the biodiversity team that supports
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The morning of 3 August 2023 found Year 11 and 13 PE Studies students leaving at 7:45am and heading off to the Kumeu Showgrounds to participate in the Tough Guy Tough Gal Challenge for secondary school students. The weather had not been promising, the day before, but students were graced with clear skies and cool
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Congratulations to our very own Fiona Sheng who has had an amazing 2023 Swimming season. She finished the secondary schools’ season with the following results: 100 IM: 14th 50 Fly: 8th 100 Free: 8th 200 Free: 7th 50 Free: 15th Well done, Fiona, you have had a fabulous season.
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