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 and Fr. Larry 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
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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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After spending many hours during term 2 rehearsing and memorising lines, our senior drama had a nerve-racking, nail-biting evening in front of a small audience performing their given shows at the end of term 2. On Monday 24 June 2024, Year 11 drama students gave a polished, gripping, and entertaining performance of ‘The Single Man’.
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Last term, the Sancta Maria College Senior Choir performed at the Big Sing, a competition where choirs from schools across Auckland, united by their love and passion for music and singing, come together not only to compete but to celebrate the skill of one another. At the competition, our Senior Choir performed three pieces; Cantar
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