NZQA BEST ACTRESS – Kaylah Matano of Sancta Maria College for TAIMI! As an aspiring filmmaker, I decided to get in touch with Poporazzi Productions earlier this year, to find out when the next film festival was. Poporazzi Productions is an organisation that I was aware of for a couple of years, but just didn’t […]
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After their recent success in the Auckland Debating Quarterfinals at Dilworth College, our senior school team debated in the Auckland semi-finals on 27 August 2024 with Sofia Bryan, Bernadette-Rose Tominiko, and Jermaine Daclan argued the affirmative side of the moot, that ‘immigration to New Zealand should be decided by random ballot rather than by skilled
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Three of our students recently took a Level 1 Chamber Music exam with the New Zealand Music Examinations Board. Year 8 students Ceron Zheng and Damon Eu (violin), Year 10 student Ryan Massey, (clarinet), assisted by pianist Tomaz Zheng, performed Gershwin’s Summertime, a medley of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and ABBA’s Money, Money, Money. Their examiner
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On Tuesday, 13 August 2024, eight Year 11 and 12 students competed in the Auckland Debating Quarterfinals at Dilworth College. This consisted of the eight best teams in Auckland fighting for a place in the semi-finals. Representing our school, Sancta Maria 1 won their debate against St Dominics and will move on to the next
Senior Debating team top four in Auckland Read More »
The Auckland Jazz and Blues High School competition is an annual event for colleges around Auckland to compete and present their jazz bands and talents. Held at the Birkenhead RSA, this event is run by the Auckland Jazz and Blues Club. This year our school took three jazz combos and our Big Band to compete. Competing in
Auckland SS Jazz Competition reaps Platinum and Gold awards Read More »
On 26 July 2024, our Year 7-10 ran their hearts out for the annual cross country held at school over a 3km track, filled with a mix of grit and exhilaration. Runners pushed their limits, fuelled by the cheers of their peers and the drive to cross the finish line. As the final runners accomplished
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Congratulations to Shaylee Fonua and Ruiqi Jiang who represented Sancta Maria College in the Year 9&10 Eastern Schools Zone Speech Competition, held on Thursday night (29 August 2024) in Botany Downs Secondary School. Both speeches were amazing and kept the audience spellbound, so much so, Ruiqi came away as the winner of the Year 10
Junior speech success at Eastern Schools Zone Read More »
On a cold winter Wednesday, at the end of July 2024, a group of Japanese students arrived on an exchange for the afternoon. They came from Itoshima High School (Japan) to Sancta Maria College to experience the New Zealand lifestyle and embrace our language. The exchange allowed the Year 10 & 11 Japanese language students
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On the morning of Friday 23 August 2024, the annual Year 9 and 10 speech competition commenced in the school’s auditorium. Eleven contestants were selected as the top speakers from each class: Myiesha Enriquez, Nelle Villeran, Shaylee Fonua, Jaydn Borromeo, Inez Robinson, Zoe Martis, Ayesha Joby, Ruiqi Jiang, Kayla Jones, Jade Howse, and Lusia Koloamatangi.
Speech competition impacts and entertains Read More »
Held from 25-28 July 2024, Seann Atis-Viray, Ava Neems, Sophia Neems, and Fiona Sheng competed in the New Zealand Secondary Schools (NZSS) Swimming Championships. All four students represented the school with pride and delivered some remarkable results: Seann (age group 15yrs): 100M Breaststroke: 13th 50M Butterfly: 25th Ava (age group 17-18yrs) 200M Breaststroke: 6th 100M
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