Congratulations to Mikaela Bangalan of 8BRN for winning the Mask Poster competition! Students were given the opportunity to make a poster to share their awareness of the harm surgical masks are creating to wildlife if not disposed properly. As we are using an increasing amount of disposable masks to protect us from COVID-19, we are […]
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Although seniors are fast approaching study leave and the end of the school year, things were not quite over for eight, maths-loving Year 12s. On a late Friday afternoon, two teams of four left SMC headed for Pakuranga College to compete against other schools in the East Auckland CalcEx competition. First starting in 2017, CalcEx
After an anxious wait for the Year 12’s, the selection of the prefects for 2021 were announced on Wednesday, before the Year 13 giveback assembly. These are the prefects for 2021: Head prefects: Head Girl – Gemma Holt Head Boy – Felix Cheng Deputy Head Prefects: Deputy Head Girl, Special Character – Sydney Causer
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Five Year 7 and Year 8 students were chosen to compete in a debating competition at Howick Intermediate. It was a great experience and introduction to debating for them while taking time off school in this challenging year. There were six schools participating, all determined to take the trophy back home! There were three debates,
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Miss Bradley’s Year 12 and Year 13 Geo class left school at 7.30am to head to Muriwai Beach for the day. The trip had been postponed multiple times as a result of New Zealand’s lockdowns, and it was a relief for students to finally be able to start their internal. It was a sunny but
Even though 2020 has been a challenging and eventful year, Sancta Maria College was still able to send two teams to compete in the annual Kids’ Lit Quiz competition. Each team consisted of four Year 7 and 8 students that were passionate about reading and books. Kids’ Lit Quiz is a worldwide competition about literature
As the Year 8s arrived at D block with smiles and colourful clothes on a beautiful Thursday morning, the bell rang to start our second Reflective School Retreat, organised by the Year 8 Teachers and the Logos team. All the Year 8 homerooms walked without a sound towards the Gym, where they were greeted with
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A successful Mufti Day took place last Friday for the fundraiser of St Luke’s Church. The contribution of gold coins from students dressed in Mufti will either be going towards the beautiful Church organ or front stained-glass window. With construction currently underway, the completion is scheduled for April 2021 in time for next year’s Easter.
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An exciting development has seen the SMC Lions Garden set up during the last school break with the plaque fixed in place this week. The partnership between Lions Papatoetoe and Sancta Maria College over the past 5 years has seen several service activities being shared: Tree planting at Totara Park, Manukau Trust Environment Days, the annual
The Year 9 retreat, led by the Logos team, was both fun and interesting. The theme was We are the Church. We completed five activities that we did in rotation throughout the day. One of the activities was learning about saints. We focused on two saints and also on the venerable Suzanne Aubert. We first
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