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    Sancta Maria College is alive with the ‘sound of music’ once again as the 2016 major musical production is in full swing. This year a cast of highly talented, enthusiastic students will come together to put on the timeless classic: The Sound of Music. Under the directorship of Drama HOD, Verna-Lee Oliver and […]

Year 9 students have entered into a new phase in their life at the College. Having spent the past two years in the Year 7&8 homerooms in St Dominic’s Block with the same classroom teacher, they are now making a transition into the wider life of the College where they will come into contact with

The painting of the Last Supper, is the work of a very talented artist, Giuseppe Maria Luigi Percivati. Pepe is a street artist from Turin who is dedicating the next ten years of his life to travelling the world, meeting new people and gifting his work in support of various charities. He is known as a Maddonaro in his country which is an art style traditionally seen through chalk paintings, featuring religious subjects, including the Madonna.

The grey skies seen above Massey Park certainly did not match the apprehension, excitement and adrenalin that filled the air at the Counties Manukau Athletics Championships. Of the 28 competitors from Sancta Maria College​​, notable placings were Erica Lim who came first in Junior girls 100 and 200 metre sprints, Catherine Vaiangina who came first

The SMC Senior Boys Tennis team just fell short in their weekend tie against Kings College, going down 5 matches to 4. An awesome performance from Jacob Garbarek, winning his singles against a strong opponent, 6-2, put the team in a great position. Joshua Pereira, once again was too good at number 1, winning both his singles and

At a recent assembly, senior students were encouraged by motivational speaker Mr Billy Graham to try anything, find their passion, and develop themselves. A very entertaining speaker, Billy grew up as a champion boxer and is now guiding young men through his boxing academy at Naenae.

The mood was as heavy as the rain that fell on the audience milling about in the yard of the Pop-up Globe Theatre. As we waited for the metaphorical curtains to rise and the play – Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet – to begin, most of us were clearly expressing their want to be someplace else; the chattering and obvious complaints filling the air like the blood that would soon be shed (but more on that later).

When the actors took the stage, applause was half-hearted. However, after an “audience member” was “executed” for his so called “unforgivable act” of using a mobile phone, things began to lighten up (unlike the weather).

The SMC Senior A tennis team has lost their first match of the season, going down to St Peter’s College 7 matches to 2. Joshua Pereira, once again proved too strong for his opponents, winning his singles 6-0 and doubles with Rahul Brown, 6-4. Even though the boys lost the majority of the matches played, they gained

Sancta Maria College Tertiary Day Thursday 10 March 2016 1.25pm – 2.15pm – Tertiary Expo for all Year 12 and 13 students 2.15pm – 3.00pm – Group Talks for interested Year 13 students Don’t miss this ideal opportunity to talk directly to our main Tertiary Providers. This is ideal for exploring opportunities for further study.

The heat and hot blistering sun filled Monday was Sancta Maria’s school athletics day.  After a few rain checks due to weather, we finally had a day filled with sporting activities where students could choose to compete with others for some friendly competition or to do it socially to gain as msny house points as they can. Students were given different choices on a variety of sporting activities during the day leading up to the house races and relays.