Over the last two weeks, keen and green fingers have been busy working in the Butterfly Garden and the Vegetable Gardens to restore the valuable natural resources the College has on site. During lockdown, these areas became overgrown with weeds. The Butterfly Garden aims to replenish the decreasing number of pollinators, especially butterflies who play […]
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Drum roll, please…The winners of the Readers Cup 2020 are Lucas Cooper (9LIS), Rory Quiding (9LIS), Piper Hurren (9LIS), Joshua Araos (9GNS) and Averill Realon (9GNS)! Congratulations to all! Mrs O’Rorke picked a variety of texts for this year’s Readers Cup. These comprised of two novels – Rocco and The Giver, a short story –
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Oscar was surprised to be selected for this prefect role feeling grateful that the school gave him the opportunity to give back to the community. Throughout Oscar’s time at the college, he has involved himself in various sports like badminton and basketball. He has had his fair share of commitment in these sports where he
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In this series of articles, we get an inside look at our 2020 prefects- their backgrounds, roles and ambitions. Today we are featuring our Service Prefects, Francesca Abesamis and Owen Tamayo. Being part of College 1 Netball, Jiu Jitsu, swimming, athletics and basketball, Francesca states that her sporting hobbies have been a huge part of
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Level 2 chemistry students sat their first chemistry internal last week where they had to carry out a practical investigation to calculate the concentration of a consumer product which was white vinegar using quantitative analysis. Their internal assessment was worth 4 credits and was done in three parts. The first part was the calculations. They
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A group of keen students joined Karl, one of our very own Kaitiakitanga prefect leaders last week for a Kahoot quiz to test their knowledge on the bin system used at the College. The participants learnt a lot about being Tidy Kiwis by answering questions about what waste goes into which bins. At Sancta Maria
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Sancta Maria College is an Enviroschool. The Enviroschools kaupapa wants to create a healthy, peaceful and sustainable world through learning and taking action together. The five guiding principles that underpin the Enviroschools journey are: Empowered Students, Learning for Sustainability, Māori Perspectives, Respect for the Diversity of People and Cultures, and Sustainable Communities. If you want
In this series of articles, we get an inside look at our 2020 prefects – their backgrounds, roles and ambitions. For our fourth feature, we speak with our Academic Prefects, Harrison Munday and Chloe Capati. Harrison and Chloe were delighted to be given this role. Harrison says, “I was pleasantly surprised that I was chosen
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In this series of articles, we get an inside look at our 2020 prefects- their background, roles and ambitions. Today we are featuring out Deputy Head Boy and Girl for School Community Allyson Ropati and Jack Farrell. Allyson expresses her driven attitude to serve the students in the college as Deputy Head Girl for School
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A chilly Friday morning marked the first session for Year 11 and 12 Peer Support. Peer Support Leaders act as big brothers and sisters to the Year 7s and 8s so that their start at Sancta Maria College is warm and welcoming. Year 11 Peer Support Leaders oversee the new Year 7s and the Year
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