On Thursday lunch, the Worship band was invited to perform a couple songs in the amphitheater to do a praise and worship for Special Character week. As part of the band, it was a fun way to showcase our talents and worship God. We played “How Great is Our God” followed by “Shout to the […]
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During Special Character Week Sancta Maria held our very popular Talent Quest. This took place in the Auditorium at approximately 1-3. There were many talented students performing. This amazing event was filled with singing and dancing. The audience was enthusiastic and enjoyed the show. After the 11 performances there was a dance battle between every
To finish of Special Character Week, Friday lunch was filled with music coming from the loud voices of the competitive students in the auditorium! Year 13 House Prefects were creative and set up a ‘Pitch Perfect’ style riff-off! There were so many fun categories and everyone had a great time.
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Starting early on Monday 17th May 2021, several schools across the North Island assembled in the Victory Convention Centre in Auckland for the annual World Vision Youth Conference. The main goal of the conference was to ignite passion in the hearts of young leaders across New Zealand. Nine 40 Hour Famine Student Committee leaders were
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Year 7-10 students were treated with a quite nice surprise on Tuesday, where a NZ famous author, Gareth Ward, AKA ‘The Great Wardini’, visited the students. He showed us a very exciting presentation of his life, past, and how he wrote his books. It took him one long while to get him to where he
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On the 25th of April, Mr Green along with 17 Prefects represented Sancta Maria College at Stockade Hill to commemorate those who served in the First World War, and those who passed. The Chairman of the Howick Local Board, Adele White, presented a welcoming speech to those gathered here and reminded us of our history. Followed
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We celebrated our annual Feast Day Mass, The Visitation on Wednesday 26th May. The Mass was presided by Aux. Bishop Michael, Fr. Kevin and Fr. Terry. Fr Kevin brought the Gospel alive and made it visual and meaningful by asking Sydney Causer and Minju Kim to act out the roles of Elizabeth and Mary. This
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Friday 21st May had a bright, early and exciting start as 8 of our year 7 and 8 students set off to take part in the annual Kids Lit quiz competition. Kids Lit Quiz is a world-wide competition held in many different countries. Being in New Zealand, we are very fortunate to be able to
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This week is Special Character week. Students can look forward to activities organised by some of the prefects with the help of a few junior school leaders to win house points. This is a new initiative by one of our Special Character prefects, Sydney Causer. It ties in with our Feast day on Wednesday 26th.
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Some Year 13 Biology students were privileged to hear about the life of Yellow-eyed Penguins from guest presenter Rosalie Goldsworthy, manager of Penguin Rescue NZ (www.penguins.org.nz) based in Moeraki, North Otago. Students had been learning about animal behaviour and migratory paths, and Rosalie was able to extend their knowledge with a focus on the biology
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