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On a very cool Wednesday morning, the Year 13s set up for retreat at Eastern Beach. Despite an early start, the seniors get a day off from their normal school lives to reflect and learn from God. As a yearly tradition, our seniors get the chance to have Mass on the beach as the sun […]

In this series of articles, we find out about our student leaders, their backgrounds, roles and ambitions. Today we feature our Head Prefects, Paris Stephens and Ethan Rogacion. Making the school a more welcome and inclusive place and getting students more involved in school life are just some of the many goals that Ethan and

Enable lives of dignity and hope by eliminating injustice and poverty, inspired and guided by the Gospels of Jesus and Catholic social teaching, and a loving personal encounter with people in need Caritas is a Catholic organisation that works for Justice, Peace, and Development. They wish for a world free of poverty and injustice by

After weeks of studying the brain and its functions, two Year 8 classes had the opportunity to partake in an exciting activity: dissecting lambs’ brains! Facilitated by Mrs Krishna and Mrs Mistry, the students were divided into groups and given tools to assist with their experiment, including a scalpel and magnifying glass. Their first task

Super sprinter Marielle Venida has impressed again with her results from the New Zealand Track and Field Championships. Competing last week, Marielle ran an outstanding 11.92s in the Women Under-20 100m and 24.51s in the 200m, walking away with two individual golds. Commenting on her performance, Marielle said, “Overall, the competition itself was very exciting

Last Wednesday our Year 8s experienced what it was like to play soccer, but soccer with a difference – every player was inside a giant plastic bubble! The Bubble Football event took part in our school field, allowing Year 8s to get outside, have some fun and enjoy each other’s company. This activity brought out

The Year 11s have completed their Peer Support training and are raring to go! The training sessions were two full days last year and two after-school sessions this year. This covered various leadership skills and included writing a pepeha, a Maori personal introduction. The group is divided into teams and each team is allocated a

Monday was a thrilling day for the Year 7’s as they explored their first retreat at Sancta Maria College, which was led by the Year 13 Prefect Team. This memorable day enabled students to reconnect with God by understanding their uniqueness, importance in the community, their choices, and their own gifts. Each student had their

To welcome our newly appointed prefects as they begin leading the school in this new year, a Mass was held at St. Luke’s Church last Friday where Father Craig blessed our leaders. He prayed that they would guide others with aroha and lead the school by example. Parents, staff, and other Mass attendees joined Father

The Lenten season of making sacrifices and giving is back! For 2022, Sancta Maria College has intertwined Lent with Kaitiakitanga and God’s creation. When we think of making sacrifices for Lent, we tend to give up things we love the most. This year we are encouraging students to give up something that could benefit not