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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

To mark the start of the season of Lent, we had two parts for our Ash Wednesday commemorations: the homeroom prayer and the Liturgy. During homeroom, we were informed that this year, Caritas’ theme for lent is, Building dreams together: Called to be Peacemakers. During Lent we can use this theme to focus our prayer

D Block was buzzing with excitement on Friday morning as the Year 7’s were about to have their very first sports day at Sancta Maria College. The day was managed by Bigfoot Adventures, who had some adventure-based learning activities planned. The first activity was to design a flag and come up with a team name.

Our annual Sancta Maria College pōwhiri and Opening Mass were done differently this year! Instead of the whole school being present, new staff and students were welcomed to the school through a reduced physical presence and via a Livestream video feed. We were unable to give our new staff and students the typical warm Sancta

The outstanding NCEA achievements and hard work of last year’s senior students were recognised at our Academic Recognition Assembly this week! On Tuesday, Sancta Maria held an assembly to commend our students on their academic success, especially during a chaotic year. Our academic award system consists of Silver, Gold and Academic Scholar awards in their

Love was in the air at Sancta Maria College this Valentine’s Day! 14th of February saw the entire school share their gratitude or their affection for that special someone, delivered in cute little chocolate packages. An initiative sparked by Thomas, Sandra and Kenny, the Service Prefects of the College, Valentine’s Day was celebrated at Sancta

41 new students from Year 10 have been successful in their applications as the Middle School Leaders for 2022. Applicants identified a project that they were passionate about as part of their application this year. Year 10 Dean Mrs. Al-Rubaie said it was a pleasure to read the creative ways students wanted to improve the

To kickstart the beginning of 2022, the Year 12 Peer Support leaders attended a full-day workshop run by The Peace Foundation on ‘Peaceful Conflict and Mediation’. This workshop aimed to develop effective communication skills which will be applied in the Peer Support programme. The two facilitators, Katherine Matthews and Christine Barruel, prepared an eventful day

The story started in March 2021 when some Sancta students, their parents, friends and teachers decided to create the yearly fundraising event at Bunnings Botany. The aim of the event was to raise funds that allowed the purchase of items towards the 2021 Christmas parcels for the Totara Hospice volunteers. The work continued with students