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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 […]

Despite being in lockdown, Sancta Maria College still found a creative way to celebrate Catholic Schools day. The Special Character team organised a live liturgy on MicrosoftTeams on Wednesday 29th September for students, staff and the parent community. This included a few musical items and a liturgical movement. Catholic Schools Day is celebrated every 3

Last term, Hayley an ambassador for the ‘I Am Hope’ foundation, came to Sancta Maria College to inform the Year 7s to 10s about the importance of mental health. Hayley shared with the students her experiences with mental health and how important the support of family and friends were during this time. She explained how

On the last week of term 2, two Year 10 Commerce classes put their knowledge to good use in the Year 10 Market Day. With basic economic knowledge and basic accounting in their heads, this market day was just a nice interlude from all the knowledge they had gained. The two classes had about five

Enviroweek was held during Week Four. Enviroweek is a fun, reflective week which helps the school to celebrate nature and the world around us. On both Monday and Tuesday, there was free hot chocolate available at the cafeteria to students who brought a reusable cup. During interval and lunchtime, many students lined up to get

Maths week 2021 was concluded by a highly anticipated event – an in-school mathex which students from years 7 to 10 had spent weeks before preparing. The day saw multiple teams of 4 from each homeroom running around in chaos, rushing to correctly answer as many questions as possible in the half hour time limit.

Just before lockdown, the jazz students spent days busily playing music. With both the KBB Music Festival and the Auckland Jazz Competition in full roar, music students from all year levels enjoyed performing their well-rehearsed pieces, listening to other schools, and learning from their experiences. Our school has brought back amazing results from KBB –

Earlier this month, a team of year 11 geography students participated in the highly anticipated Matangi Whenua Geography competition. Representing Sancta Maria College, Johann Ang, Megan Bottom and myself competed alongside approximately 20 other schools. The annual competition Matangi Whenua, hosted at Saint Cuthbert’s College, took place on Thursday, 12th of August. Consisting of 8

On Wednesday the 12th of May and Friday the 14th of May, Year 7 set off on a science excursion to the Botanical Gardens in Manurewa. The students were on a mission to identify the difference between healthy streams compared with unhealthy streams. We kicked off the day by jumping on the bus and heading

Maddi Blincoe and Abby Tay Morrison take on a unique challenge – cutting hair for charity! The 40 Hour Famine is the largest youth fundraising campaign run by World Vision to raise money and awareness for those in need. For 2021, the 40 Hour Famine challenge happened last weekend – June 25-27th. Maddi Blincoe was