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In the words of Ernest Hemmingway, “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” Library Week was held from 1 – 5 August 2022. It was an opportunity for students to explore their love of books and share this passion with others. During intervals on Monday through to Thursday, a Harry Potter Kahoot was […]

All the way from Taiwan came Eric Chen and his parents, Frank Chen and Stella Tai to Sancta Maria College. Mr and Mrs Chen are based in New Zealand while Eric is the senior director of Biomedical Business unit at Megaforce Medtech in Taiwan. This family has a close relationship with Dr Laux who once

It was a busy week 4 at Sancta Maria College as students and staff embarked in a week of awareness of environmental issues. The week started with a Kahoot quiz sent to homeroom classes to test their general understanding of and willingness to make a difference on the topic of climate change. Congratulations to Bomee

Sancta Maria’s music department have had great successes at this year’s KBB music festival – a music competition for secondary schools. Held at the Holy Trinity Cathedral and St Mary’s church in Parnell, we entered in three of our ensembles; the Chamber Orchestra, Concert Band and Big Band. Led by Mr Stuart Gibbs, our Chamber

In this series of articles, we find out about our student leaders, their backgrounds, roles and ambitions. Today we feature our Kaitiakitanga Prefects, Ellen Caudy and Christy Mathachan. Wishing to educate students regarding the benefits of including eco-friendly habits into our lives – Christy and Ellen have numerous goals as the Sancta Maria Kaitiakitanga Prefects

Our annual Assumption Mass was held in the Auditorium on Wednesday, 17 August to commemorate Mary getting assumed into heaven! The Mass, celebrated by Fr Sherwin, began with an opening welcome from Lavinia Shaba and Sean Carlos – our Deputy Head Prefects for Special Character. During the homily, we watched a short video from the

Wednesday, 8 June saw the Year 12’s gathering down in the Auditorium, buzzing with excitement for the awaited day: the Year 12 Retreat for 2022. Little did we know, however, that the day would be unlike other retreats we had had in the past. Led by Mr Schollum, Miss Samaeli, Mrs Heffernan, Miss Smith and

The annual Matangi Whenua Competition was held at Mt Albert Grammer school and two teams from Sancta Maria College competed in it. There were 17 teams from all over Auckland designed for Year 11 Geography students. There were two teams representing our school: Team 1: Lana Shaba, Hena Walls and Cyprus Causer Team 2: Kim

Poetry in Action came all the way from Sydney, Australia to Sancta Maria College, as part of their 2022 Schools Show Tour! Based primarily in Australia, Poetry in Action is a touring theatre company bringing poetry to life through dynamic and engaging performances. Their live School Tour across metropolitan and regional Australia as well as

Our Toloa Scholarship recipients had the opportunity to attend the Toloa Pacific STEAM Challenge (a challenge amongst Secondary Schools). It was a 2-day event on Friday 20 May 2022 and Saturday 21 May 2022 where The Ministry for Pacific Peoples, Vaka, Toloa and Young Enterprise brought Pasifika students and Polynesian communities altogether at the MIT