Upon entering the school on Pink Shirt Day (Friday 17 May 2024), there was a splash of pink that could be seen throughout the campus. From students and teachers wearing the pinkest of outfits, to decorated classrooms filled with pink balloons and signs that said “No Bullying.” So, what is the reason for all this? […]
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Sancta Maria College Vinnies were treated to a guest speaker (Lucia, Youth Co-Ordinator for Vinnies) who came into talk to our students about food insecurity on Wednesday 15 May 2024, kindly arranged by our special Year 12 & 13 Young Vinnies leaders (Max, Jemma, Hannah & Charbel). Thank you to our leaders for arranging this
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At the start of the year, all our Year 12 students completed a RYDA Road Safety course to help them be safer on the roads. RYDA had very positive feedback from their experience, with our students, so much so that they asked if we wanted to be involved in their ‘promo’ video. Fortunately, some of our
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In May 2024, Mia Makoare (Year 12) will be flying to Sydney, attending the NRL Indigenous Youth Leadership Summit. The focus is on indigenous culture, relating closely with the One Warriors NRL team. Luckily for us, we had a rare interview with Mia Makoare, so we could learn a little more about her experiences that
As a junior school leader our role in the school is to support senior House Prefects in presenting assemblies, creating house activities, and helping prepare the auditorium and meeting places for events. Friday 10 May was a special day, because our group of junior school leaders were blessed in our Friday Mass. This was a
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This year, the Sancta Maria Tōtara Hospice group mentored by Dr Laux is joining forces with the Sancta Maria College Young Vinnies community. This means more students can learn about the work Tōtara Hospice are doing for the South and South-East communities in Auckland. Tōtara Hospice mainly supports people of the community with life-limiting illnesses,
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On the chilly morning of Friday 3 May 2024, the Pompallier Candle was set ablaze, symbolising the start of the annual Pompallier Shield competition. This year, select students from Sancta Maria College and fifteen other Catholic schools in Auckland gathered to compete in various categories revolving around our Catholic faith. With the hosting school rotating
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Our Year 10 Social Science students impressed Howick Rotary Club with their display, in fact they were impressed with the overall standard of all displays that were presented over the course of this inaugural ANZAC Schools Display event. Event organiser, Andy Revans conveyed ‘We would like to thank you all for the hard work of
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We start with a quote from our 2024 Head Boy and Head Girl, Avram Taguinod and Jemma McGregor, “It costs nothing to love, so choose love, pursue your passions, and spend time with the people you cherish.” Avram and Jemma are our Head Boy and Head Girl for 2024. They are quite excited to be
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If you like to challenge yourself and you like reading books, the Readers Cup should come to your mind. It is an intense and close competition of a quiz for Year 9 students which began in the library at Sancta Maria College late in term 1. Five teams of avid readers fought for the winning place,
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