At the end of Special Character Week, Sancta Maria College held its annual Caritas Challenge; an after-school event that encouraged students to reflect on gratitude, compassion, and the struggles faced by others around the world. In preparation for the challenge, students fasted from food and water from 11:30am on the day of the challenge, showing […]
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This term, our Year 11 and 12 Peer Support Leaders have been focusing on helping our Year 7’s and 8’s build strong friendships and understand communication in relation to peer pressure. While our senior students are taking advantage of their Thursday late start, our Peer Support Leaders use this time for their Feedback-Feedforward sessions, where
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On the Tuesday 27 – Friday 30 May 2025, our school held our annual Special Character Week with an awesome set of activities to celebrate our school’s special character. For the four days, unique events were held to remind us of our school’s special identity and charism. On Tuesday, the prefects organised a house charity
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In March 2025, Joshua De Guzman left the classroom behind, bound for the Sub-Antarctic Islands. Aboard the HMNZS Canterbury, he embarked on a rare expedition grounded in science, service, and guardianship. Over twelve days, from 1- 12 March, he joined a select cohort supported by BLAKE Expeditions, the New Zealand Defence Force, and the Department
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The author of The Last Fallen Star and Dreamslinger, Graci Kim, visited our school on 23 May 2025. She is a wonderful, kind and cheerful person, and for an hour, she shared insights into her life—her successes, her failures, and how she became an author. Graci spoke about the importance of failure, seeing it not
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On May 20, our Wellbeing prefects, Greer Sullivan and Raliemon Lopez announced wellbeing week was to spread awareness and raise funds for Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand and Breast Cancer, with several activities planned throughout the week. We packed this week with fun events like pie in the face and even had pink shirt
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Early Monday morning (19 May 2025), ‘Play It Strange’ hosted a workshop in Sancta Maria College to show their upcoming content. Play It Strange is a not-for-profit organisation founded by Split Enz band member, Mike Chunn, aimed at providing young musicians a voice for delivering their music. Through the organisation, it manages annual competitions, encouraging
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Hosted by MIT, some of our Food Technology students, entered in the Culinary Competition held earlier this week. Based in a professional kitchen, students were tasked with cooking dishes, they had previously planned and prepared for earlier in a set time under strict guidelines. Gold award – Jannina Matanguihan – live Pasta Silver award –
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Friday 16 May 2025, a dazzling moonlit night noting the highlight of the senior year. The event most teenagers grow excited waiting for, dressing up, getting hair, makeup, lashes, and nails done for the night of the year. Hosted at Ellerslie Convention Centre was this year’s Sancta Maria College “City of Stars” Senior Ball. Accompanied
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In the very early hours of 7 April 2025, our Jazz music students headed down to Tauranga to compete in the 47th National Youth Jazz Competition. This marks a milestone for our school, as it is the first time we entered SIX different bands, all of who performed remarkably well. The competition brought together schools
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