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This year’s KBB Festival was a spectacular event for the musical ensembles of many Auckland schools and Sancta Maria College was no exception, with our Big Band, Concert Band and Chamber Orchestra all picking up awards.

The school is donating eight boxes of books to Mt Eden Prison library. They are expanding their library and are keen to add some more young adult fiction to their collection.

The Y7&8 hockey girls set off from Sancta Maria College, ready for a big day of hockey at North Harbour Hockey grounds. This is the first Sancta Maria girls’ hockey team to win through to an Auckland inter zone competition.

Our Concert Band was the last of our three ensembles to perform at the KBB Festival under the expert direction of Mr Arthur.

A fast start and determined defending saw Sancta Maria College defeat Rutherford High School 24-12 to claim the 1C rugby title.

Sancta Maria College’s Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Mr Gibbs, was the first of our school ensembles to take part in this year’s KBB Music Festival.

Every Tuesday afternoon from 3:30-5:00pm, the Gym welcomes students from Year 7-10 to the badminton after school programme.

The photographer called out ‘ROAR’ and at that moment an image was captured.

The second year of our in-house debating competition saw Ethan Rogacion, Joseph George and Jamie Nguyen win the top prize.

During International Languages Week we welcomed a small group of 19 senior high students and two staff from Nagasaki Junshin Catholic Girls’ High School to Sancta Maria College for afternoon class exchanges with Year 8, 9 and10 Japanese language students.