Maia Tay-Morrison

On the first weekend of the Term 2 holidays, a group of students from Sancta Maria College competed in the New Zealand Karate Cup tournament at the Auckland Netball Centre in St Johns. They participated in both Kata (flowing form/technique) and Kumite (sparring/fighting) events. In an incredibly successful tournament, all 5 girls posed with Grant […]

As a 40 Hour Famine fundraiser, Sancta Maria College and our neighbours: Botany Downs Secondary College, came together for the Nachtmusik Concert. Our students were welcomed at Botany Downs Performing Arts Centre and were greeted with a full house. Botany Downs Secondary College had their Orchestra, Choir, Chamber Ensemble, and Jazz Band perform on this

At the end of the term, Year 8s got to experienced their own retreat! Not only were friendships strengthened, memories made, and some lessons learnt, but the Year 8s also had a few giggles and laughs along the way! The retreat was held in our auditorium and chapel by the LOGOS group – A Marist

On June 30th, the Year 10s were participating in careers day. This day was filled with 5 unique, attention grabbing stations which were run by different people, and all of these helped us to get a grasp of some possible career options in the future. One of the stations was about Financial Literacy, where the

29th of June was our first ever Special Character assembly. During this we had a short skit about how we are like God although we are all unique. This was followed by a lovely ballad performed by the Sanctus Choir. Afterwards, awards were handed out to the individuals who were commissioned to become new Eucharistic

In the early hours of Tuesday, the 22 June, Sanctus Choir were buzzing with excitement and nerves as they loaded onto the bus. Headed towards the Town Hall for the Big Sing Regionals, the major event that Sanctus has been working towards for the year. After a quick refresh the singers were seated and watched

Two Level 3 Biology classes were given the opportunity to attend Massey University for a hands-on experience in a science lab. There, they had the chance to perform Gel Electrophoresis, which was a technique they learnt for an Internal Standard in Term 1. This technique is used to separate DNA into fragments according to their

Starting mid Term 2, our Young Vinnies team organized a can drive for Auckland St Vincent De Paul Society. With amazing promotion, some volunteers went around every second homeroom to collect these cans! As a bonus to this, every person who brought in 5 cans received a house point and the homeroom with the most

On Wednesday the Year 12s had the privilege to hear from Mohammed, an Islamic teacher. This visit from the Islamic community was to educate us about their religion. The Year 12s are to compare and contrast Catholicism and a chosen religion for our internal assessment. The Islamic religion is among the options. The main focus

On Tuesday the 22nd of June, from 6:15pm till 8pm the majority of year 11-13 students arrived at the Sancta Maria auditorium. Inside there were stalls with information on any career option you could imagine; from trades, to university courses, to priesthood, to makeup. As well as many stalls, there were talks hosted by the