On Monday 11 September, our school started the week and day with a liturgy to commemorate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori. The liturgy was held in the auditorium, with only a few homerooms attended whilst the rest of the school watched a live broadcast from their classrooms. The liturgy started off with representatives from […]
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On the 2 August 2023, the Year 13 Business Studies students had their annual market day. The market day provided an opportunity for the business students to sell their products to customers. After three months of preparation and hard work, their products were finally ready for sale. The nine businesses include Pup Culture, Cutlerings, CookiePlus,
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On 15 August 2023, a group of students from the Year 11 Geography class headed to Mount Albert Grammar to compete in the annual Maatangi Whenua Geography competition. The participants representing Sancta Maria College were Diego Carrillo Trevino, Malaika Mashego, Rayan Koz; along with Enzo Scaggiante for support. The competition consisted of eight rounds of
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“We’re on the same boat”. Eight Year 11 Sancta Maria College students attended the Pacific Island Leaders of Tomorrow (PILOT) programme, held at the University of Auckland (Manukau campus) on the 31 August 2023. The programme was led by a variety of people from different tertiary providers and involved two workshops which included health and
On 14 September 2023, ten Year 11 and 10 female students, who are interested in a career in IT, went to Southern Cross Travel Insurance to learn and experience a “day in the life” in this industry. Led by Alex Smart, the Chief Technology Officer, they talked with various female IT engineers, and learnt about how they reached the career they have
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Congratulations to all our students who participated in this year’s AIMS Games tournament held in Tauranga. We had 50 Year 7&8 students representing Sancta Maria College at this year’s event and we entered four team codes: boys’ basketball, boys’ football, girls’ football and girls’ netball. Congratulations to our basketball boys who placed 21st
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Johannah memories from the event: I originally made my dress for the school ball as part of an assessment. When we were told that there was an opportunity to enter our designs into the ‘Walk the Line’ fashion show competition, I participated so I could get an experience of modelling my own clothes on the
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Another annual music competition a success for Sancta Maria College students, making their presence heard at this year’s Stand Up Stand Out competition. Stand Up Stand Out is a competition that encourages students from around Auckland to showcase and improve their musical skills on the stage. This helps aspiring, young musicians to get the chance
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Eucharistic ministry is a very sacred ministry that few are called to do. The Eucharistic ministers assist the priest in distributing the precious body and blood of Christ (Holy Communion) to Catholics or giving a blessing to children (who have not yet received their sacrament of First Holy Communion) and blessing non-Catholic people who may
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Samoan Language Week was celebrated from 28 May – 3 June 2023 at Sancta Maria College. The week-long event schedule gave everyone the opportunity to experience and celebrate the bright and strong heritage of the Samoan Culture. From Monday to Thursday activities and performances were planned to showcase the energy and pride in their cultural
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