Apirana Taylor presented his poetry material to all our silenced senior students on 30 May 2024 – we enjoyed him reciting his poetry and sharing a little bit about himself and his life with us. After the presentation Apirana gave a focused workshop to a select group of students, in the Library’s Quiet Room. Apirana […]
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Congratulations to Meara Magsalay-Downie, Elizabeth Johnstone and Seline Nevado who participated in the Zonta Debate early June at the Howick Club. The girls debated against Botany Downs Secondary College and successfully negated the moot: This house believes that economic disadvantage is the greatest barrier for women. The girls have done our school proud by winning back
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Thank you to the Poetry in Action team who entertained us on Wednesday 5 June 2024 with their dynamic poetry performance, gripping us from the start with words of old. We saw some exciting performances from the shows, performed by only three actors – ‘The Power of Words’ and “Words of War’, which saw poetry come
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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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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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Nearing the end of the term the Year 9 retreat also known as the Encounter Day was run by the National Evangelisation Team. This event has been a yearly tradition for all year levels, allowing every student to reflect on their current progress and what they want to achieve in the coming year. This day
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Science Roadshow On the 25 and 26 April, students across Year 7-10 were able to enjoy the amazing interactive activities brought into school by the Science Roadshow team. These activities encouraged students to practise their problem-solving skills and explore things from a different point of view. The Science Roadshow started off with a show about
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In remembrance of ANZAC Day on the 25 April, Sancta Maria College was invited to create a visual and informative display for the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services Association (RSA) Howick to exhibit in the Howick Library. This task integrated into our Year 10 Social Sciences unit for term one – ‘Serving the Empire
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Our jazz department recently competed in the National Youth Jazz Competition in Tauranga. After rehearsing and practicing for weeks throughout the term our bands proudly performed their pieces and received outstanding awards. The 46th year of this annual competition consisted of 23 big bands and 48 combos competing, making the competition intense. Our school sent
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The Year 13 cohort were treated to a sneak peak of what it would be like to be at a university lecture when Dr Kevin Ward (Theology lecturer) of the University of Otago gave a talk about the religious landscape of Aotearoa New Zealand via a web call in F Block, during March this year.
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