Our kura came together on Wednesday 29 October to celebrate and honour the hard work, dedication and academic achievements of our senior students. Congratulations to the following senior students for their service, inspiration and dedication to our special character this year: Charbel Alboutros Kathrina Casandra Bacay Destin Barte Audrey Basilio Diego Carrillo Trevino Kimberley De […]
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Year 11 Awards Anthony Abi Mansour Diligence in English for Academic Purposes Samantha Avis Outstanding Service to School Diligence in English and Digital Technologies Lucas Barros Diligence in Technology Multi Materials Travis Brown Service to School – Twilight Festival Student Committee Liam Burton Service to School Peer Support Leaders Diligence in English Gabriella Clifford Service
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In an historical first, Sancta Maria College won the prestigious Year 10 Auckland Mathex Competition at the Barfoot & Thompson Stadium, beating 120 other Auckland teams. Surpassing a previous best of (around) 7th place, the team of Wan Yao, Amelie Chan, Keilan Ngan Woo Matoha and Isabella Lee (Runner) reached the total of 100 points
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2025 National Jazz Competition: Sancta Maria College Big band: Gold Award Sancta Maria Stage Band: Bronze Award Jazz Combo Mom’s Spaghetti: Silver Award Jazz Combo Big Kahuna Burger: Silver Award Jazz Combo Royale with Cheese: Bronze Award Jazz Combo Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster: Emerging Award 2025 Jazz and Blues Competition: Big band received a Gold Award
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Our school celebrated Library Week, with fun activities for both students and staff. Each day, there was something different to get involved in, and there were prizes up for grabs too! We started off the week by designing and creating our own bookmarks during lunchtime. It was a chance to get creative and make something
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Monday 24 March and Tuesday 25 March was time for the annual Science Roadshow. Our junior students were blessed with two fascinating shows: Ballons and Bernoulli and Planet earth, in between these two shows we were given an independent learning opportunity. The first show explored the magic of pressure; a highlight from this segment was
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Three of our Symphonia players attended a workshop in conducting mid-March at the Somervell Church in Remuera. Working with the Bach Musica orchestra and choir, the course was led by conductor Rita Paczian. Our Performing Arts Music Prefect Martina Sanchez was joined by two of our Year 8 Music Leaders, Joanna Ma and Katherine Chiang.
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During week 7, all Year 8 students went to the Auckland Botanic Gardens as part of their science unit. At the Botanic Gardens we worked in groups, planted succulents, learned about plant adaptations, had a great adventure and lots of fun! For our first session, we learnt about the life cycle of plants and how
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Congratulations to the students recognised for their 2024 academic success during our recent Academic Honours Assembly. Students were recognised for their success in NCEA and rewarded for their high-level thinking and countless hours of hard work throughout the year. The following remarkable students achieved: SILVER academic badge for achieving Level 1 Merit endorsed (50 or above,
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Congratulations to our 2024 NCEA Scholarship candidates. These students have achieved in the top 3% of their subject nationally. Special congratulations to our 2024 Dux, Benjamin Botting, for his three scholarships, and our Proxime Accessit, Albin Paulson, for gaining two. This was an excellent end to an outstanding school career for both of these young
