On Saturday, 18 May 2024, Auckland Girls’ Grammar was abuzz with excitement and anticipation as it hosted the Manukau Rockquest heats for 2024. This year, two of our school’s bands—Chopstix and The Jazz Ducks demonstrated their musical passion and prowess in this esteemed competition. Smokefree Rockquest, an annual event, serves to inspire young musicians to […]
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Polyfest is an annual, four-day event held in Manukau’s Sport Bowl that showcases traditional dances, music, and songs from different Pacific Island cultures from Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Niue, and Māori. It caters for 100,000 visitors each year and involves a competition for secondary schools in Auckland, aimed at showcasing cultural identity and bringing schools
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At the start of the year, all our Year 12 students completed a RYDA Road Safety course to help them be safer on the roads. RYDA had very positive feedback from their experience, with our students, so much so that they asked if we wanted to be involved in their ‘promo’ video. Fortunately, some of our
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This year, the Sancta Maria Tōtara Hospice group mentored by Dr Laux is joining forces with the Sancta Maria College Young Vinnies community. This means more students can learn about the work Tōtara Hospice are doing for the South and South-East communities in Auckland. Tōtara Hospice mainly supports people of the community with life-limiting illnesses,
A busy start of the year for the Young Vinnies Hospice group Read More »
On the chilly morning of Friday 3 May 2024, the Pompallier Candle was set ablaze, symbolising the start of the annual Pompallier Shield competition. This year, select students from Sancta Maria College and fifteen other Catholic schools in Auckland gathered to compete in various categories revolving around our Catholic faith. With the hosting school rotating
The light of Pompallier Shield continues to shine bright Read More »
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
ANZAC display boards impressed Read More »
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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Sancta Maria College’s Youth Ministry Group participated in the “Praise and Pizza” event during term 1 of 2024 hosted at St. Peter’s College, alongside 15 other Catholic schools from the Auckland Diocese. The event started with a special Mass led by St. Peter’s chaplain, involving different students from different colleges. After that, it was time
Praise and Pizza connecting youth Read More »
Sancta Maria College students came together to support the Caring foundation and raised over $1000 by donating a dollar and wearing mufti on the 21 March 2024! The Caring foundation is a Catholic organisation who help the poor and spread the gospel – our generous donation will go a long way in supporting their cause.
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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
Year 10 Social Sciences ANZAC Day boards proudly displayed Read More »
