Our chess team displayed a great effort at the East Auckland Secondary Interschools chess competition. Held at Bucklands Beach Memorial Hall, our players fought valiantly against the tough competition, achieving some impressive feats. The playing field was tough, with over 80 players in 22 different teams. With the time set at 15 minutes and 5 […]
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Sancta Maria’s music department hit great success at this year annual KBB festival. The countless hours of practice and rehearsals have been exemplified through the impressive results across all our bands. This year we sent four groups, including our Big Band, Symphonia, Concert Band and Stage Band, all winning silver or bronze awards. Held all
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Early August 2024, the Year 13 geography students went on an overnight trip to Rotorua to collect data and gain knowledge for their upcoming internal and external assessments on tourism development in Rotorua. The two jam packed days consisted of visiting local attractions like Te Puia, the 3D Trick Art Gallery, the Rotorua lakefront, Redwoods
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We welcomed our returning students and a number of new short term international students into our school whānau at the start of term 1. As a welcome to New Zealand and to help bond our international team, they enjoyed an afternoon at Cockle Bay beach – our students experienced fish and chips (some for the
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Last term, the Sancta Maria College Senior Choir performed at the Big Sing, a competition where choirs from schools across Auckland, united by their love and passion for music and singing, come together not only to compete but to celebrate the skill of one another. At the competition, our Senior Choir performed three pieces; Cantar
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Matariki celebrations were held throughout the school from 24-27 June 2024, culminating in our first ever fundraising dinner we hosted on Thursday evening to help raise money for our new kapa haka uniforms. Tuesday Tēnei te mihi nui ki a koutou o Vector – thank you Vector for hosting our kapa haka today who performed
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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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On Thursday, 20 June 2024, our Year 7 and 8 Literacy Acceleration classes went on a trip to the Aotea Centre to watch the National Youth Theatre’s production of ‘Joseph’. This trip was made even more exciting as one of Sancta Maria College students, Kish Bassi, was in the show! Kish performed as an Ishmaelite
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On 20 June 2024, a group of nine students from the Sancta Maria College Young Vinnies Hospice attended the annual Volunteer long service recognition lunch at Tōtara Hospice in Manurewa. The students acompanied by Dr Laux performed two songs as part of the ceremony. They proudly represented and introduced the school by singing Tenei te
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This year’s annual feast day was a most memorable one. For the 20th year anniversary, our most special Mass was held at St Patrick’s Cathedral, presided by Bishop Stephen Lowe. It was a fantastic and momentous occasion, especially as it had been 10 years since our last visit to the Cathedral. This event, held on
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