Senior Prizegiving 2020 celebrated the success of the many students who have worked hard throughout this tough year. Congratulations to all the students who received an award and especially to the recipients of the Special Awards. Special Award Winners Nicky McHugh Memorial Scholarship Jack Farrell Catherine Cooney Memorial Scholarship Jade Faulkner Delvin Godinet Award Le […]
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A group of Year 9 and 10 French students came home with major wins from the Auckland Junior French Speech competition held at Auckland Normal Intermediate last week. The rewards were well deserved as these students spent the past few weeks preparing, memorising and fine tuning their speeches with guidance from Madame Read. The topic
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Our Butterfly Garden is getting a fresh makeover with a splash of colour, thanks to the ongoing support of Bunnings, Botany. Last week, our loyal gardeners cleaned up the garden and by the end of the week, Bunnings kindly donated a variety of plants such as petunias, swan plants and lavender bushes to attract more
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Congratulations to Mikaela Bangalan of 8BRN for winning the Mask Poster competition! Students were given the opportunity to make a poster to share their awareness of the harm surgical masks are creating to wildlife if not disposed properly. As we are using an increasing amount of disposable masks to protect us from COVID-19, we are
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Although seniors are fast approaching study leave and the end of the school year, things were not quite over for eight, maths-loving Year 12s. On a late Friday afternoon, two teams of four left SMC headed for Pakuranga College to compete against other schools in the East Auckland CalcEx competition. First starting in 2017, CalcEx
After an anxious wait for the Year 12’s, the selection of the prefects for 2021 were announced on Wednesday, before the Year 13 giveback assembly. These are the prefects for 2021: Head prefects: Head Girl – Gemma Holt Head Boy – Felix Cheng Deputy Head Prefects: Deputy Head Girl, Special Character – Sydney Causer
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Five Year 7 and Year 8 students were chosen to compete in a debating competition at Howick Intermediate. It was a great experience and introduction to debating for them while taking time off school in this challenging year. There were six schools participating, all determined to take the trophy back home! There were three debates,
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Miss Bradley’s Year 12 and Year 13 Geo class left school at 7.30am to head to Muriwai Beach for the day. The trip had been postponed multiple times as a result of New Zealand’s lockdowns, and it was a relief for students to finally be able to start their internal. It was a sunny but
Even though 2020 has been a challenging and eventful year, Sancta Maria College was still able to send two teams to compete in the annual Kids’ Lit Quiz competition. Each team consisted of four Year 7 and 8 students that were passionate about reading and books. Kids’ Lit Quiz is a worldwide competition about literature
As the Year 8s arrived at D block with smiles and colourful clothes on a beautiful Thursday morning, the bell rang to start our second Reflective School Retreat, organised by the Year 8 Teachers and the Logos team. All the Year 8 homerooms walked without a sound towards the Gym, where they were greeted with
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