An exciting development has seen the SMC Lions Garden set up during the last school break with the plaque fixed in place this week. The partnership between Lions Papatoetoe and Sancta Maria College over the past 5 years has seen several service activities being shared: Tree planting at Totara Park, Manukau Trust Environment Days, the annual […]
The Year 9 retreat, led by the Logos team, was both fun and interesting. The theme was We are the Church. We completed five activities that we did in rotation throughout the day. One of the activities was learning about saints. We focused on two saints and also on the venerable Suzanne Aubert. We first
October is the month of Breast Cancer Awareness and Rona Sabinada, a Year 12, has put herself forward to show her support for the Breast Cancer Foundation. Her support goes far and wide where she had organised “Sewing for a Cause”, a project that took place in the holidays in the College’s Soft Tech room.
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The 2020 SMC Virtual Cultural Festival is fast approaching, and in this series of articles we will be introducing the performances we have prepared. Today, we will be introducing the Senior Samoan Cultural group. The Senior Samoan Group involves students from Years 11-13, led by Miriama Magele–Rees, the 2020 group leader and tutor. These girls have been working very hard, twice a week to showcase
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Just before the school break, a group of 32 senior students were finally able to sit their learner drivers licence test. It had originally been set for the 14th of August, but unfortunately, only a few days before the test was set to be taken, the country went into lockdown as a result of Covid-19.
Tuesday morning was filled with excitement and elation as the Year 8 students were ready to leave for camp. When they arrived at Camp Adair in Hunua, the students prepared for an entertaining outdoor experience involving many fun and challenging activities. On the first day, the students had a choice to participate in the mudslide. The mudslide was enjoyed by many as
The 2020 SMC Virtual Cultural Festival is fast approaching, and in this series of articles we will be introducing the performances we have prepared. Today, we will be introducing the Junior Samoan Cultural group. If there is one group you should be looking forward to in our 2020 Cultural Festival, it is the promising Junior
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The 2020 SMC Virtual Cultural Festival is fast approaching, and in this series of articles we will be introducing the performances we have prepared. Today, we will be introducing the Junior Indian Cultural group. As a group of three, Akshita Ann Joby, Anna Sajan and Roya Mannaparambil make up the Junior Indian Cultural Group. All
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In an undefeated season, College 2 joined Intermediate 2 as the Inaugural SMC 3×3 Basketball Champions in a close finals game against College 6. Throughout the round-robin phase College 2 remained undefeated with 16 wins and 2 draws coming to Playoffs Week as the top seed and one of two teams set to win the
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Our Year 10 Textiles students have created comfy cushions as part of a school community initiative to reuse textiles materials as well as making the ground softer and warmer during cold mornings. Students often arrive early to school to share stories, finish homework and relax before the school day begins, and now they can do
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