Blake NZ-VR came to Sancta to educate us about our oceans. The 1-hour session kept us engaged, taking us on a tour of our oceans, showing us how they are changing. Just sitting on our seat in a classroom using VR headsets we got 360˚ videos which were so realistic that we felt like holding […]
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With additional bin stations being placed around the school following last term’s student survey, four of our students gathered together to come up with ideas on how we could educate more students and teachers to use the bins correctly. Following a brainstorming of ideas, we produced a display which can be viewed in the Library.
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For two days in the July holidays, 46 Year 11 Sancta Maria College students attended a Level 2 Digital Literacy course at Techtorium in Newmarket organised by our Careers Department. The first day was spent with tutors Sam and Danielle learning about computer components and expanding knowledge of which ones would be best to select
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28 students from year 10 were chosen as middle school leaders for 2020. This involved an application from many contenders aspiring to be chosen in the leadership role. They will go on to assist in different areas of the school. Congratulations to these students who have been selected as middle school leaders: House leaders –
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As Peer Support Leaders, we welcome our younger peers into SMC – helping them adjust to college life in a positive light. Our role is to support them as an older brother or sister, strengthening the school community by creating bonds between year levels. The Year 11 Peer Support leaders have undergone extensive preparation to
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Our Year 13 and year 12 History classes have been on a journey not only through the country but also through time on their trip to Northland. The purpose of the trip was to unravel the founding moments of the country that 5 million of us call home. Along this journey, we met several people
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Thursday and Friday saw Year 7-10 students experience the Science Roadshow in the Auditorium. The Science Roadshow is a fun way of learning about Science in a different environment where students explore and learn from the various hands-on activities. There were two shows and an interactive exhibition from which the students could see how Science
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In this series of articles, we introduce you to our Peer Support Leaders for 2020, and their perspectives on providing support for younger students. Today, we get to know two of our year 12 leaders, Maddison and Amanda. Meet two of our Y12 Peer Support leaders for 2020, Maddison Blincoe and Amanda Brabant. Maddison is
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Congratulations to our Mountain Biking squad who competed at Waitawa Regional Park last weekend! U13 – Jason Cooper U14 – Bostyn Strachan and James Darby U15 – Lucas Cooper U17 – Reuben Cooper Jason clinched 2nd place, Lucas 4th and in his age category, Reuben placed 6th. The next race is on the 9th of
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Peer support leaders are back on track visiting Year 7 and 8 homerooms again after putting their valued work on hold for the duration of the Covid-19 lockdown. The Year 11 leaders are organised into groups of about five and each group has a Year 7 homeroom which they will continue to visit every Friday
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