On the 11, 18 and 19th of May the year 8 cohort were lucky enough to get a guided tour of Te pane o mataoho, or Mangere Mountain. This trip was a double whammy of science and social studies, science because the mountain is an extinct volcano, and social studies because of the rich Maori […]
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On Tuesday, the 25th of May, the year eleven art students went to the Auckland War Memorial Museum and the Winter Gardens in Auckland Domain. First, we visited the museum to take photographs and find inspiration for upcoming pieces. The museum was filled with beautiful pieces of the world’s past. The Roman era elements all
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On the 11th of May, some lucky students from our chess club skipped school to compete in a Chess Power Cluster tournament at Somerville Intermediate. Competing in both the Intermediate (Yr 7-8) and senior (Yr 9 – 13) division, Sancta maria returned back to school with better minds and excellent results. The tournament lasted the
Sancta Maria College’s Special Character week was filled with competition and excitement among classrooms. House points and various prizes were up for grabs! Every day during homeroom, students were given the opportunity to complete a number of activities ranging from crosswords, word finds and colouring sheets which were related to ‘Mary and The Visitation’. For
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On Thursday lunch, the Worship band was invited to perform a couple songs in the amphitheater to do a praise and worship for Special Character week. As part of the band, it was a fun way to showcase our talents and worship God. We played “How Great is Our God” followed by “Shout to the
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During Special Character Week Sancta Maria held our very popular Talent Quest. This took place in the Auditorium at approximately 1-3. There were many talented students performing. This amazing event was filled with singing and dancing. The audience was enthusiastic and enjoyed the show. After the 11 performances there was a dance battle between every
To finish of Special Character Week, Friday lunch was filled with music coming from the loud voices of the competitive students in the auditorium! Year 13 House Prefects were creative and set up a ‘Pitch Perfect’ style riff-off! There were so many fun categories and everyone had a great time.
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Starting early on Monday 17th May 2021, several schools across the North Island assembled in the Victory Convention Centre in Auckland for the annual World Vision Youth Conference. The main goal of the conference was to ignite passion in the hearts of young leaders across New Zealand. Nine 40 Hour Famine Student Committee leaders were
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Year 7-10 students were treated with a quite nice surprise on Tuesday, where a NZ famous author, Gareth Ward, AKA ‘The Great Wardini’, visited the students. He showed us a very exciting presentation of his life, past, and how he wrote his books. It took him one long while to get him to where he
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On the 25th of April, Mr Green along with 17 Prefects represented Sancta Maria College at Stockade Hill to commemorate those who served in the First World War, and those who passed. The Chairman of the Howick Local Board, Adele White, presented a welcoming speech to those gathered here and reminded us of our history. Followed
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