On Friday, July 5, 8GNS had a delicious Obentoo Japanese lunch. We had chosen our order and Kevern Sensei brought it in for us at Friday lunch time in CU1. I ordered a chicken teriyaki bento box with two spring rolls, 1 dumpling, rice, pasta and delicious marinated chicken teriyaki.
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Wow what a movie! Today the Year 8s had our Pink Day reward. We got to watch a movie and have either a shared lunch or pizza.
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From US politics to Nazi Germany, Sancta Maria College’s two Year 13 history scholarship students spent Wednesday learning about the role of populism as a historical force. Zoe Chou and Danica Loulie-Wijtenburg joined with students from 28 other Auckland schools to discuss, analyse and dissect this provocative topic at the University of Auckland’s (UoA) Social Sciences Building. This fantastic event was organised by the Auckland History Teachers’ Association in conjunction with the UoA student-led History Society.
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Year 8 student, Hayden Waters, has been selected to represent Northern Districts Under 14 Development team at the 2019 New Zealand Junior Interprovincial Indoor Cricket Tournament being held 12-15 July.
Hayden to represent Northern Districts Read More »
On Tuesday, some of the Year 8 students were selected to visit the AUT Millennium Centre in Rosedale. We had a range of activities such as kayaking, rock climbing, water safety and team building/track and field. Nestle provided us with a healthy lunch and a talk about the importance of having a balanced diet.
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Yesterday 8BRN had their French Breakfast. The class had been divided into groups of 5 and had organised the whole breakfast themselves from food to decorations. The groups had each chosen a teacher to invite to the breakfast as a guest.
Tasty breakfast for 8BRN Read More »
1st XI Football Boys had a great result against top of the Table Pukekohe as they drew 3-3 to keep the boys in contention for a top 4 finish. The boys showed true character as they were 3-0 down at half time and came back to draw 3-3.
2017 Sancta Maria College graduate, James Joblin, recently returned to the College to give a speech to our senior students on studying the humanities at Otago University. He spoke about the opportunities the University offers to school-leavers. In particular, the international dispersion of humanities graduates was a focus: like the Archaeology alumni in Spain and Philosophy alumni in France.
Studying in the far south Read More »
Samoa is a dream holiday destination for many, but 20 members of our Sancta Maria community are lucky enough to be spending 10 days in the beautiful country. The 2019 Sancta Maria Samoa Outreach Tour left Auckland this Wednesday morning, and will be returning on July 13. The 17 students and 3 teachers have all been busily preparing for months for this exciting opportunity.
Imagine a world where you could only eat small grasshoppers or black beetles? Well this is the vision for Dutch-New Zealand naturalist and entomologist, Ruud Kleinpaste.
