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Albert Einstein said, “Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding.” For ten Sancta Maria College students, this quote was put into action with a community of young people from around New Zealand coming together for the 2019 Secondary School, Peace Symposium.

The Big Band, led by Mr Cho, performed 5 pieces at the Uxbridge Centre on Friday evening. They played Tweet Fatigue, Easy Money, Give up the Funk, and with Daniella Joven, the group’s talented vocalist, So Danco Samba and When I fall in Love.

Yet again, another astonishing performance from the music students at the Uxbridge Centre in Howick on Friday, when our Symphony Orchestra performed at midday. The Orchestra was conducted by Mr Stuart Gibbs (Head of Department of Music). Not only did the Orchestra perform at that time, but also small quartets and groups (String and Choral Ensemble, Flute Trio, Clarinet Quintet, and String and Flute Ensemble) who all played magnificently.

An unforgettable and memorable retreat was held for a group of 15 Year 12 and Year 13 students, starting after school on Wednesday and concluding 48 hours later. Deus Tempus means “God’s Time”, and this retreat gave the students a chance to take a step back from the real world’s time and into God’s time. The voluntary retreat gave these senior students the opportunity to reflect and learn more about themselves, their spiritual journey, as well as their faith journey.

Sancta Maria C7 netball team took a novel approach to training last week as they prepared for the first day of the competition round. All teams gave their all, showing determination, perseverance and great teamwork! A highlight game was that of Sancta Maria C9 against Sancta Maria C8, with Sancta Maria C9 taking out the win 24-7.

With the start of the second round of pool play our Rugby 1st XV came across Sacred Heart College as their oppositon with the game being played on a great day weather wise at SHC. The team were given a game plan by the coaches which was to be strong defensively from the kick-off and kick for territory and attack from there.

With grading round now over, the competitions have begun. Teams have now been placed in their appropriate grade. SMNC saw fabulous results. It is a very positive beginning in the competition round. Two Sancta teams played each other, Sancta J6 vs Sancta J7. Read on for the results from this Saturday’s games.

The 2019 East and South Auckland Year 9 Readers Cup took place at Alfriston College on June 26. Sancta Maria College was represented by five students – Jaiden Beltran, David Locke, Sarah McCormick, Hyejin Park and Trinity Tuineau. These students were chosen earlier in the term after a tie-breaker, demonstrating their reading skills through answering a series of questions based on two novels and two short stories.

Despite a long and shaky 5-hour drive, the Year 13 History trip to the Bay of Islands was well-enjoyed by all who attended. The focus of the trip was the New Zealand Northland Wars, where the native Maori tribes from the Bay of Islands were brought into conflict with the British settlers. This conflict centred around different understandings of land, authority and ownership.

This term for science, students from 8BRN, 8CLE, 8DNN and 8LIS have been working with the Wonder Project completing the Rocket Challenge. Each class was allocated an ambassador who helped us learn about things like Newton’s Three Laws, aerodynamics, air pressure, centre of pressure (we needed the centre of pressure to be back towards the fins) and gave us ideas on how to modify our rockets.