Chloe Ferrera (Year 9) has had an impressive year of Karate competitions which she has trained hard for and has even taken her to international locations. She participated in United Arab Emirates earlier in the year and was placed 7th in the world for Youth league 2023. An impressive achievement alone, however Chloe continued her […]
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Students from Sancta Maria College attended the Taekwon-Do New Zealand Nationals at Trust Stadium, Henderson from 29-30 July 2023. There were over 300 competitors participating from across New Zealand over the two-day event. The students represented the Counties Manukau region and performed the following results: Merryn Raukura: won 1 gold medal and 1 bronze medal.
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Secondary School Tough Guy and Gal Challenge took place at Kumeu Showgrounds on Thursday, 3 August 2023 with over 20 schools and 1000 students participating. The course includes water trails, a spider’s web net climb, mud slide, crawl under barbed wire, a tricky wire rope bridge, native bush trails, paddock running, swamp crossing and more
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On 4 August 2023, 9CLE were very fortunate to go on a trip to Jean Hamilton’s farm in Karaka to participate in the Trees for Survival planting day. Trees for Survival is a charitable trust which works with local schools and communities across Aotearoa to provide opportunities for children to make a difference while learning
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On Thursday 27 July 2023, ten of our schools’ junior leaders took part in a leadership conference held at Mission Heights Junior College. It was truly a day of experiences where we met new people from other schools and delved deeper into issues for our youth. We were organised into ten groups, each with one
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Now comes the time of the year for our school to join in celebrating the Feast of the Assumption. This was a significant day for the College to commemorate the belief that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was assumed into heaven, body and soul, at the end of her earthly life. It links to our
Blake NZVR came to our school to educate and captivate us. Immersing us through our diverse New Zealand coastline. With VR headsets, we explored ‘looking up, down, and all around’ our beautiful country! Witnessing marvels of the ocean, we saw thriving marine ecosystems giving us a visual representation of what we’re studying in class. Seeing
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On 9 May 2023, as part of the Physical Education & Health internal assessment, Social Responsibility, the Year 12 cohort attended leisure activities at Paradice Ice Skating, Timezone and Gravity. Divided into three groups, they went on buses to each of the activities, with each group rotating around to the different places. The purpose of
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On Wednesday 14 June 2023, many of our Hato Maria whānau gathered in BG4 for the opportunity to see what has been happening at Sancta Maria College for our Māori students and to collect some feedback. Making fried bread for all of the visitors was the first task of the afternoon to show manaakitanga to
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During the chilly afternoon on Wednesday, 9 August 2023, our Year 9 students were fortunate enough to host a group of exchange students from Itoshima High School in Fukuoka, Japan. Waiting in anticipation at the entrance of Sancta Maria College, the Year 9s watched intently as twenty Japanese students arrived during lunchtime. After arriving at
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