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Our annual Assumption Mass was held in the Auditorium on Wednesday, 17 August to commemorate Mary getting assumed into heaven! The Mass, celebrated by Fr Sherwin, began with an opening welcome from Lavinia Shaba and Sean Carlos – our Deputy Head Prefects for Special Character. During the homily, we watched a short video from the […]

Wednesday, 8 June saw the Year 12’s gathering down in the Auditorium, buzzing with excitement for the awaited day: the Year 12 Retreat for 2022. Little did we know, however, that the day would be unlike other retreats we had had in the past. Led by Mr Schollum, Miss Samaeli, Mrs Heffernan, Miss Smith and

The annual Matangi Whenua Competition was held at Mt Albert Grammer school and two teams from Sancta Maria College competed in it. There were 17 teams from all over Auckland designed for Year 11 Geography students. There were two teams representing our school: Team 1: Lana Shaba, Hena Walls and Cyprus Causer Team 2: Kim

Poetry in Action came all the way from Sydney, Australia to Sancta Maria College, as part of their 2022 Schools Show Tour! Based primarily in Australia, Poetry in Action is a touring theatre company bringing poetry to life through dynamic and engaging performances. Their live School Tour across metropolitan and regional Australia as well as

Our Toloa Scholarship recipients had the opportunity to attend the Toloa Pacific STEAM Challenge (a challenge amongst Secondary Schools). It was a 2-day event on Friday 20 May 2022 and Saturday 21 May 2022 where The Ministry for Pacific Peoples, Vaka, Toloa and Young Enterprise brought Pasifika students and Polynesian communities altogether at the MIT

In this Meet the Head Prefect series of articles, we find out about our student leaders, their backgrounds, roles, and ambitions. Today we feature our Waitemata Prefects, Mikaela Lai and Seamus O’Rouke. They see their House Prefect roles as a gift and wanted to become a leader towards their peers and younger students so that

In May, Year 11 student Cyprus Causer took part in the 2022 Race Unity Speech Competition; a speech competition for students in Years 11, 12, and 13 with a central goal of discovering how we can make New Zealand racism-free. The competition partners with the Baha’i community and NZ Police, as well the NZ Human

In this Meet the Head Prefects series of articles, we find out about our student leaders, their backgrounds, roles, and ambitions. Today we feature our Kororareka Prefects, Jerseyleigh Gallardo and Jaden Latay. Our Kororareka Prefects started with an aim… “We hope to bring those in our house closer together – building tighter bonds and overall

Initiated last year, the Special Character week is a week-long celebration of our school’s feast day – The Visitation. During this week, many activities are organised, amongst these was a vigil to pray for those affected by the shootings in America, a Sausage sizzle, Feast Day Mass, ‘Bring anything but a bag’, performances and a

Our school has held its first-ever Matariki Liturgy in the Auditorium on Tuesday after assembly! The liturgy began with an explanation of Matariki by Mr. Bacon followed by the opening prayer by Mr. Tamayo. The readings were led by students with Maori descent. There was also a procession of 9 candles to symbolise the 9