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We are kick-starting our ‘Insider look into SMC life’ project with the introduction of the wonderful and talented person behind all music events, activities and rising musicians, Mr Stuart Gibbs – the Head of Music. Mr Gibbs works tirelessly to accommodate and encourage the growing Music department at Sancta Maria College. He has a large […]

Congratulations to Fiona Sheng and Ava Neems for their top ten finishes representing Sancta at the 2022 Eastern Zone Championships. The Championships for 2022 were held at the Lagoon and Leisure Centre, Panmure. Due to Covid restrictions no relays were held, and heats were excluded this year. This resulted in straight-timed finals, so there were

In this series of articles, we find out about our student leaders, their backgrounds, roles and ambitions. Today we feature our Community Deputy Head Prefects, Samara Anubhav and Adrian Vargas. Determined, Samara and Adrian saw a chance to make an impact at Sancta Maria College. This drove their desire to become a prefect. They saw

In this series of articles, we find out about our student leaders, their backgrounds, roles and ambitions. Today we feature our Special Character Deputy Head Prefects, Sean Carlos and Lavinia Shaba. Sean and Lavinia are exemplary students taking on the role of arranging masses, enunciating prayers at assemblies, and many more activities associated with Special

The time for Year 12 students to step up and become supporting leaders of the College has arrived! Mr Camp has created a leadership opportunity to reinforce and hone the stewardship of students to enable positive change throughout the school. Intended to provide an opportunity to work alongside other leaders and allow new initiatives to

On a very cool Wednesday morning, the Year 13s set up for retreat at Eastern Beach. Despite an early start, the seniors get a day off from their normal school lives to reflect and learn from God. As a yearly tradition, our seniors get the chance to have Mass on the beach as the sun

In this series of articles, we find out about our student leaders, their backgrounds, roles and ambitions. Today we feature our Head Prefects, Paris Stephens and Ethan Rogacion. Making the school a more welcome and inclusive place and getting students more involved in school life are just some of the many goals that Ethan and

Enable lives of dignity and hope by eliminating injustice and poverty, inspired and guided by the Gospels of Jesus and Catholic social teaching, and a loving personal encounter with people in need Caritas is a Catholic organisation that works for Justice, Peace, and Development. They wish for a world free of poverty and injustice by

After weeks of studying the brain and its functions, two Year 8 classes had the opportunity to partake in an exciting activity: dissecting lambs’ brains! Facilitated by Mrs Krishna and Mrs Mistry, the students were divided into groups and given tools to assist with their experiment, including a scalpel and magnifying glass. Their first task

Super sprinter Marielle Venida has impressed again with her results from the New Zealand Track and Field Championships. Competing last week, Marielle ran an outstanding 11.92s in the Women Under-20 100m and 24.51s in the 200m, walking away with two individual golds. Commenting on her performance, Marielle said, “Overall, the competition itself was very exciting