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41 new students from Year 10 have been successful in their applications as the Middle School Leaders for 2022. Applicants identified a project that they were passionate about as part of their application this year. Year 10 Dean Mrs. Al-Rubaie said it was a pleasure to read the creative ways students wanted to improve the […]

To kickstart the beginning of 2022, the Year 12 Peer Support leaders attended a full-day workshop run by The Peace Foundation on ‘Peaceful Conflict and Mediation’. This workshop aimed to develop effective communication skills which will be applied in the Peer Support programme. The two facilitators, Katherine Matthews and Christine Barruel, prepared an eventful day

The story started in March 2021 when some Sancta students, their parents, friends and teachers decided to create the yearly fundraising event at Bunnings Botany. The aim of the event was to raise funds that allowed the purchase of items towards the 2021 Christmas parcels for the Totara Hospice volunteers. The work continued with students

Despite being in lockdown, Sancta Maria College still found a creative way to celebrate Catholic Schools day. The Special Character team organised a live liturgy on MicrosoftTeams on Wednesday 29th September for students, staff and the parent community. This included a few musical items and a liturgical movement. Catholic Schools Day is celebrated every 3

Last term, Hayley an ambassador for the ‘I Am Hope’ foundation, came to Sancta Maria College to inform the Year 7s to 10s about the importance of mental health. Hayley shared with the students her experiences with mental health and how important the support of family and friends were during this time. She explained how

On the last week of term 2, two Year 10 Commerce classes put their knowledge to good use in the Year 10 Market Day. With basic economic knowledge and basic accounting in their heads, this market day was just a nice interlude from all the knowledge they had gained. The two classes had about five

Enviroweek was held during Week Four. Enviroweek is a fun, reflective week which helps the school to celebrate nature and the world around us. On both Monday and Tuesday, there was free hot chocolate available at the cafeteria to students who brought a reusable cup. During interval and lunchtime, many students lined up to get

Maths week 2021 was concluded by a highly anticipated event – an in-school mathex which students from years 7 to 10 had spent weeks before preparing. The day saw multiple teams of 4 from each homeroom running around in chaos, rushing to correctly answer as many questions as possible in the half hour time limit.

Just before lockdown, the jazz students spent days busily playing music. With both the KBB Music Festival and the Auckland Jazz Competition in full roar, music students from all year levels enjoyed performing their well-rehearsed pieces, listening to other schools, and learning from their experiences. Our school has brought back amazing results from KBB –

Earlier this month, a team of year 11 geography students participated in the highly anticipated Matangi Whenua Geography competition. Representing Sancta Maria College, Johann Ang, Megan Bottom and myself competed alongside approximately 20 other schools. The annual competition Matangi Whenua, hosted at Saint Cuthbert’s College, took place on Thursday, 12th of August. Consisting of 8