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With Sancta Maria’s open day coming up, ex-students of our feeder primary schools went to visit where they started. These trips are made annually to explain to the Year 6’s in surrounding Primary schools how Sancta Maria College is a truly amazing school. Four students attended each primary – two Year 13s and two Year […]

Year 12 peer support leaders have completed their training and are ready to meet their Year 8 homeroom classes! Following many training sessions last year and early this year, the students have learnt and developed their leadership, collaborative and active communication skills; prepared to support and mentor their Year 8 students as they learn, grow,

To put the school value of RESPECT into action in 2023, a number of Year 11 students who have been thinking of Respect and how it might be shown (and received) in their daily lives. During their homerooms, they have developed a number of ‘Recipes for Respect’ that they want to follow this year. Here

Waitematā (Winnie Zou) Full of excitement I walked towards the field with my house. Right behind Kororāreka we screamed our chant ‘We got what you are looking for’. After a few minutes all the houses had completed their entrances and chants onto the school field, and they settled where we were supposed to sit. Starting

On 25 February 2023, Sancta Maria College ran a ‘Bake Sale’ at Bunnings, Botany to raise money for Christmas parcels intended to be gifted to the 200 volunteers at Totara Hospice, Manurewa. This year, the idea is to create seedling kits using recycled yoghurt pots to share awareness of climate change, share Aroha and for

Up bright and early, the Year 13 retreat took place at Eastern Beach. Despite the biting cold, we as a cohort enjoyed the early morning start, as we watched the sunrise together at a beautiful Mass held by Father Craig on the beach. It was an amazing experience! The sound of the waves and sand

As a new initiative to ignite excitement and enthusiasm for our houses and rivalry, the 2023 House Prefects held the very first Sancta Maria College Spirit Week! This year, Sancta Maria College is placing a new emphasis on incorporating the school houses – Akaroa, Hokianga, Kororāreka and Waitematā – into daily school life. The first

Last Tuesday (28 February) saw our whole school enjoy a special Mihi Whakatau to welcome the Year 7s, new students, international students and new staff into the Sancta Maria College hapori – community. It was lovely to be able to once again enjoy this welcoming tradition. It started with the powerful Karanga led by Togitoto

Every year 75 NCEA Level 3 Folio boards are chosen by NCEA markers, from thousands of submitted work, to be displayed in the Top Art National Touring Exhibition in Wellington. This year Kathleen Shi and Mikaela Lai’s (2022 Year 13 students) Folio boards were chosen to be part of this exhibition. Kathleen for Sculpture (pictured

To begin the new school year, Sancta Maria College had their first whole School Mass on 22 February. The Mass combined our annual Inaugural with Ash Wednesday Mass and was wonderfully led by Father Sherwin Laapan. It was refreshing to celebrate in person (again) to welcome new students and staff. The readings, prayers of the