The Bay of Plenty Cricket Player/s of the Month March Award has seen the Aquinas College First XI receive a rare team award. Aquinas College has become the first Bay of Plenty Secondary School to progress from the qualifying draw to the ND First XI Finals, which sees them competing against a number of Super…
Aquinas College student Jack Egan has been selected to represent New Zealand at the Junior Worlds competition for C1 Canoe Slalom in Slovakia. At 15 years of age, Jack will be one of the youngest members of the under-18 team is heading off in July this year. Jack will compete against the world’s top junior…
Congratulations to the three Triathlon teams who competed in the Waikato – Bay of Plenty Triathlon championships yesterday. The teams represented Aquinas with pride and they competed at a very high level. Our U14 girls team (Charlotte Watson and Ella Svendsen) came third place which was spectacular considering they were a team of two.
Who dominated the Aquinas College 2017 Swimming Sports? Use the links below to see the final results. Year 7/8 Results Year 7 Girls Year 7 Boys Year 8 Girls Year 8 Boys Year 9/13 Results Y9-13 Swimming Results for 2017
At the Ash Wednesday Liturgy, Deacon Vince challenged us to use Lent as a time to make the ‘selfish me’ move over and make some room for the ‘unselfish me’. A few weeks into Lent, we caught up with some students to see how they are going with their Lenten promises and to hear their…
The rescheduled Twilight Festival was held on the 16th March and this was a great opportunity for clubs and groups to fund raise and for the school community to come together for an evening of entertainment, food and socialising. A highlight of the event was the hosting of a large group of students from Merivale…
Y13 Sport Science class spent the later part of last week learning the finer skills of Stand up paddle boarding with the crew from Assault Paddle boarding. Conditions were excellent that allowed a fantastic paddle from the surf side at the Mount around Mauao and back to Pilot Bay. The students were pitted against each…
Did Shakespeare ever get rained on? Probably. But did the show go on? Oh yes it did. And that was exactly what happened when a group of 45 Year 12 and 13 English and Drama students went to the Pop Up Globe in Auckland on Weds 8th March. The heavens opened well before curtain call,…
A great day down at the Tauranga Domain recently, saw a big team of athletes representing Aquinas College at these championships. The weather played its part by staying warm and still, with not a lot of sun to burn the unwary competitor. Aquinas had considerable success across a variety of athletic disciplines and our most…
What an event, what a celebration, what a blessing. The Inauguration Mass of the newly formed St Thomas Aquinas Parish was well attended by parishioners from the three churches: St Mary Immaculate Tauranga, St Joseph’s Te Puna, and St Therese of Lisieux Bethlehem. It was estimated that around 800 people attended the event which was…
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