Gear Up Katmandu Aquinas Community Offer! All the Tauranga Stores are involved – Fraser Cove, Bayfair and Tauranga CBD and this special offer is available from Thursday 17th June to Sunday 20th June. Click to download the Letter Gear up letter – Aquinas College 17-20 June
What an amazing effort, team AC! In May Aquinas College staff held a Pink Ribbon Breakfast to raise vital funds for Breast Cancer Foundation NZ. Men looked dapper and the women were pretty in pink! Aquinas organiser Mrs Jacq Burrell thanked staff for a phenomenal efforts and the donations of money and food. Over $500…
Early in Term 2 our Aquinas College Pasifika Aiga (whānau group) students and Maori-Pasifika Kaiarah Mr Mikare Smith, performed an Ava Ceremony for our College staff. Special guest, Ezra Schuster, Director of Education for Bay of Plenty, joined our teaching staff to enjoy Pasifika song and prayer performed by our young people and community. The…
Congratulations Whetumarama Timutimu, our only Aquinas College participant in this years regional Manu kōrero – the National Secondary Schools Speech competition. Whetu represented her whānau, her Hapu, her iwi, and our school so very well. Ngā Manu Kōrero is regarded as the most significant event on the Māori education calendar for nurturing the oratory skills…
This year, we have established a Year 12 Youth Ministry Team of students, who were largely part of the discipleship class in 2020. These students took a lead role in a connecting through prayer themed retreat for our Year 9s by giving their testimony, running activities, and leading different kinds of input by reflecting on their…
This years competition is being hosted by Sacred Heart Girls’ College, in Hamilton, on the 30th and 31st of July. This competition is between Colleges in the Hamilton Diocese for students in Years 9 – 13. We are calling for Expressions of Interest for each section. Junior is Years 9 & 10 and Senior Years…
Years 12 &13 Media students recently had two days in our largest city, exploring pathways that involve media. AUT opened up options for study and being a live studio audience for The Project was superb – we were right amongst the action! A visit to media giant, FCB Media, was fascinating as we got to…
Or 12 Economic students were “fizzing” with their three-day visit to Wellington. Highlights included the visit to Parliament House, where students experienced what it is like to be an MP inside the House of Representatives and learnt how policies and laws are made. The groups’ favourite was the Press Gallery, where students (Kalarn Mark and…
– By Lily Hodgson. Regional heats for the Smokefree Rockquest were held Saturday 16th of May at Baycourt. We spent a day immersed in amazing original music and performances. Only two acts from the competition’s solo/duo section and 12 band acts would move to the regional finals – making the competition very tough! My friend Gina…
SchoolBridge is a product designed by Tauranga company Inbox Design. It is a collection of tools that helps to connect our school’s community. Many of you are already using School Bridge – returning permission trips for College trips, booking parent conferences or checking student reports. The college has received lots of positive feedback so far….
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