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Aquinas Day 2021! We celebrated our Aquinas Day 2021 Thursday June 24 and it was a blast!  We made tutor class spaceships, raced obstacle courses, joined in hilarious tug-o-wars and the highly anticipated house singing was a definite highlight! An amazing performance from Foy saw them take home the win. It was a fantastic day,…

On a rain-free day last week, our students and staff volunteered their time to clean up the Bay of Plenty! They scoured beaches and walkways for rubbish, gave a helping hand to local schools and businesses, baked and packed for the Homes of Hope, sang for the Waipuna Hospice residents, planted the Coastal dunes and…

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…

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….

Pink Shirt Day – Bullying Awareness Week Reflection Thanks to the large portion of our school that formed a sea of pink and went all out in PINK on Friday 21st to show our whole school approach about standing together and speaking up to stop bullying.  This was a nationwide awareness day and it was…

The Board of Trustees met on Thursday, 27th May and enjoyed hospitality alongside members of the Student Executive before the meeting proper began. It was an opportunity to connect with these student leaders and to support their ministry. We are very proud of the way these young leaders presented themselves as leaders of the College. We were…

The wonderful students of the Aquinas College Pasifika Group were invited into The Kollective – TK  to thank the funding advisor, Annie, for assisting with their successful Creative Communities Scheme (CCS) application. The Aquinas Pasifika Parent Community Group received CCS funding courtesy of Creative New Zealand and Tauranga City Council, for the delivery of Pasifika…

We’re very fortunate to have some wonderful reader/writer volunteers who help out in our SENCO Learning Centre. Two of them, Linda Oxenham and Jean Bennett, are more than happy to give up a few hours a term to sit with students, read through questions or instructions to assist them in completing their studies in a…

Atawhai mentors are year 12 students who are trained in basic counselling and mediation skills by Mrs Gilbert and Mr Syme to work with students who might be struggling with friends, home life, pressure or stress and could benefit from having a senior student at school to look out for them and talk with. Atawhai…