Aquinas Year 13 students photographed with Sir Martin Poliakoff (Left-Right) Amy Bewsher, Issie Dekker, Georgia Jones and Jess Thomas at the London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) this week. Sir Martin Poliakoff is a world-leading scientist in the fields of developing environmentally sustainable materials and processes. LIYSF is a two-week residential student event held annually…
Sports and Cultural photos will be taken in the College Gym on Friday 26th July (first week back in Term 3).Attached are the schedules outlining the times for group photos. Coaches and managers of teams are welcome to be part of a photo. It’s important that groups are on time as the photographers won’t wait…
Aquinas College proudly announces another outstanding year of NCEA, University Entrance and Scholarship results. We congratulate our students on their wonderful achievements. Below is a snapshot of 2018 achievement that shows our commitment to students’ quality teaching and learning. …
The established tradition of welcoming new students and staff into the Aquinas family by way of a pōwhiri was celebrated today. Click HERE to listen to the whaikōrero from the College’s kaumātua, Kihi Ngatai.
Congratulations to students who received awards at the 2018 Aquinas College Prize Giving. It was a memorable occasion to farewell the Year 13 student group whose contribution to the College in all areas was outstanding. Mr Dalton highlighted the successes in academic, cultural and sporting successes during this year. His key point of Christ being…
A poignant and memorable Mass was held on Friday 7th December 2018 to give thanks to three staff members leaving Aquinas College at the finish of the 2018 academic year. All three staff members, Chris Inder, Whaea Bernadette Egan and Robyn Parker joined the College in 2003, individually giving 16 years each of service to…
The Junior choir performed at the Kids Sing competition at Southwell School in Hamilton yesterday 25 October and won the Best Performance of a Popular song award. This is the first time the group has performed in this competition and they performed with class. Students had a great experience, spending their day with 13 other…
The Junior Choir performed an intensive repertoire for the Tauranga Primary Schools Music Festival on Monday 3 September at Baycourt Theatre. The theme of the festival this year was ‘It’s About Time’, so their repertoire included songs about time, such as ‘Time After Time’ and ‘Seasons of Love’. These songs were performed in a mass…
The Night Is Young is a show, in which ten Bay of Plenty secondary schools from Katikati to Te Puke, are invited to showcase their performing arts talents on the Baycourt Stage. This year three very talented acts from Aquinas College took to the stage to perform. Year 13 students Ronan and Duncan Hendry blew the…
The Waikato ITM Band and Orchestra Festival was an exciting 1-day music festival held at Waikato University, on Friday 24 August. Over 1000 high school students and their various different musical ensembles met to perform in front of their peers and adjudicators. The Aquinas Concert Band and Aquinas Jazz Band travelled by bus to take…
