The New Zealand Brain Bee Challenge (NZBBC) This is a competition for high school students in Year 11 to learn about the brain and its functions, about neuroscience research and find out about careers in neuroscience and to dispel misconceptions about neurological and mental illnesses. Round 1 was held during Brain Awareness Week. The learning…
Future Pathways Update: We’ve had a busy term settling back into Future Pathways and helping get our students back on track after the disruption of lockdown. Earlier in the term ex Aquinas student, Kennedy Wiltshier, who is currently Future Student Team Leader at Waikato University ran a Scholarship presentation for our Year 13’s. We had…
Technology tools break down the four walls of the classroom – History and technology are a match made in heaven On Monday Year 13 History students held a video conference call with an Indian History expert based in Sydney. They had the opportunity to gain valuable insights for their current unit exploring the path to…
Much Ado about so much! This was the overriding response from Year 12 and 13 students who made the happy trek to Auckland to attend one of the final performances of Shakespeare’s classic comedy, Much Ado About Nothing. And no-one was disappointed! The fantastic performance was full of outrageous humour and superb acting. With full…
Our students experience leadership opportunities during their schooling, learn to build relationships within teams, define identities and perform various tasks effectively. Leadership also provides an opportunity to hone personal skills of effective communication, self-management and taking responsibility. Congratulations to all the students selected in these special roles for 2020: From left: Head Boy Nic Scott;…
An analysis of the NCEA results for 2019 indicates that the senior students at Aquinas College have once again performed exceptionally well and have had outstanding success in their studies. The percentages of Aquinas College students gaining NCEA certificates are compared with the national equivalent schools in the table below: NCEA Achievement Aquinas College Decile…
Level 2 Biology – Ecology Field trip Education Outside the Classroom: In early March Aquinas Level 2 Biology students visited the Tauranga Moana at Beach Road to investigate the ecology of the organisms that live in our local harbour. While there, they took the opportunity to link the site of study Bishop Pompallier’s landing in…
Media Studies new to Aquinas in 2020New this year to Aquinas College is the Media Studies class for Year 12 & 13 students. As part of the programme students experience “real life” voices and contexts from people in the industry who can challenge them to think critically about how they use media products and the…
Since 2006, from the very first Leavers’ Dinner for Year 13 students graduating from Aquinas College, a parent whose last child is leaving Aquinas College, is asked to speak on behalf of the parents. This year, Monique Balvert-O’Connor was asked to deliver that speech, and here it is…. I have been to many, many parent…
