2021 Canvas Orientation Guide
Canvas Careers Expo. Attached is a downloadable guide for the upcoming Canvas Careers Expo. 2021 Canvas Orientation_Guide_
Field Days 2021
Innovation is All Around! On a mild Wednesday in winter, a large group of 48 Year 11 and 12 Technology students struggled out of bed early for a 7 am departure to the annual Fieldays event at Mystery Creek. Visitor numbers attending this year were huge, with the country’s farming community having missed out in…
All that is Silver & Gold!
Aquinas College Year 13 Economics students visited Oceana’s Waihi Gold and Silver mines. As part of the NCEA Economics course, they also look at market failure. Students were able to do this by analysing the positive and negative externalities of the mining, including dust, noise, water, explosion vibrations), and explored policies (solutions) to internalise these…
Wellington History Tour
An early start for a long trip – and one thoroughly worth it! Aquinas Year 12 History students embarked on the annual Wellington History Tour last week. Highlights included visiting the Waiouru Army Museum en route, exploring the wonders of Te Papa and Pukeahu and the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand. We learned about the…
Parent Conversations
Three-way Conversations Thank you to all whānau that attended our interviews last week. It was a long but very worthwhile day. Thanks also to those who completed the survey sent out after the discussions. Some things you told us: Of those that didn’t attend, the main reason (66%) was that they were happy with the…
Good Skills, great coffee!
We’ve had an inspiring and busy Term 2 in the Future Pathways Department! New Gateway Work Experience Programme Our new Coffee Cart arrived during the last school holidays, and we eagerly set up the new coffee machine ready for Term 2. The coffee cart allows us to offer a Barista course giving our students real…
Real World Media
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…
Wellington Trip 2021
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…
EPro8 Fun Challenges!
Two of our Aquinas College teams competed in the 2021 EPro8 Challenge – an inter-school science and engineering competition which took place in Tauranga and Katikati. The AC Dynamos nabbed a second placing while the The AC Force gained 5th place in their comp, just missing out on a semi-final spot. All students enjoyed the…
Honours Award Assembly
The 2021 Aquinas College Academic Honours Assembly celebrated the Year 11 and 12 NCEA achievements at Level One and Level Two. They also recognised some outstanding Scholarship achievements by our Year 12 students. This years Assembly hosted special guest Dr Lauren Barnett, an Aquinas College foundation pupil in 2003. She became Head Girl in 2009. …
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