Four Aquinas ākonga have won a national contest for their ideas to address key social and environmental problems. Monique Faire, Shanya Dewan, Ture Hansson and Niklas Walzak entered the Kaitiaki2Share competition as part of their Y10 social studies classwork on Caritas. The competition, run by Caritas Aotearoa NZ, challenged students to create a video, poem,…
Aquinas College has unveiled a new school honours system. The strengthened system gives students greater opportunities to be recognised for their outstanding contributions or achievements. The Senior School Honours, unveiled last week, differs slightly from the Middle School Honours introduced today. The Senior system features four honour badge categories: Colour, Honour, High Honour, and Contribution…
Creative Problem Solvers Required Calling all Aquinas students with an innovative idea… We are seeking student entries into the Young Innovator Awards (YiA!) that propose new ways to tackle real-world problems. Up for grabs are some hefty cash prizes and the chance to continue Aquinas’ successful YiA! Winning streak. YiA! Is a school competition to…
Full Winter Uniform from Term 2 A friendly reminder that students are required to start Term 2 in their full winter uniform. We ask for parents’ assistance in ensuring students leave home in the correct uniform. A full description of the winter uniform for girls and boys is outlined below. Please note that senior students…
Forging Friendships and Getting Active In an inspiring display of tuakana-teina, the Y13 Sports Committee has taken to the field to build bonds between the school’s oldest and newest members. Twice a week, the committee – superbly led by Spencer Wills, Sinead Simpson, and Taylor Harris – has made lunchtime magic happen for Y7 &…
Upsized Course Popularity and Projects Level 3 Engineering students are making their mark – swelling in numbers and producing bigger projects than ever before. Seventeen Y13 students are undertaking a CNC programming and operation project, which involves programming and operation of a CNC (Computer Numerically Controlled) router in a design of their choice. Upsizing his…
In focus this week is the impressive work of our Y13 Photography class. Exploring the theme “Ko wai ahau? – Who am I?” the exhibition showcases students’ identity photography via still life shots, self-portraiture or portraits of a person/location important to them. We encourage you to browse the virtual gallery to view the stunning work…
Restoring and Sustaining Relationships Aquinas College is a Restorative Practice school. This practise is centred on building, maintaining, restoring and sustaining relationships in a safe environment based on shared school values (how we relate and work together). Restorative Practice is based on a relational approach rather than a punitive one. The approach focuses on accountability,…
Perfecting the Cupcake Our Y8 Food Technology students have spent the term becoming cupcake experts. Throughout the weeks, they have learnt the process of baking a plain cupcake and transforming it with colouring, decorating and fondant/butter icing to create the celebration cupcake of their design. Having achieved that, they then switched gears to cheese puffs…
From the Future Pathways Desk Term 1 has been a particularly busy term despite COVID trying to slow things down. We started the year well, with 10 students studying at the Toi Ohomai campus in a variety of Trades Academy courses including Building and Construction, Automotive and Logistics, Cookery, Hair and Beauty Retail, and Hospitality….
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