The Aquinas 2022 Cross Country had it all… rain, wind, mud, and even rainbows but our students gave it their all last Friday! Ka mau te wehi to all who took part, you made your House proud. Foy took out the House win, followed closely by Cluny, Heni Pore, and Browne. The top placegetters are…
Just-released national NCEA statistics show Aquinas College students consistently outperform their peers. The data highlights Aquinas’ incredible achievement rates since 2017 as compared to similar schools and the national average. View the results here: NCEA – 2021 Results Our continued success is very humbling, and we again pay credit to our committed students and staff.
Emma To Compete Against Top Basketballers for NZ Spot Join us in wishing Y10 student Emma Rogers good luck in her upcoming NZ basketball trial. Emma has been selected as one of the top 30 U15 girls from around NZ to attend a National selection camp in Auckland this week. Just 12 will make it…
Liam Scores Home Run with NZ Selection A huge round of applause for Y13 baseballer Liam Olsen! Aged just 17, he is representing NZ in the U23 Junior Diamondblacks’ three-game series against Australia this weekend. The winner of the Tran-Tasman battle secures the Oceania qualifying spot for the 2022 U23 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan…
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 &…
A reminder that all students will have two home-based learning days on Friday, 1 April and Monday, 4 April. This is in response to the omicron surge. Due to illness and isolation requirements, our daily attendance has been between 78%-83%. The constant stream of students in and out of school has been a tremendous challenge…
A huge congratulations to the Aquinas yachting team, which has secured the school’s best-ever result at the Central North Island Team Sailing Regatta. The combined Aquinas/ACG team raced their way into the top half of the field (the Gold Fleet) and finished sixth out of the best seven teams. This is three places better than…
In a nail-biting game, the Aquinas 1st XI Boys’ cricket team emerged triumphant to claim the BOP qualifying spot for the Gillette Cup. The team beat Katikati College by four wickets on Friday (25 March.) Aquinas won the game in the field, successfully chasing Katikati’s 86/10 score. The boys will now play the winning Counties…
Celebrating these new Aquinas records set by our amazing athletes. Well done!
A few images from our annual Level 3 Biology Field Trip to Auckland. Two classes of Y13 students visited the Auckland Zoo yesterday (22nd March) and slept overnight at Kelly Tarlton’s Sea Life Aquarium! They are due to visit the Tiritiri Matangi sanctuary before heading home today.
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