Longburn Adventist College joined the Cornerstone-Hastings Christian School sports exchange for the first time this year. It was a full programme of action with three schools playing 12 codes over 24 hours. The Cornerstone Boys performed well, winning Football and indoor Futsal games. The Cornerstone Girls’ teams contributed with wins in Netball and Volleyball. However, […]
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More Than Simple Minds to Win Cornerstone Quiz
Around 200 parents, teachers, past and present students helped make Cornerstone’s Quiz Night was a smashing success! Teams of ten were quizzed on categories like NZ and Local History, Guess The Song, and everything in-between. There was a range of fancy team costumes, to go with the fancy treats and baking. The event was run […]
Pink Shirts, Biscuits, Faces at Pink Shirt Day
Teachers braved the brushes letting students paint their faces pink for charity at Pink Shirt Day 2021. The ‘pink mufti’ day invited pink tutus, pink hair dye, pink leg warmers and no shortage of pink glitter. The event was in honour of the “stand up, speak up, stop bullying’ message. Principal Chris Mitchell was one […]
90s Hair Brought Back for Junior Social
Denim, neon, Rubik’s Cubes, and big hair made a comeback for this year’s Junior Secondary Social Event. Retro 90s outfits were popular at the Year 9-11 event. Local DJ ‘CEIGE’ kept the turntables blasting and the whole crowd dancing. Around 100 people were in attendance at PNCC Youth Space for the evening of good clean […]
Naphtali Win 2021 Cross Country
With the added challenges of Frisbee, BMX, a word find, and a colour run, Naphtali tribe tribe snuck ahead of a congested field at the 2021 Cross Country. Students walked to Linklater park for the event, which also has its own BMX track. Issachar tribe leader, Daniel Murray beat Head Boy Conrad de Groot in […]
Summer Games – April 2021
The Cornerstone Summer Games were about teamwork, and being good sports. Tribe groups worked together, with seniors often sacrificing competitiveness to help the younger members of their group. Once again, Mr McDonald set pretty tricky bible questions in the bible quizzes. The competition was quite even with all four tribes winning an age category. Event […]
Fish, Fire Engines, and Free Stuff at Careers Fair
There were over 60 exhibitors, 8 fish, 2 police dogs, and around 300 students from 2 schools at the second annual Cornerstone Careers Fair. Students sought to answer three questions for their chosen careers: 1) What is it like, 2) What qualifications do you need, and 3) How much does it pay. The Military, Police […]
Secondary Athletics Day
It was a fun and successful day at the Massey Athletics track. The day began with Sports Prefect Abi praying for the competition, and ended wtih her giving Mr McDonald a ‘massive thanks’ for organising the event. Results: At the time of writing, Naphtali tribe held a slender lead over Issachar in the Tribe Competition. […]
Swimming Sports 2021
Swimming sports had much sunshine, sunscreen, chanting, splashing and fun at Makino pool today. Students competed in conventional strokes, as well as pushing noodles around the pool, raft and truck and trailer races, and the ever popular ‘pass the pupil’. For the first time, Year 5 and 6 students came for the end of day […]
Covid Alert Level 2 – School Remains Open
18 Feb: Under Alert Level 1, Swimming Sports will proceed at Makino pool on Friday 19th. Classes including assemblies will continue as usual. It is still important to be vigilant at Covid Alert Level 1. This includes: Staying home when sick, Social distancing, good hygiene, and getting a test if you show Covid symptoms. 14 […]