Back at the Massey Athletics track, this year’s Secondary Athletics saw the introduction of a lunchtime tribe Mascot-Race. Students competed in three throwing, three jumping and five running events. Several school records were broken, by the new wave of athletes, and there was very little sign of sunburn. Once again Mr McDonald had organised a […]
Category Archives: Tribe Competition
Top Tribe Competition
Tug of War over a paddling pool, student powered go-karts, and gumboot throwing all featured at this week’s Top-Tribe competition. Family tribe groups travelled around 16 activities in the fun, fast-paced festival of colour. Teams were a blend of Year 1 students right up to Year 13, keeping siblings together. Having seniors help and look […]
Clouds Clear for Primary Athletics
Students ran, jumped, threw, and hopped all day today in their tribe colours at our annual Primary School Athletics. Final results have yet to come in, however early results place Naphtali Tribe slightly ahead of Asher and Issachar thanks to the relay races. Thanks to all the parents who came along to help and support. […]
Naphtali Win Parables Competition
A dancing tree, dodgy version of uber, and a saxophone solo were memorable highlights in this year’s Living Stones Parable competition. Tribes were tasked to tell a parable in around 10 minutes. Audiences were wowed with elaborate costumes, props, backdrops, dance, song,videos, and one tribe even had a chaotic lolly scramble. Judah from Asher tribe […]
Issachar Tribe Win Secondary Football and Bible Quiz
Starting this week in last place, Issachar Tribe won both Tribe football and the Secondary Bible Quiz to now sit atop the House Competition standings. Football: Thursday lunchtime saw reining champions Asher tribe meet 2021 last placed Issachar in the Tribe Football final. Asher had convincingly defeated Zebulun tribe a few weeks earlier, while Issachar […]
Naphtali Win Family Tribe Carnival
From bottle-flipping, to math tangrams, to bouncy castle sliding, Naphtali tribe dominated our end of term Tribe competition. The light-hearted competition was judged partly on our school values of kindness, and integrity. One of the advantages of a Year 1 – 13 area school is the family and community feel. Tribe teams were organised in […]
Cross Country
Covid and rain kept delaying the Secondary Cross Country until this week. A determined Mr McDonald oversaw the four year-level races under a cloudy sky at Cornerstone today. Senior Boys and Girls champions from 2021 Ben and Hannah both retained their titles in their final year of high school. The Intermediate boys race was a […]
Asher Tribe Win Secondary Athletics
As a Covid adjustment, Athletics was held at lunchtimes this year over Term 1 and 2. Students opted into their preferred events, rewarding those tribes with high levels of participation. Naphtali tribe held a slender lead over Asher heading into this week’s final event: double point sprint relays. Run on the new artificial turf, Issachar […]
Year 13 Leadership Camp
With the weather clearing, covid red requirements carefully met, and parents patiently working with a late decision, the Year 13 group were ecstatic their camp went ahead. Leadership Camp was about challenging students physically, mentally and spiritually. Mi Camp Whakamaru put on spectacular views, and delicious food for the event. The Year 13 tribe competition […]
Asher Pipped at the Post at Primary Athletics
As the clouds left the sky, discuss, shotput and high jumpers filled it at Primary Athletics day today. Run by Year 7 and 8 students, with plenty of cheering and support, primary classes rotated around all of the running, hurdling, jumping and throwing events. By morning tea, Asher Tribe had already shot out to a […]