“Praise God”, were the first words out of singer Timote Muli’s mouth when it was announced Zebradahs claimed second place in the regional finals.Performing in their first ever Rockquest, the four piece group aged from 13 to 17 years old, won $400 in Rockshop vouchers for their efforts. The group also placed well in the […]
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Term 2 Week 6 Newsletter
Hastings Retain Exchange Shield
Full Credit to the 31 Hasting Christian School athletes who came to Cornerstone this week, and kept our exchange shield. The competition was a lot closer this year across the ten games, with volleyball and dodgeball being particularly close affairs. Cornerstone won hockey, our strongest sport, whilst Hastings dominated the football as usual.The event is […]
School Turns Pink for Kindness
Cornerstone turned Pink for Pink-Shirt Day – standing for kindness, and not bullying.Many students gave their hand print in a giant ‘celebrating being us’ mural.Staff also joined in with not just pink clothing but a pink morning tea shout as well.
Cross Country Invaded by BMX Bikes
It was a glorious sunny day at Linklater Reserve this week, as Cornerstone Christian School enjoyed the recently completed public reserve. With CCS students helping the city council design the park, it’s 1.5km loop track and BMX track were put to good use today. The Open Girls cross country race was won by Shantay Savea […]
Summer Games on a Wintery Day
As we drew nearer to our end of term ‘Summer Games’ the weather forecast became more wet and winter-like. So the event was moved indoors to our Gymnasium, comfortably accommodating all 540 of our Year 1 – 13 students. The wacky indoor games were a chance for Secondary Students to bond with, and sometimes even […]
Reuben Raises Regional High Jump Bar
Representing Cornerstone at the Manawatu Inter-Secondary School’s Athletics, Reuben Harman won the Open Boys High Jump event with a leap of 1.75m. The athletic basketballer almost managed to jump his own height at the meet. Reuben will next compete at the North Island Schools Athletics Champs. As the smallest secondary school of over a dozen […]
Swedish Waffle Day
As part of including our students of Swedish culture, at lunchtime today the national festival of Swedish Waffle Day was celebrated. In Sweden, March 25th is known as the day Jesus came into the world – nine months before Christmas, his birthday. The queue of students lining up for a waffle were asked to sing […]
Thousands Flock to Annual Gala
Thank you to everyone who supported the annual Cornerstone Gala over the weekend. From the people and businesses who kindly donated goods, to those who manned a stall, or came and purchased food. It was a wonderful event bringing the cornerstone and wider community together. Around $25,000 was raised for various projects chosen by […]
Issachar Tribe Dominate Athletics
In a glorious sunny day at the Massey Athletics track, Issachar tribe made a clear statement with another clear victory at secondary athletics. Several records were set on the hot day, cooled by Mr McDonald’s supply of water bottles, and ice creams from Mrs Kool. Several students set dominant times and distances, showing Cornerstone will […]