2018’s Excellent NCEA Results Released

External NCEA results for 2018 have been released, with Cornerstone students enjoying the convenience of sitting examinations actually at our own school for the first time. When looking at academic results, it is important to acknowledge that “Diligence” is only one of our five school values, and we also aim for students to develop kindness, […]

Year 7-13 Prize Giving 2018

Cornerstone’s first ever Year 7-13 Prize Giving was a night of special memories, celebrating successes and fond farewells. In the school tribe competition the big lead that Zebulun and Naphtali had mid-year, was slashed by the year’s final events. After the final event, which was school discipleship points, was counted Naphtali tribe won the overall […]

Year 9 and 10 Activities a Blast

We’ve just had Year 9 Activities Week and Year 10 Camp. Students served the community, enjoyed hiking, swimming, team building and even morning aerobics. There were meaningful worship times, games, and even some Bible smuggling.  For many students it was a chance to get to know their class-mates and teachers better. At Year 10 camp, […]

Gym Finally Open

After months of watching, from the first foundations, to final coats of paint, we’ve seen our new Gymnasium take shape, and today, the final day of Term 3 it is now open. Already it is being put to good use, with after school activities, holiday clubs booking the venue. The nine metre tall, full size […]

Colourful Crossfit Games

Tribe teams of over 100 children competed in Tyre turning, rope running, and a whole tribe obstacle course in this afternoon’s end of term Tribe competition. Issachar tribe emerged victorious, winning the obstacle course by just a few seconds, and the tyre turning competition as well.  Once again Cornerstone’s values of kindness and humility were […]

‘Human’ Dance Places at Regionals

Cornerstone Christian School had it’s first entries into a regional dance competition this week at the DanceNZMade competition. Two auditioned groups of Year 7 to 13s put in a lot of effort and practice preparing for the competition. One of the groups managed a podium finish with their contemporary lyrical piece exploring the fragile nature […]

Try These Year 11 Made Games

As part of 11 Digitech students were instructed to program a reasonably complex game. Among the creative and original ideas was a Jesus Heals game, a Zombie game, some survival games and Pong. ​Try get a high score on these examples below. Instructions:  Click blue button, top left, for full screen and green flag, top […]