2021 brings about several changes for our school. Cornerstone held its first start of year pōwhiri welcoming Manuhiri, which are the new staff and students. Our school Kaumātua helped us formally welcome and pray for these Manuhiri. The new entrant class, and other new students maintain our capped roll at 580 students. New teachers Nicola […]
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2020 – The Year in Photos
It was a colourful year for Cornerstone. There were significant changes in school leadership, trips all around the country – one of which won the school’s first national sporting trophy. The school also ran its annual gala, book week, colour run, tribe competitions…
Issachar Win 2020 Tribe Competition
Issachar tribe, who specialised in coming second this year, accumulated enough points to retain the overall 2020 Tribe Shield. “I’m really pleased with what we achieved this year”, reported victorious Tribe Co-Captain Ben Murray. Fellow Co-Captain, Shanese Sproull, was quick to thank teachers for all the effort they put into the events. Zebulun tribe were […]
Primary and Secondary Prize Giving 2020
Prize Giving was a day of celebrating learning, service and Christian character . The Primary Prize Giving ceremony held in the afternoon, and featured regular class performances. Principal Mr Mitchell was quick to highlight the successes and triumphs in this year that will be remembered for the adversity. The Secondary Prize Giving evening started with […]
Year 10 Camp to Highland Home
Forty Year 10s, along with a dozen student leaders and staff ventured to Highland Home this week for Year 10 camp. Taking advantage of the natural setting, there were river, fire and bush activities. Students also did a spot of shooting, castle building, threw a few water bombs, and ate like kings. For many students […]
Year 8 Taupō Trip a Beauty
With sunny forecast, a great bunch of students and fine accommodation, the Year 8 trip was destined for success. The camp was expertly hosted by Ted and the team at MiCamp. For many the highlight was the activities like kayaking, abseiling and mountain biking. The 48 students enjoyed a birthday party, a memorable bus ride, […]
Primary Athletics Almost Three Way Tie
Primary students ran, jumped and threw across eight disciplines in the Primary Athletics competition today. Wynton Oldfield and Luke Meyer were the highest scoring athletes, winning the Year 5 and Year 3 boys’ competitions respectively. Issachar narrowly won the tribe competition. “It was the closest top three I’ve ever seen” described Mr McDonald of the […]
Cornerstone’s Own Careers Expo
With the city-wide Careers expo not held this year, Teacher in Charge of Careers, Carl McIntyre organised his own. About 30 representatives from areas as diverse as the military, trades, business and emergency responders came. Students were challenged to find jobs they enjoyed. They also aimed to find academic requirements, career pathways and pay rates. […]
Book Week Invigorates Imagination
Book week was a memorable and fun event for Cornerstone this year. The book fair hosted by Scholastic and Manna, was popular, with plenty of exciting items purchased. There were guests reading to classes occasionally in costume, reading competitions, library decorations and of course the book dress-up parade. Geronimo the mouse made a special appearance […]
Students Win Black Shield for the first time
The annual Staff vs Year 13 Students competition was a surprise upset, where students beat staff for the first time. With basketball and hockey tournament wins, The 2020’s Year 13 group already had plenty of sporting prowess. Game 1 – Futsal It was a physical and energy sapping game. The teachers opened the scoring, through […]