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. […]
Category Archives: Tribe Competition
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 […]
Naphtali Dominate Crossfit Tribe Competition
We finished Term 3 with our annual tribe Crossfit Games. Tribes had to flip tyres, navigate obstacle courses and complete cone relays. In a wonderful show of school culture, Senior students spent most of the afternoon, cheering, hand holding, and in some case even carrying the youngsters, instead of competing themselves. Naphtali tribe had a […]
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 […]