News
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….
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…
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…
Hello, Goodbye, Wow – End of Term Assembly
The final Assembly of Term 3, will be remembered for the “Goodbye” to Head of Aroha team Katrina Bannister. The school song was sung in a sad farewell to Mrs Bannister who is returning to…
Colourful Cross-Country Clears Covid Closures
In a Cornerstone first, a 2.4km track was marked on our own property to run the school Cross Country this year. The move allowed plenty of social distancing from the public, as well as classes…
Zebulun’s Blessing win Tribe Singing
In a fun afternoon of Waiata and songs to God, Zebulun tribe emerged victorious in the annual tribe singing competition. As a finish to Maori language week, it was fitting that each tribe sang a…
Newsletters
The weekly school newsletter is sent home with the eldest child in each family every second Thursday afternoon. It is also emailed to parents who have asked to receive it by email. It outlines key learning foci and keeps parents informed about what is happening at the school.
At the beginning of each term, parents of students in Years 1-6 receive a newsletter which outlines the learning focus for their child’s team for the coming term, i.e. Aroha (Y1-2), Manahau (Y3-4), Tumanako (Y5-6).
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