With a dozen stalls selling food from all corners of the globe, there was a lot of choice. New Principal, Mr Mitchell was keen for an American Hot Dog, while Hugo a Year 3 (pictured) was pretty chuffed with his Caramel Apple. Student prayers were answered with the clouds withholding their rain. It is rumoured some […]
Category Archives: Learning
Cornerstone’s New Principal
The Cornerstone Christian School Board Of Trustees have now concluded the appointment process for the Principal vacancy. The Board were blessed with the high calibre of applicants for the position and many hours of zoom meetings were consumed with the interview and deliberation processes. We are pleased to announce the new Principal of Cornerstone Christian […]
School Under Covid Level 1
The key changes for Cornerstone Christian School under Alert Level 1 include: There are no restrictions on personal movement at so all students, children and staff continue to be safe to attend Cornerstone Christian School. All enrolled students must now attend school unless they are sick. While Cornerstone is no longer required to keep a […]
Covid19 Updates – Alert Level 2
Update 17th May – Checking in at Alert Level 2 We are very much looking forward to welcoming your child(ren) back to Cornerstone Christian School tomorrow (Monday 18th May). We have spent significant time last week ensuring the school is a safe place for your child(ren) to return to under Alert Level 2. Please ensure […]
Entire Class Earns Excellence in External
“Whatever we prayed that day, we need to pray that again” was the remark of teacher Gareth Bell, when he heard that an entire class of students earned Excellence in their NCEA Exam. The class of nine students sat their Level 1 Digital “Common Assessment Task” on Compression Coding at the end of 2019 with […]
Mr Mac Wins National Excellence In Teaching Award
After several rounds of elimination, Cornerstone teacher, Carl McIntyre has won a National Excellence in Teaching Award celebrated at Parliament this weekend. The awards process consisted of several rounds, starting with a parental nomination and culminating in a speech about his teaching philosophy. Mr Mac, as he is known, was able to demonstrate leadership within […]
Farewell to Dr Ferrar – Cornerstone’s Third Principal
Today we fare-welled Dr Peter Ferrar, who served as the school’s third Principal from 2013 to 2019. In his seven years at the helm of this school, he lead the successful application to expand into teaching secondary. He shepherded in an incredible growth phase, with student and staff numbers almost tripling, and a constant waiting […]
Character Celebrated at Secondary Prize Giving
Secondary Prize Giving was a chance to celebrate the learning, service and growth of our students. The event, held at a packed Crossroads church, opened with a lively performance from Zebrahdahs Rockquest band. For many the highlight of evening was Head Boy Paula Tuimana’s speech. His humble words honouring his dedicated mother and father looking […]
Year 10 Camp
With exuberant worship, excellent food, and enthusiastic competition, Year 10 camp was a week like no other. Students didn’t miss their cell-phones as they hiked, and rafted, built huts, and slid down banks, and as they grew spiritually and socially at Forest Lakes Camp. Many students would share their highlight of the week being times […]
Cornerstone First-ish in regional Spelling Bee
It took a sudden death playoff to separate the top two teams at this year’s regional Year 9 Spelling Bee competition. Held at Feilding High School, two Cornerstone teams entered the 12 round, involving spelling, definitions and synonyms. At the end of the 12 rounds, Cornerstone teams placed 5th and 1st equal out of 14 […]