Category Archives: Learning
MPs Inspire Cornerstone Students
Ian McKelvie, Minister for the Rangitikei District, and Alfred Ngaro, National MP, visited Palmerston North to speak to Cornerstone students today. The MPs told their journeys to Parliament, testimonies in […]
Cornerstone Business Class Shine at Regionals
Out of 45 entries from 13 schools around the wider Manawatu, three Cornerstone teams were chosen for the Young Enterprise Scheme business proposal finals. Competing for prizes of over $1000, […]
Work begins on new A Block Playground
The limestone path and first swingset of the new A-block playground have now been set in the ground. With several more apparatus to come the specialised playground for beginning school […]
Year 10 Trade Fair
With budgets balanced, posters printed, groceries gathered, it was time for Year 10 Business students to put up the marquee’s and start selling. Some entrepreneurial groups made over $400 of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Book Day Celebrates Literacy and Dress-ups
In a popular tradition at Cornerstone, Book Day was a celebration of literacy across the school. Guest readers from outside the school as well as senior students read to classes, […]
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 […]