With a strong sports team lead by Sports Prefect Talaiasi Muli, Cornerstone were keen to avenge their narrow loss in the 2021 Christian Schools Sports Exchange. Hosted by Longburn Adventist College (LAC), Cornerstone, and Hastings Christian School (HCS) competed in eight different sports over two days. Day One started well for Cornerstone, with our makeshift […]
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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 […]
New Admin Block Turf Complete
The all weather sand-turf, between the staffroom, C-Block and D block makes it safer to play winter sports. With it’s bright colours, and clearly marked lines, students were quick to embrace it this week. It has lines for netball, hockey and ki o rahi. Thanks to our school proprietors for this contribution, and to Mr […]
Cornerstone Girls Win Manawatu Volleyball Open
After a tough first up loss, against Palmerston North Girls High, the Manawatu Open Volleyball competition this weekend looked ominous for the Cornerstone Senior Girls Volleyball team. As the smallest school at the competition, Captain Jessica Beere, insisted on more diligence from her team moving forward. At the end of pool play, Cornerstone had won […]
2021 – A Year in Photos
Term 1: Swimming Sports, Secondary Athletics, Careers Fair and Summer Games. Term 2: Cross Country, Junior Secondary Social, Pink Shirt day, Hastings & LAC Sports Exchange, CFG Quiz Night, Year 10 Trade Fair, Tribe Football, Esther Production. Term 3: Year 4-6 Disco, Lockdown Onesie day, PB4L Rewards Afternoon Term 4: Crossfit Games, YES Scheme Awards, Senior […]
Secondary Prize Giving 2021
Cornerstone Secondary prize giving, not only celebrated academic excellence, but also congratulated those students who showed great progress, diligence and Christian character. As Head Boy Conrad de Groot said in his speech, ‘there is much we can learn from our teachers. It is more than just the subjects they teach. We really are being equipped […]
Primary Prize Giving 2021
Cornerstone’s Primary Prize Giving focused on the school’s motto of “Learn, Serve and Grow”. Awards were given out in these three categories for each class. The presentation began with Deputy Principal Mr Rose calling on his Year 6 son Ashton, and another boy Ben to pray. Principal Mr Mitchell then talked about Howard Gardner’s multiple […]
Year 13s flamboyant, but staff still win end of school competition
In a fun tradition to finish Year 13, Student leaders chose to have dress up days in the theme of Beach, Movie Star and Future Career. Movie Star day probably had the most imaginative costumes, with Free Guy, Mean Girls, Woody and some toys from Toy Story, A Lord of the Rings Character, and a […]
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 […]