Cornerstone boasts a number of performing arts and cultural groups. We encourage our students to get involved in performing arts tribe competitions, music, dance and cultural groups. We have three age-group kapahaka groups and a number of age-group worship bands. We participate in local Pacifika, Rockquest, Chamber Music, DanceNZmade, and Rotary Music Festival activities.
Itinerant music lessons are available onsite, during and outside of school hours with piano, guitar, and vocal lessons most popular. Epic Music Academy is popular for fun and affordable instrument lessons.
Cultures Day: is a popular annual celebration of the many school cultures that make up our school and the kingdom of God. All members of the school community are encouraged to dress in their own cultural attire and to bring a dish and/or performance from their home country.
Recent Cultural News Articles
Year 4-6 Disco for World Vision
Almost 70 Year 4-6 students danced, spun and jumped at our annual Junior Disco. A portion of each ticket going to the school’s World Vision fund. Glow sticks, coloured lights and coloured drinks inspired the energetic dancing. Secondary Social Committee students ran the event, interspersing songs with games, and dance battles, to keep the children cheering. “They played all my…
Esther is Such a Time
Esther was the first secondary school production Cornerstone has ever put on. It is also the first production since 2016. Over 1,000 people made the trip to Wallace theatre on Centennial drive for the bible epic, which has the pivotal line “…for such a time as this”. Head Girl, Mollie Auer played the title role, showing off her proficient vocal…
More Than Simple Minds to Win Cornerstone Quiz
Around 200 parents, teachers, past and present students helped make Cornerstone’s Quiz Night was a smashing success! Teams of ten were quizzed on categories like NZ and Local History, Guess The Song, and everything in-between. There was a range of fancy team costumes, to go with the fancy treats and baking. The event was run by the Cornerstone Fundraising Group…
Pink Shirts, Biscuits, Faces at Pink Shirt Day
Teachers braved the brushes letting students paint their faces pink for charity at Pink Shirt Day 2021. The ‘pink mufti’ day invited pink tutus, pink hair dye, pink leg warmers and no shortage of pink glitter. The event was in honour of the “stand up, speak up, stop bullying’ message. Principal Chris Mitchell was one of the staff who volunteered…