Principal’s Message
Kia ora Parents and Whanau , Welcome to our first Beacon/Ramaroa of 2025. An acknowledgement and thank you to everyone who attended the recent Year 7 Parent Evenings and the Year 8 Finlay Park Camp Meeting. We trust you found the evenings both helpful and informative, your presence and engagement are invaluable in supporting both […]
NX Powhiri 2025
Our Northcross Kapa Haka welcomed new Year 7’s, teachers and whanau to our school with their Karanga. Māori are tangata whenua, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand, and are traditionally the first voices heard when groups are meeting. After the karanga, Mr Jensen also welcomed everyone with a korero that acknowledged forests and all […]
Softball Success at NH Tournament
On Wednesday 26 February, under the hot sun, our Y7 and Y8 Boys Softball Teams headed off to Rosedale Park to compete at the North Harbour Intermediate School Softball Champs. With a mixture of experienced and inexperienced players they were eager to impress. Firstly, well done to our first place getters; our Year 7 boys […]
Student Leaders 2025
Our Student Leaders for 2025 have already had a busy few weeks as they have welcomed our new to Northcross students and started taking on leadership roles within their class and team. They are displaying many of the qualities expected of our leadership team including respect, enthusiasm and the drive and ideas to make a […]
NX Swimming Trials
It was great to kick off our first NX sporting event for the year. The NX Swim Meet (trials) saw 96 swimmers sign up to compete in the pool. These can be incredibly intense and challenging with some added rivalry with swimmers from a variety of swim clubs across the district. It was awesome to […]
Astro Court Refurbishment
Twenty years ago, the installation of the Astro courts transformed an often-muddy grass area that was unusable in winter, to an all year-round playing surface. It has been of great benefit to the school being used for PE lessons, many sports team trainings, and a year-round play area for students during morning tea and lunch […]
Y8 Camp is on its way!!
Isn’t it interesting when you plan for something for months and then suddenly you blink and it is just around the corner? Our first classes leave on Monday 10 March with rooms 11,12,42,45,49,50,58,60 followed by rooms 20,21, 22, 30, 31, 32, 41, 44 departing Thursday 13 March. The last camp is departing 17 March with […]
Maths at Northcross
We are extremely proud of our excellent Maths teaching and student achievement at Northcross. Many of you are aware that this is a focus of the NZ Ministry of Education at the moment. This year we are using one of the excellent resources the Ministry of Education is providing: Oxford Mathematics and Statistics for Aotearoa New […]
Fitness and Gym Programme For Kids
Jack’s Gym in Browns Bay is running a fitness and gym programme for Kids 10- 13 years. To register or to enquire further contact Jack please email jack@jacksgym.co.nz
Principal’s Message
Kia ora Parents and Whānau As the school year draws to a close, I would like to acknowledge our incredible students supported by their families and Whānau, also recognising our very dedicated and hard working staff. This year has been filled with many defining moments of learning and growth, as our Northcross students have embraced challenges, celebrated […]