Stuffy Perform at Shakespeare Show
The Northcross Stuffy group performed at the Sheila Winn College Shakespeare competition last Friday night. The large cast performed their version of an excerpt from ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ and enjoyed the experience immensely. The Stuffy group have participated in this event for the past 15 years and are the only intermediate school to have done […]
NX Swimmers battle it out in the Pool
Our NX Swimming trials took place in early February, where 90 students took to the Northern Arena pool to compete for spots in our NX Swim team. Everyone gave an exceptional effort in their chosen events and showed incredible determination right throughout the day. Thank you to Room 15 for doing an outstanding job in timekeeping […]
A NX Powhiri Welcome
In the first week of term, we were pleased to be able to welcome all our Year 7 students, new to Northcross Year 8 students and new staff, parents and Whanau to Northcross. The welcome is not strictly speaking a true powhiri, but we do respect certain aspects of kawa and tikanga and this is […]
Music Showcase Concert 2023
Our end of year Music Showcase Concert was a fantastic night filled with all 17 Northcross bands and ensembles and featuring soloists. Our 46 member Concert Band opened the show with a medley of tunes they have learnt over the year. Massed and Nox Vox Choirs performed beautifully, our Jazz Band and Stage Bands had […]
Semester 2 Basketball Competition
2023 was one of, if not, the best year we have had in NX Basketball. In the NH semester 2 competition 11 of our 30 teams won a medal – 9 of them gold. Well done to all 250 players. Thank you to all the coaches, managers and parents who have had invaluable input into […]
Art Designs Add Impact
Using Lightburn software and laser-cut images, Year 8 students Jayden Puohotaua, Coco Latoa-Levi, Tiani Koen and Ben Keoghan have created stunning art works based on pacific pattern themes. These now adorn a number of planter boxes around the school and have definitley added impact. A big thank-you to this group of talented students, your designs […]
Cheerleading Super Nationals
After their first competition, the Spring Carnival in September, the NX Cheer team then set their sights on the Super Nationals in November. The team did exceptionally well, placing 2nd in their division and 3rd in Grand Champs – which included all scholastic teams at the competition from Primary up to Secondary. This is an […]
Principal’s Message
Kia ora Parents and Whānau, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on the remarkable achievements of our students throughout this term. Recently visiting classrooms and speaking to students about their learning, they have once again demonstrated their creativity, curiosity, resilience, and ability to think critically and problem solve through Project-Based Learning (PBL). […]
AIMS Games 2023
Over 180 Northcross athletes headed to Tauranga last week for the annual AIMS Games, ready to give their all against schools from all over the country. It was an amazing week for all our athletes as they showed outstanding determination and commitment, playing their hearts out in the hope that they could secure a win. […]
NH NIWA Science & Technology Fair
Science has been booming throughout 2023 at Northcross. Students across the school have been engaged with exciting and enticing Science investigations and experiments. On top of this, those students interested in developing and carrying out their own projects were encouraged and assisted where necessary. Over 80 projects were submitted for NX Expo and of those […]