NX NEWS

Congratulations to our Rock Band who performed at the Rockshop Bandquest competition mid August.  Members have been diligently practicing over the last 2 terms, not only learning covers but also performing their own songs they have co-written; literacy comes in many guises. Thanks to Sylvia Watson… Read More...

Recently our Orienteering team competed at the National Secondary Championships at Woodhill. We are very proud of our team who competed so admirably at this event. Congratulations to; Kate Borton, Brenna Johnson, Ruth Winyard: 1st Overall – Girls Yr 7/8 and 1st in Girls relayKate Borton: 1st in… Read More...

Our NX Cross Country team displayed incredible grit, determination and endurance on the tricky Sanders Reserve Course at the NH Cross Country Zone Day. The 40 NX representatives took on the best runners across all the NH Intermediate schools and produced outstanding results. Amy Hurly (far right)… Read More...

In Term two, over 70 applicants auditioned for the 2019 ‘NX Got Talent’ show! Auditions were held over 4 weeks and it proved a tough challenge watching so many amazing and talented performances, to have to whittle them down to the top 10 for the school final.  Audition entries varied from solo to… Read More...

Our very competitive annual school speech competition was held on Friday 5 July 2019. Each team in the school nominated their top speakers to compete in the finals and as always, the standard was exceptionally high. The audience had the opportunity to listen to speeches on a diverse range of topics… Read More...

Northcross represented at the Squash Zone day on 25th with 6 teams of keen girls and boys. We had teams in both the pro and beginners league. After a long day of challenging matches, we had 2 teams in the finals. The opposition was tough and in the end the girls team one, Lucy Aspinall, Saara… Read More...

Northcross recently hosted its annual Mathex competition – the largest number of students ever to compete, with 87 teams from across the school. The top 4 teams from each year level went on to represent Northcross at the North Shore Mathex the following day, where 344 students in 86 teams raced to… Read More...

The U45 Boys Rugby team won the NH Zone day, going through undefeated. The boys showed their grit in our first game against Rosmini, coming from 10-5 down to win 15 -10 in a very even game. Rosmini B were no match with captain Theo Curtis on fire, scoring some great individual tries. Our hardest… Read More...

The Y8 Boys Football Team are 2019 Auckland Football Champions. Their road to the final had a bit of everything; wins, a loss, a draw and a penalty shoot out (not to mention the weather which was blue sky and sun, then fog, followed by torrential rain!). The NX Boys team came back from a loss in… Read More...

On June 6th 2019, Northcross Performing Arts Class along with three students from other classes performed in Showquest at Spark Arena, Auckland in front of a large audience! Our theme was ‘JOURNEYS’ to NZ from other places. We explored (through dance, song and movement) how every person in New… Read More...

The NX Boys Hockey Team are 2019 North Harbour Champions. The Northcross team put together all round performances in pool play to make it to another final against Murrays Bay at the recent NH Hockey Tournament at Rosedale.  The final was a close fought game with NX scoring a stunning goal to give… Read More...

Dear Parent/Caregiver The following International Competitions and Assessments for Schools exams (ICAS) take place on the days/dates listed below: Subject Sitting Date Cost Digital Technologies Tuesday 3 September $15 Science Thursday 5 September… Read More...

On Monday 20 May some of our top readers from around the school participated in the Auckland Heats of the annual Kids Lit Quiz, held at St Cuthbert’s College. It was wonderful to compete in an event that celebrates the ‘sport of reading’ and we are very proud of the way our two teams represented… Read More...

On Tuesday 14 May 90 students from our school were able to attend the Auckland Writers Festival at the Aotea Centre. We were privileged to hear addresses from Pauline Vaeluaga-Smith, Sally Gardner, Joanna Grochowicz and Luke Wright. Additionally, some of our students were able to attend workshops… Read More...

Auckland War Memorial Museum Lest We Forget ANZAC Poetry Competition This year we were thrilled to have two of our students selected as winners in this annual nationwide poetry competition. The theme for 2019 was ‘Peace After the War’.  Madeline Bennett: Room 55 (11 and under category) with The… Read More...