NX NEWS

Links to the Photos of our recent Academic and Sports Prize Giving recipients are included below. Photos are available online through Snapfish. To download a photo you will need to set up a Snapfish account (this is free).  Sports Prize Giving 2019 Academic Prize Giving 2019 Read More...

For instructions on accessing the 2019 End Of Year Student Assessments follow the  link below.  This will direct you to our NX Info section. 2019 Student Assessments Read More...

At the recent NIWA NH Science Fair Prize Giving we had ten students acknowledged for their in depth knowledge and effort in Science, winning a bunch of awards and prizes. Special Awards: Tai Rhodes – Miles Maxted Award for outstanding use of statistical dataKate Borton – NIWA Award for an… Read More...

Our NX Snowboarding team had excellent results at the recent North Island Snowboarding Champs on Mt Ruapehu. Despite the weather being somewhat mixed a number of competitions were completed. The whole team performed superbly and were amazing representatives of the school on and off the slopes.… Read More...

After months of team training and build up, we were as ready as we could be to bring back the AIMS trophy. We had an outstanding group of players and it was evident after the first couple of games at AIMS that if we played our game we could get to the semi’s. A lofty goal considering there were 68… Read More...

Nearly 200 Northcross athletes headed to Tauranga last week for the annual AIMS Games, ready to give their all against the best the country could offer. It was an amazingly successful week for all our athletes as they showed outstanding determination and commitment, playing their hearts out in the… Read More...

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...