NX NEWS

The Northcross Intermediate Rock Band " SWEET OFFENDER" won 1st place in the North Shore finals of NZ Bandquest and are now in the NZ finals to be judged late September. We also took out awards for best keyboard player, Tina Tao and best vocalist, Sam Lacey. The band did an intricate medley of… Read More...

Our annual school speech competition was held at school on Friday 27 July 2018. Each team in the school nominated their top two speakers to compete in the finals and the standard was exceptionally high this year. The audience had the opportunity to listen to speeches on a diverse range of topics and… Read More...

It was all go from the of start of Term 3 with our annual NX Cross Country taking place on the first Tuesday back from holidays. Eighty students headed to Long Bay Beach, keen to run the 3.5km Cross Country course, hoping to make it into the NX Cross Country team to represent Northcross at the NH… Read More...

The National Orienteering Champs took place in Christchurch during the holidays and our NX team, consisting of Kenzie McKay, Kate Borton, Luke Hart and Taiga Kato, represented us exceptionally well. A special mention to Taiga Kato for finishing an outstanding 1st place in the Sprint and 3rd place… Read More...

Recently Northcross hosted its annual Mathex competition – the largest number of students ever to compete with 86 teams from across the school. It was a challenging competition this year but our students showed true Northcross perseverance and determination. The top 4 teams from each year level… Read More...

After achieving success at the NH Zone Day, five of our Orienteering teams took to Reeves Farm, Patumahoe for the Auckland InterZone Day. The challenging 2.2km courses had our athletes running over farmland, jumping streams and hurdling fences in order to find all the punches in the quickest time… Read More...

On Monday 14 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...

Thank you to Joanna Bolland of Burnsco for their support of our school. On Monday morning Joanna delivered a Personal Locator Beacon ( PLB valued at $600 ) to our school ensuring that even when students are out of cell phone range during out of school activities, we can still be alerted to  any… Read More...

This year we were thrilled to have two of our students become finalists and winners in this years Auckland Museum Lest We Forget ANZAC Poetry Competition. Jack Loft Room 17 (Under 11 category) with Tattered Telegraphs Lexie Fisher Room 54 (12-17 category) with Dearest Mother Jack and Lexie had… Read More...

Download the bighoot app and enjoy the Art Trail around Auckland with amazing owls, big and small. Visit Shore City Mall and see our very own Northcross Owlet designed and painted by our fabulous Northcross Artist team. Closes 26th April. www.thebighoot.co.nz Amanda Gummer – Art Tech @… Read More...

Our annual Hawaiian social was again a big success. Thank you to all those who supported the event which was not only a fun night out for the 400 plus students but a much needed boost to our fundraising goals for AIMS and Sports in general. Special mention to our very loyal and committed DJ Marrs… Read More...

Northcross students put their House colours and running shoes on last week and took to the challenge of completing our annual NX Fun Run. Competition between the Houses was set to the extreme, with everyone wanting their team to not only be the fastest House but also the best looking and loudest… Read More...

Northcross represented exceptionally well at the NH Triathlon Zone day early this week. Even though it was a new sport for many and the hot conditions on the day were challenging, our athletes gave an outstanding effort and showed incredible determination, running, biking and/or swimming the tough… Read More...

The Northcross Intermediate Board of Trustees would like to welcome David Oakley as new Chairperson for 2018. David has been not only been a supportive parent but also an active Board member over the last 3 years with  special interests in property and policy. We would like to acknowledge outgoing… Read More...

110 NX Students took to Millennium’s National Aquatic Centre to trial for a place in the Northcross Swim team last week. It was great to see so much enthusiasm, determination and commitment in the pool, as every student took to the water with their best effort, trying to achieve their fastest time.… Read More...