Principal’s Message
Recently I read an article written by journalist Kerre Woodham, titled; ‘What’s The Point in Keeping Intermediate Schools’ (13/09/2024); maintaining Intermediates have no clear educational philosophy. While ideas for educational reform can often spark valuable discussion, it’s crucial to remember the unique and significant role that Northcross Intermediate plays in the lives of our students and community. The Value of Intermediate […]
AIMS Games 2024
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, competing their hearts out in the hope that they could secure a win. […]
Fantastic Fun Run Fundraiser
The NX 2024 Fun Run was a very colourful event, with both the students and staff showing great house spirit with their costume choices! The competition between the Houses was intense, both on the course and in the House Games. Our NX students really stood up to the task though, completing the 3km run with […]
Top Results for NX Rock Band
We are very proud to announce that the band Lightswitch (featuring Bill Hunter, Cyrus Zhou, Jerry Cui, Jessie Dong, Jett Iles, Liam Hart, Riley Violich and Talyah Heidar) placed 3rd in the National Rockshop Bandquest competition. The incredible hard work and dedication from each band member has truly paid off. Big congratulations to Jerry Cui […]
Kapa haka Evening
The Kapa haka group have performed on many occasions so far this year, but no performance was as exciting for the group as the performance in our own PAC as part of Maori language week. The day started at 4am for Kapa haka teacher Mark Jensen as he prepared the hangi that would feed all […]
TOI Creative Photo Challenge
TOI is a wearable art competition for student designers run in collaboration with WOW (World of WearableArt). Students entering TOI could also opt to enter the creative photo challenge, where they self-directed a conceptual “cover-style” shoot for their wearable art entry. This challenge was open to students across all year levels in New Zealand, from Y1 […]
NX Futsal Teams Runners Up in Auckland
During AIMS the NH Winning Y8 Boys and Y8 Girls Futsal teams got the news that they were invited to compete in the Auckland Champs. Whilst this meant that the teams had no time to prepare and train for the comp (both teams not having played a Futsal game since Term 1) it was an […]
Success for Northcross at Speech Competitions
Three of our talented orators recently represented Northcross at the Rehu Tai APPA North Shore Speech Festival at Northcote Intermediate. Asher (Traditional Speech), Rada (Spoken Word) and Vivienne (Flash Talk) all spoke with confidence and skill. The standard was exceptionally high and there were some outstanding speeches from all the intermediate schools across the North […]
Basketball Boys North Harbour Champions
North Harbour Zone day saw our AIMS boys basketball team come together for the first time as a team. The team played consecutive pool games which were fast-paced, with minimal down time but managed convincing wins in all their games . The team gelled well together, spending precious minutes on the court as they built […]
Success for NX Snow Team
An acknowledgment of our NX Snow Team (Skiers and Snow boarders) who have had a busy term. Congratulations to all team members who competed in both the Auckland Ski Championships and the 365 Ski competition held at Snow Planet. The Northcross team achieved an impressive 3rd place at the Auckland Championship competition held earlier in […]