Excellence Club at The Cornerstone Academy

Here at The Cornerstone Academy, we believe that as well as receiving outstanding academic education in class, our students deserve the very best in preparing for the future. Academically, in Excellence Club, our students are expected to try things which they think they cannot do; to persist in the face of difficulty; to become resilient in overcoming obstacles; to manage themselves; to work independently on things which challenge them; to work with others; and to lead.

The Excellence Club is open to Grammar Steam during KS3 and the highest achieving students in KS4.

Past critical thinking projects include Psychology – Free Will v Behaviourism; History through Music; The Rise of the Museum; Psychogeography; RE Insider v Outsider Argument; Hidden Histories; The Darker Side of Science

Definition: 
Gifted and talented’ describes children and young people with one or more abilities developed to a level significantly ahead of the year group (or with the potential to develop these abilities).

"Gifted" learners are those who have abilities in one or more academic subjects such as Maths and English. 

Talented learners are those who have particular abilities in sport, music design or creative and performing arts.

• Historical writing competition
•  A range of external speakers - for example, a World Faiths panel to hear from a range of different perspectives and to support tolerance and diversity
• Effective debate skills workshop
• Trips - for example, to France for students studying GCSE French and History, a trip to Shepton Mallet prison for GCSE RS students
• Theatre Trips
• STEAM speakers and workshops
• Maths Challenge
•  Debating in BCP Youth Parliament
•  Elections at Youth Parliament elections. 
•  Mayoral visit and lecture on democracy.
• Youth Participation workers visiting in SC meetings
•  Art workshops
•  Workshops: Climate change, stem cell
• RNLI Girls in STEM
•  Exposing students to Ocean Science
•  Promotion and applications for university residential experiences