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.

• Creative writing Club
• Debating in BCP Youth Parliament
• Theatre trips
• Maths’ ambassadors
• Robotics challenge- A chance to design, create and code a Lego robot
• Who killed Rudolph? - An introduction to forensic science
• Debates: Stem cell dilemmas, Genetic engineering, Screening for genetic disorders and climate change
• STEM speakers and workshop days
• English Civil War-Debate on whether England was better as a republic or monarchy
• Speaker and workshop for the GCSE medicine unit
• Climate change - What is the main cause of Climate change?
• Guest speaker to talk about Travel and ABTA
• Competition ’Spirited art’