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.

Students work on individually negotiated topics and build to a research driven assignment.

25.03.21: Overview of the course and booklets.

26.04.21: Topic research and getting started.

10.05.21: How to proofread.

07.06.21: Troubleshooting.

Date TBC: Awards.

All sessions take place in room 64 on Mondays unless stated otherwise.

01.11.21: What is an argument?

08.11.21: Preparing a case

15.11.21: Rebuttal

22.11.21: Inset day

29.11.21: Research 29b

6.12.21: Research 29b

13.12.21: In club debate

10.01.22: Selecting a topic

17.01.22: Topic development

24.01.22: Research 29b

31.01.22: Research 29b

07.02.22: Hinging the argument

14.02.22: Rehearsal session and feedback

21.02.22: Half term

28.02.22: Writing the takeaway

07.03.22: Etiquette of debates

14.03.22: Support session / Lunctime debates in the hall

• 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’