At St Hilda’s our Cornerstone Curriculum is the cornerstone of our Personal Development and Spirituality programme. We want our pupils to flourish in body and mind and to develop the knowledge, skills and values to enable them to experience life in all its fullness. It includes:
- Opportunities to express their views in daily act of worship, collective worship and St Hilda’s reads in form time
- taught PSHE and Citizenship lessons in curriculum time
- Opportunities to live out our vision and values inside and outside of lessons including whole school events such as our annual Cornerstone Week held in the summer term
CONTENTS
The Cornerstone Team
Cornerstone Assembly Calendar
Cornerstone Bulletin
The Chapel
Cornerstone Week 2024
Cornerstone Week 2023
The Cornerstone Team
The Cornerstone Team is directed by our senior leaders and led by Mrs Martin, Head of RE and Christian Distinctiveness, alongside the Head of Careers, the School Chaplain, Head of Diversity, Curriculum leaders and Heads of House.
Our pupils are also members of the Cornerstone Team and work alongside each other and the Pastoral Team to deliver the Cornerstone Curriculum, including Worship.
Worship training with the Chaplaincy Team in October 2024
Cornerstone Assembly Calendar
The Cornerstone Team collaboratively create the Cornerstone Calendar, which reflects our Christian distinctiveness and also celebrates key festivals of other faiths.
You can see the calendar for 2024 – 2025 below (please note that it can change according to the needs of pupils):
Cornerstone Calendar 2024 – 2025
Cornerstone Bulletin
The Cornerstone Bulletin is a weekly curriculum for form tutors to deliver including daily reflection, pastoral support, assemblies and our St Hilda’s Reads programme. Please see the latest bulletin below.
The Chapel
The Chapel is the heart of our Cornerstone Team and Curriculum and is open daily from the moment school opens until after the school day. It is a beautiful and safe space for pupils and staff to pray, talk and to worship God in a variety of forms. It is the hub of all of our courageous advocacy work, and an inspiring setting for pupils to explore their spirituality. Some of the activities currently happening in the Chapel include:
Cornerstone Week
Every year we collapse the timetable and create a bespoke Cornerstone Curriculum. In 2024 our focus was Spiritual and Courageous advocates. This was also the time when Year 9 took part in the Duke of Edinburgh programme and Year 10 and 12 went on Work Experience. You can read more about what we did and why, below:
CW 2024 Report MASTER v5 - PTo view, please click here.
Cornerstone Week 2023
In 2023, we focused on faith as a protected characteristic. You can read about the what we did and why below:
DW 2023 Report MASTER - EDIT 3To view, please click here.