THOUGHT LEADERS
Clubs discuss a new topic in the news every half term. At the end of each half term, we recognise the school that made the most valuable contributions to the discussions by naming them the ‘Thought Leader’.
We pick the Thought Leader by looking for these things on the Hub:
- In-depth knowledge of the issue
- Good use of the Burnet News Club skills
- Lots of interaction with other schools
2019 - 2020 Thought Leaders
Issue 1: The American election
Michael Faraday SchoolIssue 6: The Arts
Lyons Hall Primary SchoolIssue 5: Extreme Weather
Achimota Basic SchoolIssue 4: The Future of Health care
Hammond Junior SchoolIssue 3: Politicians and Power
Birchwood Primary SchoolIssue 2: Space Exploration
Noel Park Primary SchoolIssue 1: Hong Hong in Crisis
Graveney School2018 - 2019 Thought Leaders
Issue 6: Climate emergency
Faringdon Community College were the final Thought Leaders of the year.Issue 5: Trump's wall
The Thought Leader for Issue 5 is Morley Newlands Academy.Issue 4: Democracy in a divided nation
Congratulations to Michael Faraday School, the Thought Leaders for Issue 4.Issue 3: The rise of violent crime
The Ruth Gorse Academy were awarded Thought Leader for Issue 3.Issue 2: Learning from the financial crisis
Ormiston Bushfield Academy were awarded Thought Leader for Issue 2.Issue 1: Myanmar
Noel Park were awarded the most stars per comment/post which showed their contributions were high quality. They demonstrated brilliant curiosity, open-mindedness, scepticism, reasoning and storytelling.2017 - 2018 Thought Leaders
Issue 6: World Cup 2018
Elaine Primary Academy demonstrated excellent participation in this year’s Burnet News Club, contributing to every Issue and continuing the high standard of input to the end of the year. They made fantastic Weekly Competition entries in this Issue, and wrote insightful questions for our Expert Contributors to ponder.Issue 5: Veganism
St Saviour's & St Olave's School undertook a vegetarian challenge to better understand the veganism issue, writing reflective posts on the struggles they faced. Their club members submitted a range of video and written blog Final Pieces, had a great term's worth of creative competition entries and scepticism filled comments.Issue 4: Gender Equality
Streatham Wells Primary School raised the bar with their high standard of Final Pieces, representing their views on ‘2018. Gender Equality’. A mix of sculpture and painting produced powerful, creative artworks. We enjoyed their open-minded posts which challenged our preconceived ideas about gender.Issue 3: Catalonia
Colegrave Primary School’s Burnet News Club students immersed themselves in every way possible during this Issue. Lots of different club members joined the discussion online and posted well-developed comments, great Final Pieces were submitted and Weekly Competition entries resulted in all-round success.Issue 2: Social Housing
Michael Faraday School demonstrated curiosity rich questions and skilfully sceptical comments during this social housing Issue. The views of club members diverged as the Issue progressed, which resulted in a variety of solutions being presented clearly and confidently in their Final Pieces.Issue 1: Russia and Rights
St Peter's Primary School impressed us throughout the first Issue of the year. Students contributed on the Hub right from the start, showing increasingly developed reasoning. It was evident that students' Final Pieces were well informed by the conversations they had taken part in online.2016 - 2017 Thought Leaders
Issue 1: What is the cost of climate change? | Malcolm Arnold Academy
Issue 2: Fake news and democracy | Crampton Primary School
Issue 3: Health care: The future ofthe NHS | St Peter's Primary School
Issue 4: Syria:How do you think Britain should be involved? | St Mary's and St John's Primary School
Issue 5: Prisons: Punishment and Rehabilitation | Faringdon Community College
Issue 6: The American Election: Personality v Policies | Elaine Primary Academy
2015 - 2016 Thought Leaders
Issue 1: Rio 2016: Sport and Society | Graveney School
Issue 2: Brexit and the EU Referendum | Graveney School
Issue 3: Rights in the Modern World: Privacy, Freedom and Safety | Stroud Green Primary School
Issue 4: Housing and Communities in the UK | North Beckton Primary School
BURNET NEWS CLUB AWARDS CEREMONY
Every year we hold a Burnet News Club Awards Ceremony at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace.
The ceremony celebrates another year of the club and recognises outstanding students from participating schools. Awards are presented to ten outstanding students, an outstanding teacher and an overall winning school.
Burnet News Club Awards Ceremony 2020
Winning School: Hammond Junior SchoolTeacher of the Year Award: Hamda Sheikh from Preston Manor School
Burnet News Club Awards Ceremony 2019
Winning School: Boutcher C of E Primary SchoolTeacher of the Year Award: Michael Baker from Faringdon Community College
Burnet News Club Awards Ceremony 2018
Winning School: Michael Faraday SchoolOutstanding Teacher Award: Diane Rougvie-Fevrier from St Gregory’s Primary School
Burnet News Club Awards Ceremony 2017
Winning School: Faringdon Community CollegeOutstanding Teacher Award: Claire Hofer from Elaine Primary Academy