This year our school community chose to creatively express what Kendrick means to them in the form of messages, photographs, poems and pictures. These have been collated into a display in the main school for all to see. Here is a selection of some of the fabulous contributions.
Happy birthday to Kendrick School! We are 143 years old today!
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We are happy to announce an excellent set of GCSE results for our Year 11 students.
On Monday 13th July, we celebrated our first ever virtual sports day. The day began with a live stream of a workout led by Ms Watkins, Mrs Lace and some staff on the front lawn. They were joined by other members of staff and students who tuned in remotely. After a good HIT session, everyone was then invited to complete a challenge to accumulate as many miles as possible for their house.
In order to celebrate Pride month the KSLT proposed the project, ‘Pebbles for Pride’, which consisted of each person finding a stone or pebble, painting a design on said pebble, with the theme of Pride in mind, and placing this out in the wilderness! We intended for this to be both a fun activity and a way to show support for the LGBTQ+ community from wherever we are located. Images of these pebbles were posted to the Kendrick Arts Instagram account, which can be found through this link, which means solidarity for LGBTQ+ individuals was both portrayed online, as well as in the outside world.
A few weeks ago, students were invited to consider why statues should be put up in the first place. The scene was, Kendrick had five empty plinths to put statues of people from history. The challenge was to choose five individuals and to write up to 500 words to justify their choices. They had to think about the individual's achievements, attitudes and actions.
Kendrick School is very proud to have been named the best state-funded secondary school in Reading and Berkshire in this year's Real Schools Guide.
The Real Schools Guide 2020, compiled by Reach's data unit, has been released and it ranks schools on a range of different measures, to show what's really important to students and parents. The guide, now in its eighth year, has been praised by ministers and education experts alike. Former schools minister David Laws called it "public-service journalism in the best tradition".
Welcome to the final of our Online Performer Series concerts for 2020. Our students and staff have outdone themselves in these performances and we even have a special young guest, part of our extended Kendrick community, in our final item, so do watch until the end.
After the tragic death of George Floyd, students in Years 8 and 9 were asked to reflect on the Kendrick Pledge by creating an A5 poster to be stuck in the front of their PSHCE books as a constant reminder of our pledge.
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We are pleased to share with you our second Online Perfomer Series.
The Corona-Library News recently ran a competition to name our beautiful crocheted reading doll. All editions of the library newsletter can be found in the Library section on the school website.