On the 28th of April, I had the honour of attending the Young Economist of the Year Ireland Awards Ceremony at University College Dublin (UCD).
My entry "Inflation Strikes Back" was awarded a Gold medal and shortlisted in the Creativity category. I am thrilled to share that I was also awarded the overall International Award and trophy.
Over 13,000 students from more than 800 schools worldwide took part in this year’s British Biology Olympiad. They completed two 45-minute papers covering familiar and novel topics from Ecology to Biotechnology!
Out of 44 Sixth Form students who completed the British Biology Olympiad (BBO), 8 students achieved a Bronze award, 6 achieved a Silver award and 5 achieved a Gold award. Students achieving the Gold award are:
Isabella, Bidisha, Simran, Daisy and Arya (not in the photo).
On Thursday 27th April, I was invited to the BPhO (British Physics Olympiad) Awards Ceremony at The Royal Society in London.
During the ceremony, many bright students were awarded prizes and medals for their participation in various BPhO competitions.
These competitions test knowledge of both Physics and Astrophysics that is not otherwise tested on the GCSE and A-Level syllabus. Participation in a British Physics Olympiad is a challenge which allows able students to have fun problem-solving whilst seeing the real-world problem-solving potential of Physics.
On Profiling Day, Year 9 students had a 'Careers' session in the Library which was very interesting and engaging. It started off with Mrs Williamson telling us some career related jokes, which I found quite funny. We were given booklets with questions, to which we had to find the answers by searching for them in the books in the Career Library.
When we were told it was a competition, I was definitely excited about the activity. Completing the booklet was like a scavenger hunt, as we had to look for the books mentioned in the question, and then search through the book to find the answers to our question. Whilst doing these questions, I came across a very interesting book, which I had used to answer some of the questions in the booklet.
The Science Club for Year 7 - 9, that takes place on Wednesdays during second break, welcomed a visitor to our session on the 19th of April.
Anjali, a former Kendrick student and now a student of Materials Science at Imperial College, introduced the students to an exciting resource that will help them to plan a mission to the Moon.
I was recently nominated, along with 3 other Year 9 students from Kendrick, to attend a series of Mathematics Masterclasses run by the Royal Institution. We joined Year 9 students from the local area at Holyport College over 5 Saturday morning workshops.
Each week we looked at a different topic of maths: Infinity and Beyond, Stock Market Trading, Surprising Statistics, Magic Squares and Origami.
Finishing just before the end of last term, Chess club students have been taking part in the UK’s biggest Chess Tournament for schools: the Delancey Chess Challenge.
Students from Year 7 – 12 took part, playing 7 rounds of matches on a weekly basis.
On Tuesday 21st March, students in Year 9 had an 'Introduction to Careers' day in the Library whilst having their profiling appointments with their teachers. They visited various sections of the Careers Library, getting to know the resources available in school for their use. They had the time to investigate these resources which could be of significance to them when thinking about their future potential careers.
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On Wednesday 22nd of March, the Kendrick Poets’ Society launched its new poetry anthology, centred around the theme of ‘Growth’. This well-established event is now in its third year, and we were delighted with the turnout. Students and staff bought copies of the anthology, sought signatures, and formed a wonderful audience for the readings by a few of our poets.
On Friday 24 March 2023, the library was honoured to host the presentation of the Holocaust Memorial Day Poetry Competition prizes.
Ordinary people were involved in all aspects of the Holocaust, Nazi persecution of other groups, and in subsequent genocides. The theme this year, highlighted the ordinary people who let genocide happen, the ordinary people who actively perpetrated genocide, and the ordinary people who were persecuted.
On Friday 24th March, Kendrick School hosted the Air Ambulance Charity Concert in collaboration with students from Reading School. Since 2012, students of the two schools have come together every year to make music and raise money for the Thames Valley Air Ambulance (TVAA). The concert is completely student-led, from the lighting to the programmes and, of course, all the music.
This event was started in 2011 after the TVAA saved the life of Toby Darrington, a student at Reading School. The following year, his sister organised a concert to raise money and show gratitude for this incredible organisation, and this tradition has continued by the two schools.
On Friday 3rd March two teams of four Year 10 students took part in the Year 10 Advanced Mathematics Support Programme (AMSP) Maths Feast at Langley Grammar School, an exciting and challenging competition that tests mathematical, team - working and communication skills.
Each year the format of the competition changes slightly, so the rounds stay interesting, and this year was no exception! We competed in 4 separate rounds which needed a variety of tactics and also put our problem-solving skills to the test.