On Friday 12th May, Mr Duncan presented the House Reading Cup to Sidmouth House for collectively reading 575 books! Close runners-up were Palmer followed by Cedars.
Sophie and Ella proudly received the cup as their last task as Sidmouth House Leaders. Neha joined them for the presentation as she will be one of the Sidmouth House Leaders for 2023-24.
A new era of reign could only mean one thing…celebrations! As we marked a historic and patriotic moment for the country, it was very important as a community to remember our key values such as friendship and kindness, showcase talent, and bring the community together through various celebrations. Throughout the school, there were diverse events held from Art and Poetry competitions to even making our very own Kendrick time capsule! And here are some of the highlights…
In light of the special month of Ramadan, the English Department organised a writing competition with the theme of 'Reflections in Ramadan'. Ramadan is an important month in the Islamic calendar, when Muslims everywhere begin a month of fasting, prayer and reflection on their spiritual life and journey.
Anaya Patel, a former student at Kendrick School defended her junior girls' singles table tennis title at the Junior National Championships in Nottingham. She won the title for the second year in succession, with a string of tough matches on her way to the final.
Patel, 19, said, “It was quite stressful, but when you’re playing the match you take each point as it comes and don’t focus too much on the score.
“Last year’s experience of winning helped me a little, but obviously it’s different – you play different people, and you never know what’s going to happen on the day. It feels great to win two in a row.”
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.