With amazing effort and determination shown by all three houses, Kendrick saw its first whole school sports day since 2019, hosted at Palmer Park. Track events took place in the morning, and all the way from 1500m to 75m, it was an incredibly close contest. Even through 30⁰C temperatures, students from all year groups were able to give their best performance and cheer on their fellow competitors, waving their house flags with pride.
On Tuesday 12th July, ten members of the Kendrick Student Leaders (KSL) team attended a 'UK Student Leadership Conference 2022' in London hosted by the FCA. This was a programme aimed at state school girls, where we learnt not just about empowering ourselves but also our peers, the young people around us and our community. We attended a variety of different seminars ranging from identifying unconscious bias in both the school environment and the workplace, learning how to inspire social change around us by becoming agents of change and gender-based safety in school. We hope to impart the valuable lessons we have learnt from this conference in our school.
The sun shone as Kendrick School celebrated the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in style on Friday 8th July. There were many exciting competitions to enter, a picnic lunch to enjoy on the school lawn and fun activity stalls to partake in throughout our extended lunch session.
Every year, the Franklin Society of Cambridge University's Murray Edwards College hosts a science-based essay competition. The competition is open to Sixth Form students (or equivalent) from any country and of any gender. The competition aims to encourage students to explore scientific issues beyond those covered in the school curriculum.
Here is Daisy's essay report:
Our Year 13 students, Jade and Katerina have been running ‘Space Society’ for the last few years. Throughout lockdown they used the two computerised Celestron telescopes belonging to the Physics department.
These are loaned to interested students, and you will see from their blog how much Jade and Katerina have been inspired by being able to use them.
Remembering Sahana, a student at Kendrick School, who was talented and clever, but more importantly was a kind, considerate and selfless child who loved her school, her family and friends and the life she had. We mourn her loss and celebrate her life.
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On Monday 27th June, we launched our second Kendrick Poets’ Society Anthology. We were delighted to see family and friends join us for this special occasion. Our poets showcased their exceptional poems with the audience and moved many people with the power of their words as they read their poems on stage. They were passionate, talented and excellent. You can find the foreword attached to this article to get an impression of how brilliantly crafted the poems are for this anthology.
On Wednesday 14th June, a team of ten Kendrick students went to play a chess competition against a team from Queen Anne’s School in Caversham. This was Kendrick’s first chess competition against another school in over 10 years, and the results did not disappoint.
Students from different Year groups represented Kendrick, these included Divija and Joanne from Year 7, Avika, Saswathi and Abi from Year 8, Paris, Lulu and Kaya from Year 9, and Arushi and Zunairah from Year 10. Kendrick won seven out of the ten games played against Queen Anne’s.
The Year 8s had a great trip to Bushcraft, learnt and mastered many skills including making a fire, working together as a team, making use of natural resources and much more!!
We hope that we get more opportunities like this in the future to spend some quality time away from our phones and enjoy the natural beauty of our world.
By Giselle, Ivy, Usmi and Saswathi
BBC Young Dancer is a dance competition open to dancers of all styles from all over the UK providing them an opportunity to showcase their dance skills. I first got to know about this competition in 2017 when I watched the South Asian category final and the main finals on television. I was so inspired by the dancers, I decided to apply in 2021. On the 25th of April 2022, I was awarded the title “BBC Young Dancer 2022”.
This year the theme for the 2022 Holocaust Memorial Day was One Day. One Day could mean a specific day, it could also be One Day in history, One Day when life changed (for better or for worse), One Day at a time or One Day in the future.
The idea for an upcycling competition came from one of the parents who help in the Second Hand Uniform shop. We wanted to raise the profile of the Second Hand Uniform shop, whilst making use of uniform items that for one reason or another weren’t suitable to sell in the shop.