This year we celebrated World Book Day a little later than usual due to the COVID-19 national lockdown.
We held two competitions where students were asked to submit a ‘bookish limerick’ or a photograph of themselves reading in an unusual place. We had a fantastic response to both competitions and would like to share our winning entries with you all. Thank you to everyone who took part this year.
We were very impressed with the number of students that took part in our first Inter- House Reading Competition this year. Collectively, over a thousand books were read! Well done to all those who took part and a huge thank you to the House Captains and Vice House Captains who collated the figures.
Cedars – 393 books, Palmer - 370 books and Sidmouth - 280 books
It is now two years since Manasvini, a student in Year 8 passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on 26th March 2019. To mark this day, a message from Mr Stride was read out to students in her year group,
World Book Day 2021 fell on 4th March but as we had not yet returned to school at that point, Kendrick School decided to postpone the celebrations this year until the end of March so that we didn’t miss out on the fun and the important message behind the initiative.
On Wednesday lunchtime, some of the entrants to the ‘Be the Light in the Darkness’ Poetry Competition held after Holocaust Memorial Day at the end of January, were able to meet in the Hall with Ms Kattirtzi and other members of staff, for a prize giving presentation.
Ms Kattirtzi acknowledged the high volume and standard of poems submitted for the competition. She spoke about her delight at the moving and expressive poetry submitted, especially from such young poets and her enthusiasm for future pieces of work as the students continue to develop their poetry-writing skills.
Designed to challenge and inspire, the UK Chemistry Olympiad is the leading Chemistry competition for students in secondary education. This enriching experience is a unique opportunity for students to push themselves further, develop critical problem-solving skills, learn to think more creatively and get a chance to test their knowledge in new, real-world situations.
The Mathematical Challenges are a timed, multiple-choice competition aimed at students across the UK. It encourages mathematical reasoning, precision of thought, and fluency in using basic mathematical techniques to solve interesting problems. The problems are designed to make students think. Most are accessible, yet still challenge those with more experience.
About six months ago, Kaya from Year 9 decided she wanted to raise money for the Little Princess Trust, a charity that provides free real hair wigs to children and young people, up to 24 years, who have lost their own hair through cancer treatment or other conditions.
Monday 8th March is International Women’s Day (IWD), an important day for everyone to appreciate and acknowledge women and their contribution and achievements everywhere. This year’s theme is Choose to Challenge, which encourages everyone to accelerate gender parity through action. Here is a display exploring the theme which can be seen in our library and the Sixth form block.
Last year, the Music Department set out to rename its practice rooms in honour of influential and inspirational women from throughout musical history. We thought it would be fitting to introduce those women to you as part of International Women's Day, celebrating how these women have gone on to be successful in their respective fields and pave the way for future women to do the same.
This year as part of Holocaust Memorial Day we invited students to enter a poetry competition.
Poetry can be incredibly powerful. During the Holocaust and other genocides, those persecuted wrote poetry to express their feelings of loss, suffering and hope.
Survivors wrote poetry afterwards as a response to their experiences.
Writing, reading and sharing poetry can be a creative way to bring people together, even if you are not able to physically join together.
Team Cascade (Mridhula, Arzina and Ananya, all in year 13) were winners in the 2020 School’s Aerospace Challenge, and this was reported in Kendrick news in October 2020 when they were presented with their prize.
After reading about Team Cascade’s success, a parent who works for Rolls Royce got in touch and the Team were invited to present their project and connect with Rolls Royce engineers.
This took place during the February half term week.