On Tuesday 19th November, Autumn Profiling Day, all the Year 9s had an exciting opportunity to learn more about different careers we may not have even heard of before, using books and websites on the computers from the school’s Careers Library. The Librarians created a fun quiz which allowed us to research and find out some different careers that we hadn’t looked into before.
The Arkwright Engineering Scholarships programme is the most prestigious scholarship scheme of its type in the UK with over 5,000 Scholarships awarded to date. The aim is to identify, inspire and nurture school-age students to be the country’s future leaders in engineering, computing and technical design.
On Wednesday 20th November, Amnesty Society attended the annual UK Youth Conference hosted in the Amnesty HQ. This year, the theme was the rights of the child as Amnesty were celebrating the UN Convention of the rights of the child.
I decided to apply to be a Fedex ball kid for the Nitto ATP Tour Finals which is an end of year tennis tournament with the top 8 male players in the world. I have been playing tennis since the age of five and closely follow the professional tour. I had always wanted to see the players up close and thought this would be a great opportunity.
In November 2019, Year 7 went to the Reading Museum to learn about the contenders for the throne in 1066, the Battle of Hastings and its background tale. After we put our belongings away, our guide led us up the stairs to the first floor which held a replica of the Bayeux Tapestry.
The Year 10 German trip was a wonderful experience for all those who took part. We were able to immerse ourselves in the culture by staying with German families, eating German meals and communicating in German. It enabled everyone to be taken out of their comfort zone and gain confidence. We also got to explore beautiful places and engage in amazing activities that brought us all closer together. Everyone enjoyed the trip greatly and are extremely grateful to the teachers who accompanied them on this trip as well as the wonderful coach driver, Scott, who drove us safely everywhere throughout the week.
On Thursday morning, the two Religious Studies classes from Years 10 and 11 boarded the coach to go to Oxford. Our first destination was the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, a very large and architecturally beautiful building.
On Monday 4 November, Emily, Anna Mae, Mia (Year 13s), Amy Grace and Rowena (Year 9s) were given the incredible opportunity to go to the Reading Council Climate Conference at Alfred Sutton Primary along with Ms Kattirtzi and Ms Fallows. There were lots of amazing presentations (and food!), which left us all inspired to do our part to help our planet.
On Sunday the 13th October, French students in Year 10 embarked on what would, for many of us, be one of our most unique and amazing experiences. It was a 14 hour journey, including the exciting Eurotunnel and a French service station. We arrived in Tours to be picked up by our host families and our nerves and excitement were obvious.
The Biology Department had a great time planning and delivering a jam-packed Biology week last week. Some of the Year 12 Biology prefects put together some wonderful Biology quizzes and ‘Women in Biology’ presentations to be shown during registration time. Some of the women they chose to celebrate included Rosalind Franklin, whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, Mary Anning, who was the first to excavate and describe a fossil of Ichthyosaurus at the age of 11, and Jane Goodall, who is recognised for her ground breaking discoveries about chimpanzee behaviour.
On 11th of October 2019, the Head Girl Team invited Dr Shola Mos-Shogbamimu to Kendrick School to deliver an inspirational talk as part of our Black History Month.