On Thursday January 23rd, Y11 students visited The Hexagon in Reading for the Poetry Live! event, to support their learning and revision for English Literature GCSE and to explore and enjoy a range of poetry and poets. Abi in 11Q has provided the following account.
This 2019, Year 8 and 9 Charity Week was a huge success! Year 8s and 9s worked together to raise as much money in four days as possible. We managed to raise over £1000 for our chosen charity, which will really benefit our local community.
THE KENDRICK PLEDGE
We, the students, staff and friends of Kendrick School, pledge to uphold the values of friendship, kindness and respect. We promise to stand against prejudice, ignorance and injustice in all its forms, promoting the values of equality, tolerance and justice for all.
This first assembly of 2020 coincided with an occasion that we always mark at this time of the year and that is Holocaust Memorial Day which is 27th January 2020.
Year 8 were given the task of creating Kendrick kindness tokens and if someone was kind they would receive a token from one of their peers.
Over the New Year, 36 of us, consisting of Year 10s and Year 12s, were lucky enough to visit the Aosta Valley in Italy for an incredible ski trip, with 10 of us snowboarding for the first time.
The First Lego League (FLL) robotics competition was a fantastic experience for all those who took part. Congratulations to the team (Nikitha, Jessica, Tisha , Emily, Pihu, Ishika, Bidisha, Shriya, Jasmine, Aditi, Eva, Shruthi, Samragee, Aniya and Nina) who won the award for best Robot Design. The judges commended the design and documentation, saying that it, ‘really stood out’ and was done at a ‘professional level’.
One key event this week and an important occasion in our calendar was the Presentation of A Level Certificates to our students who left in the summer. Their achievements were once again excellent and many of them are now at university on courses they chose over a year ago. Some have taken a gap year or a deferment and some are in employment and on training courses. LINK to Destinations. Our guest speaker this year was Jennifer Brace, a former student and now a lawyer at an international firm in Bristol. Her biography is here. Like previous speakers Jennifer spoke about her experiences since leaving Kendrick and then gave the students some advice. Below are some extracts from of her speech.
On Saturday the library welcomed a very special guest for the first time….
On Friday lunchtime the library hosted the Book Club’s annual Christmas celebration. The turnout was good considering the germs that have been wiping out students in recent weeks!
The Christmas Concert last evening was a wonderful evening of traditional and modern Christmas music, performed by the various ensembles, orchestras, with beautiful singing from the choirs and the whole of Year 7. The staff band, 'No Direction' once again entertained the audience with a performance of ‘It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas’.
While world leaders have been meeting in Madrid, Spain to discuss climate change and the urgent need for action, fifteen Year 12 Geography took part in a mock UN Climate Change Conference organised by InterClimate Network on the afternoon of Friday 6th December. The event took place in Reading’s Council Chamber.
Ms Stacey led an assembly this morning to the Sixth Form titled “The Joy of Being Perfectly Imperfect”. Students heard that if ‘perfection’ is the ultimate goal, there is an emotional consequence of heightened stress. However if ‘good enough’ is the ultimate goal, the emotional consequence will be much more positive – better self-esteem, increased self-worth and resilience.