On Friday 16 October after school, we had the wonderful opportunity to watch As You Like It performed at the Globe Theatre. Despite being a long addition to a school day, it was absolutely worth it to see the actors performing in the likeness of the Elizabethan period, and demonstrate their talent on stage. The Globe itself was smaller than I had expected. However, this helped the actors to interact with the audience and raise the atmosphere of the entire performance. Even though the original play script is not a musical, there was a lot of music throughout the play and the audience was involved in a lot of the singing as well, which was a delight.  As a GCSE Art student, the creation of the set throughout the play was extremely admirable, done in short periods of time to allow the actors the time to switch costumes and characters backstage while changing the set for the benefit of the audience’s understanding. We were fortunate enough to be seated lower down and quite close to the stage, allowing for close interactions with the performers (they definitely smiled at us during the ending bows). Overall, it was an amazing experience and I hope to be able to go again, whether with the school or in my own time. – Ishita, Year 11

On Wednesday 7th October, student leaders and volunteers of the Refugee Homework Club were fortunate to be given the opportunity to find out more about the Reading Refugee Support Group (RSG), the charity that runs this programme, and the other incredible ways in which they provide legal and practical support for refugees and asylum seekers who reside in Reading, no matter whether they have acquired settlement status or not.

The History and English departments were delighted to welcome local historian Dr Mary Chambers to Kendrick to talk about her recent book, The Kind Hosts of Willie Wimmera, which tells the true story of a 10-year old Aboriginal Australian boy who was brought to Reading in the 1850s by an Anglican clergyman and tragically died of tuberculosis a few years later.

We are delighted with the A Level and GCSE results received this year at Kendrick School. We are very pleased and proud of our students and would like to congratulate them on their incredible achievements and celebrate their success. 

Mila really enjoyed her bridge match at the House of Lords. She is pictured playing against Lord Hamilton and Lord Razzall. Mila’s team won, which was an extra bonus! And they were the only team with state school students on it! 

The English Bridge Education Director wrote a short piece about the event:

The latest school creative writing anthology, 'Light and Dark', was launched on Tuesday 30^th June with a special event in the library featuring readings of students' stories. This anthology was produced by our student-led Creative Writing Society, led by a committed group of Year 10 students: Eshaal, Savni, Roberta, Yiwen, Noemi, Harleen and Megan, and supported by Dr Button. As well as writing their own stories, they have mentored younger writers, editing and giving feedback on their work, which has now been published in this beautifully designed anthology.