Day 1

The first day of our MFL trip started promptly at 6:20am at Kendrick School, and early as it was, we were all extremely excited to embark on our journey to Rouen in France. After a long day of travelling, we arrived at the meeting point to meet with our host families! After a few hesitant greetings in French, we returned to our rooms, bubbling with excitement for the next day!

From the 8th to 12th of June, we were given the incredible opportunity to complete our Year 12 Work Experience placement at the Department of Classics at the University of Reading. We worked closely with Professor Emma Aston, Head of the Department, on a number of tasks, including proofreading academic articles – one about the cultic worship of the centaur Chiron in Thessaly and its epichoric and panhellenic influences, the other examining the dominance of Thessaly within the Amphictyony (a religious league between neighbouring tribes) between itself and Delphi – and writing a report on the Department's social media. However, our main project for the week was curating a temporary exhibit in collaboration with the Ure Museum (one of the largest collections of Greek ceramics in the UK) and Professor Amy Smith, its curator.

Earth Week 2026 will be marked at Kendrick School from 8th to 12th June, which brings our school community together to celebrate sustainability, creativity, and positive action for the environment. Throughout the week, students will have the opportunity to take part in a range of activities, including Just Dance and an Eco Pledge, tote bag decoration, and bracelet making using donated beads and string.

We were delighted to welcome into Kendrick School some students from primary school Years 4 and 5 on our Widening Horizons Programme, who, supported by some of our older Kendrick students, took part in some exciting workshops.

We are writing from Kendrick School to wish you a heartfelt and joyful 100th birthday. Our students and staff join millions around the world in celebrating your extraordinary life and the profound impact you have had on our understanding of the natural world.

During the week of 16th March, we were thrilled to run Fairtrade Week, to raise money for the Fairtrade charity and awareness of what we do in the school on a regular basis. Our role as the Fairtrade Team is to run a stall on Tuesdays during the second break in the servery, where we promote and encourage students to purchase fairtrade products for their personal shopping.

Fairtrade is a charitable organisation and sustainability label, working to make trade fairer for the people who grow our food, by guaranteeing farmers a fair minimum price and protecting them if the markets drop. This initiative was established at Kendrick many years ago, and we were honoured to take the lead and continue this tradition.