Please enter an introduction fOn Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th June 2021, the Year 12 A-Level Geography classes visited Lewes town, and Newhaven and Seaford beaches in East Sussex. This was in preparation for our NEA, an individual investigation each of us will undertake next year as part of our A-Level course to answer a geographical enquiry question on either of these two locations. The purpose of these days was to practise field work techniques, such as beach profiling and flood surveys, which we will use when collecting the data for our investigations next year. 

On Wednesday 14th July, the Kendrick Poet’s Society launched our first Poetry Anthology. The stunning book is the culmination of the Society’s hard work over the past year, featuring a variety of poems written, and edited, by Kendrick students, with the help of Miss Akcay. 

The theme of the anthology was ‘New World,’ which inspired the members to write beautiful poetry about a vast array of different topics and ideas. The anthology spans major world issues, personal struggles and hopes, and everything in between. From the hardships that immigrants face to a fairy tale realm, the poets have truly succeeded in writing a book with something for every reader.

Last year saw the beginning of a new decade and an opportunity to reflect on the past and form new visions of our future.  The last decade, and now including 2020, has seen remarkable national and international events that changed the landscape of the world:

• Social media skyrocketed in its influence.
• Climate change continues
• And with COVID: one of the most significant social, political and scientific challenges in more than a generation.

A very popular event that took place during Earth Week was the Meat Free Meal Day on Friday 25th June. Everyone had the option to use phones to take pictures of their meal in order to upload it onto EcoSpot, to help us to reach our target for meat free meals, which we have now reached. There were a number of meat free choices ranging from burgers, cheese and onion pasty, pizza and more. This is a new scheme that we would love to put into place from the beginning of the next academic year, called Monthly Meat-Free Mondays. It allows students to eat delicious, healthy meals while helping the environment.