On Wednesday 23rd March, Year 12 went to the Farnborough International Exhibition and Conference centre for a UCAS Discovery Exhibition Fair where we got to interact with many Universities from all across the country ranging from Imperial College London to the University of Wales.

On Monday 14th March, Years 9, 10 and 11 had the amazing opportunity to watch a play performed in German. Being in Year 9, we thought the play would be difficult for us to understand: in fact it was quite the opposite! We were surprised by how much German we knew, and were left feeling optimistic about the possibility that we might be able to speak colloquially in German one day. We were told that the actors started by saying their lines slowly, but once they realised that their audience was able to understand what was going on, they spoke at the same pace as if speaking to a German audience! We have shared our understanding of the play with you in this article…

Berkshire Maestros, in partnership with Windsor Festival and Bradfield College, held a competition for singers to showcase their talent and win prizes alongside others of a similar age. One of our students, Natalia in Year 11, made it through to the Folk category final, having sung ‘She Moves Through the Fair’ – a traditional Irish folk song, to gain a place there.

On Thursday 10th March, Angela Strach, the former Head of Drama at Kendrick School, visited Kendrick to speak to students about the experiences of her father, Eric Strach, and the rest of her family in relation to the Holocaust. During an Enrichment lesson, Mrs Strach spoke to all the Sixth Form, where she gave a truly moving presentation following the life of her father, which enabled us to establish a connection with the lives of those affected. Later in the day, she spoke to interested students from Years 7 - 11 and staff, going into more detail about the items she still possesses to remember her family, such as a prayer book with an inscription inside, and everyone learnt a lot about the importance of reflection and commemoration from this.

Once again here at Kendrick we had a fabulous week celebrating World Book Day – the 25th anniversary of the event.

This year we held a Book Sale on Wednesday, selling books for the Reading branch of the Federation of Children’s Book Groups. It was so successful; we didn’t even get the chance to take a photograph of the busy event! We were sold out before the end of break and raised just over £100.00 for the local charity.

https://fcbg.org.uk/