On Saturday 8th March, a team of Year 9 students participated and won first place in the local heat of the 2024-25 Magistrates’ Court Mock Trial Competition at Reading Crown Court. Presented with a fabricated case beforehand, our team of lawyers, witnesses, legal advisors, magistrates and even court artists and reporters went up against several other schools in the setting of a real court.
On Wednesday 12th March, fifteen Year 11 German students attended an on-campus day at Reading University, organised around the topic of Identity and migration in Germany.
We walked to the University and arrived at around 9:30, just in time for our first talk on Migration in Germany with Professor Schröter, Head of Languages and Cultures, in the Global Study Lounge. We learnt a lot of very interesting information about German identity and history!
On the 7th March, Kendrick celebrated International Women’s Day! We began the day with an assembly led by Kendrick Student Leaders and Year 13 students, to outline the importance of this event, and the focus of this year’s theme ‘Accelerate Action’. The assembly highlighted the immense contributions of women throughout history and their ongoing fight for equality, outlining how figures like Millicent Fawcett and Emmeline Pankhurst helped achieve women's suffrage in the UK after decades of struggle.
Last term, two groups of Geography students at Kendrick were invited to take part in the Innovation Challenge at Reading Boys.
We were asked to create a solution that balances the need for homes for a growing population with the damage caused to the environment by the construction industry, taking into consideration the current situation and challenges.