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  • 28/03/24

    Outreach Kindness Workshop

    Last week we were delighted to welcome Year 4 students and staff from Katesgrove Primary School, Christ the King Primary School and Redlands Primary School to Kendrick School. The students, along with many of our Year 10 students, took part in a wonderful kindness activity from 52Lives, a local c...
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  • 27/03/24

    Chemistry Olympiad 2024

    Designed to challenge and inspire, the UK Chemistry Olympiad (UKChO) is a unique opportunity for students to push themselves further and excel in the field of chemistry, within and outside the curriculum.   On 26th January, we took part in the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry...
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  • 26/03/24

    Chess Club News Update

    Chess Club has had a busy term with two main strands of activity: The first was the Delancey ‘UK Chess Challenge for Schools’, which ran as a seven-week tournament, with students from Years 7 – 11 taking part. The final was an exciting game between Saswathi (Year 10) a...
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  • 26/03/24

    Poetry Live 2024

    Recently, all of Year 11 went on a trip to the Hexagon to attend Poetry Live, which as Mrs Munns described it, is the Poets’ Oscars!  We listened to a wide range of poets, some of which were from our specification and some of which were not - either way, it was fascinating to hear them...
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  • 26/03/24

    Biology Olympiad Success

    Earlier this year, around fifty Biology A-level students participated in the highly regarded British Biology Olympiad, an advanced problem-solving competition which challenges and stimulates students across the country, on topics and ideas that go beyond the exam specification. Fo...
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  • 22/03/24

    Neurodiversity Celebration Week

    This week is ‘Neurodiversity Celebration Week’, a global initiative that challenges stereotypes and misunderstandings surrounding neurological differences.  At Kendrick, we marked this week by viewing a presentation in form time.  Students have been sent this, along with a...
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  • 21/03/24

    Falcon 2 Challenge: The Next Phase

    After achieving 1st and 2nd place for our designs in the Falcon 2 Challenge last year, two teams from Kendrick School were invited to visit Coventry University for the launch of the next phase of the Falcon 2 programme.  The Falcon 2 Challenge, sponsored by the Royal Aeronautical Soci...
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  • 20/03/24

    Guitar Masterclasses with International Soloists

    On Saturday 24th February, I had the opportunity to take part in a masterclass with Eleftheria Kotzia, a professional classical guitarist. Firstly, we talked about how we warm up before starting to play. We got into the right posture, and stretched our hands to improve blood flow and warm them up. N...
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  • 19/03/24

    Choral Performance For Charity

    On Monday 11th March, around 30 students from Kendrick and Reading School visited the Royal Berkshire Hospital (RBH) for a choral performance to lift spirits and raise some money for Royal Berkshire Hospital Charity. As members of the Chamber Choir for the upcoming Air Ambulance Charity...
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  • 19/03/24

    Holocaust Poetry Competition 2024

    On Thursday 14th March at lunchtime, the library had the pleasure of hosting the annual Holocaust Poetry Competition Presentation. This year, the theme of the competition was 'fragility of freedom', which clearly inspired many Kendrick poets. We had a wonderful range of poems submitted...
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  • 15/03/24

    IWD 2024

    International Women's Day   The theme this year is Inspire Inclusion and at Kendrick we have chosen to focus on women in our lives who we know who have influenced us. Some amazing stories and photos have been shared by students and staff about their relatives - mothers, sisters, aunts...
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  • 14/03/24

    A Business Language Challenge

    On Monday 26th February, A-Level German, Spanish and French students went to Reading School to attend an event hosted by the Business Language Challenge on journalism and the influence of modern languages within the world of work. On arrival, we were welcomed with biscuits and then split into g...
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