Weekly Letter from the Headteacher

Thursday 28th March 2024

WEEKLY LETTER FROM MS KATTIRTZI, HEADTEACHER

New on the website this week are the following articles:

Chemistry Olympiad
Chess Report
Year 11 Poetry Live event
Biology Olympiad
Neuro Diversity Week Activities
Outreach Kindness Workshop

The Lower School Chamber Concert this week was a delight. Students in Years 7-9 played pieces of their choice which were wonderful to listen to. We were impressed by the potential and talent of junior musicians at Kendrick which continues to astound us. I know we will see many of these musicians again at concerts and events in the coming years. Thank you to Mrs Cooper and Mrs Rohweder who organised the concert and of course the students themselves.

I would like to thank all parents and staff who bought raffle tickets for the Kendrick Parents’ Society Raffle over the last four weeks. In a last-minute surge at the end of last week, the grand total rose to £7350 which is amazing! Thank you so much to everyone who bought tickets and of course thank you to KPS for their efforts and time organising the event. The PE facilities on the front lawn are almost complete and students across the school will be able to do High Jump, Long Jump and Shot next term as part of their Athletics programme in school.

Finally, we have come to the end of Term 4 and as we do at Kendrick, we started the day with an assembly when the whole school gathered in the Sports Hall. We heard reports from the Kendrick Student Leadership Team summing up what they have done over the last year as student leaders of the school. They reflected on the year and spoke of the privilege and honour it is to hold such a position in the school and how they have enjoyed the experience. We also received house reports from the House Captains, who outlined the huge number of events there have been this year as well as the numerous competitions students have been able to take part in. Mr Simmonds summed up and acknowledged the enormous contribution that our House System makes to the community of the school enabling students from across the years to connect with each other. He then announced the winner of the House Cup, which this year is Palmer House, well done to Palmer! We reflected on the season and the significance this time of year is to so many people.  To complement everything that was said in the assembly, we listened to a quintet of harpists, Olivia, Holly, Catherine, Alice and Anne, play some beautiful music, both during and at the end of the assembly. I asked students to reflect on this term, what had gone well, what could they do to make things better in the future. I also asked them to acknowledge and thank the people around them that make our school such a pleasant place to be. In turn, I want to thank our whole school community: thank you to our wonderful students, our dedicated staff,  our supportive parents and committed Trustees, I appreciate everyone’s support and encouragement in all we do at Kendrick.

Wishing everyone a peaceful and restful holiday

Ms Christine Kattirtzi
Headteacher
 

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