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- 04/07/24
Year 10 MFL Trip to Germany
On our MFL German trip, we explored many different, lesser known parts of Germany, and we all learnt more about German culture through this experience. We strengthened our language skills and understanding of German culture, while having fun as a group through all the varied activities we did...Read Full Story - 03/07/24
Year 10 MFL Trip to France
A few weeks ago, Year 10 had the pleasure of going on our MFL trips to France and Germany. We went to Tours in France and stayed with our host families, who were extremely welcoming and patient with our French-speaking skills. We set off early on Sunday morning, at 6.00 am, and althoug...Read Full Story - 03/07/24
Poet Luke Wright Visits Kendrick School
On Tuesday 25th and Wednesday 26th June, we were delighted to welcome the award-winning poet Luke Wright to inspire many of our poets. Luke is the author of twelve books and travels the country performing his work – after Reading (where he was also performing with John Cooper Clarke at Reading...Read Full Story - 02/07/24
Music Outreach at The Avenue School
Last week, Mrs Cooper and Mrs Nicholson took twelve very talented Kendrick students from Years 10, 11 and 12 to visit The Avenue School in Reading to perform some music and songs for the students there as part of Kendrick’s outreach work. It was a lovely sunny day and our students were a...Read Full Story - 18/06/24
Chemistry Analyst Competition 2024
On Wednesday 12th June, ten teams of three students each competed in the annual Royal Society of Chemistry Analyst Competition 2024. This Chemistry challenge aims to provide some tasks which are relatively familiar to students, such as titrations and others that are likely to be...Read Full Story - 18/06/24
Grand Clothes Swap
As part of our initiative to reduce waste, one of our key focusses for the Eco Schools Award, we organised a ‘Grand Clothes Swap’. This allowed students to donate pre-loved, second-hand clothing and accessories to either trade them for others or buy some from an array of c...Read Full Story - 14/06/24
'Create A Buzz' at Reading Climate Festival
Eco-committee students participated in the Reading Climate Festival on 13th June this year. Ex-Kendrick student Natalie Penney, founder of Nature-Nurture, organised the event ‘Create a Buzz’ with other volunteers. It started with an audiovisual experience in a human-sized bee-hive, after...Read Full Story - 07/06/24
Author Catherine Bruton's Online Visit
On Friday, 17th May, we were delighted to receive an online visit from award-winning author Catherine Bruton attended by keen readers and writers in Years 7-9. Inaya in Year 7, who was already a big fan of Catherine's books, supplied this report: 'The Catherine Bruton online vi...Read Full Story - 23/05/24
Wellbeing Festival
Last week we celebrated Mental Health Awareness Week, rounding off the week with the Wellbeing Festival on Friday, which was a lovely event. The weather was on our side; the sun was shining, and there were many happy faces all around the front lawn.Read Full Story - 21/05/24
Singing Success for Sithmi
On Friday 10th May, Sithmi in Year 8 was awarded 2nd place at the finals of the British Arts Awards finals in the Intermediate Singing / Musical Theatre category. It was her first time competing at the British Arts Awards, and she sang 'My House' from the play 'Mathilda'. The Brit...Read Full Story - 14/05/24
Music Outreach at Churchend Primary
On Thursday 9th May, Mrs Cooper and Mrs Nicholson took four very talented sixth form students to Churchend Primary School to do some music outreach work with their Year 5 students. They were introduced to music of a range of styles, including Disney, film music and jazz, on instruments such as...Read Full Story - 14/05/24
Supporting Local Research Through The School Archives
As a school, we are fortunate that a good deal of our 147-year history can be traced through the archives we hold in school. Including previous copies of the school magazine, uniforms and photographs, the archive allows us glimpses into the lives of the Kendrick Girls’ from the past. We have r...Read Full Story