On the 15th October, I had the privilege of attending The Royal County of Berkshire Lord-Lieutenant Awards ceremony at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where I was appointed as one of the Lord Lieutenant’s cadets for the Royal County of Berkshire.  In my role, I accompany the Lord Lieutenant to his duties.

Season's Greetings from us all at Kendrick School

On Tuesday 26th November 2024, we were excited to launch our Widening Horizons programme for the 2024-25 academic year.  Over 130 parents and primary school children from Years 3-5 in receipt of Pupil Premium (free school meals), Service Premium (children with a parent(s) in the British Armed Forces) and who live in our designated area and children in care or previously in care attended the Widening Horizons Information Event at Kendrick School.

Parents listened to talks from senior members of staff and heard how, as a result of the Widening Horizons and outreach work, Kendrick School has been awarded the prestigious Sutton Trust Fair Schools Admissions Award at the highest GOLD level.  The primary school students participated in exciting art, library and English workshops, led by our staff and supported by our older Kendrick students, and it was lovely to see their excitement and enthusiasm as they left the workshops.  Two parents with students who have taken part in the Widening Horizons programme and gone on to join our school community, spoke to the parents about their, and their child’s, positive experience of Kendrick School and this programme, and gave some helpful tips and advice on making the most of this opportunity.

'The Cooking Show', a short animation film by Jessica in Year 7 made with her sister & friends (calling themselves the Lefroy Collective) was awarded this year’s Royal Academy of Art's (RA) President’s Prize 🏆 as selected by the President of the Royal Academy, Rebecca Salter PRA!

The artwork was on display at the Royal Academy's Young Artists' Summer Show and is on their online exhibition as well.  Here is a link:  https://youngartists.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibitions/2024/125919?query=the%20cooking%20show

On Wednesday 6th November, we were delighted to receive the final part of our prize for the Our Class Loves This Book award, a national competition which was won by last year's 9C English and their teacher, Mr Dilley (about which you can read more here) as we welcomed Manjeet Mann, author of Run, Rebel and The Crossing, to Kendrick. 

Kendrick students have once again showcased their creativity and poetic flair in response to this term's whole-school poetry competition inspired by the theme of this year's National Poetry Day, which was counting. 

At first glance, this seemed like a challenging topic on which to write a poem, perhaps more suited to a Maths lesson than an English competition, but we were wowed by the range and quality of responses received from students in all Year groups.