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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...Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 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...Read Full Story - 14/03/24
Language Theatre Comes to Kendrick
On 6th and 7th March, Year 9 and Year 10, language students had the opportunity to watch a play during the school day in either German or French, depending on the language/s they are learning. The plays were performed by native speakers in that language, which was a great op...Read Full Story - 13/03/24
Winter Writings - A Season of Creativity
Hello all! We are the Creative Writing Society, and we recently had a launch for our anthology, Winter Writings. We are a club with a wide age range, and an aim to develop and further improve our creative writing skills. That’s why we are excited to showcase our work in bound and printed form...Read Full Story