On the left, under "Navigation", I find
Newest changes
IIRC, the idea was to keep to the 1000 basic words at http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_1000_basic_words. "Recent" isn't one of them, but "new" is.
Three new admins were made last month, so if you suggest changes to the navigation at http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simple_talk someone should be able to implement your suggestions.
Angela.