CO-CURRICULAR AT KENT COLLEGE
An enormous strength of Kent College is the wonderful array of activities that take place outside the classroom. The activities programme is designed to allow each pupil to find an area or areas where they can discover and develop their skills.
From Year 7 all pupils are encouraged to attend at least two activities. Activities take place at lunch times, after school and at the weekends. They range from the normal team sports and musical ensembles to gardening and Young Farmers. We encourage all of our pupils to build up a portfolio of activities during their time at school and these are all centrally recorded. By the end of their time at school each student has built up a wealth of evidence which can then be used to support the vital UCAS application or CV.
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
We host approximately 70 clubs each week with a huge diversity of choice from Astronomy, to Drama, Lego, Coding and sports. A selection of our extra-curricular clubs and activities can be seen below, expand for details.
| Performing Arts |
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| Cantabile Choir - lower school Choir - senior school Choristers Concert band Drama - lower school Dance Drama - upper school Flute group Folk group Guitar ensemble Musical theatre club Music theory Orchestra Rock Band Autumn production: school musical String quartet Summer opera production Theatre design club Wind group Voces cambiata |
| Enrichment/Hobbies |
| Art Art and ideas Board games British sign language Chess Coding Cooking skills Craft and jewellery making Debating society and model united nations Design and manufacturing Dice throne Italian mafia through cinema Latin music dance Lego-League Looking behind a painting Photography Print and pattern Public speaking society Retro console gaming Strategy campaign game Textiles Touch typing Young silversmiths Young enterprise Sherlock Holmes consulting detective club |
| Community And Wellbeing |
| Amnesty International Charities committee Duke of Edinburgh - bronze, silver and gold Eco-warriors Edukid Farm club Meditation Stressbuster club Wellbeing Young farmers Dog walking Film night |
| Academic |
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| Astronomy club Broadening biology Business and economics in the news Creative writing Dissection EAL speaking club Electronics Extended research project French film club Italian speaking and cooking Library Narrative through film Pathway to enginering Pathway to medicine, dentistry and vetinerary Reading club Psychology society Science club Science club - gold and silver research projects Pathway to oxbridge Introduction to psychology Ethical issues in modern biology Code-breaking National biology essay competition Maths and science project - nanotechnology ISC university academic skills Geography society |
| SPORT/FITNESS |
| Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Cricket Cross country Dance Fencing Football Golf Gym Hockey Horse riding Netball Rowing Rugby Squash Stable management Strength and conditioning Volleyball Weightlifting Touch rugby Softball Cricket - fast bowling provision Netball shooting clinic |
| Teams |
| Athletics Basketball Cricket Cross country Football Hockey Equestrian Netball Rugby |
TRIPS AND EXCURSIONS
Trips out of school are an important way of allowing pupils to continue their learning and broaden their experience outside the classroom in a variety of locations, from local to international. Trips are also a good opportunity for students of all ages to develop skills in areas such as teamwork and leadership.
Recent trips have included:
- Ski trip to Italy
- History and Economics trip to Rome
- Geography trip to Devon, Margate and Iceland
- Choir tours to Budapest and Venice Big Bang
- STEM trip to Discovery Park
- Sandwich Cultural Exchange trip to Pennington, USA
- Hockey tour to Holland
- Cultural Exchange trip to Tanzania
- Physics trip to CERN Geneva
- Duke of Edinburgh Gold award expeditions to Slovenia and Iceland
