Sporting Successes
It has been a brilliant start to the term for our amazing sporting superstars!
Netball Trials
We had a fantastic turn out at Senior Netball trials on Saturday, where students took part in a warm up, followed by ball drills, mini matches and then full matches.
Competitive matches began again this week, with wins for the U15s against Weald (36-20), the 1st team against TOGS (23-16) and a draw for the Year 9 regional squad who played TOGS 2nd senior team (20-20).
Fencing
Huge congratulations to Year 11's Hiba, who, having already been selected three times to represent GB in Fencing, has now been selected for the two remaining competitions this season.
Hiba has competed on the European Cadet Under 17 Fencing Circuit in Budapest, Klagenfurt (Austria) and Grenoble already and will travel to Samorin (Slovakia) and Novi Sad (Serbia) later this month. We wish her all the best and look forward to seeing how she progresses.
Archery
Congratulations to one of our boarders, Year 10's Judy, who won a silver medal in her Archery tournament just before Christmas.
Judy travelled to Warwickshire to take part in her first UK competition; the Junior National Indoor Championship held with Archery GB. She finished in second place which is a fantastic achievement. Kent College, and Judy's club in Tonbridge, are really proud of her!
Equestrian
Last week Kent College students competed in an Equestrian competition at Hadlow College. Year 8's Phoebe had a good day, jumping a lovely clear round in the 60cm and Mia in Year 9 jumped two fabulous rounds in the 85cm and 95cm to win both classes! Mia has also now qualified as an individual for the RPL championship at Hickstead in August. It wasn't only our Senior students, Maisie from Year 3 in the Prep School also rode a beautiful round in both the 60cm and 70cm to receive 4th place in both classes. She has now qualified for the championships at Hickstead in August. Well done to everyone!
Swimming
The Kent Schools Swimming Championships were held at Hartsdown pool in Margate last weekend. Our swimmers performed brilliantly with most swims achieving personal bests which is incredible.
Juniors
- Aliha in Year 8 came 12th in Fly and 15th in Freestyle
- Issy in Year 8 came 19th in Backstroke and 15th in Breaststroke
- Eve in Year 8 came 7th in Backstroke and 10th in Freestyle
Seniors
- Georgie in Year 9 came 5th in Backstroke (medalled) and 9th in 200 Individual Medley
- Elodie in Year 10 came 6th in Breaststroke (medalled) and 7th in 200 Individual Medley
Diana Awards
On Wednesday nine Year 9 students attended Priory Fields School in Dover, along with students from five other schools, to complete their Diana Awards Anti-Bullying training. KC has been involved with the Diana Awards since 2024, to train our students to become Anti-Bullying Ambassadors. They gain the skills to help foster a safer and kinder school community. Congratulations on becoming Anti-Bullying Ambassadors!
Year 7 Art
Just before Christmas the Year 7's were exploring the theme 'Houses', working with different techniques to experiment with. They started off with collage, then built cardboard houses, then moved onto clay. Their beautiful little houses were fired just before Christmas, ready for them to be taken home this week!
Star Linguist Awards
Our fantastic linguists have had another very successful term. The French Department is very proud to have awarded the following "Star Linguists" badges for the Winter Term to the following students:
- Upper Sixth Silver - Momo and Mireya
- Year 11 Silver - Elsie, Sophie, Elsa and Claudia
- Year 10 Silver - Florence, Harriet, Poppy and Donna
- Year 9 Silver - Rosa, Lola, Livvy and Sienna
- Year 8 Silver - Rosie, Violet, Zarina, Eve, Annalise, Jessica, Caitlin, Elowen and Tuana
- Year 9 Bronze - Amelia
- Year 8 Bronze - Hettie, Ruby, Esmae, Felicity and Cathy
- Year 7 Bronze - Hattie, Emilia, Freya, Iris, Isla and Rosie
Veganuary in the Dining Hall
Catering Manager, Mr Hall, and his team have been integrating Vegan January or "Veganuary" this week into the meals with some different food options, in addition to the normal lunch provision. Mr Hall has been demonstrating that vegan food is tasty as well as healthy and focusing on certain vegetables and pulses, highlighting the many ways they can be cooked.
Boarding Life
After some shopping in Tunbridge Wells on Saturday, our boarders enjoyed some pizza making for dinner in house on Saturday night.
In addition, it was Sixth Former boarder, Elli’s, 18th birthday at the weekend and we love to celebrate birthdays in boarding! Kitty, one of the fabulous members of our Catering Team always pulls out all the stops for our boarders, as demonstrated by this fabulous cake she made (cake champagne bottle included)!
Prayer Submission
The Kent College Community have been asked to submit written prayers to the 2025/2026 Methodist Prayer Handbook! Submissions are due to Chaplain Katie by 28th January for editing and compilation purposes. You don't have to be a member of the Methodist Church to contribute, all are welcome. Prayers are chosen by a committee and will be published in print form and/or online. To find out more about this year's theme: Our Story, Our Song, click HERE.
Guidelines for submitting prayers and photographs:
- Prayers must not exceed 100 words.
- Please submit no more than two prayers.
- All prayer content must be appropriate for use from September 2025 to August 2026.
- When submitting prayers, please give your full name and how you would like to be described, eg Jane Jones, local preacher, Townton. Students will be listed by first name and year group only.
- All prayers must be your copyright. They may have been used or published elsewhere, but you must have permission to reproduce them. Unless you request otherwise, by submitting your prayer for the Handbook it becomes the copyright of Trustees for Methodist Church Purposes.
Please let Chaplain Katie know if you have any questions, concerns, requests or dedications.
Save the Date - Dance Showcase
Save the date for this year's Dance Showcase taking place on Thursday 13th February at 7pm in Kent College's Countess of Wessex Theatre.
The show will be full of GCSE and BTEC exam work, and outstanding pieces from our Scholars, Exhibition and AIM students. Tickets will available shortly.
Second Hand Uniform Shop
Please note the Second Hand Uniform Shop will be open from 3.00 to 4.15pm on the following days:
- Friday 24th January
- Friday 28th February
- Thursday 27th March
Please sign in at the Senior Reception.
The Wellbeing Hub
Have a great weekend!
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