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The 2015/2016 annual review for Kent College Senior and Prep Schools

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Contents

Page 3 to 9 Autumn Term

Page 10 to 14 Spring Term

Page 15 to 29 Summer Term

Page 30 Forthcoming Dates

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WelcomeMs Lodrick!In January, the Kent College community was delighted to welcome Ms Julie Lodrick as our new Headmistress. Ms Lodrick was formerly Principal of The Mount School in York, a day and boarding school for girls, having been in post since 2009. Ms Lodrick has had a wealth of experience in independent schools and her previous roles have included Deputy Head, Housemistress and Head of Music. She has practice of working within the Methodist group of schools through her time at Queenswood in Hertfordshire.

“My vision is that the girls of Kent College finish their education with a ‘critical consciousness’ of the world around them and are encouraged to seek to improve the lives of others.Kent College Pembury, affectionately known as KC, is already a happy, thriving girls’ day and boarding School, where the Methodist ethos is tangible and I will continue to foster this atmosphere. I would like the School to continue to provide a liberating and adventurous education for its pupils. “

“It is important that KC continues to be equipped with modern and up to date facilities to support the girls’ learning and personal development. Academic standards are high and together with the academic staff, I will continue to ensure that Kent College delivers the very highest level of education that is fully rounded, balanced and enables the girls to achieve their potential. It is wonderful that there are outstanding opportunities for enrichment and success in the sports and the arts at KC, which help to prepare the girls for a fulfilling and culturally diverse life. I think it is important that the School continues to offer as broad an experience as possible to enable the girls to aim high and fulfil their dreams and ambitions.”

Julie Lodrick and the 2016-2017 Head Girl team

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The Summer of SuccessThis summer our girls and academic staff reaped the reward of months of hard work. We couldn’t be any prouder of our GCSE and A Level students and wish our girls every success as they progress on to KC’s Sixth Form, universities or Gap Years.

“We continue to be proud of the academic achievements of the girls at Kent College and our increasing strength across the curriculum. Alongside the outstanding A Level results, we are also delighted with the AS grades, which show strength and allow an excellent springboard for the girls to commence their Upper Sixth studies, which start in September.” - Headmistress, Ms Julie Lodrick

Head Girl Kirsty Girvan who achieved 2A* and 1A and will be studying Geography at Edinburgh University:

“I am overwhelmed by my results today and am so thankful to all my teachers who have helped me achieve this.”

Congratulations to Lauren Newman who achieved 3A* and 1B and will study English and Classics at Exeter University:

“I am so happy; I cannot believe it. Thank you to the school and my teachers for helping me achieve these results, and to my friends for a fantastic few years.”

A-Level Results 2016:A*-C Grades – 92%

A*-B Grades – 73%

A*-A Grades – 42%

The girls achieved a 100% pass rate with three-quarters of the girls gaining top A*, A or B grades. We also saw an increase in their average university points score which enables girls to secure places at top Russell Group universities, as well overseas higher education placements in Sydney, the Netherlands, Boston and New York.

2016 Leavers: 88% of girls were accepted on to their first choice of university

79% of girls were accepted on to highly competitive courses

53% of girls were accepted into Russell Group universities

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A* - C Grades – 93%

A*-B Grades – 80%

A*-A Grades – 57%

“I am really pleased with my results. Thank you to my teachers for all their support, due to their faith in our capabilities my friends and I have all improved from our predictive grades. Both of my sisters recently left Kent College and have told me all about the Sixth Form, I can’t wait.”

Champion swimmer, Annabel Guye-Johnson who this morning celebrated her 5A*, 5A and 1B:

“I am delighted with my results, thank you so much to all my teachers. Kent College has supported me in and out of the classroom over the past few years. If I have had to miss a lesson, due to swimming competitions, the teachers always made sure that when I returned I was fully up to speed with what I had missed. I am really looking forward to the next two years and focusing on subjects that I love.”

Aspiring vet, sixteen-year old Marie Srotyr who achieved 7A* 3A and 1B was thrilled upon opening her results:

“I was really nervous this morning but now I am so happy, I cannot stop staring at the grades. I am looking forward to continuing my journey at Kent College and spending time with the Upper Sixth girls, who I hear are a fantastic support through Sixth Form life.”

This year was a record year for A* grades at GCSE with an impressive 27% of exams awarded this grade - a 7% increase on the previous year. Exceptionally, 57% of the grades were awarded either an A* or A with some girls achieving the top results in all of their 11 subjects.

Abigail Evans, who joined Kent College when she was just 3 years old and has aced this summer’s examinations with 11A* and 1A:

Record Year for A* Grades at Kent College Pembury

GCSE Results 2016:

We are ISI Excellent This Spring term, we celebrated a victorious achievement after gaining exceptional praise across all areas from the Independent Schools Inspectorate. We are so proud of this result and feel that it demonstrates the high standards, hard work and success that takes place every day at KC. To be ‘excellent in all areas’ demonstrates the dynamic and forward-thinking school we are whilst remaining true to our ethos and aims.

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Autumn Term


Trips & ActivitiesForest SchoolOur Nursery class had great fun exploring the woods for their ‘Autumnal Forest School’. They made ‘Tree Spirits’ with clay, played games and made woodland animals and a beautiful wreath. Great fun was had by all.

Lullingstone Roman VillaIn October, Year 4 were taken back in time to the Year 350AD with a day spent at Lullingstone Roman Villa. Their understanding of Roman Britain was brought to life through two workshops, where they learnt all about magic and medicine and handled real Roman artefacts. Some were 2000 years old!

The Kent Museum of Life Year 3 enjoyed a trip to The Kent Museum of Life for WWII day where they dressed up as evacuees, visited a WWII house, shop and bus and learnt how to march in the Home Guard.

Classicists Visit PompeiiIn the October half term, Year 9 enjoyed a trip to Pompeii to explore the ill-fated city’s ancient past. The group also enjoyed visiting the island of Capri and had the opportunity to scale Mount Vesuvius.

MalagaYear 10 and 11 Spanish students enjoyed a cultural visit to Malaga. They attended a local school, stayed with local families and visited cultural attractions.


Nepal 2015The annual visit to Shree Deurali Primary English School (affectionately known as KC Nepal) was a great success with memories that our Sixth Form girls will treasure. Every year our girls delight in seeing how Kent College’s fundraising efforts make a difference to the lives of the staff and students. As part of the trip some of our girls successfully completed their Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award – a fantastic achievement.

Girls braved the elements and wrapped up warm to sleep out in the KC site for the annual charity event to raise money for ‘Crisis at Christmas’ and ‘Aniquiem’ – a charity which works with children in Peru.


German Trip to Munich Year 8 girls had a lot of fun in Munich; ice skating in the city centre, shopping in the christmas markets, visiting BMW World and climbing the chimneys of an old factory. Some girls even signed their names inside the top of the factory roof for future KC girls to find.

The Religious Studies department ran a successful trip for the whole of Year 9 to explore the symbolism used in a variety of Christian places of worship. The trip included a tour around the Cathedral and visits to the Methodist Church and Quaker’s Meeting House.

Canterbury

Sponsored Walk 2015Thank you to everyone who participated in the annual KC Sponsored 10 mile walk around the Kent countryside. This year our fundraising donations went to Hospice in the Weald, Action Breaks Silence, Macmillan Cancer and KC Nepal.

Charity Round-Up

Charity Sleep-Outu


Birthday Lecture With Clarke PetersWe welcomed internationally renowned screen and stage actor Clarke Peters as the 2015 Birthday Lecture speaker. The girls and staff were excited to meet such an accomplished actor with a wealth of experience. Clarke held screen acting master classes with girls throughout the day, and met with the School’s newspaper team before presenting his lecture to the KC community.

Guest Tutors

We were thrilled to welcome netball champion Pamela Cookey to celebrate the opening of the new Sports Hall. Pamela led a host of netball workshops and Q&A sessions with girls. She then refereed some special lunchtime matches including Mums v KC Staff and KC Old Girls v KC Current Girls.

We were thrilled to welcome back recent leavers and have the KC mums join us for the exciting opening of this new facility.

Sports Hall Opening


Boarding

Boarding lies at the heart of Kent College. In the Autumn term we planted a cedar tree as part of the nationwide Boarding Orchard initiative launched by the Boarding Schools Association in 2014. The tree symbolises the ‘tree of knowledge’ and we chose a cedar tree to celebrate the memories of some of our Old Girls who remember when the school grounds were adorned by a glorious cedar, which sadly fell during the Great Storm of 1987.

Dazzling Delight at Boarder’s Charity Ball “The Boarders Ball is about helping others, with proceeds going to charities including Oxfam. It helps us appreciate how fortunate we are to be healthy and able to enjoy each other’s company in a safe and welcoming community.”Pimorn Supavarasuwat, Head of Boarding Prefect.

Nationwide Boarding Orchard Finds Roots at KC

The old cedar tree


World Class Piano Concert With Former KC Pupil KC Old Girl Guinevere Poncia organised a piano concert in collaboration with the Junior Fellow of the RCM, Aleksander Djermanovic, for current girls, staff and friends to enjoy. We are very keen to encourage ‘Old Girl’ collaborations and welcome any of our leavers to get in touch at [email protected]

Friends of Kent College

Achievements

Congratulations to Millie Ironmonger, Harriet Storey, Charissa Turner and KC Old Girl Nina Blake Tinley, who were selected for The John Downton 2015 Awards. The Awards recognise young artists and celebrates their creativity.

John Downton Art Award


Festive Cheer

A Boarding ChristmasAfter a great deal of effort and many rehearsals, the boarders treated us to a dazzling Christmas concert to entertain guests from Sunhill Care Home and the Baptist Church Lunch Group.

We enjoyed a variety of readings and performance from KC boarders who were all a great credit to Kent College.

Festive Round-Up

Prep School nativity

Festive costumes in Senior School

Prep Christmas Fair KS2 Concert

Boarders’ Christmas Show


SPRING TermTrips

Jewish MuseumIn March, Year 7 visited the Jewish Museum in London in preparation for their studies in the summer term. Girls were given the opportunity to write their names in Hebrew and to try Jewish food that would be used for the Seder meal during Passover.

Horton KirbyIn February, Year 6 set off to Horton Kirby to study the River Darent. It provided a fantastic opportunity to put their geography theory into practice.

Raising of the Flag Ceremony Our three Prep School Head Girls were particularly fortunate to represent the school on a trip to meet the mayor to celebrate Commonwealth Day. They joined with other schools to hear about the significance of the celebration and watch the flag being raised.

Amsterdam On this thought-provoking trip, Year 10 visited Kamp Vught, the only official SS concentration camp in occupied Northwest Europe during the Second World War. The girls gained a real understanding of the hardships prisoners faced under the Nazi regime. They also visited Anne Frank’s House, focusing on the desperate struggle the Frank family went through in order to live in secrecy to save their lives.

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Our talented girls and staff from the Drama, Music and Dance departments produced the sensational Carousel production (Rodgers and Hammerstein) in February. The production showcased their exceptional talent and brought to life the theme of love transcending death, with the tragic romance between Billy and Julie.

Carousel

Productions & Performances

Dance ShowIn March, we celebrated dance in a variety of forms by hosting the fifth KC Dance Show. The show offered a diverse and original mix of choreography from both GCSE and A-Level practical work. All proceeds from the evening were donated to The Pickering Cancer Drop-In Centre which is based in central Tunbridge Wells.

Music in MarchThis year’s event featured our Senior Orchestra performing Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No 5 in E minor, with the Senior Choir singing Hungarian and Romanian folksongs arranged by Matyas Sieber and Zoltan Kodály. Helena Brewster in U6 also performed a new orchestration of Madeleine Dring’s ‘Take, O Take Those Lips Away’ and KC’s string ensemble played a movement from Haydn’s 1st Symphony.


Classical Association Greek & Latin Reading CompetitionThe Prep School

Orchestra, Choir, String Ensemble and Flute Group with invited soloists, delighted parents and friends with a wonderful Spring Concert in the Prep School Hall. The programme included arrangements of traditional American Folksongs such as ‘Go tell Aunt Nancy’ and ‘Rock-a-my-soul’.

Prep School Spring Concert

Congratulations to this year’s Sixth Form Young Enterprise team ‘Simplemente’ who successfully achieved their aim of developing a start-up business, providing greetings cards for every occasion. Following a presentation at the finals, the girls were crowned winners of the Social Media and Marketing Awards, before winning second prize for the Best Business Plan and third for Best Trade Market Stall.

AchievementsYoung Enterprise

Congratulations to Iona Cowie and Annabelle Cyster in Year 9 and Isabel Hanson-Abbott in Year 8 who competed in the prestigious Classical Association Greek and Latin Reading Competition at Queen’s College, London in March. They were delighted to win silver medals for their excellent performance in the Beginners’ Latin category.


Girls in Year 8 enjoyed a night of wizarding fun in the magical world of Harry Potter with a sleepover in KC’s own version of Hogwarts (H&H Boarding House). Huge thanks to our spellbinding librarians for organising the Harry Potter Evening, which was part of our week-long World Book Day celebrations. Girls enjoyed brewing potions, learning spells, making a personalised wand and watching a film.

Harry Potter Evening

Sport Relief

CharityThe Prep School was a hive of colourful activity as they celebrated World Book Day dressed in a variety of fantastic costumes.

World Book Day

Sport Relief was a great success this year and the sea of colour that marched, jog and ran around the school grounds was an incredible sight. In total we raised £845.

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A group of excited entrepreneurs from Year 3 upwards were selected to join STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) Club. In small groups they were given £30 to spend on raw materials which they used to create products to sell in the school community. Each group made unique items which included stress balls, bath bombs, shower jellies, jewellery, hairclips and beauty products such as nail varnish. The girls chose to donate the £323.87 profit to Cancer Research and PDSA.

STEM Club

In February, we welcomed our fellow West Kent Chamber of Commerce members and Friends of Kent College for a Business Exchange Evening, to meet with Ms Lodrick and to showcase the new Sports Hall.

Friends Of Kent College

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Masterclass WithOld Girl AliceThis term we welcomed back Old Girl Alice Pusey who is currently studying for her MA in in Music at Cardiff University. Alice conducted two vocal masterclasses with girls in Year 10 and the Sixth Form, followed by a short performance.



Prep School Easter Bunny trail.

Easter Celebrations SUMMER TermTRIPSYear 9 Paris TripYear 9 set off for the annual visit to Paris and Euro Disney where they enjoyed the Musee D’Orsay, a boat trip along the Seine and of course, the excitement of Disney Park.

Ski TripDuring the Easter holidays, girls and staff visited the beautiful resort of Bormio in the Italian Alps for this year’s ski trip.


Year 6 enjoyed a wonderful time in France for their annual Residential Trip. Their days were filled with a variety of challenges from climbing high ropes sand sailing and learning about snails and visiting local markets.

Residential Stay In France

During the May half-term, Year 10 enjoyed a cross-curricular German language and History trip to Berlin. As part of the venture, they took part in workshops in German, visited a Stasi prison, climbed the dome of the Federal Parliament and learnt about the capital’s street art and graffiti scene.

German & History Trip To Berlin

Early Years Visit Godstone FarmIn June our Nursery and Reception classes enjoyed a day trip to Godstone Farm and enjoyed meeting a variety of farm animals. Particular highlights for the girls included cuddling the rabbits and chicks, a tractor ride around the whole farm and getting very sandy in the large outdoor sandpit.


The Year 5 Norfolk trip was a great opportunity for girls to put their Science and Geography learning skills into practice with lots of outdoor and coastal exploration.

Residential Stay in Norfolk

Trips

The annual joint Geography and outdoor education trip with Tonbridge School was full of adventure for our Year 9 girls.

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Ashburnham“I really loved my trip to Ashburnham. There is something for everyone including rafting, mountain biking and kayaking. Ashburnham itself is beautiful, with lakes and flowers. At the end of the trip, we enjoyed a campfire, marshmallows and singing.”

– Maria Kuld, Year 7

The Years 7-9 production of this Herman Melville classic was a fantastic achievement for all involved, with stunning costumes, atmospheric set and first class performing arts talent.

Billy Budd KS3 Production

“For me, the dramatic highlight of the year was our Year 6 performance of Monkey Business, written by Mr Snowball. For the first time, the year 6 production was in the Theatre. This presented a real challenge as the girls had to project their voices to fill the large space and impress an audience including Ms Lodrick, some school governors, the Mayor and Mayoress, and most frighteningly our parents! It is true to say that this experience will live with us forever; it is one that I will truly never forget.” – Milly Lipman, Year 6.

Monkey Business


The KC community enjoyed an inspirational evening celebrating and showcasing the talented work of the textiles students across all age groups from Year 7 to A level. A canopy of white balloons decorated the stage and music played as the girls modelled their garment collections and creations.

KC Runway 2016

Productions


Kent College commemorated the Battle of the Somme with a week-long interactive storytelling display in the Library and with a Performing Arts evening on Friday 1st July entitled ‘Home Fires’.

The content for both the storytelling display and evening of Performing Arts was collated by English and Film teacher Keir Hoffmann from memories, artefacts and reflective contributions from members of the KC community and their families including girls, staff, parents, former pupils and Pembury village. The evening was a great success with moving performances from the girls across a variety of mediums including poetry, dance, drama and music.

Home Fires

Tanya Landman may have won the Carnegie Medal but it was the stories of Tilly, her pet pot-bellied pig, that really fascinated Years 7-9. Year 10 benefitted from Tanya’s expertise in creative writing workshops where they produced some blood curdling work in the detective genre. Many girls reserved a book and were able to chat informally to Tanya about her other historical novels at the book signing session.

Carnegie Medal

Guest Tutors

Three days of exciting masterclass dance workshops were led by the talented dancer, singer and actor Layton Williams. Year 8 girls worked hard learning routines from the musical ‘Hairspray’ and the upper school danced with maturity and great professionalism in the commercial jazz and lyrical contemporary workshops.

Layton Williams


Boarders’ International Evening

National Boarding Celebrations

Boarding

In April, the boarders enjoyed the annual International Evening, organised by Mrs Kruschandl and the H&H Boarding Team. Each table was decorated to represent a continent and was adorned with decorations and party dress-up goodies.

“This is a very popular event in our calendar, it’s always such a delight to see how proud the girls are of their cultures.” – Mrs Krushandl, H&H Housemistress.

As part of our celebrations for National Boarding Week, we welcomed former boarders for a celebratory tea with the current Junior boarders. The girls were fascinated to hear tales from ladies who were boarders up to sixty years ago. We were also delighted to welcome Old Girl Jane More who gave an assembly to the Prep and Senior schools about her time as a boarder. To finish the week of celebrations, the Junior Boarding House opened its doors and welcomed girls from Year 4 for a boarding taster night. Many left feeling very proud that they had slept away from home for the first time.

“The Year 4 Sleepover was the best sleepover I have ever been on because I was in a dorm with my best friends.” – Harriet Lamont.


Kent College was delighted to welcome back three former KC girls as part of the school’s Enrichment Week and Leadership Day. This event is held every year for girls in Years 10, 11 and the Sixth Form and offers girls a valuable opportunity to hear from recent leavers about the higher education and career paths they have taken since leaving Kent College. This year our speakers gave girls a detailed insight into careers in Law, Science and Finance.

Please email [email protected] if you would like to speak at future events.

Leadership Day

Enrichment Week

Thank you to Lamberhurst Golf Club for inviting our Margaret James Society scholars for a morning of golf. After hearing the Captains speak in a lecture last month the girls were invited to learn techniques on the course itself. The girls expressed their enjoyment for this extra-curricular activity and showed great talent despite having never played before.

LamberhurstGolf Club

Musicians Record in London StudioMusicians from Years 8 - Sixth Form wrote and recorded an album in Kent College’s activities week. The initial composing was done in the Music Centre and finished at The Pool Studio, Bermondsey, where they created professional recordings of all the acoustic tracks. They are hoping to have the album ready in time for Christmas.

KC’s former pupils Esther Parker, Rebecca

Newman and Victoria Lee with current

Sixth Formers.


Prep School Carnival SpiritThis summer, the Prep School enjoyed a glorious day full of rhythm and colour with workshop guests ‘Bloco Fogo’ who helped everyone celebrate the end of a school year with a terrific carnival around the school grounds.

Prep School Tree Legacy

The Prep School Tree Legacy was created in a two-day workshop run by Darcy Turner. Each girl created a leaf for the tree, based on something memorable during their time at KC.

KC girls help NASAAstronaut Tim Peake has been promoting science in schools following his recent historic visit to the International Space Station. Our Year 7 girls enjoyed learning to be Space Biologists by growing Rocket salad seeds that were on the ISS for six months under strictly controlled conditions and sending the data to NASA.

Cross-Curricular Languages DayYear 5 pupils from local schools joined us at the Senior School for a fun-filled day of cross-curricular language activities, such as science experiments in French & cooking lessons in Spanish.


School Officer Leadership Day“So, although we were cold and wet, I think it’s safe to say following our 24 hour School Officer camp out, we all felt empowered, strong and had a sense of togetherness. We had accomplished something as a team. Each and everyone one of us helped one another, gave each other encouragement and worked together to make the camp-out a success.” – By Charlotte Henderson, Deputy Head Girl 2016-17

Aspiration Inspiration Application DayIn the last week of term, Year 12 girls enjoyed hearing from a selection of inspirational speakers, demonstrating business and higher education success. Speakers included twenty-year old entrepreneurs Ellie and Ben from Heckfoods who produce artisan sausages and burgers; Lydia from the University of Kent who gave advice about how universities perceive personal statements. Marcus Burnett spoke about opportunities to study in Switzerland and Dan Roberts from NChum spoke about Liberal Arts degrees.

The afternoon was spent with the girls applying their knowledge and completing UCAS forms and guided Personal Statement writing.


Celebrations Grandparents’ Day at KC PrepThis summer we celebrated our KC Prep Grandparents and were delighted to welcome so many of them for assembly, tea and lessons. All Grandparents behaved very well for their day at school – gold stars all round!

A Right Royal OccasionKent College Pembury enjoyed a sun-filled afternoon of celebratory activities to commemorate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 90th Birthday. Girls enjoyed making royal bunting which decorated the outside space for their tea party, along with portraits of the Queen created by girls in Years 7-9. They also made Royal Family masks for a special family portrait which was followed by a celebratory Tea Party and a royal quiz, before the arrival of a very special guest (many thanks to Mr Kirk-Burgess for his showmanship as the Queen!)

In the Prep school, girls performed plays, songs, raps and poems for the Queen as well as creating beautiful crowns and Lego palaces that the Queen would marvel in. All girls were presented with a medal to celebrate the Queen’s birthday, a kind gift from the Parents’ Association which the girls were very proud to wear.


Events

Young Fashion Designer UKThis year we were thrilled to have a record breaking number of entries for the Young Fashion Designer UK national competition (south centre) which was established by Kent College Pembury in 2010 to recognise talented Textiles students at GCSE, AS & A Level. We were delighted to welcome 18 finalists, shortlisted from the original 175 entries, as well as 10 professional judges from fashion and textiles industries. Judging took place throughout the day alongside student workshops in technical design and shirt manipulation, before the Awards ceremony. Kent College was particularly over the moon as three of our girls scooped all of the Awards in the GCSE category! Huge congratulations to Rosie Nicholson-Grime who achieved 1st place, Beth Peachey who achieved 2nd place and Jessie Brown who achieved 3rd place.

End of Term Sports Days and Speech Days

Senior School Speech Day with (from left to right) Guest Speaker Gervase Phinn, Deputy Head Girl

Catie Munnings, Ms Lodrick, Deputy Head Girl Sophie Davisson, Head Girl Kirsty Girvan and

Chair of Governors Edmund Waterhouse.

L-R: Jessica Marden, Milly Lipman and Matilda Snowball


KCPPA Round-UpMalaysian Sports Tour 2016

Netball • The Year 6 A team battled huge competition to

make it to IAPS netball National finals and were placed in the top 10 in the country.

• At the start of the academic year Ella Fleet and Poppy Hayward-Hill were both selected to play for Kent.

• Myfanwe Smetham in Year 10 was not only chosen to represent Kent, but she was also chosen for the Mavericks Development squad.

• Jess Haynes and Ellie Poland in Year 10 and Year 12 have both been selected for the regional netball squads. Jess Haynes was also selected to attend a netball national positional day with the England coaches at Loughborough University. She has also been selected with her U19 regional squad to travel to Geneva to play against the Swiss National Team.

Kent College Sports NewsThe KC netball and hockey teams made the most of this

‘trip of a lifetime’ for their July Sports Tour in Malaysia. As well as achieving a host of match wins throughout the Tour; girls enjoyed experiencing the Malaysian culture and even seeing Orangutans in the wild.

New All-Weather-Pitch for Autumn 2016This summer we were thrilled to see the work start on building the new All-Weather-Pitch ready for the Autumn term. It has been progressing smoothly and drainage has been installed with the majority of stone now on site. We estimate that completion will be in the October half-term and look forward to playing on the pitch in due course. Once again, a huge thank you to all our donors for making KC’s long-awaited dream a reality.


Hockey• Lucy Meakin in Year 10 was selected to represent

Kent at the start of the year.• Georgia Whitaker in Year 10 has been selected

for the finals at the Junior Regional Performance Centre this summer.

• Molly Bryce in Year 8 has been nominated to play at the hockey Junior Development Centre at the end of August.

Swimming• Annabel Guye-Johnson in Year 11 has won

numerous trophies and medals over the past year, and is quadruple junior and senior Kent Champion in the 50, 100, 200 metres breast stroke and 200 Individual Medley but also the Kent Schools Champion. Her highlight this term was competing at the British Swimming Championships Rio Olympic Trials in Birmingham.

Fencing• Izzy Turnbull in Upper Sixth won two silver

medals at the Junior Commonwealth Fencing Championships.

• Hannah O’Reilly Year 10, is current Kent County Amateur Fencing U16 Senior schools Sabre Champion. She also won the South-East Qualifiers U15 Sabre Competition in March, the Public Schools Fencing Competition Junior Sabre, came 2nd in the England Youth Championships and flew out to Poland to compete for the GB juniors team.


Riding• Annabelle Cyster,

Emily Willoughby, Millie Hall Year 9, and Emily Morris Year 8, are the KC riding team and have had some fabulous results at the start of April in the National Schools Equestrian Association Show Jumping Competition.

• Arianna Kuligowski in Year 10 continues to impress with her riding accomplishments and recently competed at the Royal International Hickstead Derby Meeting with three of her horses.

TrampoliningAt the Kent Trampolining Finals at the Gillingham Jumpers Centre on 20th March, Rachel Seeland Scott and Lucy Clark in Year 10 came 2nd and 3rd in the Novice Years 9 and 10 competition. Flavia White in Year 8 came 4th in the Advanced Years 7 and 8 competition and an impressive 1st place was gained by Isobel Bryce in Year 10 in the Intermediate Years 9 and 10 category.

Athletics• As well as winning gold medals in

the 800 metres and High Jump at the IAPS last year in Birmingham. Rebekah O’Brien in Year 8 also came 2nd in the Kent Pentathlon in May (a year under age) and is also Kent indoor and outdoor 800 metres and high jump champion.

• Christi Van Heerden in Year 10 came 4th in the inters 800 metres breaking her personal best by 10 seconds.


Gym• Ellie Holland and Olivia Hossenboccus in Year 10

finished in the top 8 nationally in tumbling.

• The U14 British Schools Gymnastics Association Team came 2nd, missing gold by 0.15. Poppy Morrison in Year 7 came 2nd overall.

• The 014 team were placed 2nd overall with Maisie Cox and Olivia Hossenboccus in Years 9 and 11 coming 2nd and 3rd individually.

• In March, we hosted for the fifth year running the prestigious ISGA National championships. Our 013 Team came 2nd overall, Maisie Cox was placed 3rd, Ellie Dickens was placed 5th and the group sequence was placed 3rd overall. The U13 Team were placed 3rd overall and 3rd in the group sequence with Rosie Bignell being placed 4th individually.

• In May, the Senior Acro team were placed 3rd nationally for their group sequence. Ellie Dickens, Maisie Cox, Harriet Fuller, Annabel Lloyd, Rosie Bignell & Olivia Hossenboccus all performed with confidence and grace.

Birthday Lecture with speaker Dame Stella Rimington:Thursday 1st December 2016

Open Mornings:Saturday 1st October 9.30am - 1.00pm and Tuesday 18th October 9.15am - 1.00pm(for all year groups)

Sixth Form Information Evening:Thursday 13th October 7.00pm - 9.00pm

Carol Concert:Thursday 15th December


Important Dates for the Autumn Term 2016-17

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pulse review - Kent College, Pembury pdf version 2015 2016.pdf · 1 Pulse Review 2015/16 Welcome Ms Lodrick! In January, the Kent College community was delighted to welcome Ms Julie