Exciting Opportunities
Introduction
 We want your daughter's experiences at KC to be rich, varied, stimulating and fun - outside the classroom as well as inside. We want her to find as many things as possible which motivate her, enable her to connect more strongly with the wider world, and help her to engage and develop a real passion.
There is much more than the statutory academic curriculum on offer for KC girls and the school is a hub of activity after lessons end. Once a year the whole Senior School enjoys an evening out at a West-end theatre; this is just one example of the sense of fun and community spirit.
Clubs and Societies
The school has an impressive and diverse range of lunchtime and after school activities, such as CC4G (computer club for girls), book circle, art club, Taekwon-Do, horse riding, choir and dance, to name a few. These all help to offer additional scope for students to discover their individual strengths and abilities.
 The activities give the girls opportunities to watch Spanish films, study astronomy, learn about and debate current affairs, set up a company as part of the Young Enterprise scheme or study the social, economic and political realities of different countries in preparation for the Model United Nations conference. Further challenges are taken up by those joining the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme.
Almost every school has an annual school magazine but at KC it is the girls who write and edit the articles and get involved in the design. It is also the girls who are driving an ethical Fair Trade initiative which campaigns for the school to purchase more fair trade products to support disadvantaged producers in the developing world.
Service to the Community
Among the most rewarding and enjoyable activities which unite and inspire students are those involving community service. Thousands of pounds are raised every year for charities chosen by the girls.
The biggest event in the school calendar is a sponsored walk involving the whole school from 3 year olds to senior students and staff, and in each year the school raises around £12,000 for charities elected by the girls.
 At Christmas, elderly folk from local Pembury village are treated to a festive tea and carols. Through these, and many other initiatives, students learn the value of giving.
Busy Weekends
A busy schedule of weekend activities is open to both boarders and day girls including sporting fixtures, bowling, cinema and shopping trips. London is only 40 minutes away by train and the girls have plenty of opportunities to visit museums, art galleries and theatres.
Workshops are often staged by teachers and visiting experts on subjects ranging from drama and dance to cookery and craftwork.
Residential and Overseas Trips
Residential trips, both at home and abroad, are arranged for sporting and cultural activities during half terms and holidays. Examples include:
- Safari trip to Tanzania led by the science department
- Skiing trip to Italy
- Choir tour to Belgium
- Day trips to Boulogne and Calais in France
- Classics Trip to Rome and Pompeii, Italy
- Year 7 residential activity weekend in Osmington Bay, Dorset
- Year 8 overnight camping trip to Bewl Water, East Sussex
- Year 9 initiative training and sleepover
- Year 10 residential weekend at the UK Sailing Academy in Cowes, Isle of Wight
- Drama tour to America
- A level geography trip to Morocco
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Art trip to Cornwall
Exchange Programmes
For a small number of lucky girls in Year 9, there is a chance to spend a whole term on a sports exchange to America or a term's cultural exchange with a girl in Australia. The school has exchange programmes with two Australian schools, Fairholme College in Toowoomba, Queensland, New South Wales and Ravenswood School in Sydney.
Language students can spend two or three weeks living with French and German families and attending their hosts' schools, and partners from exchange schools come to Kent College as boarders or day girls.
A successful A level drama exchange has also been established with schools in America. | 
