On Thursday 25th April, all Lower Sixth students will be attending the UCAS Convention at the University of Kent in Canterbury with the college’s senior personal tutors. This will give them the opportunity to talk to representatives from the majority of UK universities and higher education institutions ahead of making their university applications next term. There [...]

Dear Parents and Guardians On Wednesday 9th January, A level English Literature students will be going to see The Rime of the Ancient Mariner in the underground tunnels of The Old Vic Theatre in London. This is an important opportunity for the students as it covers one of their key exam texts. Students will need to [...]

Recently our A-Level Photography students were taken on a trip to London to see three exhibitions and take photographs for their projects. Our Photography teacher Dominik wrote this summary of the day for the blog: On an unusually bright and sunny Wednesday in November, the A-level Photography students set off to London to take in [...]

Last month our Year 12 English Literature students along with Sara Martinovic from Year 13  went up to London to see Gatz, an 8 hour long play in which the entire text of The Great Gatsby was read and performed. Having studied it during the year it was a great chance for the students to really [...]

On Wednesday 7th March, Dominik will be taking our lucky sixth form photography students for a day out in London to experience as many exciting photography based activities as he can squeeze in! In the morning they will visit the Tate Modern to see the Tacita Dean Exhibition and short film and  its Photography exhibition. [...]

On the 16th January Ian took some of our 6th Form students to see The Iron Lady at the Odeon cinema.  As well as being a much anticipated film to the public in general, it was also relevant to our students studies and so managed to combine being entertaining and educational! One of our Year [...]

Between October and January, our A Level students were extremely lucky to be given the chance to do some life drawing classes, working with a professional and experienced human model. All the students seemed to enjoy the experience and Cecelia Johnson has been kind enough to write us a review of the classes: The sixth [...]

By Holly Ellis, Year 8. On Wednesday 18th January, year 8′s, 9′s and some upper school went by coach to see Roald Dahl’s Matilda at Cambridge Theatre, London., produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Matilda the Musical was full of fabulous songs, it was funny and brilliantly performed. Miss Trunchbull was as wicked and mean [...]

Home Town – an exhibition of photography by A Level students at Rochester Independent College. This academic year our A Level art students have had the fantastic opportunity to have their photographic work put on display to the public.  Pizza Express in Rochester High Street kindly gave us the use of their walls to create [...]

Lovesong intertwines the lives of a couple in their 20s with the same man and woman a lifetime later. Their past and present selves collide in this haunting and beautiful tale of togetherness. See here for more information. We have tickets for this beautiful production at the Lyric on Tuesday 24 January. Please sign up [...]