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 [...]

On Tuesday 2nd May we took a group of our sixth form students to see The Great Gatsby at Wiltons Theatre in London. Most of the students have been studying the novel as a set text in class and the others just thought they would enjoy the show! Whilst waiting outside before the show, various [...]

On Friday 2nd March, Chris and Jonathan will be taking some of our sixth form History students up to London to attend a Keynote conference on Russia from 1881–1953. This should prove invaluable to their studies as well as giving them the opportunity to experience lectures from some leading and distinguished historians. If you would [...]

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 [...]

On Tuesday 13th March we are going to see the wonderful RIC favourite Sir Patrick Stewart in Bingo, playing the bard himself at the Young Vic. The glory years of London behind him, William Shakespeare finds himself in an overwhelming moral dilemma. Like his greatest creation King Lear, he has to decide: what shall he [...]