insideKENT Magazine Issue 101 - September 2020 | Page 104
EDUCATION
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
RESILIENCE : CONFIDENCE : SELF-BELIEF
SUPPORTING THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF
STUDENTS AT KENT COLLEGE, CANTERBURY
MORE AND MORE YOUNG PEOPLE GROWING UP TODAY ARE FACED WITH A
COMPARISON-BASED EXISTENCE. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE INFLUENCE OF
SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE WAY IN WHICH WE ARE ALL CONNECTED MAKES THIS
INEVITABLE. ON THE INTERNET, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE, IDEALS AND
IMAGES TO MEASURE AGAINST.
At Kent College, Canterbury, pastoral care and
guidance from staff provide support for students as
they develop. This will see them through the
challenging times that all teenagers encounter. The
KC pastoral pyramid includes the student’s tutor,
head of year, student mentors, and school counsellors,
as well as heads of school, who are all on hand to
provide guidance and give help when required.
Believing in yourself
We believe it is important to give students the tools
to develop a principal-based existence, through which
they are content by just being themselves. They need
to have the self-belief and confidence to say “I am
enough, just as I am.” Ensuring a high level of wellbeing
is key to successful learning. Students must be
happy, content and secure in themselves to learn
effectively. Physical health, good eating and sleeping
routines all form part of a healthy lifestyle. We ensure,
through a regular programme of lectures, visiting
speakers and well-being events, that students develop
the key skills they need to be able to tackle stressful
times in their lives.
Developing resilience
Challenge itself can be a good thing, as it is important
to develop resilience. With 60 extra-curricular
activities, there really is something for everyone at
KC to try. Beyond developing physical health these
activities help to develop character, confidence and
connection. Students form friendships and memories
through their participation and mastering of these
skills. From this, they create a sense of worth and
self-efficacy needed to negotiate the unfamiliar. They
go out into the world prepared to help other people
as they believe in themselves.
Making the world a better place
Kent College is known for its outstanding results for
the International Baccalaureate, A Levels and GCSEs
but most importantly of all, we hope that KC
produces people who will go out into the world and
have a positive impact on others as a result of their
experiences at the school. If they are not happy and
secure in their own skin they will not be able to do
this. Their own well-being is the bedrock on which
everything is founded. We want them to go on to
be successful in life, but to also be good wives and
husbands, brothers and sisters, boyfriends and
girlfriends, and to make the world a better place.
To find out more or to take a bespoke tour of Kent
College please contact the admissions team at
[email protected] or call 01227 763231.
kentcollege.com
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