In March 2019, Miss Bateman’s Year 10 separate science class sat the Royal Society of Biology Challenge paper, which consisted of two online tests lasting around an hour in total. These were multiple choice questions requiring fact recall and logical thinking skills. The tests really pushed the student’s knowledge and understanding, covering some content beyond […]
On Friday 5 July, the whole of Year 9 were working on a project called Kick Start to Key Stage 4. This marks the official end of key stage 3 and commencement of their GCSE and key stage 4 studies. The week has involved looking at a variety of skills that employers desire, both locally […]
On Tuesday 16 July, Café Sci hosted their annual competition for Year 12 students, and this year Launceston College students were joined by those from our MAT partner Bideford College. Each student gave a 15 minute lecture on a topic of their choice to an audience including distinguished scientists along with many of us who […]
Huge congratulations to Joe Wheeler who ran 300m in a time of 36.01 at the All England Schools Athletics Championships in Birmingham last weekend. This beating his current county record and is also the best time in the UK this year.
Since the autumn, a number of Year 12 students have been spending Friday lunchtimes with Dr Lancaster to prepare for the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge for Lower Sixth (or C3L6). The questions are based on AS chemistry content, but tend to be very abstract. The students prepared by looking at various cryptic chemistry questions where they […]
A free workshop is being offered on July 22nd for students transitioning from Year 7 into Year 8. There will be two workshops, each running for an hour and taking place during periods 1 and 2. If you are interested in being involved, speak to your English teacher and see Mrs Prouse to sign up. […]
On Monday 15th and Tuesday 16th July, 270 primary pupils will be visiting the college Outdoor Learning Resource at the ALC with various staff from the Humanities team. Further details from Ms Carlton. Both days should be warm 21 degrees and dry and Ms Unwin will be providing squash to keep everyone hydrated.
Wednesday 26th June saw Hepworth receive the Sports Day Cup for the second time after narrowly missing out on winning the Cup by 2 points the previous year. It was a fantastic day with all students doing their House proud and competing to the finest of levels; demonstrating good skill and willingness to push themselves […]
On Tuesday 25th June Year 11 celebrated their Leavers’ Day at Launceston College, with gusto. From tractors, to limos, to dinosaurs- our students certainly know how to arrive in style! Thank you very much to all staff and parents for helping to make the day so special. The students had a great day and even danced in […]
On June 27th we welcomed students who are planning to join our Sixth Form in September. The aim is to help them learn more about Sixth Form courses and to ease the transition into their new subjects. They took advantage of the opportunity to try subjects that they were interested in studying, including making […]
19 Jul 2019
In March 2019, Miss Bateman’s Year 10 separate science class sat the Royal Society of Biology Challenge paper, which Read more →
18 Jul 2019
On Friday 5 July, the whole of Year 9 were working on a project called Kick Start to Key Read more →
18 Jul 2019
On Tuesday 16 July, Café Sci hosted their annual competition for Year 12 students, and this year Launceston College Read more →