Yesterday, a group of students spent the day preparing for a Shakespeare celebration event in the Adventure Learning Garden working intensively with Rebecca Gould, a theatre director from the Royal Shakespeare Company. They were working on scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, for an interactive outdoor performance.
No 10 Downing Street have released a photograph of Launceston College students meeting David Cameron at the Prime Minister’s residence. Eight Year 7 students, who were representing the thirty Fairies who performed this year with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Hall for Cornwall, had a chance to meet the then Prime Minister and talk to […]
RSC Education specialist and theatre director Rebecca Gould spent a vibrant and sometimes very noisy day with teachers from Launceston College, Bideford College and a number of other schools exploring The Tempest. The RSC has been supporting teachers to develop strategies to teach Shakespeare in the most active, engaging and thought provoking way, and share […]
Our thirty Year 7 students, who will be playing Titania’s fairy train onstage with the RSC at Hall for Cornwall in May, spent a busy, demanding and exciting day working with Miles Tandy from the RSC education team. They were rehearsing the lines, dances and moves that they will need for their next rehearsal with […]
A group of Year 11 students and sixth form English literature students participated in the latest Royal Shakespeare Company live screening, a challenging and original production of Othello, the story of jealousy, ambition, betrayal and tragic love. Beamed directly into classrooms in school, we have access to these world class performances through our membership of […]
The Royal Shakespeare Company performed live at Launceston College on 15th July. A matinee performance for 200 excited primary school children and their teachers was followed by a packed evening performance attended by students, parents and members of the public, as well as the Mayor of Launceston, Mr. Brian Hogan. The intense July sunshine only […]
From the comfort of their own classrooms, four classes of Year 9 students watched the latest of our exclusive live feeds from the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford. With workshops and preparation by their teachers before the screening, lots of students were able to access and understand the language and the action. Lots of laughter […]
Fifty four Launceston College students enjoyed an amazing trip to Stratford to see the wordplay, wit and romantic warring that is Love’s Labours Won. Prior to the performance students participated in a workshop with the director and two actors. Launceston College works in partnership with the RSC and will be hosting a touring performance in the […]
Over 300 students packed into the Old Hall to watch the live streamed performance of The Two Gentlemen of Verona from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Swan Theatre, Stratford. A wide range of students from Year 7 to 13 attended, and we were also delighted to welcome a group of Year 6 students too. Students had […]
A group of Year 11 and Year 13 students attended a performance of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night on Wednesday 12th November. We were kindly hosted by The Hall for Cornwall, our partners in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Learning and Performance Network. Students commented on how enlightening it was to see Shakespeare’s plays come alive on stage, […]
25 Apr 2019
The four students participating in this year’s Challenge (Emily 11ACS, Sam 11ITA, Dylan 9KAL, Nicole 10EP) have their final Read more →
24 Apr 2019
Four Year 10 girls spent the first week of the Easter holidays in Croatia as part of an on-going Read more →
5 Apr 2019
The British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) is a charitable trust that operates out of the Physics Department at Oxford University. Read more →