On Tuesday 4th June Year 9 were treated to a fantastic day of STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) based activities and workshops led by a range of local professionals who all have STEM-based careers. In the morning the students were given a brilliant demonstration of solid, liquid and gas properties in a fantastic live […]
On Friday 17th May, 12 Year 7 students embarked on a trip to the Met Office in Exeter to take part in a whole range of workshops on all things weather related, and even got to camp out overnight! The students learned all about how temperature and wind affect weather patterns, got to make their […]
This year was the third in a row where Bideford College hosted Dr Peter Hoare as he delivered a very well-received revision workshop. The event ran over the weekend of 11 and 12 May. On Saturday the 11th, the focus was Year 12 chemistry content. On the Sunday, Peter moved on to covering Year 13 […]
On Thursday 2nd May, nearly 70 Year 11 students stayed after College to attend a science revision webinar on achieving success in their upcoming GCSE examinations. The webinar provided valuable insight into how to avoid common mistakes in science exams, including graph drawing, tables, and completing maths-based questions. The students all applied themselves fantastically and […]
The British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) is a charitable trust that operates out of the Physics Department at Oxford University. The BPhO offers challenges each year to budding physicists who are secondary school age. Whilst physics is inherently all about problem solving, the aim of these challenges is to push students beyond their current qualification level […]
Last week 44 year 9 students spend Immersive Learning Week at the Eden Project competing in teams to plan a mission to Mars. On Monday they were tasked with building a geodesic dome large enough to fit the team inside. Once we got to Eden the teams were occupied with deciding which plants to take […]
In January this year, just over 7000 students took part in the RSC’s Chemistry Olympiad Round 1, including 3 students from Launceston College. This followed weeks of preparation where the students gave up one lunch time each week, spending it with Dr Lancaster in order to look over the format of previous papers and to […]
On Saturday the 23rd March 2019 24 students and staff went to Truro for a day called ‘Operating Theatre Live’. It was a fantastically informative and hands-on day for A Level, GCSE and KS3 students alike. Students had the opportunity to look at whole organ systems but also work together as a team, think about […]
A level geology students from Year 12 and 13 recently spent the day at Millook Haven on the north Cornwall coast as part of their geology fieldwork studies. Students were studying the fantastic recumbent, chevron folding found at this amazing site. Structural geology is a key component of the A level geology course and observing, […]
On Friday the science and geography department welcomed Dr Hazel Beaumont to lead sessions for A level geology and geography students. Dr Beaumont is a lecturer at the University of West of England, Bristol, specialising in sedimentary geology. The geology session focussed on sedimentary geology particularly on fluvial, desert and marine environments. Students had the […]
14 Jun 2019
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14 Jun 2019
Congratulations to Katie Barriball who has been selected to be part of Exeter City Football Club’s academy U-16’s. We Read more →
14 Jun 2019
Recently, we have had too many reports of young people, often students on their way to or from College, Read more →
