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 […]
On Wednesday 12 December, Freddie Ward, Bradley Sleeman, Tegan Wade and Amy Vickery took part in the regional Top of the Bench competition. This prestigious event is run by the RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry), and was hosted by the University of Exeter. The team’s first task was to determine the acidity of different drinks […]
Twenty-three students and three staff visited Iceland in October 2018. It was primarily a science and geography field trip, but there was a chance to learn about culture, folk-lore, cuisine and so much more. On our first day we visited some natural and man-made sites on the Reykjanes peninsula, whilst acclimatising to the low temperatures […]
October saw the annual Earth Science Week. To celebrate this, the house challenge was to create an earthquake-proof building capable of holding a golf ball as high as possible. The grand shake test took place on Friday and involved the use of our bespoke and extremely hi-tech earthquake simulator. Mrs Gowing and Dr Cooper were […]
At its recent July meeting, CaféScientifique, Launceston (CaféSci) once again invited students in Year 11 at Launceston College, taking part in its “Aspire” programme, to give their own presentations on scientific topics to the assembled membership. As last year, the students taking part gave a wide-ranging set of talks, competing for prizes, this year in […]
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 →