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 […]
On Friday three A Level biology students visited the Premier Foods manufacturing site at Lifton as part of the Legacy Work Experience Program that has been running this year. Gabriella Asman, Ellie Fish and Coral Benfield have all been working hard on projects related to aspetic techniques, and this was the opportunity to present their […]
Thirty Year 9 girls attended a ‘Girls into Chemistry’ event at the University of Plymouth to inspire more girls into studying the science at all levels. The format of the day was based around a murder and the fantastic group of students used thin-layer chromatography, swab analysis for metals and soil profiling to determine evidence […]
18 Aug 2022
Sixth Form students at Launceston College have once again achieved outstanding A level success this year with 84% of Read more →
17 Aug 2022
Good luck to all our Sixth Form students who will be collecting their results tomorrow. See you from 9am Read more →
11 Aug 2022
We look forward to seeing our Year 7 students who have signed up to Summer School on Monday 15th Read more →