Over the Easter weekend six Launceston College Sixth form students, three members of staff and one partner took part in this event. It consisted of paddling in K2 Kayaks for a distance of 125 miles over four days as well as negotiating 77 portages, these are places where paddlers must get out of the kayak […]
Staff and students at Launceston College are both pleased, and saddened, to say goodbye to Jen Bousfield who has been a member of staff at Launceston College for 40 years. Over her time with us, Jen has seen many changes to the Library and helped thousands of Students and hundreds of Staff. This year she […]
In June, Year 10 students will be sitting their ‘real’ GCSE exams in biology, chemistry and physics as part of their GCSE Core Science Qualification. To help students and parents to prepare for these exams, a revision workshop has been arranged for Thursday 8th May 6.30pm-7.30pm in the Old Hall. Please read the letter for […]
On 26th March the two teams competing in the Maths Challenge (including Callum Hudson, Joe Tibbetts, Sam Stanley and Max Whale in Launceston A and Sarah Pengelly, Emma Platt, Oliver Platt and Jessica Daw in Launceston B) traveled to Petroc College, along with Maths teachers: Mr Croxall and Miss Cliffe. The day started with an […]
8JRA have recently been learning about The Universal Rights of the Child and how many children are being denied these rights in some areas in the world. They were particularly concerned about the growth of child trafficking and have written to our local MP Dan Rogerson about this, he visited the students on Friday 4th […]
Top attending Year 7 tutor group with their tutor Mrs Cole, Mr Jackson, principal and Mrs Preece, attendance officer, celebrating their excellent attendance. The tutor group has the won the award for the top attendance since the start of the academic year. Mrs Preece was delighted to award them with their certificates and Easter eggs, […]
The Sport Relief Boccia competition came to an exciting conclusion on Monday as Mr Adams played Miss Nettle in a battle between Trevithick and Hepworth staff. The competition started with 64 teams, each representing a tutor group or staff department, and it was an open competition meaning anyone could play anyone else. This threw up […]
Launceston College, are planning to hold their 3rd purple day on the 2nd of April 2014, in order to raise awareness and funds for the epilepsy society (www.epilepsysociety.org.uk). Epilepsy is a serious neurological condition where there is a tendency to have seizures that start in the brain, and it affects more than half a million […]
Images form the Launceston College Sports Relief Mile, ran by students and staff alike this afternoon on the sports field
On 18th March four year 9 tutor groups turned language teachers for the day as they taught their peers about a grammatical concept in either Spanish or French for a 15 minute micro-session. Topics covered included the use of connectives, the formation of different verb tenses and even the difference between the imperfect and the […]
19 May 2022
After missing the last two years, the Ten Tors Challenge made a welcome return this year for its 60th Read more →
17 May 2022
At the start of May, four students from Launceston College Sixth Form visited Sicily, Italy as part of an Read more →
13 May 2022
Launceston College are very proud of Leah and Jasmin and would like to congratulate them on their success. They Read more →