The House Captains did a wonderful job of collecting for Bunjakko during an evening celebrating Christmas with parents, students and the College. Thank you to Rob Strike, Shelley Jeffery, Jo Mason and Kate Prouse for their hard work and to all the students who participated towards the fantastic evening.
Launceston College students will be running a charity gift stall on Saturday 8th December at the Market House Arcade. They will be selling African drums & jewellery as well as sponsorships for text books, porridge and shares in a pig! All money raised will support the education of students in their partner school: Bunjakko Island […]
Launceston College came home with two golds, a silver and team bronze from the South West Schools Trampolining competition held in Taunton last weekend. Meadow Morville and Bethany Marriott and Keira Moore came third in the team event. In the individual competitions Madi Vine, Keira Moore and Adam Hazucha have all qualified for the Southern […]
There was a huge amount of entries for this year’s competition to design the College’s Christmas card, all of which displayed fantastic talent from the students. This year’s winner is Lawrence Charrett-Dykes from 8JJA with a close second place going to Minnie Jacobs from 10EP. Both these designs featured Launceston College and Launceston. Well done […]
In light of the centenary of World War One, Kevin Eady, a member of the Tavistock Peace Action Group, was invited into the College to talk to Year 9 students about World War One. His lecture was titled: World War One, Myth and Reality. As a self-confessed anarchist, Kevin gave an interesting interpretation of the […]
Following a really impressive interview Zoe Woods 12 KEP has been successfully appointed as the new Year 12 student associate governor. Zoe joined Launceston College Sixth Form in September after successfully completing her GCSE’s at St Joseph’s. College Principal Mr Maywood was particularly impressed by Zoe’s meticulous preparation for interview and by her confident performance […]
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 […]
On the 16th November our Year 12 geography students made the journey to Penhale corner, Perranporth. As we ventured out from Perran Sands holiday park we were greeted with a breath-taking cliff top view across the Atlantic Ocean. Our intrepid geographers, equipped with ranging poles and clinometers, set out across the dunes in search of […]
GCSE Citizenship students interview PC Stoppard about the powers of the police and the types and purposes of sentencing. A huge thank you to PC Stoppard for coming into our lesson today. We asked him lots of questions about his powers as a police officer and how those powers work, for example stop and search. […]
Huge congratulations are due to all Year 11 Leavers, awards nominees and award winners. We were delighted to host students, parents and esteemed guests at our fifth annual Awards Evening, where we celebrated the outstanding achievement and progress of our students. Damian Hall, journalist and ultra-runner, delivered the keynote address. Damian’s reflections on his development […]
12 Feb 2019
On Thursday the 31st of January, I spent a morning with our local police team (before the snow arrived Read more →
11 Feb 2019
Students Emily, Dylan, Sam and Nicole were on Dartmoor again, this time for their expedition 3, walking from Postbridge Read more →
7 Feb 2019
As part of your child’s preparation we are to run to a study skills event; it is designed to Read more →