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 […]
We are delighted to offer the opportunity for students to travel to Uganda for 14 days in July 2020 to visit our partner school, Bunjakko Island Vocational School. This school is one of the Molly Paul Foundation schools; we have been collaborating with this charity for over 15 years and this will be our third […]
Another amazing few terms of girls rugby run by Neil Smith (RFU coach) has come to an end for another year. Lots of resilience, grit and determination shown by the girls across all sessions and certainly no fear of getting muddy!
The four students participating in this year’s Challenge (Emily 11ACS, Sam 11ITA, Dylan 9KAL, Nicole 10EP) have a practice camp this week having completed six expeditions, with a second camp after Easter, which finalizes their training. The event itself will be held on 10 and 11 May. The countdown begins – only four weeks to go! […]
A fantastic Tug of War competition to end an excellent Year 7 Expressive Arts week. There were some close battles between tutor groups but in the end 7SC reigned supreme!
We were pleased to welcome a range of guest speakers to our Intensive Learning Week with Year 10 and 11 as they prepare for exams and the world of further education and employment. We were keen to give a sense of how studying subjects at school can lead to interesting careers, but also to developing […]
Students who have been attending dance club this term really enjoyed their street dance workshop with Chris from Rhythm City Studios last week. Well done to all those that took part, some amazing shapes pulled in the ‘Dance off’ at the end!
Stanley Keighley and Toby Preston write about their recent battlefields trip; On this year’s Battlefields Trip we took in some of the most breath-taking and emotional scenes. Being in France and Belgium, you really got a sense of what life was like for World War One soldiers. You learn about the World Wars in your […]
Year 9 had a fantastic week last week on Dartmoor. This week included the students walking over 25 miles in 3 days and a wonderful day working with the Dartmoor National Park Rangers helping build paths on the new Lynch Way walk at Postbridge.
Students in Years 9-12 had the opportunity to attend a workshop run by Claire Sims, Outreach Officer from Exeter College, Oxford, today. They were offered the opportunity to reflect on their possible academic pathways, and to think about the practical sides of applying to university. There was some healthy ‘myth busting’ and lots of information […]
15 Aug 2019
Sixth Form students at Launceston College achieved excellent results again this year. Head of Sixth Form Jenn Burn Read more →
23 Jul 2019
Last week 21 Year 12 and 13 students went to Geneva to visit the largest scientific experiment in the Read more →
19 Jul 2019
In March 2019, Miss Bateman’s Year 10 separate science class sat the Royal Society of Biology Challenge paper, which Read more →