During Adventurous Learning Week, 24 students and 2 teachers headed to St Leonards Equestrian Centre for a week of horse riding, pony care and fun. The students who ranged from hardly ever ridden to experienced horse owners quickly got stuck into the routines of the yard, collecting the ponies from the field, grooming and tacking […]
Day 4, after a fantastic night sail we left the Helford Passage with bleary eyes and tired bodies, the students had a high degree of resilience, to get to our destination and our heading was St Mawes. The journey was jam pack full activities, there were more opportunities to helm and hoist more sails. Our […]
Day 3 of sailing started with an early morning departure from Coverack. We were warmly welcomed in the sunny morning from an ex teacher of Launceston College. John Fraser is now enjoying retirement as resident of Coverack he came alongside in his fish boat. We hoisted the sails and our heading was Kynance Cove. As […]
Day 2 of Sailing, the day started with a hearty bowl of porridge and then some shore time in Looe. After exploring Looe the students arrived late back for the dinghy departure and this was a valuable learning experience as they all ended up with extra deck scrubbing duties to keep Olga shipwright, a true […]
Launceston College students have embarked on a fantastic week of Sailing with Sail Techonta for our Adventurous Learning Week. The students are fortunate to be on board a beautiful an original, 1909 Bristol Pilot Cutter called Olga. The Cutter was originally built in Porthleven a true Cornish gem, this Cutter has a fantastic history which […]
Last weekend Ollie Sheldrake and Joe Stewart attended the annual prizegiving ceremony for this year’s Devizes to Westminster Kayak Race, where they collected their trophy for becoming the U17 Champions. Despite the race having to be shortened slightly due to ongoing Covid restrictions, Ollie and Joe were immense in tackling the 108 mile course, including […]
After missing the last two years, the Ten Tors Challenge made a welcome return this year for its 60th event. The Challenge is organised and run by the army each year and is the largest youth organised event in the country. Young people between 14-19 take part and complete self sufficient, self navigated walks across […]
After training once a week all year, six practice expeditions and two practice camps, Tom Logg, his twin James Logg and Scott Cole, all of whom are students within ‘The Castle’ ARB at Launceston College, successfully completed their Jubilee Challenge on Dartmoor, accompanied by Carol Unwin and Matt Mitcheson, walking JC route 1. Proudly wearing […]
Over the Easter weekend we had eight fantastic people represent the College at the annual Devizes to Westminster (DW) canoe marathon. This race is the culmination of a tough season training, made tougher this year by the strong winds curtailing several training sessions. Over 30 students showed initial interest in taking on this challenge in […]
A culmination of our seasons training for Ten Tors is our Dartmoor Challenge, this had to be postponed due to very inclement weather causing safety concerns on the original date (a problem that has plagued this year’s training season). But the sun shined for us this weekend, even if it was accompanied by a very […]
8 Dec 2022
Dear Parent/Carer This letter is to confirm that, as usual at the end of the autumn term, Launceston Read more →
5 Dec 2022
Performance Academy activities for Spring 2023 are out! We will be opening the sign up online on Monday the Read more →
24 Nov 2022
Since 2017, Year 12 students at Launceston College have entered the Cambridge Chemistry Challenge for Lower Sixth (C3L6). This Read more →