On Monday 9th May, Mrs Williams took Noah Adams, Dotty Hollister and Madie Layton-House to the Eden Project, for the Kernow Youth Book Awards. This is the first time KYBA has been able to be staged since 2019, so it was a really special occasion. The ceremony celebrates children and young adult authors and gives […]
On Wednesday 24th November, we held the Poetry by Heart in-house competition where we bore witness to beautiful, confident and eloquent perfomances from across the school. There were several contestants for Key Stage 3 reciting not only the famous words of Shakespeare, but also poetry penned by some very talented students of Year 7 themselves! […]
Year 12 are busy preparing for their transition in to Year 13 with A Level Language. They are exploring different text types and practicing mimic writing. Their scrap books will fill up during the year, helping them become expert copy writers. They have made a wonderful start.
Having finished their study of Animal Farm, Miss Trerise’s class have been working on their own non-fiction writing. We think you’ll agree that this is an impressive newspaper article. Well done, Adam!
World Book Day was celebrated by the library with a potato character challenge. The range of entries was really imaginative and it was hard to choose. However, William Mansfield 8JTA was the overall winner with his brilliantly observed James Bond, second was Adam Ryall 8GCB for Willy Wonka. A joint third prize was awarded to […]
Students have continued to impress us with their attitude to learning this week and also with the high quality of work being submitted to our Google classrooms. Here is just one example of some more excellent creative work in response to our text for Year 9: Animal Farm by George Orwell. Ryan Jenkin (9PJM) made […]
Gemma Cann has produced this beautiful sketch of Benjamin from Animal Farm. Erin McNeela in Year 9 has made a cake inspired by George Orwell’s Animal Farm and talks us really clearly through her creative choices. Excellent work, Erin! Isabella Goodman has produced this finger puppet poem. Rowan Elms has also been getting creative As […]
Year 7 have been working on improving their descriptive writing skills recently and here is another great example. Well done, Sarah, for this inspiring and vivid description. Describing a setting The Moorland The unpredictable evening, cold and cynical, lit up the sky with orange and blue, the vivid clouds brushed across the glossy skies as […]
Students have continued to impress us with their attitude to learning this week and also with the high quality of work being submitted to our Google classrooms. Here is just one example. Students in Year 7 have continued their work on Chaucer and journey writing. As well as studying some of Chaucer’s characters, students also […]
In English, Year 7 have been studying different examples of travel writing, considering how authors make places sound interesting and exciting. Rosie Kersley Williamson took on the challenge of demonstrating all the positive features of one of her favourite places, creating a wonderful mood board and crafting a beautiful poem about her trip to Australia. […]
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 →