Launceston College have been running a successful alternative to gift giving for the last few years. We sell gift cards that give a gift to a student in our partner school in Uganda. Our current selection is: A student will receive porridge every day for a whole term – £1.00. A share in a pig […]
Students at Launceston College will be returning to Uganda in 2020 to work with their partner school, Bunjakko Island Vocational School. This will be our third visit and will continue the work already completed to support the students and staff there. We have helped support the school in many ways over the years, including building […]
Launceston College welcomed Joy Bassett (Labour candidate for Cornwall North) and Danny Chambers (Liberal Democrat candidate for Cornwall North) yesterday afternoon. Students from the sixth form had the opportunity to ask questions and challenge the candidates on their party’s policies as well as their own view around a number of different topics. They discussed issues […]
Year 10 citizenship students enjoyed a presentation from two local today. Students learnt about the magistrates court; how the court works, who is involved and the different types of sentences that are available to the court. Students had the opportunity to ask questions of their own and to learn what it is like to be […]
On Friday 15th November our intrepid year 12 geographers ventured out to the wild North coast of Cornwall. Students were there to undertake an enquiry into changes in the sand dune system. As part of both the coasts and skills aspect of their course, students were investigating to see if Perranporth’s dunes followed the text […]
Year 11 students visited Plymouth today as part of their GCSE Geography course. Our fieldwork investigation was to investigate the inequalities in housing between Colin Campbell Court, Fin Street and West Hoe Road. Students conducted bi polar surveys and took photographs to collect data to test their hypotheses. Students will follow up this data collection […]
Last week year 10 RS and Citizenship students took part in a number of different workshops to: Develop their religious understanding Develop their political literacy Challenge their thinking about ethical issues Raise awareness of issues within the community Become aware of different ways in which they can be involved as active citizens within their community. […]
Following our incredible trip to Uganda in 2018, Launceston College students visited Launceston Rotary Club to give a presentation about the experience. The Rotarians were amazed at how much we had achieved during our time there, and shocked to see the condition of some areas of the school, particularly the staff quarters. After the meeting […]
On the 04/06/19 Launceston College year 7 students went to Bude to learn about marine and coastal pollution. After driving in coaches from Launceston we met Avril from The Cleaner Seas Project at Crooklets Beach. Here, we learnt about the sources of different marine pollution and the different types of plastic pollution which ends up […]
Malaria has killed more people than all wars, throughout human history, combined. It still kills over 250,000 children under five each year in Africa alone. We recently challenged the students to raise money to buy mosquito nets for students at our partner school Bunjakko Island Vocational School in Uganda. This was a House challenge, and […]
4 Jul 2022
Last weekend Ollie Sheldrake and Joe Stewart attended the annual prizegiving ceremony for this year’s Devizes to Westminster Kayak Read more →
30 Jun 2022
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27 Jun 2022
The Year 10 progression group have been busy re-siting and planting hazel at the Active Learning Centre. Read more →