Year 7 Humanities students have been learning about the geology of our county. They have been examining different rocks and asking questions to develop their understanding and inquiring minds. They will follow this up by learning about the Bude Formations; the amazing features that you see as you walk along the coastline at Bude. We […]
On the sunny evening of the 16th October the intrepid Launceston College Humanities Department staff ventured out to Bude as part of their staff training. We arrived en mass at Crooklets beach, having spent the journey from Launceston exploring the links between some mysterious objects related to Cornish history. With Mrs Gowing as our fearless […]
An introduction to the day by Mr Bazely: During the Immersive Learning Day on Tuesday the 18th September year 10 students at Launceston College had the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the Christian and Islamic faiths. Students met key local people from both these faiths, whilst exploring varying beliefs on contemporary ethical issues. Other […]
We have today received communication from Scott Mann MP who has promised to support our work supporting refugee children; he recently met with the Home Secretary to share our concerns. The students in Year 9 are eagerly awaiting the reply Sajid Javid, who is pictured here with our petitions and letters. Dear Emma, I had […]
Students at Launceston College have a long history of working closely with Unicef to highlight injustices throughout the world. This term they have been considering the impact of the plight facing thousands of refugee children as they make incredibly dangerous and long journeys to reach the safety of refugee camps or to live with family […]
We were delighted to receive this email today from our partner school, Bunjakko Island Vocational School. We are working really hard to raise funds to support the education of the pupils there, and our students were delighted to be able to fund the solar panels. The staff at Bunajkko are working hard to build a […]
On Friday 27th the Bunjakko Team organised a disco for Years 7 & 8 at the college. The students had a fantastic time, lots of dancing, pictures being taken at the photo booth and refreshments consumed, which had kindly been donated by Martins Cash & Carry and Tesco. We would like to thank Derek for […]
Congratulations to Lawrence Charrett-Dykes who has successfully made it through to the second round of the BBC2 500 words competition. Lawrence wrote his story as part of his beliefs, citizenship and ethics (BCE) course, where we have been studying the concepts of good and evil. We have examined some of the biblical references to good and […]
During their history studies, students in Year 9 have been learning about the Second World War. They have considered the significance of the Battle of Britain, and have looked at original sources and personal accounts of the battle. They were set the task to produce a newspaper article about the battle and include explanation of […]
In July this year we are taking a group of students to our partner school, Bunjakko Island Vocational School in Uganda. Our aims whilst there are to improve the school building, support the education of the students, and work with the community to develop projects including health and the production of crops. Just before Easter […]
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 →