Sam Harrison, a Year 9 student at Launceston College has spent the past academic year studying GCSE Astronomy as part of an extra-curricular course offered by the science department at the College, after the usual hours. It was a year of hard work, which involved Sam revising the astronomy content every day before school. All […]
Twenty students were taken to Plymouth University to experience a science and technology showcase. The activities were grouped into three zones and our students where free to explore the activities within each zone, they could discover more about areas of science that interest them most, as well as have an interesting careers talk. The students, wrote: […]
On Wednesday 9th July 2014 Launceston College Science faculty hosted the latest Institute of Physics lecture. The lecture, titled ‘Magic Materials and the science of Invisibility’ took place in the Old Hall and was delivered by Ph.D. students from the University Of Exeter. The lecture took two forms; during lesson 2 Year 10 and 11 […]
About 30 students were involved in the biology field trip last week. This was set up to develop practical skills and acquire knowledge, necessary to the A2 biology A-level syllabus. On the first day they carried out a mark-recapture survey to estimate the population of certain fish in a fresh water lake close to Bude. […]
In June, Year 10 students will be sitting their ‘real’ GCSE exams in biology, chemistry and physics as part of their GCSE Core Science Qualification. To help students and parents to prepare for these exams, a revision workshop has been arranged for Thursday 8th May 6.30pm-7.30pm in the Old Hall. Please read the letter for […]
Thursday 28th November saw the annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) day take place for all Year 9 students at the College. Run by the design and technology department, this year’s project was based on the record breaking fall to earth by Felix Baumgartner. The students were set a complex challenge, to work as […]
18 Aug 2022
Sixth Form students at Launceston College have once again achieved outstanding A level success this year with 84% of Read more →
17 Aug 2022
Good luck to all our Sixth Form students who will be collecting their results tomorrow. See you from 9am Read more →
11 Aug 2022
We look forward to seeing our Year 7 students who have signed up to Summer School on Monday 15th Read more →