Business@Launceston

Here at Launceston College Business Department, we are excited about the future ahead in the Department. We are proud of the successes of our students and throughout the year we will be posting events and news about our students. Please feel free to use the contact button if you wish to contact us about anything on the website.



November 2008

National Enterprise Week 2008 (17th-25th November). An action packed week is planned for National Enterprise Week at Launceston College. A run down of the days is as follows:

Monday – MakeYourMark National Enterprise Challenge (Years 10, 12 and 13)

Tuesday – Lemonade Tycoon Lunchtime (Year 7) & Social Enterprise Visit for Year 10's run by RISE South West. Young Enterprise Training in Sales & Marketing run by North Cornwall District Council.
Wednesday – Lemonade Tycoon Lunchtime (Year 8)
Thursday – Virtual Share Trading Launch at Alverton Manor, Truro (Years 12 & 13) with Cornwall EBP. Also Year 13 will be unveiling their website designs to local businesses in Launceston.
Friday – Lemonade Tycoon Lunchtime (Year 9)
October 2008

Website Launches Near. Year 13's begin designing their websites for Pat's Greeting Cards and Madhatters Tea Room in preparation for a presentation to both businesses in November.

September 2008

Young Enterprise Launch. Year 12 students have been invited to the inaugural Young Enterprise 2008 launch. The event takes place on Wednesday 24th September in BS3.

Learning to Learn Days. The new year starts off with a difference this year at Launceston College with the introduction of 4 Learning to Learn Days within each area of the College. Students are now familiar with the Launceston Language for Learning which includes the following learning competencies: Self Managing Learners, Independent Enquiring Learners, Creative Learners, Resilient Learners, Team Learners and Reflective Learners. Students in Business can look forward to the following activities.....

Thursday 4th September - Year 9 Personal Development Day in association with the Army.

Friday 5th September - Year 11 Option Group will be participating in a number of enterprise activities throughout the whole day.

Monday 8th September - Year 10 Option Group will be out in Perranporth undertaking a Retail Business Opportunity activity. The full day will be spent wthin Perranporth analysing the local environment before making decisions about the possibility of launching a new retail business within the area.


August 2008

Results! Congratulations to all students who received their results over the past few weeks - some excellent results well done! To name but a few, well done to... Rob Bell (A - A Level Business), Dan Daw (A - A Level Business), Kristina Locke (A- GCSE Business). GCSE overall achieved an excellent results with 67% of you achieving between a A*-C. Best of luck to you all with continued education or employment.

July 2008

High School Musical. Students from Year 11 have produced the superb High School Musical programme. The programme forms part of Task 1 of their Business and Communication unit on the Edexcel Pilot GCSE course. Congratulations particularly to Chris Coles who produced the winning design. Performances are from Tuesday 15th July to Saturday 19th July.

June 2008

Website Design. A2 Applied Business students will be designing websites for Pat's Greeting Cards and Madhatters Tea Rooms in Launceston. Read more...

May 2008

Exam Time! Good Luck to all Business students of have exams during May and June. A quick recap - A2 - BUS6 (17th June), A2 Applied Unit 11 (14th June), GCSE Pilot (21st May) and Business and Communication Systems (21st May).

April 2008

Website Design. Launceston Chamber of Commerce is running a training session on website design at Launceston College on Wednesday 24th April. The Business Department would like to an extended service by offering a chance to have your website designed by Year 13 A2 students. With a couple of businesses having already taken this offer up, we are keen to have more. If you are interested or want to discuss this further please contact Mr Brittain at the College or via email.

Easter Revision School. Easter revision for GCSE Business is on Thursday 1st April with two sessions being run by Mr Brittain in BS1 (am and pm). All Year 10 and Year 11 students are welcome to attend to either revise for the onscreen test or catch up on coursework.

March 2008

Where in the army now! Year 10 Business students got a superb presentation and demonstration from the Army on Wednesday 12th March. Read more...

Top of the Class! Two A2 Business students stormed into the top 10% in the country by achieving maximum marks in BUS4. Rob Bell and Dan Daw scored a max 90 points in their recent exams which puts them in the top 10% of Business students in the UK. Read more....


February 2008

Year 9 Options. Year 9 Students have been a taster of life in Business over the past two weeks. Mr Brittain has been visiting Year 9 ICT lessons and playing the Lobster Game enterprise simulation. Students have been keen to know more about their options in Business and this provided a perfect opportunity for them to find out more. Students can also visit Business on Thursday 28th February in BS1 to find out more about the courses on offer or click here for more details.

Gone Fishing. Year 12 trip to Plymouth National Aquarium. Students from Yr12 AS Applied Business visited Plymouth National Aquarium to research how recruitment and selection was carried out. Students spent the day at the centre analysing the use of recruitment and selection documents to aid their Unit 2 assignment. More details....

January 2008

Sixth Form Options. Business has a range of 4 options available for students in sixth form - Economics, Business Studies, Applied Business and BTEC Business. Follow this link to find out more...

Revision, Revision, Revision. All students are preparing for exams in January. Additional exam revision support sessions will be available on the following dates: Monday 7th & Tuesday 8th January - AS Applied Unit 3.

Year 10 Enterprise Days. Year 10 students prepare to commence their 3 day enterprise projects from 29th-31st January 2008. Theme for this year is 'expansion at Tesco Launceston'. Teams of business consultants have been employed to analyse the proposed expansion plans. Their job is to design floorplans and recommend new product lines. More soon....


December 2007

Marketing Presentations (20th December). AS Applied students are preparing for their marketing presentations in a action packed day on Thursday 20th December. Students will be presenting their marketing proposals for their company of choice to a panel of judges including students from Year 9 and members of the College Leadership Team. More soon....

Student Teaching and Learning Review. The Business Department undergoes its first Teaching and Learning Review from students on 12th December 2007. Students are invited to share their thoughts and ideas on Business teaching and learning at Launceston College. More soon....


November 2007

Enterprise Winners Again! Year 10 students went down a storm at the Young Enterprise Event in Bodmin. After undertaking a mornign packed with challenges, students delivered their business idea to the judges along with teams from Wadebridge and Camelford Schools. The Launceston College students came up trumps with a stunning presentation that wowed the judges. Well done Year 10's!

Lemonade Tycoon goes down a storm! Women in Business Conference.
National Enterprise Week at Launceston College. More details....

Plymouth University Careers Fair (28th November)- Year 12/13 students will be visiting Plymouth University to sample the range of career options in Hospitality, Travel and Business. More details....

Enterprise Week (12th - 17th November). The Business Department are looking forward to an action pack enterprise week across the school. More details....

Women in Business! Year 11 Business Girls have been invited to attend the Women in Business Conference at the Sands Resort Newquay in conjunction with Wadebridge and Camelford Schools. The girls will be treated by guest speakers from leading business women before putting their skills into practice as they compete for the 'Business Challenge'.



October 2007

Students Go Sheepish at Organic Wool! Year 13 A2 students visited two unique Cornish businesses - Natural Fibre Company and Cornish Organic Wool. The group meet the MD's of both companies and gave them a thorough questioning session to assist their business planning and strategy unit. Read more.


September 2007

Young Enterprise begins! This years YE team look dynamic and full of innovation, but will they take first prize this year? We will have to wait to find out - good luck Year 12! More soon....

A new start...
September sees some new faces in the Business Department with Mr Brittain, Subject Leader for Business and Mr Greaves, Business Teacher beginning their first term at Launceston College. Mr Hillier remains a part of the Business Team in a part time capacity seeing our Year 13's through to the end, whilst Mr Sproats has left Launceston for pastures new.