- Sixth Formers attend Gifted and Talented Conference
Published: 16 December, 2011Sixth Formers Joe Murray and Ollie Foster attended the Gifted and Talented Conference and have written the following report...
- Opera star is special guest at awards evening
Published: 16 December, 2011Tenor and former Plymouth College pupil, David Webb, was the special guest at school’s Senior Awards Evening, held at Plymouth Guildhall.
- Sixth Former writes about Holocaust survivor’s talk
Published: 15 December, 2011Plymouth College Upper Sixth student, Andrew Walker, took part in a visit to Auschwitz with the Holocaust Education Trust earlier this year.
- Trophies for senior school pupils at Plymouth Festival
Published: 14 December, 2011Plymouth College pupils, Phoebe Hirst, Poppy Mills and Robert Davies have returned from the Plymouth Festival of Speech and Drama with a clutch of winning silverware.
- Rugby star is Young Sports Personality of the Year
Published: 7 December, 2011Former Plymouth College pupil, Henry Slade, has been named Young Sports Personality of the Year in the Herald Sports Awards.
- Lower School take to the stage in Patrick Barlow’s ‘The 39 Steps’
Published: 7 December, 2011This year we were treated to a hilarious fast paced caper celebrating Alfred Hitchcock’s famous 1935 film of ‘The 39 Steps’.
- Plymouth College appoints Rear Admiral as Ex-Officio Governor
Published: 28 November, 2011Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST), Rear Admiral CCC Johnstone CBE, has joined the Plymouth College Board of Governors.
- Year 9 team are kings of the jungle in enterprise challenge
Published: 23 November, 2011Year 9 pupils, Billy Goord, Heloise Wormleighton, Freddie Thompson, Ewan Gare, Harry Luxton and Oscar Marsland have returned triumphant from the Dartmoor Zoo Enterprise Challenge.
- Sixth Formers are hearing and sight guides at Plymouth event
Published: 22 November, 2011A group of Plymouth College sixth formers have helped out at an event for blind and deaf people.
- Floating bunkhouse is base for CCF camp
Published: 17 November, 2011A recent field trip saw Plymouth College CCF afloat at Dartmouth next to the Royal Naval College.
- Business teacher meets David Cameron
Published: 15 November, 2011Plymouth College Economics and Business Studies teacher, Jonathan Shields, travelled to Downing Street last week to meet the Prime Minister, David Cameron.
- Plymouth College remembers
Published: 11 November, 2011The Senior School community came together this morning to remember those who lost their lives in the First and Second World Wars and other military conflicts such as the war in Afghanistan.
- Senior students take on High School Dance challenge
Published: 9 November, 2011Five years after Plymouth College took part in Channel 4/E4’s High School Dance series, senior students are marking the anniversary with a prom-style event.
- Head of History visits sponsored children in Tanzania
Published: 2 November, 2011In January 2011, Plymouth College Year 7 students decided to take on the challenge of sponsoring a child from a Tanzanian orphanage through their schooling
- Outdoor education offers exciting adventures for pupils
Published: 26 October, 2011A fleet of mountain bikes, a specialist outdoor education vehicle and other state-of-the-art activity equipment are just some of the additions to Plymouth College’s Outdoor Education department this term.
- History brought to life for Year 7s
Published: 24 October, 2011Plymouth College Year 7s had a chance to experience history first hand with a visit to Restormel Castle, situated near the Cornish village of Lostwithiel.
- Plymouth College to open its doors for the morning
Published: 3 October, 2011A Euro café, interactive science displays, musical interludes, drama performances and sport demonstrations are just some of the activities on offer at the Plymouth College Open Morning on Saturday 8th October.
- Ben is world street dancing champion
Published: 13 September, 2011Following on from his success in the British Street Dancing Championships earlier this year, Plymouth College pupil, Ben Harvey, can now add ‘World Champion’ to his string of accolades.
- America’s Cup brought to life by former pupil
Published: 9 September, 2011The America’s Cup director of media production, Gary Lovejoy, took time out of his busy schedule in the run-up to the prestigious event being held in Plymouth to talk to sixth formers at his former school, Plymouth College.
- One in five Plymouth College pupils gain seven or more top GCSEs
Published: 25 August, 2011There was much to celebrate at Plymouth College this morning with 20% of pupils gaining at least seven A* or A grades at GCSE.
- Plymouth College celebrates A Level results
Published: 18 August, 2011Plymouth College is celebrating its A Level results this morning. The overall pass rate remains strong at 98% with an impressive A* to B grade pass rate of 65%, an increase of 4 percentage points on last year.
- Outstanding first IB results for Plymouth College
Published: 5 July, 2011Plymouth College is celebrating this afternoon with the release of its first ever results for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma.
- Verse speaking award for Robert at festival
Published: 23 June, 2011Robert Davies, Year 8, has picked up a Special Award for Verse Speaking at the Torbay and South West of England Speech and Drama Festival.
- Plymouth College staff member honoured with MBE
Published: 15 June, 2011Plymouth College outdoor activities manager, David Compton, has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme (D of E) and charity work in The Gambia.
- Ben is champion of champions in speech and drama festival
Published: 14 June, 2011Ben Harvey, 12, has won the Presidents Cup for Junior Drama Champion at the Torbay and Southwest of England speech and drama festival.
- Plymouth College singing star to perform at Wembley
Published: 27 May, 2011Classical vocalist, Poppy Mills, 14, has beaten thousands of competitors to be selected as a soloist to perform at a concert at Wembley Arena in February.
- Tom awarded ‘distinction’ in jazz piano exam
Published: 26 May, 2011Plymouth College pianist, Tom Brooker, has passed his grade 1Royal School of Music Jazz Piano exam with distinction.
- Ballet exam success for Bethany
Published: 17 May, 2011Plymouth College pupil, Bethany Gare, has passed her intermediate ballet exam with merit.
- UK social enterprise event success for birdfeeder
Published: 14 April, 2011Hot on the heels of claiming the England prize in the Young Person’s Social Enterprise of the Year category, Plymouth College company, Ecovation, has taken the runners up spot in the UK final of the Social Enterprise Awards.
- Plymouth College community ‘Help Japan’
Published: 13 April, 2011, toiletries, cling film, books and toys are just some of the many items that the Plymouth College community donated to aid initiative, ‘Help Japan’, in the wake of the devastating earthquake and tsunami.
- Year 8 re-enact the Civil War
Published: 12 April, 2011To complement their studies of the English Civil War, Year 8 played host to re-enactors from the Torrington 1646.
- Plymouth College in national maths challenge final for second year running
Published: 6 April, 2011A team of mathematicians from Plymouth College are through to the national final of the UK Mathematics Trust’s Team Maths Challenge for the second year running.
- Natasha and Katie go bananas!
Published: 15 March, 2011Year 7 girls, Natasha Spiers and Katie Little had to take care they didn’t ‘slip up’ when they took part in the Hoe 10 fun run in February.
- Plymouth College business wins national social enterprise award
Published: 8 March, 2011Plymouth College company, Ecovation, has won the Young Person’s Social Enterprise of the Year category in the Social Enterprise Awards England.
- African cycle adventure to raise money for Jeremiah’s Journey
Published: 3 March, 2011Plymouth College staff, Elle Compton and Rosie Gee, both 22, are set to undertake a gruelling cycle ride to Morocco to raise money for Jeremiah’s Journey.
- Dorset trip brings geography theory to life
Published: 23 February, 2011Lower sixth AS and IB geography students got to put their theory into practice recently on a fieldwork trip to Dorset.
- LAMDA success for Bethany and Calais
Published: 23 February, 2011Budding performers, Bethany Gare and Calais Goord, have both passed LAMDA exams with distinction.
- Medical imaging techniques brought to life in physics lecture
Published: 17 February, 2011Dr Michael Wilson from the Nuclear Medicine Department of the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust gave a whistle-stop tour through various imaging techniques in his fascinating lecture ‘From X-rays to antimatter’ held at Plymouth College earlier this week.
- Dance and speech trophy haul for Ben
Published: 11 February, 2011Plymouth College pupil, Ben Harvey, 11, has won his weight in trophies after a run of success in dance and speech competitions.
- Plymouth College celebrates Chinese New Year
Published: 8 February, 2011Plymouth College celebrated the Chinese New Year in style with a colourful lantern procession around the school grounds.
- OPM gives talk to Sixth Form
Published: 3 February, 2011When Anthony Harris left Plymouth College in 1960 he never imagined it would be more than 50 years before he returned.
- Robert and Robin sing their way to National Youth Choir
Published: 19 January, 2011Plymouth College singers, Robert Davies, 12, and Robin Willoughby, 13, have been selected for the National Youth Choir.
- Sixth Form Open Evening at Plymouth College
Published: 7 January, 2011Plymouth College is holding a Sixth Form Open Evening on Monday 24th January 2011.