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Civil Engineering Careers Visit

9 November 2018 in /by

On Friday 9th November, past pupil, Stephanie McVeigh visited Glenlola Collegiate School to talk to GCSE and AS Level Physics classes.  She talked about her job as a Civil Engineer at Atkins. Year 11 pupils said, ‘It open our eyes to what Civil Engineering entailed and that it was interesting to hear about the different […]

UK German Connection – Youth Conference

9 November 2018 in /by

Congratulations to Hannah Patterson and Holly Fusco, Year 14 Drama students at Glenlola Collegiate School, who have been selected to travel to Berlin in December to take part in the ‘Young Voices – Acting on Our Shared Future’ Youth Conference, organised by UK German Connection. They will explore the key themes of local culture and […]

Donaghadee Rotary Youth Leadership Winner

9 November 2018 in /by

Congratulations to Year 13 pupil, Katie McDowell who won the Donaghadee Heat of the Rotary Youth Leadership Competition. Katie was presented with the Alf Buchanan trophy and will go forward to represent Donaghadee Rotary at the Regional Finals later this month at the Stormont Hotel, Belfast.

Ulster Schools’ Dressage Times

7 November 2018 in /by

The times for the Ulster Schools’ Dressage competition (sponsored by Pegus Horse Feed) can be found below. We have been overwhelmed by the number of entries for the first Ulster Schools’ Dressage competition. As there is a waiting list for Class 2 (Novice Individual Prelim test) we would be gratefulful if you could email jhughes667@c2kni.net […]

World Record-Breaking Ice Maidens Visit Glenlola Collegiate

7 November 2018 in /by

Glenlola Collegiate was excited to welcome 2 soldiers from the first all-female team to trek across the Antarctic to speak to pupils about what they too could achieve. Royal Signals Reservist Major Sandy Hennis and Honourable Artillery Company Reservist Lance Sergeant Sophie Montagne, were part of the Ice Maidens world record breaking team which skied […]

Soroptimists Public Speaking Success

25 October 2018 in /by

Last night six Year 13 pupils from Glenlola (Grace Arnold, Jenna Fletcher, Jessica Lord, Lucy McCune, Katie McDowell, Rebecca Webb) competed in the local heat of the Soroptimists’ Public Speaking Competition. A total of fifteen pupils from Regent House, Nendrum and Glenlola delivered speeches of between 4 to 6 minutes on a variety of topics. The […]

NI Top Achievers in GCSE Modern Languages

25 October 2018 in /by

Congratulations  to Year 13 pupils for their outstanding achievements at GCSE. Amber Hanan was awarded joint first place in Northern Ireland by CCEA for GCSE French. Ellie Shevlin was awarded joint first by CCEA for GCSE German. Both pupils will receive a certificate from CCEA to commend them for their brilliant achievement.  They have also […]

Climbing Success

24 October 2018 in /by

Faith Blaney, Year 10, competed in the Irish Lead Climbing Championships in Dublin last weekend. She placed first in her category and was awarded a gold medal. Well done Faith!