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Public Speaking Success

Year 13 Glenlola pupils Anna Carberry, Zara Simpson and Jordan Rosborough competed last night in the local heat of the Soroptimists’ Public Speaking Competition. A total of 16 pupils took part.  Anna Carberry came 2nd , with a pupil from Strathearn awarded 1st place and a Regent House pupil placed 3rd. Anna spoke on the topic ‘Education […]

Glenlola Wins ICAEW – BASE competition

Yesterday, 23 November 2016, a team of Year 14 Business Studies pupils competed in the Institute of Chartered Accountants for England and Wales – Business and Accounting Competition, Northern Ireland heats at the University of Ulster, Jordanstown and, against stiff competition from schools across Northern Ireland, they won the NI heat! The pupils involved were: Bethany […]

Anti-Bullying Ambassadors

Some of Glenlola Collegiate students recently took part in the Diana Award Anti-bullying Ambassadors Programme. They are pictured (left to right): Tessa Quinn, Mrs Law (Head of Pastoral Care), Zara Gamble, Faye Kennedy, Niamh Trimble, Gracie Doran, Rachel Brunton, Olivia Cumming (Pastoral Care Prefect) and Alex Light-McFarland.

Middle School House Dance Competition 2016

The Middle School House Dance Competition took place on Wednesday 9 November.  A dance team from each of the six houses took part and Clanmorris produced the winning routine. View the all the competition entries via the link below:  

BT Speaking Clock Finalist

Crea Barton, past Glenlola Collegiate pupil now studying at Stirling University, reached the final of British Telecom’s Speaking Clock new voice competition as featured on the BBC’s One Show. Crea secured her place in the final from over 5, 500 entries from around the UK.      

Question Time with MLAs at Bangor Grammar School

On 12 October 2016, we attended Bangor Grammar School’s Question Time event to raise money for their upcoming trip to Washington.  We had the opportunity to question Steven Agnew (Green Party), Peter Weir (DUP), Claire Hanna (SDLP), Stephen Farry (Alliance), Alan Chambers (UUP) and Catríona Ruane (Sinn Féin).  The event was chaired by BBC journalist […]

Mathematics Festival at QUB

Today, Friday 21 October, was the Mathematics festival at Queen’s University, Belfast. This special festival was to celebrate Maths week and all across Ireland, people are attending events to acknowledge this interesting aspect of life. The maths festival had loads of challenging problems to solve and we all enjoyed spending the morning pouring over these […]

Creative Writing Competition Winner

Creative Writing Competition, Autumn 2016 At the start of the Autumn term, Dr Erin Halliday ran a short story competition to launch the new Creative Writing Club with Years 8 – 12. The winning story, ‘As Free As Freedom’ was written by Ruth Stevenson from 8C, who received a £10 book token as a prize. […]

Sporting Success 15 October 2016

U14 Hockey The U14A Hockey team played in the 1st round of the Junior Schools Cup against Limavady Grammar School, winning 2-0. The next round will be in November. Swimming This weekend Glenlola Swim Team competed in the Swim Ulster Schools Cup and Championship held at Aurora. Our girls had tremendous success over the 2 […]