Congratulations to Grace Walker in Year 13 who is the proud recipient of the Alf Buchanan Trophy for Young Leadership, which was presented by Donaghadee Rotary Club. Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is a leadership development program run by Rotary. While participants can be any age, most events focus on secondary school students, university students, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Congratulations to Kerry Cudlip Year 14 who won the Under 17 Irish Dancing Championship at Holywood Festival last week.
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:
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.
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 […]
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, 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. […]
Education Minister @paulgivan visited @GlenlolaSchool and was delighted to meet Principal Eric Thompson, Board of Governors, staff and pupils.
The Minister toured the school Wellness Centre and met Heather Law, Head of Pastoral Care and Lauran Brown, Pupil Support and Welfare…
A superb night of entertainment, played and sung to the highest standard. Amazing talent all around. Well done to all, both pupils and staff.
4Day Five: Firstly, we enjoyed a tour of the Capitol building. Got to go into the Public gallery of the House of Representatives. Heard some Congressmen speak. Visited the Library of Congress. We visited the Supreme Court and finished the evening at the Lincoln Memorial. 🇺🇸💙🦢❤️
