From Friday 25 September to Saturday 3 October 2015, I and 9 other pupils spent a week in Virginia Beach, America along with two teachers, Mr Dorman and Mrs Monroe. We were travelling to Virginia to visit a partner school of Glenlola called Tallwood High School. Each of us had been assigned a pupil from this school […]
On the 24 July 2015, I along with 35 other scouts and 4 leaders from Northern Ireland traveled half way across the world to Japan to attend the 23rd World Scout Jamboree. It all started back in October 2013 when a selection weekend was held in Crawfordsburn to determine who was going to attend the Jamboree […]
The autumn term saw the introduction of Rivers to the Year 9 Geography course. To put theory into practice we visited Colin Glen to study changes in the river. Pupils were able to measure width, depth and load size. The results were then collated and, on returning to School, pupils wrote a report on the […]
A charity film screening of ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ will be held in aid of Charlene’s Project on Sunday 20 December 2015 in Clandeboye Estate.
The Junior netballers (Year 10) are through to the semi- final of the Junior Cup. After beating St Paul’s in the second round and Thornhill in the quarter finals they now face Aquinas or Lumen Christi in the semi-finals. The PE department would like to extend our congratulations to all the girls and wish them […]
The Year 14 pupils of Glenlola Collegiate have achieved exceptional examination results, exceeding the Northern Ireland Grammar School girls’ averages at all grades. They recorded a 99.5% pass rate in all subjects offered at A-Level, which compares very favourably with the NI average pass rate of 98.4%. Grades A*, A and B accounted for 72.4% […]
The Interview Skills Day on 4 November was hosted by an organisation called “Purple Patch” who specialise in assisting young people to get the necessary skills to have a successful interview. We had to wear professional clothes to the workshop and it was a very informative day that gave all of its attendants life skills. After […]
Congratulations to Jessica Flowers Year 13 who was awarded first place in the Soroptimists’ Public Speaking Competition on Wednesday 25 November 2015. Her five minute speech was entitled ‘Preventing Human Trafficking is the Responsibility of?’ and she competed against nine other pupils. Jessica will represent Glenlola in the NI Final on Saturday 6 February 2016 in […]
Olivia Davidson 8F recently took part in the Holywood Music Festival at which she won the Catherine Hunter Cup for North Down Vocal Solo. Eleven competitors, both boys and girls, took part. Olivia scored very highly, securing an excellent win and her first representing Glenlola Collegiate. Olivia is also the current Northern Ireland Primary School Musician and […]
Two pupils from Glenlola Collegiate, Ellen Hunt & Emily Wilson, recently achieved rowing success at national level. The girls trained hard from April to September to compete in this year’s regional rowing heats held in Coleraine. Their team won first place beating teams from all over Northern Ireland and went on to take part in the National […]
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. 🇺🇸💙🦢❤️
