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Year 10 Netball Success

7 December 2015 in /by

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 […]

Glenlola Collegiate Celebrates Outstanding Examination Results

7 December 2015 in /by

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% […]

Year 14 Interview Skills Day 2015

2 December 2015 in /by

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 […]

Public Speaking – Glenlola Success

26 November 2015 in /by

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 […]

Music Festival Success

20 November 2015 in /by

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 […]

National Rowing Success

16 November 2015 in /by

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 […]

House Dance Competition, Thursday 5 November 2015 

10 November 2015 in /by

The Middle School Dance Competition is one of the main highlights of the House Calendar for both the participants themselves and their excited supporters. It is so warming to see the strong bonds that emerge between members of each house who willingly give up their breaks and lunches, not to mention before and after school […]

House Rounders Competition

29 October 2015 in /by

Friday 18 September saw the first House competition of the autumn term and all of the new Year 8s were thoroughly excited to get involved. Having recently been sorted into their Houses, the Year 8 Rounders competition was a perfect way to get our new pupils involved in the House system. We couldn’t have picked a […]