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ACF Cadet bound for Ottawa

9 July 2015 in /by

Rebecca Harrison, Year 12, is a member of the Gransha Detachment Army Cadet Force (ACF) and has been selected to represent her Batallion on a 7 week shooting course in Ottawa, Canada, this summer. Only 14 ACF cadets have been selected from all of the UK and Rebecca is the only representative chosen from Northern Ireland. Well done, Rebecca!

Sports Day 2015

23 June 2015 in /by

Sports Day 2015 was held on Wednesday 16 June.  It was a great day of fun and activity for staff and pupils alike!

German Exchange Visit

22 June 2015 in /by

  A group of 15 pupils and 2 staff from Göttingen in Germany enjoyed some Glenlola hospitality from 18-23 June.  They spent a day seeing what life is like for our pupils in school as well as trips to the Odyssey, Titanic, Stormont, the Giant’s Causeway and Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge.  

Pupil Awarded Place on National Youth Theatre Summer Programme

22 June 2015 in /by

Jule Michelo, a Year 13 pupil at Glenlola Collegiate has beaten off stiff competition to take up a place with the National Youth Theatre in London this summer. Jule was selected from over 4000 applicants who auditioned all over the UK earlier this year. She will join the group in Greewich, to take part in […]

New Year 8 Hockey Camp Now Full

18 June 2015 in /by

All places on the Year 8 Summer Hockey Camp 2015 have now been filled.  While we would like to accommodate every pupil who applies, we are unfortunately unable to make additional places available, due to Health and Safety considerations and the capacity of the hockey pitches.

Year 11 Geography Controlled Assessment

16 June 2015 in /by

In June, our GCSE Geography students travelled to Magilligan Field Centre, near Limavady to complete part of their Controlled Assessment. The group studied the Curly Burn River to see how it changed downstream. They looked at width, depth, velocity and load, each taking it in turns to collect data. Once all the data had been […]

Football Success

12 June 2015 in /by

Our Year 8/9 football team had great success yesterday at the FIFA/NIWFA Mallusk tournament. We won every game, topping our group only to lose on penalties to a talented Enniskillen team in the quarter final. Fifty eight schools competed in our age group so to get this far in our first year was just amazing. […]

Year 8 Visit to Streamvale Farm

11 June 2015 in /by

June saw the Year 8 Geographers pay their annual visit to Streamvale Farm as part of their Farming topic. The pupils have been learning about Diversification in farming and saw, at first hand, the ways in which the Morrow Family, who own Streamvale, have been earning an extra income beyond the traditional farming methods. They […]