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Year 9 Netball Success

The Year 9 ‘A’ netball team travelled to Lisburn Racquets on Tuesday 24th March to play Our Lady and St. Patrick’s College Knock in the final of the Northern Ireland Schools’ Cup.  This is the highest level of competition in N. Ireland so to even get to the final was a huge achievement for the […]

Glenlola Dance Success

Glenlola Dance Club is run by coach and choreographer Tameron Drake.  Dance Team auditions are held in September.  Junior Dance Team Yr8-Yr10 is held on Tuesday 3.30-4.45pm and Senior Dance Team Yr11-Yr14 on Thursdays 3.30-4.45pm after school. Girls who have a love of dance gain confidence and friendships with other like minded girls representing their […]

Partial Solar Eclipse

While some parts of the UK were clouded out, pupils from Glenlola Collegiate had a fantastic view of the partial solar eclipse on Friday morning, 20th March 2105.  Our Astronomy ‘adviser’, Mr Barry Loane, along with Mrs Edwards and Mrs Milligan, set up projections of the Sun using the School’s telescopes. We were also very […]

National Trampolining Championships, Birmingham 2015

The Under 14 Intermediate Trampolining Team placed 2nd in the United Kingdom at the National Championships at the weekend. An amazing achievement having battled through Regional and Zonals to get to the highest level of competition. The team were Emily Doherty, Sarah Hughes, Sophie Hughes and Skye Houston (pictured with coaches, Claire Gallagher and Jessica […]

Explorers’ International Evening

Glenlola Explorers recently ran an International Evening for 1st Donaghadee Beaver Colony as part of their Platinum Award. They whisked the Beavers on a journey around four different countries where they had to complete some activities before “boarding the plane” to move to their next destination. The Beavers got to make a pizza in Italy, […]

Junior Geography Club – March Meeting

  Junior Geography Club is open to all Junior School pupils and we have been meeting once a month. This month we learnt about the global celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day. We took part in a quiz, organised by the Geography prefects and Lucy Boal designed, and helped us make ‘pots of gold’ Mrs Sinnerton […]

Titanic Inspire Conference 2015

On a blustery day at the beginning of March, myself and four other pupils from Year 14 attended the ‘Inspire’ event at Titanic Quarter. The aim of the event was to inspire women to achieve their goals, and not to be discouraged by any gender based challenges that they might face in their chosen career. […]

Year 13 AS Geography Field Work, February 2015

On 25 February, eighteen AS pupils travelled to Magilligan Field Centre to take part in fieldwork. They were studying sand dune succession along the Umbra Nature Reserve. The girls collected data relating to plant species, soil pH, light levels, temperature and slope gradient; and each pupil had the opportunity to use a variety of equipment. […]

Astronomy Masterclass

Learning From the Master! The GCSE astronomers had a treat this Wednesday 11 February when the National Space Academy’s Head of Education Andy McMurray visited Glenlola to deliver an Astronomy Master-class. With the exam coming up in May, this was the perfect chance to revise those tricky topics of celestial co-ordinates, heliocentric parallax, using the […]