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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 […]

Young Enterprise Company 2015

This year I had the amazing opportunity to be part of Glenlola’s Young Enterprise team as I took on the role as Marketing Director. This is an extra-curricular activity where a group of sixteen girls from Year 13 get together to create and manage a business and this year our company was a huge success. […]

Review of Pastoral Care Policies

The following Pastoral Policies have recently been reviewed and adopted by the Board of Governors: Child Protection & Safeguarding Pastoral Care Anti-Bullying Bereavement The School welcomes any comments on these policies.  Your feedback will be used when reviewing these policies.  Please use the following email address and complete the subject title using ‘F.A.O. Mrs Loder’: info@glenlolacollegiate.bangor.ni.sch.uk We look […]

WW1 Open Night Quiz Winner

Congratulations to Faith Thompson of Kilmaine Primary School who has won our World War 1 Open Night Quiz. A prize is on its way to her at school. Well done, Faith!

Success in Creative Writing – Vote for Ellie

Success in Creative Writing – Vote for Ellie! Ellie Shevlin Year 9 has been selected to represent Northern Ireland in The Power of Poetry Competition with her poem ‘Night’ which is being run by Young Writers. Twelve poems have been selected out of 15,000 entries from 450 schools across then UK to compete in the final! Ellie […]