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Free Microsoft Office Download

Dear Student, We are delighted to announce that, on the basis of C2k’s licence agreement with Microsoft, all student school users  have been enabled and that they  can download, free of charge, full copies of Microsoft Office for PC or Mac for use on up to 5 personal devices. The download can be accessed via […]

Crisis at Christmas 2014

I would like to reiterate the importance of not judging a book by its cover. Over time, a book may become tattered on the outside, but what is on the inside can still be incredible. Every year people discuss the “True meaning of Christmas”. They say that it is a time for celebration and togetherness. […]

NI Schools Trampolining Championships 2014

Our Trampolinists had great success on Sunday 14 December at the Northern Ireland Schools Championships, winning 8 individual medals and 3 team titles. We are Northern Ireland Schools Champions at Under 14 Novice, Under 14 Intermediate and Under 19 Novice levels. Emily Doherty and Zoe Kerr won outstanding performer awards.  The girls advance to Zonal […]

Christmas Star

One of the star astronomers from Glenlola Collegiate School, Amy Palmer, is heading to the Italian Alps on Boxing Day to participate in a European Astronomy Camp organised by the European Southern Observatory (ESO).  The camp will be held at Saint-Barthélemy in the Aosta Valley and ESO will be responsible for the final scientific programme […]

Glenlola Road Safety Public Speaking Success!

On Thursday 4 December six of our pupils represented Glenlola Collegiate in the Bangor Road Safety Public Speaking competition which we hosted in the Library.  The girls who competed against eight competitors from Bangor Grammar were:- Year 9 Jenna Fletcher and Emma Acheson. Year 11 Anna McDowell and Grace Walker. Year 13 Rebecca Campbell    Year […]

Uganda Trip, Summer 2014

My interest in Uganda was ignited around this time last year whilst attending SU at my school, Glenlola Collegiate. David Barr who was my RS teacher made an appeal for any pupils who were interested in a trip to Uganda to come forward. His motivation and passionate  enthusiasm for the country and project was very […]

Glenlola Soroptimists Public Speaking Success

Congratulations to Rae O’Dowd (Year 13) for winning first place and to Rebecca Campbell (Year 13) for obtaining third place, in the local heat of the Soroptimist International NI Public Speaking Competition, which was held on the evening of Wednesday 26 November 2014 at Stricklands Resource Centre, Bangor. Rae’s winning six minute speech was on the […]

Visit by Onatti Theatre Company

On Monday 20 October, the Onatti Theatre Company came to Glenlola to perform their play “Erreur d’identité” for all those studying French in Year 11 to Year 14. The play was about two hotel owners confusing a normal customer for a man who had escaped from prison. The entire play was in French and it had […]

Virginia Beach Exchange 2014

In September 2014, we had the privilege of being a part of an exchange with Tallwood High School in Virginia Beach, America. This was an incredible experience that we both learnt a lot from and where we created many memories and gained many friends for life. We woke up at 6:30am to begin our travel […]