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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Here are some photos of our spectacular production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
On Wednesday 5 November 2014 all Year 14 girls participated in Interview Skills Day. Every year many young people never make it past the interview stage as a result of limited to no real life experience of interviews and little knowledge of how to conduct themselves in an interview situation. With many girls attending university and […]
My work placement was with a company called RLC in Crumlin, who work mainly in aerospace manufacture engineering of ejector seats and air bus plane wing joints and parts. On the first day I was shown around the factory floor, seeing how each machine works; learning about tolerances and the importance of traceability. I discovered […]
Education Minister @paulgivan visited @GlenlolaSchool and was delighted to meet Principal Eric Thompson, Board of Governors, staff and pupils.
The Minister toured the school Wellness Centre and met Heather Law, Head of Pastoral Care and Lauran Brown, Pupil Support and Welfare…
A superb night of entertainment, played and sung to the highest standard. Amazing talent all around. Well done to all, both pupils and staff.
4Day Five: Firstly, we enjoyed a tour of the Capitol building. Got to go into the Public gallery of the House of Representatives. Heard some Congressmen speak. Visited the Library of Congress. We visited the Supreme Court and finished the evening at the Lincoln Memorial. 🇺🇸💙🦢❤️
