Congratulations to Aleisha Bullar (10C) who was presented with the runner up’s prize in the Youth Justice Agency’s Citizenship Creative Writing Competition in the 12-14 age group at a reception at Stormont. Her poem ‘The Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ gained her a Kindle. Launching the competition, the Chief Executive of the Youth Justice […]
On Tuesday 8 April, the GCSE Geographers visited Titanic Quarter. Once an area for shipbuilding and rope manufacturing, it began to decline when industry moved away from Belfast. Today, the site known as ‘Titanic Quarter’ is being redeveloped and is now an important hub for tourism. We were able to see, at first hand, the […]
The newly formed Glenlola Explorer Unit attended their first District event during the last weekend in March at Crawfordsburn Scout Centre. For some of the Explorers it was their first time sleeping in a tent so it was a steep learning curve to put up their tents in the dark. After the tents were pitched […]
Congratulations to Glenlola Collegiate pupils, Sophie Oliver, Emily Egan, Julia Goddard, Sophie Rutledge who fought off steep competition to secure a place in the English Youth Ballet’s production of ‘Sleeping Beauty’ which will be performed at the Grand Opera House from Fri 25 April – Sat 26 April 2014. This beautiful and spellbinding production of […]
I was lucky enough to go to the Rotary Youth Leadership Winner’s visit on 2 – 8 February this year. I had the chance to meet 24 other amazing young people from all over Ireland. I am so grateful to have this opportunity to develop my leadership skills, visit the different parliaments and also the chance […]
The Year 8 ‘A’ and ‘B’ teams along with the year 9 ‘B’ team qualified for the TAGSA netball finals as a result of their successful performances in this League throughout the year. The finals took place in Ards Leisure Centre, with schools from throughout the North Down and Ards area taking part. In the […]
On Wednesday 19 March 2014, the A2 Geographers visited Belfast City Centre to conduct essential fieldwork. Their aim was to find out people’s views on air pollution. The students worked in pairs to complete questionnaires. The dry weather made the data collection easier. They were positioned throughout the city centre including Donegall Place, Corn Market […]
On Friday 7 March 2014, a group of Year 12 pupils including myself, had the opportunity to attend the Inspire Conference at Titanic Belfast. This conference was held to celebrate International Women’s Day, with the theme for the conference focusing on encouraging women to ‘be the catalyst for change’. The event featured four inspiring addresses […]
On Monday 24 February 2014, the AS Geography students headed to Magilligan Field Centre near Limavady to complete a sand dune study. Upon arrival at the centre, Dermott, our guide, gave a short presentation about the dunes. He then explained what we would be doing while we were out on the dunes. After lunch we […]
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. 🇺🇸💙🦢❤️
