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Typhoon Haiyan Appeal

Typhoon Haiyan Appeal It was with sadness that we witnessed the scenes of devastation which flooded the news in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.  As a school community we could not ignore their desperate need for emergency relief aid. On Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 November, after Senior and Junior Assembly respectively, an opportunity was provided for […]

Trip to Caterpillar, Larne

Caterpillar Larne is an engineering company that designs, produces and fixes power generators that can be used for emergency power in many places such as hospitals, shopping centres and airports.  Caterpillar produces many sizes of generators ranging from 14.4 kW to 2000kW. The largest Generator consumes 520 litres of diesel an hour!  They produce several […]

Trampolining Success

On Sunday 17 November 2013, Glenlola Collegiate Trampolining Teams took part in the NI Schools Trampolining Competition and enjoyed considerable success. The U19A Novice team won their section.  The team was Jessica Rodgers, Michelle Lee and Lauren Mulligan.  Jessica Rodgers also won the U19 Individual Novice competition. The U15A Novice team also won the their […]

Middle School House Dance Competition 2013

The girls of Glenlola middle school embraced the prospect of the House Dance Competition with much vigour and excitement. The dance competition is always a hotly contested event in the school calendar and 2013 was no exception. The theme of this year’s competition was ballet and hip hop. Very quickly the houses separated into teams […]

Glenlola Public Speaking Success

Congratulations to Kyra Gourley (Year 13) for winning first place in the local heat of the Soroptimist International N.I. Public Speaking Competition which was held on the evening of Wednesday 13 November, 2013 at Stricklands Resource Centre, Bangor. Kyra’s winning six minute speech was on the topic, “ ‘ To Tweet or not to Tweet’ … […]

Cycling Success for Glenlola Pupil

Year 10 pupil Molly McLarnon has been selected  by Cycling Ireland to attend a training camp in Holland, at the renowned indoor Velodrome Alkmaar.  She will be trained by Herman Schenk, the world renowned Track Coach, who has coached many of the world’s best cyclists including Marian Vos. Molly is part of Cycling Ireland’s 2020 […]

Year 14 Formal, October 2013

Year 14 girls attended the annual School Formal in the Clandeboye Lodge Hotel on Thursday 24 October 2013. Click on the link below to view the official photographs: Official Formal Photo Gallery   [nggallery id=171]

Year 13 Biologists attend STEM Module Workshop

On Thursday 3 October, Year 13 Biology pupils were treated to a microscopy workshop on the inter-board STEM module.  They had the opportunity to use flexicams connected to laptops, binocular microscopes and view various insects using a 3D light scanning microscope.     Many thanks to Jackie and Nigel, who ran the workshops and thrilled […]

Numeracy Cartoon Character Competition

In the summer term 2013 pupils were asked to design a cartoon character to promote Numeracy in all schools within the North Down and Ards Area Learning Community (NDALC). The poster designed by Kirsten O’Donnell–Weatherup was voted best in school.