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Staff Charity Gunge Event

9 December 2013 in /by

    Staff volunteers for the charity gunge tank event held on Friday 6 December 2013 who raised £720 for The Make a Wish Foundation & Charlene’s Project.  

Stars At Last!

9 December 2013 in /by

Lorne House in Craigavad was the focus of a lot of study over the weekend.  Twenty GCSE Astronomy pupils took time to carry out research for the first of their Controlled Assessment tasks, which involves drawing at least three constellations.  The girls also have to estimate the magnitude of the brightest stars in each constellation, […]

Year 14 Interview Skills Day

9 December 2013 in /by

On Thursday 7 November Year 14 were given an introduction to the dreaded ‘interview skills’.  While some of us have to attend interviews for university offers and others may be lucky enough to secure interviews further down the line in the world of work, Interview Skills Day was definitely a great benefit to everyone.  The […]

Young RSPB Campaigners Speak out at Stormont

4 December 2013 in /by

University and sixth form students from across Northern Ireland visited Stormont earlier this week to present the chairperson of the Agriculture and Rural Development Committee with a report on the importance of wildlife-friendly farming. The young RSPB campaigners took the opportunity to brief Paul Frew MLA on their research into the benefits of agri-environment schemes […]

Hockey Results, week ending 30 November

3 December 2013 in /by

Last week the  U13A and  U14A teams played Strathearn.  The U13 A team lost 2-0.  The U14A team won 2-1, with both goals scored by Grace Jackson. Well done girls! On Saturday 30 November, the 1st XI, 2nd XI, 2B XI and 3rd XI also played Strathearn.  The 1st XI lost 1-0 and the 2nd […]

Typhoon Haiyan Appeal

25 November 2013 in /by

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

22 November 2013 in /by

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

20 November 2013 in /by

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

18 November 2013 in /by

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

15 November 2013 in /by

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’ … […]