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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.

Junior Library Club Outing to Aspects Literary Festival

On Friday 27 September 2013, 11 pupils from Years 8 and 10, along with two members of Staff, attended a workshop as part of Aspects Literary Festival. The venue was the beautiful Walled Garden and the event was attended by a wide range of Schools as far a field as Belfast and North Down. Children’s author, […]

Success for Sea Cadets

Congratulations to three of our Y11 pupils who have recently won Silver medals at the National Sea Cadets Combined Regatta which took place in the London Excel Centre. The team, comprised of Emily Osborne, Sarah Wong and Amy Atwell, has competed in the Junior event for the past two years, securing second place in 2011 […]

Year 9 Trash Couture Event, October 2013

The Geography Department once again held their ever popular Year 9 recycling event on Wednesday 9 October 2013, to coincide with their Recycling topic.   The day began with an interactive quiz run by Noel Thompson-Lyons from Arc21.  The pupils used Quizdom consoles and worked in small groups to answer Noel’s questions about recycling.  They […]

Famous Local Writer Inspires Glenlola’s Year 10

On Thursday 19  September, Famous Local Writer Colin Bateman was curiously spotted in the Glenlola library. After much investigation it was discovered that he was here to give the class of 10C a talk about how he became a writer and his eventful experiences.  Bateman chatted to the girls about his first job as a […]

Glenlola Collegiate Team Wins IET Faraday’s Challenge

On Tuesday 8 October, Bangor Grammar School hosted an IET Faraday’s Challenge.  Six Year 9 teams, from five different schools, competed to win the trophy.   Glenlola Collegiate School’s team was Caitlin Hawe, Logan Hinchcliffe, Katie Mills, Shannon North, Bailey Scott-Murphy and Erin Stewart.  The challenge required the teams to build a rocket to be launched from […]