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European Day of Languages 2013

Journée européenne des langues 2013 Europäischer Tag der Sprachen 2013 El día europeo de las lenguas 2013 On Thursday 26 September, the Glenlola Modern Foreign Languages Department celebrated the annual European Day of Languages.  Pupils were treated to hot chocolate and pain au chocolat in the canteen at break time where they were greeted by some […]

RAE Armstrong Public Lectures 2013, QUB

The RAE Armstrong Public Lecture Series is held in the Medical Biology Centre at Queen’s University,Belfasteach year.  The 2013 lectures are presented by Professor Patrick J Morrison, Consultant in Genetic Medicine and Honorary Professor of Human Genetics at QUB. Six Year 13 AS Biology pupils attended a lecture on Wednesday 18 September 2013, titled ‘How […]

CCF Army Section Summer Camp 2013

This summer over 50 Cadets from the Army Section travelled to Longmoor Camp in Hampshire for their annual summer camp.  After an early start at BGS and a very long day spent travelling we arrived at Longmoor after tea and got settled in to the accommodation. Over the course of the week the Cadets took […]

Glenlola Collegiate Celebrates Outstanding Examination Results

Congratulations to our pupils as they deservedly celebrate outstanding examination results. At Advanced Level, more than one quarter of all grades achieved were either A* or A, with an impressive 13 pupils obtaining at least 3 A* or A grades.  Over one third of the year group attained at least 3 grades at A*- B […]

Glenlola Collegiate Pupils Reach For The Stars

A talented group of Bangor schoolgirls from Glenlola Collegiate School have each passed their first GCSE two years before their fellow classmates have even put pen to paper to take their examinations at this level. The17 Year 10 pupils achieved a 100% pass rate in their Astronomy GCSE, with an astounding 75% of the girls […]

Tennis Success – Ulster Schools’ Junior Plate Winners

The Junior Tennis team were victorious in the final of the Ulster Schools’ Junior Plate competition on Monday 24 June 2013.  The girls qualified for the Plate competition having finished as runners-up in their section of the Ulster Schools’ competition.  In the quarter-final of the Plate they beat Carrick Grammar 6-0, in the semi-final they beat […]

Duke of Edinburgh Award – Bronze Expedition 2013

On Thursday 20  & Friday 21 June I took part in my Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Expedition.   We started at Spelga Dam and from there followed the Ulster Way to Tollymore Forest Park where we camped for the night. We used our trangia to cook a nutrious meal of sweet and sour chicken and […]

Visit of President Barak Obama, June 2013

Sixth Form pupils from Glenlola Collegiate were among the young people present at the Waterfront Hall, Belfast, on Monday 17 June 2013, to hear the speech by President Barak Obama on his visit to Northern Ireland for the G8 Summit.   [nggallery id=168]

RIBI Young Photographer Competition Winner, June 2013

Congratulations to Rebekah Johnson, 8E, who was awarded a certificate for her winning entry to RIBI Young Photographer Competition.  Entrants were asked to submit three different photographs on the theme of peace, along with a short description of the inspiration for their photos. Rebekah describes her inspiration as follows: “The fingernail photo shows that peace […]

Hands Up for Fairtrade – June 2013

On Wednesday 26 June, Year 8 pupils took part in a Fairtrade Workshop.  Dr Larmour gave a presentation about global poverty and how we can take steps to make things better for the world’s poorest people. One of the steps we can all take is to buy Fairtrade products whenever possible. Following a visit from […]