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Junior STEM Club

22 March 2013 in /by

  Members of the Junior STEM club made their own natural lip balm this week, using beeswax and coconut oil.  A chocolate version has proved very popular with pupils and staff!    

Great House Bake-Off 2013

21 March 2013 in /by

Monday 18 March saw teams of 4 senior girls competing in the Great House Bake Off.  Each team was required to bake 12 cupcakes, 6 of which were plain vanilla with an Easter Theme and the others could be any flavour and theme.  The cupcakes were marked on flavour, bake, consistency and artistic flair. The competition […]

Visit by Sculptor Michael Disley, February 2013

19 March 2013 in /by

On Tuesday, 12 February 2013, the Art & Design Department were privileged to receive a visit from sculptor Michael Disley, who conducted a stone carving workshop with 20 of the Middle and Senior School Art & Design pupils. Michael’s 3 ‘Tree’ sculptures are installed at the new Bangor Aurora Leisure Complex. Michael provided the girls with […]

Year 13 Coastal Sand Dune Study, Magilligan 2013

14 March 2013 in /by

  Year 13 Geography students completed their residential fieldwork at Magilligan in February.  They were studying the changes to the coastal sand dunes in the Umbra Nature Reserve near Benone.   The fieldwork took place on a bright but extremely cold day and the students were delighted to get back to the warm classroom at […]

Junk Kouture Semi-Finals, 8 March 2013

14 March 2013 in /by

On Friday 8 March, Mrs Sinnerton travelled with Kaitlyn Coffey and Alice McKay (9C) to the Millennium Forum in Derry for the Junk Kouture semi-finals.  This is an all-Ireland fashion design competition where students are asked to create outfits from recycled material. The day started with registration at 12.30pm and a rehearsal, on stage at […]

Friends of Glenlola Collegiate Annual Dinner 2013

6 March 2013 in /by

Calling all Friends of Glenlola Collegiate! Were you a pupil at Glenlola Collegiate or a member of staff perhaps?  If so, then this event is for you.  The Friends of Glenlola Collegiate Annual Dinner will take place on Friday 7 June at 7.30pm in the Clandeboye Lodge.  The group was formed last year to provide […]

ECO-Schools Climate Change Summit

6 March 2013 in /by

On Thursday 14 February we arrived at Stormont to give a presentation on the effect of Climate Change on the agriculture and people of Ghana.  We gathered in the Long Gallery with groups of students from other schools.   Frank Mitchell, from UTV, introduced various people who are working on and researching climate change, including […]

The Big Bra Hunt

28 February 2013 in /by

Bras might not seem like the most obvious thing to donate but when we heard that Oxfam were running a Big Bra Hunt, both myself and Anna thought that this was something that would be great for the pupils of Glenlola Collegiate to support.  Oxfam were simply looking for bras to be donated which they […]