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Co Down Cross Country Championships

Today 22 girls travelled to Killyleagh to compete in the cross country championships.  All performed very well with particular recognition to Molly Brown who came a fantastic 1st out of 200 minor girls. A superb effort from all.    

Glenlola Physicists deliver a Hair-Raising Workshop

Glenlola Collegiate Staff and pupils were invited to take part in Bloomfield Primary School’s Mad Science Week.  Mrs Redpath (Head of Physics) and 6 Year 14 Physicists delivered a workshop on electricity to pupils in P5-P7. Bloomfield Primary School pupils had the opportunity to play with static electricity and even to try out the Van […]

Seeing Stars – Astronomy Trip to Armagh Planetarium

Seeing Stars – A parent’s view of the Astronomy School Trip to the Armagh Observatory & Planetarium.   Losing any shred of dignity I may have had I in my daughter’s eyes, I went on the school trip to the Armagh Observatory on the 18 December 2012.  I had been given a set of instructions, not […]

Open Evening, Thursday 10 January 2013

An Open Night will be held for prospective pupils and their parents on Thursday, 10 January 2013 from 6.30pm to 9.00pm.  The Headmaster will give his address at 6.45pm. All vehicle and pedestrian access will be via the Bloomfield Road entrance due to the closure of Valentine Road.

Visit of Dr Erin Halliday to Creative Writing Club

On the 18 December 2012,  Dr Erin Halliday, not only a lecturer from Queens University in Belfast but also a former pupil of Glenlola, visited the Creative Writers’ Group and offered us some guidance on how to write poems and the writing process in general.  As a published writer Dr Halliday was in a position […]

Year 10 Astronomers at Radio Ulster

Two Year 10 Astronomers chatted to John Toal on his ‘Saturday Magazine’ programme on Radio Ulster on Saturday 5 January.  The GCSE Astronomy class are participating in the BBCNI’s ‘Stargazing Live’ event at Oxford Island on Thursday 10th January 2013 and the girls took the opportunity to explain what they would be doing on the […]

Year 9 Weather Instruments

Year 9 Geography pupils have been learning about the weather and the instruments used to measure the weather.  They were given the opportunity to design and make their own instrument for pupils of Primary school age.  Here are a few of their designs. [nggallery id=152]

Year 12 Visit to Titanic Quarter

On Monday 17 December, Year 12 Geography students visited the Titanic Quarter.  This was linked in with the Settlement and Urbanisation topics of their GCSE course.  They first visited Mallusk Industrial Estate before heading to Queen’s Island.  Our coach driver Sam was very knowledgeable and able to highlight the different areas of redevelopment in the […]