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Work Experience Report

26 February 2013 in /by

During the work experience week I had the amazing opportunity to work in the laboratories 10 metres under the buildings of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) in America.  Princeton is well known in the Physics community, as the place in America that Einstein taught lectures and where he carried out his later research.  So […]

Trash Fashion Success

26 February 2013 in /by

Kaitlyn Coffey (9C) has made it through to the semi-finals of this years All-Ireland ‘Junk Kouture’ recycling competition.  She designed and made a dress and jacket, with the help of Alice McKay (9C), as part of a Geography project which saw students using recycled material to make an outfit.  It took over 2 months to […]

Pupil Wins Top Public Speaking Award

26 February 2013 in /by

GLENLOLA COLLEGIATE PUPIL WINS TOP AWARD IN SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL NI PUBLIC SPEAKING COMPETITION Congratulations to Jessica Galway (Year 13)  on being awarded first place in the Northern Ireland final of the Soroptimists’ Public Speaking Competition on Saturday 23 February 2013, at the Magee Campus, University of Ulster, Londonderry. Jessica competed against twelve other competitors and delivered […]

Year 13 Visit to QUB Medical Symposium

22 February 2013 in /by

On Wednesday 13 February, 8 Glenlola Year 13 prospective Medicine students were lucky enough to be able to attend the 2013 Queen’s University Medical Symposium. We started the day with a talk from the Admissions Dean for Medicine, where we learnt about all the necessary entry criteria for Queen’s University and some interesting facts about studying […]

‘Engineering Our Future’ Conference Report

21 February 2013 in /by

On Thursday 7 February, 6 girls from Glenlola (Jan Montgomery, Naomi Moore, Katie Lawther, Chloe Brown, Rachael Shortt and Tori Browne) all attended the ‘Engineering Our Future XI’ conference at Methodist College Belfast. The conference lasted all day and all the girls would agree that it was a day well spent, and not just because we […]

Year 10 Financial Capability Day

21 February 2013 in /by

Pupils from Year 10 learned the secrets to creating a positive employment future for themselves during the Young Enterprise Digital Entrepreneurship Masterclass on 11 February 2013. The programme is designed to help students to think about opening their own business as a viable and exciting career option. The pupils received the opportunity to learn more about […]

Junior and Senior House Public Speaking Competitions

13 February 2013 in /by

On Tuesday 5 February, both the Junior and Senior House Public Speaking Competitions took place. The Juniors were to deliver their speeches first and as the hall gradually filled with more and more people, the tension and excitement in the room grew.  Finally, it was time to begin.  All six girls who represented each House took […]

Safer Internet Day 2013

4 February 2013 in /by

Safer Internet Day is celebrated around the world as an opportunity to promote the safe and responsible use of online technology. This year it took place on 5 February 2013.  The theme for Safer Internet Day 2013 is Online Rights and Responsibilities with the slogan “Connect with Respect”.   ConnectSafely ConnectSafely is for parents, teens, educators, advocates – everyone engaged in and […]

Co Down Cross Country Championships

30 January 2013 in /by

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.