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Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award Expedition

At 8:45am on Thursday morning the coach arrived to take an excited group of Duke of Edinburgh candidates on our Bronze Award Expedition. Each group was dropped off at a different point outside Newcastle to begin their route. Our group were to start just before the beach.  We set off, excited and full of energy, […]

Year 14 – PSNI Distraction Awareness/ Safe Driving Initiative

On Tuesday 6 November I was given the opportunity to attend a safe driving course run by the PSNI Bangor, in Eddie Irvine’s.  Once I arrived I was greeted by a Chief Police officer.  He asked one simple question with four different outcomes.  “What do you fear most?”  A ticket, points on your licence, a crash […]

Glenlola Year 13 Pupils Enjoy Public Speaking Successes!

Congratulations to Jessica Galway and Jessica Hughes who were awarded first and third places, respectively, in the local heat of the Soroptimist International Bangor Public Speaking Competition, which was held on Wednesday 28 November 2012 at the Stricklands Care Conference Centre.  The topic of their speeches was ‘Books: Are they a thing of the past?’  The […]

Visit of Onatti Theatre Company

On Friday 16 November, the Onatti Theatre Company came to school to perform a play called “Les Filles”.  Everyone who studies French from Year 11 to Year 14 was allowed to go and watch it.  The play was all in French and told the story of a boy who was in relationship trouble – which came […]

Rotary Youth Leadership Award Report

This year I entered the Rotary Youth Leadership Award competition; a competition designed to recognise and reward youth leadership within the community. The first stage of the competition was to complete an application form which challenged me to provide evidence of my leadership experiences, plus any positions of responsibility that I have held, and also […]

Glenlola girls maths mentor at Bloomfield Primary School

On Tuesday 13 November 11 girls from Glenlola Collegiate took part in a maths fun day in Bloomfield Primary School which was organised and ran by Sentinus Engineering. The 11 girls – Jan Montgomery, Kerry Gardner, Emma Cameron, Katie Lawther, Naomi Moore, Chloe Brown, Lucy Montgomery, Rachael Shortt, Aimee Callaghan, Emma Taylor and Tori Browne, are […]

Jeff Rich Drumming Workshop

On 14 November, Jeff Rich, former drummer with Status Quo, led a drumming workshop in School for Year 10 pupils and music exam classes. [nggallery id=104]

Anti-Bullying Week Competition Winners

Anti-bullying Forum, Northern Ireland Congratulations go to Saffy Monks-Smith, 13D, and Grace Walker, 9D, who won prizes in the Anti-bullying Forum competition.  The competition organisers received over 1200 entries and judged these in 3 sections (Junior, Intermediate and Senior) with either Art or Creative writing pieces being submitted.  Saffy was joint winner in the Senior […]

Oxford Success for Former Pupil

Our congratulations are extended to Rachel Porter, a former pupil at the School, who has been the recipient of a Bryant Exhibition Award from Oxford University. Rachel is at Somerville College, Oxford, reading Chemistry towards a Masters Degree.  She is also studying Aromatic & Heterocyclic Pharmaceutical Chemistry as a subsidiary subject. Her award is described […]

Former pupil receives award from President Clinton

Shauna Wood, a former pupil who is currently studying Medicine at Queen’s University Belfast, is one of a small number of students from Northern Ireland to have been awarded an All Ireland Scholarship this year. Shauna travelled to Limerick with her parents at the weekend to accept the Scholarship Certificate from President Bill Clinton at […]