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 […]
Snapping Swans Photography Photography Club members took pictures of some of the visitors to our Open Night on 10 January. [nggallery id=155]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
Update for Parents from Headmaster Mr W E Thompson regarding closure of Valentine Road: [wpfilebase tag=file id=116 /]
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]
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 […]
Irish International Hockey Player, Chris Cargo recently visited the Year 8 Hockey Club. He kindly agreed to offer the girls some coaching tips and they were delighted to meet a real International hockey star! Chris had just returned from Argentina where he won a Bronze medal in the Champions Trophy event.
Education Minister @paulgivan visited @GlenlolaSchool and was delighted to meet Principal Eric Thompson, Board of Governors, staff and pupils.
The Minister toured the school Wellness Centre and met Heather Law, Head of Pastoral Care and Lauran Brown, Pupil Support and Welfare
A superb night of entertainment, played and sung to the highest standard. Amazing talent all around. Well done to all, both pupils and staff.
4Day Five: Firstly, we enjoyed a tour of the Capitol building. Got to go into the Public gallery of the House of Representatives. Heard some Congressmen speak. Visited the Library of Congress. We visited the Supreme Court and finished the evening at the Lincoln Memorial. 🇺🇸💙🦢❤️
