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Sports Results, Saturday 1 December 2012

On Saturday, all Senior Hockey teams played Strathearn.  The 1st XI lost 4-1, our goal scored by Holly Fair.  The 2nd XI lost 3-0.  The 2Bs lost 4-0 and the 3rd XI lost 1-0. Hard luck girls. The U14A and U13A teams also played Strathearn.  The U14s lost 2-1, our goal scored by Amelia Morrow. […]

Year 10 Copeland’s Field Study

On Wednesday 19 September 2012 Glenlola Collegiate Year 10s went to the CopelandIslands.   I went in the afternoon with fourteen other pupils to learn about the work of The Copelands Bird Observatory and the history of the islands. We got there by a small boat from the coast of Donaghadee.  Our teachers took us there in […]

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 […]