Clubs & Societies
The school complements the academic curriculum with a wide range of other activities catering for the cultural, leisure and adventure interests of boys throughout the school.The Dramatic Societies and the Music Department provide experience of the performing arts. The annual school play involves both boys from this school and girls from other local schools, while many Junior pupils have the opportunity of participating in the annual House Drama Festival. Large numbers of boys take instrumental tuition and participate in the orchestra, concert band, choirs and instrumental ensembles, playing and singing at concerts and services in school and at various prestigious venues.
The school encourages its pupils to be involved in the local and wider communities. Meeting the needs of others is the goal of the Community Action Team which fosters close links with a local special care school and also sponsors one child overseas. Money for local, national and international charities is raised through the concert band’s concerts, carol services, non-uniform days and a host of sponsored activities throughout the year.
The Combined Cadet Force and the Duke of Edinburgh organisations aim to enhance the self-confidence of those young people seeking an adventure activity. The two sections of the CCF, namely the Army and Royal Navy, involve girls from Glenlola Collegiate School, and the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme provides training and access to the Silver and Gold Award levels. Senior pupils take part every other year in a World Challenge Expedition, in which they participate in a community service project and a physically demanding trek in various parts of the world. So far they have travelled to Costa Rica, Tanzania and Thailand. A new project, arising out of the school’s celebration of its 150th anniversary, has been launched in association with the local charity Abaana, in which boys and staff will have the opportunity to travel to Uganda during the summer holiday and help in the construction of new educational facilities.