Glenalmond College News      

Rifle Shooting for GB (23/05/2013)

Glenalmond day pupil Peter G has been selected to represent Great Britain as part of the 2013 British Cadet Rifle Team, known as The Athelings. Commandant of the BCRT, Lt. Col, Craig Stewart, said, “the commitment to reach this National team is immense, and Peter’s achievements reflect directly on Glenalmond College and the high standards he has achieved.” Read more >>

Glenalmond pupil selected for U18 Scottish Ski Team (23/05/2013)

Congratulations to Felix S (Patchell’s) who has been selected to join the Scotland U18 Ski team. Read more >>

Glenalmond's musical scholars perform at St John's Kirk (22/05/2013)

Glenalmond’s junior musical scholars took part in the annual Perth Festival of the Arts this year, presenting a lunchtime concert in St John’s Kirk in the centre of the city. Read more >>

Pupils from Logiealmond Primary learn bushcraft skills (22/05/2013)

Mr Nichols, Glenalmond's Outdoor Activities Co-ordinator, invited pupils from Logiealmond Primary School to visit his open air classroom in Cairnies Wood for a lesson in Bushcraft. Read more >>

Carly Booth returns to Glenalmond (22/05/2013)

Carly Booth (OG) returned to Glenalmond to meet with The Warden, Mr Golden and Miss Bircher to talk about her career and raising the profile of golf within the school. Read more >>

Scottish Islands Peaks Race (22/05/2013)

The Scottish Islands Peaks Race started on Friday 17 May with Glenalmond one of only two youth teams participating. The race began with a 5.5 mile run in Oban by Richard Johnson and Tom Files, then a sail to Mull. Read more >>

Pupil to play for Western Warriors U15 Cricket side (22/05/2013)

Congratulations to Ivan Craig (P) who has been selected to represent the Western Warriors U15 cricket side for the forthcoming season. Read more >>

Oliver performance attracts a full house (17/05/2013)

The Junior school play Oliver was declared a resounding success. The theatre was full for each performance and by the sound of the applause everyone thoroughly enjoyed the show. Read more >>

Glenalmond Tennis Team have a successful season (17/05/2013)

The senior Glenalmond tennis team completed a clean sweep of victories this season with another successful day at Strathallan yesterday. Read more >>

Glenalmond pupil selected for the U15 Scottish Hockey Squad (16/05/2013)

Congratulations to Third Former Eleanor S who has been selected to play for the U15 Scottish Squad. Read more >>

Success in Junior Maths Challenge (15/05/2013)

Three Glenalmond Second Formers have achieved success in the national Junior Maths Challenge Read more >>

Boys selected to play for Caledonia 1st XI Cricket Team (15/05/2013)

Congratulations to Kaleem Barreto (Goodacres) and Will Porter (Patchell’s) who have both been selected to play for Caledonia U15‘s cricket team this coming season. Read more >>

Etape Cycle Challenge Success (13/05/2013)

Congratulations to Upper Sixth Former Cameron who completed the Etape Caledonia 130km cycle challenge in 4 hours 17 minutes at the weekend, coming third in the U20 section for the King of the Mountains competition in the process. Read more >>

Glenalmond Pupils take part in live debating broadcast for the BBC (10/05/2013)

Four Glenalmond Sixth Formers; Marcus Buist, Edmund Wise, Charlotte Croll and Phoebe Williams took part today in a live BBC broadcast of Brian Taylor's Big Debate programme at Perth Museum. Read more >>

Glenalmond Elite Golf Squad fine tune their swing... (10/05/2013)

On Thursday 10 May the elite golf squad spent the afternoon at Stirling University’s golf school under the auspices of their performance coach Dean Robertson. Read more >>

Confirmation (09/05/2013)

This year’s Confirmation Service was held just before leave-out, with 24 pupils being Confirmed by the Most Rev’d David Chillingworth, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church who was also the Preacher for the occasion. Read more >>

Educational Psychologist Liz Owen revisits Glenalmond (09/05/2013)

On a glorious warm April evening Glenalmond welcomed back Liz Owen, wife of former sub-warden, John Owen. Liz had kindly agreed to come and speak about her career as an Educational Psychologist to a group of interested Lothian, Home and Cairnies girls. Read more >>

A day packed full of adventurous activity (07/05/2013)

Glenalmond pupils were given the opportunity to participate in a variety of different activities as part of the CCF Field day. From Canoeing, to hill walking each pupil enjoyed a day fully involved in outdoor activities. Read more >>

The Ethics of Investment Banking..... (03/05/2013)

Last Thursday evening Glenalmond welcomed Mr John Reynolds, author of "Ethics of Investment Banking". Mr Reynolds gave a highly insightful talk to the pupils as part of the William Bright Society lecture series. Read more >>

Continued success for Glenalmond senior tennis (03/05/2013)