One to One Laptop Scheme

As highlighted by Mr Ford in his Year 9 Options Evening presentation, as well as via the leaflets distributed at the Year 9 Parents’ Evening Great Marlow School is delighted to announce the launch of a new One to One laptop scheme for current year 9 students going into year 10 (academic year September 2019/20). Having access to the latest technology, when and where it is required, benefits students enormously. Great Marlow School is a place where opportunities are created, potential is realised and...

Posted on 10 Jun, 2019 in About GMS, Events, Featured, Sports

Sports’ Awards Evening – 11th July with Guest Speaker Kate Richardson-Walsh

The PE Department invite you to attend their annual Sports Awards evening on Thursday 11th July at 7.30pm. Our guest speaker this year will be Kate Richardson-Walsh OBE, Great Britain and England international hockey player. Kate Richardson-Walsh achieved 375 combined Great Britain and England caps and captained both sides for 13 years. Kate won 19 medals over the course of her career, across a number of different tournaments, most notably a bronze medal at the London 2012 Olympics and a Gold medal at...

Posted on 14 May, 2019 in About GMS, Drama, Events, Featured, General News, Key Stage 3, News/Events

Macbeth production by KS3 – 3rd July

The Drama Department would like to invite you to their Key Stage 3 production of Macbeth on Wednesday 3rd July 2019, 6.30 for 7.00pm start. This well known play by William Shakespeare is set in medieval Scotland and partly based on a true historical account, Macbeth charts the bloody rise to power and tragic downfall of the warrior Macbeth The play is suitable for 7+ year olds and there will be a short interval where you can purchase refreshments and raffle tickets. Tickets are available to buy via...

Posted on 25 Jun, 2019 | Comments Off

Phasels Wood Activity Tri...

190 Year 8 students have opted to go on the Phasels Wood Activity Trip, on the 15th July, and it promises to be a fabulous success. A letter detailing final arrangements has been sent out, the headline news from that letter is -the coaches leave the Redgrave Centre coach park at 9 am and return at 4:15 pm. Students must register in their form rooms 8-35 am, before...

Posted on 24 Jun, 2019 | Comments Off

Jack Cox’s Paddlebo...

It’s great when there is amazing news to share. This great news story is about Jack Cox, who left GMS two years ago, and undertook to compete in the mammoth challenge of crossing the 80m distance from the Bahamas to Florida on a paddleboard. The website promoted the event, Crossing For A Cure, and now we have heard that he did it! He succeeded, using every ounce of...

Posted on 24 Jun, 2019 | Comments Off

Wins and Seconds at Henle...

The weekend of 21st-23rd June began with Henley Women’s Regatta qualification on Friday night for GMS’s Year 11 Girls’ Four. There were 24 crews competing for 8 places in this international event. Our girls came 17th which, while at one level was disappointing for them in not qualifying, was a very fine performance. Early Saturday morning it was the...

Posted on 24 Jun, 2019 | Comments Off

Yr 12 Visit to Auschwitz

A personal account by Jessay Wright, of her experience on visiting the concentration camps in Poland. We first began at a small town called Oświęcim. To be honest, at first, it did not seem to be very significant. It looked like a town that could be anywhere in the world, quaint and quiet. We stood in our groups in the middle of the town square and our group leader...

Posted on 19 Jun, 2019 | Comments Off

32 Crews, 14 Finals, 7 Me...

The Marlow Town Regatta, an important event in the calendar, is an annual highlight for rowers, parents, carers and coaches because competitors are performing in front of a home crowd. Great Marlow crews started the day early with nine of our crews racing in the first nine races. By 9.00 GMS had won the first medal of the day; the Year 8 Girls’ Coxed Quad...

Posted on 18 Jun, 2019 | Comments Off

Snowsports Trip Open to Y...

There are a small number of spaces left on the Snowsports Trip that is running in Easter 2020. This fantastic opportunity has now been opened up to the current Year 7 cohort. The trip runs from Saturday- Sunday and is 8 days long. Students get an amazing opportunity to learn to ski, or develop previous skiing or snowboarding skills. If you would like more...