ONE CAN TRUST: Collections 19th-30th November

GMS works closely with One Can Trust, a charity that operates a food bank service in High Wycombe. One Can provide food to people across South Bucks who may find themselves in need at a time of crisis. GMS is asking readers to help by donating items from the list on the poster below. All donations are gratefully received and can be deposited in school from Monday 19th to 30th November 2018. This is a very worthy cause; the charity and the school appreciate your donations no matter how large or...

Posted on 13 Nov, 2018 in About GMS, Events, Featured

Xmas Production 2018

WE WILL ROCK YOU This year’s Christmas production by GMS’s Performing Arts Department is ‘We Will Rock You’ music by Queen and written by Ben Elton. It will take place on Wednesday 12th and Thursday 13th December 2018. The performance will start promptly at 7.00 pm and doors will be open from 6.30 pm. A prize raffle draw will take place during the interval. The £6.00 adult tickets and £4.00 OAP/children’s tickets are available to purchase via ParentPay Shop. Please make...

Posted on 19 Nov, 2018 | Comments Off

Gymnastic Success for GMS...

To be a gymnast able to compete in national competitions requires strength, endurance and stamina alongside a healthy diet. GMS are proud of Chloe Britnell who has embraced all these things to become a gymnast who competes on the national stage. Training requires hard work and dedication, it requires between 24-27 hours training every week. GMS congratulate her...

Posted on 19 Nov, 2018 | Comments Off

Big Purple Bus & Lib...

Roll up, roll up, Great Marlow School announces an up and coming event on December 6th. Ms Fisher knows it is not the purple double decker as unveiled by JK Rowling in ‘Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Askaban’, but it is no less impressive. The BIG PURPLE BUS is fitted with computers downstairs and 4000 books upstairs. Some GMS students will be...

Posted on 18 Nov, 2018 | Comments Off

Young Scientist of the Ye...

Buckinghamshire’s Young Scientist of the Year Awards Evening was held on Monday 12th November. Three talented GMS students attended the evening ceremony, held in Bucks New University, and were presented with a certificate to recognise their achievements in science. Needless-to-say, the students, their teachers and the school are delighted. The A-Level...

Posted on 18 Nov, 2018 | Comments Off

Technology Tournament

On Thursday 8th November Design & Technology took two teams to John Hampden Grammar school to partake in the annual Rotary Club Technology Tournament. A total of 29 teams entered from schools all around the county. The competition challenged the students to grapple with a surprise task presented to them on arrival. It involved a whole day creating a working...

Posted on 17 Nov, 2018 | Comments Off

Did you do GCSE Art in 20...

If you did ART GCSE in 2018….. Your coursework is now available to collect after 3pm from your Year 11 art classroom. The collection period is between 31st October & Christmas 2018. Any work that is not collected will be assumed unwanted and disposed of. If you have a friend who did Art but went elsewhere for Sixth Form please let them...

Posted on 15 Nov, 2018 | Comments Off

Did you do a D&T exa...

2018 Design and Technology coursework collection. Congratulations to all Design and Technology students from last year for all their hard work. All students who completed their exams in Design and Technology (RM, GRP, TXT, FD) in June 2018 are now able to collect their coursework practical pieces, and/or their folders to take home. Please spread the word to...

Posted on 13 Nov, 2018 | Comments Off

Easyfundraising: Black Fr...

Easyfundraising is an easy way to raise funds for the school. FoGMS registered GMS on the scheme some time ago, and it has proved very successful. As Black Friday is approaching, FoGMS wish to remind everyone that by opting for the easyfundraising option, with a click, the store will donate to the school. There are over 3,100 shops and sites who make a donation,...

Posted on 11 Nov, 2018 | Comments Off

Walser’s Tanzania C...

GMS have undertaken fundraising for Walser’s Tanzania Charity for the last five years. This is small family run charity supporting a rural community in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania. They operate an Educational Sponsorship Scheme benefitting over 300 children from primary school right through to colleges and university. GMS sponsor two children; Martha...