One Gold, One Silver, One Bronze &10 Students in the Top Dozen Nationally for their Events – Great Rowing Day

On Saturday 8th December, twelve students went to the Lee Valley Velodrome, to compete in the British Rowing Indoor Championships. This was our second year of attending and the buzz was palpable. The students who had raced before were looking forward to their chance at ‘National Glory’ once more. Joel Hammond, Year 11 competitor, was first up, having seen the athletes walk out onto the arena floor on the big TV screens, Joel looked to be a good six inches shorter than some others, but...

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 11 Dec, 2018 | Comments Off

Amnesty Youth Group Spons...

The Amnesty Youth Group are conducting a sponsored silence this Friday. They are giving up speech in solidarity with people around the world who are intimidated, imprisoned or murdered for speaking out against human rights abuses. Amnesty is an important world wide pressure group, it is to the credit of Mr Philpott that there is a support network in GMS. To raise...

Posted on 6 Dec, 2018 | Comments Off

Marlow Santa Fun Run 2018

Sunday the 2nd of December saw Team GMS unite again for the Marlow Santa Fun Run. Marlow’s streets were filled with 2800 Santas and much festive spirit. A big thank you to Team GMS and to all the supporters along the way. Wishing you a very Marlow Christmas! Miss F...

Posted on 5 Dec, 2018 | Comments Off

La vie est belle à Paris....

Earlier this term, 31 KS4 students departed for a visit to one of the world’s most famous cities: Paris. The trip was designed to inspire GMS students and improve their achievement in French by giving them valuable experience in the home of their chosen GCSE language. Our students were first introduced to the City of Lights with a guided tour of its famous...

Posted on 3 Dec, 2018 | Comments Off

GMS Students in U18 Count...

County rugby have selected three GMS students to play in the U18 County Rugby team: this is a great honour for them and for the school. In the recent match fixture, as part of South West England Counties trials, Bucks faced Gloucester; the result a decided win for Bucks at Weston Super Mare : 6 tries to 4, in the first game of 2. (Conversions or penalty...

Posted on 1 Dec, 2018 | Comments Off

Prestigious Norland Colle...

The Child Care Department at GMS is one of the most successful departments in the school and the staff are rightly proud of all their students and their achievements. At present the Year 13s are applying for places to further their career choice. Just recently, one Year 13 heard that she had gained a place in the prestigious Norland College to become a Norland...

Posted on 27 Nov, 2018 | Comments Off

Kelvin and Martha Tanzani...

The Tanzanian Charity that GMS actively support have had a recent update from the charity organisers. The highlight of the most recent news are up-to-date photographs of the two children Kelvin and Martha that we support. Martha walks 30 minutes a day to reach school, her favourite subject is science and she likes netball. Kelvin is at a different school, which is...

Posted on 26 Nov, 2018 | Comments Off

Yr 8 Tanzania Charity Wee...

Just recently, the Year 8 Tanzanian Charity Committee met to plan their Charity Week Event Rota (3rd-7th December). The different tutor groups submitted their preferred ways of raising money, and the best way to accommodate all the great ideas was given consideration by the committee. Stalls selling food and drink are always popular, so there will be stalls with...

Posted on 23 Nov, 2018 | Comments Off

GMS Internet Issues

Great Marlow School has been experiencing slower than usual working of its internet this week. The root cause is still being investigated, in the meantime, internet access has been stabilised. GMS are aware that this may have affected some communication between school, parents, carers and other stakeholders, most particularly in regards to ParentMail, email response...