House Naming Competition and Letters

Competition time! The formation of three new Houses in September has set in motion a prestigious competition to find new House names. Every student, plus those joining in September, is offered the challenge to name one of the Houses, or indeed, all three. Imagine being the student who named a GMS House; its a rare opportunity to have your name in fame. Why new Houses? Well, from September there will be nine forms, to mirror the nine classes in each year group and alongside that three new Houses. So, of...

Posted on 7 Jul, 2020 in About GMS, Events, Featured

Year 6 Transition to GMS

Tuesday 7th July is our online Transition Day and we are providing a plethora of online transition resources for you to view. You can access our Year 6 resources in two ways. One is via the main menu at the top of the site called ‘School Life’ -> ‘Year 6 Transition to GMS’ or by clicking the Icon on the right hand side from our front page. The transition resources include: A welcome letter from Mr Ford, Headteacher A welcome video from Mr Ford, Headteacher A welcome video...

Posted on 7 Jul, 2020 | Comments Off

GMS Update 8/7/20

Please note all letters are published on the school website under the menu: Parents/Carers —> Letters Home. Great Marlow School Update 7th/8th July We have emailed all Year 9 parent/carer(s) an information letter (also linked below) which outlines the arrangements for the Year 9 students to return to school during the week beginning 13th July. Year 9...

Posted on 10 Jul, 2020 | Comments Off

New Head Boy and Head Gir...

On Friday 3rd July, Mr Hollyman and Miss Jones completed a series of interviews to select the Head Boy, Head Girl and their deputies. Normally, the interviewees would have had their discussions on the same day in Mr Hollyman’s office. However, due to the coronavirus pandemic, it was more appropriate to conduct the interviews spread over several days and in a...

Posted on 9 Jul, 2020 | Comments Off

Year 7 PE Celebrate Post ...

The GMS PE Department have collaborated on a video to celebrate post lockdown. All the students took part in an athletics based competition. There were five events over two afternoons: standing long jump, standing triple jump, target throw, and team relay. The results from the competitions were: Monday/ Tuesday Group Wednesday/Thursday Group 1st Mr...

Posted on 3 Jul, 2020 | Comments Off

Black Lives Matter in Mar...

Giana Soomal, Year 10, writes about a rally she recently attended. On Saturday 6th and 13th June, my friends and I had the opportunity to openly stand up against racism with other members of the Marlow community. We took the chance to have a small insight into what it is like to live as a black person in today’s society. Both rallies took place in Higginson Park;...

Posted on 1 Jul, 2020 | Comments Off

Microsoft Teams

After having successfully trialled Microsoft Teams (MS Teams) for the last few weeks, with a number of classes from across different subject areas, GMS is now very confident that this offers the best functionality for teaching and learning, remotely and in school. The feedback from the control groups has been extremely positive. Indeed, the trial has shown many...

Posted on 30 Jun, 2020 | Comments Off

Two National Golds

On Sunday 28th June, Emily Downing competed in the British Rowing Virtual Championships. She was lined up against a few familiar stars from other clubs but was hopeful of medal-winning in both her events. In her first final, the 4 minute race, ‘How many metres in 4 minutes?’ Emily, who has been working on her power, leapt ahead of the field and took an...