Easter Holidays

All the staff at Great Marlow School wish our students and their families an enjoyable Easter break and we look forward to seeing them back in school on Monday April...

Posted on 16 Mar, 2023 in About GMS, Featured, General News

Join Us – Sporting Challenge 2023

On Friday 28th April is GMS’s 2023 Sporting Challenge. In partnership with Friends of Great Marlow, our school is organising a school and community event to raise the profile of the importance of physical activity and to give families, community groups and organisations the opportunity to participate in our exciting 2023 Sporting Challenge. On Friday 28th April our students will either compete in an inter-house competition across a range of activities or participate in a health-benefiting...

Posted on 31 Mar, 2023 | Comments Off

Energize 2023

On Friday March 24th and Saturday March 25th , we were very pleased to participate in Energize 2023. It is an event the Drama Department always looks forward to because it gives our young actors a great experience of performing on a professional stage at The Wycombe Swan, in front of a paying audience. The piece chosen was based on Pyramus and Thisbe, as used by...

Posted on 29 Mar, 2023 | Comments Off

Revision Yr11

As always, the school and its staff go the extra mile to provide first-class revision support for our students. Just uploaded is a Revision Timetable Grid and a PPT Module 7 Revision Skills: ‘another part of your wellbeing’. This PPT is part of the PSHE course followed by the Year 11 cohort: it can be used or adapted to enhance revision skills to boost...

Posted on 29 Mar, 2023 | Comments Off

Ski Italy

On 30th March the fortunate ski trip students begin their journey to the Italian Alps for the ski experience of a lifetime. The coach lists have been issued already. Students know they should attend school for registration in their travelling clothes, which must include their ski-trip hoodie. Luggage is to be dropped off in the Sports Hall before school in the...

Posted on 27 Mar, 2023 | Comments Off

Gardening Club

The clocks have changed to British Summer Time, which means this is a busy time of year for the gardeners of GMS, led by Mrs Lamming. Weather permitting, the gardeners will be undertaking the tasks necessary to make the school grounds look their best for the spring and summer terms: maintenance of the plant pots and flower beds; new planting of hedging and...

Posted on 23 Mar, 2023 | Comments Off

Silver & Bronze at N...

Over the last couple of school days, GMSBC has been competing at the National Long Distance ( Head) races. On Friday 17th March, the club entered three crews in the Schools Head, raced over the Championship Course from Chiswick Bridge to Putney (4 ¼ Miles). Our ‘upbeat’ senor girls crew of Erin Huddleston, Abi Forgenie, Poppy Spence and Charlotte...

Posted on 23 Mar, 2023 | Comments Off

Learn to Row: Sign Today

The very successful Learn to Row initiative is happening this Easter. Letters have been dispatched to all year groups and there is great hope that the uptake is as good and maybe exceeds that of previous years. If you would like your child to attend any of these afternoons at Longridge from April 13th – 16th, please be aware that the deadline for completion of...

Posted on 20 Mar, 2023 | Comments Off

Keep Britain Tidy Week

The Great British Spring Clean and Great Big School Clean 2023 is this week from 17 March to 2 April. Everyone can play their part: collect rubbish and bin it. Pick up litter on the school site; litter on the way to and from school; litter in the street of the area in which you live. GMS calls on all in the school and our wider school community to KEEP BRITAIN TIDY...

Posted on 20 Mar, 2023 | Comments Off

Eco-Warrior Writing Compe...

A recent writing competition to promote ways of making Marlow more Eco-Friendly had a number of interesting entries, which we are pleased to showcase below. Well done to the students whose work is published here for engaging with the task and for having such good ideas, or for finding ideas that chimed with their beliefs. How Can Marlow Reduce Their Impact on Climate...

Posted on 17 Mar, 2023 | Comments Off

Poetry Live

Poetry Live Reviews. On 28th February, 70 Year 11 students travelled to Oxford for the annual Poetry Live event. The website is delighted that two students have reviewed the event for us because it gives us all a flavour of what they experienced. “At Poetry Live we were able to experience readings from many well-known poets, all of which feature in our GCSE...

Posted on 16 Mar, 2023 | Comments Off

Medallists-Finals: Judo B...

Four GMS students competed in the British Schools National Finals last weekend. GMS congratulates them on participating and being so successful. Caitlyn Urie won Silver. She had an awesome day with four strong wins against Y12 & 13 girls, losing only the Gold and Silver fight to a national medalist who is now training full-time judo: a massive personal...