Open Evening & Mornings

GMS was fully booked for Open Evening and all the morning events have been taken, too. For those of you that have booked a morning slot, please only attend the session that you booked. We will be checking names and details on the entrance to school, so please help us avoid an embarrassing situation of having to refuse people entry. As stipulated on the booking form the place allocated is for only one parent/ carer and the Year 6 child to attend. If you could not book a visit, we would like to direct you...

Posted on 14 Jul, 2021 in About GMS, Featured, General News

Covid Home Testing Links for Results: Sept 2021 Update

Please report each COVID home test via the below steps: 1. GMS by using the following link: GMS Covid-19 Testing Form 2. NHS by using the following website: www.gov.uk/report-covid19-result Lateral Flow Testing. All students in school should have been given a new test kit this week. Students who are isolating, or absent for another reason, may have missed this. Therefore, school will be open for collection of a test kit box from reception in the week of September should your son/daughter need one. When...

Posted on 23 Sep, 2021 | Comments Off

Geography Fieldtrip

North Yorkshire was the destination of GMS geographers, on Friday 10th Sept. After a long journey, the students and staff reached Cranedale Centre in Kirby Grindalythe. The first piece of fieldwork, on the day of arrival, was on the water and carbon cycle of the local area; the students were keen and eager to get involved, calculating the carbon content of the...

Posted on 23 Sep, 2021 | Comments Off

Eco-Warriors/GMS Goes Gre...

ECO-WARRIORS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES UNITE AS GREAT MARLOW STRIVES TO GO GREEN! After the Eco Conference, at the start of the term, GMS and local businesses joined to embrace several new projects to improve the Carbon Footprint of the school and wider community. A greater awareness of all things environmental, undoubtedly, will make an impact. A team of Eco-Warrior...

Posted on 23 Sep, 2021 | Comments Off

One Can Trust

One Can Trust is a charity, based in High Wycombe that supports vulnerable people and their families with food donations. GMS has worked with the charity for many years and have become one of the key hubs for the collection of food. We are very grateful to the wider GMS community, which always responds to requests and has made a huge difference to many lives through...

Posted on 21 Sep, 2021 | Comments Off

FoGMS Year 7 & 8 Dis...

Friends of Great Marlow School (FoGMS) have organised the annual Year 7 Disco, for Thursday 14th October. In addition, FoGMS have organised a Year 8 Disco, as the Year 8s unfortunately missed out last year. The Year 8 Disco will take place on Thursday 7th October. They will take place in the school hall between 7pm and 9pm. If you would like your son or daughter to...

Posted on 20 Sep, 2021 | Comments Off

Elevate

The second of three workshops, called ‘Student Elevation’ focused on the art of revision and becoming successful GCSE candidates, took place at GMS. The students, in their form groups, were coached on how to break down amount of revision required by setting realistic goals. Just as importantly, how to manage to remain on track, should a realistic goal be...

Posted on 20 Sep, 2021 | Comments Off

Yr11 Information Evening

The very important Year 11 Information Evening is live on the website: please go to the blue strip at the top of the front page, select the Parents/Carers tab, choose Information Evenings from the menu and click on Year 11. Mr Ross, Director of Learning, has uploaded a PowerPoint Presentation (PPT) with much information about this GCSE year. He intends to follow...

Posted on 20 Sep, 2021 | Comments Off

GOLD in Wheelchair Basket...

England South, the team GMS’s student PJ O’Donovan plays for, won GOLD at the School Games National Finals. It was the first multi-sport event for young athletes, since the lifting of lockdown restrictions. It was a fabulous weekend, athletes from all over the UK travelled to Loughborough University: over 1,300 selected athletes competed across 10 sports,...

Posted on 16 Sep, 2021 | Comments Off

Cricket Award for Finlay ...

A GMS Sixth Former, Finlay Murton, just 17 years old, has won the ‘Grassroots Cricket Award’, of Buckinghamshire County Cricket Board; he was nominated by Stokenchurch Cricket Club. Excitingly, his name has been forwarded to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). Every Thursday, Finlay coaches for three and half hours: he helps to coach the u9s,...