Virtual Sports Awards 2021

Our annual PE’s Sports’ Award Evening, is being celebrated virtually this year. Sports’ Awards is one of the major celebratory events on the school calendar because it honours all the fantastic effort, commitment and successes of our sportsmen and sportswomen in GMS. All our award winners will receive their trophies/badges and certificates in a special Sports Assembly, which will take place at the beginning of the school year in Sepetember. The link below will open a series of...

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

Covid Home Testing Links for Results & Summer 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 over the summer holidays 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 August 9th – 13th or...

Posted on 16 Jul, 2021 | Comments Off

Year 12 Enrolment Informa...

Internal Enrolment (GMS students) PLEASE DO NOT ATTEND ENROLMENT IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN APPOINTMENT Great Marlow School students from Year 11 who wish to enrol into the 6th Form will be able to do so in person, via an appointment on Thursday August 12th and Friday 13th August. You should already have received details of this appointment. However, if Covid...

Posted on 15 Jul, 2021 | Comments Off

Flying Success

“Fly safely in the stratosphere, Travis. We await your return, eager to write a feature on your experience.” Such was the statement that finalised our last post about Travis. Now we can report on his spectacular journey around the world. Beginning and ending in a Buckinghamshire airfield, Travis flew for 8 hours a day, for 44 days. In that time he...

Posted on 15 Jul, 2021 | Comments Off

Art and Pencil Case Equip...

Before the end of term, GMS would like to remind all students of the equipment required for school in the next academic year. Year 7 will be purchasing for the first time, but students of other years will need to renew some items. Essential Equipment for Lessons -Clear Pencil Case -Black or Blue Pen -Green Pen -Pencil HB -Ruler (30 Centimetre) -Eraser...

Posted on 4 Jul, 2021 | Comments Off

Wins at Marlow Town Regat...

At the Marlow Town Regatta, GMSBC won both the Challenge Eight races. The event may have been without the usual enclosures and funfair, but it had plenty of exciting racing. Our Year 9s raced only in the first division, in order for the majority of them to head off on their Duke of Edinburgh assessment expedition. Good races took place, but the boys sadly lost to...

Posted on 4 Jul, 2021 | Comments Off

GMS Welcomes Yr6

GMS is delighted to announce our virtual Year 6 Transition is live. All you have to do is click on the Year 6 Transition to GMS, which is an icon on the right-hand side of this page. Direct link here. We hope your son/daughter is looking forward to their new school and KS3 education. We have recently sent out a copy of the Y7 handbook. It is advised that you read...

Posted on 22 Jun, 2021 | Comments Off

Virtual Transition Day 20...

GMS has received a communication from Buckinghamshire Council strongly recommending that the Year 6 Transition Day is a virtual event. Their communication states: “In Buckinghamshire there has been a significant increase in COVID outbreaks in educational settings over the past month, mostly caused by the Delta variant, and we are now starting to see...