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House Naming Competition and Letters

Posted on 8 Jul, 2020 in About GMS, Featured, General News, House News, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4

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...

GMS Update 8/7/20

Posted on 7 Jul, 2020 in About GMS, Events, General News

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...

Black Lives Matter in Marlow

Posted on 3 Jul, 2020 in About GMS, General News, Key Stage 4

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...

Microsoft Teams

Posted on 1 Jul, 2020 in About GMS, General News

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...

One to One Laptop Scheme

Posted on 11 Jun, 2020 in About GMS, General News

Great Marlow School is delighted to announce the second running of our One to One laptop scheme. We are working with a new partner in EduTech to deliver an amazing package. The scheme is aimed for any student going into Key Stage 4 and above for the academic year September 2020/21 (current year 9 and above)....