The Voice May 2017

May 2017 Issue 30 www.gms.bucks.sch.uk

IMPORTANT DATES With the arrival of the May half term break, it provides a brief respite for the students in the
School reopens on upper year groups from their external examinations. The Year 13 students began their study
leave a few days ago and as I type this article the Year 11 students are in the main hall sitting
Monday 5th June the second of their English Literature examinations, which will be followed by their final
assembly with Mrs Craig.
GCSE/GCE exams continue
until Thursday 29th June I would like to share with you the words I wrote in the Year 11 Leavers Book.
Year 11 Prom - Friday 23rd June
Year 13 Prom - Thursday 29th June “Over the past five years, I hope that Great Marlow enjoyable. During the final three weeks of the
Summer Music Concert School has delivered on its stated ambition to academic year in order of occurrence, we will
- Monday 3rd July provide you with a host of opportunities: enabling have the following events: rowers competing
KS3 Romeo & Juliet Production you to release and fulfil your potential in the at the world renowned Henley Royal Regatta;
- Wednesday 5th July pursuit of excellence. Summer Music Concert; Year 6 into 7 Intake
Sports Awards Evening Day and Evening; a performance of Romeo
- Friday 7th July Academic success is important, but GMS is about and Juliet; Sports Awards Evening; Inter House
Yr 8 hats Fashion Show - far more than that. We have worked with you, Rowing Regatta; Art’s Hat Show; GMS Boat Club
Wednesday 11th July and your families, to develop you as a person and Awards Dinner; Sports Day involving Inter House
GMS Sports Day - prepare you for life outside school; our aim was to Track and Field; Celebration of Success; and
Thursday 12th July inspire all of you to be compassionate, successful finally Year 9 students visiting the PGL centre
Celebration of Succes - and resilient contributors to a better society. I am in Liddington. A fantastic part all of the events
Thursday 13th July extremely confident that many of you will be all listed is that they bring the school closer to its
School Closes on Wednesday those things and much more. greatest supporters, the parents and carers of
19th July at 1pm our students.
Please note all our important For all of you, the examination results in August
dates and events, including will be the springboard to the next chapter of I could not finish this article without mentioning
Parents’ Evenings and Examination your life. I wish you success in the choice you our recent Ofsted inspection, I am not allowed
Timetables, are available on the have made, whether it be A-levels, vocational or yet to comment on the outcome, but what I
website and are regularly updated. apprenticeship training. For those of you who are would like to do is repeat what I wrote in my
a little unsure what the future holds in this ever- recent ParentMail. It was a privilege to read
Don’t forget to view the online changing world, remember personal qualities, some of the comments that parents and carers
gallery for photographs such as perseverance, integrity and humility have had taken the time to write. The overwhelming
relating to many of the as a big an impact upon the rest of your life as majority of the feedback was incredibly
articles in this newsletter. examination grades. supportive and complimentary of the work of the
school. As I said in my first article for ‘The Voice’,
For now, enjoy the moment, particularly I am extremely proud and consider it a
that satisfying feeling that sitting your GCSE privilege to be the Headteacher of Great
examinations in May and June will give you a Marlow School and that feeling only
longer summer break than is usual.” increases as the days go by.

When the examinations have finished at the Kevin Ford
end of June, the school enters one of its busiest
periods of the year, but arguably the most Headteacher

6th FormINTERACT HANDOVER

At Great Marlow School Interact is a student run club, View all photos of the Interact handover
with the help of the local Rotary, a team of sixth formers in our gallery on the website.
plan events to raise money for two chosen charities. This
year the President was Kai McKenzie and Vice President
was Kirsten Barretto. They have run multiple fund raising
events such as cake, doughnut and sweet sales as well as
raffles to raise money for the Build on Books Foundation as
well as the Kyrece Legacy Foundation. They also organised
a book drive in which the whole school helped in bringing
together fiction and non-fiction books as well as school
supplies for to Build on Books Foundation to send to
children in Sierra Leone. They have also helped out with a
few local events such as the Santa Fun Run in December,
the Cookham fete and a fun day out for young carers.
This year they have made £637.70 which will be
divided between the two charities. Build on Books
helps children in Sierra Leone get back into school and
learning again after many schools were shut down by
the Ebola crisis. The Kyrece Legacy Foundation was
set up after former student Kyrece Francis drowned in
the Thames. They promote water safety and provide
and maintain life rings up and down the Thames.
Kai will be handing over his duties to Dennvar Chikoto
as President and Kirsten will be handing over to Nicole
Imperio the new Vice-President. “I think this is a great
opportunity to improve your organisational skills and also
mature as a person, while working towards a cause you
care about” Kirsten said. “I’m sure that Dennvar and Nicole
will do a great job in carrying on the work that we’ve
started to do here” Kai commented. Nicole and Dennvar
are both great students and we look forward to seeing
what they are able to accomplish in the year to come.

By Kirsten Barretto Year 13

Year 13 Leave GMS on an apprenticeship course, are heading directly into jobs or are taking a
gap year.

On Wednesday 24th May, Great Marlow School waved a sad goodbye to the All of the 6th form teachers and tutors wish the students all the very best in
year 13 students. their forthcoming exams. We hope to see the students on A level results day
and join them in the success that they deserve.
In the final assembly, garbed in fancy dress, students had a humorous trip Good luck.
down memory lane filled with images and videos from the last seven years. The Sixth Form team
The year 13s received a goodie bag of gifts and listened to final words from
the Head Boy and girl, Sean Bergh and Poppy Corbould, the headteacher Mr Photos of Year
Ford and the Head of 6th Form Mr Hollyman. 13 leaving can
be viewed in the
The last two years have been challenging and relentless as well as being happy gallery on the
and fulfilling; the year 13 students leave us having grown into fine young men school website
and women with very bright futures ahead of them. Many students will be
going to university in October, but there are others who have gained a place

This time of year is always busy for the Art GCSE & A Level - Goodbye Art & Design
Department and the Art Rooms are rather and Good Luck
chaotic and messy with students from every
year group wanting to come in and use the Year 11 & 13 have come to end of their 2 year courses
facilities to work on their individual projects and we say goodbye to them at the end of this half term.
during break-times and after school. We After many busy lessons and long, productive after
encourage this fully and love to see the school sessions the Art Department would like to extend
a huge ‘Well done’ and wish them the best of luck in their
students so engaged in their learning. remaining exams. We look forward to their results in the
summer.

Year 10 Trip to London Galleries Left and Above - Sophie
Raeburn’s final A-level piece
Before the end of this half term the Year 10 artists will
complete their first coursework unit on the theme of Right - Ben
Food & Drink. This project has run since September when Elliott’s final
the students visited Borough Market for inspiration. A-level pieces
We are thrilled with the diversity and quality of
the outcomes produced, here are just a few of
the ‘mock up’ outcomes from the Year group.
After half term we will be starting the Portraits coursework
unit. We will be visiting the National Portrait Gallery on
Thursday 6th July to visit the permanent exhibition and
the BP Portraits Award 17. We will also be given a lecture
on the artists exhibiting this year and their artistic process.
By Mrs E Sillwood
Head of Art & Design

Above - Some of our amazing and creative Year 10 and Year 8 Fashion Headdress’ Show
11 GCSE outcomes. Please see these and more on the
school website. Year 8 are busy
creating the 2017
headdresses. We
have allocated
more time to
the design and
planning stages this year which has really helped the
students take ownership of their group’s creation,
with each member really contributing to the aesthetic
finish of the headdress.

This year’s Fashion Show will take place on Tuesday
11th July at 13.55. All parents and family are welcome
to attend the performance. This is always a successful
event which showcases the hard work of every Year 8
student.

There is no charge to attend but we are always grateful
of any donations to the Art Department which goes
towards the purchase of materials.

D&TA Busy Year in the CASCOUTURE FASHION SHOW
TEXTILES Department
This year’s Casual Couture Fashion show was once again a successful
To kick start the year of, we visited evening with the introduction of the work of our year 9 textiles students
Buckingham Palace to look at the who showed their work on the catwalk for the
Queen’s exhibition on ‘Fashioning first time at Great Marlow School. Thanks to
a Reign’ the exhibition marked
the 90th Birthday of Her Majesty the students who worked
extremely hard on their
The Queen through a display projects and our supportive
of fashionable dress, spanning parents whose presence has
the period from The Queen’s always been appreciated.
childhood in the 1930s to the The evening was full of
present day. The exhibition cheer for the products on
showed the dresses and the catwalk and also for our
accessories the queen has worn. gracious models that did
The products started from her a very good but exhausting job showing off the
christening dress, through to her students’ products.
wedding dress, the coronation The evening was preceded with an exhibition of all the work of our year
dress and the wide variety of 11 students controlled assessment practical tasks; where they were
hats and backs that came with given the opportunity to invite their friends and family to the viewing to
it.They also got to see most of the see their products and the evidence of their hard work.
dresses she wore for her states As part of developing practical and theoretical
visits and major occasions here in skills with our year 10’s they worked on a mini
the UK. Most of the most complex project to design and make a little black dress
dresses were designed by her taking inspiration from Chanel’s ‘Little Black
fashion designer, Sir Norman Dress’ and decorative themes from nature.
Hartnell. Unfortunately students The second session of the evening was a display of
could not take pictures at the all the work by our 12 year 13 students’ work which
exhibition but some photos are included the work of our partnership students
still available at this https://www. from Borlase and Beaconsfield Schools.
royalcollection.org.uk/collection/ The year 12 students had to
themes/exhibitions/fashioning-a- do a product study on an existing product they
reign/windsor-castle can identify with realistic problems in relation to
ergonomics or other problems they could develop
whilst solving the identified problems with a
creative outcome. This task
allows students to take risk in
their designing then trailing
them through calico toiles/
protypes at various stages
till a workable final outcome
is achieved. The students got to work with a range
of materials, fabrics, skills and machinery they had
not tried at KS4 which prepares them for the A2’s
independent choice task.; allowing them to push
design boundaries even further.
The third session of the evening was taken over by our final year
students, year 13. Their products have always been the cream of the
event showing of the extent to which our students have developed in
their design and making confidence over the past seven years for most
of them and for our partnership students, two years.
This year all our year 13’s was on the flow of designing and making a
multifunction/multipurpose garment. They had a free choice on what
they wanted to do within the boundary of identifying a problem or niche
in the fashion market that needed a new and creative idea to give them
enough scope for creativity. Some of the highlights of the products and
problems/niche they identified were:

Hannah Murray’s theme was ‘Bringing the Drama announce Drama
Christmas Production
African wax prints back to Europe’- After find- plans are afoot
ing out through initial research that the popular
wax print associated with Africa clothing actually The Drama and Music departments were
originated from Europe with the most respected thrilled with the overwhelming response for
and expensive one being the British and Dutch the Christmas production. Over 80 students
wax prints, Hannah identified her niche and de- from every key-stage have put their names
cided to work on designing and making a new down to take part in the show as actors,
product combining western fashion with African dancers, backstage and technical team. We are
prints that could be used for more than one pur- happy to announce that we will be doing Into
pose. The Woods a vibrant musical combining well
known fairy tales in an adventure not to be
Sophie Raeburn’s theme was ‘The British missed!

Carnival’- Sophie loved the costumes work at the On Thursday the 25th of May the GCSE and
Notting Hill carnival in London each year but the A’ Level Drama students attended a trip to
more she researched into the costumes worn by the New Theatre Oxford to see The Curious
the dancers/performers, the more she struggled to Incident Of The Dog In The Night time for the
find some themes associated with the indigenous Theatre review section of their written exam.
British theme. Thinking her theme and discussing All students thoroughly enjoyed the show and
her ideas Sophie decided that work on a project behaviour was impeccable.
that embraces multicultural and inclusive Britain
for all cultures in the UK to design and make a mul- A ‘Level Drama students had their devised
tipurpose costume that also had multifunction through the changes as performance exam on Thursday the 25th of
you can see in the gallery. May, it was a highly creative and enjoyable
piece of theatre viewed by an audience of 12
Finally Claire Jeffery (partnership student year 10 GCSE Drama students.

from The Beaconsfield School) chose to work with By Ms S Jeremiah
the theme of ‘Grease the Musical’- Claire has had
experiences of performing in dance and school Acting Head of Drama
productions and attending productions at the
theatre of some of her friends outside school. One Key Stage 3
of the things she identified was the time these performing
productions take which is lengthened by the time Romeo &
needed for change of costumes most especially by Juliet in July
the lead actors. Claire decided to present an idea
in the form of a costume which had a multi-use/multipurpose function The Drama and English
for the female lead actor ‘Sandy’ allowing her to change for 5 different Departments would
scenes with the quickest change overs as well as reducing the amount of like to invite you to
materials used. Again detailed photos can be in the gallery. their Key Stage 3 production of Romeo
All the students’ products were outstanding in all aspects. The response and Juliet on Wednesday 5th July at
of our audience was very humbling to watch as they couldn’t believe 7.30pm.
the level of creativity, skill and technical detail used on all garment. The
products showcased the relentless effort and time our students has used, This exciting new production is a
sometimes amidst tears of frustration but seeing each students beam modern day interpretation of William
with smiles as they finished their last tack, seam or detail reminded me Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with
of the reason why I love my job. the rivalry and fighting between the
Monatgue and Capulet families taking
It is always a very long journey but the most place in the school classroom.
rewarding experience ever being backstage
with our students and trying to contain their The play is suitable for 7+ year olds and
there will be a short interval where you
excitement as their products can purchase refreshments. Under 10s
are worn by the models down are free but please contact the school
the red carpet on the catwalk. or send Mr Ross an email to say how
many tickets you [email protected].
By Ms M Agbozo sch.uk. Tickets can be purchased via
Parentpay.

EnglishYear 9’s have an enjoyable evening at the watermill playhouse

On Friday 12th May, the English performances of some contemporary songs by artists
department took 30 Year 9 students such as Hozier, Ed Sheeran and Mumford and Sons,
to The Watermill Playhouse, Newbury, making some of the students wonder if we’d come to a
to see Shakespeare’s classic tragedy gig rather than a Shakespeare play. The combination
“Romeo and Juliet”. of young cast, familiar music and up to date setting
demonstrated perfectly what teachers are always trying
We arrived at this idyllic venue with enough time for to communicate: that Shakespeare is still relevant 400
drinks on the lawn before taking our seats in the balconies years after his death.
alongside the stage. We arrived back at school after 11.30 with several students
ready to embrace their Duke of Edinburgh expedition the
Year 9 students have recently studied the play, and this next day. Credit to them that they were none the worse
was the perfect opportunity for them to see the play in for wear by Monday!
The students and staff had a fantastic evening and cannot
performance. Set in Capulet’s bar, this wait for future trips to the theatre.
interpretation put a modern twist on
the timeless classic. The opening saw By Mr Griffiths and Mrs Sadd

Success for Year 7 student Year 7 fundraising initiative

GMS are celebrating a student’s win in the BBC Radio On Monday 8th May,
2500 word story writing competition. James Tipler Lucy Philips (7W)
of 7M entered his composition into the Year 10 to 13 went around to all
category and won in the first round. of the year 7 forms
selling cupakes. Lucy
Success was based on showing originality through told them “We are
having a engaging plot line, believable characters, raising money for The
and language choices that brought enjoyment to the Alzheimer’s Society. Every last crumb raised
reader. will go towards finding a cure and changing
the lives of people affected by dementia.”
The entries were composed during form time and at
home. In total, there were 131,798 entries and James’s Lucy managed to raised £40 - well done
composition has been selected to go into the second Lucy and to year 7 for eating generously!
round.
By Mrs J McMahon
His story entitled “World of Cats (and Dogs)” is about a 7W Form Tutor
on-going feud between a feline and canine gang.

If James’s story wins it will be read live on the radio
by a superstar celebrity…like Julie Walters, Tom
Hiddleston, Sir Kenneth Branagh, Jeremy Irons, or
Sherlock himself – Benedict Cumberbatch.

The Gold winners from each age group will win a pile
of books as tall as Chris – that’s 1.88 metres! – and 500
books for their school library.

We are extremely proud that one of our students has
progressed as far as he has. Well done to him.

By Mr N Taylor

Year 8 Camp Night 2017 Duke of Edinburgh D of E
Expedition Success
The Duke of Edinburgh Award
programme at GMS is proving to to be This year’s Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh
a popular activity and an increasing
number of students are keen to be participants have been training since March in
involved each year.
The school offers the Bronze, Silver preparation for their qualifying expeditions.
and Gold award for students and as
an introduction to the programme, They have attended a training weekend , at
our year 8 cohort are offered the
opportunity to participate in a camping and activity night. which they learnt camp craft skills, health and
The excited participants were dropped off at Marlow Rugby Club and they set off along the
river with rucksacks on their backs, on a safety and first aid. They ventured out into
short expedition to Westhorpe Watersports
Centre in Little Marlow. the Chilterns with their leaders to develop
On arrival on Friday afternoon, the students
were briefed by the expedition leaders their navigating skills and map reading. They
and organised into groups. They spent the
evening enjoying the activities: canoeing, practiced using a compass and learnt how to
team challenges, climbing and eating pizza.
Lots of pizza! Once the tents were up and pace and orientate.
the activities over, the participants had some free time to enjoy with their friends. The bonfire
was lit and the campers sang and danced to music around the fire. The leaders from Inspired Next, all participants needed to complete a practice
Expeditions were impressed by the enthusiasm and attitude the GMS students demonstrated expedition. The Silver expedition took place at the
throughout the afternoon and evening. beginning of April. The participants were travelling
by canoe for 3 days and camping at riverside
The campers woke (early!) on campsites for two nights. The Bronze practice
Saturday morning to glorious expedition was at the end of April. 65 GMS students
sunshine. After taking their tents walked for 2 days and camped overnight.
down and having breakfast, they
started their journey back to All Bronzes and Silvers taking part showed strength
Marlow. They safely negotiated and determination throughout the challenging
their route through a field full of journeys and successfully proved to be ready for the
cows and enjoyed a hike along the qualifying expedition ahead.
River Thames back to their waiting
parents. To qualify and achieve the expedition section of
The year 8s had a fantastic time on the camp night, a great opportunity to enjoy some time with their DofE award, all participants had to be involved
friends, taking part in fun activities and enjoying the freedom of the great outdoors. with their group in planning the route for their
journey. The Silvers prepared their route in the upper
By Mrs H Murray region of the River Thames, starting in Swindon and
finishing in Oxford. It was a challenging voyage and
Recent news from the Palace is that Prince Philip, the our students were assessed throughout the 3 days on
Duke of Edinburgh, is retiring from Royal duties at the their teamwork and their ability to be self-sufficient
age of 96. and properly equipped throughout the expedition.
In 1956 he set up the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme,
which has become one of the UK’s best known youth The Bronzes were filmed for the ITV News at 10 whilst
programmes. For more than 60 years, the DofE has preparing their qualifying route. The route-planning
inspired young people, in over 140 nations. session happened to fall on the same day as the Duke
For ITV News at 10, some of GMS’s Bronze participants of Edinburgh, Prince Phillip retired from Royal duties
were filmed and interviewed, as they prepared for their and the News team visited GMS to record the Bronze
upcoming qualifying expedition. A recording can be participants preparing for their upcoming qualifying
found on the ITV website. expedition in May.

The Bronze students were assessed throughout
the weekend and had to fulfil all 20 conditions of
the DofE award in order to pass their expedition
section. They had a difficult and arduous 2 day trek,
with heavy rucksacks to carry and group by group
they managed to reach their destination points
complaining of aches, pains and blisters!

All of this year’s Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh
participants who took part in the assessed
expeditions have qualified and achieved the
expedition section of this worthwhile and rewarding
programme of personal development. Very well
done to all GMS students who took the opportunity
to get involved in the DofE award and be the very
best they can be.

By Mrs H Murray

Rowing Wallingford Regatta on Sunday 30th April

This is the first of the three major regattas held at Dorney during the
summer term, and it always attracts a very strong field . Our top girls eight
were, sadly, rejected by the regatta due to too many entries in their event.

However, the boys top eight did race in the morning. In their semi-final they
established a one length lead over a very tight field by the 1500m mark. Thinking
they had done enough to qualify for the final they allowed some of the competing
crews come back at them and Shiplake just pushed them into second place,
beating them by 0.8 secs. Their semi-final was considerably faster than the earlier
one, but, sadly, weather conditions and bad regatta organisation meant the final
was cancelled. This meant the semi-final result stood meaning they missed out on
a pot this time. The full breakdown of times for their race are given below:

The Girls Quadruple Scull, in the afternoon, had to be run as a time trial due to
further computing problems and deteriorating weather. While this is not the main
focus for the girls this half of term, they put in an excellent performance coming
fourth, 0.10 sec behind St Pauls and 1 second off being second overall.

Bedford Regatta

On Saturday 6th May, GMSBC went to Bedford to compete in one of the few remaining
old style river regattas. These events are two boats racing each other for the right to
proceed to the next round; a straight forward knock out competition with three or
four rounds. To win an event means racing four races spaced throughout the day,
each race over 1 Kilometre long. That is if you are only doing one event. Four of the
GMSBC crews doubled up into other events meaning in several instances back to
back races against fresher opponents.

Our first race was at 08:20, an 05:15 departure to make it, for our top Girls
quad. While a few crews had a more leisurely start we were quickly into rapid
turn over of crews and boats as we progressed through the rounds. Of the
eighteen races we competed in , the semi final of the year 9 girls octo was
the closest. Half a length down with a minute left in the race, the girls made a
determined attack and edged ever closer to the lead. Four separate spectators,
including two GMSBC coaches could not be sure who had won as they crossed
the line neck and neck. The official verdict went against us by 1 foot. Apart from this epic battle
every crew won at least one race and the senior girls who split into a four and a quad both raced
well but were beaten by the winners by under a length in their respective events.

The last race of the day was at 19:30,over 11 hours after our first race and involving the four girls
from that first race, was the final of Elite women’s eights. The girls eight had already eliminated
two top class adult crews to reach the final, the quad had already raced six times and lost in a
tight final to Shiplake, as they sat on the start line for their last chance of glory this day.

Due to the river being slightly curved the crews do not actually start level but have a stagger
which unwinds over the course. Our eight started one length down and as the curve gave them
an advantage, they gradually clawed back some distance but by half way with the vast majority
of the stagger unwound they were still 2/3s of a length down. Legs completely shot from their
previous races, still not being able to see their opponents for most of the crew, the prospects
were not great.

However, marginally at first, their boat was creeping forward against the opposition. With 60
seconds left of the course, the question was could they make up the deficit in time and with
screaming thighs and bursting lungs the crew as a whole drove forward. The GMS senior Girls
Eight won Open Elite womens eights in the fastest time of the day, after 11 hours of racing and
a total of 9 races.

Nottingham Regatta winner. Going into the final, it looked like Vesta were clear Rowing
favourites , with GMS and Nottingham battling for second
The senior rowing squad went up to Nottingham, place. The other three crews didn’t look too much of a
Holme Pierpoint, to get some experience racing 2km threat. From the start GMS looked in much more confident
ahead of the upcoming National Schools Regatta form and nosed their bows out in front of the field, with a
over half term. Yet again the girls drew the short concerted push at 500m gone, they built a ¾ length lead
straw with both early and late races meaning a 05:30 over Vesta and Nottingham, this stayed much the same
departure. till approaching half way , the Vesta Crew pushed hard
and edged back, and at 1000m the crews were level. With
The Boys quad lead the final till 250m to go when a very great maturity the girls responded and made their own
strong Lea crew, who picked up the Bronze at the National push , just as the vesta crew were finishing theirs and the
Scullery in March, pushed through to beat them by half a lead crept back out to 1 length. While there was still 750m
length. Given the illness this crew has suffered in recent to go, it seemed that both crews knew which boat was
days this was an impressive result. The girls quad at the faster and that knowledge sealed the victory for GMS.
end of the day, rowed impressively but were a little slow
off the start, letting the eventual winners slip them in the Winning Crew
first 500m. By halfway, the girls were sitting in a bit of a
vacuum, with the other 4 finalists some 2 to 3 lengths Devon De Winaar, Leanna Beswick, Alice Armes, Millie
behind and Beckett School quad a length of clear water Watts, Olivia Lester, Chloe Gosnell, Laura Cook, Jessie
ahead. This remained the position through to the finish McCauley, cox Eddie Allen
line.
By Mr F Murison
In the eight, the girls had to row in an adult event and
in very strong head winds came a comfortable second in
their semi-final, albeit some 19 seconds behind Vesta, the

Maidenhead Regatta Boat Club host successful auction and
raffle to raise money for the club
This is a charming sprint regatta
over 500m where every crew is The Boat Club Annual Erg and social evening was a
guaranteed at least two races tremendous success with our largest participation
and is a great opportunity for our to date, with over 130 people joining in the fun.
younger crews to enjoy some very Largely due to a tremendous effort in pulling
competitive side by side racing. together some fantastic prizes for both the silent
GMS went with a number of boys auction and the raffle, but also boosted by the not
quads from year 8 , as well as a girls insubstantial takings at the bar, the event raised
year 8 quad, a boys year 9 quad, and a c£5,000 of much needed funds for GMSBC .
boys year 10 quad.
Every crew won at least one race and The races were handicapped and certainly a
four of the boys quads made it to the number of the senior teams had very high hurdles
finals. The Year 8 boys of Leo Simpson, to overcome to make progress. The eventual
Tom Wheatley, Alastair Smith, James winners were 5 members of the Year 9 boys
Robson and Jamil Sheppard as Cox squad: Harry Weaver-Poole, George Holder, Joel
, won their event against the home Hammond, Lewis Watts and Cathan McMahon-
club Maidenhead in the final. The year Tynan.
10 boys of Hugo Salinas, Toby Lassen,
Toby Holden, Thomas Rhodes and Toby
Brayhill-Fogg also won.

By Mr F Murison

GMS News FoGMS Mums’ Netball AND FINALLY.... the much needed refreshments on the
tournament results day. The total raised for the school will be
GCSE & GCE EXAMS announced very soon.
The tournament was a great success: Pictured below is the winning team and
eight teams of mums, from the local We are in the middle the GMS Mums who gave it their all and
school, competed for the coveted Shield of our GCSE and GCE promised to be back next year even
and Plate trophies. examinations which finish stronger!
on Thursday 29th June.
The sun shone and the atmosphere was GMS advise all students Congratulations to The
friendly. Newlands’ Mums walked away to refer to their individual Great Marlow Milers -
victorious with the Shield. Cookham examination timetables. please sponsor them!!
Dean’s mums took home the Plate. Should this have been
mislaid a master copy can
Well done to all for taking part – some be viewed on the website.
of whom have not played netball EVER
before and some not since they were Please note: the timing of
11 years old so all in all it was quite an lessons changes during
achievement for many. the examination period to
allow time for the longer
A huge thank you is sent to Jenny Towe, examinations after lunch.
Julie Lyons and their
team of helpers, for Examination regulations
all their hard work in state the following: -
organising the netball. A
huge thank you also goes no mobile phones
to FoGMS for organising
clear pencil case
Great Marlow are
supporting One can Trust calculator lids must not
be brought into the exam
Please help us by donating any of the room.
items listed on the poster. We really
appreciate your support. For a full list of details,
including absences due to
illness, please refer to the
Examination Information
on the school website.

Good Luck to
all our students
who are taking
exams this year!

Great Marlow School On Sunday 7 May, a group of parents, teachers and
Bobmore Lane friends of Great Marlow School completed the Marlow
Marlow Bucks 5 race! We would like to congratulate them on their
SL7 1JE achievement and thank them for all their hard work
training for this event.

In addition to running, they’re hoping to raise £500
towards a new school minibus, so if you’d like to
sponsor the team and support reaching this goal, you
can donate via our new fundraising site at: mydonate.
bt.com/teams/greatmarlowmilers