Drama Department News
Grease will be Great Marlow School’s Christmas show. The Drama Department will work with the Music Department again and students have already asked to help backstage and with the creation of the set and scenery. We were overwhelmed with the ability of our students during the auditions which took place on 30 June and after much debating the successful students have been informed of their roles.
Rehearsals will take place after school and
during the holidays from September. The performances will take place on 14 and 15 December.
My hope is for Grease to be as successful as the Little Shop of Horror was last year.
By Mrs D Chenery - Head of Drama Carnegie Shadowing Prize Ceremony Held at GMS
On the afternoon of Friday 17th June a group of Great Marlow students hosted a book themed tea for students from Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School. Students from both schools had read the eight shortlisted books and met weekly at their respective schools to discuss their likes and dislikes.
The real Carnegie Prize was announced on Monday 20th June but Marlow’s combined shadowing groups voted for the book they felt was the most worthy winner. In addition to this, posters were created to promote and champion group favourites.
presentation and persuasion on the posters was very high indeed, but even more impressive was the way in which students collaborated.
A joint vote on Marlow’s favoured Carnegie book showed the author Patrick Ness to be the outright winner with The Rest of Us Just Live Here. Ness has won the prize twice already; to see if he makes it a hat trick, check the website on Monday.
At the end of the afternoon the students left with a slice of ‘Carnegie Cake’, new friends and different perspectives on their spring reading.
These were judged by Mrs Wilson
based on the criterion, ‘the poster most likely to make me want to read the book’. The standards of
By Mrs C Legerton YEAR 8 READING LIST
Following the Year 8 parents’ evening, Great Marlow School’s English Department is promoting a list of classic books. The staff have thought carefully about what they think students would enjoy reading. Every book is from the canon of English literature that has been loved and enjoyed over time. The list is extensive, so browse, choose and enjoy the read. You can find a link to the reading list on the school website.
Y10 Exam Results - 2016
Miss Rockall’s class: Matilde Binucci came top of the class in Paper 1 and Amy-Jane was top in Paper 2.
Mrs Bullock’s class: Elouise
Heywood-Phillips and Adam Sullivan came joint-top of the class in Paper 1 and Adam was also top in Paper 2.
Mr Pugsley’s class: Roha Karim came joint-top of the class in Paper 1 and Olivia Harding was top in Paper 2.
Roha Karim came top of the year overall, with William Wright close behind.
These, and all other Year 10 History students, will now be spending a busy summer gathering information and materials to assist them with the 8-hour Controlled Assessment on Civil Rights that they will be undertaking next term.
TRIPS
In September we will be taking 72 students and 9 teachers/parents to Ypres. This is always a popular trip and students remark on how humbling the whole experience is.
The year 12 Law students are visiting Reading Crown Court this week.
By Mr S Pugsley - Head of Department
KS3 Shakespeare Evening Another event to look forward to.
The drama
department will be teaming up with Miss Bevan from English, to put on a Key Stage 3 performance of Romeo and Juliet. The performance will take place in the hall in March. This will be a great opportunity for the students to perform the works of Shakespeare. Parents and friends will be invited to experience the hard work from the students over two nights.
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