You may have noticed that a few of your friends were missing for a week in June. This is because we had the amazing opportunity to go to the World Scholars Cup KL Global Round. This was the next step after the highly successful regional round, also in KL, back in March. At regionals, we […]
This year’s House Challenge Final took place in Assembly on 13th June between Wills and Honan. Wills had vanquished Thompson and Steel on their route to the Final, while Honan defeated the might of Munawir Hill and the smarts of Sheppard. The format was simple: each team were asked 30 questions with correct answers scoring […]
Friday, 27th April, saw the first Design and Technology Exhibition to be hosted at MCM, with pupils celebrating their achievements with an array of practical displays and portfolio work for visitors to enjoy. Projects from Year 5 to Year 13 transformed the Morris Foyer and learning spaces, with felt monsters, foosball tables and thirty-three IGCSE […]
The second annual IB Poetry Evening was both fun, creative and highly informative. The Lower 6th Literature and Performance group performed Carole Ann Duffy’s ‘Education For Leisure’, a disturbing, dramatic monologue based on a disaffected young person. Many of this year’s IGCSE anthology of poems were delivered through the medium of film such as Carolina […]
Samuel Tapp, who is Head of Theory of Knowledge (TOK) and teacher of English at Marlborough College Malaysia, has been asked to author the TOK digital textbooks for the educational publisher Kognity, which supplies educational resources in over 70 countries. Kognity, a Swedish company, is pioneering the first generation of interactive digital textbooks in schools, […]
On Friday 9th February the Lower Sixth Biology and Chemistry students were fortunate enough to experience the fun and interactive teaching of doctors and professors from both the School of Science and Engineering and the School of Life Sciences at the University of Dundee. The day began with a talk entitled “A new type of […]
Budding MCM engineers and physicists were fortunate to have an Engineering Lecturer from the University of Leeds, Dr Benjamin Chong, deliver a lecture at MCM this week in the Marlburian Sixth Form Centre. Dr Benjamin delivered a lecture on Power Electronics: An Interdisciplinary Area of Electronic & Electrical Engineering”, which is closely linked to his […]
On Friday morning (25th) the Y8 students were summoned to an ‘emergency’ Council Meeting to discuss the controversial developments on Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur. The Year 8’s have been working on persuasive speeches in their English lessons since the beginning of Lent Term. They have been learning about different persuasive techniques and integrating them into […]
This year’s Science Week was kicked off in grand style with a Science show from the travelling Science juggler, Dr Ken, who came with a message and wowed Years 3 to 8 with his ‘How to Save the Planet in 45 minutes’ show. He spent the rest of the day involved in workshops with Years […]
This final week of the Michaelmas Term has seen two special events in the Master’s Lodge. On Monday, the Prefects were treated to a festive Afternoon Tea complete with elegant sandwiches, scones with jam and cream and delicious mini mince pies. Over cups of tea and coffee, they had a chance to take a break […]