Academic

Patrick Kerton | Sixth Form Talks

On Thursday 4th March the Sixth form community were treated to a thrilling online talk by Patrick Kerton. Patrick is a world-renowned Hollywood stuntman and stunt director. He is best known for his work on such movies as ‘X-Men’, ‘Suicide Squad’ and ‘300’ and he gave us a fascinating insight into the technical aspects of […]

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Lessons from Lockdown | Parent Wellbeing Blog

The recent Upper Sixth mock exams put to the test all that the pupils have learned academically over the last two years. No doubt the reports that their beaks have been writing this week will largely focus on their performance in these assessments, the areas that they need to improve in, and the likely grade […]

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World Wildlife Day 2021

To mark this year’s World Wildlife Day on the 3rd March 2021 pupils across the College picked specific areas of interest.    In the senior school, Mr Duncan and his Remove (Year 10) Geography class discussed the theme for this year’s World Wildlife Day: Forests and Livelihoods –  Sustaining People and Planet. They studied the […]

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November IGCSE Examination Results

High academic standards and top notch teaching and learning lie at the heart of a Marlborough College Malaysia education and a number of pupils at the College have been celebrating excellent IGCSE examination results since their publication a few days ago.   A group of pupils sat early entry examinations in Mathematics in November (these […]

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What are you Reading? | Senior Library

Usually, at this time of year, my focus in the Senior Library turns to identifying books to help the Lower Sixth with their Extended Essays (EEs) and planning for the upcoming World Book Day on the 4th March. Whilst the ordering of EE books is a tried and tested exercise, I would like to try […]

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Prep School Pupils Showcase their Speaking Skills

Never before have speaking and listening opportunities been so fundamentally important for our pupils. Being able to present one’s ideas clearly, confidently and with enthusiasm is an important life skill; during the last two weeks, all pupils in the Prep School have participated in activities which have focused on their ability to speak and listen […]

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Welcome Back Nursery, Reception, Hundred and Upper Sixth

Beautiful clear blue skies welcomed our youngest and oldest pupils back to the College site this morning. Pupils in Nursery, Reception, Hundred (Year 11) and Upper Sixth were back on site to receive their lessons face-to-face from their Beaks (teachers) alongside physically distanced friends. Excited pupils from the four-year groups were granted permission to return […]

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MCM partner with the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Marlborough College Malaysia (MCM) is delighted to have been chosen as a service partner organisation, as part of a service-learning course offered at the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Spring Semester of 2021.   The course is offered through Penn’s Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) programme, a one-year programme that develops scholar-practitioners in positive psychology […]

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Top IB Global School 2020

Marlborough College Malaysia is delighted to have achieved a place in IB-Schools.com  top 75 highest scoring schools in 2020 who offer IB, globally which equates to MCM being placed in the top 2% of IB schools in the world.    MCM has been offering IB since 2012 and the results have improved year on year […]

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Medicine | Sixth Form

Over 40 Marlborough College Malaysia Sixth form students were privileged to have an online talk from Associate Prof. Dr Ronan Gleeson, Head of Department, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) & University College Dublin (UCD) based in Penang, as part of their Careers programme. Professor Gleeson has worked in London, Melbourne, […]

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