During online learning Year 7 pupils were studying Hokusai in their Art lessons. You would be right in thinking that collaborative artwork would be very difficult to achieve across the world – but not for Marlborough College Malaysia pupils. Pupils each had the same sized square to recreate their segment of the piece. Last […]
Throughout January and February, the art department ran a competition where pupils were required to produce a piece of art that reflected the theme of Connections. There were some incredible entries from across the school, in a variety of mediums, all showing different interpretations so it was a difficult task selecting the winners across […]
The Anti Bullying Alliance ran anti bullying week from Monday 16th to Friday 20th November. This year’s theme examined the positive power that society can have when we come together to tackle a common challenge. The week began with Odd socks day, slightly modified this year to include odd hats and hairstyles. This meant our […]
As we have come to expect from 2020, the IB Visual Arts Exhibition was certainly unprecedented. Twelve amazing artists spent countless hours in the lead-up to their exhibition, diligently preparing for their grand finale. Unfortunately, Malaysia went into lockdown days before the opening show and so the display was delayed. The course requires each young […]
Mr Arscott’s Photography activities club has a weekly challenge set by guest speakers. The speaker presents a topic to the pupils from which they must then capture the best photograph they can. The theme for the first week was ‘Nature in Lockdown’ and this winning photo, below, “Dead Roses” was, somewhat poetically, the result of […]
Marlborough College Malaysia is delighted to announce that three of our pupils have attained the highest marks in Malaysia in the June 2019 Edexcel IGCSE examination series. Natasha-ann Johnson Highest Mark in Malaysia Pearson Edexcel GCSE Art and Design: Fine Art Summer 2019 Natasha-ann Johnson Highest Mark in Malaysia Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Biology Summer 2019 […]
The whole of MCM has been abuzz with activities and performances to welcome the Chinese New Year (Year of the Rat). The Prep pupils enjoyed many activities such as paper cutting, lantern making, singing Chinese songs and Chinese legend stories. In a cross-curriculum programme with Art, they made blue and white porcelain paper plates and […]
The Senior Art department took over 70 pupils to Singapore to experience this year’s Singapore Arts Week. This annual event hosts the best and brightest of the art world from South-East Asia, and beyond. Our first stop was a walking tour with the MeshMinds Foundation. They offer a new public art walking trail for students […]
With 23 Sixth Form pupils and three beaks in tow, the MCM Senior Art department left our usual surroundings and were northward-bound to Kuala Lumpur. Each year Malaysia hosts an Art Expo, similar to Singapore’s Art Stage, and it is hailed as the longest-running art fair in South-East Asia. When our group arrived, we were […]
Mr Eatough travelled up to KL on the evening of Friday 20th September, with three of our pupils, Arthur Gatignol, Nanarelle Hundertmark and Nhu Nguyen, to attend the annual Pearson Edexcel Awards Ceremony, which took place at Le Meridien Hotel on the Saturday morning. The event is held each year to recognise those pupils who have excelled at a national […]