Deciding to move my family halfway around the world in the middle of a global pandemic has begged some questions. How do you manage a 5 & 7 year old in a hotel quarantine for two weeks? How much Lego can you fit in a suitcase? Will Gran be able to use WhatsApp video […]
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 […]
Debra spoke eloquently about her journey from a very young age to her present roles in a number of prominent TV shows in the UK. Her career was originally launched when she won the BBC’s ‘Opportunity Knocks’ competition in 1987 at the age of just 14, a contest that was broadcast on TV and drew […]
“The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.” This old Japanese proverb came to mind as my wife’s favourite mixing bowl slipping from my soapy fingers and disintegrated on the kitchen tiles. The bowl was bright red and one of the few remaining meaningful pieces that my wife had brought from the […]
Whilst celebrations for Lunar New Year, Year of the OX may have looked a little different from normal, that did not stop the MCM community from celebrating in full force prior to the half term holiday. Pre-Prep pupils created and decorated lanterns or crafted their own Ox. Prep pupils designed posters containing information about the […]
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 […]
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 […]
When I was first asked to write this blog I thought it would be a great opportunity to share lots of the initiatives that we have been working on at MCM in the last year since COVID-19 became a part of our lives and link to the webinar that we will be hosting on Monday […]
We are delighted to announce the launch of a series of online lectures for our Sixth Form community. Over the coming months, we will be hosting a number of speakers from a broad range of backgrounds and interests, in what we are sure will become a popular feature on the Sixth Form calendar. On Thursday […]
Twenty-Twenty has been a strange year for pupils in both Pre-Prep and Prep Libraries and it continues in 2021. From March 2020 onwards pupils have been unable to access either of the libraries, or at least have had very limited access. Even when we had access to the school at the beginning of the Michaelmas […]