Christmas is about giving – and that is exactly what members of the Outreach team did this week. The MCM community have been busy collecting, wrapping and filling shoeboxes full to bursting with toys, toiletries, stationery and other fun things for children in the local community. Miss Donaldson, Miss Feakes and the Y7 and Y8 […]
Further to our excitement of becoming finalists for the Boarding School Association we are proud to announce we were awarded Highly Commended in the Best Community Work Award for 2020. Our community project continuously evolves and develops covering all aspects of both environmental and community work. MCM also believes that such work is essential for […]
Marlborough College Malaysia is delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Best Community Work Award in the forthcoming Boarding Schools Association Awards for 2020. The award, launched in 2019, aims to highlight the work undertaken in the community by boarding schools across the world. MCM has been shortlisted due to outstanding Outreach […]
How many times have you been asked the question ‘what do you do?’ It is a staple of small-talk the world over. However, perhaps a more interesting question to be asked – and to think about – is ‘what gives you purpose?’ The answer to both questions may of course be the same but they […]
March 6th 2020 saw 12 intrepid MCM explorers leave the Malaysian peninsula for a residential service trip to Sabah in Borneo. The trip concluded 5 months of training and fundraising, which prepared our pupils for the combined challenge of climbing the mighty Kinabalu and a day of service laying tyre footpaths in the local village […]
The MCM Outreach team have got together, by the power of technology, to create a film together, in this difficult time. The team of pupils are currently on holiday from online learning but they are not having a holiday from helping the community any which way they can. Although based in a number of […]
As part of MCM’s Outreach program, there is a long-standing relationship supporting our local Rotary Orphanage in Skudai. Last week the Outreach team took supplies of food and other necessities which were donated via a collection point at MCM and a collection at Leisure Farm led by an MCM parent. Another initiative has […]
Last Friday, frugal lunch was served from year four pupils all the way up to Senior School. Marlborough is focusing more on sustainability and being more environmentally friendly, frugal lunch is a simple solution that not only allows us to cut down on the total waste, generates a donatable profit but also raises awareness to […]
Boarders, day pupils and staff regularly travel to the Desaru coast to conduct beach cleans. Post monsoon, the beaches are in a terrible state, full of debris and due to the limited accessibility from public services, the beaches are often long overdue a good clean. Many of our regular volunteer’s comment on the appalling amount […]
On Saturday 8th February Marlborough College Malaysia MCM welcomed 12 children from the Rotary Orphanage, Johor to an afternoon of picnicking and activities. The Outreach team along with Senior School pupils hosted the children as they played games and enjoyed time in the Pre-Prep swimming pool. It was a wonderful occasion and super to see […]