On Wednesday, 9th March 2022 the Senior School pupils and the English department organised a Book Exchange and ‘cafe’. This was an open-air pop-up cafe that was run on the steps of the Betjeman Pit where the pupils could be physically distanced and masks were worn at all times. The pupils handed in books […]
Lent Term has been a busy one for the Outreach Team. While COVID-19 regulations continue to prevent some of Outreach’s main activities, which focus on service to the immediate community, the bake sales for both Lunar New Year and Valentine’s Day were roaring successes. Fantastic cakes and cookies were sold in order to raise money […]
On Sunday 18th January 2022, boarders from Apollo and Artemis headed over to Desaru to participate in a beach clean-up. The council provided a skip, and the pupils worked hard to fill it up with rubbish from the beach. Some interesting items were found on the beach including a fridge, an umbrella, a barbecue and […]
Our Outreach programme provides the opportunity for the Marlborough community to work together and give back to the local community through close Charity partners and important causes. In recent weeks the extensive flooding throughout Peninsular Malaysia has highlighted a need within the community and the Charity Committee were able to respond quickly during the Christmas […]
On Friday 10th December the pupils of Marlborough College Malaysia, from Year 4 to Upper Sixth, experienced a different lunch. Instead of our Catering Department providing their usual array of tasty options for lunch, the team produced a “Frugal Lunch.” The term ‘frugal’ means sparing and economical with money or food, so this frugal […]
Every year Marlborough College Malaysia encourages pupils and staff to create a Christmas Shoebox to be donated to a child from one of the charities or projects that Outreach supports. This year an incredible 217 Christmas shoeboxes were donated by pupils and staff. 70 of these went to Sungai Melayu School, 86 went to […]
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 […]