The House Harmony is a competition for the eight Senior Houses. This year the competition was held in the Wykeham Hall, the main hall in the new Prep School buildings. The event was a spectacular demonstration of phenomenal talent and imagination, and despite very tough competition, Steel House won the Harmony cup for the first […]
Marlborough College Malaysia hosted the Straits Football Tournament at the weekend. Congratulations to all our teams for their fantastic performances, our best results yet, with both U18 teams finishing runners up, the U16 Girls coming in third place and the U16 Boys coming in fourth place.
Last Saturday, MCM held the annual ‘MCM Rocks’ event, which was a great success. Alongside the event, MC2 ran a small stall to provide the audience with cold drinks and pizza slices. MC2 comprises Lower Sixth pupils, co-ordinated by Wills’ Dame, Miss Helena, and aims to raise money to donate to local orphanages, shelters and homes for the elderly around the Johor Bahru area. Despite the […]
There was an air of anticipation around the College, on Saturday afternoon, as pupils began to warm-up the guitar amps, and put the microphones in the Theatre to the test, in preparation for this year’s MCM Rocks! The sounds that continued to be heard through the afternoon attracted quite a crowd at times. Who could resist when such talented young people were on stage for their sound-checks? […]
This weekend saw 23 young people from MCM volunteer at St Christopher’s Church in JB. Our pupils supported the children of the parish to make felt tree ornaments. For some it was a steep learning curve, as using a needle and thread was new to them. However, the outcomes were very creative and the children were all really […]
A picnic at the Singapore Botanical Gardens marked the end of a CAS project that saw MCM pupils form friendships with students from Wee Care, an educational centre with early childhood and early intervention programmes. Pupils have communicated with their “buddies” for the last 3 months, and finally came together as a group for the picnic. The group prepared the […]
The final of the Johor International Schools Young Photographer Competition 2017 took place on Saturday 30th September at the Avira offices. This year’s theme was ‘My Treasured Moment’. The top 40 entries were selected by the organisers, printed on a large scale,and displayed on hanging boards along an attractive walk way. MCM was proud to have […]
On Saturday Marlborough College Malaysia hosted the U14 and U12 Straits Rugby 7s Tournament. This year saw the competition grow in numbers and strength with teams from Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Singapore. The eventual winners in the U14 category were Thor Rugby Club. Wildcats Rugby Club won the U12 category. Both MCM teams performed with […]
On Wednesday the 20th of September the U18 A Touch Rugby girls’ team departed the College and headed to Tanglin Trust School, where they played three teams: Tanglin Trust School; Royals; and St Paul’s, a touring team from Australia. The first fixture of the season was against Tanglin A and we scored the first try […]
For the past three years Wills House has hosted an Inter-House Table Tennis Challenge open to all boarders from the four senior Houses. This year, the matches have been played after supper, during Studies, in Wills House Common Room since early September. The four best players from each House have battled it out in a […]
On Friday the 8th of September, the Marlborough 1st XI Girls Football team went up to KL to play 2 ISKL teams. On Friday night after a long bus ride up from MCM, the girls warmed up and played their first match against the ISKL Varsity team – a gruelling 80 minutes. Competition was really […]
On the first weekend of Michaelmas Term, the Lower Sixth departed for a residential trip to Desaru on the south-east coast of Johor. The objective of the outing was not only to help our cohort bond and relax before the school year commenced in full swing, but also to introduce to us what makes the […]
I volunteered to do the beagle hash with a friend from Munawir Hill, called Rafiq. We weren’t sure what to expect, but after the week of prep and doing the event we decided that we had clearly made a good decision! Dr Hakimi had kindly made the Hash tags in the Munawir colours and Mr […]
Marlborough College Malaysia has today announced yet another set of outstanding IGCSE results with 69% of grades being at A/A*. The College can justifiably be proud of the cohort of seventy nine candidates, some of whom have been at the College since it started in 2012. One pupil achieved an exceptional 12A* grades, with another […]
For the Summer term leaving cohort of Upper Sixth pupils, Thursday 6th July has been a date etched in the mind for many months, knowing full well that this would be the day the IB Diploma Programme results were announced. Inevitable anxieties were quickly replaced with congratulatory messages following the announcement that the College had achieved […]
The start of the annual Prize Day was delayed by a combination of a spectacular tropical storm and the necessity to find additional chairs to accommodate a much larger than expected audience. Around 850 people were present in the newly opened Wykeham Hall. The Master and College Council entered to ‘Fanfare in F’ which had […]
The GCSE Art and Design Technology exhibition opened on Friday 9th June in the Morris foyer. We were delighted so many parents, members of Common Room, visitors and pupils came to view the work of our young artists and designers. They have worked hard over the two years of the course to produce such an […]
On Tuesday 23rd May, the newly appointed Prefect body, along with their accompanying HMs, were invited to the Prefects’ Dinner by the Master. It was a wonderful event with delicious food and great company. Naylin Al and Dayini Kamarul Baharin gave excellent speeches, followed by the Master on the theme of key traits of a leader, […]
Marlborough College Malaysia welcomed Dulwich Singapore and Epsom Malaysia to the College today for the MCM Triangular series. The series included cricket, touch rugby, football, netball and rugby. In addition, MCM played lacrosse and hockey matches against Epsom last night. Another fantastic weekend of sport at the College.
On Saturday 13th May, Berkat Children’s Home from JB paid a visit to Marlborough College Malaysia. Their visit was organised and planned by the Lower Sixth members of MC2. The day kicked off to a delicious start with everyone enjoying lunch in the Dining Hall. We then moved into the Sports Hall for some action-packed […]