On Friday, 11th September, Year 4 celebrated the famous children’s author through Roald Dahl Story Day. The pupils dedicated an afternoon to Roald Dahl’s stories, characters, and memorable moments. The pupils both online and in the classrooms were able to take part in a carousel of activities demonstrating how reading and storytelling is woven throughout […]
My curiosity in artificial blue light and its potential effects became heightened as we entered online learning. The increased screen-time during this period obviously had several facets, whether it was to stay connected to friends and family or to continue learning, it has been a necessity. Whilst we were able to innovate our teaching styles […]
From Nursery to the Upper Sixth there were numerous smiles (under masks) and physical distance hellos as pupils returned to the College. For some pupils, it has been over four months since they have been on the College grounds and seen most of their friends and teachers face to face. Last night Boarders returned to […]
Yesterday we welcomed children from year 4 upwards to the first of two weeks of Summer Sports. Children were able to use all the facilities throughout the day. The children enjoyed a multitude of sports and skill games including cricket, basketball, badminton and football coaching both in and outside.
Following her debut single launch on the 14th May 2020, Keira Costelloe will be interviewed today (28th June) on the Hitz FM MET10 show at 4 pm. Keira (Year 8) has 27,485 listeners on Spotify already and will be promoting her single Tell Me and viewers will be able to vote and create Malaysia’s weekly […]
Today, at 10 am, the Marlborough College Malaysia community came together – by the power of technology – to watch the first Online Prize Giving Ceremony. Speeches were given by Tunku Ali, Chairman of the Council for MCM, Mr Alan Stevens, The Master, Head of Schools and Senior Prefects after which prizes were announced and […]
The ‘conversation with’ series has been truly inspirational on both a personal level but more importantly for our pupils here at Marlborough College Malaysia. The detail and passion that every international star has spoken about have made a huge impact on some of our very own budding sports stars. The realisation that there are several pathways to the international stage, […]
‘Celebrating Cultural Diversity through Music’ Summer Serenade 2020 Programme The Prep School Music Department has organised an online concert to mark the end to this Summer term and academic year 2019/2020. The concert, which took place on the 19th June at 5:30 pm, was the Department’s second online concert which featured over 30 pupils across […]
In this weeks episode of the ‘Conversation with’ series Pupils, Parents and Beaks listened to Jamie Lennard, Director of Sport speak with Olympic Gold medallist Susannah Townsend MBE. Susannah has amassed 167 international caps, along with a plethora of medals from various tournaments around the world. The topic of conversation leads to her trials and tribulations in the build-up to winning […]
Extraordinary times call for extraordinary efforts. Pupils at Marlborough are no strangers to going the extra mile to ensure excellence, and the 2020 Piano Soloists competition is testament to that. During the lockdown period, where possible, the instrumental music provision has continued, be it with ensemble rehearsals or simply the weekly lessons that pupils enjoy […]
In this weeks episode of the ‘Conversation with’ series Pupils, Parents and Beaks listened to Jamie Lennard, Director of Sport speak with Olympic Silver medalists Jasmine Carlin and James Guy. In this insightful talk, Jasmine and James gave a detailed and honest account of the trials and tribulations in the sport of swimming. Messages […]
Marlborough College Malaysia pupil, Keira Costelloe has released her debut single “Tell Me” on 14th May 2020. In the space of just under three weeks, she has almost 45,000 streams on Spotify and multiple positive reviews from her peers in the music industry. It all began in early 2019 when Keira entered a music talent […]
On Wednesday 3rd June, MCM Prep Music Department hosted its first online music concert. The concert was the Department’s first initiative aimed at promoting, nurturing and encouraging pupils to continue singing or playing their instruments following the lockdown caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The concert featured 21 individual performers from across the Pre-Prep and Prep […]
May 13th 2020 celebrates International Student’s Voice Day 2020. With the world currently apart due to COVID-19. #StudentVoiceDay aims to bring the world together by using their voices’ to thank others, using the power of technology. MCM Beak (teacher) Dr Michael Harvey, alongside fellow educators from the Our Global Classroom (OGC) Community have connected and […]
Monday welcomed the start of the Summer Term at MCM. With online learning in full swing across the whole College, the term has started off on as positive a note as possible. Whilst not physically together the Beaks and pupils have enjoyed being back together in their virtual classrooms. The term began with assemblies, tutor […]
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 […]
MCM are extremely proud to announce that Mr Mason – Head of Design and Technology, face shield design has been endorsed for use by the Design and Technology Association (DATA), making it one of only three designs that have approval for manufacture by DT departments to support the NHS (UK) It is the only ‘covered’ […]
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 […]
Pupils and staff from Marlborough College Malaysia (MCM) have developed a variety of powerful service activities that have been designed to teach the College community the value and importance of action, in response to the current climate emergency. With inspiring sixth-form leaders and enthusiastic activists from amongst the wider pupil population, initiatives such as half-termly […]
What a week we have had in the Prep Science department! This week we have been celebrating all things STEM for British Science Week 2020. During form time pupils have been completing code-breaking activities as well as looking at some of the more unusual careers in science. We have been very fortunate to have had […]