Category: General, Academic, Trips
History of Art students in the Lower Sixth took the chance to catch on Thursday 21st April three important exhibitions currently showing in London. The first is the "Botticelli Reimagined" exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the second, the "In the Age of Giorgione"... More »
This week saw members of the Lower Sixth deploy into Salisbury Plain Exercise Morning Hedge. The cadets showed great character after an ambush and a torrid night of torrential rain and wind to lead the Remove Cadets the following day on Exercise Bulldozer. WO1 S J Bate... More »
Aphra Mactaggart (IH L6) reviews the Upper School half-term Art Department trip to Madrid. After a quick, early morning flight, we wasted no time stepping out of our hotel to the Atocha Train Station. We were greeted by towering ferns and plants, unexpectedly, inside the building. Spanish... More »
Category: Sport, General, Trips
The Lacrosse 1st XII have just returned from a competitive few days at the National Schools Tournament held at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford. Below is a review by Lucy Goodman (LI U6).After several days of action, the result was a satisfying end to the weekend as Marlborough made Division 2 for... More »
Category: Academic, General, Trips
On Friday 26th February a group of ten German students travelled to London with Frau Rainer and Mr Cockett to take their B1 and B2 Goethe-Zertifikat exams.We left very early in the morning and arrived excitedly at the Goethe-Institut where we were greeted warmly by the staff and examiners.... More »
Category: Trips, General, Academic
The biennial Russian trip in February 2016 to St Petersburg and Moscow was both fascinating and enlightening for the 21 Remove to U6 pupils who took part and a real eye opener as to what Russia is really like away from western press and propaganda.We slept in a student hostel and on four mornings... More »
Category: Trips, General, Academic
“Pulpo”, “Mejillones” and “Percebes” these are just some of the new words now familiar to a group of intrepid Upper Sixth pupils who swapped Marlborough for north-west Spain as part of an exciting exchange programme.The Pre-U Spanish pupils spent a week improving their language skills by staying... More »
Category: Trips, General, Academic
A number of Sixth Form Chinese pupils visited the China-Britain Business Council (CBBC) on Monday 18th January. CBBC advises British businesses on how to expand their work to China. These businesses range from small, local enterprises to large, international conglomerates. CBBC is a leading player... More »
Category: Trips
Lower Sixth Chemists visited the University of Bristol Chemistry department on Monday 11th January, working in the undergraduate labs on the dehydration of a cyclohexanol to create a cyclohexene. Continuing Marlborough’s link with the University of Bristol, the Lower Sixth were able to complete a... More »
Category: Trips
Pupils from the Upper School learning Pre-U Mandarin Chinese embarked on an afternoon to a Chinese Festival of Light. The festival took place at Longleat grounds and featured over 23,000 individual lanterns as well as a Porcelain Pagoda made from 80,000 China teacups, bowls and plates.We were... More »