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Houses

A House System and a Sense of Community

We believe that life outside the classroom is as important for the development of pupils as is the formal teaching process. An education at MCHK incorporates the ethos of a British boarding school with the very best practices of an outstanding day school. Integral to this, is the traditional house system.

  • House system – creating a sense of community and competitive spirit within the school the house system provides a strong pastoral environment in which pupils grow both collectively and as individuals. All pupils are allocated to a house allowing them to form bonds which last throughout their time at MCHK and beyond. Pupils attend assemblies, dine and compete in sporting events alongside their housemates and, in doing so, gain a real sense of ‘family’ and of mutual support.

  • We believe the house system is vital to a pupil’s development during their time at Malvern. It is a system which embodies the School’s qualities and ethos, and it encourages pupils to apply these to their daily lives inside and outside of academics.


    Malvern College Hong Kong has six houses:

     

    Elgar

    Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet (2 June 1857 – 23 February 1934) was an English composer, many of whose works have entered the British and international classical concert repertoire. Elgar lived in Malvern in what is now boarding house No. 7 at Malvern College UK. Among his best-known compositions are orchestral works including the Enigma Variations, the Pomp and Circumstance Marches, concertos for violin and cello, and two symphonies. Elgar was appointed Master of the King’s Musick (as it was then known) in 1924.

     
     

    Lewis

    Clive Staples Lewis was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, lay theologian, broadcaster and lecturer. He studied at Malvern College UK and held academic positions at both Oxford and Cambridge University. Lewis is best known for his fictional works including The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Chronicles of Narnia. His novels have been translated into more than 30 languages, have sold millions of copies worldwide and have been adapted for the cinema. Lewis and fellow novelist J.R.R. Tolkien were close friends. They both served on the English faculty at Oxford University. It is said that Tolkien got his idea for The Shire and the Mountains of Mordor when standing on the Malvern Hills.

     
     

    MacLaurin

    Lord MacLaurin was born in Blackheath in 1937 and educated at Malvern College. He has held several high-profile roles, including those of chairman of Vodafone and Tesco, and chairman of the college council at Malvern College UK. Lord MacLaurin has always been passionate about sport. At Malvern College, he played in the First XI, and in his 20s he played Minor Counties cricket for Hertfordshire. He was appointed Chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board on its creation in 1997 and in recognition of his inspirational business leadership he was knighted in 1989. He became a life peer in 1996 and took the title of Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth.

     
     

    Weatherill

    Baron Weatherill, was the speaker of the House of Commons between 1983 and 1992. He was educated at Malvern College, and after leaving school he worked as an apprentice in his family’s Saville Row tailoring business. He served in the Indian Army during World War II where he rose to the rank of Captain, and in 1964, was elected to Parliament as the Conservative MP for Croydon North East, a seat he held until his retirement in 1992.

     
     

    Morgan

    Named after the world-renowned Morgan Motor Company, the builder of the iconic, hand-built British sports car, designed with excellent craftsmanship and outstanding performance.

    Harry Morgan, the company’s founder, lived in the town of Malvern, and based his company there. He built a strong connection to Malvern College, working closely alongside the College’s engineering department on his early Morgan cars. The first prototype was developed at Malvern College in 1908 in a building that is now Malvern College UK’s medical centre.

     
     

    Blenheim

    After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, the college was used by the Royal Navy and Free French Forces. Over 400 pupils and 100 staff we re evacuated from Malvern College to Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. For one academic year the college used the State Rooms of the Palace as dormitories and classrooms, and the boys even had lessons in the bathrooms!

    Due to the high value of the artwork in the rooms, ink was not allowed in class. Instead, all work was done in pencil!

 

  • House system – community dining as a way to educate dining and social etiquette is at the heart of Malvern College’s family ethos. Pupils in P1-4, followed by P5-6 and FY1-3, eat lunch in their houses over two lunch sittings. All staff are allocated to a house and each day eat lunch with their house pupils.
  • Evening Activities – for one day a week, older pupils are required to stay at school until 8pm to organise and participate in a house/school events. A wide range of activities are offered including Young Enterprise, Charities, and the student magazine.
  • Weekend field trips – pupils will join school-organised off-campus events on one weekend each month.


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