Year 8 Geography Fieldwork
What kind of new residential development would a student in Year 8 plan? This was the context of fieldwork for the day. Students visited Beacon Cove, Port Melbourne taking in the high rise modern...
View ArticleKingston Division Cross Country
On Wednesday May 18th the Kingston Cross Country was held at Karkarook Park. McKinnon fielded strong teams in all age groups and had some wonderful results. 17-20 Boys - Team 1st1st Will Ockenden -...
View ArticleIntermediate Softball - State Finals
The Intermediate Softball Team started their campaign to State finals on the 18th April where they convincingly won the Kingston Division Championships, they then played at the Southern Metro Finals on...
View ArticleIntermediate Boys Squash
The college sent 4 teams to the Regionals. All teams were very competitive.Congratulations to McKinnon Team A consisting of Ben Solly, Matia Fernandez and Alex O'Neill.This team finished 3rd in pool...
View ArticleCabaret Night
Celebrating the upcoming tour to Cuba, Cabaret Night proved to be yet another success for the Senior Stage Band. Proving to be an fun experience for the band and an enjoyable evening for all who...
View ArticleSchool Community Awareness Presentation at the Bentleigh RSL
The Bentleigh RSL hosted a School Community Awareness Presentation on Thursday the 19th of May, aimed at strengthening links with schools in the local community.McKinnon S.C was well represented by the...
View ArticleSenior Music Concert
On May 19th, McKinnon’s most experienced musicians gathered in the hall to present the first of our ensemble concerts for 2016.It was a very busy night for some individual student performers as well as...
View ArticleYear 7 History Museum Day
On Friday May 20 the MYST centre was completely transformed by enthusiastic Year 7 History students into the bi-annual Year 7 History Museum Day. Year Seven History students were allocated an ancient...
View ArticleLanguage Perfect Champions
McKinnon Secondary College are World Champions, winning the biggest language learning competition in the world.Starting on Monday the 16th of May and finishing on the 26th of May, Mckinnon students...
View ArticleIntermediate Boys Baseball
After winning through three stages of competition, the Intermediate Boys Baseball team made it through the the state finals.There were some tough games on the road to the State Finals, winning in extra...
View ArticleSkyler Kah - National Champion Men’s Gymnastics
Since the age of 4 Skyler and his brother Josh, both McKinnon students, began their distinguished careers in sport.Throughout their junior careers both brothers have spent years in Gymnastics State...
View ArticleYear 11 Theatre Studies
On Wednesday 27th. April. the Year 11 Theatre Studies class presented self-devised performances in the style of Commedia dell’arte. The theatre was almost filled to capacity and the friendly audience...
View ArticleYear 10 Drama Night
The Year 10 Drama Night Performance was held on Thursday 27th. May and was well attended by supportive family and friends and Mrs. Binnion. The program offered a diverse range of performances and made...
View ArticleYear 8 Science - Miss Edwards
Last week in Miss Edwards’ Year 8 Science class students were given a choice to complete a creative task around the topic of elements. Students had many different options to choose from such as; create...
View ArticleUltimate Frisbee - AYUC
On the 11th and 12th of June, six Australian states and territories sent their best under 18 Ultimate Frisbee players to compete in the Australian Youth Ultimate Championships (AYUC) at Ron Barassi...
View ArticleFrench Exchange
Since arriving in the early hours of Monday the 13th of June, the 20 French students have settled into life in Australia and at McKinnon.They are accompanied by their teacher, Monsieur Frédéric...
View ArticleAll Schools Cross Country
On Saturday the 18th June at Bundoora Park, McKinnon was represented by 17 of our finest Cross Country runners at the Victorian All Schools Cross Country Championships. This competition is separate...
View ArticleVictorian Rogaining Schools Competition
On Sunday 19th of June 37 students embarked on our annual Victorian Rogaining Schools Competition. This year we had 13 teams which could have been viewed as unlucky turned out to be quite the opposite...
View ArticleSMR Cross Country
On Thursday June 23rd, a windy and cold day greeted 50 McKinnon athletes at Ballam Park Frankston for the SMR Cross Country. McKinnon was well represented with 6 teams and many individuals competing...
View ArticleAntipodeans 2016
After a year of planning and fundraising, thirty three Year 11s and four teachers left for China and Vietnam. The program is run through Antipodeans, who:"take groups on a three or four week journey to...
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